A DIFFERENT APPROACH
TO SOLVING THE PALESTINE-ISRAEL QUESTION
DISCUSSION PAPER
All the traditional approaches have been tried and tested over so many decades in relation to finding a solution to the standoff between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It is certainly time to think outside the box, not to reinvent the wheel, but to go back to old-fashioned reason and common sense.
Nowadays everybody knows that the essence of the conflict between the people of Palestine and Israel is not about religion or ideology, except of course among the religious fundamentalists and the ultra-religious on all sides. Then of course there are the self-serving extremist politicians who, like their counterparts everywhere else, are interested in power, personal gain, or simply love to play the political game.
CAN THERE BE A SOLUTION TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN STANDOFF?
The answer is, Yes! The Discussion Paper contains a proposal open for discussion that is different from what has been discussed so far as to how to break the current deadlock. The proposal, which calls first for a mutually acceptable accommodation between the Israelis and the Palestinians, leads towards a solution that could be envisaged, and hopefully tried. This gradual approach will allow both parties to be able to converse like civilized partners, not like prehistoric cave dwellers.
SEVEN STEPS TO PEACE
The proposed mutually satisfactory accommodation between the Israelis and the Palestinians calls for seven steps. As for peace, i.e. when the two parties will be ready to enter into direct bilateral negotiations to establish peace between them, the process may require several years, and possibly a generation or two, before the magic word is even mentioned.
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