New York Times Articles

"The Palestinian Bid for Statehood" matters significantly because for one, it explains in simple terms what happened and what is happening surrounding Jerusalem. The way this article explains it is the Palestinian authority was supposed to be a temporary thing until an agreement was reached but ended up being permanent because no agreement was ever reached. This is helpful to explain how the fighting began, because most average Americans probably wouldn’t know how. Then it goes on to discuss more recent news with the leaders of the Israel and Palestine. Palestine’s leader Mr. Abba refused to negotiate while Israel continued to build on occupied lands. Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli prime minister was less then pleased. Then seeing negotiations were going nowhere, Mr. Abba changes his strategy to seeking UN recognition. This would give them rights that would make getting their lands back much easier. Israel obviously strongly objects. This is important because if Palestine succeeds in becoming a sovereign state, war could possible brake out.

“Beyond Cairo, Israel Sensing A Wider Siege” is very important once again for the general public. This is because although the government may have seen this issue coming I was un aware of the pending disaster that happened that Saturday. This is yet another major conflict in the middle east that the U.S must keep tabs on. While Obama expressed great concern for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone, The U.S has not sent troops over for either side. Then Turkey expelled the Israeli Prime Minister after he refused to apologize for the raiding of a Turkish ship and the killing of two Turkish soldiers by Israeli military was hunting down terrorist suspects. This trio of conflict and resent, in my opinion, will not end soon or without bloodshed.

Both these articles are key because They discuss happenings that could result in another world war and with globalization at its peak and growing the general public needs to know what is going on in the world.