NOURNEWS- “Nournews” has held a discussion roundtable to examine the role of media and social networks in the narrative of the Gaza war. “Hossein Jaberi Ansari”, the former spokesman of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and “Mohammad Khodadi”, the former CEO of IRNA and Iran's Deputy Culture Minister for Press Affairs of the 12th Government, participated in this round table and expressed their views on why and how to change the direction of public opinion towards the Palestinian issue.
October 7 turned the issue of occupation into the central issue of Palestine
Jaberi Ansari, the former spokesman of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while analyzing the role of the media in awakening the public opinion of the world to the issue of the brutal killing of the Palestinian people and the unprecedented cooperation of the world in supporting the people of Gaza and condemning the crimes of the Zionists, said: the remarkable thing is that apart from what is the reality and its dimensions, the image presented of the reality is very important.
The former diplomat added: An important part of the Palestinian issue throughout history has been the issue of portraying this crisis; due to the support Zionists receive from the world powers and the mainstream media, the Zionists have always presented their desired narrative and image as the main narrative, and this issue has become one of the main challenges of Palestinian history.
He further added: Zionists, with the help of the mainstream media, have turned the peace process for receiving land, for which they had to pay a certain price, into a diplomacy project for Israel; It means, they started beautifying Israel.
The former spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized: One of the biggest achievements of October 7 is that the Palestinian issue received a new life. The issue of occupation, which is the central issue of Palestine, was put before the eyes of the world, and the illustrations also served it, and the whole project of beautifying Israel during the last quarter of a century faced a serious challenge.
He said: One of the potentials and capacities created by October 7 was that after two to three weeks, the mainstream media of the world had to distance themselves from a unilateral position in favor of Israel and reflect some of the facts to maintain their credibility and influence.
Social networks forced the mainstream media to back down in the story of the Gaza war
Emphasizing the power of social networks in covering the oppression of the Palestinian people, “Mohammad Khodadi”, the former CEO of IRNA and Iran's Deputy Culture Minister for Press Affairs of the 12th Government, said: The interesting thing to note is that Hamas had a very high capacity in recording the image and presenting the reality due to the change in the quality of their facilities.
He added: “The power of social networks, the power of people, and the power of recording and publishing images, caused the defeat of the media monopoly of the Zionist regime and practically forced the mainstream media to go along with social networks to keep up with the caravan.”
Follow the details of this round table on the Nournews website and social networks which will be published in separate issues…
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