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To: michael97123 who wrote (187488)	5/26/2006 5:23:37 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

except for the 10% in disupute which is contigous If contigous, there is hope. Islands I don't like. That little bit of land can more than be offset by some fair arrangement on Jerusalem and economic partnerships that will make the pals viable economically. Thats what I would like to see. Perhaps for this purose gaza and WB should be treated separately in the context of my regional benelux suggestion that would also include jordan I think both Egypt and Jordan should give up some as well for the Pals. Still, it would be an odd looking country. My fear for Israel with the Pals is that even with a pretty could peace agreement, lets say end of all state sponsored terrorism, and defined borders, Israel is still going to shine economically while Pals will shine at reproduction, corruption, incompetence, and live right next door where they can see how much better life could be. Unfortunately, in such circumstances, and especially when the differences are accentuated by ethnic or religious demarcation, human nature tends to place the "blame" externally, rather than causing introspection, which would be a whole lot more useful. That is something else I've learned from southern Africa, and I see no easy solution. There is a long term solution in southern Africa, which is the gradual disappearance of the white population, something which is nearly complete in Zimbabwe, but only in its early stages in South Africa. Once the whites are effectively gone, and gone from memory as well, the comparison metric disappears as well, which is something of an improvement, but does not make life any better for the majority.