ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some key concepts discusssed in the preceding chapters of the book. In the United States, news media perceptions hold close to an official Israeli version of events. The four case studies examined in the dissertation suggest that the authoritative news media in the United States is reluctant to criticize Israeli occupation, Israeli policy, or Israeli military intervention in the ongoing political dispute in the region. The printed news in the United Kingdom presents information in a somewhat more nuanced manner than their trans-Atlantic colleagues. In presentations of culture in the case studies in this work, the US print news media often made mention of the religious traditions of both Palestinian and Israel communities. For many US journalists covering the region, Islam and Islamic custom provided a focal point around which the discussion of Palestine takes place.
