What Does International Law Say About the Right of Return?

Most refugees around the world have been able to return to their homes once armed conflicts ended. Examples include refugees who returned to Bosnia, Kosovo, Burundi, Cambodia, East Timor, Georgia, Guatemala, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tajikistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and Afghanistan. Palestinian refugees, however, have been denied this right because Israel prevents them from returning to their homes and has replaced […]

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ماذا يقول القانون الدولي عن حق العودة؟

لقد عاد معظم اللاجئين في العالم إلى ديارهم بعد توقف القتال. ونذكر على سبيل المثال حالات عودة اللاجئين في البوسنة وكوسوفو وبوروندي وكامبوديا وتيمور الشرقية وجورجيا وغواتيمالا وموزامبيق ورواندا وجنوب أفريقيا وتاجيكستان والعراق والكويت وأفغانستان. لكنهم لم يعودوا إلى ديارهم في فلسطين لأن إسرائيل تمنعهم من حقهم الطبيعي في العودة، وتحل مهاجرين يهود محلهم. إن حق العودة هو حق أساس […]

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“Global Appeal to Endorse Palestinian Right of Return of Refugees”

by the One State Assembly, May 10, 2026 Global appeal to origination to Endorse the Palestinians’ refugees Call to the (ICC) for the Enforcement of UN Resolution 194 Pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute Concerning the Ongoing Denial of the Right of Return of Palestinian Refugees. We, the undersigned, call upon the Office of the Prosecutor of the  […]

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Will the US-Israeli War on Iran Open the Road to Palestinian Freedom?

by Ramzy Baroud, published on Antiwar.com, March 29, and on SSM on March 31, 2026. SSM editor’s Note:  Many people who were new to antiwar activism were very upset when the US/Israeli war on Iran appeared to ‘upstage’ their efforts to end the Gaza Genocide. Ramzy Baroud provides a very clear explanation of why this is a necessary perspective if one wishes […]

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One State is a Game Changer

by Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo, Ilan Pappe, Awad Abdelfattah, published on MEMO, January 7, 2021 The transcript below the interview  captures a relevant portion of the interview where they discuss having one state in Palestine.  The One State Assembly prefers to speak of one state of Palestine, the name by which it has been known for more than 2000 years […]

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The Two State Delusion

by Cameron Hunt, published on Countercurrents, June 1, 2024 For any of you that may have failed to notice it, the World is now entirely seized by what can only be described as a ‘Two-State Stalemate’. In one corner, we have the USA and UK each declaring that they do not recognize the ‘State of Palestine’ – that ipso facto […]

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Christians, Muslims, and Jews for a Secular One-State Solution in Palestine-Israel

What few have the courage to say is that the one state in Palestine is, and must be, Palestine.  It is what the Palestinians had and have always wanted, a free and open Palestine with a religiously diverse and multi-ethnic population living together in peace.  [editor] by Roger Copple, published on LewRockwell.com, May 22, 2024 Jerusalem  in Palestine-Israel is a […]

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Rejecting the Bantustan ‘Two-state Solution’, Mandla Mandela Calls for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

by Tim Anderson, published on Al Mayadeen, December 24, 2023 Washington and the Israelis understand that the fig leaf of ‘two states’ hides apartheid and prevents the construction of a broad anti-apartheid movement. The popular but fallacious touchstone of a political resolution in Palestine has been a ‘two-state solution’. Washington constantly reverts to this and, more disturbingly, so too do […]

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نحو اعادة المعنى للمسألة الفلسطينية

2021/3/4 جميل هلال مهمة هذا المقال توضيح أن اللغة السياسية الفلسطينية الدارجة راهنا بين القوى السياسية الفلسطينية تفتقد إلى فهم موحد للمسألة الفلسطينية (وبالتالي للقضية الوطنية الفلسطينية). بل يمكن رصد مفهومين أساسين (وهنا مفهوم ثالث سأتطرق له بإيجاز). وتتمثل مهمة هذا المقال في كشف الفرضيات التي يستند عليها كل من المفهومين، وتداعياتها على مواقف القوى السياسية والفكرية وفي تحديد مركبات […]

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