Can you imagine the Times saying that earlier this year when China crushed Tibet? No, you can't. The first paragraph of the Times editorial on Gaza (who needs to read more):
Israel must defend itself. And Hamas must bear responsibility for
ending a six-month cease-fire this month with a barrage of rocket
attacks into Israeli territory. Still we fear that Israel’s response —
devastating airstrikes that represent the largest military operation in
Gaza since 1967 — is unlikely to weaken the militant Palestinian group
substantially or move things any closer to what all Israelis and all
Palestinians need: a durable peace agreement and a two-state solution.
ending a six-month cease-fire this month with a barrage of rocket
attacks into Israeli territory. Still we fear that Israel’s response —
devastating airstrikes that represent the largest military operation in
Gaza since 1967 — is unlikely to weaken the militant Palestinian group
substantially or move things any closer to what all Israelis and all
Palestinians need: a durable peace agreement and a two-state solution.
And more than 385 Palestinians were just killed. You wonder why the internet just surpassed newspapers as an information source. You wonder why the late Arthur Hays Sulzberger was "deeply opposed to Zionism."
