I find that its not the Jews that are to blame here, they have had enough, they have been atacked by rockets on a daily basis, but nobody says a word, now they are defending themselves, the world has to pick on the jew.
Iran is and has been the instigator of the Gaza/Lebanese/Israeli trouble for a long time, Israel is right to defend itself against mindless terrorists.

One man's mindless terorrist is another man's freedom fighter. We're still dealing with the horrendous mistates made on the original formation of the state of Israel and the complete lack of foresight as to what might become of the displaced Palestinian people. Decades of turning a blind eye to Israel's abuses of power by the west (America in particular) rather than risk losing the Jewish vote at home has resulted in a hatred so deeply entrenched that it will rumble on forever. The only possible hope is the swift re-establishing and recognition of an autonomous country of Palestine....over to you Mr. Obama.

Both sides ahve been rightly condemnd for their actions. The problem people have is the heavy handed and dispropotionate retaliation from Israel. Isreal constant air strikes and bombing isn't quite the same as a few crude rockets being fired by Hamas is it? Up to 60 air raids a night is more than just defending yourself.

Cath hits the nail on the head with regards to losing the Jewish vote. There is too much self interest in both the US and British goverments for them to publicly denounce Isreal's actions.

Lets face it, The Israelis and the arab/muslim nations will always be at war, they love to hate each other to the death.
Nothing we say or do will ever stop that, especialy when you have the Americans and British on one side pouring funds into Israel under whatever guise they will.
and on the other side you have the Iranians,supporting its terrorists within the west bank and Lebanon,and an unstoppable supply of money and funds,and the belief that they will eventualy wipe Israel and all Jews off the face of the planet.

The protest should not have been against the invasion, but against WAR...any WAR.
And then we have those who belive that wars are essential in keeping world populations down....Like Governments.

Two valid points; 1.Yachydda "you have the Americans and British on one side pouring funds into Israel under whatever guise they will". The question needs to be asked, why? How and why do Jews have so much influence in the two countries?
2.Lets face it, The Israelis and the arab/muslim nations will always be at war, they love to hate each other to the death.
True, and we should leave them to it but somehow we "owe" it to protect the jews according to our spineless ministers, with the americans supplying the jets that are firing the missiles into Gaza

Geneva Convension? innocent Civillians? I wonder if the Japanese followed the Rules During the Second World War? Naaaaaaaaaaaah!People in the West. Britain in particular always spout about whats fair, The truth is the people we engage in these parts of the World , dont abide by our rules.I can't remember the last time i saw a Suicide Bomber on the news from the British Army? why because we don't have them.We don't have people sending Rockets over the Welsh Border into England or Vica versa. Why? because we are the civilised world??? apparently.I have to ask the question? if Wales had Rockets etc fired at them every day or England had the same day after day, would we not get a bit Pee'd off eventually? According to a Hamas spokes person on sky news "Hamas does not recognise Israel as a State" and until they are all Dead "Hamas will not stop it's attacks" Errrrm? sounds like a bunch of Terrorists to me!!! So how come Israels on me map Mr Hamas? But of course it all comes back to the same Argument, the modern World Argument..." we are all the same??? no matter where we come from or what Religion we believe in", what a load of B**lox. Every where you go , mixed Races and Religious faiths always have troubles, always have and always will.If what we are told is true then i believe the IDF are right to respond, and as for heavy handed? what man wouldn't use all at his disposal to defend himself???? The Worlds gone Mad and its Mad for OIL and Money, lets hope if Hamas attacked us we would respond in the same way? probably not, probably give them Community Service, House them and pour Benefits into their Pockets. Barmy British

I'm all for what's fair. So let's stop America propping up Israel and then let them all sort it out between themselves.

We don't get the English and Welsh lobbing rockets over the border at each other at the moment because neither has kicked the other off their land in the last sixty years. I'd imagine that if the UN came to Wales, kicked everyone out to the Isle of Man and then gave the land to the English a lot of people would be pretty miffed.