נקודות זכות באוניברסיטה העברית: 4

תואר: בוגר

היחידה האקדמית שאחראית על הקורס: לימודי ישראל

סמסטר: סמסטר א'

שפת ההוראה: אנגלית

קמפוס: הר הצופים

מורה אחראי על הקורס (רכז): Dr. Alexandra Herfroy-Mischler

דוא"ל של המורה האחראי על הקורס: a.mischler@mail.huji.ac.il

שעות קבלה של רכז הקורס: upon request

מורי הקורס:
ד"ר אלכסנדרה הרפרוי-מישלר

תאור כללי של הקורס:
The course is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of Israeli politics and political communication within the country's particular social context. After completing the course, students will have an in-depth understanding of Israeli contemporary socio-political transformations. This will allow them to think critically and advocate responsibly on vital questions such as: What is really at stake in Israeli politics? How do Israeli media cover political news in comparison to other national media? How do media and citizens influence Israeli democracy?
The first part of the course offers insights, from a comparative perspective, on the establishment and the function of the Israeli political system, its constitutional setting as well as its three branches of government (legislative, executive and judicial).
The second part will present Israel's political parties and their opinions/ actions regarding the main issues of both external and internal conflict in Israeli society. These include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, socio-economic cleavages, religion and state, security/counter-terrorism, minorities, refugees, foreign workers, and education.
The third part of the course will discuss Israeli media coverage of contemporary political events and how they affect political debate, to include the Second Intifada, target-killing, failure of Mossad operations, building of the security fence/wall of separation, unilateral withdrawal from Gaza (2005), release of hostages and POW (2006-2011), Israeli public apology regarding Mavi Marmara (2011), IDF on social media during The Gaza War (2008) and Protective Edge operation (2014).

מטרות הקורס:

תוצרי למידה :
בסיומו של קורס זה, סטודנטים יהיו מסוגלים:
After completing the course, students will have an in-depth understanding of Israeli contemporary socio-political transformations. This will allow them to think critically and advocate responsibly on vital questions such as: What is really at stake in Israeli politics? How do Israeli media cover political news in comparison to other national media? How do media and citizens influence Israeli democracy?

דרישות נוכחות (%):
20

שיטת ההוראה בקורס:

רשימת נושאים / תכנית הלימודים בקורס:
Week 1: 21.10.2020- The Establishment and Function of the Israeli Political System (1948-1958)
The purpose of this session is to introduce a broad historical background of the Israeli Political System.
Mandatory Reading:
Dvora Hacohen (1987) Mass immigration and the Israeli political system, 1948–1953, Studies in Zionism, 8(1): 99-113. DOI: 10.1080/13531048708575912
Optional Readings:
Avi Bareli (2007) Mamlakhtiyut, Capitalism and Socialism during the 1950s in Israel, Journal of Israeli History, 26(2): 201-227. DOI: 10.1080/13531040701552132
Week 2: 28.10.2020: The Constitutional Setting
The purpose of this session is to introduce the constitutional setting of the Israeli Political System.
Mandatory Reading:
Navot, S. (2007). "Constitution" in. Constitutional Law of Israel. Kluwer Law International, Chapter 2: 35-50. http://www.duncankennedy.net/documents/Is-Pal/First-Syllabus/Suzie-Navot_Constitutional-Law-of-Israel.pdf
Optional Readings:
Hofnung, M. (1998) Israeli constitutional politics: The fragility of impartiality, Israel Affairs, 5(2): 34-54. DOI: 10.1080/13537129908719510
Doron, G. & Meydani, A. (2007) Establishing a Constitutional Court? An alternative political culture approach – the Israeli case, Policy and Society, 26(4): 105-124. DOI: 10.1016/S1449-4035(07)70122-4

