Final Project-4-Local Problem and solution

Local Problem and Solution

William

The problem: The Israeli/Palestinian conflict

·        The Palestinians continue to be contained and controlled by Israel

·        Both groups believe they have a right to live in the holy land

·        Palestinians don’t enjoy freedom of movement

·        This makes the Palestinians angry which  has led to terrorist attacks against Israel and the rise of Hamas

·        Israel keeps building settlements in the West Bank very close to Palestinian territory

The best solution-Two States

·        There have been many solutions proposed by other countries, especially the United States

·        The most famous of these is the two state solution

·        With this plan the Palestinians will get their own country that would cover the current Palestinian territory

·        Israel will still control all of the other land

·        One of the main problem with this solution is the Israel West Bank settlements which are basically in Palestinian territory

·        There are only three other solutions if the two states plan fails, all of which are worse for both groups

Alternative solution one

·        Israel could just force out all the Palestinians from the West Bank, Gaza and all of Israel

·        This would appeal to Zionist Jewish people who dream about an “ethnically pure” Jewish Israel

·        This is of course a very bad and un fair solution for Palestinians and would not be supported by any other countries

·        It would basically be ethnic cleansing

Alternative solution two

·        In this solution things will stay almost like now

·        The Israelis will still control the West Bank and Gaza

·        The Palestinians would be given limited control over some other land in Israel

·        The Israelis would still control Palestinian movements in and out, and the air space

·        The Palestinians still would  not have real control or freedom in their territory

·        People say it would be similar to apartheid in South Africa before

Alternative solution three

·        Israel will still physically control all of the country but give the Palestinians full democratic rights and freedom of movement inside of Israel

·        This would be the end of special Palestinian territory

·        This is much better than the other two alternative solutions but still worse than the two state solution

·         Zionist Jewish people would have to give up their dream of an ethnically pure Israel

·        It is also not perfect for the Palestinians because they couldn’t directly control their future