Israel Takes, Palestine Loses, Nobody Cares
An Israeli strike force, with implicit support from the US and EU, has attacked Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip this morning. Ben White, in an article from The Palestine Chronicle explains why there will be no public outcry over this latest attempt to prevent a resolution to the decades-long Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
Since Palestinians are separated by Israeli-held territory into the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, they are prevented from any real self-governance at the will of Israel, who may close off access whenever they choose.
No Western leader is really worried about the danger of a split Palestine, in fact this is just what they want. It allows Israel to get on with the business of colonization even as their Arab neighbors fight among themselves.
This is not a struggle between secular moderation and religious extremism, but one between those who would be truly independent and those who wish to suck up to the US and Israel for scraps of political privilege.
Hamas did not carry out a coup; in fact their actions were designed to prevent one from being carried out against them. One that has been in the works since they came to power, and whose groundwork was being laid by the US government.
The new, Fatah-appointed Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is not an independent moderate, but a puppet of the West, who has worked for both the World Bank and the IMF.
Although White does not specifically mention it, the US/Israeli alliance and the Western hunger for oil is behind all of this maneuvering. A strong Israel, allied with America is intent on keeping the region in turmoil. It is the best, cheapest way for Western oil companies to keep pressure on Middle Eastern states.
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People have been killing one another for thousands of years over money, but it’s more than that. The US–and the world in general–is highly reluctant to wean itself off of the oil teat. The cost to businesses and their shareholders would be high.
We have become a short-sighted, big profit economy, but also a high-risk one.
In the long term, it is imperative that we find a different source of power, or there will be no oil left for the mundane things in life. Such as plastics, etc.