With whom do Arabs have conflict?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Arabs have conflict mainly with terrorism and with Israel. The conflict with Israel is due to the still unresolved Palestine - Israel issues and the continuation of Israel in building more and more settlements in the Palestinian territories.

Answer 2

While it is certainly true, that Arabs have an on-going conflict with Israel, a much larger historical conflict has pitted Arabs against the Turks (who occupied their lands for over 500 years) and the Iranians (who have caused mass turbulence within the Arab States by strengthening Shiites in those states against the Sunni leadership). However, the majority of Middle East conflicts are conflicts between different Arabs either within the same Arab State or between neighboring Arab States.

The Arab internecine conflicts derive from the tribal mentality that is present in Arab States along with repression-based politics. The system as set up in numerous Arab countries, such as Libya and Iraq is that each person has sole loyalty to his tribal leader and not to a national government. As a result, these tribal leaders become their own de facto city states that go to war against each other. Sadr City in Baghdad was the most famous such micro-country. Each tribe promises its members better conditions at the expense of the conditions of a different tribe. As a result, the tribes come into direct conflict.

What has typically happened in Arab National Governments is that one tribe has ascended to power and forcibly represses the other tribes to make good on its promise. This particular case is most visible in Syria where the Alawite Muslims (who make up less than 20% of the country) have ruled with an iron fist since the 1960s and made life terrible for the majority Sunni Muslims (completely without Israeli or Palestinian intervention).

If more Arab countries become like Tunisia, federated states based on the sentiment of national unity, pride, and self-defense, where there is true freedom of religion and freedom of speech there may a great lessening of Middle East Conflicts. It is the deprivation of these identities and rights that results in much of the Middle East conflicts.

Answer 3The Turks occupation was something in the past and finished (although it was not occupation in true means as it was viewed by some as an extension to the Caliphate system). There were no conflicts with the Iranians until the west agitated this conflict between Iraq and Iran to weaken both countries and allowing control over them more easily. It was discovered that the west was supplying weapons to both countries to get war years longer. Did you notice any conflicts inside Iraq before the Western invasion of Iraq? Are their any conflicts in Syria before allowing by the west terrorists from more than 30 world countries to get into Syria and providing them with training and weapons and money? Did you hear about any conflicts in Libya before being attacked by the NATO and US forces? The same holds for Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, and also Egypt. All these conflicts are Western and US plots against the Arabs in favor of Israel from one side and from the other side to have the control of these countries much easier.