Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tun 1981, Friedman ya yi tafiya mai zurfi game da al'amuran Gabas ta Tsakiya (ciki har da mamayewa na Isra'ila a Lebanon a shekarar 1982,
Farkon Intifada na Palasdinawa, da rikice-rikicen Isra'ila da Falasdinawa da ke gudana) kuma ya ƙware a cikin siyasar cikin gida ta Amurka da manufofin waje, tattalin arzikin ƙasa da ƙasa, da tasirin barazanar ta'addanci a duniya. Ta hanyar nutsewa cikin al'adun Islama, Friedman yayi kokarin ganowa da kuma bayyana tushen tsananin fushin musulmai ga Amurkawa.