The Phenomenon of the Oppressed becoming the Oppressor
The dilemma and correlation to indigenous people and ethnic conflict as they struggle to survive and thrive in a world that consistently try to strip them of their dignity and humanity.
He retorted, “Am I My Brother’s Keepers?” rings loud and clear in my ears and in the deepest part of my consciousness as I study and reflect on the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. This was the response given by Cain to God when asked, “Where is your brother?” in the story of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:9). Cain in a jealous rage killed his brother Abel because God accepted Abel’s sacrifice, but rejected Cain’s. The inference to this question was that everyone is to be responsible for how we react to …show more content…
The new Eastern European (Ashkenazi Jews) began settling in Israel in the early 20th century, creating developments of their own by purchasing lands from the indigenous Arab community. However, when the indigenous Palestinian people realized that larger numbers of settlers were entering the country and buying the land, they resisted to the migration seeing this move as a threat by the British administration. This brought about conflict over the years, resulting in violence and a large number of refugees as well as a continual diminished land partitions and access to the Holy sites, originally mapped by the 1947 United Nations (UN) …show more content…
In an effort to get a greater Israel, a number of strategies have been implemented by the Israelis in using the discipline of archeology to “produce evidence of Jewish presence in the land.” “Many modern archaeologists prefer not to use the Bible as a guide,” however the use of other written historical sources in conjunction with the Bible has been vital in verifying historical information. The local indigenous Arabs was another resource that the early archaeologist has to rely on for their cultural knowledge (although this was not totally reliable) to verify the names of many towns, villages, cistern, etc. and to also transcribe them into Arabic. The Biblical stories were told orally through songs, story-telling and poetry passed down from one generation to another until the alphabet was created by the Phoenicians/Canaanites. These events were written hundreds of years after they occurred. The authors then arranged and edited (redacted) the stories for better effect to highlight the point they were making. Archaeologist should not use this discipline of archaeology to manipulate information to favor people or groups who (have the power and resources to) fund these digs for their self-interest, but instead be willing to listen and
The dilemma and correlation to indigenous people and ethnic conflict as they struggle to survive and thrive in a world that consistently try to strip them of their dignity and humanity.
He retorted, “Am I My Brother’s Keepers?” rings loud and clear in my ears and in the deepest part of my consciousness as I study and reflect on the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. This was the response given by Cain to God when asked, “Where is your brother?” in the story of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:9). Cain in a jealous rage killed his brother Abel because God accepted Abel’s sacrifice, but rejected Cain’s. The inference to this question was that everyone is to be responsible for how we react to …show more content…
The new Eastern European (Ashkenazi Jews) began settling in Israel in the early 20th century, creating developments of their own by purchasing lands from the indigenous Arab community. However, when the indigenous Palestinian people realized that larger numbers of settlers were entering the country and buying the land, they resisted to the migration seeing this move as a threat by the British administration. This brought about conflict over the years, resulting in violence and a large number of refugees as well as a continual diminished land partitions and access to the Holy sites, originally mapped by the 1947 United Nations (UN) …show more content…
In an effort to get a greater Israel, a number of strategies have been implemented by the Israelis in using the discipline of archeology to “produce evidence of Jewish presence in the land.” “Many modern archaeologists prefer not to use the Bible as a guide,” however the use of other written historical sources in conjunction with the Bible has been vital in verifying historical information. The local indigenous Arabs was another resource that the early archaeologist has to rely on for their cultural knowledge (although this was not totally reliable) to verify the names of many towns, villages, cistern, etc. and to also transcribe them into Arabic. The Biblical stories were told orally through songs, story-telling and poetry passed down from one generation to another until the alphabet was created by the Phoenicians/Canaanites. These events were written hundreds of years after they occurred. The authors then arranged and edited (redacted) the stories for better effect to highlight the point they were making. Archaeologist should not use this discipline of archaeology to manipulate information to favor people or groups who (have the power and resources to) fund these digs for their self-interest, but instead be willing to listen and