A Proposal for the Gaza Problem

Oct 17, 2023 by Susan Rosenbluth

By Akiva Lane

The Gaza situation is truly a humanitarian crisis. It has 2.2 million people in an area 10 km wide by 41 km long. The economy is moribund, and the terrible conditions have given rise to a radical leadership. Here is a possible solution.

Let countries sign up to take in a percentage of the population. If 40 countries sign up, that means about 50,000 people per country. The land of Gaza could then be divided: the Northern half would be given to Israel and the Southern half to Egypt.  Israel and Egypt could then sell the land to developers to build houses, hotels, and office buildings. The proceeds from that sale could go to the participating countries as a fund to help them settle the population they are accepting.

There are 66 first-world countries. There can be a lottery to determine which country accepts individual families. This would be a tremendous boon to the 2.2 million Gazan people whose lives will improve immeasurably. Their suffering will be mitigated tremendously.  The 50 or so first-world countries would have an opportunity to show their hospitality, and the funds from the sale of the property would go a long way toward paying for their re-settlement.

This plan could be implemented in a matter of days, perhaps by the UN.  The 50 or so countries could sign up in a day. The lottery to determine where each family will go can be implemented in a few days.  Boats could be engaged to take the people to their new homes.

So, let’s do it. Let’s encourage the United States to propose this resolution at the UN.  It can be fully implemented in a week, with the Gazan people traveling to their new homes.

Sometimes the most intractable problems can be solved by looking at them from a different perspective.

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Akiva Lane grew up in New York. He lived in Monsey with his family for 18 years and made Aliyah to Ramat Beit Shemesh in 2004. He is a computer programmer — mainly connecting Java to mainframes — and is also an inventor, having patented a perpetual calendar and a foldable bookstand – http://thinstand.com/

He also has some interesting websites https://colwords.com/  https://eflip.com/ and  http://marocsoup.com/. Akiva can be reached at akivalane@gmail.com