Read the following article regarding Thomas Friedman's current thoughts about the situtation between the Palestinians and Israelis. The article is entitled "Time For Radical Pragmatism", written on Jun 4, 2008 in The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/opinion/04friedman.html?scp=27&sq=thomas%20friedman%20and%20israel&st=cse
Focus on the two concepts of "radical pragmatism" and "energy shortage" in his essay.
Be ready to answer six Reading for Information style questions on a Class Server Quiz Wed. morning.
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i don't know if this is the right article. i think thomas friedman is trying to say that the israeli/palestinian war is on a border line. he thinks that the israeli people are pretty much looking for a reason to put something over the palestinians.yes he understands that some people thought it was there for protection from bombers, but the palestinians see it as a gesture of war therfore friedman wrote"The trust deficit is exacerbated by the fact that after Israel quit the Gaza Strip in 2005, Palestinians, instead of building Singapore there, built Somalia and focused not on how to make microchips, but on how to make rockets to hit Israel.". it wasn't a choice everyone could make.
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