Please share your ideas for SOLUTIONS to the middle east crisis

[Anonymous]

1948 lines, un peacekeepers on the border

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always been the two state solution. But both sides have to believe in it.

Why is it the only option? A one state democracy can't be a Jewish state because Palestinians will equal or outnumber them. A one state solution without full democracy is Apartheid. Therefore the two state solution is all that is left.

Neither Netanyahu nor Hamas believes in it. We were making progress with the Oslo Accords and its opponents ruined it. Right wingers assassinated Yitzak Rabin and then they deliberately weakened Arafat and Fatah. Netanyahu liked Hamas because nobody could force him to negotiate with Hamas.

+1

Also, most Israelis I know want a two-state solution. The problem is how to divide the land in a way that maintains Israeli security.

That’s easy. The hard part is dividing it in a way where the Palestinians don’t feel like they are getting scraps and actually accept the divide

[Anonymous]

Two states. Jerusalem as a Vatican type city.
The tricky part is that both states must deal with their own bad guys who want to destroy or invade the other.

[Anonymous]

Force the Arab countries to take the Palestinian population . Empty the country humanely. If they think they are too dangerous or undesirable then why are they supporting them. There is vast land and resources in the Arab countries. Exponentially more than in Israel.

[Anonymous]

Here's my crazy idea: Move all the settlers (700,000) to Gaza. Move the Gazans into the settlements (1.8 m) and give a little more land to accommodate numbers. Turn the West Bank into the Palestinian State and Israel so that all land and people are contiguous. Voila! Live in peace and harmony. Everyone has to sacrifice, everyone has to move, everyone takes care of themselves.

Or as my husband said, now I only have to become the PM!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1948 lines, un peacekeepers on the border

That's never happening. But the 1967 lines with a creative Jerusalem solution can and should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1948 lines, un peacekeepers on the border

UN peace keepers are toothless and usually come from countries where the army is manned by incompetents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Force the Arab countries to take the Palestinian population . Empty the country humanely. If they think they are too dangerous or undesirable then why are they supporting them. There is vast land and resources in the Arab countries. Exponentially more than in Israel.

That would be a crime against humanity. It's not happening.

[Anonymous]

Let the Middle East decide the outcome. If they want to go to war, have at it. The winner gets the spoils. Historically, thats how the world works

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Force the Arab countries to take the Palestinian population . Empty the country humanely. If they think they are too dangerous or undesirable then why are they supporting them. There is vast land and resources in the Arab countries. Exponentially more than in Israel.

That would be a crime against humanity. It's not happening.

Why? I thought Gaza was a “concentration camp”. It would be the most humane act ever to live in peace in bigger more expansive countries among their own religious culture .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let the Middle East decide the outcome. If they want to go to war, have at it. The winner gets the spoils. Historically, thats how the world works

Israel already won the last war. So next time finish the job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let the Middle East decide the outcome. If they want to go to war, have at it. The winner gets the spoils. Historically, thats how the world works

We know how it ends. It’s in the Bible. Ok with me…. If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s the Earth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One state- right to return, one person one vote, no duel citizenship. If not that let Turkey take over the area. We will have to pay the Turks. Maybe 1/2 of what we give Israel and Egypt.

This will end any sort of Jewish state. So much for "never again"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Force the Arab countries to take the Palestinian population . Empty the country humanely. If they think they are too dangerous or undesirable then why are they supporting them. There is vast land and resources in the Arab countries. Exponentially more than in Israel.

That would be a crime against humanity. It's not happening.

Why? I thought Gaza was a “concentration camp”. It would be the most humane act ever to live in peace in bigger more expansive countries among their own religious culture .

You're straight up evil. There's an entire war crimes tribunal about this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for creating this thread. So tired of terror apologists who suggest that Israel accept terror attackers.

A two state solution seems to make sense, but many believe that is not viable. Can someone explain why?

My take: Both have a legitimate claim to the area but neither seems to want to give that up to the other side. Israel probably has a better shot of administering the region as a one-state solution than to continue on a contentious path. They need to integrate the Arab Palestinians, give them right to return, give them citizenship, focus on housing and a robust economy. But part of it would also need to be that those returning agree to reject the extremism that gave rise to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. There also needs to be a broader regional effort, to get the Palestinians, some of whom have been stateless since 1948, integrated into society where they exist - Jordan, Egypt, etc. With similar clauses of renouncing extremism.

The Arab and Christian Paletinians outnumber the Jews so the "Jewish State" would end at the first legitimate election.