Dear critical reader, it is good news that China has reportedly agreed to help end the closure of the Strait of Hormuz at the request of President Trump during discussions with President Xi, when he paid his latest, just-ended state visit to China.

At the beginning of the Iranian war, not many understood the negative impacts it would have on the economies of nations far removed from the Middle East.

The roiling of the economies of nations far removed from that war theatre by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to shipping has changed that. Many worldwide now realise that a peaceful resolution of that conflict is imperative if its inflationary impact on societies globally is to be abated.

At the heart of the conflicts in the Middle East is the terrorism that threatens the very existence of Israel, fuelled by the same antisemitism that resulted in the Nazi Holocaust, which killed six million Jews in gas chambers designed to enable Hitler to wipe them off the face of the earth.

Throughout history, ambitious people have relocated from their home countries to start afresh in other nations where life-changing opportunities abound.

So too can all the civilian Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians and other nationalities forced to leave areas that Israel needs to secure and control, to keep terrorists who operate from civilian areas and facilities and underground tunnelling networks beneath them at bay to ensure its own survival.

They can all be generously sponsored and relocated to live in new, planned, climate-resilient, world-class cities across the Middle East, able to accommodate a population of at least three million people each.

Is there not more than enough oil money in the wealthy Gulf nations to pay for what will enable Israel to finally coexist peacefully with all its neighbours and spark a new era of unprecedented prosperity in the Middle East? Haaba.