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Well! --- Back to the subject at hand: "Can You Feel the Approaching Danger?"
(COMMENT)
PREFACE:
I think that both Israel and the Unity Government of Palestine need to adopt a new strategy that brings them closer (if not) to peace. They need to reconcile some differences that will lead them to a cessation of hostilities and a new level of economic and commercial cooperation.
As for Israel, I think they need to start a Desalinization Project the likes of which the world has never seen before and turn the Negev Desert into the Breadbasket of the Middle East. Israel also needs to initiate a Power Generation Farm that will the cheapest electricity to the Middle East as they double their efforts to tie the output from the gas and oil in the Levant Basin into a unified program. This will help both the Israelis and and Palestinians (should they wish to cooperate in a new Nation Building effort).
TOPIC:
Both the Israelis and the Palestinians need to change the paradigm and move forward on a cooperative level to peace. While I don't necessarily agree with the Israeli approach to settlements in the West Bank, however politically well thought out the original idea was, it has not proven beneficial politically, militarily or economically for either side. Israel must start a project that will turn the Negev into a thriving landscape such that the West Bank Settlers have a prosperous territory to withdraw to and a building program for resettlement. At the same time, Israel needs to establish and industrial park and transportation system regionally in the Negev to allot business and industry to relocate.
The Unity Government can either cooperate and profit from a joint effort, or the can remain in the background. It really doesn't affect the potential for Israel. But what it must do is initiate a halt to hostilities and assume a more non-threatening posture. The constant behavior of the Arab Palestinian to initiate conflict ever time it can reconstitute its Irregular Jihadist Forces and Insurgency Movements is merely throwing good money after bad, unable to redirect its resources that will build a better nation for its people. Of what value is it to the Palestinians to cyclically initiate conflict, suffer devastating consequences only to beg the international community to take pity on them and force Israel to withdraw from the engagement the Palestinians started? Is serves no useful purpose; politically, militarily or economically. It only continues to demonstrate their hostile behavior and culture; providing no tangible benefit for the people.
CURRENT:
In the news, we see today that the Palestinians have again reopened their illegal assault using indiscriminate indirect fire on Israel. This is clearly an attempt to aggrivate the Israelis and entice a new Israeli Military Suppression of the Palestinian aggressor.
- Why?
- What Purpose will it serve?
- What benefit will the Palestinian receive?
- How will this help the Palestinian Citizenry rebuild and prosper?
The danger is now - and it relates to the consequences. Is it that the Palestinians do not want to build a nation that they can be proud of and grow with into the future?
Most Respectfully,
R