Setting the discourse

Today's Jerusalem Post is instructive: the Palestinian protests and border "incursions" are relegated to a story well down the page. The stories with higher precedence and higher position on the page?

• Abbas: Enough time before September to renew peace talks
• Father of kidnapped soldier criticizes Israeli gov't for giving PA tax revenues it is entitled to
• Fatah & Hamas start talks in Cairo
• German prosecutors appeal release of Demjanjuk
• ICC prosecutor wants Qaddafi arrested
• Shuttle Endeavour launched
• Likud Knesset leader tells Netanyahu West Bank settlements should be annexed
• Israel to file UN complaint against Syria & Lebanon for border incursions*
• 350+ hurt in protest of Israeli embassy in Cairo
• Thai princess comes to Israel to promote cooperation
• LA chef makes world's largest felafel
• Israel (music) festival celebrates 50 years
• Countdown to a Palestinian state
• J-Post correspodent argues that Hamas-Fatah deal is not a "game-changer"
• Some comparing bin Laden raid to Entebbe

And then, finally, there is a story directly discussing the Palestinian protests. Of course, this is the J-Post--not exactly the most Palestinian-sympathetic paper you'll find.

*I'm not including this as a story about the protests, because this is more about Israel's reaction. Israel gets triple-ironic points for going to the UN to complain, when it still is in violations of UN resolutions as well as ICJ decisions.

Well, how about Haaretz, then? Well to the left of the J-Post, maybe Ha'aretz isn't buying into the discourse of "the border incursions are Syrian challenges to Israel's integrity!" instead of looking at the Palestinian protests in totality...

Yup, top headline:

Netanyahu: Palestinians want to destroy Israel, they are no partner for peace
boom!
Haaretz isn't minimizing yesterday's events, but they're caught up in Netanyahu's reframing of them. Right below the lead story is another one:
U.S. accuses Syria of inciting Israel border clashes
....and there we go.

Haaretz has a lot of coverage on its homepage about the Palestinian protests, but sadly, not only are they repeating Netanyahu's spin (as a headline), it shows that the US has bought the smoke-and-mirrors. Never you mind what my left hand is doing, says the magician to his audience, just watch my right hand as I pull a rabbit out of my hat! Meanwhile, the magician's left hand is busy stacking a deck of cards for his next trick.

"We urge maximum restraint on all sides," said White House spokesman Jay Carney. As if unarmed people climbing a fence are as culpable as soldiers firing live ammunition across an international border.