An international peacekeeping force could solve the Israel-Palestine problem overnight...
BUT ISRAEL WILL NOT ALLOW IT!
BECAUSE ISRAEL'S REAL GOAL IS THE ANNEXATION OF THE WEST BANK...NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PALESTINIAN STATE.
HENCE THIS NEED TO CONSTANTLY PROVOKE CRISISES WITH IT'S ARAB NEIGHBORS...SO AS TO HAVE AN EXCUSE TO CONTINUE THE "OCCUPATIONS" INDEFINITELY...
ISRAEL'S REAL PLAN IS TO MAKE LIFE SO MISERABLE FOR IT'S ARAB CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORS THAT THEY WILL LEAVE ON THEIR OWN...IN OTHER WORDS...LEAVE THE TERRITIORY OF OLD PALESTINE AND ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GREATER ISRAEL ON THE OLD "BIBLICAL ISRAEL" TERRITORY.
UNFORTUNATELY, MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS ALSO SEE THE "HOLY LAND" AS IMPORTANT...
AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE FORCE IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA WOULD GIVE THE PALESTINIANS THEIR "STATE" IMMEDIATELY...BUT ISRAEL WILL NOT ALLOW THIS.
AN INTERNATIONAL PEACE FORCE SHOULD ALSO BE ESTABLISHED IN JERUSALEM AND THAT "HOLY CITY" SHOULD BE BE DECLARED "OPEN" AND INDEPENTANT FOR ALL FAITHS. THIS COULD BE SIMILAR TO HOW THE VATICAN IS ESTABLISHED.
BUT AGAIN ISRAEL WILL NOT ALLOW IT...AS ISRAEL DEMANDS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ALL RELIGIOUS SITES AND SHRINES...HEBREW AND GENTILE.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF A MAJOR DISASTER IS FORTHCOMING...THE DEMANDS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS COULD BECOME SO GREAT THAT ISRAEL WOULD HAVE TO BACK DOWN.
BUT RIGHT NOW ....I DOUBT IT.