Today in class, we wrapped up a discussion on the 6 Days War of 1967. I think it is interesting that on the first day of class we watched a video about the Arab Israeli Conflict. It portrayed the Jews as the victims and made us sympathize with the Jews and their treatment by the Arabs. However, with the past few classes I catch myself sympathizing with the Arabs. After the Jews gained Israel as their homeland, they have been trying to push out the Palestinians from it and trying to keep them out.
The Arab armies lost the 6 Days War which gave more power to the Jews. Due to the outcome of the war the United Nations created a resolution that would secure the Arabs from Israeli forces. It prevented them from moving their citizens to the lands they occupied. This was so because it also states that the lands they occupied were not their property. However, they were forced to find settlements from refugees of the war. Great tension was caused due to the victory of the Jews. This shift in perspective has confused me. We started the semester sympathizing with the Jews and now I find myself sympathizing the Arabs and their suffering due to the creation of the Jews homeland.
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