What can be done to solve the Middle East [Israeli-Palestinian] Crisis?

Very little. It is up to them to tire of death and violence and conflict. Then, perhaps they will be willing to negotiate. But, there will always to extremists.

It seems like there has been nothing but war and strife and controversy between Israel and Palestine for their entire existences. You would think, all things being equal, that they would expend more energy trying to find common ground between them for peace rather than all the effort they put into attacking and vilifying each other.

A serious consideration and obstacle (one of many) in this whole scheme of things, is the religious aspect of it all. You have the Islamic and Judaism differences and everything that goes along with that plus the consideration that there are people and groups on both sides who choose not to be tolerant and accepting of the other.

As far as viable solutions to the Israeli / Palestinian crisis? There just doesn’t seem to be any easy answers to that question. Numerous attempts have been made over the years to quell the violence and promote peace and nothing has worked so far and I honestly don’t see any significant progress being made between each of them in the foreseeable future.

Are your relationships harmonious and at peace? Forgiveness granted? Fully?

I know I have work to do there. That seems to be a good place to start. That, and sending good energy for peace and harmony there.

Disclaimer: The following ideas are overly simplistic and probably quite unrealistic. The entire world would have to be willing to get behind these ideas, and tell both sides that if they don’t go along with it, they’ll find themselves at war with the rest of the world.

Make the holy land areas belong to the world as a whole. No one can live there, only visit. Divide up the rest of the area equitably, with land mass granted based on population. Tell each side to stay the hell out of the other’s space. When they complain, like children who don’t actually want peace, “but that’s not where I want to live!”, the world, like a parent, can say “I know it’s not fair. Life isn’t fair. Deal with it.”

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One big obstacle to peace is that two very different camps claim that God gave them the same land. They believe that the same acreage is holy and belongs to them to protect. So any compromise that involves giving up land or holy sites would be seen as an affront to their religion and to God/Allah.

Each side has to realize that the other side may have a point. When each side believes that God is on their side, that makes this a little harder to do.

I don’t think they ever will. If they do attain peace, it will be because a very strong leader takes control of both and puts down any nay-sayers à la Saddam Hussein, and you know how well the U.S. will put up with that.

Maybe if another Prophet comes down and tells them to behave… but even then, some will believe and some will not.

Israel should move out

@flameboi: can you say why?

Integration and Tolerance.
Recognition of a universal God, that endowed the area to all of humanity not one group or another. Administration by a global body such as the UN.
Respect for the diversity and richness of other cultures.
Patience and Love.

@cd
Sure, Israel was created dividing Palestine territories, first via dilomatic channels and then by force, let’s say that a homeless decides to put a tent in you backyard backed by your city council, but your neighbors are with you, how would you feel?

Not so good:(

@flameboi
The thing is, the “Palestinians” never had their own state. They had numerous chances to make peace with Israel, but time and again, suicide bombers put an end to all negotiations. The fact is, many Arabs don’t want peace with Israel. They simply want a Jewish State to go away. You can’t negotiate with that mentality.