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You are browsing the official site of One Democratic State in historic Palestine, ODS . This site provides you with the opportunity to read and study the available literature on the vision of ODS and the history and development of Zionism and settler colonial apartheid Israel. ODS stands for:
ZIONISM: HISTORICAL / IDEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
Zionism, the ideological force behind the establishment of the state of Israel in Palestine in 1948, is the product of Western Jewish cultural and political conditions.
IS ISRAEL AN APARTHEID STATE?
The short answer is unequivocal yes! But for those who are skeptical, let the record speak for itself. The following section is a comparison between apartheid South Africa and an analysis of Israeli policies and practices.
IS ISRAEL A COLONIAL STATE?
Israel was established because of the existence of a European racist and settler colonial ideology through the application of carefully and deliberately fabricated myths. But unlike classical settler-colonialism, Zionism and Zionists have never maintained an umbilical cord to a mother European country nor with plans solely to exploit local natives and resources.
ONE STATE VS. TWO STATES IN HISTORIC PALESTINE?
Since 1948, it has been the consensus of the international community that a durable and just settlement for the Palestine/Israel conflict entails the creation of two states: Palestine and Israel and the return of all Palestinian refugees expelled by Israel and their compensation.
Urgent Appeal for Gaza
Current Issues & Opinions
Listening to Morning Edition on NPR reporting on Gaza gives the feeling that you are listening to Benjamin Netanyahu, or Jared Kushner or David Friedman or Steven Mnuchin, etc. American Jewish supporters of settler colonial apartheid Israel are the problem not the...
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June 1, 2018
A Palestinian angel (Razan a 21 year old nurse) was killed today in cold blood by soldiers of settler colonial apartheid Israel, who are stationed and ordered by the command to shoot to kill. Razan was shot in the back while attending to an injured Palestinian. Where...
read moreSettler colonial apartheid Israeli sharpshooters with orders to kill are stationed on land stolen from the grandparents of those Palestinians whom they are murdering on the other side of the barbwire. All what the unarmed Palestinians want is to go to their villages...
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To the twisted minds of Judaeo-Nazi soldiers of settler colonial apartheid Israel, this Eight-month-old Leila Anwar Ghandoor was observed holding a knife or a Molotov cocktail bomb or a nuclear bomb to destroy the criminally crazed Israeli settler colonial apartheid...
read moreNakba Day
May 15 is Nakba Day. The Palestinian Nakba is ongoing: Colonizing and settling the land of Palestine, falsifying history and demonizing Palestinian culture, ethnically cleansing of Palestinians, destruction of entire villages, orchards, and grazing land, the...
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5/14/2018
62 unarmed Palestinians murdered in cold blood today and 2771 injured by settler colonial apartheid Israel. The world is silent. Shame!
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THE MUNICH ODS DECLARATION
One Democratic State (ODS) shall be established in the entire territory of historic Palestine between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River as one country that belongs to all its citizens including all those who currently live there and all those who were expelled over the past century and heir descendants.
THE DALLAS ODS DECLARATION
We, the people of Palestine and our descendants, call on all those who value justice and peace to join us in a movement to establish one democratic state in Palestine that can serve all its people equally.
THE DENTON ODS DECLARATION
The participants of the 4th ODS Conference have adopted the following principles and submit the note on the Munich Declaration for ODS for discussion and consideration:
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