The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Territorial or Existential? Nevet Basker March

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TWO Conflicts in One! 4 Different objectives Different players Different themes But… Same land Similar terms Some confusion

The Territorial Conflict 5

Territorial Conflict: Objective Peaceful co-existence Mutual recognition Secure and recognized borders Peaceful co-existence Mutual recognition Secure and recognized borders Self-determination for Jews & Palestinians Two states for two peoples Minority rights Self-determination for Jews & Palestinians Two states for two peoples Minority rights 6 “Two-State Solution”

Territorial Conflict: Players 7

Territorial Conflict: Themes Independent Palestine alongside Jewish Israel, in peace and security U.N. Resolution 181 (1947 Partition Plan) U.N. Resolution 242 (1967 “land for peace”) “1967 occupation” Oslo Accords (1993) Quartet “Roadmap” (2004) Security fence/ separation barrier 8

Territorial Conflict: Issues Range of possible compromise Borders Settlements Jerusalem Security Who speaks for the Palestinians? Fatah legitimacy Hamas in Gaza Turmoil in Arab world 9

The Existential Conflict 10

Existential Conflict: Objective The end of Israel as a Jewish state Conventional military destruction Nuclear weapons Terrorism [?] Demographic changes Delegitimiza- tion 11

Existential Conflict: Players 12

Existential Conflict: Themes All of Israel is Palestine “From the River to the Sea” “1948 occupation” Palestinian “right of return” U.N. Resolution 194 No Jewish rights at all! Denying Jewish ties to the land Jewish “colonialism” Demonization of all Jews 13

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Hamas 15

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Al-Quds Brigades (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) 17

Al Fatah 18

Article 1. Palestine is the homeland of the Arab Palestinian people … Article 2. Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British Mandate, is an indivisible territorial unit. Article 5. The Palestinians are those Arab nationals who, until 1947, normally resided in Palestine regardless of whether they were evicted from it or have stayed there. Anyone born, after that date, of a Palestinian father—whether inside Palestine or outside it—is also a Palestinian. Article 9. Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine. This it is the overall strategy, not merely a tactical phase. Article 15. The liberation of Palestine, from an Arab viewpoint, is a national duty and it attempts to repel the Zionist and imperialist aggression against the Arab homeland, and aims at the elimination of Zionism in Palestine. Article 19. The partition of Palestine in 1947 and the establishment of the state of Israel are entirely illegal, regardless of the passage of time … Palestinian National Charter (1968) 19

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7 TH Grade Geography Textbook: “Mineral Resources in Palestine” 23

4 TH Grade National Education Textbook: Table of Contents 24

PA Government Agencies 25

Mahmoud Abbas at PA Headquarters 26

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Palestinian Solidarity Conference Georgetown, February

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Blurring the Line 34

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“End the Occupation”! 36

“Free Palestine”! 37

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The Test 40

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