Yeh I would like to see more of the 'Jewish world' coming out to attack Israel policy but I haven't seen any of it. (If I am wrong please point me in the correct direction).
It tends to work in reverse of what you would think.
Israel's parliament is about 1/3rd left wing (Labor party, parts of Yesh Atid and Hatnuah, Meretz and the Arab parties) and they, newspapers like Haaretz and their voters/readers are very critical of Israeli policy.
This specific conflict has been heavily supported by pretty much the whole country. Normally this doesn't happen to this extent, but the sheer volume of rockets being fired and the fear of attacks on Kibbutzes and other attacks from tunnels (Gilad Shalit was kidnapped/captured by Hamas via one of these tunnels in 2006, which in Israel is a massive deal, as they have an obsessive belief in "no man left behind') seems to have convinced even most of the left that hitting back at rocket sites and destroying the tunnels needs to happen.
Outside of Israel, the major institutions of the Jewish diaspora and most Conservative or Orthodox Jews tends to be pretty blindly supportive of Israeli policy, whatever it is, for a variety of reasons: The view that more of the world is anti-Israel than pro-Israel (see U.N votes), a belief that since Israel is a democracy we should just support whatever their elected leaders do, and a fear of being critical while not actually sacrificing anything ourselves, as we're not sending our sons to fight in the army or dealing with rocket fires.
However, and here it's best to start reading Peter Beinart or others if you're interested, there is a growing movement of left-wing/liberal Zionist Jews who do not believe Netanyahu and the right are doing enough to create the long-term conditions for peace.
Israel is moving to the right politically, it seems. Frustration over the lack of security and fear sends people in that direction.
Personally, as a lefty Jew, I think Netanyahu's plan to weaken Abbas is cynical and counter-productive. Once the West Bank and Gaza split leadership, Israel had a great chance to bolster the West Bank economically and show some of the positive outcomes that peace could bring to the Palestinians. The settlements do not create the violence, but they are a terrible idea that makes peace less likely.
With regards to the current war, I think there are times when a rocket is fired from civilian areas that you can't hit back right away, even though that gives Hamas the knowledge that they can then fire with greater impunity from there. It's still not worth killing the civilians there. So, while it's largely Hamas' fault, that doesn't absolve Israel completely. It's not that manichean a question. In a few other cases, Israel has fired on targets they shouldn't have and should apologize and fix whatever military errors led to that.
I do think that asking random Muslims in Britain or America to apologize for or condemn Islamic terrorism is basically nuts, and the same is true for Israel. People have a right to free speech. As long as they aren't inciting hatred, leave them alone. That said, Muslims and Jews probably do have a moral duty to support peace and non-violence as much as te
