@radicalramblings - I don't think that Israel's bombing campaign is a blatantly illegal act of war.  Israel has been provoked again and again by the Palistinians.  This time it was from Hamas, who launched more than 300 rockets into Israel in direct violation of the peace accord they signed with Israel.  Those rockets targeted civilian areas.  Israel, at least, targeted those areas that supported the illegal strikes by Hamas.  Personally, I think Israel should be commended for the restraint it has shown through all the provocation it has had to absorb.  They could easily have obliterated the entire Palistinian population.  But the elected to show restraint.