10 Things I would do if I were president: #8 Petitioning the U.N. to make the West Bank/Gaza Strip a Global Holy Land

What exactly do I mean by this? It's simple really...Since the "creation" of organized religion in Man's history, every major religion makes some historical claim to at least part of the West Bank and/or the Gaza Strip near what is today Israel and Palestine. More ironic is that these claims are all basically the same: that this land is their religions holy land. In lay mans terms, damn near every religion on the planet considers these same lands, in some way, Holy, but it is their own ignorant, close minded, egotistical holier than thou (pun intended) perceptions that only they (respectively) have a right to this property. To me, this makes no sense...If everyone considers this land sacred in some way, then why can't we, as a planet, agree that this is holy land for all peoples and, on a global scale, dedicate it as such...So what would this mean? It would mean that the planets only global body would have to do so and manage it-the United Nations. It would mean that NO ONE would be allowed to live or conduct business on these lands-the land could used for only religious purposes (i.e. prayer, religious gatherings and marches, etc...). It would also mean, that to secure the land, it would have to be patrolled and secured by the U.N. This would be no small feat, I realize, and it would take Billions of Dollars to accomplish, but consider the benefits: no longer would this region of the planet have a reason to fight over land. As independent societies on the larger global spectrum, we cannot to anything but attempt to mediate their differences, but at the very least we can take away the biggest single thing that these cultures are in perpetual war over. Once this happens, perhaps one day, all of these religions could come to some sort of peaceful co-existence.

There is of course many other issues that would need to resolved for this to happen than just getting the U.N. to designate this region as a "Global Holy Land". Transportation for millions of potential Pilgrims, or millions making a Pilgrimage, and funding for security forces would be among the top concerns in designating this land as Holy. However, considering the price of the countless and pointless wars which have been fought over this same property over 1000's of years, I don't believe any cost is too high to make the West Bank/Gaza Strip region Global Holy Land.