Yes, I remember, I tried to be funny, with a minor success. In my point of view, the problem (Israel/Palestine/the area) we need to change focus from what happened in the past, we can learn from the past (hopefully, it does not happen so often) and use the knowledge to come up with comprehensive solutions/suggestions. It will never work with an approach of you did! No you did! Things like that are not so constructive. I am extremely critical toward Israel sometimes and likewise I am extremely critical toward the Palestinians sometimes. The Flotilla to Gaza could have been handled differently. However, I am not critical toward the IDF soldiers deployed on the ships, I am critical toward the people that placed them there
I think the solution might be this one, I'll quote a earlier post of mine. (About How Would You Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Page 18 #171)
Another angle.
The last discussions became more and more extreme, like exremists from both sides unwilling to compromise. Tit for tat arguments leading to nowhere. Thanks to MontyB I started my research again in finding solutions. One interesting link I found was about the memoires of Condoleezza Rice, it showed that Olmert and Abbas were really willing to make a deal. Problem was the refugees. Abbas could not tell 4 million Palestinians that 5000 of them might go back. And it is quite obvious that a nation of 7.3 million people cannot absorb 4 million Palestinians. That's suicide. The same is true for Palestine. So instead of trying to find a solution at once, why not try it step by set, but not with negotiations but with cooperation. Building peace trough entrepreneurship.
Can Start-Ups Move Forward Israeli/Palestinian Peace?
BUILDING PEACE THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
Businessmen prefer an economical friendly environment. Israel or Palestine doesn't matter as long as the laws are in favor of their business.
One response to the article is interesting:
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Bill Kruse says:
October 8, 2011 at 11:30
One of the paths to comity between nations is economic co-reliance. The pragmatism of business is more likely to succeed than through what sadly is the all too often iconoclastic, egocentric posturing of professional politicians. Business relations devolve into personal relations. Parties come to recognize the “other side” is not comprised of sub-humans whose aspirations are alien to their own. Every sane human wants to live in peace and aspires to a better life for their children.
The potential for the existence of minority radical elements always exists. However, it is seldom that one nation launches rockets into another when the rockets destroy assets which are owned in whole, or in part, by the aggressor.
The initiatives described in Ms. Fedoryk’s article are heartening.
I had to redo the 2 links, because they didn't work in the quote.