Friday, March 13, 2009
The West Bank Archipelago
While reading a blog of le monde.fr, I came accross the below map. It is a map published by the Atlas 2009 of Le Monde Diplomatique, that depicts the reality of life in the West Bank: cities and villages, seperated by the "Wall", by Israeli colonies, by army check-points. A West Bank that looks more like an archipelago of isolated islands rather than a land where people can decently live.
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so what's your point?
hehehaha
I thought you didn't like censorship!
now everything has to be approved by the blog owner
hahaha
typical
people that can't handle freedom of speech
typical inferior behavior
Et voila la triste carte (la plus exacte et la plus a jour) de l'archipel de Palestine faite par l'ONU:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9a1U9PHd4sc/Rnpadp3fg5I/AAAAAAAAAOw/AxPqwcx7zrM/s1600-h/westbank.gif
A ce week end ;)
so Maya you don't have a point to make? you just posted a map that you copied somewhere?
The conflict at this stage in history is not about maps anymore because the objective of both sides is basically to eliminate the other completely; so the interim maps that will lead to that result are theoretically insignificant nor important
unless one eliminates the other, which is unlikely, the conflict will continue forever... and the maps will continue changing, and territories expanding and shrinking, even overspilling to neighboring countries like Lebanon
It is unlikely that the conflict will be resolved unless the populations and not the governments take matters in their own hands and reconcile, put the past behind them, and accept a fair peace, mentally and territorially
There is a need for new extraordinary leaders from the people on both sides to come together at the same time in history and drive that process - and that's a matter of pure luck and can decide how long such conflict will last
Nathalie,
the map made me realize how far we still are from the 2 states solution. it made me realize that despite the fact that palestinians were given a land, they are still under steep occupation. I honestly did not know that life in the West Bank was so shattered. So the point was to share my finding. I do agree with you that obejctives on both sides are to eliminate the other, and this map is a proof of israel's strategy to do so
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