Cover Letter
As I am writing this research paper, I am keeping in mind the many martyrs that have come out of this genocide. I continue to see horrific things on social media. Recently I saw a newborn blown up, their organs on the left side of their torso are showing. Their left arm was completely blown off, the only thing there was their left hand. The baby was peacefully in slumber, they died a martyr baby. His or her life was cut short because of this genocide. The Israeli occupation decided when that baby’s life was over, that has to be a war crime. My writing process was interesting, I would be writing my research paper and getting carried away with social media only to be on Instagram “researching” the different secondary sources that were being posted. The only difference was that the posts were biased because they were coming from pro-Palestinian supporters. From this research paper, I want to receive constructive feedback on what areas needs to be expanded on. What thoughts of mine that I should expand on and stretch to bring out more importance to. Using the sources, I want to be able to expand on certain topics throughout the research paper to strengthen my reasoning and purpose for the writing of this research paper. The reason I wrote this research paper was to bring awareness to the people of the wrongs being done to a certain group of people without bringing biased opinions to play. One type of feedback I would want from you is whether you caught any biased opinions throughout my research paper. I would also like to know if you would like to add any essential facts into the paper that would make the information much stronger. I hope to receive critical feedback which will help enhance my research paper. If there is any source that seems non-reliable, I would like to know that way I can fix it and input a better source that will help justify the purpose of my research paper. At the end of the day, this research paper is made with respect towards everyone. This paper’s purpose was not to bash anyone or slander anyone, but to show what a certain group has done. It is not my intention at all to say that anyone apart of that group is let’s say a terrorist. Just because you believe in a religion or are a part of a cultural community does not mean you are a bad person who also believes in the negative aspects of a religion that most of us run into. This research paper was purely to notify the public about what is ongoing in the world, to stay woke and educated about this world that way we have a voice in the topic and can elaborate and participate in whats right.
Research Paper Draft
ABSTRACT
The recent genocide, or others may like to say, the conflict between Israel and Palestine, continue to go on. There is only so much civilians can do miles away from the initial conflict. The sole purpose of this research paper is to analyze the wrongdoings, and war crimes that has been brought to attention to the world. Now, many people have their own opinions, that is where this research paper comes in. This research paper will help to expose the parts of Israeli actions towards Palestinians, and the effects that it has caused throughout the world. Innocent muslims are being targeted, doxxed, and exploited for just being muslim. For someone to be living in a place like America, and being harmed in such way because of their religion, it brings back the dogma of 9/11. Currently, this ongoing issue has affected many, whether they are two feet from the disasters, or hundreds of miles away. Because of the perspective of society, the ability to acknowledge how many miles Palestine is from United States is not available, but that serves as one more reason to be woke about this ongoing conflict.
INTRODUCTION
In the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the resilient spirit of the Palestinian people shines light on a path to justice and self-determination that cannot go on as disregarded. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a complex and deep-rooted conflict that obliges a justifiable and egalitarian solution, which should most importantly be powerfully built on putting into perspective the rights and self-determination of the currently oppressed Palestinian people. This conflict that has risen has caused immense suffering and instability in the region. This problem has not just risen, but it has been a conflict from the past. The upholding of fundamental rights and self-determination of the Palestinian population has been tied along with it. The focus of this research paper is to delve into the historical and contemporary aspects of the conflict, examining the deep-rooted causes, ongoing sufferings, hardships, and challenges, and potential paths towards a just and egalitarian solution that puts the aspirations of the Palestinian people to respect.
METHOD
Many people had agreed to giving interviews on their opinions for such disasters going on in the world. Shortly after, the decision to have an open discussion about the opinions of people who care deeply about the wrongdoings, they were suddenly cut off of their chance to do so. (McGreal, paragraph 56) “There had been a shift in public opinion in the United States toward a more open discussion of Palestinian lives under occupation.” Similarly, many muslim americans and many other muslims around the world have been harmed due to them just simply believing in a religion. (Burns, paragraph 4), “Across the country, community organizers and activists are reporting an uptick in harassment and threats of violence against Palestinians, muslim communities, or anyone perceived to be an Arab.” In all, those who want to speak out in support of Palestine, and those who are muslim, similarly to those in Palestine are all being oppressed and treated differently, and even being harmed for their strong opinions.
Across the texts, I am seeing that Muslims are being treated unfairly and unjust. There is no sense of humanity left for Palestine to receive from Israel, and many pro-Israeli supporters around the world. Because of so much violence so far away from us, there is still violence sprouting here and there in the states. Hate crimes are becoming more popular as Muslims are targeted and told they are this and that. Many have said that this goes back to the 9/11 dogma. That the hate they are receiving right now feels like the hate they received during 2001. Muslims are being doxxed online just by going to school and coming back from, being exploited because of something that is going on miles away with a conflict that they did not cause. People are being wronged, oppressed, due to their beliefs in a religion. The immaturity that doxxing and targeting muslims gives off miles away from the initial place(s) of conflict shows that society as a whole does not know how to maturely interpret the situation at hand. The relationship between the two texts shows that there is a biased, our first constitution as humans is being violated, and our safety as a Muslims, and pro-Palestinian supporters are being jeopardized. The Guardian article written by McGreal extends into the WHYY article written by Burns. It accentuates how even in America people are being oppressed my eliminating their rights to freedom of speech and our safety.
