Well done Judi Hall, and Leigh - always good to read from you

Israel has precision-guided missiles which they have used against single moving cars.They are unerringly accurate. In Lebanon, Israel bombed a UN observation post killing all multinational personnel, despite being given the GPS coordinates and being given 10 warnings that their bombs were landing closer and closer. Ambulances with rooftop markings were also blasted. Mark Regev promised a full investigation and report but we have had neither and, to its shame, the international community have not pursued Israel for war crimes.
In Gaza we see Israel once again targeting the UN; this time its schools and warehouse. Olmert, facing 7 years jail for swindling, claims "it was a grave (sic) mistake". This is enough to designate Israel a rogue state but there's more. White phosphorous and DIME weapons are used against humans. Doctors at Shifa hospital say they have never seen injuries like the ones they are now encountering. Legs are surgically removed by Dense Inert Metal Explosives set to detonate at knee level. "It's like they want to make us a handicapped nation", said the doctor. Burns smouldering through to the bone, all grist to the Israeli holocaust machine. These are war crimes typical of a psychopath, they put monsters like Mengele to shame and plunge Israel's moral standing to the lowest blood- filled cess pits. The world must act to bring Israel to a Nuremburg-style trial in the Hague: justice and civilisation demand it!

Voltaire.

I agree with your assessment. If Israel is allowed to do what it has done in Gaza recently, and in other places previously, without being brought to justice, there is a good chance it will repeat its atrocities in the future.

If we are to believe their propaganda, Israel has nothing to fear from facing an international court. We should all pressure our politicians to make sure this happens.

stan1 (voltaire)

'If Israel is allowed to do what it has done in Gaza recently, and in other places previously, without being brought to justice, there is a good chance it will repeat its atrocities in the future.'

There is much more than a good chance, especially after the next election in which the favourite to win is the ultra-right hardliner Netanyahu.

Also, according to one Israeli-born Australian activist, there is little interest in Gaza among Israelis at present, as their eyes are set on a much bigger prize. I quote:

'An Israeli friend told me in disgust the other day, that there is an atmosphere of ‘national orgasm’ in Israel about the prospect of attacking Iran. While people are being bombed in Gaza, all Israelis can talk about is the coming attack on Iran.'

http://www.australiansforpalestine.com/palestine/arch_art/dec08/ABARBARNEL_israels_trauma.html

Exaggeration or not, there has to be some truth in this. Israel continues to raise the bar on what are already astonishing levels of aggression that it has been allowed to get away with within full view of the world community. Unless world opinion and the US-led West can bring Israel into line diplomatically and/or legally, it's almost a certainty that an attack on Iran (with carefully staged 'provocation' of course) will be the natural progression from this.