A New Solution to the Mideast Conflict

Watch this slide show...you can get all the whole problem in a nutshell.

This is from the last page of the presentation:

Help us solve the dilemma.
If you have a real solution, please email it to:
for-peace@morell.co.il

by Motti Morell

So, clearly all credits go to this Motti Morell. Of course, it would be nicer of them to put the credits on the Front Page...

The slide show was generally accurate. There is a sizeable group of Palestinian leaders whose only message, and very raison d'etre, is to stir hatred towards the only democracy in the Middle East.

But the truth is, there are also Jewish leaders who openly advocate mass deportations and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, even use of weapons of mass destructions against them. You can find such posters right here in FR. There are even posters who purport to be Christian, yet argue for ethnic cleansing.

The solution, actually, is simple to anyone who has read the New Testament, and reflected upon the message of Jesus the savior: search a way for peaceful co-existence, even with your enemies.

Give the Palestinians a state, put a wall around it, and let the new government know that Israel is willing to live in peace with any nation that is willing to reciprocate that sentiment.

Let the Jewish settlers know that they have chosen to relocate into a land that was under military occupation, and if they choose to continue to stay there, they will be under the rule of a sovereign nation.

Israel's military might has clearly convinced Jordan and Egypt to live peacefully with her. Even Lebanon is cutting back on its terrorist activities.

If the new Palestinian state lives peacefully, her citizens can eventually benefit from trade and tourism with Israel, which is a free and prosperous nation populated by mostly generous, peace-loving, and conscientious people. In the past, Israelis have even offerd to send aid to earthquake victims in Moslem nations like Turkey, and even Iran!

If given peace, the Israelis will be a more generous, productive, and helpful neighbor to the Palestinians than any Arab nation ever could be.

But if the new Palestinian state becomes a launch pad for savage mortar and rocket attacks against Israel, the leaders of the Palestinian state should be prepared to pay with their lives. Simple as that.

What you said, was the road of Oslo. Even better, no walls, come in and work if you want! Israel was even collecting taxes and was passing them to PA in amounts exceeding $500 mln/year. Oslo was designed to have the Palestinian state at the end of the gradual transition, with more land at each step. Settlements would eventually be removed, as they WERE removed form Sinai after the Camp-David agreement with Egypt. They were uprooted and moved out, despite their protests. Barak was elected for "peace" if you remember. About half of Jews in Israel supported Oslo all-the-way. With peaceful PA proving the point, another half would be convinced or voted over. (They do vote there, as you know, including Israeli Arabs). The settlements are not an obstacle on the great scale of events, just an excuse.

And, how about accelerated peace talks at the Clinton's last hours: Everything was theirs for taking, but Arafat could not take YES for the answer.

I don't want to sound like I always agree with Israel. They had enough of stupid moves as I see that. But the key point was always this: don't touch us, we won't touch you. When did Israel live without a threat from Arabs? Never. It was posted around here somewhere: even now majority of Israeli Jews would support establishment of Palestinian state; majority of Palestinians support suicide bombings.

You decide.

I don't want to be defending the Palis here. I simply believe all humans are entitled to live with dignity, liberty, and self-rule in their birthplace, and a US ally should not be in the business of depriving people of these rights through military occupation.

Having a no-wall Pali State that cooperates with Israel in taxing is not a good idea. I simply don't trust the Palis enough. I say give the Palis a state, put a wall around it, and let them know that so long as the new state is not a launch pad for terrorist actions, their leaders need not fear for their lives from Israeli retaliatory strikes.

If they behave, in due time, Israel, through her democratic process, can decide to extend work visas, perhaps subject to passing rigorous background and/or polygraph checks.

The settlements are not an excuse. I believe all humans have a right to live with dignity, liberty, and self-rule in the land in which they were born. The dignity component means that they don't have to deal with immigrants coming in and enjoying more rights than they do, backed by an army that is occupying their land, running checkpoints, controlling their lives, with zero accountability to them.

In the US, we have armed people who have the right to detain and arrest us (aka police). But they are accountable to us through the judicial process (we can sue them) the political process (We can vote out their chief) and the legislative process (we can pass laws to restrict their power). On top of that, we have the right to bear arms.

Imagine if the armed police had no such accountability to us, we had no right to bear arms, and the armed police kept bringing immigrants into our country.

We wouldn't like it, would we?

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