Meanings
- uncountableThe unity of two separate nations as a single nation.
It was so dangerous for any Arab of consequence to express public support for Magnes or his views that binationalism was labeled as merely another form of Zionist intrigue.
1968, Don Peretz, “A Binational Approach to the Palestine Conflict”, in Law and Contemporary Problems, page 33, archived from the original on 10 Mar 20131 more example
The advocates of binationalism typically distinguish it from the more familiar two-state solution, according to which two states, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, are imagined to coexist next to each other.
2001 December 1, Lama Abu-Odeh, “The Case for Binationalism”, in Boston Review
Origin
From binational + -ism or bi- + nationalism.
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