Reply #9: I was talking about Israel, not Israel and the Palestinians... [View All]

[Darranar]

My point was regarding Israel - because your post regarded Israel. I was merely pointing out that Israel has contributed something to the matter, and did not in any way indicate that the Palestinians were completely innocent, in this matter or any other.

I would go so far as to say that all of ME policy is driven by "Petroleum Politics" by a "Petroleum-Political Complex" where the Israeli people, the Palestinian people, the Lebanese people, and the Muslim proletariat are mere spectators.

I do not think it is all about oil, merely largely about oil; there are other concerns, for instance contesting the interests of other powers. The area is geographically important too, and had considerable significance long before nations cared about oil.