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By Awad Abdelfattah and Jeff Halper  December 10, 2019 The very title one gives to a phenomenon often determines how it can be understood and what can be done to address it. Since 1948, we have spoken about the “Arab-Israeli conflict,” which is accurate to the degree that it refers to the major wars, diplomatic rivalries, and smaller “dirty …

A Just Future Demands the Decolonization of Palestine – and a Democratic State for All Read More »

by ELLEN ISAACS As we reflect on the latest brutality against protestors in Gaza and the struggle to end the outrageous Israeli occupation of Palestine and oppression of Israeli Palestinians, it is important to formulate a goal for what we would hope to attain. This goal does not have to be achievable in the near future …

Could a One-State Solution Eliminate Racism Without Getting Rid of Capitalism? Read More »

We need to move away from the idea of a two-state solution and embrace the vision of one secular, democratic state. Haidar Eid This article originally appeared in Al Jazeera It has been almost 15 years since the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement was launched by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott …

A vision for Palestinian statehood that is not Trump’s Read More »

As the Leonard Cohen song goes, “everybody knows” the two-state solution is dead and gone. Zionism’s 120-year quest to Judaize Palestine – to transform Palestine into the Land of Israel – has been completed. Every Israeli government since 1967 has refused to seriously entertain the notion of a genuinely independent and viable Palestinian state alongside the state …

The ‘One Democratic State Campaign’ program for a multicultural democratic state in Palestine/Israel Read More »

Over the years tons of ink have been expended on the seemingly interminable issue of the Palestinians and Israel. The wonderful Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem is filled from floor to ceiling with books, films and merchandise on the Palestinians and their struggles, while Steimatsky’s in West Jerusalem offers as much (but less critical) material …

Choices Made: From Zionist Settler Colonialism to Decolonization Read More »

Justice and peace can only be achieved in the context of a single democratic state that would include, and benefit equally, all residents and repatriated refugees Haidar Eid This article originally appeared in Middle East Eye The establishment of a sovereign, independent Palestinian state on 1967 borders has become unfeasible, largely thanks to Israel’s policy …

One state for all: The only alternative to Israeli apartheid Read More »

Haidar Eid Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & SocietyVol. 6, No. 1, 2017, pp. 64-78(CC) 2017 H. Eid – This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Post-Oslo …

Edward Said and the re-drawing of the (post)colonial political map of Palestine Read More »

Reviewed by Rifka Al-Amya Eid, Haidar (Ed.).Countering The Palestinian Nakba: One State For All.Noor Publishing: Bahnhofstrabe, Germany. 2017 This review originally appeared in thecitizen.in World attention has been captured by Donald Trump’s unthoughtful statement about the one state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a precedent in American intervention in the Middle East. Never has any …

Countering The Palestinian Nakba: One State For All – Book Review Read More »