ISRAEL-PALESTINE ISSUE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON OCTOBER 6-7 ATTACS AND INFORMATION WARFARE

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ISRAEL-PALESTINE ISSUE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON OCTOBER 6-7 ATTACS AND INFORMATION WARFARE Gizem YILDIRIM Güngör ŞAHİN War is a phenomenon that has taken place in social life throughout political history and whose diversity has increased day by day. The reflection of this phenomenon on societies has occurred thanks to technology. With the increase in technological developments, news sources have increased and led to societies being informed about the events taking place in the world, regardless of their geographical location. Thus, the way the world press and media handle the news has affected the perspectives and thoughts of societies. Since the way the media deals with wars and the meaning they want to convey to society generally proceed in parallel, societies' attitudes and approaches toward attacks may change. Since the way the attacks are reflected in the world public opinion varies according to the ideology of the news sources, there has been some competition among these sources. This competition is reflected today as information wars. The basis of information wars is the difference in the ideologies of these news sources. Ideological differences can be demonstrated through the discourse style, language and content of the news presented. This study dealt with 3-day news analysis from the day the Hamas-Israeli attacks began on October 6-7, 2023. The aim of the study is to examine to what extent media organizations affect the flow of information, based on the October 7 Hamas-Israel attacks. The fact that this issue was not addressed from the information warfare perspective when the literature was reviewed shows the importance of the study. The hypothesis of the research is that differences in the ideology of newspaper organizations create information warfare in a way that supports or increases existing conflicts. Based on this hypothesis, how the information flow of the news affected this war was addressed as a research question. The study was limited to the news of Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, Xinhua and Sputnik news agencies between 7-10 October and used the critical discourse analysis method while examining the news. In this way, the effect of information warfare on Hamas-Israeli attacks was tried to be explained. The findings revealed the existence of information wars among the reasons why the war did not end. Artical Type: Research Article Key Words: Hamas, Knowledge, Media, Critical Discourse Analysis, Information Warfare Jel Codes: F5, F51 Artical’s Note: This study was prepared in compliance with the scientific research and ethicals rules. There is no content necessitating any permission from Ethical Board or any legal/special permission in this study.