Summary
The imprisoned Fatah leader whose written answers to Al-Monitor, as reproduced and read by Falk in “Whose ‘Two-State’ Solution?”, state a two-state position — full sovereignty in the 1967 borders, East Jerusalem as capital, full implementation of Resolution 194, removal of all settlements — radically different from the American conception negotiated by John Kerry (Palestine: The Legitimacy of Hope, PDF p.55-60).
Details
- Falk reads Barghouti, writing from prison, as urging the United States to make a 180-degree turn from unconditional support for Israel, while calling the two-state solution “the only possible solution” that “must not be abandoned” (PDF p.55-56).
- On the Arab League’s amended 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, Barghouti is quoted: “No one is entitled to amend borders or swap land; the Palestinian people insist on Israel’s full withdrawal to the 1967 borders, in addition to removing the settlements.” (PDF p.58-59)
- Barghouti: “Security cannot be achieved without peace.” He affirms a Palestinian right of resistance within the limits of the UN Charter and international law: “Total resistance is the most effective.” (PDF p.59)
- Falk notes Barghouti rejects Mahmoud Abbas’s claim to be the sole legitimate voice of the Palestinian people, despite his Fatah affiliation, and stresses the tentative Fatah–Hamas unity agreement (PDF p.57, p.59).
Related pages
Palestine: The Legitimacy of Hope, Two-state solution, Right of Return, Fateh, Mahmoud Abbas