Neil MacFarquhar: Distortions in ME Conflict

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Channel: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs · 2009 · News & Politics

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Ending the Arab-Israeli conflict will temper a lot of the extremism in the region, according to MacFarquhar. But, he says, to focus on the bloodshed that occurs between Israel and Palestine distorts international views of the Middle East and de-emphasizes the importance of men and women who are attempting to bring the Arab world closer in step with the rest of the world.

This Carnegie Council event took place on May 12, 2009. For complete video, audio, and transcript, go to http://www.cceia.org.

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