Week 3: 04.11.2020: The Three Branches of the Israeli Political System: Legislative, Executive and Judicial
The purpose of this session is to explain the three branches of the Israeli political system.
Mandatory Reading:
Hazan, R.Y. (1996). Presidential parliamentarism: Direct popular election of the Prime Minister, Israel's new electoral and political system. Electoral Studies, 15(1): 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-3794(94)00003-4
Kenig, O. & Barnea, S. (2009) The Selection of Ministers in Israel: Is the Prime Minister ‘A Master of His Domain’? Israel Affairs, 15(3): 261-278. DOI: 10.1080/13537120902983015
Barak, A. (1998). The Role of the Supreme Court in a Democracy. Israel Studies, 3(2), 6-29. www.jstor.org/stable/30245712.
Optional Readings:
Woods, P. J. (2009). The Ideational Foundations of Israel’s “Constitutional Revolution.” Political Research Quarterly, 62(4): 811–824. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912909352178
Brichta, A. (1998). The New Premier-Parliamentary System in Israel. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 555(1), 180–192. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716298555001012
Week 4 and Week 5: 11.11.2020 and 18.11.2020: Israel's political parties/opinions/actions regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
The purpose of this session is to present opinions and actions of the "Israeli left" and the " Israeli right" regarding the multiple consequences of the 6 Days War on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the various attempts to reach Peace since 1967.
Mandatory Readings:
Sela, A. (2005). Politics, Identity and Peacemaking: The Arab Discourse on Peace with Israel in the 1990s. Israel Studies, 10(2), 15-71. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30245884

Sahliyeh, E. Deng, Z. (2003). The Determinants of Palestinians' Attitudes Toward Peace with Israel, International Studies Quarterly, 47(4): 693–708. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0020-8833.2003.00284.x

Herfroy-Mischler, A. & Friedman, E. (2020). The ‘blame game frame’: Ethical blame patterns and media framing upon negotiations failure in the Middle East. Journalism, 21(9), 1192–1211. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918791219

Rogers, R. & Ben-David, A. (2010). Coming to terms: a conflict analysis of the usage, in official and unofficial sources, of ‘security fence’, ‘apartheid wall’, and other terms for the structure between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Media, War & Conflict, 3(2), 202–229. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635210363924

Optional Readings:
Rubin, B. (2009). Motives and Interests in Israel-Gulf Relations. Middle East Review of International Affairs (Online), 13(3), 58-60. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/220935913?accountid&eq;44866

Tom Hill (2008) 1948 After Oslo: Truth and Reconciliation in Palestinian Discourse, Mediterranean Politics, 13:2(151-170).

Daniel Byman, "Curious Victory: Explaining Israel's Suppression of the Second Intifada," Terrorism and Political Violence, 24(5): 825-852. E-JOURNAL


Week 6: 25.11.2020: Israel's Political Parties/Opinions/Actions regarding Socio-Economic Cleavage, Minorities, Religion and Education
The purpose of this session is to give an overarching view of the economic cleavage in Israel based on minorities/religious practices and education.
Mandatory reading:
Neuberger, B. (1999). Religion and State in Europe and Israel. Israel Affairs, 6(2): 65-84. EJOURNAL
Cochran, J.A. (2017), Israel: Divided by Religion and Education. Domes, 26(1): 32-55. doi:10.1111/dome.12106
Avraham, E. (2003). Press, Politics, and the Coverage of Minorities in Divided Societies: The Case of Arab Citizens in Israel. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 8(4), 7–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1081180X03256577
Arar, K. (2012). Israeli Education Policy since 1948 and the State of Arab Education in Israel. Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, 4(1): 113-145. http://ijse.padovauniversitypress.it/system/files/papers/2012_1_6.pdf
Optional Readings:
Ayman K. Agbaria (2018) The ‘right’ education in Israel: segregation, religious ethnonationalism, and depoliticized professionalism, Critical Studies in Education, 59:1, 18-34, DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1185642
As'ad Ghanem & Nadim N. Rouhana (2001) Citizenship and the parliamentary politics of minorities in ethnic states: The Palestinian citizens of Israel, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 7:4, 66-86, DOI: 10.1080/13537110108428645
Week 7: 02.12.2020: Israel's Political Parties/Opinions /Actions regarding refugees and Foreign workers
The purpose of this session is to discuss Israeli politics regarding foreign workers and refugees.
Mandatory reading:
Rebeca Raijman (2010) Citizenship Status, Ethno-National Origin and Entitlement to Rights: Majority Attitudes towards Minorities and Immigrants in Israel, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(1): 87-106. DOI: 10.1080/13691830903123245
Tsfati, M., Ben-Ari, A., & Lavi, I. (2020). Ethnocentrism, universalism, and refugees’ social rights: The Israeli perspective. International Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820901773
Rebeca Raijman & Moshe Semyonov (2004) Perceived threat and exclusionary attitudes towards foreign workers in Israel, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 27:5, 780-799, DOI: 10.1080/0141987042000246345

