As Gaza's rockets are fired at Israel, so are media missiles

(JNS) — We know it’s coming. We can write the script in advance. Yet it never fails to sicken and to shock.

Israel was once again forced to take military action to defend itself against increasingly deadly attacks. As ever, Western media presented this as if Israel wakes up in the morning and decides to bomb Gaza through some insatiable lust for violence.

Once again, such media outlets omitted or downplayed the crucial context for this military action. Once again, questions asked by some interviewers were framed through a maliciously distorted prism.

The most notable element of Israel’s Gaza s...