Once again, in warfare between Israel and its neighbors, Israels critics note the many more dead and wounded among the Jewish states adversaries than among Israelis and attack Israel for disproportionate use of force. While photos of dead and wounded civilians, or of non-combatants desperately fleeing fighting around their homes, should elicit everyones sympathy, the translating of that sympathy into a proportionality argument with which to beat Israel is less an expression of humane sensitivity to the plight of innocent victims than a display of sanctimonious depravity.