Prominent Israelis Will Propose a Peace Plan- New York Times Article, April 4th, 2011
-----> Israeli Peace Initiative
In Israel, Time for Peace Offer May Run Out- New York Times, April 2nd, 2011
The present concern for peace talks in the Middle East are evident in the vast amount of news articles that have been written lately. It is clear that with the current state of the Israel and outlying countries there is consensus for a change to further along the peace process between the Jews and the Palestinians.
It is a common thread in these articles that war is not going to be the answer to this conflict. The presence of war just escalates the problem. One man may have five guns, and because of that the other man feels like he needs to have six. It is a vicious cycle that must be broken through the mutual agreement to have peace talks.
In the Israel Peace Intiative (IPI), it proposes the prospect of two separate states. In order to make this realistically occur, the states must be created with the mutual agreement that the subjectivity of history will never be clarified, and with that being the case each side must recognize the other fully. Although we can read about the history, but what is clear is that the ambiguity of the history is something that we will NEVER be able to know every full detail about, so we might as well give each other the benefit of the doubt, exist as two entities, and continue practicing our own respective religions. With regards to those that fall into either category, each can choose to live in either place.
To follow the agreement of no war, it is stated in the IPI that there will be lessening of IDF control in certain areas. I see this situation almost like the children's game of red hands. This is the game where one places their hands on the tops of another's palms, and must avoid being slapping on the tops of the hands. The Israeli army stands poised ready for an attack that may or may not come. We need to lessen this stress and simply remove our hands from the other side.
It is probable that the IPI was a result of the information in the second New York Times article posted. I hope that this new peace initiate curbs the advances of Palestinians and that we all can cut a fresh start from recent and past events. What has happened in the past will never be clear. We live in the present and must start acting like it. We must do this while still keeping ancient traditions in tact and learning how to coexist.
Hello Brianna,
ReplyDeleteI would like to comment about a couple of things you have mentioned in this post. The first thing and most important that I want to clarify is that this is not a conflict between Palestinians and Jews. Palestinians do not have anything against the Jewish people or religion. in fact, there are many Jews around the world and even in Israel who support the Palestinian people and their rights and are against the occupation of Palestine.
The peace proposal that you are indicating to here is not an official Israeli proposal. It was created and supported by individuals who many of them are retired military generals.
From what was released until now and I have read, the proposal includes many good ideas but nothing new. Many of these ideas are what Palestinians have been asking for since the first negotiations started. The just give ideas and do not mention many critical issues most importantly the right of return.
On the other hand, if you look at the Israeli officials actions, it is clear that the Natenyaho/Liberman does not want peace and is moving forward and faster than ever before to build illegal settlements in the west bank and east Jerusalem and destroying all possibilities of a peace agreement anytime soon!
The two-state solution has been the central goal of the peace process for almost the past 20 years. Unfortunately, getting to two states is getting harder and harder to imagine, largely due to the continual growth of settlements in the West Bank. There has been a great deal of analysis that connects advocates of West Bank settlement with those who oppose the two-state solution. Check out Gershom Gorenberg's "Accidental Empire" for more.
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