January 2002 Vol.5, No. 1 Contents Europe at the Crossroads-What Does It Mean? by John Ross Schroeder Restoration: Going Safely Into the Unknown by Darris McNeely Imagine a World Without the United States by Melvin Rhodes Asking the Tough Question: Has Religion Failed? by Cecil E. Maranville The Biblical Origins of the Arab Peoples by Gary Petty In Brief...World News Review by John Foster, Cecil E. Maranville, Ken Martin and Jim Tuck This Is the Way...How Strong Is Your Tea Bag? by Robin Webber The Biblical Origins of the Arab Peoples Why is there so much unrest in the Middle East? Why is there constant strife between the Israelis and Palestinians? The answers to these questions didn't begin with the formation of the state of Israel in 1948. The history of these conflicts goes back 4,000 years and is recorded in a place many people would never think to look-the Bible! by Gary Petty Until recently many Americans envisioned the Middle East as an exotic, far-away mixture of the ancient past and the modern world. This area of conflict between Arab and Jew is the land of the Bible, of Moses and Jesus, of prophets bringing messages of God's wrath and apostles proclaiming God's love. The United States has been politically, economically and sometimes militarily involved in the Middle East for decades. The United States supported the United Nations' creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and U.S. dollars and military hardware enabled Israel to win its wars with Arab neighbors. America's roller coaster relationship with Arab nations has run the gamut from alliance to hostility. In 1956 the United States was instrumental in putting pressure on Great Britain, France and Israel to withdraw from the Suez Canal after a lightning strike that seized the waterway from Egypt. It was a U.S.-led coalition that drove the Iraqis from Kuwait during the Gulf War of the early 1990s. The biblical origins of Middle East conflict Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0201/arab.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "The Biblical Origins of the Arab Peoples" Other Articles by Gary Petty Islam, history of: _Thousand-Year-Old Lessons From the Crusades for Today _"Islamic Imperialism" - The Commonality in Many of Today's Conflicts _The Coming of Islam _The Middle East: Worlds in Collision _The Birth and Spread of Islam _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2004 _Radical Islam: An Arc of Extremism That Threatens the Globe Islamic religion: _Debate About Islam Continues: Is It a Religion of Peace? _Infidel _Religion of War or Peace? _Behind the Headlines ... America vs. Iraq or America vs. the World? _Jerusalem's Temple Mount: Center of Conflict Today _What's Behind Today's Worldwide Wave of Terrorism? _Questions and Answers - Oct/Dec 2005 _Questions and Answers - Jan/Mar 2003 Arabs: _Western Thinking About Middle East Misses Key Factor _Palestine/Israel -- Whose Land Is It, Really? Part 2 _World News Review August 2003 _Suez - Important Lessons From an Event 50 Years Ago _World News Review January 2007 _Prophecy of an Arab Confederation _The Creation of the Modern Middle East _A Rising Tide of Arab Nationalism _The North-South Struggle for the Middle East _Iraq and the Middle East: A Century of Turmoil Continues _Americans in Jordan Palestinians: _World News Review March 1999 _World News Review March 2000 _A Covenant of Life _When The Walls Come Tumbling Down _Middle East Amnesty Produces Chaos _After Arafat _Retreat From Gaza _World News Review February 2006 _An Incendiary Arc of Instability _Intifada of the Crossings _When Will the Middle East Find Peace _Searching for a Mideast Peace _World News and Trends - Jul/Aug 2003 _World News and Trends - Nov/Dec 2005 _World News and Trends - March/April 2006 _World News and Trends - November/December 2007 Search Our Site Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Good News Magazine Index Booklets and All Literature Index Home Page of this site