One Democratic State-Relevant Material

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Audiovisual Material
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Human Rights activist Miko Peled contests Israel’s dominant narrative against Palestinians
Contesting Israel's Dominant Media Narrative

Miko Peled — TRT World Research Centre (2022)

“Citizens in a State” member Alain Alameddine explains why Zionism’s politicizing identity is a danger to Palestine, the Middle East and the world
No Oil for Biden

Alain Alameddine — Radio 786 (2022)

Jeff Halper speaks of the transition from the apartheid state of Israel to One Democratic State in Palestine
One Democratic State

Jeff Halper, Majd Nasrallah (2021)

Miko Peled, Jeff Halper and others speak of the struggle for one democratic state in historic Palestine
The Struggle for a Democratic State in Historic Palestine

Munir Nuseiba, Jonathan Kuttab, Lamis Deek, Miko Peled, Jeff Halper (2021)

Mondoweiss article on how support for one democratic state grows as Palestinians lose hope in two-state solution
Support for One Democratic State Grows As Palestinians Lose Hope in Two-State Solution

Mondoweiss (2017)

Talk with Karl Sabbagh and Awad Abdel-Fattah on the One Democratic State in Palestine, interviewed by Salma Karmi
Talk With Karl Sabbagh and Awad Abdel-Fattah, Interviewed by Salma Karmi

Karl Sabbagh, Awad Abdel-Fattah (2016)

Gideon Levy and Ilan Pappé discuss Israeli politics Westminster University, hosted by Ruba Saleh
Gideon Levy and Ilan Pappé Discuss Israeli Politics Westminster University, Hosted by Dr Ruba Saleh

Gideon Levy, Ilan Pappe, Ruba Saleh (2016)

Human rights activist Miko Peled speaks of How the Lobby enables Israeli policy
How the Lobby Enables Israeli Policy: Views of an Israeli in America

Miko Peled — Israel Lobby Con (2015)

Online discussion with Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir
The One-State Condition: A Opinion With Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir

Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon (2013)

ODS in the News
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Jerusalem Post: Palestinian Support for a One-State Solution at Highest Since Last Year
Palestinian Support for a One-State Solution at Highest Since Last Year

Adi Koplewitz — Jerusalem Post (2022)

Palestine Chronicle: Jordanian PM defends one-state democratic solution for Palestine
Jordan May Support One-State Democratic Solution

Palestine Chronicle, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (2020)

The Arab Weekly: Jordanian PM defends one-state democratic solution for Palestine
Jordanian PM Defends One-State Democratic Solution for Conflict

The Arab Weekly (2020)

New York Times: As a two-state solution loses steam, a one-state plan gains traction
As a 2-State Solution Loses Steam, a 1-State Plan Gains Traction

David M. Halbfinger — New York Times (2018)

Article on the politics of demography in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Politics of Demography in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Noorulain Khawaja — Journal of International Affairs (2018)

CS Monitor: End of the two-state solution? What Israel, Palestinians would be giving up
End of the Two-State Solution? What Israel, Palestinians Would Be Giving Up.

Joel Greenberg — Christian Science Monitor (2017)

International One Democratic State conference in Zürich
International ODS Conference in Zurich

One Democratic State in Palestine (2014)

DW: The One-State Solution for the Middle East picks steam
Mideast Muddle

Daniella Cheslow — DW (2013)

New Palestinian movement calls for One-State Solution
New Palestinian Movement Calls for One-State Solution

Daoud Kuttab — Al-Monitor (2013)

Activists Launch Initiative Calling for the One Democratic State in Palestine
Activists Launch Initiative Calling for the One Democratic State in Palestine

IMEMC News (2013)

Protagonists of the Palestine Solidarity will get together
Protagonists of the Palestine Solidarity Will Get Together

Wilhelm Langthaler — Anti-Imperialist Camp (2012)

One Democratic State to be debated in Assisi
One Democratic State To Be Debated in Assisi

Wilhelm Langthaler — Anti-Imperialist Camp (2012)

First manifestation for One Democratic State in Palestine
First Manifestation for One Democratic State in Palestine

Wilhelm Langthaler — Anti-Imperialist Camp (2010)

Statements & Press Releases
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Lebanese political party “Citizens in a State”: One civil state in all of Palestine
One Civil State in All of Palestine

Citizens in a State (2021)

Palestinians and Israelis call for a One Democratic State
Palestinians and Israelis Call for a Single Democratic State

One Democratic State Campaign (2020)

One Democratic State Campaign statement on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people
ODSC Statement on the Occasion of the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People

One Democratic State Campaign (2020)

