Can anyone point this ignorant American to a good resource for helping to understand what's going on over there?  It would seem that violence is really escalating lately, with probable war crimes being committed.

I hated history classes in school and avoided them.  Now I wish I would have paid attention a bit more.

Burning questions:

• What caused Israel to change it's mind about Gaza after the 2005 peace agreement?
• Is it "all about" religion, or oil?  Or both?
• Why doesn't any western nation intervene to stop the bloodshed?