Should Palestinians be pacifists in order for peace to finally come to the Middle East?
Picture form How to end the endless conflict between Israel and the Palestinians*This is in no way meant to be a critic of any nation, but rather my opinions. If I have been unfortunate to offend anyone regardless of nationality or other factors, I am truly sorry. *While it would aid in the progression of peace with regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, peace is a two way lane. Even if Hamas decide to embrace pacifism and stay true to the Oslo peace treaty by stopping its “campaign of suicide-bombings (throughout the) 1990s and 2000s”(1). Peace will not truly be attained, as Israel will have to change too. Yes they have the full right to defend their sovereign and rightful territory, but they will have to change their approach to the situation. Wars and violence no matter how justified are still war in essence. I know it is very hard to accept, but I think reconciliation and forgiveness on both sides are key to ending wars anywhere in the world. I know that Israel is a beacon of hope, liberty and freedom to some, to some it is their promise land which they never got to have. But do what all of these people have in common? They are all humans with rights to freedom,liberty,food,water,peace and above all a home.On this very day we signed peace to one of the most destructive wars in history, so I am asking, no pleading to everyone in the world to drop their weapons of hate and to great people with open arms. On this day, may the tides of war and hate be coincide to oblivion, before it does to us. Never forget Nov 11 1918, Armistice day...Sources(1~~)How to end the endless conflict between Israel and the Palestinians
Why can’t the world’s powers just cooperate and rebuild Africa since it is the parent of us all and is going through pain and conflict, wouldn’t this win us all redemption?
Let's see, where to start? As this is a pretty astounding premise.To rebuild something implies it was built in the first place. Africa with a few small exceptions has never developed to a point we would consider modern.Social evolution, much like biological evolution, becomes destructively non-deterministic for a time when artificially tampered with.This is why nearly every experiment in democratic nation building in a culture that did not have a preexisting history of the same has failed.Nations that build themselves are independent and resilient.The educational, social, and cultural institutions required for Africa to become self sustaining as a modern state do not exist at sufficient scale.Centralized planning to implement that scale rapidly will not allow for the development of resilient governance, economic, and political infrastructures that place citizens first.Please don't mistake this for white nationalism but the Boer failure to integrate much earlier has left the majority population of SA unable to cope with systems of governance and infrastructure that they are inheriting from a small % of the population who built it.In other words playing God, at the genome, individual, social, or natural level is dangerous and unpredictable for the ‘worshippers'. Look at what happened and is happening in Zimbabwe as a good example.If we artificially impose western top down governance in a tribalistic status oriented society we will, and have, enabled evil ranging from robber barons, to persecution, to outright genocide.Allow them to develop in their own way and provide non-exploitative assistance when appropriate and only when it will not contribute to instability.
What do you mean by unity in diversity?
India is an example of unity in diversity. Diversity means differences. There are so many diverse or different cultures, languages,customs and religions in India. Yet everyone stays unitedly and happily.