Although there is no oil in Palestine (as of yet) but it might have been good sense for a western implant in the form of Israel to exist in that oil and resource rich region, which was a critical post for the British empire. Bear in mind that the Brits did strike ‘deals’ with the rulers of the region to exploit its natural resources but the aim was to always introduce a foreign body in its midst in the spirit of divide and conquer. Also bearing in mind that the Brits were not that keen on granting the Jews their own nation (it’s not like antisemitism originated anywhere but Europe..) but it was only thanks to the Zionist factions of the British government at the time that a Zionist state was able to get off the ground.. that and the terrorist tactics that the Zionists used against the British colonialists and native Palestinians to get their way. The Holocaust was the perfect opportunity for the Zionists to harness the power of guilt + knowing and appealing to the colonialist mind to get their way. That structure has been maintained for decades through inertia (‘Israel’s right to exist’ has become a fact, an adage, something you can never question or interrogate.. even though it is just as worthy of analysis as anything else under the sun)).
This has become the status quo and to dislodge it would require an act of extremism. I believe that is what Hamas wanted to achieve with 7 Oct.
And oil, I guess.
Although there is no oil in Palestine (as of yet) but it might have been good sense for a western implant in the form of Israel to exist in that oil and resource rich region, which was a critical post for the British empire. Bear in mind that the Brits did strike ‘deals’ with the rulers of the region to exploit its natural resources but the aim was to always introduce a foreign body in its midst in the spirit of divide and conquer. Also bearing in mind that the Brits were not that keen on granting the Jews their own nation (it’s not like antisemitism originated anywhere but Europe..) but it was only thanks to the Zionist factions of the British government at the time that a Zionist state was able to get off the ground.. that and the terrorist tactics that the Zionists used against the British colonialists and native Palestinians to get their way. The Holocaust was the perfect opportunity for the Zionists to harness the power of guilt + knowing and appealing to the colonialist mind to get their way. That structure has been maintained for decades through inertia (‘Israel’s right to exist’ has become a fact, an adage, something you can never question or interrogate.. even though it is just as worthy of analysis as anything else under the sun)).
This has become the status quo and to dislodge it would require an act of extremism. I believe that is what Hamas wanted to achieve with 7 Oct.