Seems to me the establishment is tiring of all this, and are eager to run with any superficial statement as if it were the gospel truth.
Another suicide/homicide attack today, killing 3.
Recent events make it eminently clear that it is how Israel reacts to such rubbish that matters, not the "establishment". The Israeli government has real influence over what happens, unlike, say, the New York Times or its tabloid equivalents in England. And it's pretty obvious by now that the Bush Administration may blow smoke in one direction while moving in another.
We'll see how it goes.
Imal