The obvious solution to the Hamas/Israeli conflict

  

There is an obvious way for the Arab world to deal with the “Palestinian problem” that no state in the Arab World has been willing to try — without war, and with no Palestinian deaths. Simply put, it’s love your neighbor as yourself. 

Instead, the Arabs and Palestinians have repeatedly gone to war with Israel. They declare that “if Israel will only declare a “cease fire” and negotiate in good faith, the war with Hamas could easily be ended. It is all Israel’s fault.”

That of course, utterly overlooks the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023.

It also overlooks the clear words of Hamas’ founding document — “The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement,”18 August 1988:

That document says “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it. ”It asserts that “Palestine (Israel) is an Islamic Possession consecrated for Muslim generations until Judgement Day."

It sets out the Hamas goal: “to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine.” (What: no “Two-state solution?”)

The document rejects all negotiations: “Initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences, are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement,” and declares “There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad (Holy War).”

So, how is Israel supposed to negotiate with Hamas that believes (1) “Initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences, are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement;" and who believes (2) “There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad (Holy War).”

Roughly 2 million Palestinians live in Gaza, a 140 square-miles corner of Israel, along the Mediterranean Sea, just north of the Sinai Peninsula.

Wikipedia tells us that “The ‘Arab world’ comprises a large group of 22 countries, mainly located in Western Asia and Northern Africa.” It includes Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon and Somalia.

The Arab world spans an area of some 5,000,000 sq. miles. Israel, including Gaza and the West Bank, encompasses a mere 11,200 sq. miles.

The Palestinians, living in Gaza, believe that all Israel belongs to them by right of the Mulsim conquests of the Holy Land during the middle-ages.

Since Israel was re-constituted in 1948, the Arabs and Palestinians have started and lost war after war to exterminate Israel. This time, responding to the Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, the massacre of Israeli 2000 civilians, and the taking of some 100-plus Israeli hostages, Israel has retaliated by reducing Gaza to rubble and killing thousands of Palestinians.

There is a better solution. If the Arabs states are truly acting in good faith, and out of love of the Palestinian people, each of the 22 Arab states could open their borders to perhaps 100,000 Palestinian immigrants. That would eliminate the need to exterminate Israel — unless, of course, the Muslim’s real goal is religious — to reconquer Israel in the name of Allah and the Muslim faith.

Are there examples of Christian nations opening their doors to Muslims? Yes. France has admitted over 3 million Muslims. The “Great Satan” — a/k/a the U.S.A — has admitted about 2,500,000 since 2000. How many have been admitted by Iran? Egypt? Iraq?

First Published in the Moline Dispatch and Rock Island Argus on November 6, 2024. 
Copyright 2024, John Donald O'Shea