Here is comment on a previous article, and which points out to the main problem to be resolved if to reach a permanent solution. This comment was in reaction to a comment by Avraam Dectis, which I copy-paste as well.



"Avraam Dectis 1 week ago



This conflict could be ended with a genuine peace plan that would be barely acceptable to everyone. I propose one.

The current situation has two groups in close proximity who will continue to fight for eternity until they are separated like the quarreling children they really are - much like the Greeks and Turks ceased fighting after the Treaty of Lausanne.

The Israelis will never go. This only leaves the Gazans.



You cannot force people to migrate, it would be barbaric. Thus you have to bribe them.



What bribe would be acceptable?



Israel could offer $25,000 to every Gazan that would agree to go to another Arab country. A family of six would get $150,000. That might be acceptable.



Israel could even sweeten the pot by offering free houses in Egypt for whomever left.



People with immovable assets would be given at least ( or more ) fair market value for them.



The Gazans would not like this because they would be leaving and psychologically would feel defeated.



The Israelis would not like this because the cost would be huge and would decades to pay off the cost.



Ultimately, however, it is the only civilized solution and the only barrier is the expense. Money is easier to replace than people.



The alternative is that, a century from now, you will read about Palestinians and Israelis killing each other.



Money or peace, take your pick."



@Avraam Dectis: How about bringing a little twist to your solution of bribing Palestinians to leave their forefathers land.



Why not do the same for the Israelis, who in fact have been "bribed", if I could use the term, to settle in a land that did not belong to them, or at least that was settled by a certain populace before the latter was forced out through well-documented terror-tactics.



When I say that modern day Israelis have been "bribed" to settle in Palestine, it is with regard to the fact that most Jews emigrated from Europe and Ex-USSR under the threat of growing antisemitism and anti-religion bias, which reached its climax in Nazi Germany. Antisemitism is still alive in Europe, much as it was under the Inquisition, though the policies have changed, but the spirit remains the same.



How about Europe (including Ex-USSR) bribes its Jewish citizenry to go back to their forefathers' land in which they were born for generations. Most of Israelis came from those countries under the threat as I said of growing antisemitism and the promise of material well-being.



Now, I would argue that indeed Jews and Christian minorities in Muslim majority countries were not treated as full-fledged citizens, yet they had their rights protected more than in Europe and that is a historical fact that one can check by indulging in factual reading of trusted historical sources. The problem is that as countries in the Middle-East and North Africa started to get their independence in the post-empire era, and going into the nation-state era, European politics of hegemony that aimed at maintaining the old-paradigm of Empire (albeit through more nuanced means) have created sectarian frictions and divides that are at the sources of the current situation.

Read more at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/egypt-s-efforts-to-broker-a-ceasefire-in-gaza-by-itamar-rabinovich#P4jmR5vpysZu9ylK.99

