It has become apparent that all the Arab states are supporting the war with money and war materiel. It is also apparent that the United States is supporting the war with money and war materiel. The reasons for their doing this are obvious. Both sets of supporters protect their positions of power and their economies. The two fighters in the ring are punch-drunk but keep slugging it out in the hopes that one or the other will drop from complete exhaustion. At ringside, egging them on, are the promoters of the fight, the managers, the trainers, the media, the owners of the arena, the suppliers of boxing gloves, trunks and other paraphernalia of the trade. Everyone is making money. Only the fighters are bleeding.
They will be supported just enough to keep fighting but not enough to win.
Hooray! We figured out the causes. Now, how to break out of this viscious cycle?
Israel must declare that every killing of Israelis is causus belli for an attack by its armed forces on a neighboring Arab state. That declaration should also include the non-Arab state of Iran and the non-neighbor states of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Skip the small stuff of going into Jenin, Gaza, or Khan Yunis. Go to Damascus and Baghdad. Go to Teheran and Riyadh and Beirut. No big deal. One attack in Israel merits one bomb in the capital of an Arab country. Let's let them know, "You endanger my children, I kill your whole family including your mother, your grandmother, and all your children." Simply make it too expensive for them to stay in power by killing Israeli and Palestinian kids.
No! That's immoral. That's for the Islamists to blow up people. Let the Israeli Airforce pick targets that specifically do not harm individuals but do great harm to military - industrial capability. Factories, warehouses, stockpiles of materiel, and the like. And ALWAYS provide sufficient timely warning to evacuate the premises.
There is no right or wrong. Stop shooting! Start talking! That's the solution.
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