Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gray anotaura kuti kurangana chaiko kwakadai se1956
rangano yokutora kudzora Suez Canal inokurudzira kufungidzira nokusika rangano dzokufungidzira. Pashure peHondo Yemazuva matanhatu ya1967 iyo yakaguma nokukundwa kwakasimba kwevaArabhu, pfungwa dzokurangana dzakatanga kukurumbira munyika yeArabhu. Hondo yacho yakanzwisiswa sekurangana kwakaitwa neIsrael neUnited States - kana kuti zvakapesana: rangano reSoviet rokuunza Ijipiti munharaunda yeSoviet yesimba. Thomas Friedman anocherechedza dzidziso dzakawanda dzokurangana dzine chokuita nehondo yevagari vomuLebanon. Iwo "kazhinji kazhinji akanga ari rondedzero dzesungano dzisina mufungo zvikurusa, dzine ziso risina kururama idzo munhu aigona kufungidzira... VaIsraeri, vaSiria, vaAmerica, vaSoviet, kana kuti Henry Kissinger - munhu upi noupi kunze kwevaLebanese - muzvirongwa zvakanyatsorongwa zvokuparadza nyika yeLebanoni ine rugare rwomuzvarirwo".