tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post5170459224168420438..comments2024-03-22T10:56:23.359+02:00Comments on Land and People: ولك تفو...Rami Zuraykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644937988631864952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-77688320456940666282010-06-25T12:55:26.804+03:002010-06-25T12:55:26.804+03:00JK: You seem to be pretty sure of what the teacher...JK: You seem to be pretty sure of what the teacher's aim was although the school did not put these arguments forward. Understandably: no one would have believed it. It is simply risible. If you knew Lebanon you would understand why.Rami Zuraykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644937988631864952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-7050303205463476932010-06-25T03:57:31.942+03:002010-06-25T03:57:31.942+03:00It is important to understand the Israeli side (ou...It is important to understand the Israeli side (our constructed "ennemy"). Continuing to promote the myth of a disneyfied (all-evil, purely maleficient) otherness is not a productive approach to the conflict.<br /><br /> This schoolteacher should be congratulated for thinking ouside the box (your box) when looking at the conflict. <br /><br /> Moreover, it is unlikely that she was trying to generate sympathy for the israeli narrative, but merely to understand what that narrative is - future generations HAVE to understand the israeli narrative if we are to engage with them meaningfully in a putative peace process. <br /><br />I wish i had an arabic keyboard so i can express myself more eloquently.Jad Khalilnoreply@blogger.com