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CSU community reacts to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Sean Reed
Issue date: 2/2/09 Section: Opinion
Fresh into his first term as president, Barack Obama has already started work on one of the most difficult foreign policies plaguing our nation: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Two members of the CSU community, Shirit Stern, a senior animal sciences major, and Zaki Safar, a CSU alumnus, were kind enough to share their stance on this conflict.
Q: What do you think is the source of this conflict?
A: The source of this conflict? Well, now we could be here all day. The source is the argument of whose land belongs to whom, and in that, who has the right to govern which land.
The Gaza strip is land [that] belongs to the Palestinians. However, Hamas is governing it in a way [that] is not conducive to improving the living conditions of the Palestinian people. The Palestinians living in Gaza rely on Israel to supply them with clean water, infrastructure, etc., but an elementary step to governing one's own country is to take responsibility for one's own people.
The source of the conflict is a disagreement that goes back to biblical perceptions.
Q: Do you think it is possible to solve this conflict? If so, what would it take?
A: The major challenge I see to solving this conflict is compromise and the ability to see another's point of view. People can be steadfast to their convictions, but the violence has gone on far too long to argue opinions any longer.
It is time for the Palestinian people to collaborate with each other instead of continuing to argue between Fatah and Hamas, and to form a unitary body for negotiations and government. It is time for the Palestinians to end rocket attacks on Israel, so Israel can begin to allow a more open border between Gaza and Egypt. It is also far past the time for Israel to have Gilad Shalit returned, the 22-year-old soldier who was captured by Hamas in August 2006 and who is still held captive despite Israel's concessions.
Two members of the CSU community, Shirit Stern, a senior animal sciences major, and Zaki Safar, a CSU alumnus, were kind enough to share their stance on this conflict.
Q: What do you think is the source of this conflict?
A: The source of this conflict? Well, now we could be here all day. The source is the argument of whose land belongs to whom, and in that, who has the right to govern which land.
The Gaza strip is land [that] belongs to the Palestinians. However, Hamas is governing it in a way [that] is not conducive to improving the living conditions of the Palestinian people. The Palestinians living in Gaza rely on Israel to supply them with clean water, infrastructure, etc., but an elementary step to governing one's own country is to take responsibility for one's own people.
The source of the conflict is a disagreement that goes back to biblical perceptions.
Q: Do you think it is possible to solve this conflict? If so, what would it take?
A: The major challenge I see to solving this conflict is compromise and the ability to see another's point of view. People can be steadfast to their convictions, but the violence has gone on far too long to argue opinions any longer.
It is time for the Palestinian people to collaborate with each other instead of continuing to argue between Fatah and Hamas, and to form a unitary body for negotiations and government. It is time for the Palestinians to end rocket attacks on Israel, so Israel can begin to allow a more open border between Gaza and Egypt. It is also far past the time for Israel to have Gilad Shalit returned, the 22-year-old soldier who was captured by Hamas in August 2006 and who is still held captive despite Israel's concessions.
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anti-idiotarian
posted 2/02/09 @ 7:32 AM MST
What a misleading title. These two individuals don't represent the "CSU community."
Try "2 mopes bloviate"
Who answered these questions? Are the answers the shared opinions of both individual? or is this a dueling banjoes format?
What a waste of ink. (Continued…)
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