HRC has been doing her best to get the peace process going again. Now teh revenge ping pong is back.
And I have never supported Hamas.
Israeli planes have carried out 13 air strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources have told the BBC.
There is video, but can't find the embed code.
Revenge, rinse repeat.
TIMELINE: US-Israeli relations since 1948
History lessons for US policy on Israel?
With US-Israeli ties at a low ebb over plans to build new homes for settlers in disputed East Jerusalem, the BBC's Paul Adams wonders if a former secretary of state offers lessons for Hillary Clinton in taking on Washington's powerful Israel lobby.
UPDATE
Thanks to all for the comments, tips, recs, falmes. We will probably have to wait until morning US time for Obama Administration reaction. Meanwhile, wanted to share this with you and get your reaction:Why Do So Few Speak Up for Gaza?
Robert Scheer on media coverage of the conflict.
UPDATE 2 Could the conflict be costing American lives? Gen Petraeus:
American lives
In January, the American military's central commander, Gen. David Petraeus, gave a 33-slide, 45-minute presentation to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Its central theme stunned the Pentagon's leaders as it did the White House when the presentation was sent up the line a few days later.
Patraeus said there was a growing perception in the Arab world that the U.S. was incapable of standing up to Israel and that, as a result, America's support within the moderate Arab leadership was falling and American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan were bearing the consequences.
In short, Petraeus was saying, the U.S. relationship with Israel was important but not as important as the lives of America's soldiers.
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