Palestine

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Palestine Israelat cross roadsbyFariz N.
Mehdawi

• IAPC 40th World Conference
• Bali Indonesia
• 13th November 2007

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Where we came from

• 1922 Palestine
• 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
• Palestine Israel
• Pop 67 33
• Land 44 56

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How it was and then

• 1948-War Outcome
• Israel expanded to control 78
• Palestine disappeared from the political map
• West Bank Gaza 22
• More than 82 of Palestinians Refugees

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1967 War outcome

• Israel occupied
• - West Bank Gaza
• - Sinai (Egypt)
• - Golan Highest (Syria)
• More than 200000 Palestinian refugees to
  neighboring countries

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1967 - 1993

• 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

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1995 Oslo Agreement

• 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

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Major Issues to resolve

• Borders

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Refugees
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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

• 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.