A PLAN FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Since at least 1967, the people of the Middle East have not been able to establish peace. Now that their troubles threaten all of us, it is time that the world forces them to come to peace.

First the United States must rid itself of the influence of Israel, and it’s own minority Jewish population’s efforts in Israel’s cause. The Nations of the world must stop giving aid of any kind to Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and others. Israel must be seen by the world as just another small nation. Religious beliefs must not be taken into consideration.

The United Nations under the leadership of the United States must impose new borders on Israel (see map). There can be no negotiating; these borders must be accepted.

Israel’s borders

Starting at the north end of the Dead Sea where the Jordan River enters (point 1), a straight line will be drawn west to Jerusalem, then northwest to Netanya at the sea (point 2), this will be the northern border. To the north of this line will be the Nation of Palestine. The religious shrine known as the Dome of the Rock will be on the north side of this line and will be in the territory of Palestine.

From point one in the center of the Jordan River at the north end of the Dead Sea the border will be the natural center of the river running south to the Gulf of Aqaba, this will be the eastern border.

On the west side of the Gulf of Aqaba Israel’s border will start twenty miles south of the point where the Jordan River enters the Gulf (point 3). A straight line will be drawn from that point northwest to a point on the Mediterranean Sea forty miles west of Israel’s present border (point 4), this land in the Sinai peninsula will be given by Egypt. This will be the southern border.

From point four up the sea coast to point two at Netanya will be the western border.

Palestine’s borders

Palestine’s southern border will be from point one to point two.

The eastern border will be the center of the Jordan River at point one running north up the center of the river to the northern end of the Golan Heights (point 5)(the Heights will be given back to Syria).

From point five a straight line will be drawn west to the sea (point 6) this will be the northern border and Lebanon will give the land.

From point six going south along the seacoast to point two at Netanya will be the western border.

The owners of property in this new Nation of Palestine that are not Palestinians and do not wish to stay will be compensated by the Nation they are citizens of. The new Nation of Palestine will compensate Palestinians that lost property in Israel. Palestine will respect all religions.

New rules

All nations must recognize each other’s sovereignty and right to exist and honor their neighbor’s borders. No nation will have any claim, or right to, upstream water. There is no right to "go to war". All disputes must be taken to the United Nations. They do not need to like each other but they must stop plotting to hurt the other.

Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and others on the Mediterranean Sea will only have ten miles of territorial waters. The waters more than ten miles from the shoreline will be considered international waters and will be open to all. No nation is permitted to question, stop, search, or attack vessels or aircraft in or over these international waters.

No nation will be permitted to intrude by land, sea, or air on another nations territory. The United Nations will enforce this. Any aggressor nation can be attacked by a United Nations coalition, defeated, occupied, and have a new government imposed on it.

Israel is permitted to construct fences, walls, or barriers of any kind along its northern and southern borders.

Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and others should work together to establish a road and rail corridor close to the coast for commerce and passengers. Any traffic that is traveling nonstop in this corridor, through a nations territory, should not be stopped, searched, or hindered in any way.

All the nations in the area should have equal rights to military weapons. If Israel wishes to keep any weapon then all her neighbors must have the right to the same weapons. The United Nations will inspect all the nations in the area.

The United Nations will establish an international police agency that will have access to all nations on earth to hunt down international criminals. Anyone detained, tried, or investigated by this agency will have all his or her rights protected. Anyone charged will be tried in an international court in a neutral country.

Since Israel is at the heart of the trouble in the Middle East; if it will not agree to all the above it should be cutoff from all aid, commerce, and international relations until it does except. This plan is designed to give Israel peace and security; to give it’s citizens safety, and to allow it to prosper so it should have no problem agreeing to all the above.

This is my peace plan as formulated in 2000 AD. Dr Marlin Creasote

Creasote writings, page 2. - A Plan for Peace in the Middle East. - Why I will no longer be a Republican.

 

Why I will no longer be a Republican

When the disreputable Bill Clinton left office the new Republican Neo-Con administration of George Bush started with a huge surplus in the treasury. The first thing they did was to give that money away to their rich friends. They then encouraged and allowed the banking and investment industry to give loans for homes to under qualified borrowers. Then they encouraged and allowed housing prices to rise to unsustainable levels leading to a housing bubble. When housing prices began to go lower some borrowers could not pay, then the bankers raised the interest rate on adjustable mortgages and more people could not make their payments. The banking and investment industry was losing money so the Bush/Neo-Cons and the other politicians cried that the industry was “to big to be allowed to fail” so the government gave them billions of dollars: this happened in the last days of the Republican presidency.

When the Democrat party took over in 2009 the voters where told that the economy was in turmoil so they authorized trillions of borrowed dollars to be spent. That money is available however it is not yet being spent. The government and the banking and investment industry are sitting on the cash, banks just as in the 1930s depression are refusing to give loans and the economy suffers: businesses are failing and workers are losing jobs.

The banking and investment industry that was bailed out with taxpayer borrowed dollars then had a miraculous recovery and used that taxpayer cash to give their executives bonuses. The banking and investment industry gave every cent of the taxpayers money to the very executives that had created the crisis in the first place.

Everyone at the top of the banking and investment industry are Republicans; they have looted the taxpayers like the pirates that they truly are. The Republican party is the party of people that are making good money and do not want to give up any of it as taxes. The Nation has certain needs and that money has to come from somewhere. The Republicans are right when they say that a lot of government money is spent foolishly and the Democrats are correct when they say that the Republicans are heartless and do not care about the poor.

I will never again support or vote for a Republican but I need to say that I am not a fan of the Democrats. The Democrats passed legislation in the 1960s and 1970s that destroyed my chance at a good life.