Rocks have no power against the weaponry and bombs employed by Israel which are killing and maiming innocent women and children.

No one wants women, children and innocent men killed either Israeli or Palestinian.
It's this kind of warmongering that makes this discussion a travesty.

There have been few reports of Israeli innocent women, children or men being wounded or killed even by Hamas rocket fire which is of course futile. The casualty list of Palestinians far exceeds that of those of Israelis and that is certified by Amnesty International as well as other international observers.

The idea of punitive "collective punishment" if applied to Zionists would cause an international furor. Palestine never dropped bombs on Israel in spite of the Meir Kahanes and the Jewish Defense League fanatics. This is a purely religious war pitting Zionists against Islamists.
Treaties have been violated on both sides but the burden of proof for denying the oppression the Palestinian people lies heavily on the Israeli side.i

I deplore the bloodshed instigated by either side but the Palestinian people remain landlocked, oppressed and have no shelter available to them from the bombardment of Gaza.

Still, the finger pointing goes on and the Settlements multiply displacing Palestinian land and homes.

Gaza remains an open air prison. The Hamas militants are fighting a losing battle. The Israeli militants are undoubtably stronger in weaponry and in the unrelenting support of the US which supplies these weapons to Israel.

The idea of parity between the two countries is ludicrous.

Right now the only hope for Israel or Palestine to break the shackles of militocracy are organizations like BDS which will force the two sides to a peace table regardless of the recalcitrance of Israel or the US.