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This book explores Israel's relations with its friends and foes, in the present and the past, by looking into news media outlets and their effect. There are several international political players involved in Israel's tough neighborhood of the Middle East, and some of them are portrayed in this book through the dimension of media coverage.Along with this, the volume highlights some of Israel's leading challenges in the sphere of international relations and public diplomacy. Hence, it integrates research in various topics—international relations, politics, media and Israel studies. With Israel at its center, the book brings together insights drawn from a wide range of scholarly inquiries into current global issues. Thus, a large scope and a uniquely wide perspective is established, enabling researchers to rely on this work.The book is bound to be of interest to specialists and to both advanced and undergraduate students in the field of Israel studies, Middle Eastern studies, scholars of international relations, and researchers of specific countries. However, though academic in nature, this book is also suitable for readers of popular social science who are interested in media and communication, Israel, or in the fascinating sociological forces that influence the regional geopolitics of the Middle East.

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Dmitry Strovsky holds a PhD in Political Science and is a Researcher in Politics and Media at Ariel University, Israel. He has written extensively in Russian and English on the historical and contemporary evolution of Russian journalism and the relationship between media and power in this country. He has authored and edited several books and more than a hundred articles, in addition to his contributions to a number of international journals.Nitza Davidovitch is Professor of Education at Ariel University, Israel, where she is also the Head of Quality Assessment and Academic Instruction and the Head of the Israeli Consortium of Faculty Development Centers. Her areas of research interest include academic curriculum development, development of academic instruction, Holocaust awareness and Jewish identity.Eyal Lewin is Assistant Professor at the Department of Middle East Studies and Political Science at Ariel University, Israel. He is the author of a number of papers and monographs on general socio-political phenomena such as national resilience, patriotism, national ethos, and Israeli studies.

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