I listen to today’s news on the radio and then watch Al Jazeira.  Same news but opposite.  We talk about the Hamas headquarters in hospitals – they talk about bombing patients.  We talk about how many Hamas terrorists were killed, they talk about children.  We emphasize the humanitarian aid being given to the hundreds of thousands of Gazans who descended to the south, they talk about our bombing them.  We talk about hostages, they talk about captives.  They show footage of the wounded, the dead. We show footage of the hostages. 

As for the West Bank, we are concerned with the numerous attacks on individual Israelis, they show our searches for attackers as invasions of cities.

and we both quote whatever parts of the speeches of politicians that suit our narratives.

Not a good way to begin a discussion of what is happening in this area.  Not a good way to establish a means  to understanding.  But what choice do we have?