Will Religious Ignorance Defeat Peace?
Judaism and Islam and Christianity are basically the same religion; although, Christianity believes that Jesus is the Son of God, all three religions believe in the same God or Creator and all three religions accept the same Old Testament. Moreover, all three religions believe in basically the same biblical stories of Adam, Eve, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Issac, Jacob, Joseph, David, Solomon and more.
But, All Wars are caused over Land: What is the Arab-Muslim fighting for? Land. Soldiers fight over land. Terrorists fight over land. Israeli’s fight over land. What is the reason all parties fight for (past, present and future)? Land.
To formulate a Middle East Peace Treaty, one should first be required to read the Old Testament, New Testament and the Qu'ran.
I do not believe the Israeli and Jewish People would treat their Arab-Muslim neighbors the same way if they knew that Muslims believe in the same Creator; that Muslims go to Mecca because that was where ABRAHAM started the first Temple for them; that MOSES is discussed more in the Qu'ran then any other Prophet; etc.
I do believe the Arab-Muslim world can learn a new acceptance of Israel and the Jewish People if they fully realized that Jewish People claim to be descendants of Abraham; that their OWN QU'RAN follows the descendants of Abraham's second son Issac (not Abraham's first son, Ishmael): Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, i.e. the Jewish People; AND the Old Testament promise to the Jewish People of the Biblical Land of Israel. The Qu’ran, moreover, is a validation of the Old Testament, the Jewish Religion and Jewish People. The following are just two quotations in the Qu'ran:
"And [remember] when Moses said to his people: 'O my people, call in remembrance the favour of God unto you, when he produced prophets among you, made you kings, and gave to you what He had not given to any other among the peoples. O my people, enter the Holy Land which God has assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to your own ruin.'" [Qur'an 5:20-21]
"And thereafter We [Allah] said to the Children of Israel: 'Dwell securely in the Promised Land. And when the last warning will come to pass, we will gather you together in a mingled crowd.'" [Qur'an 17:104]
PEACE TREATY OUTLINE:
JERUSALEM: The Walled City of Jerusalem shall belong to all PEOPLE who follow the same faith of Abraham and Moses. Both Israel and Palestine shall be allowed to have their Capitol Buildings (outside the Walled City) in Jerusalem. (NOTE: Neither the Jewish People NOR Muslim will permanently surrender their biblical LAND of Jerusalem unless you word the "peace treaty" correctly).
BORDERS. The Borders of Israel shall basically be her pre-1967 borders or within her Security Wall and maybe some large settlements (since all Wars are caused over Land, Israel shall also have to give up any occupied territory between Lebanon and Syria too); Palestine shall be the West Bank and Gaza.
CITIZENSHIP. Israeli Citizens currently living in the West Bank shall become Palestinian-Jewish Citizens. The same for Palestinian People living in Israel. The Jewish Zealots who live in the West Bank are their for Old Testament, Religious Reasons. They would still be allowed to live as Jewish Citizens in their Biblical Land. (They could also be allowed to have Dual Citizenship with Israel). OUTSIDE THE ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS, NO JEWISH PERSON WOULD BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE LAND THEY ARE LIVING IN NOW. (NOTE: I believe, these Jewish Fundamentalists would accept Palestinian Sovereignty if they could live in the same Old Testament Biblical LAND.)
RIGHT OF RETURN. There could be a NEW Formulized "Equal" One-for-One Right of Return for Palestinians who want to "return" to Israel and for Jewish People who want to "return" to the Biblical West Bank. (NOTE: Israel and Palestine would BOTH have to agree to the SAME number of Annual Immigration.)
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