Comments are invited about the proposed solution to the Arab-Isreali crisis.
Is a “Two State” solution the best way forward?
Does this address the “root cause” of the problem?
Any suggestions or proposal on what will work?
Please contribute!!!!
Thanks
A two-state solution is most defintely the only way to end the conflict, and everyone (including both the Palestinian and Israeli people) now accepts this.
The terms of this solution will have to be based loosely on international law. The first step is for Israel to accept what the Palestinians rights are under international law. Uner the law, the Palestinians have a right to E. Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state. Under international law, the Palestinians have a legal right to establish a state on all of the West Bank and Gaza. Under international law, all six or seven million refugees have a legal right to return to their homes in Israel.
Once these basic rights have been accepted, negotiations can then move forward. For example, the Palestinians do not demand that all six or seven million refugees return to Israel, merely that a few hundred thousand do, as a gesture. There may also be land swaps. In any event, the settlement will be based loosely on international law.
That is the *only* way to end the conflict, and it seems that it will come eventually. THe question is one of when, and of how much unnecessary suffering will have to be endured before it does.
Comment by Jamie Stern-Weiner — August 8, 2006 @ 11:36 pm