The idea of pease in the Middle East seems to be unreachable at this point in time. The Israelis believe they have the right to confiscate Arab land and and persecute the Arab for fighting back. Since the Israeli Jews immigrated from persecution by the Nazis, it seems they would be a little more compasionate towards the Arab people. But it seems they are doing the much same thing to them that the Nazi did to the Jews. The Arab retaliate against the occupation with what they call "Freedom Fighters". These Freedom Fighters are suicide bombers. They don't seem to care who gets killed in their fight. They have killed many men, women and children.
There were a couple other points that really seemed to stick out for me too. The wall they constructed around the West Bank area is really unfair to so many. This wall was built right along the border all the way around the West Bank, dividing peoples homes from their lands. There is even a Church where many Palestine people have worshipped for years that is cut off from it's people it serves. The curch is on one side of the wall and the worshippers are on the other side. It doesn't seem like the Israeli people want to have peace with the Arab. Neither side will give any concessions in the debate for peace. The Jews have a right to their won state, but the Arabs also have the right to live in peace and not be persecuted for being different from the Jews. The Israli government must also comply with international law if peace is ever to come to that area. Maybe someday this will be possible.
Another point brought up was the Hezbollah. I was amazed the Hezbollah has only been around since 1982. I thought the group had been formed much earlier.
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Thoughtful post, Linda. At some point we should talk about Hezbollah - I wonder if you would like to do some research on the group and share that with the class??
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