Transcript Palestine & Israel at cross roads by Fariz N. Mehdawi

Palestine & Israel
at cross roads
by
Fariz N. Mehdawi
IAPC 40th World Conference
Bali – Indonesia
13th November 2007
Where we came from
1922 Palestine
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One Country under
mandate
89% Palestinian Arabs
98% of the Land
11% Palestinian Jews
02% of the Land
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Where we came from?
UN Partition Plan - 1947
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Palestine Israel
Pop
67%
33%
Land 44%
56%
How it was and then
1948-War Outcome
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• Israel expanded to
control 78%
• Palestine disappeared
from the political map
• West Bank & Gaza 22%
• More than 82% of
Palestinians Refugees
1967 War outcome
*Israel occupied :
- West Bank & Gaza
- Sinai (Egypt)
- Golan Highest (Syria)
*More than 200000
Palestinian refugees to
neighboring countries
1967 - 1993
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More than 180
settlements with around
two hundred new
Jewish immigrants
10500 Palestinian out of
750000 imprisoned
during the period
remained behind bars.
13350 Palestinian
houses demolished
1995 – Oslo Agreement
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Limited administrative
Authority
No Borders
No control over skies
No control over water
resources
No control over connecting
roads
No Access to Jerusalem and
no Capital
Major Issues to resolve
Palestine Position
Israel Position
Borders of 1967 as per
Resolution 242 of UNSC
No to withdrawal to the
borders of pre 5th June
1967
Borders
Refugees
Israel Position
No return to any refugee
to Israeli territories
Palestine Position
Just solution on the basis
of UN resolution 1947
Jerusalem
Palestine Position
Resolution 242 applies
East Jerusalem to be the
Capital City of Palestine
The City would remain open
City in the Municipal sense
and accessible for all
citizens to visit the holy
places
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Israel Position
- Jerusalem is to to
remain united under the
Israeli Sovreignity as
the eternal capital of the
Jewish state .
Some Arab neigborhods
could be part of the
Palestinian State.