On Cnn.com in the world sections, i found an interesting article written by Izzy Lem berg. The article was touching base on an ongoing issue regarding Israeli settlements into the Gaze Strip. What is happening is that Israel government has come under pressure from the International community to stop building and extending settlements. Many people who are currently living in settlements are complaining about this. Claiming that these communities are being extended so that the community as hole can benefit from it. In the pictures they show kids and parents together building their local community. Local people are stopping inspectors or anyone attempting to put an end to the construction of new buildings.
The issue here is Israeli government is being criticized for allowing its people to take advantage of the cheap land, or land that is cheap and can be renovated.
What I believe Locke respond would be that, if someone in plants his own labor whether is be renovating old buildings, or taking land that is in not in use and using it is good thing. The local community is benefiting from local investment. People in the local town are being employed for their labor and in receiving a form of payment in coin. All the land surrounding us is meant for the common use of all. What Locke claim is that land as long as it's being used and not being left to spoil it's ok. Like the settlers in West Bank why shouldn't they be angry; if so much time and effort went into building this community, why should it not be able to expand if it is doing well. From this i say Locke would not like the idea of ban being put on land not being put into use, the land is worth more if it put into use.
This is a great article in relation to our discussions in class. Like you said, Locke would be for the people in this argument. The main thing that Locke is against is waste. The Israeli Government is doing the right thing by allowing the people to tend the land and put it into a better use than when it was just sitting there. Locke would be very angry at those inspectors trying to stop the construction of new buildings. He says that it is a sin to let land just sit and go to waste. These inspectors have no right to let the land sit there in waste and to prevent others from instilling their labor into the land. I think its great that the Israeli Government is allowing people to tend to the land. Not only is it eliminating the wastefulness that Locke despises, but it is, like you said, allowing for a source of income for these people. These people seem to be struggling for basic necessities in life and by being allowed to put in the work and to get paid for it allows them to obtain the basic necessities they need to survive.
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