Israelis and Palestinians see wildly different news on their TVs

When Israelis and Palestinians get information about the war in Gaza, there are two distinct stories being told on the nightly news. In the West Bank, families watch Al Jazeera Arabic playing a constant loop of devastating real time footage of the destruction taking place in Gaza. In Israel, such footage on the nightly TV news has taken a more patriotic tone, as Reporter Rebecca Rosman found out.

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