"Hardline," "Far-Right-Wing Government" on Rise in Israel

Isabel Kershner takes the political temperature in Jerusalem after the incursion into Gaza, and seems displeased with the results.

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas enters its second week, reporter Isabel Kershner takes the political temperature in Jerusalem, in a liberally slanted fashion, in Tuesday's "Gaza War Gives Bigger Lift to Israel's Right Than to Those in Power." The original online headline, still visible at the top of the link Tuesday afternoon, was harsher: "Gaza War Strengthens Israel Hard-Liners, Not Those in Power."

Kershner doesn't seem terribly pleased about the benefits accruing to Israel's conservative party Likud; her story contained three ideological labels to describe Benjamin Netanyahu's party, including the highly unflattering descriptor, "far-right-wing government." (A Nexis search indicates the Times has never used the phrase "far-left-wing government.")



Recent polls indicate that Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing opposition party, has retained and even increased its lead. The other party that appears to have gained the most ground is the nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu, led by Avigdor Lieberman.

