Why focus on one conflict above all others?

IN his column (May 13), Steven King highlighted how the world, and in particular the media, tend to focus on the more ‘fashionable’ Israeli-Palestine conflict over the numerous other ongoing and desperate conflicts elsewhere. This emphasises a characteristic of the international community that has been a bone of contention for GOAL for years.

Indeed, the Israeli-Palestine conflict is a tragic situation, that has resulted in many unnecessary deaths and warrants a speedy and well-planned resolution, but how is this situation of more importance than the many other conflicts with the same gross abuses of human dignity throughout the globe?

It would appear the international community only becomes animated about conflicts in countries where it has economic and political interests.