Here in India, we appreciate the guts of Israel and how despite being surrounded by hostile neighbors, it is able to dictate its own terms. But this peculiar phenomenon got me thinking, especially the bombings of Palestine by Israel. How is it possible that Israel is able to be so courageous where our leaders just sit like eunuchs even after an attack into the very heart of the country.
This line of questioning got me curious on the origin of Israel and related history. For starters, Israel was founded by a resolution passed in UN in 1948. What strikes me as funny in this is how can a country be formed by snatching away land from people residing there. No doubt Jews have suffered a lot, but that can in no way justify the actions of UN. I mean how farcical is that. Thank god Indians are not getting such ideas, else we’ll have a Sardar nation in the middle of Canada, a Gujarati state in Kenya, a Mallu state in gulf and what not. I am sure Americans would react the same way as Palestinians if Canadians were to claim half the landmass of USA based on some ancient mythology. Nevermind that.
I was then going through the wars since the formation of Israel and to my surprise, found that Israel has played a very strategic role in a lot of wars in the region for the western powers. The biggest one being the war over Suez Canal. Now here again, it is difficult for me to digest the logic given by US, UK for controlling the route. I mean why don’t the imperialists leave behind the good they did for the natives when they are leaving behind all the mess that they had done during their occupation?
These two points somehow lead me to think that the formation of Israel had much more to it than what we can see. I wonder then, is Islamic terrorism a construct of the Allied forces post WW2 and especially in the new economy to present to the world a challenge, a fear factor around which they can spin out their propaganda?
