Violence and Understanding in Gaza

Dávid Kaposi was born in a football stadium in Budapest. It is from that time that his interest in the human affairs dates. Having written about the work of novelist Imre Kertész and the exchange between philosopher Hannah Arendt and historian Gershom Scholem, he has also come to appreciate that life is not a zero sum game. Kaposi currently teaches psychology at the University of East London, UK, and is a psychotherapist in training.

• Contents List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Violence and Understanding in the Armed Conflict of Gaza 2. Method of the Analysis and General Characteristics of the Newspapers 3. Action and Death in War 4. Engagements with History 5. Engagements with Criticism 6. Engagements with Antisemitism 7. War – Purity of Arms and Souls in the Conservative Press 8. War – Purity of Arms and Souls in the Liberal Press 9. Conclusion: Beyond Good and Evil List of Sources List of References Appendix: List of the Newspapers' Editorials Index

"Kaposi sets out to examine, in detail, not only different interpretations of the Gaza conflict, as represented in broadsheet newspaper coverage of the war, but also to analyse the ways that these very interpretations make understanding - and conflict resolution - unattainable. I am sure that the book will come to be considered a significant contribution to the literature on the war (and on the Israel/Palestinian conflict more generally) and should retain this status for some years." - John E. Richardson, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK 'The book provides a complex and multi-faceted assessment of British news coverage of the Gaza conflict which will hopefully be expanded to other political developments and newspapers in the future. It is eye-opening in its critical scrutiny.' - Catherine Hezser, LSE Review of Books, 2014