Israel or US, who is the real super power?

on Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Over 130 Palestinians, including at least 11 civilians,  six of which  were children, and one pregnant woman, were killed within a few days by Israeli air strikes. The son of a BBC Arabic correspondent who was only eleven months old was killed in the air strike.

Since Israel killed Hamas’ military chief on Wednesday, five Israelis have been killed. Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister and the Middle East peace envoy has shown his allegiance to Israel and called Hamas on Thursday to stop firing rockets from Gaza into Israel. Blair told a UK television news network that if the rocket fires carried on targeting Israeli towns and villages, the Jewish state would act to defend itself, and retaliation would increase.

Blair, it seems has his eyes set on the next Nobel Peace Prize which has in recent years been awarded to the US President Obama, the Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the European Union. Blair who represents the diplomatic quartet which comprises of the US, EU, UN and Russia said that the immediate priority was to calm the situation, and to stop it from destabilizing the entire region.

Considering the pattern where the world is aware of Obama’s role in world peace and the efforts that the European Union carried out to rescue Iraq, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan, it won’t come as a huge surprise if the nominees of the next Nobel Peace Prize are Saudi King Abdulaziz or the Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for their peace efforts in Palestine and Syria.

As it did numerous times in the past, the United States have thrown their weight behind Israel, and condemned Palestinian militant attacks on Southern Israel after a barrage of air strikes on the Gaza strip by the Israeli. An explanation for this unabashed defense of Israel could be that the US has used its veto powers since 2000 in nine occasions to favor Israel pertaining to their conflict with Palestine.

Who waged the war?

The answer might actually be very simple and straightforward to answer in this seemingly complex question. Israel started the air strikes, whereas leaders in the West are urging Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets on Israel. So where does Hamas stand? This is a political party and is elected by Palestinians, yet it is still being labeled as a militant group in the Western media.

Amnesty International, UN and human rights organizations are being made essentially irrelevant because killings are backed by global leaders in the name of democracy and human rights.

Thousands of innocent people have been relentlessly killed in Palestine and Israel in the ensuing war between the two. The answer to the question who is the real super power Israel or US is left to you, and what you may perceive of the two countries, and the war raging between them. Does the European Union and the United States play in the hands of Israel?



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