Juan Cole has a very good historical summary of the conflict and how it has evolved from the early conventional wars into terrorism and micro-wars. Juan Cole is an interesting chap: he has an almost unsurpassed detailed knowledge the various issues that he discusses that makes it hard for neo-conservatives to debate his positions. I am not sure I agree with everything of his that he has written, but he is always interesting reading.
Andrew Sullivan has an analysis of the Israeli attack on Gaza from a just war perspective. The bottom line: the Israeli attack is not defensible using that particular theory. I'd have to say I agree.
Lastly, Gideon Levy has a very sad and thoughtful piece in Haaretz. Bizarrely enough, when I was young I secretly wished my family had been Jewish (anyone familar with 1980's Canberra Australia and the associated cultural desert might sympathize) and to some extent identified with the challenges and struggles of Israel. But now, how would I feel if I actually was Jewish? I think I would share most of Levy's sad and despairing feelings.
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