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		<title>Media on Gaza: information or speculation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Ó Giobúin]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media is a powerful tool of information. A look at our screens or a glance through the newspapers can not only provide information on different current events, but can also convey the suffering and plight of individuals across the globe. In recent times, the imagery of Palestinian suffering helped bolster Palestinian solidarity protests worldwide, with calls for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine or the lifting of the siege of Gaza common demands. These seem like reasonable demands for the preservation of human dignity and the right to self-determination. But the emotions which imagery can convey can also negatively influence the objectivity of our conclusions. With this in mind, it is important in the interest of impartiality to actually view the current situation in the Gaza strip in light of facts. In 2005, Israel withdrew its army and dismantled all Israeli settlements in the Gaza strip, with any Israeli citizens who refused to move voluntarily being evicted by the Israeli army. Despite the current situation often being portrayed as one of continued occupation of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli forces, the Gaza strip is now under the control of the Palestinian Authority, with the recent incursion by [&#8230;]]]></description>
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