Optional Readings:
Kritzman-Amir, T. & Shumacher, Y. (Translated from the Hebrew) (2012) Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the State of Israel, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, 6:3, 97-111, DOI: 10.1080/23739770.2012.11446521
Week 8: 09.12.2020: Political Communication on Israeli Intelligence Failure
The purpose of this session is to tackle political communication in Israel and abroad when dealing with Israeli Intelligence Failure.
Mandatory reading:
Herfroy-Mischler, A. (2015). "Silencing the agenda? Journalism practices and intelligence events: A case study". Media, War & Conflict 8(2): 244-263. E-JOURNAL

Hedley, J. H. (2005). Learning from Intelligence Failures, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 18(3): 435-450. E-JOURNAL

Optional Readings:
Magen, C. Media Strategies and Manipulations of Intelligence Services: The Case of Israel. The International Journal of Press and Politics vol. 20, no. 2 (2015), pp. 247-265. E-JOURNAL

Handley, R. and Amani, I. (2013). A watchdog to reckon with: Delivering WikiLeaks in the Israeli and Australian Press. Journalism,14(5): 643-660. E-JOURNAL

Daniel Byman, A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 29-76, 307-334, and 347-361.

Week 9: 16.12.2020: Target Killing during the Second Intifada and Beyond
The purpose of this session is to discuss political communication on Target killing, a counter-terrorism method used greatly during the Second Intifada and beyond. How Israeli politics tackle the ethical weight of such operations? Which political parties are pro? Against it? How Israeli politics deals with human shield?
Mandatory readings:
Frisch, H. (2006). Motivation or Capabilities? Israeli Counterterrorism against Palestinian Suicide Bombings and Violence. Journal of Strategic Studies 29 (5): 843-69.
Wolfsfeld, G., Frosh, P., & Awabdy, M. T. (2008). Covering Death in Conflicts: Coverage of the Second Intifada on Israeli and Palestinian Television. Journal of Peace Research, 45(3): 401–417. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343308088818
Wolfsfeld, G. (2018). The role of the media in violent conflicts in the digital age: Israeli and Palestinian leaders’ perceptions. Media, War & Conflict, 11(1), 107–124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635217727312
Optional Readings:

Nour Shreim (2014) War in Gaza: A Multimodal Analysis of the Attacks on the UNRWA School, Journal of War & Culture Studies, 7(1): 54-81. DOI: 10.1179/1752628013Y.0000000010

Jordan, Jenna, “When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation,” Security Studies, vol. 18, no. 4 (2009), pp. 719-755. E-JOURNAL

Carvin, S. (2012). The Trouble with Targeted Killing, Security Studies, 21 (3): 529-555. E-JOURNAL

Price, B. (2012). Targeting Top Terrorists: How Leadership Decapitation Contributes to Counterterrorism, International Security, 36(4): 9-46. E-JOURNAL

Week 10: 23.12.2020 : Unilateral withdrawal from Gaza
The purpose of this session is to address the various political and societal aspects of the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza.
Mandatory reading:
Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K. (2008). `We will get through this together’: Journalism, Trauma and the Israeli Disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Media, Culture & Society, 30(4): 495–513. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443708091179
Rob Geist Pinfold (2019) Territorial withdrawal as multilateral bargaining: Revisiting Israel’s ‘unilateral’ withdrawals from Gaza and southern Lebanon, Journal of Strategic Studies, DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2019.1570146
Rynhold, J., & Waxman, D. (2008). Ideological Change and Israel's Disengagement from Gaza. Political Science Quarterly, 123(1), 11-37. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20202970
Optional Readings:
Newman, D. (2005). From Hitnachalut to Hitnatkut: The Impact of Gush Emunim and the Settlement Movement on Israeli Politics and Society. Israel Studies, 10(3): 192-224. www.jstor.org/stable/30245772.
Levin, G. (2014) One step forward or two steps back? Unilateralism and Israel's Gaza disengagement in the eyes of the world, Israel Affairs, 20(1): 87-103. DOI: 10.1080/13537121.2013.863084
Week 11: 30.12.2020: Release of Hostages and POW
The purpose of this session is to discuss political communication around hostages and prisoners of War release as well as the halachic concept of "Pidiyon shvuyim" as a core Israeli (debated) value.

