CAT 1

I'm in my CAT 1 class right now and I noticed that I will need to blog 2 events I have to attend later this quarter. So I thought, hey, I already have an English blog. Why not use it?

Iraqi (ex)-President Saddam Hussein: Speech to the Arab Cooperation Council

The late Saddam Hussein gave a speech to the Arab Cooperation Council (1990), suggesting that the Arab nations work together to combat Israel, Zionism, the United States, and other such things. Hussein elaborates upon this point by explaining how the Arab nations are stronger when united, and weaker when divided. Hussein wishes for a pan-Arab alliance in order to combat the seemingly indestructible country of Israel. Hussein is obviously aiming this at the Council he is speaking to, and does so in a formal tone.

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U.S. Secretary of State James Baker: Five-Point Plan

James Baker, in his plan, "Five-Point Plan" states that the United States wishes to aid the peace process in the middle-east. Baker supports this idea by explaining that the U.S.A. understands Israel's and Egypt's goals and points of view, and that the U.S.A. is calling a meeting for peace. The Secretary of State wishes to make clear that the United States does understand what is happening in order to hopefully have a peace process start within the next two weeks following the release of this Five-Point Plan. Baker's audience is quite obviously Egypt and Israel, or more specifically, their leaders and delegates.

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Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser: Speech at UAR Advanced Air Headquarters

Gamal Abdel Nasser, the president of Egypt during the six-day war, issued a speech (1967), in which he claims that Egypt and the Islamic Alliance should fight an aggressive war against Israel. Nasser uses several techniques to support his point, including invoking pity (i.e. that no one supports the Arabs), using rhetorical questions, pathos, and other common rhetorical techniques. The purpose of his speech is to garner support from Arabs in the Islamic alliance in order to achiever his call to arms against Israel. The Egyptian President aims for this speech to be read by every Arab that is touched by the Islamic alliance.

Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban: Speech at the Special Assembly of the United Nations

Abba Eban, the Israeli prime minister during the period of the six-day war, formulated a speech (1967) in which he defends Israel's right to exist and its right to defend itself from aggressive Arab attack. The support for this point is derived from anti-Israel quotes from leaders of the Arab side and also a brief history of Israel's difficult past (which may have been overly dramatized). Eban's purpose in this speech is to spread the idea that Israel has a right to self-defense from an aggressive act of violence that stems from the Islamic Alliance. Eban establishes a formal relationship with his intended audience of the western world.
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Summary of Palestinian Liberation Organization's Draft Constitution

In 1963, the Palestinian Liberation Organization wrote a draft Constitution for the potential-future country of Palestine. The Constitution laid out, in a simplistic style using very little logos, pathos, or ethos, its plans. I say that it used very little pathos, ethos, and logos because the Constitution does not explain where its support comes from; it simply lays out the plans with no extra description, support, data, or evidence. In addition to establishing the main Organization, the Constitution also creates 8 sub-committees that are to help the principal organization function. Other important things that the Constitution outlines are the sources of financial backing and representation of Arab countries containing 10,000+ Palestinians in the Organization. The Constitution, however, does not state any of the Organization's goals, talk about a potential state of Palestine, nor address the on-going Israel-Palestine conflict.

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The Arab Case for Palestine

In its documented evidence, "The Arab Case for Palestine" (1946), The Arab Office explains that the Arabs of Palestine cannot and shall not be ruled by the Jews. The Office elaborates on this point by explaining why Zionism has had tremendous setbacks on the establishment of an Arab state of Palestine. The Arab Office's goal in creating this document is for Palestine to not be controlled by a Jewish majority in order to have a Muslim majority in power in the future state of Palestine. The formal tone used in the document is probably aimed towards the United Nations.

Anglo-American Committee's Recommendations and Comments

The official Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, whose job it was to examine post-WWII Jews' statuses in Axis countries, issued a list of recommendations and comments, "Recommendations and Comments" (1946), that argued for a new secular state in the Middle East needs to be created. The Committee explains that the Jewish refugees need a place to go, but the Palestinian Arabs need to feel comfortable in their state. The purpose of these recommendations and comments is to help establish laws for the future state of the Palestine in order to create a smooth transition into the new state once Great Britain pulls its troops out of it. The tone is formal and political, as it should be for this type of document.

Conclusion about Future Government of Palestine

The United Nations General Assembly, in their report "Resolution on the Future Fovernment of Palestine (Partition Resolution)" (1947), explained the process of transition into the independence of Palestine. The Assembly did so by explaining every stage between the British pulling out of Palestine to Palestine's independence. The purpose of the report is to help create a smooth transition between Britain-controlled Palestine and Palestinian-controlled Palestine in order to create a peaceful state of Palestine so that the rest of the world can be at ease. The intended audience is the people who currently lived in Palestine, along with Great Britain.

Israel's Declaration of Independence

The State of Israel published their "Proclamation of Independence" (1948), declaring that Israel was now a new, independent, Jewish state. The Nation of Israel bolstered its points by explaining why it had a right to its independence. The purpose of this piece is for other nations to recognize Israel as an autonomous, independent, and sovereign state, in order to avoid wars and conflicts with other nations. Israel intended for the entire world to read its Proclamation of Independence.

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The White Paper

The British Government, in its document, "The White Paper" (1939), stated that the Jews should be limited in the proposed state of Palestine. The author elaborates their main point by explaining how the Jews will be limited in terms of immigration, population, property, etc. The purpose of this document is to lay out rules for the future state of Palestine in order to have no conflicts arise between the Jews and Arabs in the future (as if). The intended audience of this article is the general public.

Zionist reaction to the White Paper

The Jewish Agency for Palestine, in its response paper, "Zionist Reaction to the White Paper", explains that it disagrees with many of the proposed British policies for the Jews in Palestine. The agency uses a mainly pathos argument explaining that the laws set out by the British would result in a new ghetto in the home state of the Jews. The obvious purpose of this article is to dissuade the British government of passing the laws explored in the White Paper. The agency's audience thus is the British government.