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> Israel: origin of half of the problems of the world, but nothing can be said against them

Over its 120 years (so far), the entire Israeli-Arab conflict (with 6 countries participating directly) has caused roughly 100,000 deaths[1]. That is a terrible, regrettable cost, but it pales in comparison with the 5-year-old Syrian civil war[2], the decade-old Mexican Drug War[3], or the nine-months-long Balkan wars[4] -- all unrelated to Israel, and just a sample of relatively recent world conflicts. So the fact that you think this relatively small (though long-lasting) conflict is the origin of half of the world's problems shows that there's plenty of "saying things against (or for) them" going on.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War

[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Wars




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