Brainstorm of Solutions to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from All WHISL Classes

Brainstorm of Solutions to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from All WHISL Classes

Brainstorm of solutions to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from all WHISL classes

  1. Split land equally.
  2. Abolish religions.
  3. Have United Nations member states vote and decide.
  4. Create peace treaty.
  5. Outsiders go in and educate massive groups of people about peace.
  6. Share Holy Land/Jerusalem and keep it neutral.
  7. Give Israel some European land; move Israelis to Europe.
  8. Move Palestinians to other Arab nations.
  9. Stop United States from giving money to Israel.
  10. Move fence back to the actual intended boundary.
  11. Israel should return land and leave West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights.
  12. Give Palestinians their own military.
  13. Have Jordan expand its borders to include the West Bank and build an international highway to connect the Gaza Strip.
  14. Colonize Antarctica with Palestinians.
  15. Census distribution: land according to population.
  16. No declared state/national religions.
  17. Remove foreign aid and incite war.
  18. Border control.
  19. Separate the cultures far away from each other.
  20. Nuke ‘em.
  21. Create education system that schools Israelis and Palestinians together.
  22. Educate the youth about the conflict, race, religious conflict, history of barriers, etc.
  23. Move Jewish state somewhere else.
  24. Use military force to move people that won’t move.
  25. Have bigger nations take weapons away from Israelis and Palestinians until they reach peace.
  26. Vote on it.
  27. Have Jordan and West Bank become Palestinian territory.
  28. Become one big democratic state.
  29. Divide into two and build wall with United Nations soldiers to guard the wall.
  30. Divide land proportionally based on population.
  31. Use religious scripts as a rationale to deter suicide bombers.
  32. Give West Bank and Gaza Strip to Palestinians and open up more communication.
  33. Move Israeli economies out of West Back and Gaza Strip and back into Israel.
  34. Upgrade the education system.
  35. Integrate the teaching of other conflicts into the education system so the Israelis and Palestinians can make more informed decisions.
  36. Divide land 50/50 and have UN peacemakers, not peacekeepers.
  37. Make Jerusalem into its own nation with easy access for all.
  38. Give Palestinians a state of their own.
  39. Split half of Israel and make Israel-Palestine.
  40. Make all land unavailable to either Israel or Palestine.
  41. Nuke them all.
  42. Live amongst each other with one government.
  43. Give Israelis Germany.
  44. Find new land for either Israelis or Palestinians or both.
  45. Make law that gives all equal rights; no side better than another.
  46. Educate both sides about equality and see if they would work together.
  47. Battle Royale.
  48. Put Jews back into diaspora.
  49. All land becomes “Israelistine” and refugees return.
  50. Complete integration with incentives on both sides to move into opposite territories.
  51. Massive foreign investment akin to Dubai.
  52. Complete separation with a way to link West Bank and Gaza Strip.
  53. Make it international land and no one gets it.

Now… for the HOW COULD THIS IDEA WORK?

Consider what would need to happen in order for any of these ideas to work.

Discuss…

  • Who would be responsible for what?
  • Who enforces laws?
  • What do other countries need to do/not do to help?
  • Pros and cons of each idea
  • Specific ways that you could make this idea work.

Brainstorm of solutions to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from all WHISL classes—HANSON-PETERS’ questions

  1. Split land equally.
  2. How to convince both sides?
  3. Who splits? Who enforces? Build a wall? Penalties? Passports?
  4. Have United Nations member states vote and decide.
  5. Bribery? Lobbying? How to convince? What to gain? Does UN enforce?
  6. Create peace treaty.
  7. Who writes? Who enforces? What, specifically, does it say?
  8. Outsiders go in and educate massive groups of people about peace.
  9. What outsiders? Who writes curriculum? How to avoid bias? How do all people get educated? Once they are educated what are they supposed to do? What if they don’t want to be educated?
  10. Share Holy Land/Jerusalem and keep it neutral.
  11. Who enforces? Do religious leaders need to come together? Who oversees that it remains neutral?
  12. Give Israel some European land; move Israelis to Europe.
  13. Where in Europe? What about overcrowding? What if Europeans refuse? What about asking Israelis to uproot their lives?
  14. Move Palestinians to other Arab nations.
  15. Which nations? What about asking Palestinians to uproot their lives? What about impact on Arab nations: economic, demographic, etc.
  16. Stop United States from giving money to Israel.
  17. Arguments for better use of that money? How to convince US to stop? Who in the US needs to be convinced? Should Americans vote on this?
  18. Move fence back to the actual intended boundary.
  19. Israel should return land and leave West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights.
  20. Give Palestinians their own military.
  21. Have Jordan expand its borders to include the West Bank and build an international highway to connect the Gaza Strip.
  22. Colonize Antarctica with Palestinians.
  23. Educate the youth about the conflict, race, religious conflict, history of barriers, etc.
  24. Move Jewish state somewhere else.
  25. Use military force to move people that won’t move.
  26. Have bigger nations take weapons away from Israelis and Palestinians until they reach peace.
  27. Vote on it.
  28. Have Jordan and West Bank become Palestinian territory.
  29. Become one big democratic state.
  30. Divide into two and build wall with United Nations soldiers to guard the wall.
  31. Divide land proportionally based on population.
  32. Use religious scripts as a rationale to deter suicide bombers.
  33. Give West Bank and Gaza Strip to Palestinians and open up more communication.
  34. Move Israeli economies out of West Back and Gaza Strip and back into Israel.
  35. Upgrade the education system.
  36. Integrate the teaching of other conflicts into the education system so the Israelis and Palestinians can make more informed decisions.
  37. Divide land 50/50 and have UN peacemakers, not peacekeepers.
  38. Make Jerusalem into its own nation with easy access for all.
  39. Give Palestinians a state of their own.
  40. Split half of Israel and make Israel-Palestine.
  41. Make all land unavailable to either Israel or Palestine.
  42. Nuke them all.
  43. Live amongst each other with one government.
  44. Give Israelis Germany.
  45. Find new land for either Israelis or Palestinians or both.
  46. Make law that gives all equal rights; no side better than another.
  47. Educate both sides about equality and see if they would work together.
  48. Battle Royale.
  49. Put Jews back into diaspora.
  50. All land becomes “Israelistine” and refugees return.
  51. Complete integration with incentives on both sides to move into opposite territories.
  52. Massive foreign investment akin to Dubai.
  53. Complete separation with a way to link West Bank and Gaza Strip.
  54. Make it international land and no one gets it.