How did the conflict in the Middle East arise?

Answer 1

War between the west and the Middle East has been going on for a long time. Islam attacked Europe, taking over territories as far as Spain. Read about the origins of the Basks of Spain. Christianity was no better. Read about the Christian cruisaids. Islam hates Christianity and Judaism. Following WW2 Jews were wanted their own land. They had suffered and been murdered under the hands of the Nazi's and wanted to be in control of their own destiny. England felt that they "owned" the land that is now Israel, so they agreed to let the Jews establish a homeland. The REST of the Middle East wanted to keep Jews and Christians out of the region. Islam and the Middle East in general vowed to drive the Jews into the sea. Hostilities have increased since that time. The Allies of WW2 were obligated to protect the Jews, especially since they had agreed to allow the Jews to establish a homeland. The Middle East were united in wanting to destroy Israel, and they became more and more angry with the West and specifically the U.S. for helping Israel defend themselves against extremist Islam. The truth is, Jews had lived in Israel for centuries. Jews had a right to live in Israel and even more decided to go there after the Holocaust. Radical Islam is evil and wants to kill anyone who will not convert. They even hate other Islamic sects because in their opinion the other sects are not pure enough. Radical Islam has vowed to kill Arthiests, Christians and Jews who refuse to convert. After destroying Athiests, Christians and Jews, they'll go after other religions, but they consider the west to be their biggest enemy since we are best able to defend ourselves. A war with radical Islam is inevitable and there is little that we can do but defend ourselves... hopefuly we will do so as aggressively as possible.

Answer 2

There are many different conflicts in the Middle East. Each one started because both sides were unwilling to tolerate the other's cultural, religious, and social values. Such conflicts include:

1. Iraqi Civil War: Shia vs. Shia

2. Iraqi Civil War: Shia vs. Sunni
3. Iraqi Civil War: Shia vs. Kurd
4. Iraqi Civil War: Sunni vs. Kurd
5. Egyptian Societal Conflict: Liberals vs. Nationalists vs. Islamists vs. Socialists
6. Libyan Tribal Conflict: (Always rotating, but typically) Cyrenacian Tribes and Fezzan Tribes vs. Tripolitanian Tribes
7. Algerian Internal Repression: Military Junta vs. Population
8. Western Saharan Secession: Moroccan Army vs. Polisario Nationalist Front
9. Moroccan Government: Secularizing King vs. Islamist Parliament
10. Lebanese Domestic Control: Unified Lebanese Army vs. Hezbollah
11. Lebanese Palestinian Refugee Management: Lebanese Militias vs. Palestinian Refugees
12. Syria-Lebanon Interference: Syrian Spies and Hezbollah vs. Lebanese Politicians
13. Syrian Internal Repression: Resistance Arab Spring Fighters vs. Government forces of Bashar al-Assad
14. Dispute of Hatay Province: Turkish Government vs. Syrian Government
15. Eastern Turkey: Turkish Army vs. PKK and Kurdish Rebels
16. Gazan Conflict: Israeli Army vs. Hamas and Islamic Jihad
17. Occupation of the West Bank: Israeli Army vs. Palestinian Civilians
18. Intifada: Palestinian Terror Organizations vs. Israeli Civilians
19. Golan Heights Occupation: Israeli Government vs. Syrian Government
20. Saudi Political Repression: King of Saudi Arabia vs. Population (especially Women and Minorities)
21. Saudi Religious Repression: Wahhabi Clerics vs. Population (especially Women and Minorities)
22. Yemeni Civil War: Arab Spring Fighters vs. Presidential Regime
23. Omani Rebellion: Arab Spring Protesters vs. Sultan of Oman
24. Kuwait National Struggle: Kuwaiti Immigrants vs. Emir and Parliament of Kuwait
25. Iranian Intervention in Iraq: Iranian Al-Kuds Forces vs. Iraqi Politicians and Civilians
26. Iranian Political Repressions: Mullahs and the Iranian Army vs. Protesters
27. Iranian Ethnic Repressions: Iranian Central Government vs. Turks, Turkmen, Balochs, Azeris, Kurds, and many other minorities.

Answer 3

While the existence of Israel and the American army invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have been responsible for some conflict in the Middle East, they are not the root cause of the conflicts in the Middle East. Arabs have a strongly developed nationalistic sensibility while at the same time giving great loyalty to regional and tribal authorities. In addition, there are swathes of the region that make American Tea Partiers look liberal and other parts that are radically socialist. Finally, there are the religious and the secular divides across the Middle East. Unlike the United States which sees public debates and elections as a fair mechanism for deciding which opinions should get the Right of Way, many in the Middle East prefer to staunchly advocate their position by whatever means are necessary because they are assured of their correctness (either by God or personal conviction). This has resulted in extremism vis à vis Israel/Palestine, within the Arab States (such as Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, etc.), Israel/Iran, Iran/Saudi Arabia, Iraq/Kuwait, Iran/Iraq, and many other combinations.

Answer 4

Since World War II alone, there have been over 15 wars in the Middle East. Therefore, the question as posed is unanswerable since there are widely varying root causes to each of those wars.