Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the explosion of violence between Israel and the Palestinians showed the U.S. policy had failed in the Middle East and taken no account of the needs of the Palestinians.
Ignoring the fact that he is not really a role model and a war criminal, he has a right in this particular case.
What we have is a huge problem that no one wants to solve. And bombing the shit out of Palestine would only radicalize its population.
By the end of this conflict the number of civilian casualties would be much bigger and a lot of people on both sides would get pushed more to the right.
I can imagine that hate crimes on racial and religious ground would intensify greatly in the months after, and finding a solution and a path for reconciliation to become even more illusory.
Ignoring the fact that he is not really a role model and a war criminal, he has a right in this particular case.
What we have is a huge problem that no one wants to solve. And bombing the shit out of Palestine would only radicalize its population.
By the end of this conflict the number of civilian casualties would be much bigger and a lot of people on both sides would get pushed more to the right.
I can imagine that hate crimes on racial and religious ground would intensify greatly in the months after, and finding a solution and a path for reconciliation to become even more illusory.