This study examines the news media's role in shaping public opinion during a period of heightened political tension, focusing on the coverage of President Donald Trump's 2017 declaration recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, utilizing quantitative content analysis to examine the extent of coverage, news frames employed (attribution, human interest, conflict, economic, and moral), and news sources (domestic, party, ordinary, and media) utilized by three online news outlets: the Palestinian news agency Wafa, the Malaysian Islamic news agency Bernama, and the international Western news agency Reuters. The analysis covers the period from Trump's declaration on December 6, 2017, to the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Additionally, the study employs qualitative content analysis to explore social media users' reactions to Trump's declaration, published on Facebook and Twitter from December 6 to December 22, 2017. .....

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