ODS groups: On 72nd anniversary of the Nakba we bury illusions and rise up

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For the past 72 years, the Zionist project has not ceased its colonial campaign of expanding, grabbing land, ethnically cleansing and killing, a campaign that has accompanied Israel since its recognition as a legitimate state by the United Nations in 1948. A product of settler colonialism, Zionism was an inherently violent and brutal project. Settler colonialism, …

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

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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 …

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ONE DEMOCRATIC STATE IN HISTORIC PALESTINE: FEARS, HOPES, CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS

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Over the past several years, a core group of 60 Palestinians and Israeli Jews have been meeting to formulate a political program that will bring peace, justice, democracy and security to the people of historic Palestine. Convening ourselves as the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC), we have defined our collective task as replacing the current state …

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

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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 …

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A CALL AGAINST APARTHEID OVER PALESTINE; ONE DEMOCRACY FOR ALL

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April 27, 2020 Israel is racing to complete its project of institutionalizing a colonial apartheid regime over all of historic Palestine. The next step is planned for July, when the coalition government of Benjamin Netanyahu intends to formally annex large swathes of the West Bank. The expansion of Israel onto 85% of historic Palestine leaves …

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

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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 …

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Choices Made: From Zionist Settler Colonialism to Decolonization

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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 …

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