I read up on two more books: The Palestinians and the Disputed Territories (The World Hot Spots) and Origins and Development of the Arab-Israel Conflict (Ann M. Lesch and Dan Tschirgi).
For Palestinian & Disputed territories, I made a progression map from Ottoman Empire to the "Nakba" of Israel becoming a State. Concluding is with a question of settlement.
For Origins and Development, I took notes about the effect of European colonialism and American involvement after the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence, Sykes-Picot Agreement, and the Balfour Declaration.
The sections from each book I took notes on was about the history of the conflict, and even though I'm not done with the Palestinian question, this info will help me lead up to regional issues of resources as well as governmental roles.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
CE: Israeli Fire, Personal Account
Hey, sorry about not posting this weekend. Blogger wasn't working properly, so I could accesses the site but couldn't log in.
Any who, this Shabbas I found out some scary stuff. Israel had erupted into flames in the Carmel mountains, right by Haifa. So far two teens have been arrested and released, and one more has been taken into custody for questioning. A lot of clamor has been occurring about the arrests because they are all arab, from the local Druze village, where the fire got started. Arab vs. Israeli, once again in a time of despair. The fire destroyed Beit Oren, and to my dismay, my father only told me half the story when he informed me. I thought my friend's kibbutz was the one that burned to the ground (Beit Emek), but to my relief it was not. Sadly, however, Beit Oren has turned to ash. About 43 people were killed. Most (41 or so) were killed on a prison bus (all guards and police) while traveling to evacuate a nearby prison. They thought they could make it, but the fire swarmed the bus traveling 4,500 ft in 3 minutes. In an extremely rare case, Israel has asked foreign nations to aid the victims and fire. Surprisingly Russia and Turkey both stepped up to help. Sadly though, arabs within Israel have started celebrating the destruction of Israeli Land (even though the Druze village where the fire had started was mostly burned as well). I talked to my friend who lives in Beit Emek. We talked for two hours, joking around and such, but he stated that he could smell the fire and the morning air was covered by rising smoke. He also jokingly admitted he was sleeping, cuddled up with a fire extinguisher that night. The fire deeply worried and scared me, but luckily, no more people have been killed.
Any who, this Shabbas I found out some scary stuff. Israel had erupted into flames in the Carmel mountains, right by Haifa. So far two teens have been arrested and released, and one more has been taken into custody for questioning. A lot of clamor has been occurring about the arrests because they are all arab, from the local Druze village, where the fire got started. Arab vs. Israeli, once again in a time of despair. The fire destroyed Beit Oren, and to my dismay, my father only told me half the story when he informed me. I thought my friend's kibbutz was the one that burned to the ground (Beit Emek), but to my relief it was not. Sadly, however, Beit Oren has turned to ash. About 43 people were killed. Most (41 or so) were killed on a prison bus (all guards and police) while traveling to evacuate a nearby prison. They thought they could make it, but the fire swarmed the bus traveling 4,500 ft in 3 minutes. In an extremely rare case, Israel has asked foreign nations to aid the victims and fire. Surprisingly Russia and Turkey both stepped up to help. Sadly though, arabs within Israel have started celebrating the destruction of Israeli Land (even though the Druze village where the fire had started was mostly burned as well). I talked to my friend who lives in Beit Emek. We talked for two hours, joking around and such, but he stated that he could smell the fire and the morning air was covered by rising smoke. He also jokingly admitted he was sleeping, cuddled up with a fire extinguisher that night. The fire deeply worried and scared me, but luckily, no more people have been killed.
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