This blog will be focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The first thing that we must recognize is the inability for these two countries to come to a peace agreement by themselves. Their problems are too deep rooted for them to ever come to a settlement. America can serve to aid in these negotiations but it needs to go into this completely unbiased, America cannot favor either country more than the other. Many displaced Palestinians are still living in refugee camps that are breeding grounds for terrorism. While we may identify with the Israeli cause more we need to look back to our morals and realize that we cannot let people live like that. It is damaging to our image and if we were to help both sides somehow come to an agreement they would be much better off. Because of all the conflict in the area the countries have not been able to take advantage of economic opportunities that have risen in the Middle East. Places like Qatar and Dubai are complete economic successes, if Israel and Palestine would focus less on each other they could become very rich countries, which I think should be a bigger priority for them. But the peace treaty that needs to be started by an intermediary, like the US, needs contain certain key points to work. These points are returning the countries to the 1967 borders so the land is more equally distributed, the peaceful sharing of Jerusalem and the demilitarization of Palestine. Currently Palestine only has 22 percent of its original land, while Israel has 78 percent, and both countries have roughly the same population. There has very rarely been peace in Jerusalem and I think it would be a refreshing change if it was peaceful for once. And since Palestine is a pretty hostel country at the moment it should definitely be stripped of its military power. Yeah Israel has quite the military but they aren’t going to use it unless they are attacked first.
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