OPEN LETTER TO THE TRIBE

One of my first postings to this website was a message to the Citizens of Israel for peace with the Arab culture. I withdrew it because I thought it might offend my Jewish friends. I have since reconsidered such to the point that I wrote President Obama privately on several occasions to the “possibilities” for peace, only to have said suggestions fall on deaf ears.  So I leave it up to The Tribe to find their voice for Peace in the Middle East with my words and that of others as a guide post.

Again, violence is not the answer, weapons are not the solution, only Diplomacy works when the heart is front and center.  The Spirit of Heart can do amazing things if just given a little bit of a push so find your inner strength and voice for this endeavor as time is of the essence in regards to The Tribes survival. 

Most of the below was written on different occasions during 2010. I've edited and consolidated for brevity.

Dear President Obama:

In your discussions this week (Aug. 2010) with the leaders of Palestine and Israel, please set a high bar for the initial negotiations with these two men.  As a country Israel professes a desire for peaceful solutions in regards to their right to exist as a Judaic Republic but their words and actions over the past 60 years show a nation of a “capricious nature, bordering on paranoia.”  Instead of asking the original inhabitants if they could co-exist with them, Israel choose to invade – with our blessing I might add - murdering innocent people, and over the past 60 years taking whatever property and actions they cared to without any regard for the Palestinians/Arabs basic human rights. 

General Petraeus stated correctly that this is an issue of grave importance for our national security but it’s also in Israel’s best national interest as well.  One way to jump start this peace process would be to turn off the money tap that has been flowing from The American Tribe members tax dollars to Israel for years.  I’m tired of my hard earned money going to kill innocent women and children who throw stones to defend their homes, while facing tanks, missiles, and machine guns provided by the US of A. Any wonder why  people around the world have such a low regard for the US when we are basically condoning Israeli actions like these by sending them funding and arms for these incursions?  When Israel is serious about peace negotiations then revisit, if need be, being their “sugar daddy” for security.

To my way of thinking there is only 1 option – 1 state, 1 government, equal rights, equal representation for all people in this region. Additionally, Jerusalem, being the perceived religious “birth city” of 2 billion Christians and 1.5 billion Muslims, along with a planetary minority of Jews, needs to be considered a World Heritage Site, its own city state, over seen by the UN.

At this stage in Humanity’s evolution the majority of this planets people are tired and weary of the high cost of conflicts, wherever they may be occurring, not only because it’s a waste of life, human and otherwise, but it also denotes the emotional immaturity and devolution of Humanity.  At this time, when Humanity should be focusing its attention on our very survival as a species because of our inept ability to maturely and intelligently manage our collective planetary natural resources, Israel keeps the world’s inhabitants focused on their immature “they made me do it” mentality with their regressive, hostile, and negative mindset towards the Palestinians and Arabs in general. 

True peace comes into being when all sides integrate their belief systems, thoughts, words, and emotions to resolve conflicts.  True peace happens when all involved come to the realization that they are part of a beautiful and interconnected “Oneness” with all things, including each other as we are of One Tribe. 

As I was composing this I found a recent article by Alla Katsnelson, published by Nature.com on June 3, 2010 in regards to genetic ties: "Different communities of Jews around the world share more than just religious or cultural practices -- they also have strong genetic commonalities, according to the largest genetic analysis of Jewish people to date. But the study also found strong genetic ties to non-Jewish groups, with the closest genetic neighbors on the European side being Italians, and on the Middle Eastern side the Druze, Bedouin and Palestinians.”   Gives a whole new meaning to the song “We are Family!”

Lastly, please remind Israel of Golda Meir’s quote “We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go”. Well neither do the Palestinians!