Class Response

I feel many Americans have a wrong view on the conflict going on in the Middle East. I can say this because I was one of those people. Many have the impression that the fighting originated a few years ago. I never knew until taking a history class on the Middle East that the fighting between the Israeli's and Palestine's dates back hundreds of years. I want to also comment about something my friend and classmate Keith wrote, "It almost seems pointless to watch American news because its not really truth when its so out of context. It’s like your not watching the news, but a sitcom with a written story, the Israeli story. How is it journalism when it’s not the full truth?" That was written in response to the in class video we watched about the conflict in the Middle East. I completely agree with what he is saying. The American media is the "X-Factor" in American politics. It can give the powerful and loyal, the upper hand. It's said to think that a foreign country is dictating our news.

"Peace, Propaganda and the Promise Land"

The other day in class we watched a film about the violence in the Middle East. The film gave great insight about the aggressive tensions between the Palestine's and Israelis. I enjoyed the film because I got so much out of it because for me, it filled me in on the history between the two nations and why there has been so much conflict. The state of the situation between the Palestine's and Israelis really disturbs me. For one, after watching the film the first thing that comes to my mind is the thousands of innocent civilians effecting. So many are killed for no reason at all, especially young children. Second, the shame to think that so much news that we here in the United States read and watch is sometimes far from the truth as to what is really going on in the Middle East.