The Palestinians suffer daily horrors while the United States supports its ally Israel, as do the United Kingdom and the European Union.
As Israel intensifies its bombing of Gaza, U.S. military and political support remains steadfast.
But could this war – which has caused such a humanitarian catastrophe – lead to greater regional instability?
Was that the intention? And what role does Washington play?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Guests:
Daniel Levy – President of the US/Middle East Project and former advisor in the office of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
Nicholas Noe – Director of the Exchange Foundation in Beirut
HA Hellyer – Senior Research Associate at the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies in London and Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC