The One Issue That Has Served as a Unifying Factor

question 25

Multiple Choice

The one issue that has served as a unifying factor for all Middle Eastern Muslim 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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