Israel's security requirements are one of the most important 'core issues' to be discussed by Israeli and Palestinian negotiators. Many journalists, however, downplay Israel's security needs by wrongly omitting them from lists of core issues. 
Until recently, Mustafa Barghouti served as the Minister of Information for the Palestinian Authority, but provided more misinformation than information. The following is a case in point. 
Peace Now claimed in an October 2006 report that Israeli settlements are situated mostly on “private Palestinian land,” and in particular that the territory of the largest settlement, Ma’ale Adumim, is 86.4 percent “private Palestinian land.” Turns out they were a little off. 
Once again, Israel has been blamed for the killing of a 10-year-old Palestinian child, and the death is expected to fuel Arab hatred of Israel. But was Israel really responsible? 
A suicide attack in Eilat followed a speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to a Fatah rally two weeks earlier exhorting Palestinians to avoid internecine fighting and direct their arms at Israeli "occupation" instead. 
After scant coverage of near-daily Palestinian violations of the ceasefire, media labels Israel's announcement that it will carry out pinpoint operations to foil Palestinian rocket launches a "threat" to truce.