In nearly all situations, the Times places the onus squarely on Israel's shoulders to improve or resolve the predicaments of the region - whether the Israeli-Palestinian, Arab-Israeli, or Iran-Israeli conflicts.
Specifically relating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel has to change (and improve) the situation, while the Palestinians (or whoever else) are frequently denied agency, and therefore accountability.
While Times editorials routinely demands that Israel remove checkpoints, release prisoners, uproot settlements, etc., no reciprocal demands are made upon the Palestinians.
The excessive focus on Israel results in the denial of the agency of Israel's antagonists. This denial of agency, similar to the behavior of the colonialists of old, belies a sort of "soft racism" in which the indigenous peoples are denied their free-will and moral capacity.
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