Mandatory reading:
Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K. (2008). “Fighting for the Story's Life: Non-closure in Journalistic Narrative”. Journalism, 9(1): 31-51. E-JOURNAL

Kaplan, D. (2008). Commemorating a suspended death: Missing soldiers and national solidarity in Israel. Journal of the American Ethnological Society, 35(3): 413-427. E-JOURNAL

Optional Readings:

Grebelsky-Lichtman, T. and Cohen A.A. (2016). Speaking under duress: visual and verbal elements of personal and political messages in captive videos. Visual Communication 16(1): 27-56.

Zech, S.T. & Kelly Z.M. (2015). Off With Their Heads: The Islamic State and Civilian Beheadings. Journal of Terrorism Research 6(2): 83-93.

Foy, K. (2015). Framing hostage negotiations: analyzing the discourse of the US government and the Islamic State. Critical Studies on Terrorism 8(3): 516-531.


Week 12: 06.01.2021: Reparation Politics: Israeli Public Apology
The purpose of this session is to introduce the concept and the role of Reparation Politics with a focus on Public Apology. We will focus on an empirical case: Mavi Marmara, the Flotilla (2011).
Mandatory reading:
Fahmy, S. & Eakin, B. (2014). High drama on the high seas: Peace versus war journalism framing of an Israeli/Palestinian related incident, The International Communication Gazette, 76(1): 86–105. E-JOURNAL

Kampf, Z. & Lowenheim, N. (2012) Rituals of apology in the global arena. Security Dialogue 43: 43–60.

Optional Readings:
Benoit WL (1995) Accounts, Excuses and Apologies: A Theory of Image and Restoration Strategies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Kampf Z (2011) Journalists as actors in social dramas of apology. Journalism 12: 71–87.
Tavuchis N (1991) Mea Culpa: A Sociology of Apology and Reconciliation. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.



Week 13: 13.01.2021: The IDF use and misuse of Image and Social Media in time of War- Gaza War (2008) versus Protective Edge (2014)
The purpose of this session is to assess the role of self-Image as a war weapon.
Mandatory reading:

Ayalon, A. et. al. (2016) From Warfare to Imagefare: How States Should Manage Asymmetric Conflicts With Extensive Media Coverage, Terrorism and Political Violence, 28(2): 254-273. DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2014.897622

O’Loughlin B (2011) Images as weapons of war: Representation, mediation and interpretation. Review of International Studies 37: 71–79.

Wang J (2006) Managing national reputation and international relations in the global era: Public diplomacy revisited. Public Relations Review 32: 91–96.

Optional Readings:

Roger N (2013) Image Warfare in the War on Terror. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Gow J and Michalski M (2008) War, Image and Legitimacy: Viewing Contemporary Conflict. New York: Routledge.

Wolfsfeld G (2011) Making Sense of Media and Politics: Five Principles in Political
Communication. New York: Routledge.

Week 14: 20.01.2021: Recap Session and Preparation for Final Take Home Exam

חומר חובה לקריאה:
Week 1: 21.10.2020- The Establishment and Function of the Israeli Political System (1948-1958)
The purpose of this session is to introduce a broad historical background of the Israeli Political System.
Mandatory Reading:
Dvora Hacohen (1987) Mass immigration and the Israeli political system, 1948–1953, Studies in Zionism, 8(1): 99-113. DOI: 10.1080/13531048708575912
Optional Readings:
Avi Bareli (2007) Mamlakhtiyut, Capitalism and Socialism during the 1950s in Israel, Journal of Israeli History, 26(2): 201-227. DOI: 10.1080/13531040701552132
Week 2: 28.10.2020: The Constitutional Setting
The purpose of this session is to introduce the constitutional setting of the Israeli Political System.
Mandatory Reading:
Navot, S. (2007). "Constitution" in. Constitutional Law of Israel. Kluwer Law International, Chapter 2: 35-50. http://www.duncankennedy.net/documents/Is-Pal/First-Syllabus/Suzie-Navot_Constitutional-Law-of-Israel.pdf
Optional Readings:
Hofnung, M. (1998) Israeli constitutional politics: The fragility of impartiality, Israel Affairs, 5(2): 34-54. DOI: 10.1080/13537129908719510
Doron, G. & Meydani, A. (2007) Establishing a Constitutional Court? An alternative political culture approach – the Israeli case, Policy and Society, 26(4): 105-124. DOI: 10.1016/S1449-4035(07)70122-4

