Israel and Palestine
After decades of war, peace talk efforts and terrorism, Israel and Palestine still do not agree upon what is holding peace out of their grasps. Yet, they continue to fight, and continue to disagree. They continue to fight because they are fighting for two distinct classifications of peace. Israel wants safety; to live in a land where they can be unafraid to walk down the street, or ride on a bus, or walk into a restaurant. Palestinians, on the other hand, see no peace with the creation of a Palestinian state. Their peace will come with the acquisition of their own land. Is there a way for each of the two sides to find their peace? Israelis feel that they have come to an impasse. They have not felt safe in their own country for decades, and yet, they see no end to the fighting. They do not see a peace in sight. While Israelis would like to believe that with the help of the United States, an agreement will be reached, very few would actually admit that they see it as a viable solution to their seemingly never-ending struggles. In an article about the need for a new sort of peace movement, David Newman, the chair of the department of politics and government at Ben Gurion University in Israel, expresses his opinion that
On the other side of the world, the United States wonders what to do to help. Edward Walker, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Studies somewhat agrees with many of Newman's ideas. In a hearing regarding the Middle East, he states the need of both sides to "establish an environment that provides a framework for resolving differences and restoring trust and confidence." He makes many statements urging the two communities to find peace, but the United States seems to be at the same impasse as Israel and the Palestinians. The dilemmas faced by the United States are real: what can possibly be done? How can the United States stop terrorism from across the globe? How can the United States dictate whether or not the Israeli government is being racist? How can the United States make one group happy while keeping the other group in mind? President Bush has made clear his "close partnership with Israel," so how can the Palestinians hope that the United States will be fair to both groups? Although the United States admits to having "vital strategic and economic interests" in the region, the Israelis and Palestinians must work with one another to make peace. Included in this is the necessary observation of what Middle-Eastern peace will resolve. Will a peace be reached without a Palestinian state? Will a peace be reached without the loss of more lives? Can a peace be reached at all? If these questions had answers right now, there most likely would be peace. Abu-Zayyad states in his article that 92 percent of the land in the State of Israel is closed to non-Jews. He expresses the opinion that Palestinians feel that they are living under a "racist regime whose aim is to uproot them from their land and to replace them with Jews." Abu-Zayyad makes an appeal for the Israelis to realize that there are others who live in the land who should be granted the same rights. In regards to Palestinian terrorism, he states "only a shock can bring people to their senses." Yet, he gives no solution to the problem that indicates any comp
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Approximate Word count = 1386
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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