What do outsiders gain from peace in the Middle East (Israel-Palestinian conflict) ?
I was watching this show and I am paraphrasing, he said
The Middle East is hopeless. History tells us that. I will be honest with you. We got nothing to gain from peace in the Middle East.
For context, he was referring to Israel-Palestinian conflict when he said “Middle East”.
My question to you all is what do outsiders/ spectators / those people not directly involved in this Israel-Palestinian conflict and especially people in the corridors of power has to gain from peace in the Middle East ?
More conflict, more weapons, arms US, Russia, Europe, China, Turkey etc…can sell more arms. Arms race in the region. More profits to weapons manufacturer. Bigger contributions to weapon lobbyists, which donates more to congress.
More conflict, higher oil prices. Saudi, Russia, US, etc.. gets more profit. Cost of production of oil is the same. Selling price is higher. Maybe transport costs will increase a bit. Higher oil prices, people switch to electric cars. Tesla sells more cars. Musk gets richer.
Leaders of muslim countries and Arab world uses this issue to drum up support of anti-semitism, anti-west, anti-america,…play the victim card, unite their people, shift their focus away from domestic issues (corruption, incompetence, unemployment, economy, etc…) to a religious/ foreign issue. Their population is so focus on Israel-Palestinian conflict, nobody is paying attention to domestic failures.
More conflict. More deaths. More destruction. More dramatic headline/photo. More controversy. The bigger the news. You sell more newspaper. You have Israeli government paying for advertisements on social media, newspaper, etc…you have pro-Palestinian groups paying for billboards, printing flyers, advertisements, more viewers, more subscribers, more followers, more likes for their podcast, instagram, fb, X, etc… Social media gets richer, Social media content creators get richer, News channels get richer, etc..
Various NGO groups, humanitarian aids, un agencies, oxfam, amnesty etc… they get publicity, they get more donations, more money, they get bigger budget, …billions of dollars. While unfortunately other humanitarian crisis dont receive the same spotlight like Sudan, Yemen, etc…
While the media, UN, international govermments and everyone else is so distracted with Israel-Palestinian conflict. Some people might be tempted to try to do something to their benefit. Azerbaijan-Armenia, Rwanda-Congo, etc… nobody is looking. Everyone is too busy, too distracted.
People are selling more Keffiyeh scarves, Palestinian flags, Israel flags made in China. China is happy. More sales, more profits.
Sure one could argue peace will benefit both Israeli and Palestinians (they have a very different vision of what peace looks like), Israelis probably dont need to run into a bomb shelter, less terror attack, less budget for military, less military service, etc…for Palestinian investment opportunies, redevelopment, etc.. but there are plenty of construction opportunities, projects, and less risky too. Egypt is building a new capital. Saudi is building a new city in the desert. If Ukraine and Russia conflict can agree on peace, there will be alot of money and opportunity for rebuilding. Alot of profit to be made. I get it, it may be beneficial to Israel to get peace according to their vision and for Palestinians to get peace according to their vision, but what’s in for others (not Israel, not Palestinians), what do we gain ? The best we get out of this is Nobel Peace Prize for a few key people. What do others get ?