Peace will never be established in the Middle East due to
the fact of many contributing forces causing conflict. In the following
essay i
will explain these factors and how there will never be peace in the
Middle East
in the Middle East there are many different examples of ethnic conflict
in the
middle East. Maybe one of the well known conflicts is the Arab-Israeli
conflict. This conflict is a very clear example of why peace will never
be
established in the Middle East. The Arabs are fighting against the
Israelis
over the "holy land" of Palestine.(Bernards,10) the orgin of this
problem comes from the British documents, Husein-McMahon
Correspondance and the Balfour Declaration, which promisies the same
land to
both the Arabs and Isrealis. Arabs and Isrealis have been fighting since
1948.
There have been many major wars such as the War of Independance (1948),
The
Suez War (1956), Six Day War (1967) and the Yon-Kippur War (1763).
Although
there are some people called extremists that take this conflict to
extreme(Shapiro)most are moderates. Some examples of extremists are
sucide
bombers and terrorists. They resort to more violence to hurt the mostly
innocents siviallans. There has been several peace treaties signed but
the
fighting still contunies. The Armenians and the Ottoman Empire is
another
reason why there will be no peace in the Middle East. The Armenians are
the
first people to become victums of genocide. The Turks justitied thier
massive
killing of the Armenians by accusing the Armenians of siding with enemy.
The European imperialism also fuels the fire of conflict burning in the
Middle
East. The Europeans colonized the Middle East in order to exploit thier
land
water and oil. Britian and French created mandates in many Middle East
contries. The French built the Suez Canal. It allowed...