I am inclined to think that even if we could miraculously move to a sustainable communitarian global economy, we still have too many homo sapiens packed on this ball of Earth. Population control is the nearest thing to a real solution. It is unlikely that it will come soon enough to avoid some serious catastrophes.

“The most significant action Israel could take to demonstrate good faith would be a settlement freeze.” – President Reagan 1983 (so much for taking hints from American presidents)

The New Israel Lobby
The Israel lobby had succeeded in ruling almost any criticism of Israel out of bounds, especially in Congress. “The bottom line,” Mearsheimer and Walt wrote, “is that Aipac, a de facto agent for a foreign government, has a stranglehold on Congress, with the result that U.S. policy is not debated there, even though that policy has important consequences for the entire world.”
http://www.nytimes.com/?2009/09/13/magazine/?13JStreet-t.html

Israeli spy Pollard
The most damaging to America, anti-American spy in history since the Rosenberg’s sold Russia American nuclear secrets. Netanyahu has demanded Pollard be released to Israel. http://tinyurl.com/yvqznh

Then there’s our friends the Saudi’s… 9/11 hijackers were Saudi and Saudi money funded the attack, also funded the Iraqi insurgents who killed Americans.