The two passages reiterate on how many peoples rights to freedom of speech are being taken away because they are pro-Palestinian. That leads on to our safety being compromised and exploited because of the fact that we support or believe in a religion or a group of people that we choose to support. That is our opinion and we are not oppressing those who are pro-Israeli, there have been little to no news on someone who is pro-Israeli being doxxed or harmed in any way. That goes to show the immaturity and toxicity level of pro-Israeli supporters and believers. The fact that there has been little to no harm being done to pro-Israeli supporters which gives a glimpse of how pro-Palestinian supporters are dealing with the situation. It is most important to emphasize that not only is Palestine being oppressed but those who choose to side with Palestine, in a different country, are feeling the same unsafe conditions that Palestinians are feeling, just at a different level of unsafe conditions. The stance taken upon is that one may believe that it is outrageous, the fact that muslims all around the world have to stay in fear of being exploited and doxxed or harmed because of something going on between two countries in the middle east.
RESULTS
Till this day, Gaza’s death toll has exceeded 10,000 this month. The genocide going on has been yearning for a call to an end immediately. Yet there have been no steps taken to ending the genocide. The terror being caused in Palestine has caused many to lose their loved ones, their everyday lives. It has knocked many children and adults off their everyday lives and onto the wrecked streets of Palestine. Some 24,000+ Palestinians in Gaza remain injured. According to the hospitals in Palestine, all intensive care unit patients have passed away. As this research paper is being typed, there are a couple thousand children under the rubble of many bombed buildings. They are presumed to have passed away. Many are being found, there has been a state where a Palestinian mother works with Palestinian officials to recognize the remains of her child, piece by piece. Israel has no remorse, no sorrow for this, the level of humanity they have left is zero. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 11,000 and many more have died as martyrs because of the genocide at hand.
The amount of Israeli’s that have passed away because of this conflict is incomparable with who have died and are Palestinian. For every 7 Israeli’s, 55 Palestinians have died. The ratio of Israeli’s to Palestinian’s who have lost their lives is 7:55. This data is important, it shows that Palestine has no way of fighting back, they have been oppressed. Israel has the upper hand in the situation, whereas Palestine is at a stop. The knowledgeable thing to do would be to find a solution rather than plan to wipe out a whole country. But they do not understand this, the very few Israeli supporters that continue to support this are the only support they receive. Quite honestly, they do not care how they get what they want, even if it means being seen as the enemy throughout the world. Israel and its oppressing techniques have gone way out of hand, what is most important is to stay knowledgeable about the innocent children they are martyring day by day. They have no sympathy for the children, who are innocent and trying to make it out of their childhood days. They will never be able to understand or comprehend why their lives were cut so short. As the media has said, “there may be bombs high up in the air bombing these innocent muslims, but always remember that Allah SWT is above those bombs, witnessing everything”. It is clear to the naked eye, who is in power, and who is causing the most harm. Palestine has no way of fighting back while the innocent civilians are dying. To make matters worse, 21 out of 35 (60%) hospitals are out of service. 198 medical staff, 39 journalists, 3,545+ men, 3,027+ women, and 4,506+ children have been martyred. 1,500 children, and 1,200 adults missing under the rubble of potentially their own homes, which were once the walls that protected them from the outside world. Since October 7th, all of these people have had their lives cut short. Over 32,516 Palestinians have passed away, 50,000 pregnant women in need, and about 183 births per day.
CONCLUSION
Throughout the creation of this piece of research, there has always been hope that by the end of this research paper there will be a solution. For over a month now things have been getting worse over time. More and more people are losing their value of life, many are on the streets in fear. Many muslims are being a person of interest to be harmed and doxxed because of simply believing in a faith that is under attack somewhere miles away. Those who think this is the perfect way to deal with the sitaution is wrong. If looked at the data of how many Israeli’s affected by hate crimes in the US versus those who are Pro-Palestinian, or even just muslim, you will see that muslim hate crimes have risen. Muslims have gone as far as to say that they feel the 9/11 dogma that was dealt with back in the 2000s. Just as people have started to just move on from the disaster of 9/11, there has been something yet again to have an “excuse” to blame muslims as a whole.
If one can bring out more hate crimes done to Israeli’s than that hav been done to Palestinians, there would be a significance, but that is not the case. You can clearly see that Pro-Palestinians understand that there is nothing to be done aside from having faith and belief and praying for a solution to come to hand. How can those who want this to end put it to and end? It was a goal to have a solution to the problem before this research paper was finished. But there has not been anything so far, just many more people being martyred, muslims fearing their safety will be taken away from them even though they are miles away from the actual conflict at hand. Our prayers stay with Palestine, as that is the only thing that we can do aside from create our voice and expand it for others to gain knowledge from and possibly change their views on the situation.
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