for all Palestinians to live in historic Palestine
with freedom, equality, and dignity.
a fair, durable, and realizable solution to
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
that Palestinians and Israelis are integral components of
that Palestinians decide their own destiny
for individual and collective rights of Palestinians and
Israelis and other communities
accommodation of Palestinian and Israeli concerns and aspirations
of the shortcomings of the two-state solution and the need
for new viable alternatives
that a viable resolution must address all aspects of the
the Israeli occupation
the Palestinian political system and civil society
the Palestinian right of return
discrimination, dispossession, and land expropriation against
Palestinians in Israel
Palestinian Agenda Peace Initiative
this proposal offers an alternative territorial configuration
based on current demographics and land use, whereby a Palestinian
state would comprise areas that are currently inhabited by
a majority of Palestinians and areas that are lightly populated
and can sustain a higher population density for the accommodation
of Palestinian refugees, and the Israeli state would comprise
areas that are currently inhabited by a majority of Israelis.
states are proposed to be in a federal union with a capitol
in Jerusalem. Jerusalem would be a separate district, which
would include the city (East and West) along with the city's
suburbs, the city of Bethlehem, and some of the surrounding
an interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, APA's Nasser Abufarha
discussed the proposal in detail with host Jean Feraca. Click
here for the full transcript of the show:
So the idea of creating a geographical boundaries, which is
the way we have defined creating the state of Palestine, the
state of Israel, in your view isn't going to work because first
of all in establishing the state of Palestine you contribute
to the insecurity of the Jewish state.
Yes, as an independent state, and visa versa.
Yes, so what is the alternative?
The alternative that I'm proposing is to reconfigure the space
into two states Palestine and Israel where Palestine would [comprise
of] the areas that are currently predominantly Palestinian,
inhabited by Palestinians, and Israel would be in the areas
that are currently predominantly inhabited by Israelis. But
both states are in a federal union whereby each state would
have sovereignty over territory: its own laws, its own cultural
expression, so you preserve the identity aspect of both people
which is very strong for both the Palestinians and Israelis
because it has been challenged for both the Palestinians and
the Israelis. But at the same time the federal union would address
issues of common interest, at the top of it is security.
Ownership in Palestine/Israel