Well, it looks like the bombing of Gaza is stopping. And just in time for the Obama inauguration. What could possibly be the odds of that? 

In Klassekampen this morning, there was an op-ed piece by three supreme court attorneys with a drop-dead convincing argument that Israel has perpetrated crimes of war and blatant violations of customary law, maybe even crimes against humanity. The Israeli leadership should be tried, preferably in an international court - though a Belgian, Spanish or Norwegian one would do just fine for me - and condemned.