By Jasmine Birtles
IF YOU read my article yesterday about how we are being played when it comes to our attitude to the Israel/Hamas conflict, you might be wondering what is going on there and in other parts of the world, that we should be taking notice of while the ‘powers that be’ try to distract us.
Let’s start with ‘why’. Why a war? Why now? What could it help to usher in?
Some are saying that the war paves the way for a new canal to be blasted through Israel’s Negev desert. Also, it could destabilise the Middle East region to the point where a full-scale war is created there, with Iran and Syria as major players against Israel.