I know this is nothing anybody hasn't heard before, but I find the double-standardness (should be a word) that exists in American politics in relation to Israel blatant. Israel is condemned for increasing its attacks against militants who have started targeting civilian school buses containing children. Israel has been bombarded by rockets and terrorist attacks for years, and yet when they strike back against militant targets they are met with condemnation.
It's interesting to note that when the massive American air force launches air strikes directly at the heart of a country on a different continent that hasn't been attacking us or even sponsoring terrorism against us for at least a decade, there is little criticism of the type Israel receives. In other words, there is criticism that maybe America shouldn't be wasting its resources in Libya, or complaints that there are other countries in the region that deserve more attention. You don't, however, hear people complaining that America doesn't have the right to protect itself, and should be thinking about how many civilians its going to kill by bombing the heck out of Qaddafi. The same people who criticize Israel for directly retaliating remain silent when America bombs a country that is not even a threat to its security.
The title about the Israeli air strikes in the New York Times reads as follows:

5 More Palestinians Killed as Israelis Retaliate for School Bus Attack (By FARES AKRAM and ETHAN BRONNER Published: April 8, 2011) 

The article about American air strikes against Libya reads: 

Allies Open Air Assault on Qaddafi’s Forces in Libya (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, STEVEN ERLANGER and ELISABETH BUMILLER Published: March 19, 2011). 

The article about Israel makes the reader feel more for the bombed, whereas the one about the American attacks focuses solely on the attacker. Two countries attacking another country, represented in a different manner to reflect the biases of the author.