A common formulation in reporting on the conflict holds that even the most severe Israeli attacks are acts of “retaliation”, regardless of what preceded the events. Read more about Palestinians "attack", Israel "retaliates" 

Although the use of the adjective ‘vigilante’ is unlikely to be intended by any journalist to imply that killing three Palestinians — including a baby — on their way to a wedding party is an act of ‘justice’, their inappropriate use of this word does make it obvious that many journalists shy away from applying the adjective ‘terrorist’ to Jews or ‘Israelis’ but do not apply the same restraint when writing about Palestinians. Read more about Palestinian "terrorists", Jewish "vigilantes" 

This is not a new coverage trend, but rather has been a persistent pattern, both with respect to Israel’s violence against Palestinians and during Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon. Read more about A non-existent "lull", "quiet", or "calm" -- the blatant semantic clues of journalists admitting they fail to consider Israeli violence against Palestinians noteworthy 

In fact, the city of Jerusalem and Israel itself have been closed to 99 percent of the 3 million Palestinians since March 1993. Read more about The 'new' closure of Jerusalem 

The notion that Palestinian parents send their children to die is yet the latest reincarnation of a well-known scapegoating strategy known as ‘blaming the victim.’ Read more about Palestinian parents blamed for their children's deaths during street clashes 

Much of the media portrays the current conflict between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupying army as an encounter or contest between equals, ignoring the massive imbalance of military, economic, political and diplomatic power between the Palestinian and Israeli sides. Read more about The 'conflict between equals' 

Since the “unilateral cease-fire” was declared (22 May 2001) and the “restraint” buzzword started appearing (28 May 2001), Israeli actions on the ground have clearly not been restricted to acts of “self-defence”, as Sharon put it. Read more about Israel's widely reported "unilateral cease-fire" was non-existent from day one 

The Palestinian people, who sit glued to their television sets in disturbed silence like the rest of the world, are actually better placed than most to understand what those of us living in America currently feel and are finding it hard to express. Read more about The Palestinian people, as a whole, portrayed as supportive of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon