my last post on this blog

Please God,

For the sake of all that was dear to me growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, mum, dad, grandad my friends and family make the world democratic. That way things work better, the Church of England and religious tolerance of minorities continues as in places in the world the Church of England is in minority and part of the one catholic and apostolic church.

Resolve the territorial dispute so that the two state solution works and Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah are united securely as joint soveriegn territory under the UN.

Amen

James Ware

shootings in Israel

Southern israel shootings
Southern Israel shootings BBC News online has reported that Israel is investigating shots being fired at it from across its border with Egypt south of the Gaza territory that was handed back in 2005. This territory was part of Israel in 1948 and is not 'occupied territory.'

It is up to the Egyptian democracy to co-operate as part of its peace treaty with Israel in order to stop the loss of life that only fanatics would want in order to stop a new Palestinian state being successful.
It is also why peace walls outside of urban areas have a part to play in making Israel secure if the border is internationally recognised.

This does not negate from a joint status solution for Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Ramallah as the Palestinian assembly is next door to a peace wall.

Thus from a practical viewpoint it is better for a common security force for that 'tri city area' that has the confidence of all its residents.

I apologise if writing this so quickly after it happened is disrespectful.

Syria

The Syrian government has started to use tanks against its population in the city of Hama. This has been condemned by the UK government. There is a mediated peace process through teh medditteranean Union and teh Arab League and as such the violence should cease. Turkey has provided peaceful mediation in the past as Israel and SYria are in a cold peace and after Lebanon and Gaza withdrawals, a solely Israeli intervention could jeopardise its peace agreements with other states and jeopardise a peace accord with Palestine as it seeks statehood at the UN in September.

However any UN led military intervention has to be done after a UN resolution and Chapeter 7 resolution.