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Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/pollak/87202
Wishing It Were So
[Commentary] Noah Pollak - The UK Times has a great deal of trouble distinguishing truth from fiction and views the sensationalization of the Middle East as one of its main jobs. A recent report entitled "U.S. Fury as Israel Defies Settlement Freeze Call," declared that "Israeli plans to authorize the construction of hundreds of houses in the occupied West Bank sparked furious protests from American and Palestinian officials." "Furious protests" from the Obama administration? Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, said: "We regret the reports of Israel's plans to approve additional settlement construction." There is regret, but who could characterize this as "fury"?