The New York Times coverage of the conflict between Israel and its adversaries has been execrable (as it has been for many other areas-politics among them). The paper routinely ignored the thousands of missiles flying into Israel ever since Israel left the Gaza Strip; the preaching and teaching of hate; the oppressions of women and Christians in the Gaza Strip, and many other aspects of Hamas that might reflect badly on them.   The paper reaches at least a new short term low in today’s lead editorial on the actions Israel is taking to stop the barrage of missiles that is tantamount to aerial terror  . While the paper expresses “sympathy” for the Israelis who have had to endure these attacks for years (finally the paper gets around to that fact) it expresses concern that:   short-term success on the battlefield might encourage the Israelis to keep pressing further and longer in an attempt to decimate Hamas and wrest Gaza from its grip.   ...(Read Full Post)