I grew up since my early childhood with the usual news that there are "tensions in Gaza". So there has been war there for about fifty years of my own lifetime. The constant repetition of this term made me dull to it and although pictures and maps were constantly shown, I never understood what it was actually about there and never took any further interest in it. Judging by the duration of this conflict and the constant news about missile strikes, walls, border controls, etc., the region should be depopulated, abandoned and devastated by now. Of course, this is not the case and at some point I heard - with great astonishment - that Jerusalem is a "very modern city". Much less is said about Palestine. So I have zero idea about the whole thing.
The earth is huge. Because it is, and because there is always something going on somewhere, I am supposed to be interested in it in order to "form an opinion". In the meantime I know that my opinion is apparently important (people's mood) and that I should therefore take a side. Well, I think it is enough to know that the manufacturers of armaments and weapons supply their goods to ALL who want them. That should be enough to realise that there are forces that are interested in war.
My view is that enough states should stay out of wars and not participate in them. I am in favour of a Europe that adheres to the non-use-of-force agreement and does not allow itself to be misused for warmongering. Europe as a whole could simply refuse to allow other nations to station weapons and troops. Neither the East nor the West could then get closer to its enemy. What could governments do then? Would they then launch an economic war? But there would be no justification for that, since staying out of a conflict is not an aggressive act, but an expression of neutrality.
The mere fact that it is possible to carry out warlike actions in one region of the world for several decades should make everyone wonder. Common sense dictates that at some point one country is the victor and the other the defeated country. But those who want neither a victor nor a vanquished will fuel the conflict. This is how world wars are born.
RE: ¿What the heck has happened and what is currently happening in the Middle East? (Chapter III)