The highly respected, UK Jewish MP, Gerald Kaufman, said in the British Parliament last week, 'the Israelis are acting like Nazis in  Gaza'.  He was right. The young indoctrinated soldiers of the IDF, certain that all Palestinians are inferior to Israelis, killed 1300 of them - men women and children, with no mercy. The ones that were not killed by F16 bombers were shot in the head and tens of thousands injured and made homeless.  No amount of propaganda from Israel's embassies in New York, London and Paris can hide the truth that these were war crimes and the ministers responsible must be brought before the international court to face charges. In the meantime, the European Union must stop trading with Israel until such time as all illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are closed and substantive moves are made towards the early establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Until then, let Israel trade exclusively with the US and let us hope that President Obama will order an immediate ban on arms sales to the region.  If these war crimes in Gaza are ignored, then democracy and the rule of law will both be damaged irreparably and Obama's great hope for peace and an end to terrorism will be dashed for the period of his presidency and for years beyond.