It looks like Israel's attempt to completely isolate Hamas has failed. Yesterday three Member of Congress including John Kerry, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, toured Gaza, surveyed the destruction and met with local officials.
In a joint statement following their visit to Gaza, the House members, Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Brian Baird (D-WA) said: "No parent, or anyone who cares for kids, can remain unmoved by what" we saw there.
Change is in the air. At the very least, we are no longer burying our heads in the sand.
In his deep hope for an Israeli-US confrontation, Rosenberg ignores Kerry's own words:
According to Agence France Press and carried by Al Jazeera: "Kerry shuns Hamas during Gaza visit."
Kerry said his visit to the area does not signify a change in America's stance towards Hamas
The US will not change its stance towards Hamas, John Kerry, the former democratic US presidential candidate, has said during a tour of Gaza.
His comments came on Thursday during the highest-level visit by a US official to the territory since Hamas seized control two years ago.
"I am here to listen with the UN personnel on the ground to hear ... the things we need to do is to improve the situation in the region," he said.
"[This visit] does not indicate any shift whatsoever with respect to Hamas ... what it indicates is our effort to listen and to learn," Kerry said in the Israeli town of Sderot before entering Gaza.
Kerry told a local Gazan:
"Your political leadership needs to understand that any nation that has rockets hitting it for many years threatening its residents is going to respond. [Hamas] needs to make it clear how it is willing to move to make peace and those decisions have not been made yet."