Probability of a Peace Deal between Israel and Palestine
In the first source presented, United States President Barack Obama urges Israel to stop expanding and maintaining settlements in an effort to form a peace deal between both the Israelis and the Palestinians. The settlements are depicted as lighted cigarettes and consumed in mass quantity, instruments that are detrimental to the smoker’s health; in this case, it is Israel who is oblivious to the situation, as the cartoonist presents. President Obama is depicted as the doctor to the smoker’s problems, and through extrapolation, the world’s problems. It was Israeli foreign policy to build settlements on Israeli claimed territory from the State of Palestine. President Obama and the United States Government, which usually support Israel, are trying to resolve the problem by insisting that Israel halts all settlement activities on these lands. These attempts come in vain however, as Israel is avoiding the issue and exhibiting a political understanding of nationalism. Another ideological perspective presented is that of patriotism, as the President is positively shown to be the authoritative prefect of whom his objective is to impose peace between two states, one of which is clearly sovereign.
The next source addresses three countries previously in conflict with notable historical battles having affected them. Canada has participated in peacekeeping efforts in these countries: Rwanda, Bosnia, and Zaire. But this quotation maintains that his opinion is avoidance to the conflict that happens unless it directly affects the nation. Patriotism is expressed as his unwillingness to put his country into harm by helping other states shows he values his country over others, a true love for his own. A major obstacle that would constitute the “main threat” and lack of influence on “national security interests” would be the willingness to aid a failed, but sovereign state. Canada cannot prevent a civil war from breaking without violating any territorial infringement policies. By
The next source addresses three countries previously in conflict with notable historical battles having affected them. Canada has participated in peacekeeping efforts in these countries: Rwanda, Bosnia, and Zaire. But this quotation maintains that his opinion is avoidance to the conflict that happens unless it directly affects the nation. Patriotism is expressed as his unwillingness to put his country into harm by helping other states shows he values his country over others, a true love for his own. A major obstacle that would constitute the “main threat” and lack of influence on “national security interests” would be the willingness to aid a failed, but sovereign state. Canada cannot prevent a civil war from breaking without violating any territorial infringement policies. By