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| | "International Recognition of a Unilaterally Declared Palestinian State: Legal and Policy Dilemmas" by Tal Becker |
 | | Clearly, one of the implications of premature recognition of a Palestinian state by governments ignoring international law would be the erosion of these legal criteria when they are applied in other cases. | | | While international law does not require that the boundaries of a nascent state be accurately delimited in their entirety, the territory must have a sufficient consistency which is conducive to independent governmental control. | | | In fact, under international law, states are under a specific legal duty not to grant recognition to such an entity. |
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http://www.jcpa.org/art/becker1.htm
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| | bitterlemons.org - What constitutes a viable Palestinian state? |
| | While Palestinian scholars are accustomed to dealing with identity in its strict legal sense, it is important to recognize that capitalism, colonialism and culture also constrain and shape the subject, the individual and the collective. | | | First, the history of states that are split into two separate, non-contiguous geographical entities--in the Palestinian case, Gaza and the West Bank--is not very promising. | | | Meanwhile however, the state seeks to preserve its inflexible sovereignty. |
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http://www.bitterlemons.org/previous/bl150304ed10.html
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| | israelinsider: The dangers of a Palestinian state |
| | For the United States, a Palestinian state also represents an unwarranted leap of faith. | | | While the words may not come naturally to his lips, the President of the United States is talking openly these days about the creation of a Palestinian State. | | | The legislature will act as a rubber stamp for Arafat 's dictatorial reign; the press will continue as a conduit for government propaganda and the judiciary will be coerced to enforce Arafat's wishes. |
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http://www.israelinsider.com/views/articles/views_0195.htm
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| | Al-Ahram Weekly Opinion Palestinian state as Israeli demand |
| | The question of Palestine, today, is being presented as the question of a state, and nothing but a state: a state without borders, without a capital and without a national cause ñ just a state. | | | In fact, it can even grant them the right to return to the areas within its borders. | | | And what outstanding issues might two states have to settle between them? |
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/722/op10.htm
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| | Letter From Israel |
| | A Palestinian state may follow, but not precede the end of Israel’s occupation. | | | If this was the case, fair enough; but it is not: a Palestinian state alongside Israel’s occupation is an outright abuse of the term "state." | | | This was the logic of Oslo: give Arafat a title ("Chairman," "President"), give him a license to issue postage stamps, police uniforms and pseudo-official travel documents, and the Palestinian problem will be solved by his well-trained gunmen. |
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http://www.antiwar.com/hacohen/h111301.html
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| | A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
| | Arab state acceptance of full normal relations with Israel and security for all the states of the region in the context of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace. | | | Completion of further steps to achieve genuine separation of powers, including any necessary Palestinian legal reforms for this purpose. | | | Arab states restore pre-intifada links to Israel (trade offices, etc.). |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/20062.htm
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| | Tell a Vision - When is a state not a state? When it's Palestinian. By William Saletan |
| | "You now, for the first time, have a President of the United States who has held out that distinct possibility of the creation of a Palestinian state," Fleischer emphasized two weeks ago. | | | Tell a Vision - When is a state not a state? | | | And what exactly is the "provisional state" to which this process might lead? |
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http://slate.msn.com/?id=2067339
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| | CNN - Mrs. Clinton backs Palestinian state - May 7, 1998 |
| | USIA is forbidden by U.S. law to broadcast to U.S. audiences. | | | Clinton backs Palestinian state - May 7, 1998 | | | The policy of her husband's administration is that the issue of a Palestinian state is a matter for Israelis and Palestinians to work out for themselves. |
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http://www.cnn.com/US/9805/07/palestinians.hillary
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| | Palestinian State (proposed) |
| | Israelis, Palestinians wary of proposed temporary state in parts of West Bank and Gaza Strip (AP Worldstream) | | | SISTER CITY SQUABBLE ; PROPOSED MADISON-PALESTINIAN TIE SPARKS CONTROVERSY (Wisconsin State Journal) | | | Israel - State of Israel National name: Medinat Yisra'el President: Moshe Katsav (2000) Prime Minister:... |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0776421.html
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| | Palestinian State? |
| | Question: Why does a Palestinian state have to be in the mideast anyway? | | | Also, I might be wrong about this, but don’t we need a 2/3 vote in the congress to create a new state? | | | I’ve been briefed by Colin who insists that the creation of a Palestinian state in the mideast is a necessity. |
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http://www.nationallampoon.com/MoDstyles/wwwaste/Pstate/Pstate.asp
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| | USATODAY.com - Bush announces plans for Palestinian state |
