yesterday I spoke with a student who was explaining the fear of living near the border where the syrian civil war is being fought
in the context of explaining the location he said "that place where the isrealis took"
yikes! how do I respond to this politically charged statement- Jesus Christ!
we all know the problem of "starting a story in the middle" kids in school do it all the time
butch runs to the teacher and says "simon hit me" the teacher immediately acts for the victim and punishes simon- as simon says "but he tried to take my lunch money" and then the teacher says "simon! you are an informer! [=to rat on] I will punish you double for tattling and complaining"
a different teacher would ask butch tell me the story [simon hit me for no reason]and then ask simon his side...
but instead of reminding him the history- that the word "took" and conquer do not describe what happened- [see below]
I focussed on the context- and replied "I understand which place, do you hear explosions there... bla bla"
but for those who do not flee from information there are two relevant details
firstly: after syria shelled civilian villages the syrian army stationed east of lebanon crossed the line southward into Israel on june 6, 1967 crossing the "now beloved and longed for 1949 line" [mistakenly called 1967 see below] and was "repulsed" back to the line- at that point the syrians who had heard that their air force jets as well as egypts air force jets were destroyed, the syrian army could say "enough" and stop the war having been repulsed to the border.
the syrians decided that war must go on... so Israeli troops attacked the syrian postions and as the syrians retreated they refused to end the war until june 10- it was simply a state of war which troops attacking troops until the war ends and the cease-fire of june 10 1967-
therefore when people say they want the 1967 border I say "you mean june 10 1967- right" and they kinda look suspicious "I guess- that would bring peace" and I say the botder of June 10 is the same border as today.
NO!! I mean January 1967- they exclaim in shock and emotion.
then I remind them that- THAT BORDER was the starting point of war in that very year 1967 and not a situation for peace.
if we learn from mistakes we will not "begin" a story in the middle and not enforcfe a border that had a war situation because that situation is NOT PEACE.
similarly in 1973 the syrians violated this cease fire mentioned of june 10 1967 [not for the first time and not the only agreement] and when they "were beaten back to the 1949 border" they could say enough... but the war continued and troops attacked troops for weeks and the syrians were beaten back to the 1967 border and still did not say enough-- the war coulda ended but did not so the troops attacked troops and the war continued until the Israeli army neared the syrian capital city called damascus...
then the syrians ended the war and Israel gave some "back" considering security needs and withdreww troops and the United nations arranged a zone with no weapons called demiliterized between the two armies- and the zone mentioned in the dialogue could be called "the demiliterized zone" which is precise instead of accusing the jew of taking.
but most people are like the first teacher in the story above- remeber the response?
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