USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Modern Middle Eastern conflicts arose from the creation of what nation?
A
Israel
B
Kuwait
C
Iraq
D
Saudi Arabia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The roots of the modern Arab–Israeli conflict lie in the rise of Zionism and the reactionary Arab nationalism that arose in response to Zionism towards the end of the 19th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Background. The unresolved conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is one of the key fields of conflict in the Middle East. At the root of the conflict are rival claims to the area between Jordan and the Mediterranean.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1947, the United Nations adopted Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan, which sought to divide the British Mandate of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was created, sparking the first Arab-Israeli War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is over who gets what land and how it’s controlled. Though both Jews and Arab Muslims date their claims to the land back a couple thousand years, the current political conflict began in the early 20th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Current conflicts in the Middle East The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been one of the longest ongoing conflicts. The 70th anniversary of the conflict was in 2020. Other long term conflict zones are Afghanistan, the Caucasus, the Horn of Africa, and Sudan.

There is 1 question to complete.