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Imperialism's deadly legacy: how Western policy fuels war
From Middle East escalation to Nato’s Russia proxy war, we face the consequences of decades of destructive interventions by the US and its allies, writes LINDSEY GERMAN
The rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli air strike in Jabalia, Gaza Strip, October 2023
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THE growing prospect of escalating war in the Middle East is the product of a policy of imperialist war, intervention, and national oppression which has been followed by successive British governments.
The immediate cause is Israel’s war on Gaza and its recent assassinations of leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. The latter targeting of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Hamas, when he was visiting the new president of Iran, was a deliberate provocative attack which was certain to draw Iran into retaliation.
He was also one of the main negotiators for a ceasefire in talks which have been going on in Qatar for months. Netanyahu knew exactly what he was doing with both the assassinations.
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