The writer introduces their argument by explaining the historical context behind the war in Gaza.

Because of Gaza's desirable geographic location many countries wanted control of that territory.

Gaza has never been under its own rule but it has always been controlled by other nations.

Balfour Declaration- called for the safeguarding of civil and religious rights for the Palestinian Arabs.

In 2007 Hamas took over Gaza's government.

In 1967 when Israel occupied Gaza they started to absorb the Gaza government and put it under full Israeli control.

Britain withdrawing from Gaza without resolving preexisting issues left it vulnerable and weak.

Imperial bureaucracy- a centralized administrative system used by empires to manage large territories.

The crusader period made Gaza more vulnerable because there where split between the division of two different religions.

They claim the war in Gaza was caused by a three-millennia pattern where outside powers exploit the strategic location of Gaza.