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Peace will come …why not nów!
My aim is to serve Israel and the Palestinians to a turn around in their relationship: animo + content
As a catalyst for this proposal: the possibility of much more (financial) help from the world when
parties cooperateAbraham de Kruijf, [email protected], mob. +31 622 529 861, +972 54 996 1363, www.mijneu.eu
Make a turn around in your relationship finally
Recursive reciprocity, central value: evenworthiness
controverse
solution, with a choice for quality of
cooperation
“To come up for your own interests”
To extend negotiating with recursive reciprocity, including a search to
deeper motives of “the other”
With for sustained peace:
“Obliged forgiveness and reconciliation”
“carrot & stick conditionality…”:SANCTIONS:
more money if all cooperate, loss of money if only one does not cooperate
Way of negotiating, Abraham de Kruijf
What does acknowledgement mean to Israel (texts selected by AdK)- “We are always alone. …. No one is in our shoes”. Uzi Arad, National Security Adviser.- Recognition of Bitahon Atzmi = the most important NEED for Self-Security for our people- UN-resolutions threaten our self-security- We have a history of thousands of years, generations after generations, of being suppressed, suffering insecurity, expelled, and worse …- To not longer be victim, to be able to move from that. We have been chased by so many nations.- This is our land since so many years, and we have been exiled and suffered. Being killed, chased, de- pressed. Our religion was not accepted, they tried to erase this religion, we were not allowed to be.- People are always jealous on who we are, and accuse us for their problems. - During World War II the nazi’s tried to finish all the Jews in the world, many European countries let it happen. Our feeling is that only England and the United States helped us.- All we wanted is a safe place to live and we feel that wé are the only one that can protect us.- All our neighbors still want to kill us. Our existence feels always to be in risk.- We believe In trying to be morally, that is who we are. We have a moral culture. (That calls on critism
from others, they project) But we came to a place where all the world sees us as the bad one, and they don’t see that we have no choice and are desperate of trying, nobody understands us.- “What did I do that you do this to me?”- All these experiences made us vulnerable, have hardened us: self-esteem, self-protection, self-righteousness?- “Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 23:9)- We have fear from the past (when much fear and pain you defend yourself proactively)- Israel wants continued attention from the world. After Peace, maybe attacks restart?
“Peace will come, why not now” - November 2010 - Abraham de Kruijf
What does acknowledgement mean to Palestinians (texts selec- ted by AdK)- Recognition of NAKBA, the process of Palestinian Disposession since 1948
- They control every aspect of our daily life!! In supermarkets even, by The Wall, …- Gaza closure (there is some improvement now), Gaza war - (we have a historical / religious past with Israel as Palestinians/Filistinians)- Admittance that Israel never listens to us- Israel put more than 11.000 Palestinians in jail- To admit that Israel occupies our land and always invents something new- Israel denies room to live for our children, women and men- Through so much, and so many years of suppression and sometimes being desperate we sometimes made an over reaction (which is/was not right of us)- The Sabra and Shatila massacre (1982), The Goldstein massacre in Hebron Mosque (1994), and many more massacres- Occupation / limitation of our Holy places- Prohibit us to travel to our dear places, family, friends (check points, Wall)- Over reaction / attack by Israel in Gaza war- Israel projects Holocaust and other pain on us, where we have nothing to do with their past- Israel never executes UN-resolutions- This is our country, even it is not formally our state, we do live here... !- “What did I do that you do this to me?”- To end with a suggestion and to add on the phrase that Arabs would want to drive Jews into the sea …
well, maybe later … to swim together on a nice day ….
