“The conflict has been highly inflammatory for years. The eastern countries, Lebanon, is today a poor, conflict-ridden country. Syria is next door. Things are bad in both Palestine and Israel. However, the conflict was covered up. A new conflict in this area will cause some people to flee from that area, just like from Ukraine,” said Bartosz Kownacki, former deputy minister of national defense, PiS, in an interview with wPolityce.pl.
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wPolityce.pl: Where should we look for the cause of the flare-up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Do you agree that this was caused by the civil war and that there is a similar threat in Poland?
Bartosz Kownacki: The Israeli operation is planned by Russia. This is an attempt to distract the United States, Israel and European countries from helping Ukraine. Russians can play several pianos at the same time. They can fight such wars. It is starting a war in another country to win your own war. Israel stood astride this conflict. He sent signals that there would be more support for Ukraine, and this kind of conflict means he cannot provide this support. There are already voices in Europe, but also around the world, that Europe and America should take care of the Middle East and let Russia play its own internal affairs. This will pass the test for some of the public. Those responsible for the conflict with Israel and those responsible for our crisis on the border with Belarus are the same people.
Can this situation be so easily translated to the Polish situation, taking into account the long history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?
The conflict has been highly inflammatory for years. The eastern countries, Lebanon, is today a poor, conflict-ridden country. Syria is next door. Things are bad in both Palestine and Israel. However, the conflict was covered up. A new conflict in this area will cause some people to flee from that area, just like from Ukraine. This is not a conflict that will end. This is not an internal conflict between Palestine and Israel. This is a conflict that could potentially spread to other countries in the Middle East. More refugees will come from this area. There is no indication that this conflict will end. That is why we will have an influx of new groups of migrants within about ten weeks.
How can we defend ourselves against this here in Poland?
First, you can defend yourself if you identify the cause. I told you about the Russian case. If we approach the matter in this way and fight the disease, that is, Russia, and defeat the country in its aggressive tendencies, we will succeed. We, of course, build a wall at the border and intercept migrants. Europe can also impose such a blockade, but it will not completely stop the migration pressure. However, it will reduce it. Migrants will see that they have no business here in Europe. But so far no one has wanted to show them. They are convinced that they can find shelter here illegally.
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Source: wPolityce