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There’s No Third Rail Like the Middle East

There’s No Third Rail Like the Middle East

How should citizens outside the region handle their differences of opinion? Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Michael Nigro / Getty; Ronen Tivony / NurPhoto / Getty November 3, 2023, 3:55 PM ET Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Question of the Week People all over the world are divided about the best way forward in the Middle East. As conflict devastates that region, how should citizens outside the Middle East handle their differences of opinion about the best way forward without tearing their societies apart? Send your responses to [email protected] or simply reply to this email. Conversations of Note In Spiegel International, under the headline “Middle East Conflict Tests the Postwar World Order,” a piece with six bylines advances a theory of geopolitics and poses a series of questions: In Germany, which bears “historic responsibility for the worst imaginable crime,” as Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in her …