USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Today, a major cause of conflict in SW Asia is fighting between which two groups over land?
A
Bedouins and Armenians
B
Persians and Iranians
C
Jews and Palestinians
D
Arabs and Egyptians
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict began with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. This conflict came from the intercommunal violence in Mandatory Palestine between Arabs and Jews from 1920, and erupted into full-scale hostilities in the 1947–48 civil war.

Detailed explanation-2: -South and Southwest Asia are fraught with a range of conflicts. The central inter-state conflict in the region is, of course, the Indo-Pakistani dispute over Kashmir. Virtually all the other conflicts in the region are intra-state conflicts, but with important regional dimensions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arab-Israeli wars, series of military conflicts between Israeli forces and various Arab forces, most notably in 1948–49, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and 2006. This article focuses on those conflicts that involved Arab forces based outside of Palestine.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many conflicts also occur within the Muslim sects in Southwest Asia. As a result of European partitioning after WWI, Sunni and Shia Muslims, who were often rivals, were now forced to get along together in one country (Iraq). The two religious groups have fought for power in Iraq for decades.

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