To President George Bush & Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
It is obvious to all who
belief in the truth and the power of reasoning that the genesis of this Middle
East crisis is the forceful creation of the modern day
Israel.
Since the fall of
Jerusalem and the destruction of the
Solomon’s temple during Roman rule about 2000 years ago, the Jews had basically
lost control of that land. In the twentieth century, that
area was
Palestine and was governed by the
Palestinians. The Jews in the area and Palestinians
basically lived side by side, until the
United States and the rest of
the western world under the umbrella of the United Nations forcefully created
Israel.
This mistake will either lead us to a Third World War or it will lead us
to the colonization of the
Middle East. As an American
of African descent, colonization is the last thing I want for any people.
Majority of
Africa’s or the world’s problems can be traced
back to colonization. It is a gradual and forcefully process
where by a weakened or conquered group is forced to lose its pride,
self-identity, language, culture, and leadership systems, which is replaced by
leadership puppets of mis-management, corruption, and poverty that caters to the
interests of the conquerors.
I refuse to accept the fact
that the Arabs hate the Jews as human beings, but instead, they hate the fact
the Jews and the unjust creation of Israel are the justification for the
European presence in the polity of the Arab world. Even the
former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, admitted yesterday on Fox News that
he pulled out of
Lebanon because he
realized that Israeli presence for too long was making Hazbollah stronger.
Let us be honest with ourselves. Was there anything
called Hazbollah, Al-Qaeda, Hamas, or even global Arab hatred for the Jews
before 1948? I do not think so. The only
solution to this is for us to move backwards with humility.
I recommend the following
steps of humility towards prolonged peace in the
Middle East:
1)
The United Nations need to publicly apologies for the forceful creation
of
Israel
2)
The United Nations needs to appeal to the Palestinians to accept the
creation of
Israel under Palestinian
terms and conditions
3)
The United nations should make
Jerusalem its headquarters and declare it a “City
of
Humanity”
This is the only way we all
can win and have lasting peace. At the end, there will be a
nation of Israel, no one has Jerusalem, and the Arabs will feel that they are a
part in the creation of Israel and do not have to fight any more to gain honor
for the lands they have lost.
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