Israel has been losing battles in the war of propaganda and morals, while stepping up its war on the ground against Gaza. Would it be, as claimed by Israel, because the Hamas terrorists were commandeering all the supplies? It certainly scotches the idea that after hammering Hamas, Israel might have taken a victory and negotiated a settlement much to suit itself, from a position of advantage. FOOTNOTE: The actual act of going to the United Nations General Assembly this September in New York may get difficult. (Extremist parties on both sides, Israeli and Palestinian, in the 1980s, contrived to defeat the two-states proposal, Arafat, and moderate Jewish politicians.)