"In Palestine at least, Sunni and Shiite get along just fine as long as there is nothing to exacerbate matters. " Mack/misophist.

However, the classic way to unite people is against other people, and this has been know, and used by demonouges of all colours, such as the late and not-at-all-lamented Yasser Arafat

Without Israel, would Palestinians fight far more amongst themselves? IMHO, I think so. Is there a nation with a peaceful Sunni and Shiite population, that does not have such a large outside influence?

Bunnhabhain