It is my belief that this issue MUST be solved by Israeli Citizens AND Palestinian Citizens, NOT America nor any government. In other words, issue stops when the citizens of BOTH Israel and Palestine say STOP.
It does NOT help when America, or Americans, are seen as supporting Israel ABOVE Palestine. BOTH Israel and Palestine have a right to exist as sovereign nations.
I have a philosophy when comes to Israel and Palestine. I call it "Friends don't let friends drive drunk" diplomacy. If we are REALLY friends of Israel, we should not standby and let them drive drive diplomatic relations with Palestine drunk on ideology, and if NECESSARY we need to take away their "keys" (money and military support). This is the only thing America can do to support a solution to the Israeli vs Palestinian issue, then it is up to the the citizens these nations.
The subject of the following article should NOT be officially supported if the USA is to improve our security.
"Tax-Exempt Funds Aid Settlements in West Bank" by JIM RUTENBERG, MIKE McINTIRE, ETHAN BRONNER; New York Times 7/5/2010
Excerpt
Twice a year, American evangelicals show up at a winery in this Jewish settlement in the hills of ancient Samaria to play a direct role in biblical prophecy, picking grapes and pruning vines.
Believing that Christian help for Jewish winemakers here in the occupied West Bank foretells Christ’s second coming, they are recruited by a Tennessee-based charity called HaYovel that invites volunteers “to labor side by side with the people of Israel” and “to share with them a passion for the soon coming jubilee in Yeshua, messiah.”
But during their visit in February the volunteers found themselves in the middle of the fight for land that defines daily life here. When the evangelicals headed into the vineyards, they were pelted with rocks by Palestinians who say the settlers have planted creeping grape vines on their land to claim it as their own. Two volunteers were hurt. In the ensuing scuffle, a settler guard shot a 17-year-old Palestinian shepherd in the leg.
“These people are filled with ideas that this is the Promised Land and their duty is to help the Jews,” said Izdat Said Qadoos of the neighboring Palestinian village. “It is not the Promised Land. It is our land.”
HaYovel is one of many groups in the United States using tax-exempt donations to help Jews establish permanence in the Israeli-occupied territories — effectively obstructing the creation of a Palestinian state, widely seen as a necessary condition for Middle East peace.
The result is a surprising juxtaposition: As the American government seeks to end the four-decade Jewish settlement enterprise and foster a Palestinian state in the West Bank, the American Treasury helps sustain the settlements through tax breaks on donations to support them.
REMINDER: The terrorism that we see infecting the world (and within our nation) today is perpetrated by religious fanatics of ALL strips.
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