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Losing Sight of Reality

Losing Sight of Reality. David Selbourne The Spectator 22/7/2006. 1. The Founding of the States of Israel. 1.1 The invasion of the Arabs in AD 70. 1.2 The migration of the Jews back to the Holy Land. 1.3 The guerrilla wars between the Jews and the Palestinians.

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Losing Sight of Reality

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  1. Losing Sight of Reality David Selbourne The Spectator 22/7/2006

  2. 1. The Founding of the States of Israel 1.1 The invasion of the Arabs in AD 70. 1.2 The migration of the Jews back to the Holy Land. 1.3 The guerrilla wars between the Jews and the Palestinians. 1.4 The founding of the States of the Israel in 1948. For details, read Exodus.

  3. 2. The Middle East Wars 2.1 The 1st Middle East War in 1948—ended in the defeat of the Arabian Union. 2.2 The 2nd Middle East War in 1956—Israel expanded its control. 2.3 The 3rd Middle East War in 1964—Israel defeated Syria and Jordan. 2.4 The 4th Middle East War in 1967—Israel controlled the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. 2.5 The 5th Middle East War in 1973—Egypt took back the Sinai Peninsular. 2.6 The 6th Middle East War in 1982—Israel occupied South Lebanon.

  4. 3. Conflicts between the West and the Arabians 3.1 1098-1291: two Crusades by the West. 3.2 1453-1683: the rise of the Ottoman Empire. 3.3 1783-1912: Britain and France controlled the Middle East. 3.4 1914-1936: Britain and France drew the borders of the modern Middle East. 3.5 1945-1989: Confrontation between US and USSR in the Middle East. 3.6 1989—Now: Confrontation between US, Israel and the Muslim world.

  5. 4. Troubled Areas in the World 4.1 The Middle East. 4.2 Afghanistan. 4.3 Iraq and Iran. 4.4 Chechnya. 4.5 The Horn of Africa. 4.6 Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.

  6. 5. Main Ideas Para. 1 to 5: Context of the war between Israel and the Hezbollah—the irrationality on both sides. Para. 6 to 8: The invasion of Lebanon and the futile peace-making effort—conflicts not reconsilable. Para. 9 to 13: Comments—geopolitics of the war with Muslims worldwide—conflict of the rival powers. Para. 14 to 15: Comments—consequences of the war—anti-Americanism worldwide. Para. 16 to 21: Analysis—the division and confusion in the US and the determination of the Muslims to defeat the US. Para. 22 to 23: Final comment—the war with Islam will ultimately be lost.

  7. 6. Questions for discussion • Are the Middle East conflicts political or religious? Why? • Why does the author say that the war with Islam will ultimately be lost? • What are the best solutions to the Middle East conflicts?

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