US, Allies Divided over Cease-Fire Terms

That's the headline that Bloomberg is running.

I like charts. Here are two:

The first is a list of countries calling for an immediate cease-fire.

The second are countries not ready for am immediate cease-fire.

In case you require further elucidation, click on image for larger versions.

As those inane anti-drug commercials of the nineties offered: "any questions?"

Sorry for all of the white space.

One more thing, UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon contacted Israeli troops 10 times before an Israeli bomb killed four of them, an initial UN report says

(pics courtesy of The Belfast Telegraph)