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It seems as if, just about every week, one of the MSM outlets has a story about an Israeli attack on the Palestinians. You know, the stories where you hear that this bomb builder, or that Hamas leader, was killed while driving in his car. Or perhaps you’ll hear that Israeli soldiers roughed someone up at a border crossing — only to find buried in the article the fact that the someone was stylishly attired in a dynamite belt.

I don’t read only the MSM, though. I also read Jewish news outlets. And what I notice there is that, not every week, but just about every day, there is a story about a rocket or missile being fired into Israel. What’s different about these stories is that, almost without exception (and thank God), the results of those forays are minimal: the latest story records two people suffering from shock. Other stories I’ve seen discuss empty kindergarten classrooms being hit, lifestock getting killed, and fields being torn apart. In other words, the Israelis, targeting military targets, are successful; the Palestinians, targeting civilians, are less so.

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