None of us are not aware of what is playing out at the moment in the Middle East and I am sure we could rehash out all the old arguements.

What interests me is a theory/notion that has been percolating in my old crust for a while now.

Now I have to own up to a slightly schizophrenic view of the conflict in that I have a lot of sympathy for the plight of the people in Gaza because it is a shocking state of affairs and descriptions of it as the worlds largest open-air prison camp are difficult to repute given how it is hemmed in and controlled by outside forces.

But I also have emotional ties to Israel via a combination of family and friends living over there, and currently having to spend time in bomb-shelters. So my heart breaks for them as well.

However, what interests me most is the potential, and I make no apologies for my Western chauvinism, fall out on us in the West.

I suspect that within a relatively short period of time voices will emerge suggesting, on humanitarian grounds allied with a supposedly anti-Israel bias dismissing them as people who cannot be reasoned with, that Europe (and probably within the confines of the EU) facilitate a mass population transfer of any Palestinian who wants to come and make a new life in the West. Essentially depopulate the region.

And the clamour will grow and grow for this to happen with the fertile soil for this having been prepared for the last few decades, not all of which have proved successful, with perhaps it having to happen now before the growing backlash from native Europeans about immigration explodes.

Now I accept that this idea perhaps elevates me into the realms of the tin-foil hat wearing brigade and I more than willing to accept any and all the s*** that might come my way but when I look at events, ever since the removal of Gaddafi, I have sensed that there is something going on that is being all orchestrated.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

Any criticism of Israel seems to be very meek, perhaps because the media....Mmmm...maybe I won't say that.

Yet if you want to criticise Iran for example (and god knows there's lots to criticise) you can get the boxing gloves out and no one bats an eyelid.

Edited by Stirlingsays (13 May 2021 9.39am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

There won't be much criticism of Israel as many countries have been brown nosing the US for financial and economic reasons for decades. Israel wouldn't exist as a threat to anyone without US funding that runs into $billions every year and most of that is military spending.

Pro China, EU & Palestine

Some people might even go so far as to say that Israeli interests have an disproportionate level of influence on US policy.

ABBA said it best.
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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Israel is always harping on about the holocust (yes I know it was terrible) but now they are attempting their own "final solution"against the palastinians.

Touch my coffee and I will slap you so hard even Google won't be able to find you.

Nobody in my family or anyone I know 'harps' on about the holocaust. Its quite the opposite in fact.

Two thirds of Europe's Jews were murdered in 4 years, that's approximately 6 million men, women and children. I'm sure if your own grandparents were killed you too would have the right to 'harp' on about this.

Shame you are in the US, would be more than happy to chat to you in person about this.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit