Whilst I'm a fan of Al Jazeera, I've been avoiding their coverage of this conflict. I'm not saying they're biased, but I suppose that if I repeatedly quoted them in this thread that accusation would be levelled at me and I already suspect that some might think that I'm a bit too pro-Palestinian as it is. I can keep up with what's going on wherever I am with the Guardian website and, in the evening, on BBC TV. Getting your news from unbiased sources and avoiding one's own tendency toward confirmation bias is fraught with difficulty.

It's been well said that no-one can claim the moral high ground in this conflict and that there are no good guys. Just to nuance that slightly, we should say that we are talking about the leaders of factions and not about the ordinary civilians on both sides. There will be thousands of hard-headed Gazans who support Hamas and all the terrible things they did, and there will thousands of hard-headed Israelis who think that all those suffering Gazans are only getting what they deserve and for whom Bibi is their hero. But even people like that on both sides don't deserve to be bombed, shot at or murdered. Eighty million deluded idiots voted for Trump but they don't deserve to be bombed, shot at or murdered either.

Current media coverage can't show much that's new about what's happening to Israeli citizens, but we can see plenty that's new that's happening in Gaza every day. That can make news bulletins look biased, but I don't think that's right. We should be shown what is known to be happening in as near to an honest and objective way as is possible. And I agree with Mr Gutierrez when he reminds us of the long history of the region and that this conflict isn't happening in a vacuum. Israeli leaders seem to think that mentioning that is antisemitic, blood libel even. Well they would, wouldn't they.