Originally posted by editec
Or are you saying that any solution is okay, even causing the genocide of Jews in Isreal.
Now you’ve touched one of the crucial issues of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, editec.
How to create a non confessional, democratic state in Palestine without turning the Palestinian people into the oppressors of their former oppressors?
No one in his right mind wants to see jewish soldiers suddenly opening the gates and allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into Israel.
We all know this East/West Germany scenario is totally unrealistic after 60 years of ethnic supremacism in Palestine.
The peaceful dismantlement of Israel will require the establishment of an international protectorate in Palestine where foreign troops will guarantee the safety of both ethnic groups.
The absolute requirement to begin the process of democratisation of Palestine would be the complete dismantling of all fundamentalist political parties and groups, jewish and arab alike, since they all preach racial supremacism. Only parties promoting racial equality and tolerance would be allowed.
Before the new state begins to allow palestinian families to settle in Western Palestine, the jewish and arab population will have to be bombarded by a massive propaganda campaign emphasising racial tolerance, secularism, democracy, civic values etc, etc, etc...
In addition to this, it would be necessary to create national commisions following the model of the south african “
Truth and Reconciliation Commision” to promote forgiveness and reconciliation between the two ethnic groups.
The settlement of palestinian families in Western Palestine and jewish families in Eastern Palestine will have to be a gradual and orderly process, under international control, in order to avoid the same ethnic strife that started this whole conflict more than half a century ago.
Whenever jewish and palestinian individuals/families manifest the desire to live in what was formerly known as Israel, West Bank and Gaza, the authorities will conduct a thorough background check to see if they have even the slightest connection with disbanded fundamentalist movements. Any family with this kind of past connections would have to undergo additional studies on civic values and would be closely monitored by the authorities.
Palestine would be governed by a coalition government formed by an equal number of jewish and palestinian leaders and all major decisions at the federal level would have to be approved by the international community.
After many years (or maybe even decades) of healing and reconciliation between the two ethnic groups, the dismantlement of the international protectorate could be considered and would only be implemented after an unanimous decision of all the leaders of the jewish and arab communities and under the explicit condition that it would be immediately reinstated at the request of any ethnic group.
This international protectorate would always have the safety of the jewish population as an overriding priority, to which everything else, including the palestinian right of return would be subordinated.