Opinion: Why the US refuses to learn the lessons from history

Sooner or later, all conflicts come to an end. But all too often, their root causes remain unresolved.

This appears to be very true for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In the following weeks or months, the country that appointed itself as the only one capable of achieving a credible, fair and durable peace between Israel and Palestine - the United States - will once again attempt to accomplish it.

The first priority will be Gaza. But the real challenge will be to address the causes that produced the latest carnage in the Gaza Strip and in neighbouring Israeli kibbutzim. In other words, the plight of the Palestinians needs a real political perspective.

It is not worth going through, once again, the numerous compelling reasons that make the US unfit for such a job. 

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