Final Post: Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Final Post: Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Throughout the course of the semester my group I focused on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. During the initial stages of research we found out that the conflict is much more complex and broad than we had imagined. The conflict can be analyzed from various perspectives, viewpoints. Within our first blog post we discussed the history of the conflict and presented various issues regarding the conflict that “there isn't simply one problem that this issue consists of, but rather a multitude of them.”

From there we decided to take the side of the Palestinians to further narrow our analysis of the conflict. In our second blog post our group discussed and analyzed the war in Gaza and its effects on the Palestinian civilians and the international community. Finally, to conclude our final blog we discussed and analyzed the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement or known as the BDS Movement - A Palestinian campaign trying to raise global awareness of the oppression that is inflicted upon “refugees, those under military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinians in Israel.”

Working as a group of seven definitely proved to be a challenge. On the matter, conflicting schedules did not help the situation. For the second and third blog post, as group we decided on our overall topic and delegated various responsibilities and questions. Research required multiple credible sources such as BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, and so forth. When we collected our individual research we would then formulate our segment of the blog and post it on the Google document.  As a group we would set a virtual meeting where we would all be on the Google document to revise and edit the blog. By far, working in this group has been a tremendous experience that was definitely a worthwhile semester journey. 

Prior to the project I was interested in this particular conflict, but I was not really informed of the whole issue. As a result of doing this project I not only learned more about the conflict, but also

reinforced the various content we have learned in the Intro to International Politics course. For instance, I was able to analyze the conflict and refer to content that we have learned in class as evidence. On another note, working as group has reinforced the importance of communication and being flexible with everyone’s schedule. In closing, I have come to understand that the conflict is easy to explain and talk about, but difficult to solve. I hope that peace and justice will prevail soon and the conflict will resolve.   

 

References

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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. (n.d.). Retrieved December 5, 2014, from http://geography.mrdonn.org/palestine.html

Prager University. (2014, April 28). The Middle East Problem. YouTube. Retrieved December 5, 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDW88CBo-8

The Israel-Palestine conflict. (2014, January 1). Retrieved December 5, 2014, from http://www.cctv-america.com/collections/the-israel-palestine-conflict

Weir, A. A Synopsis of the Israel/Palestine Conflict. (n.d.). Retrieved September 5, 2014, from http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/