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Mark Tessler is Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is also Vice Provost for International Affairs and Director of the University´s International Institute.
Within a mere few years after World War II the Middle East was remade. The creation of the State of Israel in 1948 and its consequences helped propel that part of the world to what seems to be a permanent and unenviable spot on any list of world crises.
