A one-state solution in the Mideast [View All]

[Karmadillo]

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~157~2104504,00.html

The settling of America was in many ways a model for European Jewish settlement, beginning in the late 1800s, of historic Palestine. In both cases, immigrants were looking for opportunities and a refuge from religious persecution and discrimination in Europe.

As in America, Jewish settlers coming to historic Palestine discovered an indigenous population not entirely thrilled with the idea of foreigners settling on their land.

I believe America today can serve as a model for what Israel can become and, hopefully, put an end to one of the most intractable conflicts in modern history.

While recent Middle East peace efforts have focused on how to get Israel to withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza in order to create a "two-state solution" - one Jewish state and one Palestinian Christian-Muslim state - why not do as it was done in America and have one state with guaranteed rights and liberties for all citizens regardless of religion, ethnicity or gender?

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