Only a new President can end Gaza's nightmare
Almost ten years ago, Serbia's bloody reprisals against the Albanian rebels in the then province of Kosovo roused the world to indignation
What a contrast there is between the frantic activity undertaken then to halt the killings of civilians in Kosovo and the almost nonchalant attitude of the West towards the carnage unfolding in Gaza
Given that half the dead Palestinians were incontrovertibly civilians and included several children, and that of the other half only their age and sex even allows us to conveniently write them off as "militants", it might be thought Saturday's events in Gaza deserved to be termed a massacre
Shamefully, the world seems unable to rouse itself to condemn this bankrupt policy for what it is, let alone take concrete steps to stop the violence
a resolution on Gaza should describe Israel's response as "excessive", with the Americans, as ever, shielding their Israeli ally from serious criticism
clipped from: www.independent.co.uk