Bolivia and Venezuela cut ties with the Israelis

For the past 21 days, Israel has been attacking the Gaza strip, ostensibly targeting the Islamist group HAMAS, but in actuality mainly killing shitloads of civilians. 30% of the Palestinian dead are women and children. According to figures cited by Reuters around 20 minutes ago, 13 Israelis had been killed (10 of them soldiers) and over 1,055 Palestinians were killed, 670 of whom were civilians. (I hope you've heard about this conflict by now...)

Given the current set up of the world, there's not much that's going to be done about Israel's current attack on Gaza. Israel is just being Israel, and with the exception of the US, they're not going to be influenced by anybody to stop what they're doing. But nonetheless, it's refreshing to see some kind of concrete action by the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela against Israel. Both governments cut all diplomatic ties with the Israelis, with the Venezuelans expelling the Israeli ambassador and embassy staff, and the Bolivians calling on the International Criminal Court to bring human rights abuse charges against Israel.