The most devastating year of warfare in the region’s recent history has demonstrated once more that peace cannot be achieved as long as significant political, strategic, and religious divides are not resolved. War is changing Middle Eastern politics once more.
After well over a century of unsolved war, the Hamas offensive began. The Israelis endured the worst day of their lives as Hamas breached the weakly fortified border.
There were almost 1,200 casualties, most of them Israeli citizens. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime leader of Israel, informed President Joe Biden over the phone that “we’ve never witnessed such barbarism in the history of it.
Since then, Israel has caused the Palestinians in Gaza to endure numerous dreadful days. About 42,000 people have died, most of them civilians, according to the health ministry run by Hamas. Gaza is mostly in ruins. Israel is accused of genocide by Palestinians.
The war has spread. The Middle East is on the verge of an even greater war—one that is deeper, larger, and more destructive—twelve months after Hamas launched its offensive.
Illusions dying
After a year of murdering, many presumptions and misconceptions have been removed. The first is Benjamin Netanyahu’s conviction that he could handle the Palestinian problem without caving in to their demands for independence.
