Lolz, another "the Palestinains did this first", "no, the Isrealis did this, and that means this has to happen", No, the Isreali's were attacked first, No, the Palestinans won this , no the Pals. er um Isreali's, my side won!, no, my side won!" thread.
The real issue is how Israel manipulates the United States into being its protector, its enabler and its source for most of the arms. Any attempt to plot and follow a neutral and/or middle ground in the Middle East by any American government official is nearly always met with immediate and petulant whines of anti-Semitism by the Israelis and their toadies here in the United States, i.e., AIPAC. Any American politician who tries to follow a neutral and middle ground in dealing with all factions in the Middle East can count on being labeled "anti-Semitic" in a nonce, a trice and a heartbeat.
It is not alone Israel's existence that is in peril in a world which sooner or later will intervene to impose a solution to the Palestine problem. Most of the leadership of the American Jewish community has shown inexpungable ethnocentrism, aggressive self-righteousness, and brutal political tactics in support of Israel and has put at risk the security and well being of American Jewry. At some point, despite all the efforts of unconditional supporters of Israel in the US elite, a new foreign policy consensus will dictate a righting of the current imbalance. At that point, those whose most profound notion is that Israel can do no wrong (beneath which there are other, Social Darwinian strata and a deep rejection of the Enlightenment) will find themselves confronted with questions about dual loyalty - and the golden age of American Jewry will end.
Status Quo...
Both hamas and Israel are murderers of innocents, the difference being Hamas murderer one at a time and Israel is a mass murderer. Both Hamas and Israel are racists, the difference being that Israel is the racist in control with the most weapons.
It would be radical change for the better if the Obama admin. addressed the situation as neutral mediators. Early indications are that he is loathe to upset the status quo.