Awad Abdelfattah on ODS and the perspective for revival of the Palestinian liberation movement
Awad Abdelfattah on ODS and the Perspective for Revival of the Palestinian Liberation Movement

Awad Abdelfattah — One Democratic State Campaign (2015)

Jaffa and Ramallah ODS movements come together
Jaffa and Ramallah Movements Come Together

Jaffa Group for One Democratic State — Anti-Imperialist Camp (2013)

Founding Statement for the Popular Movement for One Democratic State on the Land of Historical Palestine
Founding Statement for the Popular Movement for One Democratic State on the Land of Historical Palestine

Popular Movement for One Democratic State — Anti-Imperialist Camp (2013)

Announcement on the Establishment of The Jaffa Group for One Democratic State
Announcement on the Establishment of The Jaffa Group for One Democratic State

Jaffa Group for One Democratic State (2013)

ODS supporters Hold Study Day in Ramallah
Supporters Hold Study Day in Ramallah

Jaffa Group for One Democratic State (2013)

ODS supporters on both sides of the green line hold study day in Ramallah
Supporters of From Both Sides of the Green Line Meet in Ramallah

Popular Movement for One Democratic State on the Historic Land of Palestine (2013)

Closing Document of the Palestine Solidarity Conference Separated in the Past – Together in the Future
Closing Document of the Palestine Solidarity Conference Separated in the Past – Together in the Future

Palestine Solidarity Conference — Anti-Imperialist Camp (2010)

Haifa Conference for the return of the Palestinian refugees and for the Secular Democratic State in historic Palestine
United Against Israeli Apartheid and Colonialism

One Democratic State Campaign (2010)

Opinions
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An article by ODSI activists on DiEM25's website explains why One Democratic State is the only sensible solution
One Democratic State: The Sensible Solution for Palestine

Ameen Abul Asal and Alain Alameddine — DiEM25 (2023)

An article by One Democratic State that compares the two-state and one-state proposals
One State vs. Two States in Historic Palestine

One Democratic State (2023)

A Jewish and democratic state is in reality a contradiction. Democracy means government by the people. Jewish statehood means government by Jews.
You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State

Peter Beinart — New York Times (2023)

Article by Pete Gregson about Israel as a colonial rather than Jewish endeavor
Israel: ‘Democratic Jewish State’? Surely That Should Be ‘Racist European Colony’

Pete Gregson — One Democratic Palestine (2023)

Türkkaya Ataöv on one Arab-Jewish state under the Ottoman Empire and after
One Arab-Jewish State: The Ottoman Experience and After

Türkkaya Ataöv (2022)

Azril Mohd Amin proposes making Israel, Gaza and West Bank one state with equal citizenship rights for all
Make Israel, Gaza and West Bank One State With Equal Citizenship Rights for All

Azril Mohd Amin — New Straits Times (2022)

Awad Abdelfattah on the liberation discourse
From Citizenship to Liberation Discourse

Awad Abdelfattah — One Democratic State Campaign (2022)

Article by Phil Butland on why the two-state solution for Palestine is impossible
Why the Two State Solution for Palestine Is Impossible

Phil Butland — The Left-Berlin (2022)

Article by Ilan Pappe on Nuh Ibrahim and Haifa: The One Democratic State vision will turn into reality
Do Not Panic Palestine: Your Star in the Sky Will Shine

Ilan Pappe — Palestine Chronicle (2022)

Areej Sabbagh-Khoury on Israeli settler-colonial accumulation by dispossession
But if I Don't Steal It, Someone Else Is Gonna Steal It – Israeli Settler-Colonial Accumulation by Dispossession

Areej Sabbagh-Khoury — One Democratic State Campaign (2022)

All its Citizens wants to unite the left in Israel around the principle of complete equality for all
Can a New Jewish-Arab Party Breathe Life Into the Israeli Left?

Ben Reiff — 972 Magazine (2022)

Al Shabaka: Leila Farsakh on Palestine beyond partition and the establishment of a Jewish nation-state
Palestine Beyond Partition and the Nation-State

Leila Farsakh — Al Shabaka (2022)

Palestine Chronicle: Article by Ramzy Baroud on Palestine’s chance of fighting back and the need to reach ordinary people
2021: Palestine's Chance of Fighting Back

Ramzy Baroud — Palestine Chronicle (2021)

Middle East Monitor: Ilan Pappe and Awad Abdulfattah discuss how one state is a game changer
One State Is a Game Changer

Ilan Pappe, Awad Abdelfattah — Memo Middle East Monitor (2021)

