The Middle East has always been at the junction of three continents, now
known as: Africa, Asia and Europe. It has, almost continuously, been
a contested region, because the one who controls said cross roads can
put tolls and taxes on trade and travel through the region.
Transit
through the region has been, determined by archaeologists, happening
since before humans evolved. Our hominid ancestors left evidence of
passage and residence in and through the area. Humans followed and,
as we evolved, went from leaving remnants of evidence to recording
the history of said trade, transit and conflict.
Thus
began records of warring amongst a variety of different groups of
people as they tried to determine who would control access to the
area. Documents that record millennia of wars have accumulated
since. The struggle for power and profit has continued to spill the
blood of those who are simply trying to live in the region. Meanwhile
the violent efforts of narcissists and megalomaniacs, who fancy
themselves worthy of conquest and control of the middle east,
continue unabated. This turmoil started well before the discovery of
oil, gas; the potential of wind and solar energy prospects.
The
Tragical Middle-Easterly Tour continues today in a conflict between
Israel and the groups (Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi – 3H –
provocateurs) that other nations employ to kill and be killed in near
constant warfare with Israel.
The
fighting is made worse by the current government of Israel that is
led by, accused criminal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The
aforementioned government is, literally, dead (the death of many
others) set against a two state, peace proposal recommended by other
governments in the region and around the world.
I've
proposed a different version of the two state solution, that has yet
to garner the attention of anyone of consequence. It calls for the
creation of a new state, in the Sinai peninsula, to be known as New
Palestine (details to be found here:
https://blueboomerhd.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-plan-for-peace-in-middle-east.html
).
It is
my hope that at some point, in the near future, sanity and
accompanying restraint will become a new norm... I holdeth not my
breath.