"This time we went too far"

For the Palestinians who live in the narrow coastal strip of Gaza, the December 2008 Israeli invasion was a nightmare of unimaginable proportions: IN the 22 day long action 14000 Gazans were killed, several hundred on the first day alone. And yet, while nothing should diminish Palestinian suffereing through these frightful days, it is possible something redemptive will emerge from the tragedy of Gaza. For, as Norman Finkelstein outlines in a concise work that melds cold anger with cool analysis, the profound injustice of the Israeli assault has been widely recognised by bodies impossible to brand as partial or extremist.