Massacre

This must stand along with the other horrific massacres in the world. A town in Lebanon called Qana was this morning bombed by the Israelis. Reports from various news agencies put the civilian death toll at more than 50 and at least 60 per cent of those were children.
Even the pro-Israeli White House has described it as a "tragedy" - strong words from a Jew-supporting state led by a religious fanatic like George W.
Condi Rice has cancelled her visit to Beirut. Is she scared she might be next to feel the weight of American-supplied bombs from American-supplied Israeli aircraft?
The Jews do not want peace talks - until they have severely weakened Hezbollah. Then they will be able to enter talks which will be meaningless because they will have already wreaked all the destruction they want.
Hezbollah probably started this present round of conflict. I don't know why. They are now suffering the backlash. But so are innocent civilians. That is Israel's plan. Make the innocents blame Hezbollah for their suffering.
But I think this has already backfired on the Jews. Newscasts again and again show previously "innocent" civilians taking up the cause of Hezbollah and shouting "Death to the Jews" and other anti-Semitic slogans.
Violence breeds hate. Witness the average Iraqi's reaction to Western states (in particular USA and UK). At the end of the day - which seems a long way off - we will all have to talk to each other and learn to live with one another.
Hopefully that day is not too far away - but don't hold your breath.