The Israeli attack on Gaza this time is calculated and despotic. Netanyahu has been extremely agitated since Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have formed a coalition and has been lying in wait for an opportunity to break it up.

The U.S. in a surprising decision backed the alliance as did the European Union and most of the world, which infuriated Netanyahu. Even after condemning it and crying out to the world about Hamas being a terrorist organization for the umpteenth time it had little effect and the alliance continued.

And why should they not join forces and try for peace.

So when those three Israeli boys were murdered, he seized on the opportunity to start another attack on the Gaza Strip, even though Hamas denies any involvement and no one has been charged in the deaths. Why not wait for some kind of proof, because it was not in Netanyahu's best interest.

Now Netanyahu has got some kind of phony "truce or cease fire" deal from the Egyptian president (who is no fan of Hamas) and he and Benji cooked up a truce that did not include Hamas or the P.A in any of the negotiations. So, Hamas refused to play along.

Why would anyone agree to a deal that did not include them in the talks. If Hamas had agreed to the cease-fire, nothing would have changed and Netanyahu would be free to invade at any time in the future without having had to agree to any of the conditions set by Hamas and the PA. Of course, Hamas and the P.A. know that.

Their demands are not that radical. They want the border with Egypt to be open, they want their people to be free from the occupation and stranglehold that Israel holds over them, they want the people to be able to make a living, they want their money that Israel controls, to be turned over on a timely basis and they want the political prisoners who were re-arrested to be freed.

None of these conditions were mentioned it the "truce" deal.

The United States must stop enabling the Israelis. Kerry should say to Netanyahu "no more settlement expansion, return to the borders that were set by the international community, stop destroying Palestine land and homes or the U.S will withdraw all financial and military support.

He should then meet with Hamas and the PA and tell them if they fire one more rocket into Israel all bets are off and aid will return to Israel.

Most of the world condemns Israel for the illegal occupation and the U.S should as well.

Every time Israel bombs Gaza, it strengthens Hamas and unites the Palestine people against Israel. Hamas has taken the stand that if Israel wants to send troops in: fine, bring 'em on. They know that Israel can get by with causing a few hundred deaths but that more than that will make the world come down on them in a big way.

Fortunately Israel knows that as well so I am confident that any ground invasion will be short and not too devastating.

Netanyahu keeps blabbing the same false rhetoric: that Hamas uses human shields and they (Israel) are only targeting sites that contain rocket-launching apparatus. If you take into consideration the size of Gaza, there are few if any sites that could be exclusively used for that purpose. Israel knows they are targeting civilians, including hospitals and even a home for the disabled where they gave a three-minute warning to evacuate, how in the world could you evacuate dozens of disabled people in three minutes…………..ludicrous, ludicrous, ludicrous.

We must stop supporting the apartheid that Israel imposes on the Palestinian people. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TOWARD PEACE.