http://apartheidweek.org/
This is an article about the annual celebration of Israeli Apartheid Week, published on Apartheid Week organization, based out of Canada. It connects to our [past] study of Palestine and lasting effects of the struggle between Jews and Arabs (it makes mention of "Israel's brutal assault against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip" etc.) and adds to what we learned because I didn't know there was an "Apartheid Week" celebrated in Israel and all over different cities and stuff; it shows how the struggle in their society is still leaving marks today/trying to be resolved. A possible limitation is the exact reliability/clarity of the source, as the promotional poster claims the dates of the celebration last One week (which would make sense since it's called Apartheid WEEK), but in the article it says March 1-14, so there is some discrepancy.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
IRL #20
http://www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/intro-pal-isr-primer.html
This is an article, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, published in the online "Middle East Report."
It connects to our study of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Palestine, and enhances what we learned by providing a very clear explanation/contrast of the claims of both the Arabs and the Jews to the land of Palestine, an outline of events concerning the struggle over Palestine since the 19th century, and specific numbers of populations of different ethnic/religious groups in Jerusalem in 1878, etc.
A limitation is that the date of the publication of the article is not listed, and thus the reader cannot know exactly what timeframe and context this information is being given. Also, after doing some light research on one of the authors of the article, Lisa Hajjar, it appears that she is unnaturally obsessed with the subject of torture, which does make her relation to this [non-torture-related] topic seem somewhat odd, and also this article does not say much about the hatred and tensions between and against the Israeli and Arab groups.
This is an article, by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar, published in the online "Middle East Report."
It connects to our study of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Palestine, and enhances what we learned by providing a very clear explanation/contrast of the claims of both the Arabs and the Jews to the land of Palestine, an outline of events concerning the struggle over Palestine since the 19th century, and specific numbers of populations of different ethnic/religious groups in Jerusalem in 1878, etc.
A limitation is that the date of the publication of the article is not listed, and thus the reader cannot know exactly what timeframe and context this information is being given. Also, after doing some light research on one of the authors of the article, Lisa Hajjar, it appears that she is unnaturally obsessed with the subject of torture, which does make her relation to this [non-torture-related] topic seem somewhat odd, and also this article does not say much about the hatred and tensions between and against the Israeli and Arab groups.
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