Prevailing causes of crisis in the Middle East 27 Articles

by Tessa Thomas

What is the Fighting About? Palestine and Israel Land possession disputes in the region we know today as Palestine and Israel began before King David conquered Jerusalem in 1000 BCE, before his son built the first J...read more

by Jon Dainty Sr.

WHO WILL GET THE OIL? Let my message be perfectly clear: the primary driver for U.S. presence in the Middle East is oil. Humanitarian considerations, the status of Israel, and the noisy president of Iran are irritatio...read more

by Orri Avraham

As diplomat Abba Eban once put it, "the Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity". Indeed, the past century of Middle Eastern history provides a seemingly endless array of examples that give backing t...read more

by Moshe Kerr

The Israeli Palestinian Conflict Personally Ian Loft's perception of viewing this conflict with wider broader lenses, this makes much sense in my eyes. As an Israeli/American who has lived the last 20 years of ...read more

by hibernianscribe

Why are the Palestinians dispossessed? Who supports Israel? Anyone who doubts the 1948 ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes occurred should read 'The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine' by Israeli his...read more

by Jonathan Sterns

Genesis 16 of the Hebrew Bible tells the story of Hagar and the birth of her son, Ishmael, whose father is Abraham. The angel of the Lord told the pregnant maidservant that her offspring will be "too numerous to count." T...read more

by Will Koz

The establishment of Israel? Cruel treatment of the Palestinians? US foreign policy? The invasion of Iraq? All of these things fuel it, but are not the reason for the fighting. The real reason can be summed up in ...read more

by Joseph Adu

Western Involvement in the Middle East Since World War II If I had the power to change any event in history, I would choose to change the United States' involvement in the Middle East since World War II because it has f...read more

by Maurice Picow

The prevailing causes of continuous crises in the Middle East is much more complex than the conflict between Israel and her Arab neighbors, including the Palestinians. Well before the State of Israel became an established ...read more

by Judy Gold

Lasting Peace in Gaza? Fact. Hamas' present day struggle with Israel is not one of recent times. Although the issues sited in this most recent peace agreement focus entirely on issues involving today's Palestinians an...read more

by Candida Eittreim

The crisis in the Middle East has its origins in the Palestinian loss of land due to the Balfour Declaration on July 22, 1922. Created by Great Britain, it ceded control of land historically belonging to Palestine to Israe...read more

by Steven Lambert

Iran and the Bomb! Iran and the Bomb! The fact that the US will be turning to Iran as the next port of call for it's war machine, cannot be in any doubt now. One thing the Arab world has got wrong, was the fact ...read more

by Michelle Martin

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan In 1979, the Soviet Union made a fatal mistake that ignited terrorism, the effects of which haunt the United States to this day. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan as a desperate endeavo...read more

by Bhumika Ghimire

Before we begin discussing, lets make it clear that with crisis in Middle East, we mean the Israel-Palestine issue, and not the Iraq war or loads of other issue this very volatile region is facing. What is the cause of ...read more

by David Waldman

Much has been written and said about the ongoing crisis in the middle east. There are those that say the basic fault of all the problems is the occupation by Israel of Arab lands. They say once you have done away with this...read more

by Michael Panetta

The prevailing cause of crisis in the Middle East is one main reason, religion. Religion, and the variations of similiar religions, has been the main cause of conflict throughout our history. It is ironic that how all the ...read more

by William Wilcox

The problems in the Middle East go back well before WW1, to the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries. But much of the trouble we see now is the legacy of Lawrence of Arabia riding his hobby-horse through the ruins...read more

by Yong Kwon

One of the most enduring conflicts that the 21st century has inherited is that between Israel and the Palestinians. The conflict can be traced to the very foundation of the Jewish people and transgresses through many of th...read more

by Frances Ruocco

The prevailing cause of crisis in the Middle East is that both sides think they are fighting a holy war. What they don't realize is that the holy war is within each one of us, not between you and me or any two religions. ...read more

by Anil Ragwen

To Whome It May Concern, Here are my thoughts on the current sitoution in Iraq: Violence begets violence Is it a failed state, or a disrupted society? How strong is the role of religion? Since there is a power v...read more