Middle East Eye: Awad Abdelfattah on Joe Biden and the devastating illusion of the peace process and the two-state solution
Joe Biden and the Devastating Illusion of the 'Peace Process'

Awad Abdelfattah — Middle East Eye (2021)

Lana Tatour explains why calling Israel an apartheid state is not enough
Why Calling Israel an Apartheid State Is Not Enough

Lana Tatour — One Democratic State Campaign (2021)

Foreign Affairs: Article by Marwan Muasher on the failure of the two-state solution
After the Two-State Solution

Marwan Muasher — Foreign Affairs (2021)

Electronic Intifada: Article by Josh Ruebner on a post-colonial Palestine
Envisioning a Post-Colonial Palestine

Josh Ruebner — Electronic Intifada (2021)

Decolonizing Israel, liberating Palestine: Zionism, settler colonialism, and the case for one democratic state by Jeff Halper
Conceiving Decolonization

David Finkel — International Viewpoint (2021)

Avi Shlaim on the illusion, and reality, of the two-state solution
The Two-State Solution – Illusion and Reality

Avi Shlaim — Palestine-Israel Journal (2021)

Article Jonathan Cook on the failure of the two-state solution and the motivation behind its proposal was the preservation of Jewish supremacy
Friedman's Last Gasp

Jonathan Cook (2021)

Times of Israel: The world is likely to abandon the two-state solution
Death of a Dogma? After Annexation, World Likely To Abandon Two-State Paradigm

Raphael Ahren — Times of Israel (2020)

Palestine Chronicle: Ramzy Baroud discusses how moving past apartheid though one state is not ideal but is just and possible
Moving Past Apartheid: One-State Is Not Ideal Justice, but It Is Just and Possible

Ramzy Baroud — Palestine Chronicle (2020)

Jordan Times: Hasan Abu Nimah discusses the options of two-states, apartheid or one democratic state
Two States, Apartheid or One Democratic State?

Hasan Abu Nimah — Jordan Times (2020)

Haidar Eid proposes replacing the apartheid regime with a democratic state of equal rights for all its inhabitants, including the returning refugees.
What Needs To Be Done

Haidar Eid — One Democratic State Campaign (2020)

Haidar Eid discusses the failure of Trump’s plan for Palestinian statehood and the existence of an alternative vision
A Vision for Palestinian Statehood That Is Not Trump's

Haidar Eid — One Democratic State Campaign (2020)

Haidar Eid discusses the failure and danger of the two-state solution on Al Jazeera
The Two-State Solution: The Opium of the Palestinian People

Haidar Eid — Al Jazeera (2020)

European Council on Foreign Relations on the end of Oslo and the need for a new strategy on Israel-Palestine
The End of Oslo: A New European Strategy on Israel-Palestine

Hugh Lovatt (2020)

Ellen Isaacs discusses if a One-State Solution could eliminate racism without getting rid of capitalism
Could a One-State Solution Eliminate Racism Without Getting Rid of Capitalism?

Ellen Isaacs — One Democratic State Campaign (2020)

Article by Ramzy Baroud on Jordan’s hinting that it might support the one-state solution for Palestine
Apartheid or One State: Has Jordan Broken a Political Taboo?

Ramzy Baroud — Palestine Chronicle (2020)

Article by Peter Beinart: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine
Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine

Peter Beinart — Jewish Currents (2020)

Article by Majed Kayali on the need for a fair solution for Palestinians
Palestinians and the Search for a Fair Solution Amid Dire Circumstances

Majed Kayali — Fanack (2020)

Article by Jeff Halper and Awad Abdulfattah: Time for the one-state solution to go mainstream
It Is Time for the One State Solution To Go Mainstream

Jeff Halper, Awad Abdelfattah — Electronic Intifada (2020)

American Friends Service Committee: Trump’s Deal of the Century with Israel Sustains Apartheid and Injustice for Palestinians
Trump's Deal of the Century With Israel Sustains Apartheid and Injustice for Palestinians

Mike Merryman-Lotze — American Friends Service Committee (2020)

This article on Foreign Affairs discusses how there will be a one-state solution, but the question is what kind of state it will be
There Will Be a One-State Solution

Yousef Munayyer — Foreign Affairs (2019)

Ramzy Baroud: One state, democratic or racist?
The Day After: What if Israel Annexes the West Bank?

