Okay, so is the the fifth or sixth aggressive war the Arabs have launched against Israel?
Oddly enough, the problem here is not the Arabs. It is the unwillingness of the Israelis to say “Enough!”, and push the Gaza Paleos into Egypt, and the West Bank Paleos into Jordan.
Certainly, for a few years there would be great upset internationally. But then, surprising most, things would settle down. The region would again become calm, and fall from the headlines. Israel would finally know extended peace.
If the Paleos insisted on their own country, no problem. The British and French created their own country, called Jordan, expressly as a homeland for the Paleos.
And wracked with guilt, as Israelis tend to revel in, after the Paleos were out, they could pay each Paleo family a large chunk of money. There are about 1.82 million Paleos in Gaza. For just $5 billion, they could give each and every one of them, every man, woman and child, $2,775 to make a new life for themselves in Egypt. So a family of four would get $11,000.
That would be 78,684 Egyptian Pounds. The average annual pay in Egypt is 8,423 EGP. This would mean the equivalent of NINE YEARS of annual pay, all at once, to each Paleo family.
Just to leave the Gaza Strip forever and live in Egypt.
And just 2.75 million Paleos live in the West Bank, so a similar deal there. And Jordan is better off, economically. So you figure that Israel could shell out say $10 billion to pay off the Paleos who were kicked out of the West Bank forever.
$15 billion for peace. A very fair price. Especially considering that Israel’s annual GDP is about $275 billion.
And there would be peace. No more a continual bombardment and threat of war. For anyone. Wouldn’t that be worth it?