“Israel rebuked for ‘biggest demolition of Palestinian homes in years’ "

The Israeli government allowed their military to destroy what they felt were “illegally built” structures by some Palestinians. Around 73 people total were displayed within the Jordan Valley. Palestine sites it as a breach of the Fourth Genva Conventions, as the Palestinians were allowed self-rule of the West bank in 1967. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict in very complex. It started after the world wars when European powers designated parts of Palestine to Jewish immigrants but neglected to protect the rights of the people already living there. I feel like a lot of people feel strongly about the conflict because of all the things that have happened in the past. I feel like it was not necessary for a creation of a Jewish homeland in a place where the indigenous people are displaced and disenfranchised. I think it speaks a lot to postcolonialism and postcolonialism within Judaism and Christianity itself. I feel that the conflict replicates what happened in the Bible when the Jews came up from Egypt and laid waste the Canaanites, I did a paper over colonialism in the Bible and how it also allows for colonialism in the present day and how it has allowed it in the past. Jena Livesay https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54823660