To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (219351 ) 2/19/2007 1:56:31 AM From: Elroy Respond to of 281500 Hint: the PA COULD claim them if it wanted to declare sovereignty. Nobody prevents it. But it is by now starkly clear that the supposed leaders of the Palestinian people do NOT want a Palestinian state - not a Palestinian state that has to live NEXT to Israel instead of REPLACING it. Exactly. Replace it with Pasrael. See my peace plan for how this can be achieved and have everyone, Jews, Muslim, Christians, Moabite, Druze, agnostics, be winners in the endgame. In case anyone has missed it, here is the solution for a peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestine problem which ends up with everyone but the racist, extremist fanatics winning:The lands of Israel and Palestine will be united into one country with citizenship given to present day Israelis and the approrpiate Palestinian refugees (exactly what is meant by "appropriate is to be determined later). The country will be secular, democratic, and have a non-religious name, we'll call it Pasreal for the time being. Immigration based on ethnicity will be cancelled. Voila! Problem solved. How to implement this new land - grant citizenship to the creme de la creme of the Pal refugees each year over a 20 year period, slowly integrating them into the new country. The new Pal refugees which become Pasreal citizen get an initial welcome package of grants, discount loans, stuff to help them to get up to speed with society. Pal refugees which develop skills, get educated, display talents, or are just wealthy will get citzenship in Pasrael earlier than those that are unproductive useless unemployed sacks. Israelis have somewhere to live. Palestinian refugees get their "right to return" to the land from which they were displaced. One man gets one vote. Muslims, Jews, and Christians get to live together in one country which respects all religions equally. Any present day Israeli who doesn't want to be a part of Pasrael can become a US citizen at the commencement of the plan. Dual Pasrael-US citizenship is not allowed. Fanatics who are opposed to the plan get 20 year jail terms. Voila, problem solved. No need for a barrier.