Doug Casey On the Middle East Conflict and What Comes Next

October 26, 2023

by Doug Casey International Man

International Man: The Middle East is on the precipice of the biggest regional war in generations.

What’s your take on the situation and where it’s headed?

Doug Casey: People forget that before World War I, when the Ottoman Empire controlled Palestine, there was very little ethnic or religious antagonism. There were small numbers of traditional, religiously oriented Jews in Palestine, but everybody minded their own business and got along.

The problem started with the Aliyahs. Large numbers of European Jews moved to Palestine as an ethnic/religious homeland. It resulted in the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.