I think that the formation of the State of Israel would be one catalyst, but were there others (such as the Americans, British toppling the democratic Iran in Operation Ajax in the 1950s, or support various repressive regimes in the Middle East over the last 65 years)?
Ajax is great. Here is another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement
Basically, fucking imperialism and greed have destroyed the world.