The population in Israel is about 8.7 million, West Bank is 2.8 million, and the Gaza Strip has 1.8 million.
My understanding of the Middle East situation is that there tends to be a lot of wars and physical conflicts in general. I usually get my information from national news such as CNN, Fox, or social media.
My understanding of occupation in this situation would be basically troops are expected to protect certain areas for specific reasons.
The main thing that I get from these three terms is that the main purpose is to influence, or get someone to agree on something specific.
Terrorism is misunderstood in several ways. Most people only see certain attacks that have taken place, and have been reported in the news. Most automatically see terrorism as a huge threat to their daily life, when in reality we have a better chance at drowning in a bath tub, or getting struck by lighting rather than being physically effected by terrorism. Terrorism also comes with a lot of stereotyping and false visual representation.
Defining terrorism in textual words makes you think that anyone in general who uses violence against certain people for the purpose of political aim is considered a terrorist. However, if you were to image search the term terrorism you pretty much only see Brown men with breads, often wrapped in scarfs. What you don’t see is White men who are indeed terrorist, for example Dylan Roof.
The connection that was made between the Muslim Ban, and the Japanase Americans was that since the Japanese government dropped bombs down, because of that every Japanese American was held responsible just because of what they looked like, and they were treated as such. Muslims were dealing with almost the same exact issue.
Responding to the statement about our imaginations being constrained, I somewhat agree. Most of our worries and fears come from the reports that the media puts out which I feel automatically causes panic and changes your viewpoints. If I’m understanding the last part correctly, I feel as though it somewhat focuses our attention on radicalized threats, but I don’t see that as a huge conflict. In my opinion I think that it is important that everyone is exposed to radicalized issues.
This process can definitely change. In my opinion if we could get people to become more educated on the subject of terrorism that forsure could be a starter. I also feel like the way the news is reported to the world needs to change. Journalist have a big part in how interviews and stories go, it is important that we recognize people for what they really are and Label them correctly instead of stereotyping.
K. McQueen 