The author takes no sides in the disputes referred to herein--except to affirm, as I am certain most civilized human beings of any persuasion will, that inflicting unfair or unjust treatment, as well as physical, mental, or emotional harm, by anyone upon anyone, is purely and totally wrong, and should not occur.
In this regard, using the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict as an example, I would envision the following, were there but a single, strong and just, universal governing body, honestly and dilligently directing all of the world's capabilities and resources toward fair and equitable provision for the needs of all, as I herein proose:
1. There would be no need for the people of Israel to protect its existence as a sovereign nation; and no need for the Palestinian people to seek recognition as a separate nation--because there would be no sovereign nations--only a worldwide governing body, whose function is to provide for the benefit and welfare of all.
2. Assuming that the lands that presently constitute Israel were acquired via just and equitable means, Israel would merely be an area within that part of the world where it exists that happens to be populated by a large number of Jewish people. There the residents could worship and otherwise do whatever they so chose, so long as none of these activities were productive of harm or injustice to themselves or others.
3. Should it be alleged that any of the lands that constitute Israel were unjustly acquired, these would be allegations which would need to be presented before, and adjudicated by, a world judicial tribunal, which would apply strictly logical, sensible, and impeccably just principles thereto, and rule in accordance therewith.
4. On the other hand, assuming that the lands which presently comprise Israel were acquired justly and honestly, others who should reside within or near this area would have no more ground to object to their "neighbors"' presence than perhaps I to the presence of, say, a lot of Frenchmen within, or in the vicinity of, my neighborhood.
5. Were I a non-Jewish resident within, or in the vicinity of, this area, I would be entitled to be treated with fairness, courtesy, and cordiality. I would, moreover, be free to sell my home and/or business, and move on to a place that I felt more comfortable in.
6. Any activity having as its purpose hostility toward, or the ejectment of, Jewish people, or Jewish places of worship, or monuments of or to the Jewish faith--or Palestinian people, or Palestinian places of worship, or monuments of or to the Palestinians' faith--in that place, would be guilty, in the eyes of the world government, of criminal activity. It would not be necessary for a group of residents of that area (under present circumstances, the Israeli army) to defend such area against such acts. Rather, a force representing the might of the entire world would be brought to bear against any such criminal activity.
In addition, it ought be noted here that a worldwide system of educational and occupational opportunity, such as I will later propose herein, would result in conditions wherein there would no longer be pockets of young, uneducated, hungry, unemployed people, in poverty-stricken corners of our world--who today comprise prime targets for hatemongers, and recruiters of terrorist groups.
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We are all familiar with the motto which assures us that in union there is strength. What is contained in my urgings is a proposal for the ultimate sort of union--wherein everyone will be united. Jean-Jacques Rousseau told us in the eighteenth century that "each person is...stronger and more free in the group than as an isolated individual...." (The Social Contract). Three centuries later, we continue to seek and to desire that strength and freedom, while we continue to routinely tolerate all of the wrongs that go on around us. Clearly, in a world fraught with danger and conflict, deprivation and unfilfilled need, as well as excesses of every nature and description, we have obviously not yet achieved sufficient measure of strength and freedom. I submit that the root cause of this lies in the division and factionalism created by our very selves, and supported by the institutions we have created and continue to sustain.
I predict that the folly of this will inevitably be recognized, and corrected by means of a universal joinder of all mankind. But the purpose of my writing this is to hopefully impel the "inevitable" to occur somewhat sooner--because there exists a genuine threat that intervening factors, spawned by our own present self-inflicted state of affairs, may precipitate a catastrophe that will cause the "inevitable" to become the impossible.
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