“Peace will come, why not now” - November 2010 - Abraham de Kruijf
(From the site of Mohammed Dajani)
Forgiveness, of all
… But a plea for mutual forgiveness for all. How we may be able to get out of these things is through Forgiveness and Reconciliation. Forgiveness is not meant to talk away old sorrow, no, the sorrow is real. But, one also wants to head for a new future. The Israeli asks forgiveness from the Palestinian for the suppression, the Palestinian forgives the Israeli, the Palestinian asks forgiveness for the suicide attacks, the Israeli forgives the Palestinian. The Jews ask for forgiveness for the fights (and even killings) they have between themselves. The Christian asks forgiveness for the massacres in the crusades and asks forgiveness that many “Christians” have killed fellow Christians. Muslims ask forgiveness that Muslims have killed fellow Muslims, the militant Muslim asks forgiveness for the terrorism that is being practiced in his name, et cetera et cetera. These few lines are not complete, and may even contain errors, and (pardon me) people may not feel recognized in their suffering. And we did not even mention the horrible Holocaust... But without further analysis and looking for the guilt: we all have our (sometimes very bad) tendencies as humans, men, as well as women. We ask pardon and we impart pardon.
Concerning forgiveness and reconciliation: both are in different forms and names present in the various cultures / religions. We refer to the proposal. And below we present some points
What does forgiveness mean to you?
Justice: even in our families and with our friends and collegues we sometimes do / meet injustice. What then when we expect Justice from “the enemy” /
international community?
• Sulha is the Arabic custom to stop a cycle of violence and bloodshed, the Arabic way of reconciliation. This means returning the rights of the injured, and the dignity of all. Now being offered for the first time for such a large conflict. (Think of the African Ubuntu).
• Slicha means: ‘Forgive me’, and is said by the offender. The offender is the one who takes the initiative.
• The Jaha is the necessary, neutral, mediating party. The Jaha intervenes and arranges the Sulha. The offender is willing to confess guilt, the process has to be prepared carefully. The maker of this Peace proposal offers himself to play a role in the Jaha.
Note: there are also scenario’s where the offender does not say Slicha explicitely, but: a wooden pole, and a large white linen sheet are presented by the Jaha. In which the offended as well as the offender make knots. The white flag as symbol of forgiveness and protection of the injured parties.
Israel and Palestinians, as well as Palestinians together, may forgive and reconcile.The five main Sulha-Slicha steps (summarized very shortly):• Recognition of injures.• Compensating damage• After the offender says Slicha the offended party must forgive the ex-offender.• The parties must publicly shake hands in order to declare that the violence is over.• Sharing a meal: to show that the parties are welcome in each other’s homes and as a sign of peace.
Scenario
Jaha: ‘Sulha’
mediator
Israël
Pales-tinians
Room, respect, for Acknowledgement of All
Acknowledgement
Day
Day 1 10:00
Fatah, Hamas, Israel
Hamas
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All parties to denounce violence It is worth investigating under which conditions armed forces would not be necessary anymore, neither at Palestinian nor at Israelian side. Both of them beating their swords into plowshares (Refer: top of page 5). Declared stop fighting and firing rockets, with Israel as well as with Fatah.
Day 1 13:00
Hamas Recognizes Israel in the same wordings as President Yasser Arafat on Sept. 9, 1993. This is a major step, like Israel’s major steps at 11:00 and 12:00 hrs too.
Day 1 14:00
Fatah, Hamas
Use the Sulha flag and/or to say: ‘Slicha’ to eachother mutually (even though this is originally a Hebrew word). Parties are talking. Analyzing the past too much is not easy. Say ‘Slicha’, as brothers. Create National Unity Government.May 14: President Abbas forms new cabinet. Hamas and Fatah restarted discussion on May 17. Probable outco-me: Joint Security Force in Gaza. But there are fights again. Talks to continue in July.
Day 1 15:00
PA (Fa-tah, Ha-mas), Is-rael, UN
For continuity in the forgive and reconcile process the parties call the ‘Obliged’ Sulha and Slicha. And invite Egypt, EU, Jordan, and US and UN as guards of this process. The ‘obligation’ creates the continuation mechanism for more help from the world (if all parties cooperate) or fall of the help (if 1 or more of the four do not cooperate).
