Thursday, July 27, 2006

How to bring peace the lands of Abram...

I was listening to the Al Frankin show on Air America Radio and he had Rabbi Michael Lerner (I am not a fan of any religion, nor of its enforcers) who I thought had the best and simplest plan to bring peace for Israel and its neighbours. In essence it come down to 4 steps.

1) Call for an immediate cessation of hostilities by Israeli
a. In Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank
b. The immediate withdrawal by Israel to the 1967 boundary
c. Areas of evacuated by Israel to be immediately succured by peace keeper forces.
2) Create an effective DMZ
a. International Peace Keepers with the authority, support and
ability to enforce a buffer zone
3) The creation of a UN body with the authority to impose
a settlement on the parties involved
a. Facilitate “mandatory” negotiations to fix boundaries to roughly pre-1967
(Green Line) using the Geneva Accord has a blueprint for how and
what these adjustments should entail
b. The creation of an International fund by donor nations,
with emphasis on nations that originally created Israel
i. Funds should be paid to all those who lost land, commerce or
employment due to the turmoil from 1947 to 1967
1. This would include the Palestinians
2. This would include Arabs who were forced to relocate from
Israel and occupied lands
3. This would include Jews who were forced to leave Arab countries.
ii. Such a fund should represent 10% of the participating countries GDP.
1. to provide restitution
2. to provide a base for economic development.
4) Jerusalem would become an independent international city,
under the UN charter and with UN support.
a. All major religions would be granted complete control over THEIR holy sites
b. The city would be treated as a historical world heritage site.
5) Security
a. The creation of a joint Palestinian Israeli police force to
enforce border security on both sides
b. A UN/NATO guarantee/treaty that would assure territorial
integrity of both Israel and Palestine from both internal and external forces.

It is in Israelis hands to stop the physical conflict, it is up to the world, especially those Arab nations who pledge allegiance to Palestine, to provide the economic and moral support that that both nations can co-exist and prosper together.

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