By Isabel Kershner
The article discusses the United States deployment of "an advanced American radar system on Israeli soil," known as the X-Band (FBX-T) Radar, which will allow "early detection of incoming ballistic missiles and enhancing Israel's defensive capability against any potential attack by Iran."
It is important to note that the radar will be operated, at least initially, by approximately 120 U.S. servicemen. Furthermore, according to a U.S. official, the radar will "serve not only, but the United States, too." It would be interesting to better understand the implications of the installation of such a system on Israeli soil. Is the radar meant to better secure Israel in the case of a hostile attack from Iran and other parties or is its purpose to better prepare Israel for a tactile strike against Iranian nuclear facilities and the heavy missile retaliation that would consequently follow?
Beyond this, the author uses the article to discuss recent attacks perpetrated against Professor Ze'ev Sternhell and a lone Palestinian shepherd in the West Bank's Jordan Valley, both purportedly carried out by right-wing settlers or their sympathizers.
The next day, however, the Israeli police concluded that the attack against the shepherd was not perpetrated by settlers and was in fact not even an attack. Based on the police report, the shepherd died in an accidental explosion after picking up some unexploded ordnance. The New York Times did not publish this newfound information, leaving readers with the assumption that radical settlers had murdered the young Palestinian in cold blood.
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I forgot about that shepherd. I just chalked it up to settler violence. How reassuring to know the NYT and other mainstream media continue to provide practically no follow-up. Consciously or not, news exonerating Israel is apparently unfit to print.
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