WHY EVERY PALESTINIAN CRISIS ALWAYS SHAKES GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS AND WORLD POLITICS
📌 OPENING – THE UNIQUE POWER OF THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE There are many conflicts in the world. Some are deadlier. Some last longer. Some involve more countries. But none — absolutely none — has the global resonance of the Palestinian cause. When bombs fall in Gaza, oil prices spike in London. When violence erupts in the West Bank, stock markets tremble in New York. When Israel and Hamas exchange fire, diplomats scramble in Beijing, Moscow, and Washington simultaneously. Why? Why does a small strip of land — 41 kilometers long, 6 to 12 kilometers wide — have the power to disrupt the global economy and reshape international alliances? This is the nineteenth article in Cakranegara News' 20-part series on the Middle East crisis. We explain the unique factors that make Palestine the world's most geopolitically sensitive conflict — and why it will remain so for decades to come. 📜 CHAPTER 1 – THE OIL CONNECTION: WHY GAZA SPIKES PRICES The most direct link between Palestine and the g...