The Middle East Conflict

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This paper describes the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, explaining that the seeds of the Middle Eastern conflict were sown well before the first war between the Israelis and Palestinians in 1948. The paper traces the conflict back to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and looks at how and why it continues to this day. The paper also looks at revisionist accounts of the conflict, suggesting that these accounts are more objective and truer to history and, therefore, are the best place to start when looking for a solution to the conflict.

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"The Middle East Conflict, the name given to the feud over territory between the Jews and Arabs, has been building for more than 50 years and in recent years threatened to become the cause of a far greater conflict especially when viewed in the context of world affairs. In spite of a number of efforts by the UN, the US and the countries neighboring the disputed territories of Israel, no major breakthroughs have been achieved and those that have come through have eventually proved to be futile due to a number of factions and problems clouding the issue. A number of wars have been bought and vast areas exchanged hands over the first few years of the conflict but the current situation involves a number of disputed territories, vast numbers of refugees and two nations of people with no home or identity."

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