James and Evan as Moishe

An Interview with Moishe

What rights should the Palestinians have?


I believe that the lands we live in belong to the Israelis. The Palestinians are like visitors, and they should not be able to attack us in our homeland. What they are doing is like if you have someone over from dinner and they blow you up. The Palestinians have so many other countries to go to, while the Israelis only have Israel. Why can't they just move? They should only be allowed to live in certain places with certain boundaries. They can't just walk around the most sacred places in the world and blow things up.



What should be the status of Jerusalem?


I believe that Jerusalem should belong to the Jews. It was promised to us in the Torah, and the Torah is the words of G-d, so Jerusalem as well as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip should belong to us, the Israelis. In my and many others' opinion, once Jerusalem was under Jewish control, we should have demolished all of the mosques including the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque. We should also build more places like synagogues, and modernize east Jerusalem. If this was accomplished, all of Jerusalem would be really united again, under our control.



What should be the status of the West Bank and Gaza currently occupied by Israel?


I believe that the soldiers of Israel are doing the right thing. If the Palestinians want to attack and hurt us, we should have a way to retaliate if we need to. If they try to blow us up, we can take away their water. If they shoot rockets over the wall, we can knock out their electricity. This is their fault. They are losing their resources; they should learn that they should never mess with Israel. Our soldiers are always checking Palestinians when they leave and return. Is this going to stop them. No! We need to keep punishing them until they learn what they can and can't do.


Should the USA give aid to either the Israelis or the Palestinians—or both? If so, what kind of aid?


I think that the US should keep giving the same aid, possibly more, supporting Israel, and none supporting the Palestinians. The US is currently giving lots of military aid to us, the Israelis, and some medical and other aid to the Palestinians. While the aid from the US to us is helping our military protect us, the medical aid to the Palestinians is probably being used to help some terrorist who just killed an innocent family with an AK-47. If the US stopped giving aid to the Palestinians and gave more aid to us, then the there would be less terrorists to kill and threaten us, and we would be a lot safer.



What additional ideas or proposals can you make to bring about a peace and just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis?


I think that there are only two possible solutions for peace. The first is that we would let the Palestinians coexist with us. This would require that the Palestinians stop all terrorism, and get new leaders that are not terrorists. It also includes that Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad stop their violence. If the Palestinians agreed to these demands, then we all could coexist peacefully together. The other way is much simpler. There are around 22 Arab countries (Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, etc.) and the Palestinians could go live in one of them, and they would be safe, happy, and have good jobs. The conflict would then be resolved.