There is only one path to peace between Israel and Palestine but no one will like it

[ripcord]

Palestine would be made a protectorate of the U.S., the one country in the world that could move troops and administrators in and guarantee safety to both sides. This would be something on the order of how we dealt with Germany and Japan after WW2, when we put our minds to it we are great at nation building.

I know it would be difficult and dangerous for the people we send there but building up Palestine would be much cheaper than the aid we are giving to both side in this conflict and more importantly it will save live and add some stability to the middle east

[Marius25]

1. Isn't that like what we tried to do in Iraq and Afghanistan?

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Bingo!

And look at the results.

[ripcord]

9. In Iraq and Afghnistan we had to work with their goverments

As a protectorate the U.S. would be their government and the military with the goal of building their infrastructure and stopping the border attacks in both directions.

[Progressive dog]

14. Pretty much

[WarGamer]

2. Why the US? No thanks.

[anciano]

5. Agreed.....

NOFP

[roamer65]

4. Multinational UN administration.

But it would be tough to get done.

[ripcord]

6. Israel doesn't trust the U.N.

They do trust the U.S.

[roamer65]

7. Won't happen.

The US has had enough of the ME quagmire, plus tbh…Israel doesn’t have oil.

[Chi67]

8. Two states

Is the only solution. It's ridiculous that has not yet happened.

[roamer65]

10. Bingo.

If Yitzhak Rabin has not been killed, they may have gotten there.

A great man of peace.

[Chi67]

11. Yeah

It is indeed a shame.

[tritsofme]

12. President Clinton brokered a fair deal that would have realized a two state solution.

Palestinians rejected it, and responded instead with a wave of violence that continues to shape the situation today.

[NowISeetheLight]

19. I Was Educated

I was only vaguely familiar with the Clinton proposal so I read a Wikipedia article on it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clinton_Parameters

The concerns listed that led to the rejection were varied.

[ripcord]

13. It won't happen while Hamas exists

[Elessar Zappa]

16. Hamas usually fucks things up.

When Hamas is removed from power and made irrelevant, maybe progress can be made.

[Progressive dog]

15. No they won't

so it will never happen.

[Takket]

17. With my taxpayer dollars? No thank you.

I'm all for humanitarian aid but not basically making Palestine the 51st state.

[brooklynite]

18. Absolutely ridiculous

First, a reminder that Palestine was a protectorate of Great Britain. How did that work out?

Second, Afghanistan was effectively a protectorate of the US for more than 20 years.How did THAT work out? Seriously, you want to post troops in Gaza and the West Bank permanently and be open targets for the next terrorist group that comes along?

Third, let’s discuss what you DIDN’T say: Palestine is being protected by the US FROM ISRAEL Setting aside the fact that no US leader (Republocan or Democratic) will endorse that concept, imagine the geo-political consequences of entering into a border conflict with the only Democracy in the Middle East?

[TheRealNorth]

20. Now you have done it.

You have incurred the wrath of the Zionists on this board that support Israel no matter what. If Palestine were to become a US Protectorate, it becomes a bit harder for right-wing religious fundamentalist Israeli settlers to seize and annex more of the West Bank. We would also have to fund and rebuild the West Bank, and we find it extremely difficult to fund infrastructure in our own country. Plus l could see the Republicans and even some Democrats continuing to screw over the Palestinians if it were to become a U.S. Protectorate.

I would rather see an international mandate with a multinational military force that would secure the border of Israel with the West Bank. Furthermore, I would like to see the City of Jerusalem fall under the mandate, with the understanding that there will not be any further changes to the holy sites.

[Arthur_Frain]

21. I have zero interest in us wading further into this eternal conflict.

It would be hubris.

Did we learn nothing from 20 years in Afghanistan? You can’t superimpose your cultural values on a people that don’t share them already.

No one over there really wants the two state solution, they want to annihilate one another, it’s the only outcome they will accept. They’ve been working hard at it for over 2000 years.

Especially when neither side wants us on the ground over there, not worth one American soldiers life. If they can’t agree to live peaceably, how could we force them?