The Wallkeepers: Monitoring the Israeli-Arab Conflict

Dan Caspi; Danny Rubinstein

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199862184.003.0010

The Wallkeepers: Monitoring the Israeli-Arab Conflict

Dan Caspi
, Danny Rubinstein

Department of Communication Studies

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Abstract

The chapter describes the way in which the mass media have handled the occupation. It suggests that Israel has concentrated on building an "Information Wall" that separates between the Arab and the Israeli societies, blocking information on what is happening in Palestinian society in particular-and thus perpetuating reciprocal stereotypes. The "Information Wall" grew higher as the physical distance between the rival populations decreased, remaining stable and effective after occupation of the territories. The Wallkeepers are developing immanent interests in perpetuating the "Information Wall" which is far more difficult to topple than a physical wall.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Impacts of Lasting Occupation
Subtitle of host publication	Lessons from Israeli Society
Editors	Daniel Bar-Tal, Izhak Schnell
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	299–325
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199979950
ISBN (Print)	9780199862184
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199862184.003.0010
State	Published - Dec 2012

Keywords

Arab world
Censorship
Closure
Image
Israel
Mass media
Stereotypes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Psychology

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