Isn't there a fertile crescent in the region? A wide expansive patch of land that can provide food for the whole Middle East?
And what do people do?
Fight over it, to keep their own tribe fed, while not caring one iota for anyone else... and they excuse that fighting with "my skywizard is the one real skywizard and your sis false, so you deserve to die". At least, that's how they recruit cannon fodder.
The true solution to poverty and war is education. But that will only happen when there is peace and when the rulers of those places desire true long-term peace.
And what do people do?
Fight over it, to keep their own tribe fed, while not caring one iota for anyone else... and they excuse that fighting with "my skywizard is the one real skywizard and your sis false, so you deserve to die". At least, that's how they recruit cannon fodder.
The true solution to poverty and war is education. But that will only happen when there is peace and when the rulers of those places desire true long-term peace.
