Let me get this straight ...

Since 2004, the United States has supplied the Israeli military with more than $1 billion for 500 million gallons of refined fuel. Israel and Hamas duke it out in Gaza. 1,300 Palestinians die. There’s $2 billion in damage. The United Nations makes an appeal for $613 million in relief funds for the Palestinian people. The United States offers $20 million.

$1 billion for fuel. $20 million for relief. What does that say to you?

"Let Gaza Live"

They were a noisy bunch. But that was the point. And boy did they make their point.

About a thousand demonstrators marched and rallied last Saturday in Los Angeles to protest not only Israel's recent military actions in Gaza, but also the Palestinian humanitarian crisis, ongoing U.S. support for Israel, and what they feel is an Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.

I talked to a few of the organizers from the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. They wanted to stress to me that they were not alone in their outrage about recent developments in Israel's fight with Hamas but were joined by an international community unhappy with the treatment of Palestinian civilians. (See video below).

Senior Israeli officials have said that they will announce a unilateral cease-fire this evening. I guess if enough people in enough places make enough noise, somebody will hear.