To me, the problem is pretty simple:
Consider the following headline quoted from a major news source yesterday:
"Israel Rains Death on Gaza"
The mainstream media, for some reason will go to any length to rationalize provocations on the part of Palestinian extremists, then, predictably, when Israel finally retaliates, news outlets have a field day criticizing the Israeli response as "heavy handed".
Think about it this way: If any country other than Israel had signed a peace agreement with it's neighbor, and that neighbor continually goaded them with small artillery fire, would anybody actually be surprised when said country finally had enough? And more importantly, would the mainstream media be smothering that country with criticism? Unlikely, I say.
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