Terje Rød Larsen, the UN's special envoy to the middle east said the following to NRK today(a Norwegian broadcaster) :
"The unrest stem from many different conflicts and the situation may get out of control.
In many ways can the whole region now be compared with a keg of gun powder where the fuse is lit. I think the situation is more difficult, more complicated and more dangerous than it has been in many decades. The reason is that the many partial conflicts in the region - the Israel - Arabic conflict, the conflicts around Iran and the question of neucular weapons and the conflict between Syria and Lebanon.
All of this must now be tied together around fundamental questions of value and attitudes which makes for a situation that may very easily come even more out of control than what we have seen the last few days."
He didn't mention the conflicts in Irak and Afganistan, which I'm sure you could add to the whole mess.
I'd think about following this conflict for a while and see where it is headed before making up my mind.
It is my translation... I did my very best.
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