The deploymet of teh rpinces and israeli election

So should the Duke of Cambridge go to Afghanistan?




I’m gonna risk The wrath of Clarence house and say NO.



The Duke has saved life in North Wales and is about to become a dad. Under any normal circumstance (even in war) he’s soon due compassionate paternity leave.



Should a potential peacemaker and trade envoy / diplomat such as him in a reassigned job after the birth of his child(ren?) attract criticism from moderate middle eastern opinion at a time when negotiation is needed.



He has to be treated as a normal dad in these circumstances.



The counter argument is that Prince Harry should assist the Duke in this or follow the training of the Duke of York in this role himself as it’s a job above the civil list, said civil list may be curtailed in the future.



And while I’m blogging the Israeli election I’m gonna dare to say vote Kadima for a moderate Likud- Kadima- Labour coalition to deliver a peace agreement. The settler parties have to be listened to in the context of either dual nationality or if their territory is within the negotiated west bank Palestinian state, resettlement within Israel proper or Palestinian citizenship under a moderate constitution and democratic assembly, possibly devolved from the Palestinian state proper’s joint Gaza – West Bank legislature.

syrian deal to avert genocide?

The peace deal Assad is offerring is him as head of state, new constitutional law, with referendum to approve it and a new parliament. The alternative is a Gulf war no fly zone and ongoing limitation of casualties until one side is stupid ebnough to use chemical weapons and an invasion like Iraq and Afghanistan. How this is squared with international law having indited him as a war criminal for a slaughter of women and children last year is one I don't know how to answer.




I am therefore applying to read an LLB this september and becoming a reader (library member) in a central london library.

Dear Lord,


Please pray for the alawite minority in syria as well as the ChristiansThey need to ask for President Assad to stand down rather than defend themselves using chemical weapons.

That would only illicit western arming after a UN security council resolution for the rebels who are now recognised as teh legitimate government. Both sides are short of food and medical supplies so a peace conference and constitutional convention are better than further loss of life.

Amen

Islrael has a shariah court

This is a little known fact in the UK but the state of israel has a shariah court staffed by a imman as part of its respect for minority religions.

In a recent USA interfaith tour ICCI director Rabbi Kno kronish and him spoke at numer ous locations about how democracy and rule of law produce dialogue and reconciliation through prayer.

It is time for the new palestinian authority as part of its remit and claim for as much of the 1948-67 borders as possible to have its own version of the Beth din for the resultant west bank jewish minority.

Egypt has a elected lower house of parliament and constitutional assembly, a mubarak era dissolved parliament upper house that has been discredited and therefore constitutional deadlock forcing the democratically elected ceasefire winning president to claimmby decree logjam busting powers.
If they are required to get teh constitution passed within a given timeframe and the president offers to serve only one term of office afterwards to prevent him being a new Mubarak (though he isn't one) it would aid rather than stop their revolution.


Their military and the turkish one are both needed to peacekeep Gaza iunder teh Un resolution as part of a peace agreement building on the casefire as Israels army and navy can't risk being iverwhelmed by hostage takers, hence the policy of blockade from their perspective and as such peace is now as important as ever.

When gaza gets its hands on Egyptian explosives and iranian missiles, peace talks region wide are needed that include the states bordering SYria nad Saudi Arabia. The jeddah version of the Koran may have to be noted and set aside with its references to Christains and Jews to create a lasting peace and two state solution with final status for Jerusalem. There is a modern translation (the Muslim version of teh NRSV / AV in the CofE) that omits the contentious and inflamatory phrases and that needs to be used for teh basis of Arab league summits regarding theology for it and peace talks. The problem is that Hamas are past masters in taking a view and avoiding things that go against it, particulary when attcked back, and with a dmeocratic mandate within Gaza territory.

The peace talks may be concluded with Arab coffee but they need a lot of milk from west bank kibbutzs whose status and citizenship need resolution peacefully.


All of which means that when Peace envoy calls for calm, I agree with him Tony Blair.

The problems with the concept of Israeli reunification (ie annexation of Palestine)




1) Many Kibbutzs (settlements) are still on post 1967 occupied territory in the West Bank and are at peace with their Palestinian neighbours under quasi legal status (technically illegal but interdependent with their neighbours.

2) If any remain within the West Bank or the border is redrawn under international agr...eement. I suggest Desmond Tutu could work with Blair on this one or allow a Third world figure or someone with IMF experience to ensure that it is not former crusader kingdom centric world view.

3) This would require a Paelestinian state that respects all faith minorities in it s legislative assembly, similar to Israel and the Senates of many Commonwealth countries)

4) Psalm 23 when used by warriors is bollocks, there are better passages that suggest peaceful reconciliation. Let there be no Massadas like in AD70 when the Romans tried to drive people out by force and the settlements were either slaugfhtered in the Kidron or committed suicide within their fortresses. It is the first holocaust in my opinion.

5) As such the best option is to agree a peace conference and call a ceasefire in Syria

6) There needs to be regional mutual defence pact including Israel and Iran co-operating with each other on complete nuclear disarmament and civilian fuel production for civilian reactors, both under international auspices to ensure that no side or future state such as Iraq or Saudi can cheat and supply weapons (in case a member of the Bin Laden family or Wahibbi wants to get their own back for Osama Bin ladens assassination.

7) Golan would be the pacts home base and training centre as its status would otherwise be too contentious in international peace talks regarding ending the civil war in Syria.