It is being said generally that Hamas’ latest assault on Israel was a terrorist attack. Hamas is a pretend army. They do not represent the Palestinian people. They are indubitably stupid terrorists who are doing someone else’s work while drunk on violence and murder 

At the same time, Israel is now practicing its own brand of terrorism, a war of bombs and rockets against civilians and their homes, like the V2 rockets and the carpet-bombing of WW II. 

Both sides are responsible. Both sides should be ashamed of themselves.

If Israel and its foes were to give up their enmity, the entire political scene in the Middle East would change dramatically, and many would lose their influence and be out of a job. I have to wonder whether the mad lust for revenge of both sides rages on because it is continually stimulated by those who benefit from perennial hatred and violence.