Copyrighted Image? DMCA | The current situation in the Middle East cannot be understood without its historical context, Renee Parsons contends. Remembering the Sykes-Picot declaration, dividing Arab land into intentionally weak "little principalities... incapable of coordinating action against us [the British", and the infamous Balfour Declaration that permitted the establishment of Israel, Parsons argues that such hegemonies and imperialism still exist in the region today; despite the passage of time, distressingly little has changed. |