The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The “Flytilla” story we talked about in class in more detail.

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2012/04/201241714839661426.html

A look at how the BDS advocacy organization is affecting churches in the United States.

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestoryamericas/2012/04/201242564058471397.html

A very interesting article about a two-state solution and a generation gap among Jews and Israelis.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201242172625739133.html

Israel’s Tzipi Livni resigned from parliament, saying that there needs to be more of an effort to push for peace with Palestinians.

This shows the apparent disarray of Israeli politics right now.  We have talked in class about how Israeli politics have appeared to be moving further and further to the right over the past 15 years or so; it is having its effect on the political system.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201251173020898778.html

The Israeli government has concluded that the attacks on civilians in Gaza covered in the Goldstone Report were unintentional.  It will be interesting to see if this investigation goes any further with the UN.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/201251193818140881.html

This article gives a very personal view of a Palestinian under occupation.  It’s especially interesting to me how the interviewer sees the situation compared to how Sheik Raed Saleh sees the situation.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-sheik-qa-20120430,0,4362243.story?page=1