Palestinian self-determination refers to aspirations by some Palestinians and
Palestinian nationalists for increased
autonomy and
sovereign independence as well as to the international right of
self-determination applied to
Palestine. Such sentiments are features of both the one state solution and the
two state solution. In the two state solution this usually denotes territorial integrity initiatives, such as resisting
occupation in the West Bank, annexation efforts in East Jerusalem or
freedom of movement along borders as well the preservation of important sites such as
al-Aqsa mosque
Al-Aqsa Mosque (, ), also known as Jami' Al-Aqsa () or as the Qibli Mosque ( ar, المصلى القبلي, translit=al-Muṣallā al-Qiblī, label=none), and also is a congregational mosque located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is situate ...
.
Overview
Examples of modern Palestinian politicians who are proponents of Palestinian self-determination include
Saeb Erekat. In the one state solution, Palestinian self-determination usually takes the form of calls for Palestinian reunification, which would include a reversal of the 1948 UN decision for the partition of Palestine. Some Palestinian proponents of self-determination such as
Edward Said
Edward Wadie Said (; , ; 1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.Robert Young, ''Whit ...
have drawn an analogy between
Zionism
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...
and colonialism. Other proponents of Palestinian self-determination such as
Jamil Effarah have made an analogy between the conditions in the Palestinian territories and the
Bantustan
A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland; ) was a territory that the National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now ...
land-reserves in apartheid era South Africa.
[THINK PALESTINE: TO UNLOCK US-ISRAELIS & ARABS CONFLICTS Vol. II, Volume 2, Jamil Effarah - 2013, p 47]
See also
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Thawabit
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State of Palestine
References
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Palestinian politics
Two-state solution
International law
Palestinian nationalism
Sovereignty
Arab separatism