Charlote (sic) the implication that only Jewish people know anything about this subject is one of the problems. Thankfully, in my local party we have a number of Jewish members who are ashamed of what Israel is doing. I think I am fairly typical of someone who a decade or so ago was an almost unquestioning supporter of Israel to now believing that it is a pariah state on a par with apartheid South Africa. The knee jerk supporters of Israel need to ask themselves how it has lost the goodwill of so many in such a short space of time.

There were many protest marches in the street against the unilateral and unprecedented attack on the Gaza population, including churches and liberal Jewish pro-Gazza supporters but the bombardment was relentless.

There is a duty of care by the international humanitarian community to make certain that all is being done to bring about new hope for the Gaza people in 2010 in the name of a `Two State Solution’.