The Danger of Neutrality

 

Anna Baltzer the speaker of todays ted talk discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how remaining impartial can really help mistreatment and injustice to continue. Anna talks about how she was on the neutral side, with the Palestine- Israel conflict. She said that Palestinians were getting murdered but also so has Israeli's. so she first thought that she wouldn't support or take sides to either country. after further discussions about the danger of neutrality Anna believes that taking a side is the right thing to do and taking a side in this conflict particularly is the only way it could end.

According to the speaker , neutrality is frequently regarded as a beneficial quality, yet it can also be harmful when it comes to problems with injustice and mistreatment. She claims that in the Israeli-Palestinian issue, remaining neutral lets the Israel continue to mistreat  Palestine without facing consequences.

Anna then explains that the history of the conflict and the continuous brutality that Palestinians have experienced, including the displacement of millions of people from their homes and the continued spread of Israeli settlements into Palestinian territory. She believes that by maintaining their neutrality, people and governments let this abuse continue.

She uses Martin Luther King Jr. as an example in her speech to demonstrate her argument. Anna Baltzer claims that Martin Luther King Jr. did not handle the issue of injustice in a neutral manner. He was a vocal opponent of racial discrimination and segregation. He was convinced that eliminating injustice required not being impartial but rather actively trying to bring change. 

As an Arab, there have been several acts of injustice towards us arabs. I'm sure most of us can agree. going to Europe or a foreign country on a family vacation, knowing how fun its gonna be is the best feeling. As an Arab family, if there was one person in our family with a hijab, suddenly we're all treated differently, not like just any other family. in their point of view, Arabs are terrorists.