Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Middle East Conflicts

During the 20th and 21st centuries, there have been a number of conflicts in the Middle East.

World War I

World War II

Arab-Israeli conflict

1948 Arab-Israeli War

1956 Suez War

1967 Six Day War

1970 War of Attrition

1973 Yom Kippur War

1978 South Lebanon conflict

1982 Lebanon War

1987-1993 First Intifada

1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict

2000-2007 al-Aqsa Intifada

2006 Lebanon War

2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict

It is interesting to see that in the Middle East there have been always problems between the countries. And all the main characters of the world movement, as the UK and France before and after the world wars I and II, the United Nations, and potencies as the United States and Russia have been trying in certain way to solve the critical situations that are always there.

In a reflection to all this problems, I can say that those problems are caused only because of the religion. The point of view of the Jews and the Palestinians has been always too opposite that that causes many diplomatic problems. And when an external management the situation makes something gets better, but then after some time the situation changes and other diplomatic problems come.