Wednesday, May 12, 2010
I found the video conference to be absolutely fascinating! It was very interesting to hear and speak with people living in Jerusalem. I had so many ideas about what it could be like to live there from documentaries and different videos I have scene in the past and one of the most striking things I thought was how I guess in the media the conflict is the main point that is portrayed and it is easy to make assumptions about how the different groups living there would interact. It was good to finally see some humans interacting and not just reading from books or articles. Although there was an emphasis on how the politics of it all is what is causing so much conflict and frustration amongst the people, if the general population is able to live peacefully or side by side how can governments ruin that so quickly ? This problem seems to become more and more complex the more that I learn and try to understand what is going on.
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I honestly don't think that it is just the government because those "citizens that are working side by side and living civilly" are electing these officials who I believe somewhat express their true feelings. Unfortunately there are so many layers that pawning the conflict on the government would be unfair. I do agree that it is good that there is civility amongst the communities, but the citizens also need to take responsibility for this conflict and not pawn it fully on the government. Those elected government officials are acting on their behalf and if they did not like their policies then don't re-elect them.
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