Of course Hillary Clinton didn't talk about it, nor did the Senate, but Haaretz is–the growing awareness throughout the world that Israel has turned a corner, revealing itself in a different and monstrous light. An amazing piece, from a newspaper in the midst of a war-fevered country:
about 200 dead children," [the unnamed European ambassador] said…."Your action is brutal and you don't realize how much damage this is
causing you in the world. This is not only short term. It's damage for
years. Is this the Israel you want to be?"
A similar message also came across in a conversation that President
Shimon Peres had with the delegation of European foreign ministers who
came to Jerusalem a week ago. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European
Union Commissioner responsible for External Relations and European
Neighborhood Policy, said to Peres: "You have the right to
self-defense, but what is happening in Gaza is beyond all proportion. I
am telling you, Mr. President, Israel's image in the world has been
destroyed."
Even though the issue is not being accorded much
attention in Israel, in Europe, the Arab countries and even the United
States, the main story regarding Gaza is the many civilians hurt in the
fighting. According to United Nations reports, approximately 300
civilians were among the more than 900 Palestinians killed. People are
seeing images from Gaza of a sort that were not broadcast in previous
wars, such as Kosovo or Afghanistan. Incidentally, these pictures are
hardly being broadcast at all in the Israeli media.
