Sentence examples for cause of tension from inspiring English sources

The immediate cause of tension was Israel's military offensive in Gaza.

The dispute has been a major cause of tension in south Asia, provoking two wars.

Dams are by no means the only cause of tension in the region.

It becomes a cause of tension only when it's borne by just one side.

While water conflicts are not the chief cause of tension in the area, they make achieving peace more difficult.

But her administration has also revised the Forest Code to reduce punishments for illegal landowners, and pressed ahead with infrastructure projects that are another cause of tension.

Chinese media claimed the clashes were caused by "terrorists", but Uighur activists say that tight Chinese control is usually the cause of tensions.

He would do better to focus on the issues that are the cause of tensions between American policy and many Muslims, i.e., the foreign policy of a country and the sentiments and rights of individuals in other countries.

"The root cause of tensions between our two countries is the unresolved Jammu and Kashmir dispute," he wrote, responding to the offer last week for a meeting from Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of India.

While officials blame separatists and religious extremists for instigating violence in their bid for an independent Xinjiang, others say the underlying cause of tensions are Muslim Uighur resentment at cultural and religious controls, Han Chinese migration and economic inequity.

Authorities traditionally blame extremists for these outbreaks of violence, while Uighur activists point to tight Chinese control as a cause of tensions.