Week 3: 04.11.2020: The Three Branches of the Israeli Political System: Legislative, Executive and Judicial
The purpose of this session is to explain the three branches of the Israeli political system.
Mandatory Reading:
Hazan, R.Y. (1996). Presidential parliamentarism: Direct popular election of the Prime Minister, Israel's new electoral and political system. Electoral Studies, 15(1): 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-3794(94)00003-4
Kenig, O. & Barnea, S. (2009) The Selection of Ministers in Israel: Is the Prime Minister ‘A Master of His Domain’? Israel Affairs, 15(3): 261-278. DOI: 10.1080/13537120902983015
Barak, A. (1998). The Role of the Supreme Court in a Democracy. Israel Studies, 3(2), 6-29. www.jstor.org/stable/30245712.
Optional Readings:
Woods, P. J. (2009). The Ideational Foundations of Israel’s “Constitutional Revolution.” Political Research Quarterly, 62(4): 811–824. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912909352178
Brichta, A. (1998). The New Premier-Parliamentary System in Israel. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 555(1), 180–192. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716298555001012
Week 4 and Week 5: 11.11.2020 and 18.11.2020: Israel's political parties/opinions/actions regarding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
The purpose of this session is to present opinions and actions of the "Israeli left" and the " Israeli right" regarding the multiple consequences of the 6 Days War on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the various attempts to reach Peace since 1967.
Mandatory Readings:
Sela, A. (2005). Politics, Identity and Peacemaking: The Arab Discourse on Peace with Israel in the 1990s. Israel Studies, 10(2), 15-71. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30245884

Sahliyeh, E. Deng, Z. (2003). The Determinants of Palestinians' Attitudes Toward Peace with Israel, International Studies Quarterly, 47(4): 693–708. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0020-8833.2003.00284.x

Herfroy-Mischler, A. & Friedman, E. (2020). The ‘blame game frame’: Ethical blame patterns and media framing upon negotiations failure in the Middle East. Journalism, 21(9), 1192–1211. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918791219

Rogers, R. & Ben-David, A. (2010). Coming to terms: a conflict analysis of the usage, in official and unofficial sources, of ‘security fence’, ‘apartheid wall’, and other terms for the structure between Israel and the Palestinian territories. Media, War & Conflict, 3(2), 202–229. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635210363924

Optional Readings:
Rubin, B. (2009). Motives and Interests in Israel-Gulf Relations. Middle East Review of International Affairs (Online), 13(3), 58-60. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/220935913?accountid&eq;44866

Tom Hill (2008) 1948 After Oslo: Truth and Reconciliation in Palestinian Discourse, Mediterranean Politics, 13:2(151-170).

Daniel Byman, "Curious Victory: Explaining Israel's Suppression of the Second Intifada," Terrorism and Political Violence, 24(5): 825-852. E-JOURNAL


