Toulmin analysis of 'What is Palestine to you?'

Claim: Americans reading this don't know much about the Palestinian conflict but should know and should be upset about it.

Reasons:
- You are indirectly responsible for the issue.
- You contribute to the suffering of the Palestinians by being uninvolved.
- It is within your power as a citizen to spread awareness and make a difference.

Evidence:

-"You are indirectly responsible for the issue." Americans have elected leaders who do little to nothing that would help the Palestinian people.
-"It is within your power as a citizen to spread awareness and make a difference" If Americans use their freedom of speech they could spread awareness about the issue and put pressure on local leaders to prioritise the conflict.
-"You contribute to the suffering of the Palestinians by being uninvolved" By being indifferent to the issue, Americans are prolonging the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Warrants:

-"You are indirectly responsible for the issue."
 The reader isn't directly involved in the Palestinian issue.

-"It is within your power as a citizen to spread awareness and make a difference"
 The reader is a citizen and is prepared to exercise their right.
The reader has the ability to influence others.

-"You contribute to the suffering of the Palestinians by being uninvolved"
The reader is indifferent to the issue and is uninvolved.

Backing:

-"You are indirectly responsible for the issue." As citizens with the power of free speech and the power to vote, We should be deemed responsible for an issue like this which is almost seven decades old. This is because we have not been concerned with electing representatives that would actually work to fix it.

-"It is within your power as a citizen to spread awareness and make a difference" Free Speech gives you the chance to reawaken people's concern over this issue.

"You contribute to the suffering of the Palestinians by being uninvolved"
Indifference is as bad as contributing to the side against change.

Analysis:

I think in general I do a good job at  convincing my audience that they do not know enough about the issue and should be more aware of their involvement in it. Yet, I think I still wasn't able to convince them that the Palestinians were the people that were truly in the right in this issue. Although many may be uninformed about the Palestinian conflict, most people know that it is a very complicated and convoluted issue that remains to be solved and that there is suffering on both sides. Therefore, the readers might be skeptical if a author would claim that within the conflict, one side is the oppressed and the other is the oppressor. I think I should have made my authority more clear by describing how the Palestinians are suffering.