The war between Israel and Hamas

I guess I've remained silent on this blog about the terrible conflict in Gaza and southern Israel so far. This is because I really don't know what to think.

So, here are some of the blog posts and opinion pieces I found compelling.

• Terry Glavin: on Shalom Lappin, on the incredibility of the slogan "stop the violence", on Canadian boycotters, on the failure of the anti-war movement, on the decent position, on the debasement of language, on the failure of the left.
• George Szirtes: on "stealing" land, on how to respond to the situation, on "disproportionate" violence.
• Greens Engage: statement on Gaza.
  
• Orthodox Anarchist: Epic morality fail (on the moral idiocy of Jews Against the Occupation).
• David Hirsh: Naomi Klein is wrong to call for boycott.
• David Rosenberg at Stroppyblog: The left needs a bigger picture.
• Janine: Which placard to pick?
• Eric Lee on the left and the "Holocaust" analogy.
• Michael Walzer: on proportionality.
• Jeffrey Goldberg: the world's pornographic interest in Jews' moral failure.
• Charles Lenchner on the pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
  
• BHL: Liberate the Palestinians from Hamas.
• International Marxist Tendency: Hamas rockets kill working class Arabs too.
• Orthodox Anarchist: Thoughts on Gaza.
• Jewish Labor Committee statement on the conflict.
• Hitchens on Gaza.
• Contested Terrain on the left's instrumentalisation of the Holocaust.
• Forward: Grasping Gaza.
• Thomas Friedman: the Mideast's Ground Zero.
• Rumi: move beyond an attachment to names.
• Lisa Goldman: wartime tales from Gaza and Sderot.

UPDATE: MORE HERE.