Tuesday 12 December 2023

Gaza and Ukraine wars will never end

Even if there were to be agreed ceasefires and an end to killing and destruction, the wars in Gaza and Ukraine are never going to be wrapped up all neatly and satisfactorily. If there is a ceasefire deal in Gaza - very unlikely I have to say - Gaza will be a territory filled with displaced people and destroyed homes and eternal resentment against Israel. If there is a deal between Kyiv and Moscow - also pretty unlikely although it may be forced on Zelensky by the Republicans in US Congress - Ukraine will be a smaller nation and will NEVER feel safe again. So, in that sense, the wars will be with them for ever even when the occupying troops have left. Gaza will be in an immeasurably worst state because after the last bomb has been dropped the 2.3 million Palestinian people will have nowhere to go. The war will also never go away for the devastated Israeli families who lost loved ones and their homes and had daughters and mothers raped and family members kidnapped on that terrible October 7 day. Their suffering will not stop once the fighting stops. Wars never end neatly. There is always agony and suffering and anger and hatred for ever.

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