been watching the obama and clinton speeches at aipac. they are disgusting and cowardly: pure uncritical support for whatever israeli policies may be, pandering like mofos to the jewish vote. well. first of all, this "we don't talk to hamas" thing simply precludes a peace settlement. they both support the precise situation that stands today, have no interest in any policy that could actually lead to peace, which would be in israel's interests, of course. there is all this condemnation of hamas's terroism, missiles, holding israeli soldiers, etc, and i think that is appropriate. but not a single word about the devastating effects of israeli policies on  all those families and children in gaza: trying literally to starve them into submission, bulldozing their homes, and, of course, killing them, whether in some mistargeted retribution or not (which at this point is an impossible equation to elucidate). there is not a single candidate this time around who will make any difference, and it will be walls, oppression, and terroristic violence at the end of the next administration just as at the beginning. they both talked of "hope." but they are helping to kill any trace of it.