Israel-Palestine War: A Study of Psychological Warfare Techniques Used by Kayhan Newspaper against Israel

Sayed Sarwar Hashemi

Volume 7 Issue 2 | Dec 2024

DOI: 10.31841/KJSSH-7.1-2024-79

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Abstract

After the start of the war between Israel and Gaza, the Kayhan newspaper of the Islamic Republic of Iran launched a severe psychological war against Israel. It has taken fundamental and practical steps in this field to secure Iran's interests. For this reason, consciously, the last section of Kayhan newspaper has been dedicated to foreign news, especially for Israel, during the first month of the Gaza-Israel war. This research aims to highlight and analyze the techniques used by the newspaper against Israel. The methodology used in this research is analytical to highlight psychological warfare techniques from library sources. Then, the methods of psychological warfare against Israel were studied with the qualitative content analysis method. The findings of the present research show that Kayhan newspaper of the Islamic Republic of Iran has used 7 techniques such as rumours, big lies, false tagging, selective arrangement of news, war mongering, and pretending to be the saviour and a unified nation fighting for the rights of the Palestinians. The main purpose of using the psychological warfare techniques of Kayhan newspaper against Israel is to call it an occupier and emphasize the enmity of Israel with the Muslim countries.
Keywords: Israel, Gaza, Kayhan Newspaper, Psychological Warfare