What about Palestine?

Its painful to watch the images coming from Gaza. The suffering, its just heart-wrenching.

How can this be allowed to go on? Why is the whole world on stand-by? Is there not a single powerful nation with the moral compass to try and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once and for all?

We've heard the recycled statements of alarm and concern issued by the big organizations so many times over the years. And the Bush administration response that seems to suggest missile attacks are an adequate response to rocket attacks.
Finger-pointing will not solve the conflict. This is clearly a vicious cycle of unfortunate events.

I long for the day Israel and Palestine will live side by side in peace. In the meantime, in the face of Israel's military might, the people of Palestine need a voice. Palestine needs a hero. Someone, a group of people, a nation, willing to act to end this conflict peacefully. For the sake of all the innocent people caught in the middle of politics and all the other factors fueling this conflict.