If you pick up the Sept. 18 edition of the New York Times, you will encounter the following headline on page 7 of the front section: "Palestinian Killed in Raid In West Bank." If you then go on to peruse other stories, you will leave with a negative impression of Israel, thanks to a headline that suggests indiscriminate killing of a Palestinian by Israeli forces. A Palestinian was killed for no good or given reason, it would seem. Even if you linger for a moment and delve into the top of Jerusalem correspondent Isabel Kershner's article, the impression of unwarranted killing of a Palestinian will simply be reinforced. Kershner's lead paragraph reads as follows: "Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian man they had been sent to arrest in a refugee camp early Tuesday, according to the Israeli military and relatives of the man." Israel remains painted as responsible for the fatal shooting of just a "Palestinian man" -- a Palestinian with no apparent credentials or reason to merit...(Read Full Post)