The pictures of starving children. Israel shooting into starving crowds. Macron now declares that France will recognize the Palestinian state. Labour Prime Minister Starmer announces Britain will do the same.
Meanwhile Hamas continues to lead Gaza. It has not really surrendered, not has it given up all the hostages. 80 years ago this month, suppose reporters had shown the world photos of recently bombed Hiroshima? How could America be so cruel, to men, women, and especially children? Such terrible deaths. Ja[an did not surrender when the A bomb was dropped. Japanese troops still occupied much of China, Burma, Indonesia, Malaya, and most of French Indo-China. The A-bomb simply showed the cruelty of America, and why Japan should carry on the fight. [May France might think of joining the Japanese, if Macron had been its leader then.] No it took a 2nd A-bomb, intervention in the war by Stalin, to get the Japanese to unconditional surrender. And the 2 A-bombs were worse than the food problems in Gaza. Once Japan surrendered, then, and only then, could the US begin to try to rebuild relations between our nations, rebuild them so we have had peace.
The Palestinians have NOT surrendered. Hamas still has Israeli prisoners. Now it will have more nations recognizing it. Their surprise attack against Israel last year is still yielding gains.
In recent years, Mid Eastern wars began when Muslim nations attacked Israel. Secret attacks. If they lose this round, in 25 years, Hamas will try again. The Muslims, can lose, this round, the next. But when they win, it will mean death to Israel, from the river to the sea, Israel will be destroyed, and every Jew in the are murdered. If the Muslims win once, that is the end. The end of the little devil Israel, and then they will plan to exterminate the big devil.
I say, there is a better solution. Remove the Palestinians from Gaza. There must be about 40 Muslim nations on earth. Surely, the 2 million Palestinians could be divided up to go to various Muslim nations; Gaza would be absorbed into Israel, just as the Soviet Union took some of Poland, and Poland took some of Germany at the end of WWII. When you lose a war, expect to lose some territory. If the Palestinians are not removed from Gaza, there will be another war, probably much worse, in about 25 years. NO 2 state solution, for that is no solution. That is set the clock for another war. For the sake of peace, remove the Palestinians from Gaza.---Hugh Murray