Ink and Insights: The Portrayal of Palestine Genocide in Pakistani and Indian Newspaper

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the Editorial treatment of the Asian press “Dawn, The Hindu and Indian Express” on the Palestine genocide issue. The focus of this study is to find out the framing of Pakistan and Indian newspapers with reference to Palestine issue by ‘Dawn, The Hindu, and Indian Express’. The research follows a qualitative research design content analysis strategy. A purposive sampling strategy was adopted. Editorials of both newspapers on the Palestine issue from 8th October 2023 to 8th December 2023 were selected. The researcher designed a coding sheet by selecting three frames. The theoretical framework for this research was based on framing theory. The data was analyzed through an in-depth study of the editorial. The findings of the study showed that the Pakistani newspaper ’Dawn newspaper’ gave more space to Palestine issue comparatively ‘To the Hindu and Indian Express’ (Indian newspapers) on the editorial page, and the Pakistani newspaper used more favorable framing towards Palestine while Indian newspapers were inclined towards Israel. Findings imply that the Pakistani elite press played a significant role in shaping positive public opinion for Palestine on the particular issue while the Indian elite press framed it positively for Israel.