Who is at fault? Israel or Palestine?

[Shawn Robin]

Palestinian militants deliberately use civilians as human shields.
There's incontrovertible evidence of this.
Here's video of that 2009: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/01/video-...ields.html
And if you Google Image search for it, you'll find photos like these:
Link - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_orkXxp0bhEA/SW...ield-2.jpg
Link - http://www.oocities.org/guiltypalestinia...lians6.jpg
Link - http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/p...elds01.jpg
Link - http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/p...elds02.jpg
Link - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/H...045160.jpg

And militants don't deny deliberately doing this, either:

"Hamas Explains Use of Civilians as Human Shields"
Link - http://newsblaze.com/story/2008122909283...story.html

Militants either avoid attacks by hiding behind women and children.
Or else women and children get caught in the crossfire, giving militants propaganda material.
According to Human Rights Watch, that's illegal:
Link - http://www.hrw.org/news/2006/12/15/human...ss-release

As for what the the latest round of fighting is about, it's Israel being fed up with militants from launching daily missile and rocket attacks on Israel and trying to put a stop to that.

What the overall conflict is about, however, is the neighbouring nation of Jordan.
Jordan's trying to regain territory Jordan invaded in 1948 and lost in 1967 using a phony nationality known as Palestinians.
This is a matter of public record, admitted to by both Jordan and Palestinian leaders:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem.
However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."
-Zahir Muhsein, Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee

"Jordanians and Palestinians are considered by the PLO as one people."
-Farouk Kaddoumi, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Political Department

"We are the Government of Palestine, the army of Palestine and the refugees of Palestine."
-Jordanian Prime Minister Hazza' al-Majali

"The Palestinians and Jordanians do not belong to different nationalities. They hold the same Jordanian passports, and have the same Jordanian culture."
-Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Sharif

The USA takes Israel side since Israel is America's only democratic ally in the Middle East.
That doesn't mean anyone approves when innocent civilians get caught in the crossfire.
But Israel has taken steps to minimize casualties in advance of its attacks by notifying civilians to clear the area instead of letting militants use them to hide behind:
Link - http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fury-of-...operation/