Gold stock investors tend to be a more value oriented and well informed group. They rarely move based on today's cute news story. For whatever reason, they are holding back their money. This group of investors had already recognized the necessity of Israel taking action against Iran's nuclear weapons creating activities.
In my mind, this is becoming a very serious factor on why gold should be bought. With Barack Obama poised to take the white house, you essentially have another Jimmy Carter with a do-nothing foriegn policy. If Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities like I think they will, gold could see some serious spikage as oil skyrockets upwards and the dollar gets crushed.