Some of my best friends are Jewish, but I am at a loss to understand what is currently happening.
I understand that a certain state and its proxies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Huthies want to see the state of Israel wiped off the face of the earth. I also understand that Israel feels "on top" with their recent pager and walkie-talkie attacks.
What I fail to understand are these:
- Why are journalists not allowed into Gaza?
- Why has Gaza got to be flattened?
- Why are so many women and children killed or maimed?
- Why are UN peace-keepers fired at?
- Why are innocent West Bank Palestinians being killed?
- Why drag innocents in Lebanon into the killing?
- Do the suffering of those Israeli hostages mean nothing?
One would have thought after the horrors of WW2 that Israel would not want to cause suffering to anyone, even their sworn enemies. It would appear that Israel wants a war. The oft use phrase is these terrorists use innocent civilians as human shields.
In the end, the only long-term solution is a just peace for everyone. Israel has to be recognised, but so has Palestine.
At the moment, Israel is in danger of appearing arrogant and turning away good friends. If they attack Iran, the state of Israel is in mortal danger.
This cycle of hate does nobody any good.
At the moment the Middle East is strategically important still. Gradually, it will be less so.
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