The United States stands by its position that a permanent peace plan must be in place before there is a cease fire.

I'll bet that if the situation were that Israel were being invaded and civilians killed in the hundreds there would be immediate and urgent calls by the U.S. for a cease fire.

When Israel began to run low on a particular kind of ordnance, the U.S. arranged through intermediaries to provide fresh supplies.

Just the birth pangs of a new Middle East. Tell that to the dead, the injured, the dispossessed throughout the region.

We're not taking sides? What hypocrites we are.