I just want some unbiased straight talk on this situation and what exactly is happening.

I'm usually fond of the BBC's online coverage of things like this, though I am still way behind on this one so can't vouch for any particular articles.

I have to say it's really difficult to get the whole story or even make sense of the conflict. There are decades of events that have lead up to these attacks.

For most recent updates, the NPR coverage is pretty straightforward as to what's developing with truce.

First thing you need to do is get a backround of the history of the state of israel, and the palestinians, which began with the turkish empire and the british, you can check out wikipedia. the most current conflict began in 2001 with the start of the second intifada (holy war).