One Truly Democratic State
One Democratic State

Palestinian Awad Abdulfatteh and Israeli Jeff Halper discuss equal treatment for all people of Israel/Palestine in this webinar by Canada Talks Israel Palestine. They present a vision consistent with everyone’s moral values, a state where all people are treated as equals. Jeff Halper is a founder of the Israel Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), a non-violent direct-action organization established in 1997 to end Israel’s military occupation over Palestinians. Halper envisions the return of Palestinian refugee families, saying, “All refugees have a right to return…. Just because you flee a country in war or are driven out of a country, doesn’t mean you lose your civil status… Bringing the refugees home is bringing our citizens home.” Awad Abdelfattah is a political writer and the former general secretary of the Balad party. He is the coordinator of the Haifa-based One Democratic State Campaign. Learn more about civil rights in Israel/Palestine at the Promised Land Museum.

Video title: Jeff Halper and Awad Abdelfattah, co-chairs of One Democratic State Campaign
Created by: Canada Talks Israel/Palestine
Video length: 01:23:51
Date: May 9, 2020
Video link: https://canadatalksisraelpalestine.ca/2020/06/25/its-not-enough-to-say-the-2-state-solution-is-dead-you-need-to-propose-an-alternative-argue-co-chairs-of-the-one-democratic-state-campaign/#more-17460

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