The wars in Ukraine and Gaza will not stop in 2024

It is almost certain that this time next year the wars in Ukraine and Gaza will still be going on which means thousands and thousands more people will die and thousands and thousands more buildngs, including people's homes, will be destroyed. This is the most pessimistic but most realistic prediction for 2024. Nothing the rest of the world can do or should do will make any difference. Even if the US funding for Ukraine dries up for months, Ukraine will battle on, increasingly turning to their own home-made weapons, and even if the US starts to pull back from full support for Israel, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) will carry on fighting until Hamas has or is perceived to have been conquered and eliminated. In a world where severe climate-change weather conditions are going to affect everyone, it is tragic that certain leaders just want to use war to resolve what they have decided is the only way to achieve their objectives. Putin and Netanyahu are never going to give up. So that means war and killings and destruction for another whole year. And beyond.