Sunday, January 11, 2009

Gaza

In the past few days I have been discussing the Israeli-Palestine/Hamas conflict with a variety of people. A good 70% know very little about the topic in general. About 29% are sympathetic to Israel. The remaining 1% are sympathetic to Palestine. I came across a New York Times op-ed that gave a brief but informative rundown of some key points most people are unaware of:

What You Don’t Know About Gaza


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  1. UnknownJanuary 12, 2009 at 7:47 AM

    Be careful, G, and you might become a radical! ;) Professor Khalidi is a much respected historian in my book (and several others) but totally seen as a radical (some even say terrorist) when it comes to this subject.

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  2. GJanuary 12, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    I hear you on that. It seems like anyone that shows any sympathy towards Palestine is a radical. But Jimmy Carter's book "Peace Not Apartheid" was pro Palestine and he sure did catch heck for that.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 13, 2009 at 8:23 AM

    Oh totally. It is amazing how people will be anti-semitic but in total support of Israel. That kills me.

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