This is why the Israel-Gaza war is different from other wars
If the ongoing war in Gaza had been like all other wars, many things would have looked different by now.There was a ceasefire recently. But then maybe this truce would have happened a long time ago.The dead would have been buried and Israel might have had to argue with the UN about exactly how much cement would be needed to rebuild Gaza.
But this war is not like them.
Because the mass murders taking place here are not without reason.
A series of armed attacks, mostly targeting Israeli civilians, began here on October 7. Israel launched an offensive that killed most Palestinians in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called "a terrible revenge".
This war is unlike other wars because it took place at a time when the dividing line in the Middle East was breaking towards the east.
The geopolitical tensions that have been experienced here for the last two years are between Iran and its friends and allies, on the one hand, and between the USA and its friends and allies, on the other hand.
The core of the Iranian network (sometimes referred to as the "offensive coalition") consists of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Assad regime in Syria, the Houthis in Yemen and the Iraqi army; They are all soldiers. and education from Iran. Iranians also supported Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
Iran is currently approaching China and Russia. Iran is an important part of Russia's war in Ukraine. China buys a lot of oil from Iran.
The longer the Gaza war continues and the more Palestinian Israelis kill and destroy thousands of homes, the greater the risk of conflict between the two groups.
Tension is rising on the Israel-Lebanon border. However, neither Israel nor Hezbollah wants a direct war. But as happiness builds on both sides, there is a risk that it may become impossible at some point.
The Houthi militia in Yemen launched rocket and drone attacks on Israel. However, all of them were attacked by Israeli air defenses and American ships in the Red Sea.
Iran-backed armed forces attacked US bases in Iraq. The USA withdrew some of its operations in Syria.
Although all parties try to keep violence at a low level, it is always difficult to maintain control at the military level.
United States, Israel, Gulf oil-rich countries, Jordan and Egypt.
Although it is true that even US President Joe Biden is disturbed by Israel killing people, the US has been a supporter of Israel since its founding. Palestinian civilians.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced to the public that many Palestinians were killed.
The sight of thousands of Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza and heading south along the highway is a reminder of Israel's victory in the 1948 war of independence. Keep fighting the Arabs.
More than 700,000 people who fled their homes from Israeli forces are being compared to Al Nakba, that is, the Great Nakba. Most of the next generation of those 1948 refugees now live in the Gaza Strip.
And some radical Jewish nationalists, many of whom are supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu, are calling for another Nakba to be imposed on the Palestinians, worrying some Arab countries, especially Jordan and Egypt, that are allies of the United States.
A minister in the Netanyahu government even hinted at dropping nuclear bombs on Gaza to counter Hamas. He was reprimanded but not expelled.
These may be dismissed as crazy talk, but Jordan and Egypt have taken the matter seriously.
It's not about nuclear bombs, of which Israel has many, both declared and undeclared, but the fear of thousands of Palestinians entering their borders.
And if there is a war in Gaza, senior Western diplomats have told the BBC that the war and its aftermath will be very "difficult and chaotic" to deal with.
One says, "The only way forward will be to rebuild a political horizon for Palestine." He essentially pointed to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, the so-called 'two-state' solution, which has failed and now survives only as a slogan.
Reviving it, carving out their place between Israel and Arabia is a very ambitious plan and at the same time probably the best solution in the current situation.
But applying this concept in the current climate of pain, hatred and fear will be a very difficult task.
And it is impossible under the current Israeli and Palestinian leadership.