Missing the Peace Train: Media’s Obsessive Focus on Israeli Settlements | Honest Reporting

The announcement by Israel of plans to build thousands of new housing units in the West Bank prompted widespread criticism of the entire settlement enterprise:
France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain are deeply concerned about Israeli plans to build new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, the countries said in a joint statement.
And seemingly with a view to driving home the perception that the existence of Jewish cities, towns and villages beyond the 1967 borders is tantamount to a war crime, international news organizations cited the “watchdog group” Peace Now, which responded this way to the revelation that Jerusalem had approved the construction of some 5,000 homes in Palestinian-claimed territory: