Middle East Conflict Questions

Support your answers to the following questions with fifteen sources.  Wikipedia and pictures will not count toward your source total.  

1. How did your country get involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East?
2. What is the history of your country's involvement in that conflict, from when it entered until now?  (This will likely be a long answer...)
3. Who are your enemies in the Middle East?  Why?
4. Who are your friends in the Middle East?  Why?
5. What does your country want out of the Arab-Israeli conflict?
6. What is it prepared to give up to get what it wants?
7. What will it not give up to get what it wants?