Re: Non-violent Movements and the Israel-Palestine Conflict

I think that for many conflicts all over the world, violent action receives majority of attention in comparison to non-violent action. This could be just because of the nature of social media and news outlets wanting to garner attention by means of click-bait, promising shocking live footage, etc. While it is important that news outlets report on non-violent action, they realize that violent action attracts more viewers/listeners/readers. I also think that the kind of news reported is heavily dependant on the news station that is doing the reporting. Western news stations tend to only report Palestinian violence on Israel, but the news coming from Palestine will completely contrast in comparison, and will most likely focus on non-violent actions coming from Palestine. The overuse of clickbait and shocking headlines is creating a trend in media where only violent action seems worthy of reporting. Non-violent action is getting overshadowed by violent acts, thus going unnoticed.  As for what needs to happen for a peaceful future for Israel and Palestine, I think a focus on security might help. I do not really think Israel and Palestine will ever truly have a future together, but the future could possibly be peaceful is each country agrees to keep to themselves. Neither country trusts each other, and want to keep each other out of their land. Israel is very self aware of their security, but if surrounding Arab countries encourage Israel to compromise, but manage to maintain Israel’s security, there may be a possibility of a peaceful future between the two countries.