1947Partit- ion Plan
UN
a.Day 1
09:00 hrs
United Nations
(sup-port of US, EU, World,
NL)
Opening by Jaha (Mediator) and United Nations. One has to be the First. United Nations? To use Sulha flag and/or to say: ‘Slicha’, ‘Forgive me’ to the Palestinians for “offending and injuring”. And/or to start with the white linen flag (page 9). Knowing that the 1947 decision was not meant as an offense. Confrontations Palestinians – Israel are partially caused by UN’s lack in 1947-1948 in offering workable structures nor compensation, followed by mutual revenges of and disasters for the peoples. Now UN restores dignity, offers compensation. UN decided in 1947, though we choose not to look back to the detailed status of that decision, in the interest of the total solution now. The compensation by UN today can be combined with help that UN and countries give to the Palestinians.
Day 1 11:00
Israel Declares ”We as Israel want to 'surrender' to basic law of coexisting with our neigh-bors, but we are not free from fear from what happened in the past. We want / need 100% guarantee for our people. And stop now with the maybe unconscious projection of the Holocaust pain on the Palestinians. Today we declare and practice from now on evenworthy Arab and Jewish citizenship for all citizens in Gaza, Israel and West-bank (alfabethical), do not want an etnocracy. As soon as possible take the Wall away.
Day 1 12:00
Hamas
Israel
Emphasizes the sorrow of many of Hamas’ grass-roots: groups, small groups, individuals. Announces thinking of making peace with the former enemy. Libe-rates soldier Shalit. Because of evenworthiness of all humans wants liberation of 1 prisoner. As investment in the future. Invites Israel to liberate out of free will 450 prisoners more. “And we announce to be considering recognition of Israel....” And Fatah too, where necessary. Hamas offers trust to Israel.Opens Gaza borders, liberates out of free will many more prisoner(s)….
Hamas-Gaza-
Day 1 16:00
PA (Fa-tah, Ha-mas), Is-rael, UN
Recognition of injures. Compensating of damage. All to use SULHA flag and/or to say ‘Slicha’ – ‘Forgive me’: for wars, suppression,
(suicide) attacks. ALL SHAKE HANDS, FORGIVE EACHOTHER, EAT TOGETHER, RECONCILE, ALL OVER THE WORLD PROSPERITY: ECONOMY, SOCIALLY, ECOLOGY (Syria can/might partake here also. And Hizbollah and Islamic Jihad. And other groups, if they want. And parties in Israel that sofar did not want much of reconciliation but start to see things different.) “Peace will come. Why not now.”
But now peace and prosperity with all parties!
PLO -> Palestinian Authority
Day 1 17:00
Jaha, me –diator, UN
Ceremonial close to this day. Thanks all parties, wishes all succes. Makes connection to next “days” and the coming time after that. UN Peace keeping force may be offered by United Nations.
c. Day
3
Israel, Palestin-ians , all Middle
East parties
On Jerusalem: SHARE, instead of DIVIDE: Old Jerusalem may become a by Israel and Palestine shared city-state. This does (more or less) work in Old Jerusalem. The 100% need for sharing Old Jerusalem has a religious background too. In this “Three Day Peace Strategy” mutual coexistence of religious relations is an important element. Ishmail and Isaac are both Abraham’s offspring. Where Abraham is said to have offered his son to God, the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, might be the first place to try to share in a basical form and structure? To build a monument together? In Hebron the Islamic and Jewish (alfabetically) Holy Places are close to each other, and separated strongly at the same time too. Can a nice form be invented for Old Jerusalem? Respecting religious trust. Secularly: SHARE, instead of DIVIDE. (Can the legal and complex structure of Brussels as Belgian as well as ‘thin’ EU-capital serve as an inspiration for Jerusalem?) Water: a strong outcry which is not in my hands to realize…: water provision nowhere in the world may ever be in the hands of private companies nor being used for power play by nations nor states. We refer to “global societal responsibility” by the author of this Peace Strategy. Very many detailed studies are already available. On Israeli Settlements 1): Clarify each other’s territories. Building / continuing settlements is not according to international law. Create a for both workable as well as respectable solution. On Palestinian Refugees 1): Right of Return, this Right is holy (like