In its March 20 edition, the Washington Post runs the following headline on page A10:  “New Tensions after Israeli planes hit three Syrian army positions on Golan Heights.”  In a similar vein, the New York Times headline on page A6 reads as follows:  “Israeli Strikes on Syrian Army Sites Raise Concern About Entanglement.” Readers who scan only headlines -- and they are legion -- are left with the distinct impression that Israel is stirring trouble and violence along the Syrian border.  It’s a false impression, of course. As is actually made clear in the body of the actual articles. At the Post, the lead paragraph of correspondents Ruth Eglash and Liz Sly inform readers that  Israeli warplanes attacked Syrian military positions “in retaliation for a bombing the previous day” And they elaborate in the third paragraph that the Israeli raid was a “response to a bombing along the line Tuesday that injured four...(Read Full Post)