What do you think the next President should do to help resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine?

Question

and by President, I mean the president of the United States. Notice, I didn't say resolve the conflict. I said Help to resolve it.

Interesting answer ritefielder but why do you assume that the President would have to invade another country to bring about the resolution of a conflict. It is indeed very sad that this country only thinks in terms of military invasions as the answer to everything

Answer 1

The next President should stop the US. funding of the atrocities of Israel.
It is only with the funding and instruction of US. presidents that this policy of "stalemate" has gone on for 40 years.

Israel is stealing more and more Palestinian land and resources, and it shows no sign of stopping any time soon.

The map which is not shown to the US. Voters makes this all too clear :-

http://zionismexplained.org/map/landmap1.jpg

As does this documentary :-

http://onebigtorrent.org/details.php?id=2019&hit=1

A peace cannot be imposed on the Palestinian people, by agreement with a corrupt illegimate fatah leadrship.

It's simple, if there is no justice, there will be no peace.

But do the US. and Israeli leaders want peace, I cannot see it.

Answer 2

Why do you all think that a US President should resolve a conflict 4,000 miles away between two peoples who have been fighting for a homeland for centuries. That would be like having the Nigerian President resolving the border crisis between the US and Mexico. Why not continue to do as you have the past 50 years, support Israel and continue selling arms and weapons to the Palestinians? As you can see, that has worked well for you in the past....

Answer 3

First, there is no such place as "Palestine."

The best thing for a future American president to do in the interest of a lasting peace would be to support Israel's adopting a no-nonsense attitude toward the Arabs. All of these Oslos, these prisoner releases, these "disengagements" only encourage Arab terror. Abu Mazen denounces violence out one side of his mouth in English and encourages it out the other in Arabic. Everybody on the Arab street knows what's going on - they're to make all the right noises for the Americans and the EU, but kill Israelis wherever they can. The best thing to do is cut them off completely and make them know that they will be civilised or they will be alone. There can be no rewards for terror - appeasement is folly.

When the people finally see that they will get no where by supporting Hamas and the al-Aqsa Brigades and the PFLP and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and their ilk, there will be meaningful dialogue and progress.

Answer 4

the next president should have enough foresight to step away, but we cannot because of our oil addiction.

Ideally the US and the EU should stop giving any kind of aid (directly or though the UN) to Israel, Palestine, or any of the Arab nations. They should also enact an arms embargo.

Let Israel and the Arab world deal with it themselves, all the west as done is make matters worse.

If this results in war then so be it because I know at the end of a no holds bar war their will finally be peace. Not this protracted non ending misery we have been seeing.

Answer 5

Honestly, in our lifetime it will never be resolved. The only way they can "help" to resolve it would be more economic aid to each.
The world revolves around money now and oil. Hopefully, that will change. Like I said before I don't think it will be an overnight peace. The people in the mid east have been fighting throughout history and will continue. Before Israel it was something else. Just my opinion.

Answer 6

Why do you assume that the US President should be involved? Why can't the Israelis and Palestinians settle their own disputes? You know what? I don't think they want to.

If they declare peace the money rolling in from the Americans will end and someone in those two pathetic near eastern countries would actually have to get off their stone throwing as**s and work instead of fight and blow each other up. I am sick of hearing about these two tiny little nothing desert places and their problems.

Why should the rest of the world be preoccupied with what happens there? They and their near eastern gods and religions need to disappear and give the world some peace.

Answer 7

I think the United States has done all that it can do. Israel is a democracy and our ally; our first allegiance is to them. Still, we pressured Israel into giving the Palestinians a State, and in payment, in their first free elections, the Palestinians voted Hamas, a hard line terrorist group, into Parliament. I think that pretty much showed what the majority of Palestinians believe. It was their right to elect whomever they pleased, just as our election of President Bush was our right. We're hated for it now, but that's to be expected. Should the Palestinians expect any less? While Hamas remains in Parliament it is asking the United States and Israel to negotiate with terrorists. I don't know about us but Israel certainly has no intention of doing so and I can't say that I blame them.

Answer 8

Let's take care of our own country first before we invade another country.

We have US troops in over 130 countries right now. We need to re-deploy troops to areas that are a concern the US relations...and bring a lot of them home.

We have supported Israel by selling them guns and technology cheaper and they are doing just fine...lets just keep doing what were doing.

Edit: It is our usual response to such situations....like Somalia, Cuba, Panama.

I didn't mean to assume that we would invade, but the logical thing to do besides help Israel out with supplying weapons and technology would be to deploy troops into the region to secure the area...but seems how Israel has kept the region at bay, we don't need to do much else.

Some people on both sides of the conflict are trying to reach out to each other. In the book 'Operation Desert Light' this person named Brother Andrew tries to reach out to people on both sides, including terrorists...he even met Yaser Arafat and gave him a Bible.

Sure, this situation can be solved without military, but the people in that region have to decide to step in the right direction for peace...a US president probably wouldn't be able to convince them to...the people have to decide on their own.

Answer 9

Palestine is currently divided among the states of Jordan, Israel, parts of Lebanon and Syria, and the disputed territories (Judea, Samaria, Gaza).

Any effective approach to the Arab-Israeli Conflict must take this into consideration.

Answer 10

The future president has to take care aobut own business . This ont just USa president its europe as well, Let Israel deal with Palestinias, his own way. USA and Europe tighten up Israelis hand because of HYPE of international media.

Let Israel Solve this problem.