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There are many Middle East conflicts, not just one.

There is a general attitude that the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is the only conflict in the Middle East. The truth of the matter is that while the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is among the conflicts present in the Middle East (as are the American Invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan), it is not the sum total of conflicts in the Middle East.

The majority of Middles East 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.

Some Conflicts in the Middle East include:

  1. Iraqi Civil War: Shiite Tribes loyal to one Sheikh/Elder/Cleric vs. Shiite Tribes loyal to a different Sheikh/Elder/Cleric
  2. Iraqi Civil War: Shiites
  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 --> Syrian Civil War
  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.
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