| | Bush, however, suggested no borders for such a state or any timetable for its creation. | | | The Israeli response did not address the concessions the United States seeks from them. | | | Palestinians would see the creation of a provisional Palestinian state. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/06/24/bush-mideast.htm
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| | Al-Ahram Weekly A Palestinian state in 1999? |
| | "We [Palestinians] should first agree on the main principles of the constitution of the future state, if it is ever declared." | | | He wondered what use a Palestinian state would be if Israel continued to control the movement of Palestinians and if they were not able to enjoy any of their rights as citizens of an independent state. | | | However, Bishara maintained that the declaration of a state would merely be a relief for the conscience of some Palestinian officials. |
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1998/388/re2.htm
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| | FORWARD : News |
| | Bush in his declaration had also stressed the need to reduce violence first and reaffirmed that Washington still backs the Mitchell plan, agreed on by both parties months ago, which lays out a phased return to the negotiating table through confidence-building measures. | | | Zuckerman, AIPAC Lambaste Bush For Endorsing a Palestinian State | | | "There is nothing wrong with the United States saying okay to the perspective of a Palestinian state, but not after its continuous demands to the Palestinians have not been met," he said. |
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http://www.forward.com/issues/2001/01.10.05/news1.html
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| | USATODAY.com - White House plan would create Palestinian state |
| | Such a plan would go a step further than the previous United States position, which was merely to endorse the idea. | | | WASHINGTON — The United States is working on a Middle East peace proposal that would include creating an independent Palestinian state, senior administration officials said Wednesday. | | | Establishing permanent borders for a Palestinian state on the West Bank and in Gaza. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/05/30/mideast-usat.htm
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| | WorldNetDaily: Why I oppose Palestinian state |
| | It's not time to create more slave states. | | | I've been called a racist for opposing the creation of a Palestinian state under the leadership of Arafat. | | | Yes, a Palestinian state headed by Arafat or an Arafat-like successor sworn to the destruction of Israel will be a constant threat to the Jewish state. |
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http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27274
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| | WorldNetDaily: Why a Palestinian state now? |
| | And plenty of people here in the United States are upset about it, too. | | | So, what is the United States going to do? | | | When it is liberated, it will be the first free Arab state. |
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31683
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| | IsraelNow - News - November 23, 2002 - Doubts About A Palestinian State |
| | If a Palestinian state becomes a reality, will they continue to engage in blood feuds, a centuries-old personal form of vigilante justice? | | | Two reasons cited for allowing Arafat to remain underscore the doubt over whether the Palestinians - as a group - are ready to take on the reins of government. | | | Israel should remain open to the prospect of a Palestinian state, but its leaders have a responsibility to the Israeli people to confront their Palestinian counterparts with these questions and expect honest answers before taking any steps toward an independent state. |
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http://www.israelaustin.com/israelnow/news/23november2002b.asp
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| | A Dreamer Who Forced His Cause Onto World Stage (washingtonpost.com) |
| | U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright offered applause. | | | When a bloody new Palestinian insurrection erupted in September 2000 -- if not led by Arafat then with his acquiescence -- he became a pariah to Israel and the United States. | | | Few public figures granted so many interviews or delivered so many speeches -- and few managed so consistently to be evasive in their public comments. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41509-2004Nov10.html
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| | Israel and a Palestinian State Zero Sum Game? |
| | For prices of the specific publications, contact the ACPR. | | | A Palestinian State in American Policy - Ezra Sohar | | | A Palestinian State and the Israeli Public Opinion - Sarit Yalov |
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| | Palestinian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | During the few decades after the State of Israel came into existence, Palestinian expressions of pan-Arabism could be heard from time to time but usually under outside influence. | | | However, starting in the 19th century, the European concept of nationalism crept in, in many varieties; some pushed the idea of a Syrian or Fertile Crescent state, some pushed the idea of a pan-Arab state, while some pushed for smaller states such as Lebanon based on religious loyalties. | | | Conflict between Palestinian nationalists and various types of pan-Arabists continued during the British Mandate, but the latter became increasingly marginalised. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian
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| | The Peace Encyclopedia: Palestinians |
| | "Palestinians" [are an] Arab people no one heard of before 1967 before Israeli governments certified this piece of propaganda... | | | First of all, who really believes that a Palestinian state will be either secular or democratic? | | | Until the establishment of the State of Israel, and for another decade or so, the term Palestinian applied almost exclusively to the Jews. |
