There seems to me to be great similarity between Arab states’ historical rejection of the State of Israel and West nations’ and Ukraine’s rejection of Donbas as a Russian territory. The first step in the forming of the State of Israel had been a joint plan put together by USSR, UK and USA together with their allies which they got approved in the UN for a two-state solution in what was then called Palestine at the end of the WW2 time of rule by UK. Arab states of course rejected it, because it was imposed on them. so it ended up being a single state solution, the State of Israel. Gradually the Palestinians came to accept the idea of a two state solution, whereby they get a state of Palestine, and this agreement started to be formalised between Israel and the PLO in 1988. Yet Israel went back on it, backtracking because it posed a threat to their security needs. Further attempts have only got us to where we are today, these ferocious attacks and counterattacks. Israel does indeed seem to have fallen short of principles of good ethics. The eagle flies overhead. Deals, accords, were made and broken. Afraid of losing security, Israel faces the most insecure situation imaginable. So does Gaza. So does the region. The Collective West and Russia only impose solutions favouring Israel over Palestinians. Yet Israel backs off from seeking a fairer situation for Palestine for fear of losing what it ends up losing anyway, as a direct result. Then this attempt to build its Temple is setting fire to the situation. God must have an answer.