Week 6: 25.11.2020: Israel's Political Parties/Opinions/Actions regarding Socio-Economic Cleavage, Minorities, Religion and Education
The purpose of this session is to give an overarching view of the economic cleavage in Israel based on minorities/religious practices and education.
Mandatory reading:
Neuberger, B. (1999). Religion and State in Europe and Israel. Israel Affairs, 6(2): 65-84. EJOURNAL
Cochran, J.A. (2017), Israel: Divided by Religion and Education. Domes, 26(1): 32-55. doi:10.1111/dome.12106
Avraham, E. (2003). Press, Politics, and the Coverage of Minorities in Divided Societies: The Case of Arab Citizens in Israel. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 8(4), 7–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1081180X03256577
Arar, K. (2012). Israeli Education Policy since 1948 and the State of Arab Education in Israel. Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, 4(1): 113-145. http://ijse.padovauniversitypress.it/system/files/papers/2012_1_6.pdf
Optional Readings:
Ayman K. Agbaria (2018) The ‘right’ education in Israel: segregation, religious ethnonationalism, and depoliticized professionalism, Critical Studies in Education, 59:1, 18-34, DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1185642
As'ad Ghanem & Nadim N. Rouhana (2001) Citizenship and the parliamentary politics of minorities in ethnic states: The Palestinian citizens of Israel, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 7:4, 66-86, DOI: 10.1080/13537110108428645
Week 7: 02.12.2020: Israel's Political Parties/Opinions /Actions regarding refugees and Foreign workers
The purpose of this session is to discuss Israeli politics regarding foreign workers and refugees.
Mandatory reading:
Rebeca Raijman (2010) Citizenship Status, Ethno-National Origin and Entitlement to Rights: Majority Attitudes towards Minorities and Immigrants in Israel, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(1): 87-106. DOI: 10.1080/13691830903123245
Tsfati, M., Ben-Ari, A., & Lavi, I. (2020). Ethnocentrism, universalism, and refugees’ social rights: The Israeli perspective. International Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820901773
Rebeca Raijman & Moshe Semyonov (2004) Perceived threat and exclusionary attitudes towards foreign workers in Israel, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 27:5, 780-799, DOI: 10.1080/0141987042000246345

Optional Readings:
Kritzman-Amir, T. & Shumacher, Y. (Translated from the Hebrew) (2012) Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the State of Israel, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, 6:3, 97-111, DOI: 10.1080/23739770.2012.11446521
Week 8: 09.12.2020: Political Communication on Israeli Intelligence Failure
The purpose of this session is to tackle political communication in Israel and abroad when dealing with Israeli Intelligence Failure.
Mandatory reading:
Herfroy-Mischler, A. (2015). "Silencing the agenda? Journalism practices and intelligence events: A case study". Media, War & Conflict 8(2): 244-263. E-JOURNAL

Hedley, J. H. (2005). Learning from Intelligence Failures, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 18(3): 435-450. E-JOURNAL

Optional Readings:
Magen, C. Media Strategies and Manipulations of Intelligence Services: The Case of Israel. The International Journal of Press and Politics vol. 20, no. 2 (2015), pp. 247-265. E-JOURNAL

Handley, R. and Amani, I. (2013). A watchdog to reckon with: Delivering WikiLeaks in the Israeli and Australian Press. Journalism,14(5): 643-660. E-JOURNAL

Daniel Byman, A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 29-76, 307-334, and 347-361.

Week 9: 16.12.2020: Target Killing during the Second Intifada and Beyond
The purpose of this session is to discuss political communication on Target killing, a counter-terrorism method used greatly during the Second Intifada and beyond. How Israeli politics tackle the ethical weight of such operations? Which political parties are pro? Against it? How Israeli politics deals with human shield?
Mandatory readings:
Frisch, H. (2006). Motivation or Capabilities? Israeli Counterterrorism against Palestinian Suicide Bombings and Violence. Journal of Strategic Studies 29 (5): 843-69.
Wolfsfeld, G., Frosh, P., & Awabdy, M. T. (2008). Covering Death in Conflicts: Coverage of the Second Intifada on Israeli and Palestinian Television. Journal of Peace Research, 45(3): 401–417. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343308088818
Wolfsfeld, G. (2018). The role of the media in violent conflicts in the digital age: Israeli and Palestinian leaders’ perceptions. Media, War & Conflict, 11(1), 107–124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635217727312
Optional Readings:

Nour Shreim (2014) War in Gaza: A Multimodal Analysis of the Attacks on the UNRWA School, Journal of War & Culture Studies, 7(1): 54-81. DOI: 10.1179/1752628013Y.0000000010

Jordan, Jenna, “When Heads Roll: Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation,” Security Studies, vol. 18, no. 4 (2009), pp. 719-755. E-JOURNAL

Carvin, S. (2012). The Trouble with Targeted Killing, Security Studies, 21 (3): 529-555. E-JOURNAL

Price, B. (2012). Targeting Top Terrorists: How Leadership Decapitation Contributes to Counterterrorism, International Security, 36(4): 9-46. E-JOURNAL

