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Alternatives to Partition Palestine: Geopolitical Dimensions

by SR Editor June 23, 2011

Palestine has resisted, and endured, all attempts of geographic partition and segmentation over the last 100 years. Today, Israel controls the totality of historic Palestine, while exerting pressure, locally and internationally, for its recognition as a Jewish state without drawing its final borders. Zionism has hereby reached an impasse in its attempt to build an ethnic Jewish state.

It is a well-established fact that Israel is the only state in the world that was established without defining its borders, which corresponds to the flexibility of Israeli citizenship; it does not align with geographic boundaries of a state as predominates in the rest of the world.

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Return of the One-State Solution?

by SR Editor June 19, 2011

What does it mean to support a “sovereign” Palestine which is totally disarmed and geographically divided by a hostile Jewish state brimming with military might? The geopolitical condition that’s been created in ’67 is irreversible. Cannot be changed. You cannot unscramble that egg.

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Israel and Palestine: A true one-state solution

by George Bisharat September 3, 2010

By George Bisharat* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” pundits occasionally ask. But after these latest Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington fail — as they inevitably will — the more pressing question may be: “Where is the Israeli de Klerk?” Will an Israeli leader emerge with the former South African president’s [...]

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One-State, Two-State and the American Task Force on Palestine – By Antoine Raffoul

by Antoine Raffoul August 16, 2010

By Antoine Raffoul* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Until recently, we had never heard of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP). After some research on the subject of the One-State vs the Two-State solution, we discovered a long Study published by the ATFP in 2009 entitled “What’s Wrong With The One-State Agenda”. It made [...]

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When will time run out for a two-state solution?

by Yousef Munayyer April 27, 2010

By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Among those involved in the Middle East peace process industry there is much talk about “time running out” for a two-state solution. Recently, the same sentiments were echoed by the US state department, reflecting a shift in the way the Obama administration is publicly talking about the [...]

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Independent and interdependent

by Sam Bahour April 2, 2010

By Sam Bahour and Bernard Avishai* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The latest rift between the United States and Israel, which began with Israel’s announcement of more planned construction planned in Ramat Shlomo – a Jewish-only neighborhood – that would further separate East Jerusalem from the rest of a future Palestinian state, distracts from the [...]

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Against ‘Pro-Israel’

by SR Editor March 25, 2010

By Robert Wright* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Are you anti-Israel? If you fear that, deep down, you might be, I have important news. The recent tension between Israel and the United States led various commentators to identify hallmarks of anti-Israelism, and these may be of diagnostic value. As you’ll see, my own view is [...]

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What future for ‘Greater Israel’? [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah December 26, 2009

The Middle East ‘peace process’ is seriously deadlocked. Israel is determined to press ahead with the expansion of settlements. Palestinians refuse to accept anything less than their total freeze, but they are divided on the best way forward – diplomacy or resistance. The diplomatic vacuum leads to more unilateral policies and radicalisation. So how can [...]

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Steps to create an Israel-Palestine

by SR Editor December 23, 2009

A one-state solution in the area is not as farfetched as it might seem. By Jonathan Kuttab* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz For a while, it seemed that a two-state solution might actually be achievable and that a sovereign Palestinian state would be created in the West Bank and Gaza, allowing Jews and Palestinians at [...]

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The Dangers of Two States Solution

by Dr. Elias Akleh December 15, 2009

By Dr. Elias Akleh* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The Two States Solution (Israeli and Palestinian states) to the Zionist/Arab conflict has been, lately, revived as the only practical solution to the conflict. This solution, with all its embedded dangers, had been unjustly and illegally imposed by the UN in 1948 giving the Zionists a [...]

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Bantustans and the unilateral declaration of statehood

by SR Editor November 20, 2009

By Virginia Tilley* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz From a rumor, to a rising murmur, the proposal floated by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Ramallah leadership to declare Palestinian statehood unilaterally has suddenly hit center stage. The European Union, the United States and others have rejected it as “premature,” but endorsements are coming from all directions: [...]

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Dr. Alan Sabrosky and Hesham Tillawi on the Two States Solution [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah November 14, 2009

Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Dr. Alan Sabrosky speaks to Hesham Tillawi of Current Issues TV regarding the Israeli- Palestinian problem. Video link: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5190923/13719467

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Two-state solution is no longer an option [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah November 5, 2009

Is it finally a “moment of truth”?! Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat warned Israel in that continued illegal settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories may mean a two-state solution is no longer an option.

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Whatever Bibi Wants, Bibi Gets

by Yousef Munayyer October 22, 2009

Will the real Barack Obama please stand up to Israel? By Yousef Munayyer * Barack Obama is a rookie. At least, this is what the Israeli prime minister seems to think. So far, Benjamin Netanyahu has been able to maximize his gains at the expense of the U.S. president and the Palestinians while solidifying his [...]

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Boycott Israel

by SR Editor September 3, 2009

By Neve Gordon Israeli newspapers this summer are filled with angry articles about the push for an international boycott of Israel. Films have been withdrawn from Israeli film festivals, Leonard Cohen is under fire around the world for his decision to perform in Tel Aviv, and Oxfam has severed ties with a celebrity spokesperson, a [...]

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