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| ODS Movement looks to popularize one-state solution for Palestine |
| 2017-12-31 |
| [ARABNEWS] The Popular Movement for One Democratic State in Historic Paleostine (ODS) is stepping up efforts to increase the awareness and the popularity of its cause. ODS front man Radi Jarai told Arab News that his movement wants to make the concept "much more accessible and understandable to people." Jarai, an active member of Paleostine’s nationalist Fatah party who has spent years in Israeli prisons, said the movement is currently made up of academics and thinkers, so, "We need to make the idea understandable to the common person so that it begins to gain traction." The board of the movement met in Istanbul in early December and agreed on a plan to popularize its credo. "This week, we will tape a number of episodes to be broadcast on Paleostine TV with the hope of triggering discussions about a democratic state," Jarai told Arab News. Lectures are scheduled at Bethlehem and al-Quds universities, along with a major conference in Ramallah on March 16. ODS was founded in March 2013 and welcomes both Jews and Paleostinians as members. "There are Israeli Jewish groups that support our goal but have chosen not to join us at the moment," Jarai said. Yoav Haifawi, an Israeli activist and publisher of the Free Haifa blog, told Arab News that he is a longtime supporter of the one-state concept. "The biggest obstacle we face is that Israel is a privileged country for Jews. Therefore, as a colonial state that gives privileges through discrimination, the decolonization of Paleostine cannot happen as long as Israel is strong and Paleostinians are weak." Uri Davis, a Jewish member of Fatah, told Arab News that the Paleostine Liberation Organization (PLO) is the representative of the Paleostinian people. |
| Posted by:Fred |