Gaza Strike

Israel conducted a raid in Gaza just now that has killed more than 413 people. This is after a month of relative calm and during their fasting month.

This has happened because Israel is emboldened by Donald Trump and they believe there will be no consequences to whatever they do.

You would have thought that a people who suffered so much during the Second World War would know how it is to be persecuted and be defenseless in the face of military might. They were driven out of their homes, deprived of their properties and forced to live in ghettos. It is shocking that they are now doing the same to another defenceless people.

The sympathy that much of the world had for them as a people and a country will evaporate with this.

Even if the US has now closed both its eyes, Europe and the rest of the world need to step up and say this is not acceptable and try and put a stop to this.

It is sad that the Arabs do not stand up and support the Palestinian people because much of the protest against Israel is from countries outside the Middle East.

The last time the Arab countries in the Middle East stood together against Israel and the US was in 1973 with their oil embargo. It threw the US and the world into a major recession. I don’t think that will happen anymore. They are no longer united, oil is no longer their sole domain and economic interests now prevail against principles.

History sometimes has a way of repeating itself. The next time if what happened during the Second World War happens to them again, the world will once again turn a blind eye.