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Abstract of "Media and the Path to Peace" by Gadi Wolfsfeld

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Gadi Wolfsfeld 2004. Media and the Path to Peace. Cambridge University Press.

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Examining the role that the news media play in peace processes, Gadi Wolfsfeld argues that, although often destructive, the role of the press varies over time and political circumstance. Wolfsfeld analyzes these variations by examining three major cases: the Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinians; the peace process between Israel and Jordan; and the process surrounding the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland.

The story of the human race is characterized by efforts to get along much more than by violent disputes, although it's the latter that make the history books. Violence is actually exceptional. The human race has survived because of cooperation. -- Gerard Vanderhaar

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