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The “crisis” in the Middle East is a series of rolling crises with the territory of Palestine/Israel at its focal point. It is a complex of religious, political, and socioeconomic considerations that has triggered critical changes in relationships between the White Western Christian Bloc of countries (WWCB) and the balance of the world community. It is not a territorial conquest for resources with an occasional burst of military action that outsiders can view as disengaged observers. Nor is it a short-term conflict between communities that can be considered in isolation. In the writer’s view it is fundamental to the “radical transition” that Camilleri and Falk say has been taking place in the organization of human affairs during the past six or more decades.1
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Fry, I.R. (2011). Broken Covenants and Broken Relationships: Guidelines for Cooperation in a World in Transition. In: Anceschi, L., Camilleri, J.A., Palapathwala, R., Wicking, A. (eds) Religion and Ethics in a Globalizing World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117686_12
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