{"id":316353,"date":"2026-05-18T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=316353"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:11:25","slug":"the-new-israel-and-the-new-palestine-a-value-based-peace-proposal-for-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/05\/the-new-israel-and-the-new-palestine-a-value-based-peace-proposal-for-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Israel and the New Palestine: A Value-Based Peace Proposal for the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The world is the totality of values, rather than the totality of facts.”<\/i><\/span>
\n\u2014 <\/span>Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus<\/span>, 7.2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Modern diplomacy consistently fails in the Middle East because it treats the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a zero-sum collision of physical facts, borders, and raw power politics. This paper (Korab-Karpowicz 2026b) operationalizes the evolutionary axiology of the <\/span>Tractatus Politico-Philosophicus<\/i><\/span> to present a structural, value-based alternative.<\/span><\/p>\n

By rejecting the Hobbesian trap of mechanically dividing the contested territory of the West Bank, I propose a grand geopolitical exchange: the complete integration of the West Bank into Israel to ensure its strategic and historical security, balanced by the creation of “The New Palestine”\u2014a sovereign, world-class hyper-developed state encompassing the Gaza Strip and an expanded territory in the Sinai Peninsula, funded entirely by the international community.<\/span><\/p>\n

I. Foundational Principles and Critique of Power Politics <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    The Fallacy of Perpetual War (<\/b><\/span>Korab-Karpowicz 2017, 7.321, 7.6321<\/span>):<\/b><\/span> Obtaining peace by Israel through endless conflict and the destruction of potential enemies in the neighborhood is a mathematical and moral illusion. Violence triggers violence; no military hegemony lasts forever. Humanity requires peace as a prerequisite for the civilizing process and further human evolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      The Axiom of Fairness <\/b><\/span>(10.2): True peace cannot be built at the expense of others. Guided by the principle that <\/span>“everyone should be happy, but not at the expense of others,”<\/i><\/span> this proposal satisfies the profound, legitimate historical and security needs of the Jewish people without degrading the dignity and prosperity of the Palestinian people.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        The Hobbesian Territorial Dilemma:<\/b><\/span> If two distinct groups desire the exact same piece of land which they cannot mutually enjoy, they are structurally bound to destroy each other. Dividing the narrow geography of the West Bank is an obsolete approach that guarantees continuous friction.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        II. The Architecture of the Two-State Solution<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        A. The New Israel and the Spiritual Capital of the World<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n