I was waiting to see how long it would take for criticism of Israel to bubble to the surface in the information war over the current crisis. Here it is, and it consists of the word disporportionate in all its variations [emphasis added in all quotes].
Naturally, the UN is one of the first out of the gate, according to UPI:

The United Nations’ relief chief says Israel’s targeting of a Gaza strip power station is counter to international law and disproportionately affects civilians.

Jan Egeland, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said Thursday that without access to power and humanitarian aid, the situation in the Gaza Strip could become catastrophic within days, with a “massive increase” in deaths.

Left-liberal Steve Clemons of the Washington Note:

Israel is demonstrating profound immaturity with its behavior, though I support the importance of negotiating and even pursuing its kidnapped soldier. However, despite its regional superpower status, Israel is showing that it tilts too easily towards responses far disproportionate to any sane or reasonable action. While Israel radicalizes Palestininans and many Arabs in the region with this behavior, it needs to know that it is eroding American support for its behavior and position.

Arab American Institute president James Zogby:

AAI President James Zogby called on the Bush administration to demand that Israel halt the systematic destruction of Palestinian infrastructure and allow diplomacy to resolve the issue of the captured Israeli soldier.

“Will Israel never learn?” Zogby asked in a press release. “The use of disproportionate power in acts of collective punishment that display callous disregard for the suffering of hundreds of thousands of innocents will never create peace.

The Los Angeles Times clarifies the problem:

It isn’t that the world questions Israelis’ right to feel frustrated, or to retaliate. It is simply that we cringe at the sight of a disproportionate response that could undermine prospects of ending the cycle of violence.

Israel is powerful—it is disproportionately powerful militarily to its enemies. However, in this asymmetric war, its many enemies have a disproportionate amount of sympathy from those who “cringe” at a show of force.

More evidence that American liberals cannot deal with the use of power and force (as I wrote here). Me, I think they’d better start dealing with it.