Palestinian Doctor's Daughters killed while he is interviewed on Israeli TV

The title of this Daily Kos diary pretty much says it all. The diarist is a self-identified former member of the IDF living in Israel. He shares the local news and newspaper reports of a Israeli news anchor on the phone with a Palestinian gynecologist whose children are killed by IDF rocket fire while he's on the phone with the anchor.

It's heartbreaking. Assaf's insights are worth consideration as well.

Needless to say, the diary has generated the usual storm of comments but this one in particular struck, if only because it's so familiar.

How can the oppressed so comfortably become the oppressor, and in so short a time?

I have asked this exact same question so many times since the intifadeh started again. Why do we, the United States, tolerate behavior by Israel that we would not tolerate from any other country in the world? Why don't their human rights abuses get criticized? And now this very lop-sided war ... 13 Israelis killed, 7 of them by friendly fire versus the 1200 dead, 5000 injured in 21 days. 300+ of those are children such as Dr. Ezz-El-Din Abu El-Aish's children.

It's so NOT right.

Yes, Hamas's resistance arm is not right either. But two wrongs never make a right and Israel has firmly placed itself in the company of countries that oppress others through war, violence and abuse.