Since 70CE the rulers of Israel have been a continuous battle between the Israeli's and Palestinian's. During World War II is when the modern state of Israel was created. This added flames to the conflict between the two groups of people. The modern state of Israel was created in 1948 when the Jewish with the aid of the British and United States defeated the Arab Palestinians out of this land. This angered the Palestinians because they felt that they belonged there and that their own neighbors had allowed other people to kicked them out! The Palestinians want their "home land" back and the Israelis are not giving it up because it was not their "home land" in the first place. In this Conflict the Victim's are the Israelis and the aggressors are the Palestinians.
When talking about this issue among my friend who has some knowledge in this conflict she believes that the Palestinians are the victims and who are being attacked by the Israelis. My friend said, "Palestinians are the victims because Israelis are telling them to leave the land even though Israelis already have control of the land." My friend also states that "Israelis also were bombing Palestinians during Ramadan and were basically watching it from the mountains as people died." What my friends views are stating is that Israeli is this big bully who are forcing people out of their homes and out of their resources. Hamas a Palestinian terrorist group is not the bad guys but is helping regulate the Gaza territory that Israel is trying to take full control and starve out the Palestinians. Hamas is there to help protect since the Israelis have such a strong military and American power as well that is trying to attack Gaza. While my friend does make a very valid point and I respect her views I however do not agree that Palestinians are the victims here.
Israelis have no choice but to hit Palestinians with the same force as the Palestinians hit the Israelis with. Many will argue that Israeli has the right to this land because it is their hold land. That however, is not why I believe that Israeli is the victim. Israeli is the victim because the Palestinians are the real big bully with the attacks from the terrorist group Hamas. The Hamas is the Palestinians military force but Hamas is nothing like a military. Hamas is a terrorist group. A terrorist group is a group that inflict terror upon people because they do not like them. Hamas is a bully and does not fight fair as they continue to fire rocket attacks and send suicide bombers into Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. When it comes to Israel controlling the trading in the Gaza Strip it is fear of the Palestinians importing weapons to attack the Israelis. This fear is inflicted from the Terrorist group Hamas! I believe that once a terrorist group is involved it no longer becomes a war or conflict. It becomes an issue of a big bully trying to scare off the people from the land by harming and killing
innocent lives.
Kayleen,
ReplyDeleteGood post. This is a good first draft, where you clearly lay out your thesis and why you take a certain stance. But there are no facts or statistics to support your claims that Israel is the victim.
Think about how you can add some statistics about Hamas attacks on Israel. How many rockets to they fire into Israel every year or month? As a terrorist organization, what tactics do they take to make a difference vs. the Israeli military? Try to find out. How many Israeli casualties are there each year, in this conflict, compared to Palestinian casualties?
I like that you tossed aside the holy land perspective to rather focus on the conflict as it is today, but try to infuse more researched statistics to beef up your argument.
Overall - good start to developing a framework for a very difficult topic. It just needs more research... and this is not an easy topic to cover in a week.
Always include those facts.
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