Discourses of War, Media and Politics in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies)

Discourses of War, Media and Politics in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict examines how language, media, and political narratives shape understandings of one of the world’s most contested conflicts. Moving beyond military and diplomatic analyses, this book explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a struggle over meaning, legitimacy, and historical interpretation.Through interdisciplinary approaches to discourse analysis, the contributors investigate how terms such as “occupation,” “terrorism,” “resistance,” “security,” and “genocide” have been contested, reframed, and politicised across different historical moments.The volume demonstrates how discourse does not simply describe political realities, but actively constructs them by shaping public perceptions, moral evaluations, and the boundaries of political possibility.Bringing together established and emerging scholars from around the world, the book provides critical analyses of the narratives, media representations, and ideologica