Durable Peace Can Only Be Achieved By Changing Axioms

There are many reasons one can put forward for why the tenuous peace deal struck in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, between the Israeli delegation and representatives of Hamas can easily implode, given the lack of stability in the region and Bibi Netanyahu’s proclivity to violate agreements. The attacks on Doha, Qatar, on Sept. 9, which targeted representatives of Hamas’ delegation as they were meeting with their Israeli counterparts to discuss aspects of a future peace deal, is a reason to be skeptical. However, what’s needed is not doubt or ‘hot takes’ to be thrown into the stew of endless commentary on the peace agreement, but immediate action to implement a phase-shift in the region which will overturn the chessboard established by more than a century of British imperial tactics in the Middle East, such as the Sykes-Picot Agreement which pitted different groups against each other following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Helga Zepp-LaRouche, in her international webcast on Oct. 15, made clear that, “[E]verything now depends on changing the parameters for good, and I think that the most important thing that we can do, and you can do … [is] to put the Oasis Plan on the agenda in a major way. If there would be an agreement by all the neighbors … that the hundred years of violence and tension has to be overcome by putting in a perspective of development for all—because the new name for peace is development—then I think there can be a change in the situation. Indeed, I think this region could reconnect to the great tradition it had in the times of the ancient Silk Road, when Southwest Asia was a hub for the connection and trade among Asia, Europe, and Africa. That is exactly what the Oasis Plan would be the beginning of. … The best, and maybe only way, you can end this conflict is to lift the entire discussion on a completely new level, where you have an economic development plan where everybody participates.”

In today’s first broadcast of the Executive Intelligence Review webcast, an interview was shown between Helga Zepp-LaRouche and H. E. Ambassador Prof. Dr. Manuel Hassassian, the ambassador from the Palestinian Authority to Denmark. The Ambassador had responded to Helga’s question on the feasibility of the implementation of the Oasis Plan, saying that now was the best time to do it, and that the basis of long-lasting peace could be established by laying the groundwork for the economic development of the entire region, not just Israel or Palestine.

The Executive Intelligence Review is launching a new streaming program 3 days a week to feature our strategic picture and interviews with great thinkers. This should be built in the days and weeks ahead to change the strategic dynamic.

While humanity is at a crossroads, let us step away from the abyss by putting forward a real vision for peace and development. We must throw the British Empire and their evil philosophy of ‘Geopolitics’ out of the region, and aspire to a new paradigm of relations between sovereign nation-states