WTF is Israel up to!?

Maybe SitP is not the right forum for this, but I'm wondering what other people think about the events this week in the Israel-Gaza strip conflict. Here are some articles on it; http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=gaza+strip+israeli+conflict

This event makes me quite upset that people can be so cruel to themselves, and do it all in the name of their "God". Conflict in the name of Zionism is particularly ironic because Muslims, Jews and even Christians agree that they were "promised" the land of Canaan by their common forefather Abraham (as per the Quran & Bible). <flamebait>So the whole conflict is based on an exploded myth!</flamebait> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict#Religious_asp...)

I get the impression that Israel is hiding something significant from the rest of the world — like there might have been weapons on board one of the aid ships.

What do you think?