Week 10: 23.12.2020 : Unilateral withdrawal from Gaza
The purpose of this session is to address the various political and societal aspects of the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza.
Mandatory reading:
Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K. (2008). `We will get through this together’: Journalism, Trauma and the Israeli Disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Media, Culture & Society, 30(4): 495–513. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443708091179
Rob Geist Pinfold (2019) Territorial withdrawal as multilateral bargaining: Revisiting Israel’s ‘unilateral’ withdrawals from Gaza and southern Lebanon, Journal of Strategic Studies, DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2019.1570146
Rynhold, J., & Waxman, D. (2008). Ideological Change and Israel's Disengagement from Gaza. Political Science Quarterly, 123(1), 11-37. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20202970
Optional Readings:
Newman, D. (2005). From Hitnachalut to Hitnatkut: The Impact of Gush Emunim and the Settlement Movement on Israeli Politics and Society. Israel Studies, 10(3): 192-224. www.jstor.org/stable/30245772.
Levin, G. (2014) One step forward or two steps back? Unilateralism and Israel's Gaza disengagement in the eyes of the world, Israel Affairs, 20(1): 87-103. DOI: 10.1080/13537121.2013.863084
Week 11: 30.12.2020: Release of Hostages and POW
The purpose of this session is to discuss political communication around hostages and prisoners of War release as well as the halachic concept of "Pidiyon shvuyim" as a core Israeli (debated) value.

Mandatory reading:
Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K. (2008). “Fighting for the Story's Life: Non-closure in Journalistic Narrative”. Journalism, 9(1): 31-51. E-JOURNAL

Kaplan, D. (2008). Commemorating a suspended death: Missing soldiers and national solidarity in Israel. Journal of the American Ethnological Society, 35(3): 413-427. E-JOURNAL

Optional Readings:

Grebelsky-Lichtman, T. and Cohen A.A. (2016). Speaking under duress: visual and verbal elements of personal and political messages in captive videos. Visual Communication 16(1): 27-56.

Zech, S.T. & Kelly Z.M. (2015). Off With Their Heads: The Islamic State and Civilian Beheadings. Journal of Terrorism Research 6(2): 83-93.

Foy, K. (2015). Framing hostage negotiations: analyzing the discourse of the US government and the Islamic State. Critical Studies on Terrorism 8(3): 516-531.


Week 12: 06.01.2021: Reparation Politics: Israeli Public Apology
The purpose of this session is to introduce the concept and the role of Reparation Politics with a focus on Public Apology. We will focus on an empirical case: Mavi Marmara, the Flotilla (2011).
Mandatory reading:
Fahmy, S. & Eakin, B. (2014). High drama on the high seas: Peace versus war journalism framing of an Israeli/Palestinian related incident, The International Communication Gazette, 76(1): 86–105. E-JOURNAL

Kampf, Z. & Lowenheim, N. (2012) Rituals of apology in the global arena. Security Dialogue 43: 43–60.

Optional Readings:
Benoit WL (1995) Accounts, Excuses and Apologies: A Theory of Image and Restoration Strategies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Kampf Z (2011) Journalists as actors in social dramas of apology. Journalism 12: 71–87.
Tavuchis N (1991) Mea Culpa: A Sociology of Apology and Reconciliation. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.



Week 13: 13.01.2021: The IDF use and misuse of Image and Social Media in time of War- Gaza War (2008) versus Protective Edge (2014)
The purpose of this session is to assess the role of self-Image as a war weapon.
Mandatory reading:

Ayalon, A. et. al. (2016) From Warfare to Imagefare: How States Should Manage Asymmetric Conflicts With Extensive Media Coverage, Terrorism and Political Violence, 28(2): 254-273. DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2014.897622

O’Loughlin B (2011) Images as weapons of war: Representation, mediation and interpretation. Review of International Studies 37: 71–79.

Wang J (2006) Managing national reputation and international relations in the global era: Public diplomacy revisited. Public Relations Review 32: 91–96.

Optional Readings:

Roger N (2013) Image Warfare in the War on Terror. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Gow J and Michalski M (2008) War, Image and Legitimacy: Viewing Contemporary Conflict. New York: Routledge.

Wolfsfeld G (2011) Making Sense of Media and Politics: Five Principles in Political
Communication. New York: Routledge.

Week 14: 20.01.2021: Recap Session and Preparation for Final Take Home Exam

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