‘Law-Abiding’ Israelis, ‘Unwelcoming’ Palestinians U.S. journalists sympathize with Israeli colonists

FAIR - Judy Hollar
... It’s a basic principle of international law that an occupying power is forbidden to colonize the occupied territory (Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49).

...Political realities and options are shaped to no small degree by public perception, which is in turn shaped by media coverage... U.S. media accounts that portray the Israeli settlers as highly “law-abiding” individuals with whom the reader can identify, contrasted with largely invisible but clearly hateful Palestinians, obscure the illegality of the colonies and contribute to the intractable political situation the Time piece wrings its hands over. Full story