Anthropology Report

International affair is about war and peace, wealth and poverty, power and change. It helps us understand the relationship between the governments of different countries and between their citizens. For our project I am responsible for researching about politics and religions of both Israeli and Palestine. While my group members are researching about the current situations as well as the foreign involvement and economy, I will dig deep into the root and approach the issue by finding the difference in both countries' religions and how their belief lead to the current conflict.

In Palestinian's perspective, they have been invaded, expelled ,went through adversities just to preserve their liberty and co-exist with the government who is responsible for their lost – Israel. The Jewish Israel, on the other hand , also struggle to find their own peace. After years of being mistreated and eradicated by Hitler and years of wandering, they finally came back to their ancestor's land just to face the risk of being gotten rid of in the world's map by their neighbor countries. In other to understand the root of the conflict, one must date back to the religious history between both countries. The Land of Canaan is written in Jewish's Hebrew bible that it is given by God to the Israeli. In contrast, Muslims also claim rights to the land according to their Qu'ran. “ The book of Genesis says God then spoke to Abraham in Canaan, saying: "To your offspring, I will give this land." ( The Seattle Times )”. Abraham had 2 sons : Isaac whom the Jewish claim descent from and Ishmael whom Muslims descend from. It is understandable now that both countries have right to inherit the land from their ancestor. The conflict is heated when England decided to separate 1/3 Palestine to found Israel government. It is reasonable for the Jewish to fight for their right to live in their Holy land after years of being harassed, but in my point of view, the Israel government has taking it too...