Ending the crisis without killing anyone

[Ian David]

Ending the crisis without killing anyone
Gershon Baskin, Hanna Siniora, Khaled Duzdar, Yossi Ben Ari

Thursday, July 13, 2006

The most desired end of the current crisis would be a return of the Israeli kidnapped soldiers from Lebanon and Gaza, the release of prisoners in Israeli jails, an end to cross border attacks, including rockets ñ in both directions ñ on the Israeli-Gaza border and the Israeli-Lebanese border, and the strengthening of moderates and the weakening of extremists.

The current strategy to end the crisis employs extreme long-term violence and escalating threats against civilians that may or may not end with the release of the kidnapped soldiers and prisoners in Israeli jails. It may or may not end the cross border attacks; it will most likely strengthen extremists and weaken moderates and will cause vast damage and human suffering.

At times when anger rules, it is difficult to think logically, nevertheless; there is a more rational course that could be advanced that might have a better chance of achieving the desired results written above. Our proposal is as follows:

Prime Minister Olmert will immediately meet publicly with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and tell him the following:

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