The Gaza Strip and the "West Bank" need to be Israel.
This isn't a prevalent, trendy, or popular idea. Most people seem to believe a "two-state solution" needs to be the only acceptable solution. They are wrong! Dead wrong.
Here is the crux of the problem: The only people in the Middle East who want Israel to exist are Israeli citizens.
I can hear the outcry. No! That is not true! We want a country for the Palestinian people!
"From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free!" No matter what you think, this is a call for genocide against the Jewish people living in Israel. It is a call for the removal of Israel as a country. It means that there is no place on the planet where Jews may live in peace with their neighbors.
The real problem is solved when all "Palestinians" become "Israeli Palestinians" and live by the laws of the nation Israel. There are no discriminatory laws in Israel. All citizens have the same rights. All citizens who can read, write, and converse in the dominant language have all the rights of any other citizen. Those citizens only "literate" (speak, read, and write) in the language of the land from which they emigrated have all the rights of other citizens. There is no apartheid—that concept as applied to Israel is a complete fabrication.
Any citizen who cannot speak, read, or write Hebrew has several options. There is Ulpan: a series of lessons provided by either the government (free for the first 10 years after immigration); there are also many private organizations providing language instruction (for some fee). Also, many signs in Israel provide several languages, and restaurant menus may be available in two or more languages. Many Israeli citizens speak more than one language. No one is ostracized in Israel.
Israel has approximately 2 million Arab citizens. This is approximately 21% of the citizens of Israel. Israel has 10 Arab ministers in the Knesset (the governing body of Israel).
There are areas in the disputed territories that Jews are not allowed to enter. These areas have large red signs letting the Jews know that to enter this area is to endanger their life. The Israeli government puts up these signs to protect its Jewish citizens from death. It is not certain that a Jew would be killed, but there is no guarantee. There is not any sign that warns an Arab that their life would be in danger if they venture beyond. No Arab is ever in danger in the disputed areas or in the land of Israel.
The only way to assure the protection of all inhabitants of Israel is to utilize the police and soldiers of Israel to certify that the laws of Israel will protect all the inhabitants of the area "from the river to the sea".
That will be accomplished when Israel is all the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea and from the Golan Heights to the edge of the Sinai Peninsula.
All people are under one reasonable set of laws. All who will become citizens of Israel can vote for their representatives. All people are protected from danger to their lives.
Gaza will be rebuilt and infused with high-technology companies and manufacturing. There will be jobs for citizens. A harbor and port will be constructed to facilitate trade.
The world can be shown that Israel is not an occupier, but a partner in facilitating economic growth.
This is the way.
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