The other possible catastrophe is all out war between Israel and the new state of Palestine, which could easily escalate to thermonuclear war. Israel has nuclear weapons, and Pakistan and Russia, both nuclear powers allied with Palestine, are not far away. Israel has in its back pocket the Samson option, a second strike nuclear capacity that could bring the whole planet down with it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option
Both of these situations, Fukushima-Daiichi and the Middle East, are like smoldering forest fires on the edge of our consciousness. If we turn our full attention to them, the solution should become obvious- make peace in the Middle East. Then mobilize the world's resources, no longer devoted to war, to defuse the danger at Fukushima-Daiichi and stop the huge radiation leaks from Japan.
Making peace in the Middle East calls for resolving the duality which leads to conflict, the need to take sides. A true solution is available, based on a passage from Ezekiel. Since it comes from the Old Testament, which is revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, it should carry authority with inhabitants of the region, many of whom are devout.
" When your people ask you, "Won't you tell us what you mean by this?' say to them, "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'I am going to take the stick of Joseph--which is in Ephraim's hand (Palestinians)--and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah's stick (Israelis). I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.' Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written.
Thus says the Lord GOD:
I
will take the children of Israel from among the nations
to which
they have come,
and gather them from all sides to bring them back
to their land.
I will make them one nation upon the land,
in
the mountains of Israel,
and there shall be one prince for them
all.
Never again shall they be two nations,
and never again
shall they be divided into two kingdoms...
I
will make with them a covenant of peace;
it shall be an everlasting covenant with them.
The full solution can be found at http://godspeaceplan.org/ . It uses the scriptures of all three religions to show that 1) Ashkenazi Jews are descended by blood from the early Israelites, and inherit the portion of land given to Judah; 2) Palestinians are descended by blood from the early Israelites and inherit the portion of land given to Ephraim; 3) these portions correspond roughly to the pre-1967 war borders occupied by each group; 4) peace will come about when each tribal area becomes a substate of a new bistate country, with the shared capital of Jerusalem.
This new country will be at peace internally and with its neighbors. It could dismantle its nuclear weapons, and lead the way to worldwide nuclear disarmament.
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