Washington — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said a lot of the young people protesting the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses 'don't know much of that history' of the region as American universities in recent weeks have become the center of opposition to the war's toll on Palestinians in Gaza. 'What has gone on, transpired between Israel and the Palestinians going back decades is very complex, very difficult,' Gates said on 'Face the Nation.
On the dynamics in the region more broadly and their implications for American security, Gates, who served as the Secretary of Defense between 2006 and 2011 under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, noted that there are four wars going on in the Middle East at present. He pointed to the war in Gaza, between Israel and Hezbollah, the Houthis in Yemen and militias in Syria and Iraq, saying Iran is the 'one power behind all four of these conflicts.
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