Is peace in the Middle-East sincerely desired?
“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” Vladimir Ilyich Lenin T his quote seems very fitting for the historical period we are living through, especially in the Middle East. The question in the title is more rhetorical, with the answer being known to almost everyone who is well-informed. Only a few days have passed since the commemoration of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,200 people and the kidnapping of around 250 Israeli citizens. These are the largest Israeli losses since the 1948 war. From October 2023 to the present, Israel has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza , destroyed the region's infrastructure, and caused the exodus of almost 2 million people . Although they claim to have killed over 15,000 Hamas fighters and destroyed thousands of tunnels, the Israeli army has not yet managed to completely annihilate Hamas or eliminate its military force, despite inflicting signifi