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In his book, Dr. AlAhmad presents a critical vision of how Arab satellite media, funded by the governments of rich countries that aspire to play a political role, influences the formation of the political scene, especially in non-democratic environments such as the Palestinian context and the Arab societies that suffer from internal conflicts.

The Journal of the Arab American University competed with more than 500 Arab journals in the Arab Impact Factor classification for this year. This is a great achievement for the Journal of the Arab American University and for scientific research at AAUP in particular and Palestine in general.

The research project was titled “Guarantees of a Fair Trial in the Weak State: Areas C as a Model”, Dr. Salmoodi stated. In his research project, Dr. Salmoodi touched upon the jurisdiction of the Palestinian judicial control bodies over areas, which are classified “C” according to the Oslo Accords and the obstacles that the Israeli occupation places before the judicial control authorities as they exercise jurisdiction over these areas.

The new model, “The Bargaining Power,” comes as a scientific contribution to the four theoretical models available through the efforts of media and communication scholars to explain media influences and their role in shaping the various features of human society, which are: the “Manufacturing Consent” model by Noam Chomsky and Samuel Herman (Chomsky & Herman 1988a).