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http://www.yahoodi.com/peace/palestinians.html
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| | CBS News Bush To Push For Palestinian State November 12, 2004 20:21:33 |
| | "I intend to use the next four years to spend the capital of the United States on such a state," Mr. | | | The United States is "looking forward to working with Palestinian leaders who are committed to fighting terrorism and committed to democratic reform," Mr. | | | The president said it was up to Palestinians to elect a democratic government and Arafat's successors to allow freedoms to take root. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/11/world/main655174.shtml
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports UN security council backs Palestinian state |
| | Fourteen of the 15 security council members approved a US-backed resolution endorsing a Palestinian state and called for an immediate ceasefire in the escalating conflict. | | | With more than 150 Palestinians and 50 Israelis dead in the last ten days of fighting, the United Nations security council last night endorsed for the first time an independent Palestinian state, as the UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, accused Israel of "illegal occupation" of Palestinian land. | | | Previous security council resolutions dealing with Middle East peace have not explicitly referred to a Palestinian state because the issue was too contentious. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,666617,00.html
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| | John Derbyshire on Palestinian State on National Review Online |
| | All right-thinking people are supposed to agree on the need for some kind of Palestinian state. | | | The Palestinian state will consist of the West Bank and the Gaza strip. | | | Before that, the Kingdom of England included bits of France, a state of affairs that led to a war actually named "the Hundred Years War" (not to mention several fine plays by Wm. |
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| | CBC News: Path to Palestinian state clear: Blair |
| | Widely seen as a gesture of support for Abbas, it was also attended by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. | | | CBC News: Path to Palestinian state clear: Blair | | | The World Bank will play a "key role" in the economic and social development of any future state, said Blair. |
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http://cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/03/01/palestinian-blair050301.html
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| | WorldNetDaily: Poll: 71% in U.S. oppose Palestinian state |
| | Other questions in the poll addressed whether Americans believe that the Palestinians' goal is the destruction of Israel and whether a Palestinian state would be a terrorist state. | | | 51 percent of Americans believed that a Palestinian state would be a terrorist state, while 25 percent said that it would be a democracy. | | | The results were released in a statement by the Zionist Organization of America. |
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31081
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| | The Palestinian State Mistake |
| | And Bush agreed to give a speech supporting a provisional Palestinian state, one without final borders or other details worked out with Israel, but a state nonetheless. | | | The one condition: Palestinians must first clean up their act a bit, reforming Yasser Arafat's administration and cracking down on terrorists. | | | His only complaint is it might damage the Palestinian cause. |
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| | CBS News Sharon Endorses Palestinian State September 16, 2005 09:55:50 |
| | The General Assembly hall gave Sharon courteous applause when he finished his speech. | | | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | | | (CBS/AP) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told a U.N. summit of world leaders on Thursday that the Palestinians are entitled to their own state and his nation has no desire to rule over them. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/15/world/main847006.shtml
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| | CNN.com - Powell: Bush pondering 'temporary Palestinian state' - June 12, 2002 |
| | U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says Bush is considering the idea of a temporary Palestinian state. | | | LONDON (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said President Bush is considering a "temporary Palestinian state" as a transitional step toward final-status talks in the Middle East. | | | He said the United States would continue to work with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat and still plans a ministerial conference on the Middle East for the summer -- despite more pessimistic comments from Bush earlier in the week. |
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http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/06/12/mideast
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| | Mohammed Sid-Ahmed: Bush's Palestinian State |
| | In fact, such a distinction is a necessary condition for the participation of most Arab and Islamic states in America's war against terrorism. | | | According to US sources, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Uzbekistan are reluctant to allow the United States to launch military raids on Afghanistan from their territory. | | | But Sharon's intransigence on the issue, his pledge to step up his campaign of assassinations against Palestinian leaders, could destabilise Washington's efforts to overcome Arab and Islamic reservations about joining the American-led war against terrorism. |
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| | A Palestinian State splintered by settlements |
| | The main feature of the emerging Palestinian state - split into three areas and eaten away by growing Israeli settlement - is its lack of territorial continuity. |
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