The Battle for Justice in Palestine Quotes

“We don't need to allow our vision of justice to be constrained only by what seems realistic from the perspective of today, and especially not by what powerful & privileged groups deem acceptable or pragmatic.”
― Ali Abunimah, The Battle for Justice in Palestine

“Placing self-determination back at the center of the Palestine question compels us to formulate a strategy that addresses the rights of all segments of the Palestinian community, inside and outside historic Palestine, and which ensures their right to participate in the struggle for and enjoy the fruits of self-determination. It requires setting out an agenda that addresses the three historic and current sources of injustice, the “roots” of the conflict. Such an agenda, as stated in the widely endorsed 2005 Palestinian call for BDS, demands that Israel recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and uphold international law by ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands; dismantling the apartheid wall in the West Bank; recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of present-day Israel to full equality; and respecting, protecting, and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties, as stipulated in UN Resolution 194.17”
― Ali Abunimah, The Battle for Justice in Palestine: The Case for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

“Jewish claims of nationality and self-determination must be clearly distinguished from the claims of Israeli Jews to nationality and self-determination as a matter of international law.”
― Ali Abunimah, The Battle for Justice in Palestine: The Case for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

“The question that then arises is: Does this sovereign state provide for the self-determination of the Palestinian people? Does it restore and guarantee their fundamental rights? As I argue in this chapter, the answer is no. And this underscores the need to distinguish the limited goals of sovereignty and statehood from that of self-determination. Sovereignty is exercised by a state through the fulfillment of commonly agreed-upon functions: effective control of territory, borders, and resources and maintenance of political independence, among others. Self-determination is exercised by a people legitimately inhabiting a given territory. Self-determination might result in a sovereign state, but it might not. It is fundamental to understand this difference and to recognize that self-determination remains at the heart of the Palestinian struggle.”
― Ali Abunimah, The Battle for Justice in Palestine: The Case for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

“Palestinian education and propaganda are more dangerous to Israel than Palestinian weapons,”
― Ali Abunimah, The Battle for Justice in Palestine: The Case for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

“legitimacy”
― Ali Abunimah, The Battle for Justice in Palestine: The Case for a Single Democratic State in Palestine