tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12578190.post3154092527999855864..comments2014-12-01T06:32:01.453-05:00Comments on Alex Speaks: New: Israel is taking land from Palestinians!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12578190.post-22913226703104664972006-11-22T03:25:00.000-05:002006-11-22T03:25:00.000-05:00A big part of this, I believe, is that to explain ...A big part of this, I believe, is that to explain what is going, to get people to care, you have to tell a *story*. It has to be a simple story, and when there's a lot of history involved the message will never be fully communicated to those beyond academic circles. We live in soundbite reality. When we are told a story of repeated random acts of violence against people peacefully going about their business, that is a story - a tragic story, but a story which resonates. It helps that the people being attacked live in cities resembling our own, have a quality of life comparable to our own, for then we can relate.<br /><br />But how do we tell the other story? 40% of settlements are privately owned by Palestinians, regrettably, is not a narrative story; it a fact, a very tragic one. The story of a land stolen and a people displaced would certainly work if it had not been so savagely and unfairly attacked. So how do we tell the story of the present? How do you explain an inflicted poverty, the result of systems of oppression, without invoking history and developing complexity? I don't know, but I believe that's what a solution will require - each side must be able to tell its story.Karl Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718050091013713562noreply@blogger.com