Israel Palestine budgetary incentives to peace

          Carrots give vision to peace more than do guns..

 

In 2008 our and the world's economies fell off the cliff.  Due in large part to our overreliance on the expansive use of military forces, the world now stares at a depression.  With 21st century weapons of mass destruction abounding, we must move us away from the bloody, costly use of military forces and switch to seeding carrots to better see the road to peace and productivity.

 

The setting:

According to the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), from 1949-2001 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $94,966,300,000.  The direct and indirect aid from recent years puts the total U.S. aid to Israel since 1949 at over one hundred billion dollars.  

As part of an initiative by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the civilian aid has been steadily decreased over the course of the past 10 years, going from USD 1.2 million to being completely cancelled in 2007.  At the same time, military aid to Israel has increased from USD 1.8 billion to USD 2.4 billion.  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3362402,00.html

In Palestine, there is 1 university, in Israel 8.  In 2001 about 50,000 Palestinian students could not get to school, at least 3 schools were occupied by Israeli soldiers and turned into military camps; over 2,000 students were injured and 137 killed on their way to or from school; many schools had no or few textbooks.  Middle East sources say not one library functions in Palestine.  In 2007, some would say the situation improved marginally.  In 2008 more walls, checkpoints, and the Gaza attacks have probably destroyed the debatable marginal improvements.

 

In comparison to Israel, America gives very little in foreign aid to Palestine, and refuses to give to a terrorist-tagged Hamas controlled government.

 

With war is raging from Gaza through Afghanistan and Pakistan, our financial aid and military involvement only moves us more rapidly toward broke.  Nonetheless, the Bush administration recently pledged $85 million to help rebuild Gaza from the destruction that some of our military aid created.  

 

In the 21st century, it is saner and cheaper to try carrots rather than jet sticks.

 

Carrots for Israel and Palestine

The world knows America is almost broke.  And much of the world knows that wasteful warfare is skidding more and more of the world toward Slum Row.  Please try this carrot based budgeting program for Israel and Palestine to build peace in the Middle East:

  1. Bring Israel, Palestine, regionally involved states, and the Arab Emirates, to an Israeli Palestinian Peace Conference.
  2. Explain to them how we will be gradually shifting our aid from military support to projects that build understanding and peaceful productivity.
  3. Outline how that for each six months of continuous peace between Israel and Palestine, America will transfer $25 million (or a bigger number) from its military aid to Israel into peaceful, productive projects that benefit both Israel and Palestine.  Most of these projects would require integration between Israeli and Palestinians, such as developing: libraries for peace, elementary schools, high schools, universities, camps, community service projects, business joint ventures, news stations, service under the international program of the American World Service Corps (AWSC) Congressional Proposals.  http://www.worldservicecorps.us/world%20service%20key%20proposal%202yr%20volunteer.htm
  4. Request that the Arab Emirates and regional players commit to this process and to at least tripling the United States’ financial commitment with their investment.
  5. Include all of those who contribute financially, as well as the United Nations and some well-regarded humanitarian agencies (Doctors without Borders, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Habitat, Peace Corps, etc.) in an oversight board that insures that the money is used in a nonpartisan and fair manner.

 

We have a President of color today because we had Brown versus Board of Education yesterday.  Our history proves that a nation that schools together and works together avoids killing each other. 

 

By gradually shifting our military aid to Israel into peaceful, productive aid that benefits the daily lives of both Israelis and Palestinians, the Obama-Biden administration can douse the spark that blows up buildings and lives beyond just the Middle East.

 

By gradually shifting our military aid, we do not weaken Israel, and the healthy carrots this process provides moves Israel and Palestine to a healthier peace than the foolhardy peace imposed by walls and arms.

 

This carrot-based aid shift will dramatically reduce the recruitment of radicals and benefit our diplomatic efforts.

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People’s Lobby’s Educational Research link

http://www.worldservicecorps.us/Israel%20Palestine%20integrateschools.htm

 

KMTV’s VanDusen Presents the American World Service Corps Congressional Proposals 12-08,
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5412649329836782026  

 


Comcast Cable Local Edition's Jerry Hanson interviews Dwayne Hunn on substance of American World Service Corps.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMVeRVTvm4
Dwayne Hunn 415-383-7880
www.WorldServiceCorps.us
www.PeoplesLobby.us

 

 

 

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What is not widely discussed, however, is that most of this aid may violate American laws.  (The Arms Export Control Act stipulates that US-supplied weapons be used only for "legitimate self-defense.")

Around Christmas in 2008, Israel launched overwhelming attacks into Gaza to eliminate the terrorist-tagged Hamas, who had been winning support among Palestinians by providing social services.

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