Will there ever be peace in the middle east?

Answer 1

I like to think so...but honestly I have no idea how could the mess in Iraq be solved...There are no solutions for Iraq and who knows how long before
As for the other major conflict in the Middle east,the Palestinian-Israeli conflict...well first Israel needs to recognize the Palestinians,their right to existence,their right to an independent state and allow the Palestinian refugees to come back...Israel must end the illegal occupation of West Bank and Gaza (yes,they withdrew from Gaza,but Israel still controls every single thing that happens there)...And than they can ask for peace talk with Palestine...Palestinians have to understand that as long as Israel has the support of US is not going anywhere...Both parts need to stop the violence,because violence doesn't solve anything...it only brings more and more violence...

Answer 2

No. As far as I know middle east has always been a scene of conflicts. There are many reasons for this: 1 Large numbers of small ethnic groups, with totally different cultures 2 Diversity of religions 3 Lack of resources, like water or arable lands In the ancient Mesopotamia, reports of sieges or battles often contain unbelievable accounts of slaying of civilians and total destruction of great cities. Some people like Assyrians where much feared because of their ferocity. In the later years the only time of a unified and peaceful mesopotamia was the rule of Achaemideans(Hakhamaneshi). After the Muslim conquest, In the Abbasid era middle-east became a great literary and scientific center. Again, it can be counted as a peaceful interval, but there might have been numerous minor conflicts. In its recent history, these problems have been intensified by the presence of British colonization of the region. The British established many new states in the region, which were previously united. This is most evident in the fertile crescent, but in other regions like the Arabian peninsula too. You must note that the peaceful time intervals that might have existed in the middle east were not much different from the situations which exist today!

Answer 3

Cassandra's disgraceful use of the term "Nazi" to refer to Israel just shows a dreadful ignorance of history, with a bit of anti-Semitism thrown in.

The reason for the conflict between Israel and the Arabs is that the Arabs, plain and simple, refuse to accept a Jewish state in their midst. They invented this whole idea of a "Palestinian people who deserve a state" just to use as a tool to dismember Israel.

Arab violence against Jews has been going on long before there was an occupation, long before there was a refugee problem--indeed, long before there was a political Zionist movement. Need I present more painful examples? Perhaps even further back, where I hope everyone will agree that the Zionist movement did not yet come into being:

In the centuries after Muhammad there have been periods when the Jews were able to live in relative peace under Arabs, but their position was never secure. They were generally viewed with contempt by their Arab neighbors, and their survival was always predicated on their abject subordination and degradation to them. Mass murders of Jewish "protected people" started in Morocco as early as the eighth century, where Idris I wiped out whole communities. A century later Baghdad's Caliph al-Mutawakkil designated a yellow badge for Jews (setting a precedent that would be followed centuries later in Nazi Germany), and synagogues were destroyed throughout Mesopotamia in 854-859. In Tripolitania, Jews were considered the property of their Arab masters, who would bequeath the Jews to their heirs upon death. In the 12th century, after anti-Jewish riots, the contemporaries commented that their population had 'greatly declined.'

As to how to solve the problem, the only way would be for Israel to defeat the Arabs overwhelmingly, and then dictate the terms for peace. Otherwise, the Arabs will never stop trying to destroy Israel.

It would help if DAVAY were more honest. All the territories the Israelis now possess are theirs by legal right -- the right conferred by the League of Nations Mandates Commission, when it carefully defined the territory which would be set aside, from the vast territories in the Middle East that had formerly been in the control of the Ottoman Turks as part of their empire, and which had been won by the Allies.

Answer 4

You see what is the make up of Zionism. The Zionists have a final solution mentality to the poor Palestinians. The funny part of all of this they think they have the right to be racist.

Answer 5

If you vote me in as president I'll bet you i'd get peace. so stop laughing at me already.

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Answer 6

Not as long as Israel continues its Nazi-like path, not as long as European and American powers keep stirring things up there.

Here's a little movie my son made about Israel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vPMHJsgSTI

Nothing anti-semitic in being anti-Israeli policies towards Palestinians. Palestinians are semites, after all! Sheesh. Great response to an argument, name calling and lying about history.

Answer 7

Not as long as Israel stays in the West Bank too.

Answer 8

When Israel end its occupation of land that was never part of Israel. Is it hard for you to understand.

Answer 9

Not as long as there are Arabs west of the Jordan River.

Answer 10

When there are no more arabs left, yes!