Ramzy Baroud — Palestine Chronicle (2019)

Ilan Pappe on the one state push for Israel and Palestine
One State Push for Israel and Palestine

Ilan Pappe — The Hindu (2019)

Ian Black’s review of the book ‘From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of “Peace”’ by Mandy Turner
From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of Peace

Ian Black — LSE (2019)

From Zionist Settler Colonialism to Decolonization by the One Democratic State Campaign
Choices Made: From Zionist Settler Colonialism to Decolonization

One Democratic State Campaign (2019)

Diana Buttu discusses the dead-end for Zionism and the two-state solution
When the Shake-Up Comes

Diana Buttu, Leslie Cohen — The Cairo Review (2019)

Awad Abdelfattah and Jeff Halper: A just future demands the decolonization of Palestine and one democratic state for all
A Just Future Demands the Decolonization of Palestine – And a Democratic State for All

Awad Abdelfattah, Jeff Halper — One Democratic State Campaign (2019)

Asaf Calderon addresses fears about the one democratic state solution
What's So Scary About a State of All Its Citizens?

Asaf Calderon — 972 Magazine (2019)

Amal Wahdan on the campaign for One Democratic State of Palestine
The Campaign for One Democratic State of Palestine

Amal Wahdan — Center for Counter Hegemonic Studies (2019)

A discussion on how combating Zionism requires a vision that pays no credence to ethno-nationalism
Israel and Palestine: The South African Alternative

William Shoki — Africa Is A Country (2019)

This paper aims to analyze the reasons for the emergence of the onestate paradigm as an alternative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent years
The One-State Solution, an Alternative Approach

Hsiu-Ping Bao — Asian Journal of Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies (2018)

Yoav Haifawi discusses the campaign for One Democratic State
The Campaign for One Democratic State – Political and Organizational Perspectives

Yoav Haifawi — Mondoweiss (2018)

This article discusses how Gaza’s March can elevate the one-state movement
How Gaza's Return March Can Elevate the One-State Movement

Lobe Log (2018)

Rima Najjar discusses an ODS political initiative
With Help From Their Jewish Israeli Friends: A Palestinian Political Initiative (in the Making)

Rima Najjar — Counter Currents (2018)

Ramzy Baroud talks about eight things he learned about Palestine while touring eight Western nations
8 Things I Learned About Palestine While Touring 8 Western Nations

Ramzy Baroud — Palestine Chronicle (2018)

Jeff Helper discusses the One Democratic State Campaign for a multicultural democratic state in Palestine/Israel
The One Democratic State Campaign for a Multicultural Democratic State in Palestine/Israel

Jeff Halper — Socialist Project, One Democratic State Campaign (2018)

A review of Jeff Halper’s book, Decolonising Israel, Liberating Palestine: The Roadmap to a One-State Democracy
Decolonising Israel, Liberating Palestine: The Roadmap to a One-State Democracy

Sophia Akram — The New Arab (2018)

Haidar Eid proposes one state for all as the only alternative to Israeli apartheid
One State for All: The Only Alternative to Israeli Apartheid

Haidar Eid — One Democratic State Campaign (2018)

This article documents European Union’s bias and failure with regard to the creation of a Palestinian state
To What Extent Does the European Union Promote Democracy Effectively in the Occupied Palestinian Territories?

Amir Khalil — Arab Reform Initiative (2017)

This article discusses why it is either One Democratic State for all or perpetual open-ended conflict
Palestine/Israel: It Is Either One Democratic State for All or Perpetual Open-Ended Conflict

Khalid Amayreh — Milli Gazette (2017)

Ramzy Baroud dismisses fear mongering regarding the establishment of one democratic state in Palestine and Israel
Enough Fearmongering: Only One Democratic State Is Possible in Palestine and Israel

Ramzy Baroud — Eurasia Review (2017)

PLO leader Abbas’ deputy: We would accept one democratic state, Israel wouldn’t
Abbas Deputy Says Would Accept One-Democratic-State Solution, Israel Wouldn't

Chris Kleponis — i24 News (2017)

A review of ’s book, Countering The Palestinian Nakba: One State For All
Countering the Palestinian Nakba: One State for All – Book Review

Rifka Al-Amya — One Democratic State Campaign (2017)

Haidar Eid discusses Edward Said and the re-drawing of the post-colonial political map of Palestine
Edward Said and the Re-Drawing of the (Post)colonial Political Map of Palestine

Haidar Eid — One Democratic State Campaign (2017)

This article argues in favor of a Levantine approach to citizenship and citizenship
Levantine Approach, Reimagining Israel-Palestine

Bashir Bashir — Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015)

Justin Scott Finkelstein discusses with a two-state solution is unattainable
An Opening for Peace: Israelis, Palestinians and the Two-State Solution

Justin Scott Finkelstein — Foreign Policy Research Institute (2014)

This paper explores the economic underpinnings of a one-state solution in Palestine
Economic Prospects for a One-State Solution

Leila Farsakh (2013)

Yoaf Haifawi discusses the danger of both the green line and the red line
The Green Line Is a Dangerous Illusion – But We Should Guard the Red Line!

