A Coaseian Peace Settlement for Israel/Palestine  According to
this article, the Netanyahu government is willing to cede 90% of
the West Bank to the Palestinians.  The Palestinians are
demanding 98.4% plus land swaps.  Eventually, one hopes, a
middle ground could be reached, but why not settle things right
now?  How about if Israel simply “buys” (without necessarily
conceding lack of current ownership) the extra land from the
Palestinians?  And not by giving the money to the Palestinian
government, but by giving every man, woman, and child in the
West Bank $5,000, payable over a five-year period.  The total
cost: approximately $10 billion.  Make the offer, and let the
Palestinians decide in a referendum whether they’d rather
continue the conflict, or would rather have more money than most
of them have ever seen (GDP per capita $1,000), plus their own
state, plus peace.  I’m sure this sounds simplistic, but it’s
about time someone started thinking outside the box.  UPDATE:
I’d be just as happy if the Coaseian