| Well, my ideal situation would be to have a UN sponsored international force there eforcing the original UN resolutions (starting with the '46 resolution), and ship about half the leaders on both sides off for war crimes trials (including both Sharon and Arafat).
But that's never going to happen, so we need to look for more practical solutions. Part of the problem is the popular leadership on either side are not of a mind for peace. To the extent that these leaders reflect their constituant populations, it seems that no peace is likely to emerge internally.
Naturally, you're going to get people telling us that the Israelis have done nothing wrong and it's all Arab aggression; or that the Palestinians are fully justified in fighting for their homeland. Unfortunately, both of those views are largely ignorant of history.
I know I haven't offered any answers (well, one which I freely admit is a non-starter), but I'm not sure there are answers. I think any practical solution will revolve around the US using its one really big stick (cutting aid to Israel), but that's not going to happen under the current administration. |