▁d ron es , ▁quad cop ters ▁and ▁t ether ed ▁surve ill ance ▁bal lo ons ▁hover ing ▁over ▁the ▁sites . ▁Isra eli ▁journal ists ▁were ▁not ▁permitted ▁by ▁the ▁ID F ▁to ▁approach ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁conflict , ▁but ▁kept ▁ ▁away . ▁Al most ▁from ▁the ▁out set , ▁journalist ▁Isabel ▁K ers hner ▁observed ▁that ▁the ▁March ▁had ▁given ▁rise ▁to ▁a ▁" war ▁of ▁words " ▁between ▁the ▁involved ▁parties . ▁ ▁Sur ve ying ▁the ▁media ▁reaction ▁just ▁after ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁May , ▁Ha aret z ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁events ▁were ▁covered ▁extens ively , ▁with ▁the ▁violence ▁in ▁Gaz a ▁ju xt ap osed ▁with ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁US ▁emb ass y ▁in ▁Jerusalem . ▁The ▁head lines ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁death ▁to ll ▁in ▁Gaz a ▁and ▁the ▁pictures ▁were ▁split ▁between ▁Palest in ian ▁protest ers ▁wounded ▁and ▁killed , ▁together ▁with ▁pictures ▁of ▁the ▁opening ▁ceremony ▁in ▁Jerusalem . ▁South ▁African ▁media ▁ski pped ▁the ▁emb ass y ▁opening ▁and ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁pictures ▁from ▁Gaz a . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁conflict , ▁the ▁way ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁main stream ▁newspaper ▁out lets , ▁including ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁covered ▁the ▁events ▁has ▁become ▁the ▁object ▁of ▁analysis , ▁criticism ▁and ▁challenge . ▁The ▁political ▁scient ist ▁Norman ▁F inkel stein ▁takes ▁exception ▁to ▁what ▁he ▁perce ives ▁to ▁be ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁March ▁as ▁one