Palestinians undergo every day horrors whereas the USA stands by its ally Israel, as do the UK and European Union.
As Israel steps up its bombardment of Gaza, army and political help from the USA stays steadfast.
However may this battle – which has induced such a humanitarian disaster – result in wider regional instability?
Has that been the intention? And what position does Washington play?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Company:
Daniel Levy – President of the US/Center East Challenge and former adviser within the workplace of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
Nicholas Noe – Director of the Alternate Basis in Beirut
HA Hellyer – Senior affiliate fellow on the Royal United Providers Institute for Defence and Safety Research in London and nonresident scholar on the Carnegie Endowment for Worldwide Peace in Washington, DC