The
situation in Israel and Gaza is again at its worst. It reminds us, as it does
so often, that there is no real mechanism to peacefully sort out major complex
crises, if one or both sides believe that the only option that is left to them
is through war. It is also a sharp and dramatic reminder of the ambivalence of
the big powers. In this case, the US has shown that they cannot, for domestic
political reasons, be part and judge of a conflict. You are either one or the
other. And you assume it clearly.
I
do not write often about this part of the world for a very simple reason. I do
not see a solution to the conflict. This is one those violent disputes that
will stay with us for another generation or two. In the meantime, people suffer
and lives are just wasted.
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