The best source are cross referencing history books I am afraid. Although reconstructing all events is difficult and time consuming. There are players from all

The best source are cross referencing history books I am afraid. Although reconstructing all events is difficult and time consuming. There are players from all over the world involved and it has to include major conflicts like the Gulf- and Iraq wars and of course the world wars to be able to reconstruct the ambitions and motives of different factions. That is the minimum, you can also go back into the early 19th century because the political landscape of that time is important too. Ottoman empire, rebellion in Egypt, land feudalism (important for the history how land and people were bought and traded that has an influence even today). An overall very interesting story were it not for the bloody conflicts. Then also having an understanding how years of conflict influence perspectives, when rocket attacks become something "normal" or how the contrast between prosperous and poor can be quite close together. Some say the conflict is complex, but in the end it comes down to the usual human conflict where factions are entrenched. A conflict about land claims and who belongs to which group. A religious component is there, but I don't believe it to be too relevant. I don't know where I got most knowledge from, we had an extensive education about that part of history. Some school books are a good introduction for that matter.