Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the News

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is very serious. People are dying everyday over there and it never lightens up. All the fighting is, in a sense, normal to the people of these countries; which is very sad. Major violence is occurring and there seriously needs to be stopped. Also, if some action isn't taken, then the economic growth over the past two years could decline at an alarming rate. This isn't a good situation all around. I researched a news article over how the Palestinians and the Israelis need to come to peace with each other. I discovered that both sides have no plan to negotiate, but naturally they still don't want the constant fighting to continue. Neither one of them is doing themselves a favor by not taking any action to settle this dispute, because time is just ticking away. The leaders of these two countries have some tough decisions to make about what needs to be done, but if they don't do it quickly they may lose their only chance of ending it for a long time.This article I read was fairly neutral, and it doesn't seem like there is anything missing from it.



Baskin, Gershon. (2010, October 11) Chronicles of peace or epitaphs of failure. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved from: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=191027

Sunni vs. Shiite

The believers of a Sunni and the believers of a Shiite have been fighting for a staggering 1,400 years. It wouldn't be such a strange thing if the people actually knew what they were fighting over, but most of them don't. So the question remains, Sunni or Shiite? It all goes back to simply who they were following, as in usually their whole family stands on one side. People have had the ideas of "location", "different families", "different religions", but nobody knows for sure. It's believed that Iraq and Iran are the main Shiite nations and the rest of the Muslim world is mainly Sunni. So if they still don't know why they are fighting with each other, what do they think the difference is between a Sunni and a Shiite? People's responses didn't really vary from "I should know", and others just admitting "I don't know". If some had anything to say, they would just take a stab in the dark. The only question everybody seemed to know the answer to was which branch the Al Qaeda leaders follow; Sunni. I think it is important to know the difference so you could accurately stand up for your faith. It's also necessary to know who your enemies are and understand them better. Besides, if the Muslims' whole reason for being is based on their beliefs, they deserve to know what they actually believe in. It doesn't seem like that's going to happen any time soon though, but it would create more peace and make things easier for everybody if they did.