THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MIDDLE EAST (MUSLIM WORLD)

Abstract

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been one of the longest and most emotional geopolitical conflicts of the contemporary era. Its specificity reaches much farther than the West Bank and Gaza Strip, influencing regional reshaping, security design, diplomatic policy, and ideological fault lines in the wider Middle East. The following essay unpacks the profound impacts of the war on influential Middle Eastern states and describes how the war informs policy in domestic policy, sectarianism, military policy, and Iranian, Saudi, Egyptian, Jordanian, Lebanese, and Turkish state foreign policy. Based on the theoretical assumptions of Realism and Constructivism, the research unpacks the changing security, nationalist, and resistance narratives. The piece contends that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a cause of regional grievances and a tool through which states present themselves as champions of Muslim causes. The piece also analyzes great powers' media actors and narratives and offers tension reduction and regional stability recommendations.