Israeli news site scandalised: The Arab gets out before the Jew

I’d really like to come up with a more charitable explanation for the following headline, but so far, no luck. Israel’s leading news site, YNET, chooses to highlight the story of one of many prisoners getting an early release as part of the Schalit deal by stressing that the prisoner – a Palestinian – will get out before his accomplice, a Jew. The tone seems to imply that such a reversal of the accepted privilege hierarchy is inconceivable enough to be newsworthy:

Israeli news site scandalised: The Arab gets out before the Jew

Translation: “The Arab Is Out, the Jew is in Jail. The terrorist who murdered Claude Knap will be freed tomorrow. His Jewish accomplice, Angelica Yusupov, will sit longer than he did.”

Note that this isn’t about the perpetrator getting out before his accomplice – the headline very clearly underlines the nationality is the story.