This is what I heard former President José María Velasco Ibarra say, ironically, to a group of internationalists gathered in Quito many years ago, which we can repeat when we think that the world has become a veritable powder keg without the United Nations being able to prevent, despite the efforts of its Secretary General. Some have the formal strength of an army; the other, an informal attack force. At this moment, what is at the center of Gaza and Ukraine can spread to other regions of the world and turn into an uncontrolled war.

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip have “completely collapsed”, the Hamas-run Ministry of Health has revealed

Let’s remember that the First World War happened because of the murder of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his wife. To avenge that death, mountains of corpses were piled up on all fronts, the Empire and the Turkish Empire disappeared, borders were redrawn, including Palestine, which passed from the Turkish Empire to the British Empire.

Israel reveals images of the massacre in the kibbutz captured by cameras of the same members of the Hamas militia

After the terrible attack by Hamas, which caught Israel, comes its terrible response against the helpless Palestinian people, half of whose population is wandering and the other half is waiting for the entry of the Israeli army. We are witnessing bombings, massacres, people without water, without electricity, without medicines. Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade for several years. Several humanitarian aid trucks are starting to arrive from Egypt, whose shipments are a tenth of an average day. We think about this whole tragedy with horror.

Hamas announces the release of two elderly Israeli hostages while awaiting the release of 50 others mediated by Qatar

Conflict can spread. Israel is currently fighting Hamas, but there is already friction with Hezbollah, which is a much more powerful group operating out of southern Lebanon and backed by Iran, increasing the risk of the conflict spreading. and would also threaten the oil trade, whose price could skyrocket. At the same time, there is a Chinese claim to sovereignty over Taiwan, born with the support of the United States, like Israel.

Israel will increase its bombing of the Gaza Strip

The United States, which fully supports Israel, appears to be using its influence to tone down its military action. President Joe Biden advised him not to make the same mistake his country did after the 9/11 attacks, when they took revenge on every suspect and invaded Iraq, which had nothing to do with it. Former President Barack Obama noted that an invasion of Gaza would provoke a backlash and called on Israel to restore basic services such as water and electricity. I say I wish there was a ceasefire.

Israel reveals plans for a ‘three-phase war’ in Gaza to ‘destroy’ Hamas

Today, the thesis, supported by the United Nations, about the existence of two states, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, is widespread. This thesis has been advocated for several years, but little or no progress has been made on this issue.

It is time to do this, immediately, so that there is peace in the region and so that the conflict does not spread to other latitudes. It is contradictory to be against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and not to demand the withdrawal of Israel from the Arab territories. If there is no comprehensive solution, the bloody events will repeat themselves again and again. (OR)