20171223

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

The problem between Israel and Palestine was going on for a long time and is does not look like will be resolved anytime soon, IMHO.
I would ask this, are we all want a peaceful solution or not?

We all as the humanity, should always try to find peaceful solutions to any problems between ourselves, or not?
If we all want peace, we should always try to make sure absolutely all possible solutions are considered, or not?

Can we really say, all possible solutions are considered for the problem between Israel and Palestine?
And all of them rejected by Israel and/or Palestine?

I really do not know the answer, and I really do not think anybody else knows the answer, either (but that is just my guess).
I think it is because the problem seems really big and complicated, with a long history.

I think scientific/logical approach would be, try to define the problem precisely first, and try to make a list of all possible solutions, to consider all later.
Obviously, to precisely define the problem, we should try to simplify it as much as possible, at first.
Can we really simplify the problem between Israel and Palestine, so that almost anybody can understand, what is the problem, exactly?
How about trying to find a simple analogy for it first?

Here is an idea (IMHO):

Imagine, you are the current owner of a little farm, and living there with your family.
Your farm was owned by your family going back many generations.
Your farm also contains a little land which is an extremely holy site for you, for your religion.
But you also have a rich neighbor, who really wants to own your land, because, the distant ancestors of the neighbor also owned the same land, for many generations.
And also, the holy site in your little farm was in fact, was first build and used by the distant ancestors of your neighbor, and it is also an extremely holy site for your neighbor, for his religion.
You and your neighbor were keep arguing (even fighting) for many years without finding any solution.

Obviously, the most simple solution would be both sides leaving each other alone, but imagine, that never happened, and does not look like will ever happen.

What other solution possibilities could be considered for the problem?

Here is an idea (IMHO):

What if your rich neighbor offers to buy your farm, for a more than fair, really good price for you?
But how you can sell such holy place for your family to anyone else?

But what if, first, you and your neighbor determined the exact location and size of the common holy land, for both of you?
What if, that holy land would be always belong to you and your neighbor, with equal ownership, as part of the agreement.
What if, you both also determine another co-ownership land, next to the holy land/site, to build a common headquarters, to provide security, repairs, cleaning and so on, to the holy land/site.
What if, you both provided an equal number of people for all services, and they always have to work together, enter, leave the holy land/site.
What if, you both first determined, what are the exact rules for any visitors, what kind of possible situations must be handled, and exactly how.
(Like, for example, what if, multiple groups of visitors from both sides/religions want to use the same part of the holy site, at the same time? Maybe a common scheduling system could be created?)

Assuming you and your neighbor agreed upon the holy site (somehow), would you be okay with selling the rest of your farm to your rich neighbor?
Or you would want to keep arguing/fighting with your neighbor farm? (And you and your neighbor both keep getting/causing harm/damage.)

I think, if I was in this situation, I would be okay with selling (non-holy site part of) my farm, but only if, it is absolutely certain I would get a new (and better) farm.

So, what if, Palestine sells all its land to Israel (except the holy site), for an agreed price.
What if, as part of the agreement, we need to find another country in the Middle East, willing to sell a large piece of land to the people of Palestine, to build a new (modern and luxurious) city, and start their own new independent country there?
What if, as part of the agreement, UN would need to officially recognize the new Palestine, as a new and independent country?
What if, as part of the agreement, Israel (and UN/US?) would need to guarantee protection of the new Palestine state, against any possible future invasion/takeover attempts, by anyone from outside?

If we look at the history of our world, I think there countless times a whole nation (country) got relocated.
Also some large lands were bought/sold with agreement (sometimes fair, sometimes not), instead of war/invasion.
Can we do it in our modern times, without war/invasion, and with a really agreed upon and fair deal for both sides?

IMHO, one thing is certain, humanity would be gaining/accomplishing a lot, if we learn to solve our international big problems (at least), always in peaceful ways.  

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