In its Friday, Feb. 25, edition, the Washington Post features an article by Jerusalem correspondent Joel Greenberg about Israel's responses to an attack from Gaza on an Israeli border patrol and to a an advanced rocket fired from Gaza that hit a residential area in Beersheba, the capital of the Negev ("Israel responds to rocket fire with airstrikes" page A6).Four comments:First, the Washington Post is playing catch-up.  It did not provide news of these attacks to its readers in the first immediate news cycle.  Attacks on Israel from Gaza don't seem to rate as a big deal to Post editors and correspondents.  It's only when Israel strikes back that the paper shows some interest and belatedly bothers to take notice.Second, Greenberg goes to extreme lengths to avoid labeling the attack on Beeesheba as the work of "terrorists."  Instead, he refers to "militants" -- a soft, Orwellian euphemism designed to sanitize terrorist...(Read Full Post)