Abstract
This research investigated the ideological representation in selected political speeches by Benjamin Netanyahu and Hossein Amirabdollahian. The study focused solely on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It aimed to explore how Netanyahu and Amirabdollahian portrayed their stance on the conflict and constructed their ideological positions as either victims or aggressors. The data consisted of ten political speeches taken from official government websites. The analysis was conducted using two frameworks: Systemic Functional Linguistics and Van Dijk’s Ideological Square. The study examined only clauses relevant to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The findings showed that Netanyahu frequently used material and verbal processes to justify Israeli actions and highlight the threats posed by the opposing side, while Amirabdollahian often utilized relational and mental processes to portray Palestinians as victims and frame Israel as the aggressor. These differences reflected each figure’s ideological positioning in the conflict.