The more "edge" the better
The more "edge" the better
Robert Spencer has a great post in Jihad Watch
Several weeks ago I was approached by a national publication and asked to write a piece explaining the Israeli-Arab conflict for the anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin -- which is today. The editors asked me to focus on the causes of the conflict and the situation of Catholics in the Middle East (my piece was going to be part of a larger feature on Christians in the Middle East). They supplied the questions below. However, they didn't like my answers, which they found "too edgy."
So here, on the day it would have appeared, is my "edgy" piece:
Ten years ago, on November 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated; his successor, Shimon Peres, immediately pledged to continue Israel’s efforts to secure a lasting peace with Palestinian Arabs and the neighboring Arab states. Succeeding Israeli Prime Ministers have repeated that pledge, culminating in the current Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s recent dramatic withdrawal from Gaza and forcing of Israeli residents there to leave the area. Yet peace seems more elusive than ever.
A brief overview of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
Why are they fighting in Israel?
The present conflict can be traced back to the defeat of the Ottoman Turks in World War I. The League of Nations mandated to Britain the formerly Ottoman domains of what today comprise Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank. Inspired by the Zionist movement, thousands of Jews began moving to these areas and revitalizing them, attracting Arabs also to move to what had been a particularly desolate land.
The British encouraged this Jewish immigration. In 1923, the British split their “Palestine” mandate into two sections: Palestine (west of the Jordan river) and Transjordan (east of the Jordan). Transjordan (renamed Jordan in 1946) was awarded to the Hashemite dynasty from the Hejaz in what is now Saudi Arabia, and Jews were forbidden to settle there; Palestine was slated to be a new Jewish homeland.[...]
Posted by Ted Belman at November 6, 2005 10:38 AM
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The more "edge" the better
Robert Spencer has a great post in Jihad Watch
Several weeks ago I was approached by a national publication and asked to write a piece explaining the Israeli-Arab conflict for the anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin -- which is today. The editors asked me to focus on the causes of the conflict and the situation of Catholics in the Middle East (my piece was going to be part of a larger feature on Christians in the Middle East). They supplied the questions below. However, they didn't like my answers, which they found "too edgy."
So here, on the day it would have appeared, is my "edgy" piece:
Posted by Ted Belman at November 6, 2005 10:38 AM