Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

on September 15, 2011 by Walt Dilg

"Israeli/Palestinian Conflict"

Today at the UMW Interest Group meeting, I had the opportunity to speak about our trip to the Holy Land.  Members of our church did this trip through Educational Opportunities near the start of this year.  It was a marvelous time.  Never pass up a trip to the Holy Land is you can go.  It is powerful.  

As I began the program, we considered the current conflict and I mentioned a book that speaks a new voice about the "current roots" of that conflict, the ethic cleansing of Palestine.  It's another voice that adds important information into the mix of the "how did we get here?" discussion.  I was a bit foggy on the title, so I include it here.  The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappe.  This is a very important read to add perspective to the dynamic confussion that swirled around at the start of Israel and how behaviors then might be affecting realities now.