Understand More About Middle East History

"Why has the Israeli–Palestinian conflict been so intractable for so long? Fareed talks with Palestinian scholar Ahmad Khalidi, Israeli historian Benny Morris, former US diplomat Edward Djerejian, and more about the attempts, missed chances, and future prospects of establishing a lasting peace in the region."

Click on the link below for an in-depth analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from an historical perspective from experts from both sides:

The Road to War in the Middle East

Oil And Vinegar

"If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents." - Aeschylus

The recent history of the Palestinians and Israelis is essentially one of cultural and religious friction because of three main factors:

• Islam has never had an "Enlightenment" like Christianity and Judaism have gone through. (link)
• Christianity has had a violent and oppressive history against Jews essentially since its history blaming them for killing Jesus and calling them "God/Christ Killers". (link)
• Far Right Jews gaining control of Israel. (link) 

The History Of The Israel - Palestine Conflict And Territorial Rights

One cannot fully understand the motives of the players in the Middle East until one understands its history. Click on the links below for videos providing a good start:

How Zionists Came to Palestine Under British Protection

Britain in Palestine 1917-1948

History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Whose Land Is It? Palestine Or Israel?

How Britain Started the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Problem With the Middle East's Borders

Why the Middle East’s Borders Guarantee Forever War

Current Bad Actors:

The evil of Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists

The evil of Israel's Ultra-Orthodox

The evil of Evangelical Christians regarding Israel

More:

Podcast: Summary of the full spectrum of thought on the issues

Article: The Moral Deficiencies of a Liberal Education

Territorial Rights:

The discussion over who has rights over territory is the history of civilization and NO culture is "right" anywhere on the planet. It is more than time for humanity to grow up and learn to live together peacefully as a united human family.

At its base, the problem is tribalism and its bedfellow religion. As civilization has evolved from clans/tribes into wider communities, the residual of this basic social structure remains deep in our psyche. Today, with the findings of science, we know that race and religion are false and harmful human constructs. History clearly shows that cooperation trumps tribalism and individualism in the flourishing of humanity.

Science must be THE tool we use to inform our innate reason, wisdom, and common humanity!