Israel-Palestine

This isn't a rant on the unbalanced nature of the Israel-Palestine war, honestly, but the latest comments from Hillary Clinton, America's almost-foreign secretary, make me fume.

"On Israel, you cannot negotiate with Hamas until it renounces violence," she told a Senate congressional hearing.

Should you not apply the same theory to Israel as well? Or is the horror Israel has unleashed on Gaza in the past three weeks, causing the deaths of nearly 1,000 Palestinians and the wounding of 4,500 more, somehow legitimate? Not to mention the months of blockades, power and medical shortages Gaza has endured.

I don't believe Hamas is justified in firing rockets at Israel either, and even though they've only killed about 20 people ever, that's still 20 dead people. But one or other of the sides is going to have to step up to the plate and be the big man, and Israel, with its firepower, its manpower and its international standing should be the one to lay down arms first. The longer the bombardment continues, the more innocents are killed, the worse its standing will be in the international community, even with the Obama administration unlikely to change tack.

I lied about it not being a rant, sorry.