With the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalating, sectarian violence boiling over in Iraq, and Syria mired in a civil war that’s now more than three years old, the Middle East continues to be plagued by bloodshed and unrest. Here are The Onion’s tips for finally bringing peace to the troubled region:
I mean yes. That’s 700+ years right there. And before them the other caliphates. Sectarian violence wasn’t a common occurence in the Middle East before European colonization, which among other things drew nee borders in a way that intentionally encourages sectarian and ethnic violence.