Losing one’s identity can be one of the most detrimental things to happen to a human being. This is exactly what is happening to Palestinians. Palestinians are from Palestine, but there is one problem. Palestine doesn’t exist. Now, the world is making these people out to be villains, extremists, and terrorists. Historical bias is now being used as a ploy by governments to instill a view on a people who have minimal resources to defend themselves. What makes Palestinians’ situations so difficult is that they are fighting with Israel, a nation created in 1948. It is a nation created for a race of people that three years before its creation, had almost been driven to extinction. It would be easy to conclude that because of the state of its own people, and its age, Israel should be one of the most non threatening countries in the world. However, its presence greatly disturbed Palestinians, and the endless feud that we still see today began. Western countries seem to be sided with the Israelis, maybe because of its vulnerability, or because they are remembering what had just happened to these people in the Holocaust less than a century ago, but it is obvious that Palestinians are labeled as the bad guys, and are constantly exploited. I am not saying that either side is right. Both Palestinians and Israelis alike are at some fault for the war raging in Gaza and on the West Bank, but Palestinians are at an unfair disadvantage. They have no country of their own, their people are scattered everywhere and are being exiled from almost every country they flee to. The West also seems to be bending history so that Palestinians are viewed as the wrongdoers. The United States, although trying to settle the issue, still sends a lot of aid to Israel.
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it is interesting to see the side of the story that no one hears. It makes you stop a think about whats really going on. I think that the Palestinian side of the story should be told just as often as the Israeli side. This way bias on the part of people and historians can be lessened.
ReplyDeleteThis is a major subject in my Global Issues class. It is not right how the Jewish Homeland came to be, but I do believe strongly that they deserved to have one after WWII.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the U.S. has overwhelming support for the Israelis in comparison to the Palestinians. I don't think this is right if we wish to remain neutral in the conflict.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that the Palestinians have lost their own identities. It seems like they are confused about their identity because they have had to go through so much to get to where they are now.
ReplyDeleteYou brought up a good point about the Palestinian's identity crisis, and referring to the comment above, I agree with this statement. They do seem to be confused in regards to who they are because they have been moved around from place to place and have no place to call home.
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