Which of the following causes the most conflict in the middle east? question 3 options: water and gold land and religion immigration and currency natural resources and capital

Western wars against the Arabs have gone on for more than a hundred years. For instance, recent manifestations in Iraq have seen millions of Iraqis killed and wounded. In Palestine, Western-condoned brutallity by the Israelis gives the impression that Arab lives and livelihoods are worthless. The price paid by Palestinians is high; they have to face ethnic cleansing by any other name. Their land is stolen, holy sites are "Judaised" , indigenous people are killed and displaced, all because other countries want their land. American taxpayers continue to pay the financial cost of Israel's apartheid wall which is taking ever more land in the West Bank as the settlements themselves and military zones in the Jordan Valley.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals