World News: From Bombs to Bursts of Hatred

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Category: World News

Published on Tuesday, 31 October 2023 16:00

Written by Olivier Longhi

By seeking to annihilate Hamas in the name of security, Israel is also nurturing the hatred and resentment of future generations of Palestinians through its massive military action, which could swell the ranks of future anti-Israeli armed groups.

It is possible, or at least likely, given the military means deployed by Israel, that Hamas will be annihilated in the coming weeks, if not months. The IDF's massive bombardment and ground offensive have left the terror group's fighters with little hope, despite being protected by a labyrinthine network of tunnels running through the Gaza Strip on all sides.

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Does this mean that once the military offensive is over, Israel will be rid of Hamas once and for all? Rid of Hamas, certainly. Islamic terrorism aimed at destroying Israel certainly not. For as much as the abuses committed by Hamas are condemned and condemnable, the result of blind and unbearable violence without purpose or objective, the offensive led by Israel follows the same logic, with the difference that it is draped in the shroud of Israel's security, a logic that is somehow legitimized by the international community, which is reluctant to see the Middle East set ablaze even more.

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Thus, by relentlessly bombing the northern Gaza Strip, by terrorizing civilian populations, far from Hamas' concerns, by multiplying the number of Gazan victims by these same bombings, Israel is sowing the seeds of hatred and delayed revenge.

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It is therefore not impossible that Palestinian children who are now forced to flee in the face of the Israeli coup will become in the years to come the fighters or supporters of new terrorist groups, Islamist or not, ready to do battle with the Hebrew nation in memory of the current war. Engaged in extremist struggles, Hamas and Israel seem to have no idea how much the current war, and certainly those that preceded it, nurtures and has nurtured generations of IDF fighters or soldiers to eliminate men and women designated as enemies.

Faced with this catastrophic, grotesque, and dramatic situation, the voice of diplomacy is simply stifled by the determination of the belligerents. Moreover, it cannot be otherwise, because diplomacy, which is also the art of reason in foreign policy, which is often quick to propose and be satisfied with a compromise, cannot be expressed here in the light of the muted and destructive passions that animate both camps.

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To date, the first risk that could be added to the current conflict would be a conflagration that would push Lebanon into chaos because it shelters Hezbollah on its soil, also supported by Iran, itself blowing on the embers of the confrontation without appearing on the front line because it is placed under the close surveillance of the international community and the United States in particular.

Ultimately, if the Russian-Ukrainian war has destabilized Europe by shifting its point of gravity from the West to the East, it is clear, as it has been since the Balfour Declaration of 1917, that the tensest geopolitical space on the planet remains the Middle East, a land of tensions and ancestral passions that one wonders if they will ever be channeled and appeased.

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Bio: Olivier Longhi has extensive experience in European history. A seasoned journalist with fifteen years of experience, he is currently professor of history and geography in the Toulouse region of France. He has held a variety of publishing positions, including Head of Agency and Chief of Publishing. A journalist, recognized blogger, editor, and editorial project manager, he has trained and managed editorial teams, worked as a journalist for various local radio stations, a press and publishing consultant, and a communications consultant.