21st Century Jerusalem

Yesterday was the last day of class! The research papers were due by the end of class so that was pretty stressful. But basically today's class was all about the current day Jerusalem.  It was pretty much talking about the dominance of Western power over Israel.  We kind of bombard them with Western influence.  Professor Cargill went through a timeline starting from 2000 to the present day, emphasizing important wars and attacks, such as the September 11th attack.  After that day, Israel began the construction of the West Bank barrier, in an attempt to distinguish and separate themselves.  I attached a picture of the barrier in the beginning.  Banksy, a contemporary political activist artist, actually did pieces on Israeli rights concerning apartheid, independence, and the barrier. I thought this was relevant, especially after the crayon graffiti left in Westwood.  His work is so inspirational.  I attached some of those too. But anyways, the remainder of class was discussing the issue of Israel and Jerusalem as a part of a individual, two state, or three state party.  The independence of Israel from overpowering rule, especially Palestine, is currently an issue.  We'll see where this goes. Its been a cool quarter!

{Beautiful}

{Banksy's interpretations of a "paradise" on the outside}

{Banksy in our very own Westwood!}