I'm afraid I agree with CarolC. Most people in the US have rooted for the Israelis, recognizing some justice in establishing a homeland for the Jews and rooting for them as underdogs in their struggle for existance. Over a quarter of all our foreign aid goes to Israel alone.

Being pro-Israeli doesn't mean you have to agree with every policy, however. The growing violence, particularly the the disproportionate responses from the Israeli side seem only to provoke more viloence. What's the death toll, two or three Palestinians for every Israeli killed? Innocents dead on both sides? This is a vendetta not a rational path to peace. Short of killing all Palestinians it will accomplish nothing.

Israel needs more moderate leaders brave enough to work toward peace, not more violence, not more revenge.