Israel’s return), Return is negotiable (ref. www.wasatia.info). UN Resolution 194 / 1948: “The refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and … compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of damage of property which, under principles of internal law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.” ad 1): On Settlements as well as Refugees: We propose “Finally free movement, conducted with wisdom”. To be practiced under the leadership of a Refugees and Settlements Committee of the two states. Stimulated by “obliged forgiveness and reconciliation”: more financial help from the world if all continue to cooperate. Design (first) a two states solution: the borders of both states to be clarified. Add a states cooperation covenant of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt?, Syria?, Lebanon?, Iraq? (Iran?) But 'thinner' than a federation, think for instance of Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg (Benelux), but different and ‘thinner’. Specifically to work on wellbeing for the peoples. Combining advantages of separate states and one state. With more help from the world when all Forgive and Reconcile. UN may offer a Peace keeping force.(There are signals that Jews and Palestinians genetically are close. Is this relevant, and/or sufficiently scientifically proven?) Could there sooner or later be a closer cooperation of two states towards one. Even like the two Germany’s? Where Germany may help?
On Water for all
On Israeli Settlements
On Jerusalem
On Settlements and Refugees, in connection
On Palestinian Refugees
On the States
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Abraham
Ishmael Islam: Allah Mohammed, Allah’s Prophet: Qur’an (~610-632)SjiaSunna,Later also Sufi,And other directions
Jitchak Judaism: G’d
Tenach (~450-~200 bCE)(interpretation of) the Law, different directions
Jesus, the Messiah, Son of God, God as Father, Trinity
the Apostles, 1e congregations, Holy Spirit, 1st and/or 2nd century AD, the Bible (Tenach + New Testament)
Roman-Catholic church Eastern-Orthodox (1054), Greek-orthodox (~1833)
Anglican Church (1534)
Reformation: Luther (1517), Calvin: Jesus
Baptists, Jehovas WitnessesPentecostal churches
“Love the
Lord your God
with all your
heart, with all
your soul and
with all your
mind, and your
neigh-bour
as you love your-self”
Haghar
Sara
Mary, from the line of Judaism
animation by abraham de kruijf,
/
Ibrahim
That we may meet each other in Love and cooperation, wellbeing for all people.
Love and cooperation demand unity, but / and also room for differences.And an extra and welcome / necessary dimension is: “Love your enemy too”.
Result of studies: Development of the ‘Abrahamic’ / Monotheistic Faiths / Religions
And this is not especially for believers but for everyone…
One orthodox church (-1054)
Central value: evenworthiness, compassion,everyone is evenworthy. We “should” act towards another as we would want them to act towards us.
GOD
Through His Holy Spirit
Old Catholic Church (~1870)Remonstrants (17th cent.)
Lutherans
Work when peace starts and develops:• There will be múch work (and be aware for too much idealizing “peace”) in:1. Community projects at all sides,2. Values and evenworthiness: development and projects3. RELIGIOUS ENCOUNTERS4. Schools, universities, changes in curriculae, science programs, exchange programs,5. Safety and security,6. Find out festival calendars: if all people will celebrate all their (religious) festivals… who’s
going to work (smile …)7. Maintaining peace, maybe peace keeping force for some time8. (Re)building houses and installations, 9. Tourism: many people who have been afraid to come will come now,10. State building at Palestinian side,11. Cooperation building of the two states,12. Water projects,13. Agricultural projects,14. Energy projects, energy saving, 15. Dialogue projects,16. Inspirational / visionary projects for and with (groups from) Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Somalia, Sudan, Iran, ….17. ….
• There will be less work in the arms industries: let’s help employees to create and find new work.
The Beginning
Trust building needs guidance and leadership. And connecting generations.
A Dutch saying: trust comes by foot and leaves by horse …
One economical statement on the future: let economic results after peace go to the people
and not to merely to project developers.
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