Lets be careful here. This thread is in danger of getting to the point where it accuses Israel of being the cause of the all the Middle East’s problems. I seem to remember someone else accusing the Jews of being the cause of all their problems….
I agree that some of Israel’s actions do stretch the good will of the rest of the world a bit. Remember that Israel is a small state surrounded by states which at best barely tolerate them (that is probably only due to western influences.) The day the state of Israel was formed the Arabs around them attacked them and every since they have been under almost constant attack.
Israel would not have needed to strike into Lebanon if the rest of the world had done something to stop Hizbollah. In my view the world including France does owe Israel something. Israel was set up to be a safe haven for the Jewish nation following the murder of 6 000 000 of it’s people. It’s odd that the world forgets this and then complains when Israel has to defend itself.Perhaps Israel doesn’t entirely trust some western states.
I’m not trying to justify rogue actions but just to put things in perspective. If you lived in a street where all your neighbours were at best only tolerant of your existance, you couldn’t move away and the rest of the world did little or nothing to help how long would it be before your world view became a little different from the norm?
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