The events in Gaza defy logic ! Palestinian militants fire rockets and mortars into Israel, targeting the civilian population. The Israeli defence forces hit back with air strikes that kill 280 people - and wound over double that number.
The Palestinians claim that they are fighting a war to reclaim their country. The Israelis say they are defending their civilian population from acts of war intended to promote genocide. Both attitudes have elements of truth.
Hostilities have been ongoing since 1948 - and there is every chance that in the future they may escalate to the point where nuclear weapons are used.
The arms race has changed in recent years. Israel is known to have atomic weapons. Unstable and militant Islamic nation Pakistan has developed nuclear weapons very recently - and close neighbour Iran is rumoured to be well on the way to joining the nuclear club.
The total lack of logic where religion is involved makes Armageddon a likely eventual outcome.
If the radical Palestinian elements are given a nuclear bomb there is little doubt that they would deploy it against an Israeli city - and if that happened there is no doubt that Israel would use it's nuclear weapons in defence.
Just how far such a nuclear exchange could spread would be any one's guess, but while ever hatred is measured beyond reason the unthinkable is not only possible - but inevitable.
There is no answer. No amount of negotiation and no action by other countries is going to defuse the core reason for this ongoing war.
It will be left to the writers of future history books to ponder on what might have been !
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