Please consider joining this action call and forward to those who you think
might join (Israelis and Palestinians). Mazin
Many people of good faith yearn for a future that is a joint democratic
pluralistic state that encompasses all of the historic land of Palestine
(currently the political entities of the apartheid State of Israel and the
post-1967 Israeli occupied Palestinian Territories). It is time to put our
beliefs into practice by bringing together all these people to effect the
needed transformation socially and politically. We call on you to join us to
formulate all the needed mechanisms for this transformation. We are seeking
local and international legal experts to draft a constitution for our joint
future state and we are seeking activists with other skills (media,
lobbying, civil disobedience etc) to translate the vision into reality. In
our joint future state, Palestinian Refugees will have the right to return
to their homes and lands and to receive reparation for their suffering as
supported by UNGA resolution 194. Return and self-determination are key
pillars of peace based on justice. The validity of all actual laws and
policies will be subject to this constitution with a bill of rights. This
constitution is founded on the critical principle that all people who live
in historic Palestine as well as Palestinians who will realise their
inalienable right of return will have an effective equality of citizenship
and will enjoy fundamental rights and freedoms as articulated in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Substantively and procedurally, the constitution and structures to effect
the needed transformation will be modified and adopted only via
democratically structured institutions and, in this vein, we support efforts
to reconstitute the Palestine National Council on democratic and
representative foundations for all Palestinians regardless of where they
currently live. The constitution will enable constant contestation of actual
laws ensuring that structures of power never entrench themselves.
Equal citizenship will have the result that present apartheid-based laws
will be abrogated and future social and economic rights will never again be
attached to any patterned and structured identity test that necessarily
results in discrimination, oppression and domination of those who do not
pass it. We believe in popular resistance and an anti-Apartheid struggle to
achieve our collective goals. We will build on the previous initiatives and
conferences that focused on one state solutions. We urge the international
community to support us in ending Israeli apartheid and achieving our goal
of one democratic state via the use of Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions
(BDS) and all other means of pressure as articulated in the Palestinian
Civil Society Call to Action 2005.
If you would like to join us, go to
http://www.palestinejn.org/component/content/article/47-ongoing/124-join-the
-one-state-initiative . By signing, you agree to the use of your name and to
the outline above and to help the effort. Organizations may also join this
effort by sending the name of the organization, email address, physical
address, phone number, and individual name of the person authorized to
communicate with us on behalf of the organization to
Names, affiliation
(Affiliation does not imply institutional endorsement, all signers in
personal capacity)
Samir Abed-Rabbo (Dr.), ODS and Center for Advanced International Studies
Susan Abulhawa, Author
Ali Abunimah
Abdelfattah Abusrour (Dr.), Alrowwad Cultural and Theatre Center, Aida
Refugee Camp
Khalid Amayreh, writer, journalist and political commentator. Dura, Hebron
Naseer Aruri (Prof.), Emeritus (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth),
Author of Dishonest Broker
Omar Barghouti, human rights activist
Ramzy Baroud, Author, Editor, The Palestine Chronicle
Oren Ben-Dor (Dr.), School of Law, University of Southampton, UK
George Bisharat, UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco
Haim Bresheeth (Prof.), BRICUP and University of East London
Eitan Bronstein
Shuki Cohen
Uri Davis (Prof.), Al-Quds University
Haidar Eid (Prof.), ODSG, Gaza
Jamil Fayez (Dr.)
Burhan Ghanayem (Dr.), Businessman and Philanthropist, Previously Researcher
at NIH, North Carolina
Neta Golan, International Solidarity Movement
Alma Abdul Hadi Jadallah (Dr.), School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution,
George Mason University
Sami Jamil Jadallah, JD, Founder of United Palestinian Appeal
Hatim Kanaaneh (Dr.), Author of a "Doctor in Gallilee"
Ghada Karmi (Prof.), University of Exeter, Devon, UK
Lubna Masarwa, Activist and Community Organizer, Jerusalem
Nur Masalha (Prof.), SOAS, University of London, UK
Lois Nakhlah
Dorothy Naor (Dr.)
Susan Nathan, Author, The other Side of Israel
Ken O'Keefe, Irish, Hawaiian, and Palestinian citizenship
Allegra Pacheco, Advocate
Ilan Pappe (Prof.), University of Exeter
Mazin Qumsiyeh (Prof.) Bethlehem University
George N. Rishmawi, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement, Beit Sahour
Suleiman Sharkh (Dr.), University of Southampton, Chairman of the PSC
Southampton Branch, Palestinian Refugee from Majdal Asqalan
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