Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Agreeable Two State Solution

So I was looking through headlines on Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper source (just to get all of the perspectives) and I came across an extremely interesting one, titled "A Palestinian Peace Israelis Can Live With." In this peace plan, the writer talks about Ray Hanania, a Palestinian-American that does stand up comedy and is married to a Jewish woman. Ray Hanania is the one that presents the following Two State Solution, that I'm sure can work great for both sides, and is so simple, that it may just work. These are the following outlines:

Hamas should be disarmed, and not be allowed in Palestinian governments, as well as the Jewish settlers should be disarmed.

Settlements can remain, in exchange for the same area of land that was used by Israel to build these settlements returned to the Palestinians in another part of the state.

Jerusalem is a shared city that has joint police, should contain an Arab presence.

Right of return to lands before 1948 is abolished and funding to Palestinian families that lost their home shall be made through the United Nations, Israel and surrounding countries.

Israelis should offer compassion and apology for the Palestinians

Funding for Jews that fled from Arab countries as well.

The West Bank wall shall be torn down or moved to the correct borders of the state until trust could be established between the two neighbors
All political parties should eliminate language that denies each other's existence, and that an Israeli map finally has Palestine present on their, as well as a Palestinian map having Israel present.

A subway system shall be built between the West Bank and Gaza.

For every Jew that wants to live in the West Bank, a Palestinian may live in Israel.

Jews living in Palestine can only vote Israeli elections and vice versa.

Israel and Palestine should create joint governments and police to monitor the peace on the border, working alongside the United States and United Nations.

So in my opinion, this is a great solution to this large and bloody conflict between the two peoples. Of course trust won't be gained in a couple of years, given the large casualties the Palestinians suffered, and some casualties Israel has suffered, but hopefully things will change. All of the points outlined seem to be fair to the extreme, and as this is a Palestinian talking, I think most Palestinians can trust a solution like this. The conflict has to end, and this is the best way to end it, because if no solution is found soon, Israel will continue its brutal occupation and isolation of the occupied territories, and will force Palestinians to lead a stateless and unidentified life.

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