يطمـس الخـط الفاصـل بيـن الضحيـة المدنيـة العـزلاء، والجانـي المسـلح بترسـانة الإبـادة الجماعيـة. كمـا يعمـل هـذا الإعلام على اسـتدامة السـرديات التـي تُُبـرِِّر أو ش ـَْرْع ِِن الإجـراءات الإسـرائيلية ضـد الفلسـطينيين الذيـن يتـم تقديمهـم بصفتهـم �ُُ ت عـًا بشـرية" أو حتـى "بشـرًًا دون المسـتوى الإنسـاني"، وبهـذا لا � "غيـر مدنييـن" أو "درو يــستحقون الحماــية الإنــسانية الكامــلة بموــجب القاــنون الدوــلي الإنــساني. المدنــي الفلســطيني، حقــوق الإنســان، الإعلام الغربــي، نــزع كلمــات مفتاحيــة: صفــة المدنــي، النظريــة الســردية. Abstract: The study analyses the techniques and characteristics of narration in Western media coverage of human rights, focusing on Palestinian civilians in Gaza during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip (2023-2024). It argues that human rights frameworks can be either effective or ineffective, depending on the methods and patterns of media coverage. The concept of “civilian”, as defined in international humanitarian law, is a central theme in media portrayals of the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The process of stripping civilians of their status is the legal and technical application of two significant narratives: dehumanisation and demonisation. These narratives play a central role in the systematic destruction of Palestinian civilian infrastructure. The study specifically examines Western media coverage, particularly the BBC News in both its English and Arabic versions, to understand how it frames the plight of Palestinians as civilians. It identifies the key aspects of the media’s treatment of Palestinian suffering. Using a descriptive-analytical methodology, the study explores the narrative strategies and techniques in a sample of news coverage. It draws on narrative theory, particularly that developed by academic Mona Baker, on the influence of narratives in translation, providing a theoretical framework for understanding and interpreting the stories and narratives produced by Western media about Palestinian civilians. This framework is especially significant as media coverage represents a form of linguistic transfer across borders. The study concludes that Western media, like BBC News, prioritises the Israeli narrative, not only through techniques such as narrative accumulation and selective editing but also through replication and inversion. This is done at the expense of the Palestinian narrative, which is obscured to blur the line between the unarmed civilian victim and the armed perpetrator of genocide. Furthermore, this media coverage sustains narratives that justify or legitimise Israeli actions against Palestinians, presenting them as
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