Concerning Gaza, it is hard, after living through the years of PLO terrorism that was hand-in-glove with Ireland's "Troubles", and Europe's terrorists, to separate one's long-standing views & biases from the shock of seeing the devastation raining down on the innocents. David Brooks seems to put the present tragedy for the people in Gaza into a perspective.
David Brooks: No War is an Island
This whole conflict has the feel of a proxy war.
Turkey and Qatar are backing Hamas in the hopes of getting the upper hand in their regional rivalry with Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
The Egyptians and even the Saudis are surreptitiously backing or rooting for the Israelis, in hopes that the Israeli force will weaken Hamas.
It no longer makes sense to look at the Israeli-Palestinian contest as an independent struggle. It, like every conflict in the region, has to be seen as a piece of the larger 30 Years’ War.
As usual, what you see probably depends on where you're standing. Wherever you're standing, the calamity for the innocent is heart-breaking.
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