Although “Beyond Cairo, Israel Sensing A Wider Range”, and “In Seeking Statehood, Palestine’s Stir Concern” both appear to give a fair, safe overlook of the entire Israel/ Palestine situation, “Beyond Cairo” by Ethan Bronner appears to give more of an insight into Israel’s’ ways and create more sympathy for their situation. Even so, both arguments by both articles elicit feelings of blame towards Palestine and better thoughts towards Israel giving, overall, the more positive spin to Israel’s side of the argument. Ethan Bronner notes that “Traditionally, many Arab leaders have used Israel as a convenient scapegoat, turning public wrath against it and blaming it for their problems”. In fact, it seems like Israel’s problems, which begin with the walls that surround their boarders for protection, aren’t going to stop anything soon. If Palestinians decide to “defy the Obama administration by requesting membership and statehood recognition at the United Nations, it is very likely that a World War III could emerge from this small disobedience. Seeing as the great Nations of American and Britain would be willing to back Israel up if something dangerous to their state came into play, and that France and Pakistan would be on Palestine’s side, this disagreement, as it is now, could quickly turn into a large scale brawl.
I agree with you completely Katie, there is certainly an element of negative slant in both articles towards the Palestinians. I did not realize it before but now that you've said it, I see it all over the place.
ReplyDeleteLike Savannah, I didn't notice that much of a slant but it's definitely there! I do think that there will be a slant because the author is from the United States and obviously we will be for the Israeli people. However, I believe that many diplomats in the Middle East see Israel as being wrong in this situation. The author brought both his own (U.S.) slant as well as the other side, which I felt was extremely important.
ReplyDeleteThough I do see the negative slant towards Israel at the beginning (which I didn't even notice at first), I believe the slant shifts halfway through the article. I feel that the slant in this article is pro-Israel and anti-Netanyahu. He seems to be unable to compromise on anything and is on his way "not just to diplomatic isolation but to actually putting Israelis in danger" because of his "total paralysis toward the Palestinian issue."
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