AlterNet Commenters Share Their Anger at the Killing and Atrocities in Gaza

AS commented that she has seen an increasingly balanced coverage of the Palestinian issue in UK media. I cannot vouch for the same in the USA/Can media yet... but...there is a positive sign in blogosphere...and with individuals...they are angry and increasingly questioning the political leadership for the blind and carte blanche support extended to the govt in israel...as is evident from this post ~~~t

As global conflicts go, emotions always run exceptionally high over the question of Israel and Palestine, so it came as no surprise that AlterNet readers have a lot to say about the current crisis in Gaza. The anger and frustration -- over the inaction of U.S. politicians, the failure of the corporate media to honestly portray the conflict, over Hamas's rockets and the Israeli subjugation of the Palestinian people, and over the slaughter of hundreds of innocent civilians -- is palpable.

A good deal of the comments posted in response to our Gaza coverage have focused on which side is to blame. But many others grapple with the harder questions of how to end this intractable conflict, what the appropriate response should be from Barack Obama, the roots of the prejudice that makes it possible to justify killing innocent civilians, and what the current bloodletting will produce down the line.

Below is a collection of some of the more striking comments elicited by AlterNet's recent Gaza coverage, pulled from stories including Liliana Segura's "Atrocities in Gaza: Piecing Together the Story," Stephen Zunes's "Democrats Are Cowards in the Face of Israel's Brutality," "Unprecedented Numbers of Americans Question Israel's Actions in Gaza" by Max Blumenthal, and Linda Mamoun's "Israel's Militants Poised to Resettle Gaza After Assault" (Read more Gaza coverage here).