Britain's double-dealing

@TimeOutForMe Britain had a habit of leaving their former colonies in conflict so that they would not be able to survive without a more powerful (GB) ally backing them.

@Beowulfsfriend Yes, I found them daily on NPR early afternoon, they were great!

Ya think they may have a good reason or three??

@tinkercreek Nope. I'm proud to be an American.

@barjoe I am also, but most of the world no longer trusts or respects America after the recent clown shows, and I can't blame them.

@tinkercreek You'd be surprised. America has more friends than you think.

Palestinians aren't secular. They are Muslims. I don't support them either.

@Petter @tinkercreek a similar-related topic on here earlier.

Sheikh Jarrah and the Renewed Israeli-Palestinian Violence | The New Yorker

@barjoe that’s my take. They are both driven by their religion to control or even obliterate the other. I don’t support either one. Outside meddling assures that both have an unlimited supply of deadly weapons, though Israel has a clear advantage with its air power.

@Petter @tinkercreek all started with Arthur James Balfour Declaration in 1917. Theresa May in her short term in power proudly celebrated the 100th year anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
Balfour and Walter Rothschild were good buddies at the time the declaration was drawn up

I think more than anything this is the classic politician in trouble starting a war, Netenyahu is in the middle of a trial, he ramped up the land grab and crackdown to provoke the Palestinians. He's not religious, he's Trump Jr and sucks up to the fanatics.

@Barnie2years "They are both driven by their religion to control or even obliterate the other". Very True!
BUT James Arthur Balfour transfered part of Palestine (Arab land) over to the Jews without the permission of the Palestinians, disregarding their civil rights and their religion. This was still when Palestine was under the Ottoman Empire. Balfour called himself a Zionist.

@Buttercup I think Israelis would do better negotiating with Palestinians. This conflict benefits Hamas and Netanyahu. The people are put in danger

@TimeOutForMe Just ignore WWI & WWII. Your mention of the Rothschild is incorrect and a buzzword.

@Buttercup Netenyahu also knows they're in a much more favourable powerful military footing against Palestine.

@barjoe This the root of it all.

@TimeOutForMe what we call the Middle East has been at war with itself and conquered by foreign countries since the beginning of time. Sadly, it will probably continue until the end of time. Eras of peace are generally short lived and just a time for rebuilding armies. It is not really a religious thing so much as a tribal thing. Africa, Asia and the Middle East were often under outside country control, from Romans to British, who arbitrarily drew borders which did not always reflect those tribes. This just made a bad situation worse. But that does not excuse the constant warfare, reoccurring genocides and hate that keep going from generation to generation.

@Barnie2years You omitted religion in that summary. Think of the Crusades of old, and today's bitter struggles between Sunni and Shia, with a side-serving of internal friction between Shia sects, such as Alawite versus Shia in Iraq.
Then there's the Jewish state of Israel, constantly encroaching upon Palestinian land, and justifying it by quoting their bible.
Be that as it may, the next big conflict will involve access to water.