Conflict in the Middle East: An analysis

BACKGROUND From its very inception, Israel has been an aggravating factor in Middle Eastern instability.The product of big power involvement, Israel has, by its very existence, irritated its Arab neighbors into almost irreconcilable hostilities.The creation of a Jewish National Home in Palestine, and the concurrent problems that have been generated as a result, have led Arab politicians to express distaste for the creation of the Jewish state and the events that led up to ito For instance, President Nasser said that Palestine was a tragic creation of "Western Imperialism."During I917, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, David Lloyd-George, for a number of reasons felt that it was essential to acquire the good graces of world Jewry 2 by responding favorably to Zionist aspirations.Lloyd George was aware of the prominence of Jews in the Russian revolution, and the effect such a response might have in keeping the Russians and Germans at war.In addition.