“Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.” MayEndsWholeHelpingYoungEconomyGenerationsModernBuildingWillingOffersConflictResourcesIsraelAspirationSpiteRegionsRealisingPalestinianLimited Resources Author:Shimon Peres
“Intervention in Syria is not an option. President Obama has already helped foment this civil war and supported the al-Qaeda jihadists. This is an explosive region, and more US intervention means more people will die. We should be choosing peace - not a new conflict. More so than anyone else, my supporters know that America cannot afford another unlawful, immoral war in the Middle East. Stand with me and tell President Obama to stay out of Syria.” PeopleKnowsShouldMeanWarAmericaDiesPresidentMiddleConflictEastCivil WarRegionsAlsPresident ObamaMiddle EastSyriaSupporterImmoralInterventionAl QaedaExplosivesUnlawful Author:Ron Paul
“The issue [Israeli-Palestinian conflict], already lasting more than half a century, has brought deep suffering to the Palestinian people and remains an important reason of extended turbulence in the Middle East region.” PeopleImportantReasonSufferingHalfIssuesMiddleCenturyConflictRemainsEastRegionsLastingMiddle EastPalestinianIsraeliTurbulenceIsraeli Palestinian ConflictHalf A Century Author:Xi Jinping
“A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and many other regions.” BehindsMiddleConflictTerrorEastNarrativeInsultRegionsMiddle EastCompetingHumiliationVictimhoodBalkansActs Of TerrorCaucasus Author:Serge Schmemann
“A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.” ShouldTwoStatesAbleGoalMiddleConflictSolutionsWorthyRegionsPalestinianEasternIsraeliScrutinyIranianIsraeli Palestinian ConflictNukes Author:Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
“Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal. My challenge is to write regional fiction without falling into the trap of nostalgia. There are important issues facing the south that I believe should be raised in the stories to make them contemporary, believable, and relevant to today's readers.” ShouldWritingBelieveImportantStoriesTodayFallI BelieveChallengesFictionIssuesReaderConflictTraditionUniversalSouthRaisedNostalgiaSettingContemporarySettingsThemeRegionsSouthernRelevantTrapsBelievableDialectImportant Issues Author:Mary Alice Monroe
“The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region.” KnowsEndsKnow HowConflictTragedyRegionsDividesPalestinianIsraeliIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Yair Lapid
“My goal is not to resolve conflicts and tensions in the region through more war. My goal is to make sure that, you know, we are able to negotiate a deal that we can verify.” KnowsWarAbleGoalDealsConflictTensionRegionsResolveVerify Author:Barack Obama
“General [James] Mattis has said that the deal's in place. We can't unilaterally pull out of it without support from our allies because the sanctions wouldn't bite as deeply. And so he'll find other ways to push back against Iran in the various conflicts that Iran is fomenting around the [Iran] region.” WaySaidDealsSupportConflictVariousRegionsIranAlliesBitesSanctionsGeneral James Mattis Author:Peter R. Mansoor
“[A conflict of Sunni vs. Shia] is in the mind of the Saudis, and this is in the minds of the Wahabists. [The Iranians] actually what they are doing is the opposite. They tried to open channels with the Saudi, with many other Islamic entities in the region in order to talk about Islamic society, not Sunni and Shi'ite societies.” MindOrderConflictOppositesIslamicRegionsEntitySaudisShiaIslamic Society Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The biggest problems with Iran in the region are not due to the size of their resources, but due to the fact that they've been more effective in supporting proxies and stirring up dissension and conflict in the region than America or our allies have been in stopping those activities.” Has BeensFactsProblemAmericaActivityConflictResourcesSizeDuesRegionsIranAlliesStoppingStirringProxyDissension Author:Barack Obama
“America is the only superpower. But our leadership is being tested in the Middle East, and some of the things that we have done in the Middle East are contributing to a potential explosion region-wide. And if that explosion gets out of hand, we may end up being bogged down for many years to come in a conflict that will be profoundly damaging to our capacity to exercise our power, to address the problems implicit in this global awakening, and we may face a world in which much of the world turns away from us, seeks its own equilibrium, but probably slides into a growing chaos.” IfsWorldYearsMayEndsDoneProblemHandsAmericaFacesTurnsGrowingMiddleExerciseConflictCapacityChaosWideEastAwakeningAddressesRegionsMiddle EastTestedSlidesExplosionsEquilibriumContributingSuperpowerImplicit Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“What is the worst, is that you will have the meltdown of Zimbabwe that the IMF is talking about. And indeed what you will have is growing unemployment in Zimbabwe, growing impoverishment among the people, growing social conflict. And I think that is the worst sort of outcome, that collapse of Zimbabwe certainly would have a much, much worse effect on the region than mere image.” PeopleThinkingSocialTalkingGrowingWorstEffectsConflictMereOutcomesRegionsCollapseUnemploymentZimbabweImfMeltdowns Author:Thabo Mbeki