<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><opml version="1.0"><!--MySmartChannels Channel Feed--><!--MySmartChannels is a service of MyST Technology Partners.--><!--See http://myst-technology.com for more information, including standard terms of service.--><head><title>Causes of Conflict</title><dateCreated>2006-12-13 22:32:29 EST</dateCreated><dateModified>2008-06-17 21:38:39 EDT</dateModified></head><body><outline text="Causes of Conflict"><outline text="Middle East scholar David Hulme covers how identity, ideology and other moral issues in society fuel the Middle East conflict" isComment="true"/><outline text="Jerusalem Still The Stumbling Block" type="link" url="http://blog.vision.org/public/item/206506?itemLink=open"><outline text="Despite other reasons often given, Jerusalem remains central to resolution of Mid-East conflict" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Palestinian Leader Opens Door To Talks with Hamas" type="link" url="http://blog.vision.org/public/item/206007?itemLink=open"><outline text="Mahmoud Abbas proposes course that may cause Israel to break off peace discussions" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Tony Blair Reviews Mid-East Situation" type="link" url="http://blog.vision.org/public/item/206003?itemLink=open"><outline text="Quartet envoy speaks to British MPs about his role and the current situation" isComment="true"/><outline text="Israel's 60th Anniversary in Context" type="link" url="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=5574"/><outline text="This year marks the 60th anniversary of the official founding of the State of Israel and the war that broke out immediately afterwards as Arab armies attempted to destroy the UN-sanctioned Jewish state at birth. In this report, Vision publisher and Mid-East scholar David Hulme analyzes the events leading up to the 1948 war." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Israel at 60" type="link" url="http://blog.vision.org/public/item/203777?itemLink=open"><outline text="The New York Times publishes a balanced piece on State of Israel's 60 years" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Israel's 60th Anniversary Examined in Middle East Institute Special Report" type="link" url="http://blog.vision.org/public/item/203775?itemLink=open"><outline text="Middle East conflict's seminal moment: 1948" isComment="true"/></outline></outline></body></opml>