Israeli leaders and politicians regularly disgrace themselves for the reason that not one of then since ben Gurion has any higher personal motive other than to empower and enrich themselves, vis the list of Israeli premiers who one after the other have been investigated for serious corruption by the judiciary. Israel is not a country that is altruistic or understands the concept. The focus is always on a self-serving agenda that ignores the humanity of all others. That is the unfortunate mindset that inculcates the thinking that pervades Israel and dehumanises the Palestinians. The IDF soldiers and their spouses dare not even think about the women and children they are slaughtering. To do so would weaken their resolve. And so the massacre of civilians continues, the blood flows in the streets and the houses, the cries reach up to heaven as the IDF soldiers harden their hearts and try not to identify their own wives and children with the corpses they have made that lie mangled and rotting in the streets. This is a war crime, pure and simple. Olmert and Barak must be brought to justice.