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Politics : The Arab-Israeli Solution -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: No BS here who wrote (1864)	5/16/2002 11:17:23 PM
From: No BS here	Respond to of 2279

HERE IS SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT !!!that i recently came across-----Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that peace must be won. The number of volunteers willing to join the fundamentalist Hamas “martyrs” and sacrifice their lives in the intifada, the Muslim holy war for the liberation of their brothers, is infinitely small. Their hatred probably is undying and cannot be cured. But the vast majority who would never hurt another individual suffer grievously as a result of the deadly violence by the few. They may lose their homes and possessions, suffer hunger, want and disease, and even lose their lives. They are the silent victims of the violence, yearning for peace which would allow them to resume their daily tasks and cares. All hope of peace rests with them. They and they alone are the potential peace-makers who can draw in the reins of violence. Israel, the greatest military power in the Middle East, needs to show and lead the way. To hunt and fight the terrorists is an unending bloody task, but to make peace with the vast majority of suffering Palestinians is even more important. It undoubtedly is the crucial part of any peace process. All talks and negotiations with Arab leaders are bound to be utterly futile if the people should prefer the intifada and idealize martyrdom. The true peace process must begin with information, education, and public relations explaining Israeli policy and intent, cultivating relationships with authors and editors receptive to peace. Its ultimate objective must be the improvement of the Arab-Muslim way of looking at Israel. The Israeli policy of striking at Hamas terrorism by sealing off Palestinian towns and villages not only is inflicting great hardship on all Palestinians but also is hurting Israel’s economy. Designed and conducted by military minds, it reflects the military way of problem solution; it is utterly counterproductive to finding peace. If there is to be any peace, the Israeli government must abstain from any exacerbation of economic hardship and instead open all Palestinian areas previously closed off and allow free and unhampered economic intercourse. It must refrain from further unilateral action like the expropriation of Arab land and the construction of settlements. In fact, it must privatize not only all present settlements, giving the new owners the right to market them as they please, but also all public land seized from Jordan and Egypt in the 1967 war. It must honor and defend all private property rights, Jewish as well as Palestinian, in Israel proper and the occupied territory. It must respect the civil rights which people enjoy in all peaceful societies. In particular, it must respect the freedom of speech and the press as well as the rights of due process of law and equal protection of all. The road to peace is the assurance of justice for all.....www.sennholz.com