Vozes estratégicas: o conflito Israel-Palestino nos editoriais do The New York Times entre 07 de outubro e 07 de novembro de 2023

Abstract

The Israel-Palestine conflict is characterized by deep territorial, political, and religious disputes between the State of Israel and the Palestinian people, whose consequences transcend the region, involving multiple actors and complex geopolitical interests on a global scale. In a context where communication plays a fundamental role in shaping public opinion and conducting international diplomacy, the media emerges as a strategic agent in the symbolic construction of the conflict, configuring discursive boundaries that privilege legitimized voices while silencing others. This research investigates the discursive construction of the Israel-Palestine conflict in the journalistic coverage of The New York Times, based on a qualitative analysis of texts published from October 7 to November 7, 2023. Grounded in the theoretical foundations of Bakhtin's Discourse Analysis, the study employs digital tools such as Easy Scraper, Visual Studio Code, and Iramuteq software for the collection, processing, and quantitative and qualitative analysis of texts, highlighting the predominance of the "Israel versus Hamas" axis and the centrality of the military field, as well as the selective presence of personal and affective voices, mostly linked to Israeli suffering. The research points to an asymmetric polyphony, in which Israeli institutional voices are valorized while Palestinian actors appear delegitimized or mediated by discourses that reinforce geopolitical polarization and naturalize imperialist stances. Therefore, the study revealed that the initial hypothesis, suggesting that the coverage does not adopt a neutral approach and presents a pro-Israel bias, was validated.