Too many journalists play an important role in effect providing cover for terror: justifying its use, ignoring its victims, portraying Israeli self-defense against terror attacks as offensive in nature-and not defensive, promoting terrorists' views, and sending fauxtography around for public relations purposes, for example.

Now we have a report that terrorists in the Gaza Strip have used in a terror attack a truck outfitted to appear as a "TV" vehicle. This will further endanger the lives and hinder the work of journalists, as security forces will look askance at vehicles or people identifying themselves as journalists. In the twisted logic of Middle East journalism, this will play to the strategy of terrorists. At a minimum, this means more intrusive inspections for journalists, more delays, and more occasions to e angry at Israeli or American or Iraqi security forces.