Peace is indeed possible, but it will never materialize by equating Israel to a non-existent entity falsely called “Palestine.”
For decades, there has been a relentless diplomatic push by American Presidents to bring “peace” to the Middle East, meaning Israel and the Palestinian Arabs – never mind that other countries of the Middle East, namely Iran, Jordan, and Qatar, actually bring instability to that region. Peace is indeed possible, but it will never materialize by equating Israel to a non-existent ethnicity falsely called “Palestinian” which was created by a PLO terrorist in 1964, and then widely unleashed in 1967, as a result of the stunning Arab loss in the Six-Day War, for the sole purpose of political antisemitism. Both Jordan and Egypt need to accept responsibility, given each countries’ actual historical association with the Arabs currently living in Gaza, and in Israel’s historical heartland of Judea and Samaria.
Israelis need land buffers to achieve long-lasting security. Gazans and those Arabs living in Judea and Samaria demand economic relief and fewer checkpoints. A multi-pronged solution already exists, it just needs to be accepted as reality and implemented. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi briefly suggested back in 2014, before backing down due to political pressure, that the ‘Palestinians’ be moved to the Sinai if Israel and the UN aid Egypt in rebuilding the beleaguered generally no-man’s land where drugs and missiles are smuggled. Since the Gazans have more of a historical connection with Egypt, it would be financially advantageous to move them to a hyper-developed Sinai next door, and thus, provide the safety Israel desperately seeks.
Palestine was a region, not a country. During the Ottoman occupation, Muslims were allowed to live wherever they wished within the Empire, while Jewish immigration to the homeland was restricted after 1882. There seemed to be a bipolar treatment of Jews by the Ottomans; Jews were welcomed and even rescued from the Iberian countries of the Inquisition. By the second half of the Ottoman reign, there was some forced conversion of Jews to Islam, in Judea and Samaria, when they deemed the area ‘too Jewish.’ Hence, 60% of the Palestinian Arabs in the South Hebron Hills today are actually descendants of converted Jews, the majority of whom are now radicalized Muslims. Overall about 30% of all Palestinian Arabs have Jewish lineage and DNA.
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