Spivey is correct. You, however are getting bad information. I strongly recommend you start reading foreign newspapers. Try Haaertz and Jewish Telegraph Agency in Israel. Try Al Jazeera.

For global affairs', you can find solid, unbiased journalism at Singapore Straits Times - particularly helpful for understanding China.

Americans cannot understand Israel news coverage until they understand the alliance between America's white Evangelical Christian power-brokers and Netanyahu's far-right, hard-liners.