Galit Response

Jacques Poirier 01/08/13 Galit-Hasan Article Response In order to make my point, I will skip half way through the article to where I found a mention of “The declaration of the state of Israel.” On page 7 in the top paragraph, an explanation describing in what is simpler terms, says in my interpretation, that Israel is the basis of the history and culture of what was once Palestine solely. At the festival, which was cancelled in Washington DC, I believe it was due to heated debate and arguments between the three religious groups composed between Palestinians and Israelis. Israel claims religious dominance over Palestine which embodies the state of Israel. “Seven species of produce” were described as being defined by the Israeli culture. Also, much later in the article, representation of neighborhoods being in sect with the “Mall” in Washington DC to stem from the borders within Israel give us a hint to how cultural and significant religious values are misconstrued between the two groups (Palestinians and Israelis). Of course financing was the excuse given for not hosting majority of what would be the festival, but inner lying evidence suggests that it was not necessarily the case. The excuse that it was also postponed to a future date definitely clarifies in a non-absolute sense that it was cancelled for reasons within the program responsible for setting up the festival, no particular individual. In the article, the mention of not fully educated 5 star individuals were chosen for participating in certain fields of the event to represent both nations of Israel and Palestine. The event meaning to bring together the two groups was separated by the confusion of falsified facts on both sides claiming religious, cultural and agricultural references to history of Jerusalem and surrounding areas. There were not a lot of historians chosen in the first place that could verify or deny the existence of such facts due to costs of bringing these high paid people over to DC for partaking in the festival. What do we need to do? We need to find better avenues of approach that involve funding for the festival and establishing better connections with respectable figures in future festivals managed by highly non-secular, even slightly prejudice accounted peoples. This is what I believe. Let’s not confuse this with all individuals involved with the festival though. Many did their jobs perfectly, but were not given the right funding and time to perfect it.