Israeli perspective; http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/viewsource.asp?ID=001967
These are the viewpoints of two well-informed people on opposite sides of the Israeli-Arab conflict, with two different viewpoints on what should be done in the future to ensure that there is less conflict between Israel and Palestine. The quotes on these sources are from 2003 and 2004. The connection between this and what we are learning in class is that we are learning about both sides of the conflict in the Middle East, and one of our Paper 1 topics is about the Arab-Israeli crisis so it is beneficial to hear from both sides. The importance of these two sources is that they quote two people who are important on a larger scale, one who believes that Israel shouldn't be so aggressive with Palestine and that the two countries need to work together and find a common ground, and another who believes that giving in to Palestine will promote terrorism. There are a few things that should be taken into consideration about these sources; they are not too recent and therefore, the perspectives of these people as well as other people may have changed significantly since the time they were quoted, which means the information may not be 100% up-to-date. Another concern is that the views of these people may not represent those of the general Israeli and Palestinian populations, or that of their supporters in other countries. It's just the perspectives of two individuals. Finally, the sources don't specifically identify the issues that were going on in the Middle East at the time, they just offer potential solutions to the problems as a whole.
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