bitterlemons: what kind of name is that for a website?! :)

HELLO! Krystal here :) holler! This whole blogging thing is so innovative! I know my elders have this misconception that because I was born anytime after 1985 that I should know everything about computers and the internet. This is TOTALLY FALSE! I'm not computer illiterate or anything, but I find technical things about the internet like making links to be a bit difficult. Anyway, I didn't want to just JUMP RIGHT IN to my blog without some tye of "shpeal" of my thoughts on blogs.

I read an articles from the bitterlemons website about unilateral declaration of independence for Palestine. 2 of the most top senior leaders have expressed their expectation of this declaration whether the decision is reached out of failure of bilateral negotiations of a 2 year state or as a proposal of a two year Palestinian constitution. The issue of what Israel will decide to do if peace negotiations fail and the Palestinian government converts from what has been dubbed "de juro state apparatus" (by way of institution building) to a de juro territory still remains. The question you need you need to ask yourself is if the world and United Nations will recognize Palestinian UDI (unilateral declaration of independence). Although it has not in the past, speculation suggests that if Israel is blamed for failed negotiations then Palestine would in fact gain widespread independence and acceptance. Once the dust settles after the negotiations have failed (from an Israeli perspective) Israel will most likely be forced to accept "conditional recognition to a self declared independence".

In terms of discussing the reliability, I did find the article to be reliable as the author was the former director of the Jeffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. The other seemed objective but also had an accusatory tone when speaking out negotioations in terms of Israel. I feel like I received accurate details of the situation in question and received accurate places to find further resources if needed. Although I trust the validity of the author I still found it odd that he was almost sure Israel would reject any peace effort brought forth by Palestine.... AND HE'S ISRAELI. This view is in no way nationalist and had a negative tone. Overall, I found it to be informative and educational. It was not particularly easy to read, but after re-reading it a few times I was able to decipher the message and different political leaders mentioned. I don't feel like the author used anything to catch my attention in the beginning which is another reason why i found it to be dry reading material. However, becuse he jumped right into the topic, his reliability was affirmed.