Source Note #21: Straddling the Fence
Straddling the Fence (Foreign Policy; April 2005)
Israel’s security border does not have to serve as a barrier, but rather can become a catalyst for achieving peace because of its ability to hinder the vicious cycle of retaliation.
Topic: Should the Obama administration continue to support Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Category: Academic research
What is it? PDF of the original article
Publication Information: Foreign Policy; April 2005
Author: Shlomo Avineri (photographer: Christopher Furlong)
Location: http://tinyurl.com/bdjvdr
Accessed: March 9, 2009
Support:
Ariel Sharon
Ehud Barak
Yasir Arafat
Mahmoud Abbas
Hosni Mubarak
The sources above represent head political figures of Israel and Palestine who each played an important role in bringing the state of the conflict to where it is today.
Audience and Agenda:
Foreign Policy is an academic journal dealing with international issues and the reaction of the United States. The magazine is published by the Slate Group, a division of Newsweek. It has a bimonthly circulation of over 110,000. Recently, it evolved from an academic quarterly to a bimonthly format.
Usefulness:
Israel’s security border does not have to serve as a barrier, but rather can become a catalyst for achieving peace because of its ability to hinder the vicious cycle of retaliation. The wall has given Israelis a way to disengage from the West Bank and, to the delight of the United States, make baby steps towards ending the occupation. Compromises regarding the settlements and territories must still be made, but in light of the mistakes made by former administrations, the barrier does not have to serve as a fence, but rather as a harbinger of change.
Works cited:
http://tinyurl.com/bdjvdr
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-New-ForeignPolicycom-bw-13961300.html
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4609
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