http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/world/middleeast/22mideast.html
This is the URL of a news article from The New York Times. It connects to what we're studying in class about the war of 1967, and the current-day outcomes of the Arab-Israeli conflict. For example, it says "Syria’s motives are clear: it wants to regain the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in the 1967 war", suggesting reasons for the peace talks held 2 years ago. The value of our learning is enhanced by the details this articles gives about the effects of the anti-Israeli attacks/groups, etc. A limitation could be that the likely pro-Israeli source/purpose of this American newspaper is suggested by the 4th paragraph and especially the term "raw power" which appears to be an attempt to evoke sympathy from the reader for the under-attack Israelis, and could hence be presenting a slanted version of the situation. Due to the privacy of the talks as well as this article's focusing on other aspects, it is difficult to learn what was going on and/or being achieved by the talks between Syria and Israel.
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