Contents -- 1 Histories of the Conflict -- Introduction -- Zionist Roots and the First Wave of Jewish Immigration into Palestine -- Theodor Herzl and the Emergence of Political Zionism -- The Second Wave of Jewish Immigration into Palestine -- The Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate -- American Politics and the Settlement of the Holocaust Survivors -- The End of the Mandate -- The United Nations Debates the Future of Palestine -- The Unofficial War -- The First Arab-Israeli War -- Post- War Negotiations: Peace Treaties, Borders and Refugees -- 1956: The Suez Conflict -- 1967: The Six Day War -- Resolution 242 and the War of Attrition -- Settlement Building and Economic Integration -- Military Occupation/ Administration -- Nationalism and the Rise of the Opposition Movements -- 1973: The October War -- Conflict in Lebanon -- Diplomacy and the Camp David Accords -- 1982: The Invasion of Lebanon -- 1987: The First Intifada -- The Beginning of the Oslo Process -- The Declaration of Principles -- The Cairo Agreement and Oslo II -- The Netanyahu Administration -- The Barak Administration -- The Camp David Final Status Talks -- The Sharon Administration -- 2 Content Studies -- Introduction -- Content Analysis: Methods -- Samples and Results -- Sample One: 28 September to 16 October 2000 -- Additional Content Samples: October - December 2001, March - April 2002 -- Sample Two: October - December 2001 -- Sample Three: March 2002 -- Sample Four: Jenin, April 2002 -- 3 Audience Studies -- Introduction -- Samples and Method -- Focus Group Methods and Questions Asked -- Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches -- The Questionnaires -- Results -- Memories, Images and Associations -- Sources of Information Used -- Origins, History and Causes of the Conflict -- The News Writing Exercise -- Beliefs About Casualties -- Cultural Identification and Empathy.

Understanding and Interest in News -- 4 Why Does it Happen? -- Factors in Production -- Claims that the Media are Biased Against Israel -- The US Connection -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Answers to Questions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Student Groups -- Appendix 2: Answers to Questions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Focus Groups -- Appendix 3: Black Holes of History: Public Understanding and the Shaping of Our Past -- Notes -- References -- Index.