After more than two years of Israel’s assault on Gaza, one might think that there would be appreciable improvement in the understanding and discussion of the Israeli/Palestinian issue. But US press treatment of last week’s meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clearly

demonstrates that we have a long way to go.

Coverage of Palestinians’ suffering has certainly increased in recent months, including individual stories of the trauma Israel has inflicted on hundreds of thousands who have lost family members, homes, and so much more. In the past week, we have seen long-form pieces on malnutrition in Gaza, homeless Palestinians enduring cold winter rains, Jewish settler terrorist raids on West Bank villages, and a pictorial on the enduring hope of return expressed by Palestinian refugees in several Arab countries.

This sensitivity to Palestinian humanity is new and important after long receiving short shrift. While tens of thousands of Palestinians were being slaughtered, most US reporting struggled for “balance” by allowing official Israeli sources to dissemble or obfuscate. After bombing a hospital or apartment building, killing scores of Palestinian civilians, the Israelis would........

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