Vision
Right
for all Palestinians to live in historic Palestine
with freedom, equality, and dignity.
Mission
Achieve
a fair, durable, and realizable solution to
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Guiding
Principles
- Acknowledgement
that Palestinians and Israelis are integral components of
historic Palestine
- Affirmation
that Palestinians decide their own destiny
- Respect
for individual and collective rights of Palestinians and
Israelis and other communities
- Mutual
accommodation of Palestinian and Israeli concerns and aspirations
- Recognition
of the shortcomings of the two-state solution and the need
for new viable alternatives
- Declaration
that a viable resolution must address all aspects of the
conflict
Goals
- End
the Israeli occupation
- Reorganize
the Palestinian political system and civil society
- Implement
the Palestinian right of return
- End
discrimination, dispossession, and land expropriation against
Palestinians in Israel
Alternative
Palestinian Agenda Peace Initiative
Specifically,
this proposal offers an alternative territorial configuration
based on current demographics and land use, whereby a Palestinian
state would comprise areas that are currently inhabited by
a majority of Palestinians and areas that are lightly populated
and can sustain a higher population density for the accommodation
of Palestinian refugees, and the Israeli state would comprise
areas that are currently inhabited by a majority of Israelis.
Both
states are proposed to be in a federal union with a capitol
in Jerusalem. Jerusalem would be a separate district, which
would include the city (East and West) along with the city's
suburbs, the city of Bethlehem, and some of the surrounding
villages.
In
an interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, APA's Nasser Abufarha
discussed the proposal in detail with host Jean Feraca. Click
here for the full transcript of the show:
Jean:
So the idea of creating a geographical boundaries, which is
the way we have defined creating the state of Palestine, the
state of Israel, in your view isn't going to work because first
of all in establishing the state of Palestine you contribute
to the insecurity of the Jewish state.
Nasser:
Yes, as an independent state, and visa versa.
Jean:
Yes, so what is the alternative?
Nasser:
The alternative that I'm proposing is to reconfigure the space
into two states Palestine and Israel where Palestine would [comprise
of] the areas that are currently predominantly Palestinian,
inhabited by Palestinians, and Israel would be in the areas
that are currently predominantly inhabited by Israelis. But
both states are in a federal union whereby each state would
have sovereignty over territory: its own laws, its own cultural
expression, so you preserve the identity aspect of both people
which is very strong for both the Palestinians and Israelis
because it has been challenged for both the Palestinians and
the Israelis. But at the same time the federal union would address
issues of common interest, at the top of it is security.
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Ownership in Palestine/Israel
