Consul General had an interview with the Huffington Post last week and gave a good description of the goings-on. He also cites some facts and figures, about which we have gotten a number of good questions.
A sample:
The United Nations estimates that 25 percent of Palestinian casualties in the present incursion are civilian. Shariv said that as of this Wednesday morning, the IDF estimated the proportion of Palestinian civilians among those killed in the current incursion was “closer to 12 to 13 percent” and emphasized that most of those killed were being used as human shields by Hamas, which wages war from inside schools, hospitals and United Nations facilities.
He added, “When they hit [Israeli] civilians, there’s celebration. When we hit [Palestinian] civilians, there’s an investigation.”
A different view from the other side of the wall can be found here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/13/gaza-israelandthepalestinians
The real question to Mr. Lorenz is: Does the Guardian ever present the Israeli point of view? The reporting from the Guardian has been so skewed against Israel, it may as well have been written by Hamas. If I want to read Hamas’ point of view, I don’t have to read the Guardian; I could easily find their op-eds in the Los Angeles Times.