Yoav Haifawi — The Jaffa Group for (2013)

Political activist discusses concerns in Gaza and the failure of the two-state solution
A Quest for a Common Democratic State

Haidar Eid — Anti-Imperialist Camp (2013)

Political activist discusses concerns in Gaza and the failure of the two-state solution
We Are Holding Our Breath – Interview With Dr on Current Concerns in Gaza

Haidar Eid — DisOrient (2013)

Awad Abdelfattah discusses the danger of accepting the Bantustan option
It's Time for Palestinians in Israel To Stand Firm Against the Bantustan Plan of Oslo

Awad Abdelfattah — Mondoweiss (2013)

This academic paper presents the One State Solution as an alternative vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The One-State Solution: an Alternative Vision for Ending the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Abdul Yusef — CUNY (2012)

The Munich Declaration for One Democratic State in Historic Palestine
The Munich Declaration for One Democratic State in Historic Palestine

One Democratic State (2012)

Awad Abdulfattah and Jonathan Cook discuss the One-State Solution and rebuilding the Palestinian national movement (Part 1)
The One-State Solution and Rebuilding the Palestinian National Movement

Awad Abdelfattah, Jonathan Cook — Jadaliya (2012)

This essay reviews the prospects for success of the two-state solution and sets out the arguments for and against such a settlement.
The One-State Solution

Ghada Karmi — Palestine Studies (2011)

Ghada Karmi proposes the One-State Solution as an alternative vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace
The One-State Solution: An Alternative Vision for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Ghada Karmi — Palestine Studies (2011)

This article examines notions of a one-state solution and highlights the useful role that geographers can play in discussing such notions
Imagining a Shared State in Palestine-Israel

Elizabeth Mavroudi — Loughborough University (2010)

This article discusses the decay of the Zionist left
Haifa Conference Amid Decay of Left Zionism

Willi Langthaler — Anti-Imperialist Camp (2010)

Abu Obaida Shakir on a common state of Muslims, Christians and Jews Without Zionism
A Common State of Muslims, Christians and Jews Without Zionism

Abu Obaida Shakir (2010)

A discussion of the One Democratic State solution from a socialist viewpoint
One Democratic State in Historic Palestine – A Socialist Viewpoint

Tikva Honig-Parnass — International Socialist Review (2009)

This article employs a ‘rights-based approach’ in evaluating a ‘single state solution’ to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Maximising Rights, One State Solution

George Bisharat — Global Jurist (2008)

In this “Le Monde diplomatique” article, Leila Farsakh explains why the two-state solution is a dead-end
Time for a Bi-National State

Leila Farsakh — Le Monde Diplomatique (2007)

Leon Hadar explains why One Democratic State is the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Only One Solution to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Leon Hadar — CATO Institute (2004)

A discussion with a representative of Fatah about the one democratic state solution
A Dialogue with Fatah

Fatah (1969)

Books
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Book: Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine
Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine

Jeff Halper (2021)

Book: Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities
Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities

Mahmood Mamdani (2020)

Book: From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of Peace
From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of Peace

Mandy Turner (2019)

Book: Politically Incorrect: Why a Jewish State Is a Bad Idea
Politically Incorrect: Why a Jewish State Is a Bad Idea

Ofra Yeshua-Lyth (2016)

Book: The Re-Emergence of the Single State Solution in Palestine/Israel
The Re-Emergence of the Single State Solution in Palestine/Israel

Cherine Hussein (2015)

Book: The Case for a Secular New Jerusalem
The Case for a Secular New Jerusalem

Ofra Yeshua-Lyth (2014)

Book: The Case for One Democratic State in Historic Palestine
The Case for One Democratic State in Historic Palestine

Samir Abedrabbo (2014)

Book: The One-State Condition: Occupation and Democracy in Israel/Palestine
The One-State Condition: Occupation and Democracy in Israel/Palestine

Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir (2012)

Book: The One-State Solution
The One-State Solution

Virginia Tilley (2010)

Book: Overcoming Zionism
Overcoming Zionism

Joel Kovel (2007)

Book: One Country
One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse

Ali Abunimah (2007)

Book: Approach to the Single Democratic State — Two Separate and Interlocked Communities
Approach to the Single Democratic State — Two Separate and Interlocked Communities

Ahmad Katamesh — Samidoun (2007)

Book: Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle
Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle

Mazin Qumsiyeh (2004)