Comment 28231

By A Smith (anonymous) | Posted January 15, 2009 at 21:28:14

Grassroots, it would be interesting to see how the people of Gaza/Israel would carry on if all the land in the region was made private property. For example, if each resident of Gaza was apportioned either a share or an actual plot of land that could be traded on the open market, I doubt that they would be eager to attack Israel, simply because this would put their investment at risk.

The same goes for the residents of Israel. If they controlled the land that the government currently controls, it would be up to the individual land owner to decide if they wanted to allow Arabs to live there, or not. These decisions would almost universally be based on personal self interest and not the collective will of the angry majority. Greed and commerce would drive people's actions and it would probably do away with most of the violence we see today.

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