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The war in Gaza has further deepened the gulf between Western states and the developing world. The thousands of civilian deaths caused by Israeli bombardment in the Palestinian enclave, exactly 20 years after the tens of thousands killed by the American invasion of Iraq, will long epitomise the hypocrisy and double standards of the West. The wealthy Western powers, accustomed to exploiting Asia, Africa and Latin America since colonial times, are trying their best to maintain their economic advantages and keep the States of the Global South under their control. Over the past 30 years…

Both the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) Operation Iron Swords and Hamas’s Al-Aqsa Flood military campaign against Israel remain ongoing and have not yet yielded the desired results. The majority civilian population of the Gaza Strip is suffering as a result of the progressing Israeli military assault and siege of the area. Because of Tel Aviv’s unyielding position, the number of Palestinian casualties in just over a month of combat has surpassed 11,000, and there is no end in sight…

Few know how Israel’s horrific and murderous assault in Gaza, which has lasted nearly two months, will conclude or how many ordinary Palestinians will die. However, the Middle East and the rest of the globe will come to understand a new reality when the guns finally stop firing and the carpet bombing stops. The human cost already incurred—more than 11,000 dead, over half of whom were women and children—and the more than 25,000 wounded—will be far greater than any outcome regarding Hamas…