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| What is happening in the Middle East? | |
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| Causes of the Conflict in the Modern Middle East | |
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| In short, what brought about the Arab-Israeli conflict? | |
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| What is Zionism? | |
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| What is Arab nationalism? | |
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| What brought about the rise of Arab nationalism? | |
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| How did Arab nationalism begin in Palestine? | |
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| How did the conflict between the lews and Arabs begin? | |
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| What were the conflicting positions of Jews and Arabs over Palestine? | |
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| How did the "great powers" become involved in the conflict? | |
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| How did the United Nations get involved in the conflict? | |
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| Conflicting Claims to the Land | |
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| What is the basis of the Jewish claim to the Land? | |
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| What is the basis of the Arab claim to the Land? | |
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| The Palestinian Problem | |
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| Who are the Palestinians? | |
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| From where did the Palestinians originate? | |
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| What are the PLO and the Palestinian Authority? | |
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| How is the Palestinian Authority funded? | |
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| How has the Palestinian Authority presented its Intifada to the press? | |
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| Who are the Palestinian refugees? | |
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| Who caused the refugee problem? | |
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| Why have the Palestinians continued to be refugees? | |
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| How is aid to the Palestinian refugees funded? | |
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| Is the Palestinian refugee crisis the State of Israel's responsibility? | |
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| Why doesn't Israel want all the refugees to return? | |
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| War in the Modern Middle East | |
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| How many wars have been fought in the modern Middle East? | |
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| The War of Independence (1947-48) | |
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| The Suez War/Sinai Campaign (1956) | |
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| The Six-Day War (1967) | |
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| The War of Attrition (1968-70) | |
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| Black September (1970) | |
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| The Yom Kippur/October War (1973) | |
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| The Lebanese Civil War (1975-76) | |
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| The Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) | |
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| The Lebanon War (1982-85) | |
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| The Persian Gulf War (1991) | |
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| The War on Terror (2001-present) | |
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| Warfare with Iraq (1991-present) | |
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| The Battle for Jerusalem | |
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| What is the significance of Jerusalem to the Jews? | |
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| What is the significance of Jerusalem to the Arabs? | |
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| What is the conflict over the Temple Mount? | |
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| Why has Jerusalem become the greatest obstacle to peace? | |
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| The Pursut for Peace in the Modern Middle East | |
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| What was the significance of the Camp David Peace Accords? | |
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| What was the Oslo Peace Process? | |
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| What caused the breakdown of the peace process? | |
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| What is the controversy over UN Resolution 242? | |
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| What is the Saudi Peace Plan? | |
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| The Palestinian Uprisings | |
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| What caused the first Palestinian uprising? | |
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| What caused the second Palestinian uprising? | |
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| Why have there been Palestinian uprisings? | |
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| What is happening during the second Palestinian uprising? | |
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| The Threat of Global Terrorism | |
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| What events have contributed to the rise of militancy in the Middle East? | |
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| What was the significance of the Iranian hostage crisis to terrorism? | |
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| Is Islam a global threat? | |
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| What is Wahhabism and its relation to terrorism? | |
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| Who is responsible for the terrorism in Israel? | |
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| Why was the United States attacked on September 11, 2001? | |
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| The Iraqi Conflict and Its Aftermath | |
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| What is the evidence against Iraq for weapons violations? | |
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| Why didn't the United States remove Saddam Hussein from power during the Gulf War? | |
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| Is the U.S.-led struggle with Iraq about imperialism and an attempt to control Middle East oil? | |
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| Does the United States have any goals beyond disarmament in Iraq? | |
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| How are the U.S. plans against Iraq tied to a larger Middle East plan? | |
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| Will Muslim states in the Middle East accept democracy? | |
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| Why does Saddam Hussein want to attack Israel? | |
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| What effect would the aftermath of a U.S.-led war against Iraq have on Israel? | |
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| Seeking a Solution | |
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| Index to Sidebars | |
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| Notes | |