I have a solution to the Palestine/Israel conflict: "Let them eat cake." Seriously!

1:09am January 28th, 2009 By braceletseeds

I'm not joking around, though sometimes it becomes necessary to make light of such a drawn out situation. 

But with all the sides trying to get their way, and everyone living in a biased, impenetrable bubble, there seems to be only one way to solve this age-old problem.  In the words of the doomed Marie Antoinette, "Let them eat cake!" 

Why you ask? Because, think about the last time you were shoved into a room full of people you despise, usually to celebrate some unnecessary or exaggerated occassion.   And you're all there usally for just one reason: cake (or a buffet or drinks or something.) 

 

So, we'll stick some Palestinians and Israelis (including all the media and political influencers) in a giant ballroom, office Christmas party style.   Because God knows that those force you into a room full of brown-nosers, lame jokes, and awkward situations.  But at the end of the day, you know you did your part to inch yourself closer to that promotion, smooth it over with a tense co-worker, and prove to your boss that killing it at karaoke is an indicator of your upcoming performance.

 

Ok, point number two.  Although I totally get the advantage of a two-state solution, I think that it completely misses the point of mutual respect, cooperation, and exceptance.  They need to LIVE together. Work together, pray together, eat together, be together.  They've supposedly been doing it for thousands of years before, and the only thing getting in their way now is politics and fear.  So if somehow we lift that veil of fear and assuage each side's doubts of the other's humanity, innocence, and good intentions, then maybe their lifestyles can truly return to the peaceful coexistence that all of their prophets have preached and lived for.   It's incredibly sad to see three religions with so much in common replace what should be their natural reality with the illusion of hatred and animosity.  The Muslims, Jews, and Christians of the region not only share common ancestry and traditions, but also have the same religious prophets and teachings up to Jesus.  That is pretty significant.   Who said that the way the story unfolded in the past thousand years hasn't been tweeked and refined to reflect their surroundings and political realities so that it seems none of the people have anything in common anymore?  What happens when you stick a yummy slice of chocolate cake in a room  full of siblings?  Has anyone seen four siblings fight over a piece of cake?  And that's why the only requirement necessary at the Holy Land Office Party is plenty of cake, and the rest will work itself out.

 

Either way, it's nice to see the initatives the Obama team is quickly taking.

Tags: international, politics, media, society, sociology, psychology, religion, ideas, seriously, MiddleEast

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  Posted by anonymous February 2nd, 2009
your story made me droole for some chocolate, on the serious side, I believe in your proposal, u need to pass it around , u never know, some people with power might take it seriousely and take action, then, and only then u will be awarded with the peace Noble Price....

  Posted by anonymous August 11th, 2009

I agree completely...THEY NEED TO LIVE TOGETHER as they have since forever.  This conflict as it is today started after the state of Israel was declared.  Before then, Jews, Muslims, and Christians ALL lived in the same place, together, PEACEFULLY...

so spread the word and get that office party planned....it will have to be a pretty big one.

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