Why is war in Gaza returning now, and why does it always seem to return, with stubborn, periodic insistence? In so doing, he gave Israel what amounts to a green light to intensify its bombing campaign. This question is worth asking sooner rather than later, now that more than Palestinians have died, a quarter of them children — all in a few days — according to Palestinian officials. Supporters of the status quo tend to focus on the fact that Hamas started lobbing rockets into Israel, and they argue that Israel has no choice but to retaliate, as any other country would.
Some even suggest that the Israeli army is historically unparalleled in its efforts to spare civilian casualties. This line of argument, however, does not tend to offer many details on how this latest conflagration came to be. Why is all of this happening now? A potential reputational cost attends even asking these questions. But it should be possible to do two things at once — first, to note that Hamas is a U.
They might hit schools or hospitals, or they might not. These are war crimes, as Human Rights Watch has documented. If we want to prevent violence or terrorist activity from happening in the future, then we have to understand what motivates violence or terrorist activity.
This is a straightforward observation, albeit a fraught one. Shortly after the September 11 attacks, attempts to understand why were viewed by many as terrorism apologetics. Among scholars and analysts of violent extremism, however, it is close to an article of faith that contextual factors make resorting to violence either more or less likely.
What Trump's meeting with Abbas means for the Middle East. The new document may seem more moderate, but in reality nothing has changed. While the document accepts the borders as a "national consensus formula," and you are sure to see breathless praise for this "change," Hamas still calls for the "full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea," which is poetic code for "the destruction of Israel.
On Jerusalem it says, "Not one stone of Jerusalem can be surrendered or relinquished. Indeed it calls "armed resistance" the "strategic choice for protecting the principles and the rights of the Palestinian people. The new document allows Hamas to claim moderation and to seek out new allies alienated by the religious struggle depicted in its original charter.
But make no mistake: The new charter does not mean that Hamas will make any change in either its strategy, tactics, or its demands. It has "moderated" its position, but it is not moderate. By contrast, U. Limited access to basic needs may also add to the misery of the citizens in many countries that disapprove of the United States the most. This was less than in all but one other OECD nation. Gallup also provided data from a number of other indices it produced through polling in IMF figures on GDP per capita are given at purchasing-power-parity in order to show real differences in wealth.
Data on life expectancy was provided by The World Bank. The United States and Iraq have a long history of conflict. Although the war has ended, the U. State Department warned that traveling to the country is extremely dangerous because of civil unrest and threat of kidnappings and terrorist attacks.
The long-running presence of the U. The new government has struggled since the war began. Many citizens disapprove of the regime of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who was elected to office in under a free election overseen by the United States. More than Yemeni citizens have been detained at Guantanamo Bay over the years.
Israel claims self-defence, but the UN says, people living under occupation are entitled to defend their rights. By William Roberts.
Published On 18 May This latest escalation in violence has killed at least Palestinians, including 61 children, while ten Israelis have died, including two children, So why is the US so unwavering in its support for Israel?
When did the US start supporting Israel? Why was Truman so quick to do that? What were the strategic stakes at the time? But even then, support for Israel was not unequivocal. So when did it become unequivocal? Were there other developments that played a role? There was also the war that ended with Israel defeating Egyptian and Syrian forces. Has that influenced US aid to Israel?
Is this all just about practical geostrategic stuff?
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