HOW ISRAEL SHOULD HAVE RESPONDED TO PALESTINIANS IN GAZA

Instead of killing Palestinians in Gaza with expensive and costly as well as lethal American-made missiles, tanks and war planes, and in so doing creating new waves of suicide bombers and haters of both Israel and the United States, I have a better suggestion.

Give Palestinians in Gaza (about 1.5 million persons) each $1,000 and make this an annuity for as long as a person lives. The cost would be 1.5 billion dollars, well within the budget of Israel and certainly affordable by the United States.

Such a move would immediately remake Gaza into a vibrant economically thriving society. It would create so much good will for Israel (and for the U.S.) that it would remake the Middle East. It would allow proper higher education for Palestinian youth, both male and female. It would solve the Palestinian question, end the internecine war between Jews and Arabs, allow every Palestinian to live a life of dignity and meaning.