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The paper asserts that tensions in the Middle East remain perhaps the greatest threat to the world at large, and at its core is a problem that has roots centuries in the past. However, the paper discusses how Bernard Lewis shows in his book "What Went Wrong?", certain modern elements have made the problem worse or have come together to prevent a solution from being achieved. The paper explains that conflicts among the different Islamic states have flared from time to time, but the real issue today derives from the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 and from the perception of Western interference in this process and in relations throughout the Middle East since that time, as well as with Western efforts to gain control of the oil wealth of the region to feed its industrial social order.

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"The tensions in the Middle East remain perhaps the greatest threat to the world at large, and it is a problem that has roots centuries in the past. However, as Bernard Lewis shows in his book What Went Wrong?, certain modern elements have made the problem worse or have come together to prevent a solution from being reached. Conflicts among the different Islamic states are seen from time to time, but the real issue today comes out of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 and from the perception of Western interference in this process and in relations throughout the Middle East since that time, as well as with Western efforts to gain control of the oil wealth of the region to feed its industrial social..."

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