The propaganda disguised as Middle East reporting has a new topic for their Emperor's New Clothes journalism. Here are a sample of headlines:
Palestinian Rocket Fire Continues - Despite Truce
Arms Smuggling Continuing Despite Gaza Cease-Fire
I know what you may be thinking--these articles are pointing out the irony of calling it a cease-fire when one side is still shooting as usual. If that were the case, there would be scare-quotes around the terms "cease-fire" and "truce."
More typical is the straight-faced way bizarre comments like
these are reported:
Condoleeza Rice also praised Israel for its "statement of restraint" concerning the cease-fire, "because it is of course quite fragile, but we would like to see it consolidated and then extended."