The Battle of Soldiers and Noncombatant Civilians: A Reflection on the Israeli-Palestinian Imbroglio

Abstract

Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the oldest and intractable conflict in the world. There have been intermittent recurrences of the conflict in spite of the several attempts to resolve it. The conflict resolution attempts span from the UNO resolutions to peace pacts brokered by many international actors including Norway, Egypt and the United States. Nonetheless, the conflict continues to surge, assuming many dimensions and leading to the destruction of lives and property of innocent Palestinians and Israeli civilians. This paper argues that the current Israeli – Palestinian conflict and the pounding of unarmed civilians in Gaza through airstrikes by Israeli forces further exposes the deep-rooted resentment around the World of the double standards of world powerful states, and particularly the obstructionist policy of the United States of America in the Middle-East.