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PART TWO: The Other Players

Why is the Israel-Palestine conflict so important on the global stage? Why does the rest of the world care, and get so involved, in this conflict in such a small place?
What is the international response to the Israel-Palestine conflict? Is there international agreement?
Why hasn't the U.S. been part of that consensus?
Why is the U.S. the central player in the Middle East?
What explains the U.S.-Israeli "special relationship"?
Is the U.S. an "honest broker" in the conflict?
How does the U.S. support Israel?
Why was the Bush administration so much less involved than the Clinton administration in Israel-Palestine diplomacy?
What is the Bush administration Middle East policy all about?
Where does U.S. aid to Israel fit in the broader scheme of U.S. foreign aid? Does the U.S. provide aid to the PA also?
Didn't the U.S. support creation of the Palestinian Authority? Why did the U.S. treat it differently than the PLO, which Washington usually tried to undermine or sideline?
Who else should be at the center of Middle East diplomacy?
Didn't the United Nations create the State of Israel? Why didn't it create a State of Palestine too? Why doesn't it now?
Why is Israel so often criticized in the UN? Aren't other countries just as guilty of human rights violations?
What is the role of the UN in the Middle East these days? Why isn't the UN in charge of the overall peace process?
Why is Israel isolated from Arab countries in the region and in the UN and other international forums?
Since Jordan's population is about 2/3 Palestinian and there are 21 other Arab countries, why do the Palestinians insist on having a new state of their own?
Don't the Arab countries want to destroy Israel and drive the Jews into the sea?
How does Israel see its role in the Middle East region?
What role does Europe play in the conflict? Why doesn't it do more?

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