The One Issue That Has Served as a Unifying Factor

question 5

Multiple Choice

The one issue that has served as a unifying factor for all Middle Eastern Arab states since the 1940s has been their

• A) hostility toward Pakistan and India.
• B) effort to defeat the Germans in World War II.
• C) position on the Palestine question.
• D) desire to increase oil production.
• E) need to retain Western hegemony in the region.

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