The latest twist in the Arab-Israeli conflict is not good news for either the US or the UK governments. The movement of Gaza to more tension and a more extreme policy will?? underline the dangerous consequences of the Iraqi invasion and the general instability in the??Middle East.

Meanwhile the UN looks on helplessly. All too often today the UN is powerless to act, with members alternating between attacking the USA for acting without proper UN backing and condemning the USA for not acting and waiting for others to lead or to propose a course of action.

The list of places where the UN dare not act where there is civil war or conflict between different religious and ethnic groups is now a long and harrowing one. In addition to Israel/Palestine, there is amongst others Darfur and Zimbabwe where the UN’s silence is deafening on how to resolve the conflicts.

The difficulty for the world is compounded by the bruising experiences of the USA and the UK in Iraq - and in Afghanistan - which has??tied up??considerable military might to these countries, undermined public support at home for these operations and left both countries in a weakened moral position for further interventions.

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