A ceremony in Jerusalem, a massacre in Gaza and how the media covered both. Plus, spies on air in the US.
Split screens and dissonant narratives
The images beaming out of Israel and Palestine this week could not have been more different: On one side, dignitaries mingling in West Jerusalem, toasting the opening of the new US embassy there.
On the other, carnage at the Gaza-Israel border: at least 60 Palestinians killed, most of them picked off from a distance, by Israeli snipers.
The bulk of the Israeli media echoed the official state narrative of self-defence and sovereignty.
Elsewhere in the region, from Turkey and Iran to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, media coverage reflected the significant geopolitical changes under way.
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