Chapter 1061 Powder Keg

When the British dream of the empire that never sets was shattered and they packed up and left, they played the role of a troublemaker to the fullest, laying mines everywhere.

After World War II, facing the fact that India was about to become independent, the British did not want to see the emergence of a powerful and uncontrolled Greater India (British India at that time included India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), so they directed the "India-Pakistan Partition" in 1947, making the contradictions between the two sides almost irreconcilable. The subsequent conflicts and wars between India and Pakistan were all the continuation of the influence of the "India-Pakistan Partition".

And the "Palestine-Israel Partition" was also a big mine buried by the British.

The Jewish nation can be said to be one of the smartest nations in the world. They can get along well in the world with their own brains. Even the most powerful United States in the world is dominated by Jewish elites. Many people on Wall Street are Jewish elites. The British came up with the "Palestine-Israel Partition" and created a Jewish state "Israel" on the 27,000 square kilometers of Palestinian Arab territory. The territorial demarcation line between the two sides was extremely unreasonable.

The Jews were ecstatic at the time. A large number of Jewish immigrants, with the support of the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, forcibly created the State of Israel on the land of Palestine.

According to the two-state solution of 1947, 15,200 square kilometers of the 27,000 square kilometers of Palestinian land were divided into the "Jewish State" and the remaining 11,150 square kilometers were assigned to the "Arab State". At the same time, Jerusalem was stipulated as an international city, directly managed by the authorities established by the United Nations.

In the resolution on the partition of Palestine and Israel, the Jews, who were a minority in the total population, obtained 55% of the land, and all of them were the best land; while the Arabs, who were the majority of the total population, only received 45% of the land, and the territory was divided into three pieces at the beginning and end, which naturally made the Arabs dissatisfied.

As soon as the partition resolution was passed, Palestinian Arabs and Arab countries held demonstrations to oppose the partition, and Arabs launched fierce resistance movements in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tel Aviv and other places.

Therefore, the first Middle East war broke out.

Since the partition of Palestine and Israel, the conflict between the Jews and the local Palestinians has been irreconcilable. The war between the two sides has been going on. The Jews firmly hold the initiative and have the firm support of their own sons. In the first four Middle East wars, the Jews were the winners and the Arabs were the losers.

In the fifth Middle East war, the situation suddenly changed, and the armed forces such as Palestine, which received a lot of support, finally defeated the Israelis.

If the Americans had not come to protect Israel, the Jews would have been exiled in the fifth Middle East war.

This is Israel, the "little bully of the Middle East". It can only win and cannot fail. If it fails once, it may be exiled.

Later, the moderates in Israel were in power and were determined to establish friendly relations and peaceful coexistence with Palestine. They even redrawn the boundaries and made concessions in the hope of achieving long-term peace.

However, giving up part of the land also made the opposition in Israel very dissatisfied. They believed that this was a sign of weakness. They believed that they should be tough on Palestine and even expel Palestine to monopolize this piece of land.

It's just that this force has been suppressed.

Now, because of the attitude of the Americans, this force has grown rapidly and ignited this powder keg.

On the other hand, there are also a large number of people in Palestine who are dissatisfied. After all, these 27,000 square kilometers of land originally belong to the Palestinians. Why should such a large piece of land be given to the Jews?

This time, the Jews created such a vicious explosion in Jerusalem, which also ignited the anger of the Palestinians, and the hard-line forces grew rapidly.

This made the moderates in Palestine powerless, and they felt that they were about to be unable to suppress the hard-line forces.

In fact, the moderates in Palestine do not want war, but to achieve long-term peace between Palestine and Israel through negotiations and diplomatic means.

The Palestinian region is rich in resources, with 500 billion cubic meters of natural gas, more than 200 million barrels of oil, more than 200 billion tons of coal, more than 500 million tons of iron, more than 100 million tons of bauxite, and a large amount of chromium ore, marble and gems. After years of hard work, Palestine's energy income is still very considerable. A large amount of oil, natural gas, coal, and iron ore are exported to Europe in exchange for a large amount of foreign exchange, making the life of Palestine much better than before. Even the military strength of Palestine is not weak, with 135,000 regular troops and 400,000 reserve troops. Palestine's military equipment is also not weak, with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, a large number of artillery, rocket launchers, and even a navy.

The moderates in Palestine are very satisfied with the present.

But now because of the vicious explosion in Jerusalem, the internal situation in Palestine has gone out of control.

The exchange of fire between the two sides has made the whole world very worried.

Saddam was very happy at this time, cursing the Americans and the Jews.

In the Gulf War, the Westerners led by the Americans bombarded Iraq indiscriminately, causing great trauma to Iraq, which made Iraq full of hostility towards Americans. If the most anti-American country in the world is said to be Iraq, it is definitely in the top three. If the most famous anti-American fighter in the world is said to be Saddam, it is definitely in the top three.

In the past ten years, Saddam was only a little low-key in the beginning, but even then, he still cursed the Americans.

As time went on, Saddam cursed the Americans more harshly.

Even Iraq is the first country among OPEC members to adopt non-dollar settlement.

As Iraq resumed oil production and exported oil continuously in recent years, Iraq's military strength is also recovering rapidly.

Although the low international crude oil prices have greatly reduced Iraq's oil revenue from the same oil exports, Iraq does not have as high social welfare as before.

On average, Iraq invests more than 40 billion yuan in military power every year.

Although Iraq now has fewer tanks and armored vehicles than before the Gulf War, the performance of tanks and armored vehicles is more advanced.

Although Iraq now has fewer aircraft than before the Gulf War, Iraq's aircraft are also more advanced.

In addition, there is the Arab League and the Arab Coalition. Although Saddam is very dissatisfied with this, it has to be said that this is a backer.

Therefore, Saddam has lived well until now.

This time, the situation between Palestine and Israel has spiraled, and Saddam jumped out to scold the Americans, believing that if it were not for the support of the Americans, Israel would never dare to do such a thing.

Saddam even announced that Iraqi missiles were already targeting major cities in Israel, and that if war broke out, these missiles would teach a painful lesson. Moreover, Iraq's powerful army would participate in the jihad.

Coincidentally, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and other countries have also launched violent activities against Jews, and they have demanded help for their Palestinian Arab brothers.