If Israel's “defensive” actions in Gaza have achieved anything, it is the inclusion of Gaza in the rankings of the world’s worst atrocities – together with Guernica, Rotterdam, Lidice, Oradour-sur-Glane, Warsaw and Srebrenica.

One assumes that the pilots of the American-supplied F-16s and AH-64 Apaches will be awarded medals for their bravery in virtually shooting fish in a barrel.

Could I suggest the Iron Cross?

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