This photo is from the WSJ. I can tell that this is the main trunk road of the Palm Jumeirah, that man made palm frond shape peninsula near our place. Fireworks is cancelled because at the last minute, the ruler of Dubai issued the order that there will be not festivities to usher in the new year. This is to express the emirate sympathy with those living in Gaza that are facing the brutal attack by the Israeli military against them. Anyway there are also many Palestinians living and working in Dubai. So the government reaction is appropriate.
The conflict over the lands of Israel and Palestine, especially over Jerusalem is perhaps the most intractable in the whole of human history. So many people believe that it would have to take the divine itself to solve it. Pragmatists do not think it can be solved and probably treat it like an AIDS infection. You cannot cure it but at least you try to prevent it from getting out of control.
I think the most important thing here is to keep trying to achieve a settlement towards peace and never giving up despite countless setbacks.
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