Is the Middle East conflict between Jews and Arabs worth fighting?
We can be sure that both sides would answer, Yes! What we dont always know is why both sides would say it matters, how long the feud has lasted, how and when it began. Without this understanding we cannot know whether or not there is a legitimate way to find the truth of it all and if there is a just way to bring about a lasting peace in the region. These questions will determine the shape of the world as we know it in the years to come. We cannot deal with issues on the periphery (Gulf war, Afghanistan, Iraq) if the very cause of these things comes back to the center: the Arab/Israeli conflict. We must take a closer look at this conflict. Sorting through the Details While the Israelis would like us to believe that there is no such thing as Palestine, the Palestinians would like us to understand that Palestine covers what is now called Israel plus the Occupied Territories, part of Jordan and part of Egypt. While we will see in a minute that prior to 1900 there was no conflict between P
