Headlines from the Holy Land, 1st ed. 2015
Reporting the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Tied by history, politics, and faith to all corners of the globe, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fascinates and infuriates people across the world. Based on new archive research and original interviews, Headlines from the Holy Land explains why this fiercely contested region exerts such a pull over leading correspondents and diplomats.

Introduction
1. Reporting from the Ruins
2. Six Days and Seventy-Three
3. Not just writing about it, living it
4. The Roadmap, Reporting, and Religion
5. Going back Two Thousand Years all the Time
6. The Ambassador's Eyes and Ears
7. Social Media, a Real Battleground
8. Holy Land

James Rodgers is an author and journalist. His previous books are Reporting Conflict (2012) and No Road Home: Fighting for Land and Faith in Gaza (2013). A former BBC correspondent in Moscow, Brussels, and Gaza, James lectures in Journalism at City University London, UK.

Draws on the author’s unique experience as the only BBC journalist to be permanently based in Gaza from 2002-2004, and combines historical and contemporary perspectives on this ongoing struggle This book has a broad interdisciplinary reach, and suitable for students and scholars across journalism, media, political science, IR and Middle Eastern studies The Israel-Palestinian conflict remains a salient topic, which, coupled with the book’s accessible and eloquent writing style, will be of general interest to anyone interested in the region, and conflict zone reportage