"The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations," said Golda Meir when she was Israel's prime minister.
With the Gazans backed up to Egypt's border, hopeless and in some cases resigned to death, it is time for negotiations.
With Egypt.
With Jordan.
With Syria.
With Iraq and Iran.
And with every other Arab nation.
But, I speak not of what you think. It is time to tell the Arab nations that they must accept every Gazan who willingly wants to leave Gaza. The Arab nations have resisted letting their own move to their countries, wanting instead to maintain a presence in Israel. But, what if there are those in Gaza who want to leave?
They should be allowed to.
The Jordanians, the Egyptians, and all the other Arabians should accept the Gazans, should allow them, should welcome them, should be happy to get them out of harm's way. If they want to leave, why should their own kin stand in their way?
The U.N., the United States, and all the free world should be pressing the Arab countries. These are the negotiations that need to take place.
Israel? It should be stepping forward, offering to bus or fly any Gazan who wants to leave. All you need is for a nation to be willing to accept you, it should tell the Gazans.
There is another quote from Golda Meir worth mentioning. "A man who does not hate war is not fully human," she said. The cost of war is humanity, itself. Golda would not the Gazans to die. She would negotiate.
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