Stoning attack sickens Israelis?

Here's a very strange article in The Australian. Headlined Stoning attack sickens Israelis the article tells of how Israeli religious youths tried to stone a Palestinian 18 year old to death. What gets me here is that the Australian. is more concerned for Israel over this than it is for the Palestinian victim. It seem that no matter what Israel does, Israel is the victim. In the UK, when we're little, they tell us that everything in Australia is upside down. I didn't know it applied to their newspaper headlines.