So many people are going backwards in the problems of the Palestinian-Israeli Crisis when we must look forward for the answers to solving this conflict. Today State of Israel is taking historical ground breaking actions that are a move towards peace. 500 Palestinian prisoners have been released from Israeli prison. Many of who were never charges with a crime. The Israeli government promising not to destroy any more Palestinian homes in retaliation for Palestinian acts of aggression. Prime Minister Sharon promising to pull out the Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip by July 2005. This is the first step in the right direction toward peace that has been made in a long time.

The Israelis are still planning on controlling the border around the Gaza Strip including between Egypt, the Mediterranean Sea as well as the air space. The international community of nations needs to help the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip create a viable independent state. The creation of jobs and a strong economy for the people in the Gaza Strip should be at the top of the list. Improving the condition of life of the people in the Gaza Strip and West Bank of Palestine will bring peace and security to the people of the Holy Land once the borders of a the two states are agreed upon by both parties. The border of the City of Jerusalem will be the big stumbling block between the two states coming to agreeable terms.

Take the debate forward looking for new and creative ideas to resolve this crisis. Stop rehashing the past and take it into the future focusing on how we can resolve the problems of today. Only by coming to term with the problems will we find the answers. The international community of nations must have a massive aid program immediately to help the Palestinian people reconstruct the infrastructure and economy of their state. The international community of nations cannot afford to let this situation deteriorate backwards neither can the State of Israel or the Palestinian people. The State Palestine as an act of good faith could offer residency to Peace Now Israelis as well as Israeli couples that are mix marriages of Jewish and Muslim people.

If the government of Israel and Palestine come to a bilateral peace agreement both side will greatly benefit from. The Jewish people for the first time will have a homeland in peace opening new doors with the international community of nations. The status of State of Israel will greatly improve among the nations of the world creating new opportunities for the people of Israel. New and stronger diplomatic ties will form with the people of Israel creating new bridges of understanding and trust between the people. With the State of Israel coming to agreeable terms Land for Peace the international community of nation will guarantee the security of Israel from any foreign attacks. Similar as any attack on any Eastern European nation is an attack on NATO.

Palestine Water Desalination

With the latest win fall of profits from the higher price of crude oil. The oil wealthy Arab nations should invest some of the surplus profits into the Gaza Strip Palestine. The lack of sweet water is a problem throughout the Middle East especially in heavily populated region such as the Gaza Strip. Many Arab nations are heavily depended on water desalination plants as their main means of obtaining new supplies of sweet water. This would make a great industry to develop in the Gaza Strip creating many new jobs. The water desalination operations using solar energy is a perfect fit for this region. http://www.kfpe.ch/projects/suas/Niyazi2.html
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Building a factory to manufacture solar water desalination equipment and wind generators in the Gaza Strip would be a great benefit to the people of the region. By developing these jobs in the Gaza Strip that will bring more sweet water to the people of the world. The Arabs depend upon water treatment plants for their sweet water more than any other people in the world today. Tomorrow many more people around the world will depend upon water treatment plants for their drinking water. Let the Arabs people with all of their experience with water desalination operations invest some of their money into the Gaza Strip creating new jobs for the Palestinian people.

Only by the nations of the world coming together to help the Palestinian people does peace have a chance to win in this conflict. The Gaza Strip could become the solar water desalination capitol of the world this should be the goal. By improving the realities on the ground for the people in the Gaza Strip new things will become possible opening the door to peace. This window of opportunity that is here today and may be gone tomorrow if it is not acted upon immediately. The first step is to get some of these solar water desalination plants working producing more sweet water for the people of the Gaza Strip. If the children of the Gaza Strip and West Bank have a better day-to-day life today there will be peace in the Holy Land tomorrow.

I agree 100% and I've said this before. It is imperative that this happen...but PLEASE DAVID...WHERE ARE YOU FROM! I know that's a strange question, like who should care, but I can't place your accent, but it sounds so familiar and it's driving me mad:).

Peace can only come when human beings humble themselves and are willing to give instead of taking.

One of the Ten Commandments: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods."

It Plays Over and Over Like a Broken Record

Just when it looks like, there is movement toward peace in the Palestinian-Israel Crisis. The Israelis Government announces that they are going to build 3500 new homes in the West Bank. These homes will be built East of Jerusalem complete with “Jewish Only By Pass Roads” that will essentially cut the West Bank in half. The on going growth of Jewish settlements in the West Bank has inflamed the Palestinian people for many years. From 1993 to the present the number of Jewish Settlers has double in the West Bank. The Israelis have built over 250 miles of “Jewish Only By Pass Roads” cutting up the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Since 2000 the Israel military has destroyed the homes of 20,000 Palestinian people. Creating one new Palestinian refugee every 1.36 hours.

From the very beginning of the creation of the Jewish State of Israel the Zionist have been taking more and more of the Palestinian People’s land. Whether it is to build a new Fence, Wall, Jewish Only By Pass Roads, Jewish Settlement, water rights or a Green Zone. The Israelis have destroyed the homes of hundreds of thousands of people creating millions of Palestinian refugees over the years. Through pure religious arrogance the Zionist Israelis are pushing these new 3500 homes in the West Bank East of Jerusalem cutting the Palestinian people off from Jerusalem.

The international community of nation has condemned the Israelis for these actions for many years. The United States is the only government in the world supporting the Israel government’s policies toward the Palestinian people. Between the United States Oil Policies and the support for Israel’s policies in the Middle East.

When ever a leader of an oil rich nation talk about nationalizing their oil fields the United States takes this as a threat to their national security. The old American policies for cheap oil will no longer work with the growing global demand and diminishing supplies. The United States wanting to dictate international economic policies onto the nations of the world is losing a lot of allies and is creating many enemies. If the United States cut their international military presents by 50%, reduced their consumption of oil by 50% and got the Israeli government to go 50/50 with the Palestinian government. Maybe then, we would have a chance for peace and security around the world.

The gap between the median Israeli view of an acceptable Israel and the median Palestinian view of an acceptable Palestine is too large.