Assignment

1. Need 250 words or more

(a) Seeing things from different points of view:  Briefly study the issues on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict.   How would you defend your position as an Arab who is angry at Israel?  How would you defend your position as an Israeli that supports anti-Palestinian policies? (b) Do you think the Arab-Israeli conflict is solvable?  What steps should be taken to solve it?    

2. Need 250 words or more

(a) When did the twentieth century end and the twenty-first century begin? Why? (b) What major themes characterize the twenty-first century so far?  What are the biggest challenges facing our world today?