tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31208340.post7009667125263735888..comments2023-05-06T15:53:16.227+03:00Comments on Israeli Mom: Some more Thoughts about the ConflictAnneMosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15106023892552600731noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31208340.post-49881723944343298272008-05-11T17:36:00.000+03:002008-05-11T17:36:00.000+03:00This is an excellent post. I've written a number s...This is an excellent post. I've written a number similar posts in the past.<BR/><BR/>As long as people on both sides continue to refuse to accept that we are dealing with two narratives and two peoples that both deserve to exist, we will never be able to move forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31208340.post-34922472229323004052008-05-11T14:25:00.000+03:002008-05-11T14:25:00.000+03:00I agree. The narratives begin long before 1948, at...I agree. The narratives begin long before 1948, at least the Zionist one does (not to mention the Jewish one, one long narrative that one!).<BR/><BR/>I think history is a respected scientific discipline and historians can and do research the documents and testimonials trying to see which is which in the narratives (actual historic events vs. myths). Their research should and does slowly effect the narratives too, and that's a good thing. My point is we shouldn't disregard the other side's narrative even if it's not historically accurate, but understand its place in the national psyche and work with that.AnneMosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106023892552600731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31208340.post-35537069425163745452008-05-11T06:01:00.000+03:002008-05-11T06:01:00.000+03:00I only have two comments, the first is that the gr...I only have two comments, the first is that the greatest piece of "cherry picking" taking place is beginning the narrative in 1948. The scene was set by what came before, and they are events including massacres, the refusal to accept a fair partition of Palestine which would have served the self-determination of both groups .. and so many things the Arab narrative can't tolerate that led to 1948, and the now familiar two narratives. If we are in the business of trying to understand, can we ignore a large part of recorded history because we don't like it. I think not.<BR/><BR/>My second comment is that history is vital in understanding what part of a narrative truly happened, what part is fictional invention, and what part is cherry-picked reality. There is a vast difference between understanding that a narrative is somebody's truth, and accepting it as having actually happened that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com