Israel may have decided to accept a black eye in the global media for this. The global media consensus is just not as important as it used to be in shaping public perception.

The Israelis may have noticed what happened a few months ago in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government basically told the global media to get stuffed, crushed the Tamil Tigers in a ferocious offensive, and left the media and their various allied industries (NGOs and the like) sputtering in helpless rage.

Sri Lanka’s actions were incomparably more destructive and reckless than anything Israel is likely to do; tens of thousands killed, a large part of the country laid waste, prisoners massacred; but Israel is held to an enormously higher standard so the effect evens out.