On the 4th October 2024 I posted an item entitled Protection of the People 2 - Nothing seems to have happened in the last nine months to change my view. If anything it is clear the situation has got worse. The shameful refusal of western leadership to strongly condemn Mr Netanyahu for his behaviour and activity is appalling. The level of his deceit is gargantuan. Calling for the Iranian citizens to revolt against their current government, all the while conducting a vicious campaign against what are claimed to be “military targets” without any care or concern over “co-lateral damage” (euphemism for he does’t care who he kills). He does this with the knowledge that the Iranian regime is not popular with his supposed allies, who will of course not interfere with his actions, and are effectively suckered into saying nothing and continuing to support him. What is even more disturbing is the extraordinary amount of time the Israeli secret services seem to have taken in preparing for this war through subterfuge and insertion of agents into the Iranian Regime.
The levels of his chicanery are even greater than either Trump or Putin. Machiavelli has nothing on Netanyahu. He seems intent on dragging the entire world into conflict, or not caring if he does. I stated in my previous blog (see below) that he was not to be trusted. I fear I was underestimating how dangerous he actually is. His perfidy appears to come at just the right time, as most of the leaders around him are perfidious men. Herewith is that entry from October 4, 2024:
PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE 2
Perhaps I am being a bit harsh in respect of the ongoing situation in the middle east, but the attempts at reconciliation and movement towards a peaceful and fruitful co-existence in the area has not been helped by the general treatment of the Palestinians by the Israeli authorities. Division and suspicion breed nothing but division and suspicion. The problem has persisted my entire lifetime and I was born in 1942. Is it not about time that vendetta and vengeance be set aside?
There is a very good point of view from Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian at:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/04/israel-israelis-gaza-war-7-october-anniversary
Nonetheless, the question “who started it?” is no longer relevant. It should not matter anymore, and the grownups must step up and out of the playground mentality that seems to pervade any talks leading to settlement and compromise. An accommodation must be found. What is so difficult to understand? So long as the posturing and blaming carry on, so long will all the people of the middle east continue to suffer. Leadership requires rational intelligent thought, with a view to the future. Why must I continue to put myself in other people’s shoes to see a point of view. I can see and sympathise with people’s suffering from demolition, disease and death. I do not want to watch this anymore. It has surely gone on long enough.
I have taken a view on the insanity which may not be to everyone’s liking; however, the current arms rattling and bristling between the Israelis and the Iranians is endangering the entire world, now so full of governments that see nationalism and populism as the preeminent form of coping with domestic as well as international affairs. Repression and control under the guise of maintaining order in society, is still repression and control. So long as the likes of Netanyahu puff out their chest, there will never be closure. His position is to remain in control, that’s it, and so long as military action persists, he will exploit it. Do not be fooled by his posturing as protector of the people. He is merely protecting himself. His trial on corruption charges is still ongoing. It hovers in the background and he will do anything to make it fade into the distance. He is not to be trusted.
That is not an anti-Israeli point of view. It is merely what the images and reporting from the region indicate is the case. I know ordinary Israelis as well as ordinary Palestinians are desperate for peace. Their so called protectors are the problem. The leaders have become entrenched in their religious and fanatical enmity and are blinded and made dumb. The irony is that the same God hovers over them and permits the slaughter to continue.
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