Category Archives: Vision of One Democratic State

Interview with Ramadan Shallah, Secretary General, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (2009)

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 16. April 2018 by

Ramadan Shallah : I will never, under any conditions, accept the existence of the state of Israel. I have no problem living with the Jewish people. We have lived together in peace for centuries. And if Netanyahu were to ask if we can live together in one state, I would say to him: “If we have exactly the same rights as Jews to come to all of Palestine. If Khaled Meshaal and Ramadan Shallah can come whenever they want, and visit Haifa, and buy a home in Herzliyah if they want, then we can have a new language, and dialogue is possible.”

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Shlomo Sand: Why I Cannot be a Zionist: an Open Letter to Emmanuel Macron

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 18. August 2017 by

I stopped being able to understand you when, in the course of your speech, you stated that “Anti-Zionism … is the reinvented form of anti-Semitism.” Was this statement intended to please your guest, or is it purely and simply a marker of a lack of political culture? Has this former student of philosophy, Paul Ricoeur’s assistant, read so few history books that he does not know that many Jews or descendants of Jewish heritage have always opposed Zionism, without this making them anti-Semites? Here I am referring to almost all the old grand rabbis, but also the stances taken by a section of contemporary orthodox Judaism.

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من أجل فلسطين حرة غير مقسمة

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 18. April 2017 by

الفكرة التي يدافع عنها الكاتب هي أقرب مما تكون إلى التالي إذا كانت ثمة علل بنيوية وإيديولوجية تحول دون إندماج إسرائيل في محيطها الشرق الأوسطي. فما الذي يمنع طلائع الجالية الناطقة بالعبرية في فلسطين من الإنخراط في الثورة الديمقراطية الفلسطينية. ويقول: هذه الرؤيا تبدو بعيدة الآن لكن الوعي يتطور(يتغير) بسرعة.

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The Taste of Mulberries

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 3. February 2015 by

“At that moment, together with the scorching sun and the dust, I felt in my mouth the taste of the mulberries, and I understood what homeland means, and also, for the first time, vaguely and at a distance and a little bit afraid, I understood that this homeland, the homeland of the songs and of school textbooks, is simply just the taste of mulberries, and the smell of dust, and the moist earth in winter, and the colour of the sky, and that it is a homeland not only for me, but also for Rashid Masarwa.”

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Excellent argument for One Democratic State

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 15. February 2014 by

The largest water aquifer used by Israelis and Palestinians lies in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967. It is imperative that this resource be shared equitably by the entire population. This can only be ensured by the existence of a single government within one democratic state.

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The Zionist last straw: A mini-Palestinian state

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 27. December 2012 by

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/two-state-salvation.premium-1.490386 Opinion Two-state salvation.Belatedly, Western governments have shed their inhibitions and are speaking out forcefully to Israel to commit to the two-state solution – rather than toward the Jewish state’s extinction. By David Landau | Dec.27, 2012 | 3:23 PM … Read more . . .

The notion of a Jewish-democratic state is an oxymoron and the two-state solution will never work

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 15. October 2012 by

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/jerusalem-born-thinker-meron-benvenisti-has-a-message-for-israelis-stop-whining.premium-1.469447 Jerusalem-born thinker Meron Benvenisti has a message for Israelis: Stop whining The notion of a Jewish-democratic state is an oxymoron and the two-state solution will never work. ‘This country is a shared land, a single homeland,’ he says. By … Read more . . .

Dangers of the Two States Solution

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 13. April 2010 by

http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/12/dangers-of-the-two-states-solution/ Dangers of the Two States Solution by Dr. Elias Akleh / December 16th, 2009 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 … Read more . . .

A New Path For Israel?

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 17. November 2008 by

A New Path For Israel?  by John Spritzler  November 16, 2008 [newdemocracyworld.org] Hours after resigning as prime minister of Israel on September 21, 2008, Ehud Olmert gave an interview to the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth (excerpted in the New York … Read more . . .