binationalist

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adjective

Related to binationalism. Usually in reference to a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivebinationalist (comparative more binationalist, superlative most binationalist)

comparative more binationalist · superlative most binationalist

  1. Related to binationalism. Usually in reference to a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    Moreover Tamari says, the binationalist alternative involves giving up the struggle for military withdrawal from the occupied territories and the dismantling of colonial settlements.

    2001 December 1, Lama Abu-Odeh, “The Case for Binationalism”, in Boston Review
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    This was evident in their rejection of binationalist proposals and by their insistence that Jewish immigration be so curbed that an Arab majority in the country would be guaranteed in perpetuity.

    1968, Don Peretz, “A Binational Approach to the Palestine Conflict”, in Law and Contemporary Problems, page 33, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2013
nounbinationalist (plural binationalists)

plural binationalists

  1. A supporter of binationalism.
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    Another Zionist leader, Berl Katznelson, likewise had no illusions that the opposition between Zionist and Palestinian aims could be surmounted. And binationalists like Martin Buber, Judah Magnes and Hannah Arendt were fully aware of what the clash would be like, if it came to fruition, as of course it did.

    1999 January 10, Edward Said, “The One-State Solution”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2019

Origin

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