[Dilbert56]

That partition has kept tribal/religious factions within national boundaries at each others' throats for some time--which may well have been the intent.

Good point. Yet, even if the sects had their own countries, they would fight over the boundaries instead of within them.

[Elsie]

Yet, even if the sects had their own countries, they would fight over the boundaries instead of within them.

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Genesis 16:7-12

⁷ The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. ⁸ And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?”

She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” ⁹ 

The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.”

¹⁰ The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

¹¹ And the angel of the Lord said to her,

“Behold, you are pregnant
    and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
    because the Lord has listened to your affliction.
¹² He shall be a wild donkey of a man,
    his hand against everyone
    and everyone's hand against him,
and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

 

 

 

[Smokin' Joe]

Yet, even if the sects had their own countries, they would fight over the boundaries instead of within them.

Likely. But the boundaries give them the excuse of seeking to dominate a particular piece of turf, and the way it was divided ensures conflict.