{{Short description|Aspirations for increased autonomy}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2025}} {{Palestinian nationalism sidebar|Principles}} '''Palestinian self-determination''', also known as "[[Palestinianism]]", refers to aspirations by [[Palestinian nationalists]] for increased [[autonomy]] and [[Sovereign state|sovereign independence]]<ref>Dynamics of Self-determination in Palestine, P. J. I. M. De Waart - 1994, p 191</ref> as well as to the international right of [[self-determination]] applied to [[Palestine]]. Such goals are features of both the [[one-state solution]] and the [[two-state solution]]. In the two-state solution this usually denotes territorial integrity initiatives, such as resisting [[Israeli-occupied territories#West Bank|occupation in the West Bank]], annexation efforts in East Jerusalem or [[Palestinian freedom of movement|freedom of movement]] along borders, as well as the preservation of important sites such as [[Al-Aqsa Mosque]].<ref>The Failure of the Two-State Solution, Hani Faris - 2013, p 177</ref>
==Overview== Examples of modern Palestinian politicians who are proponents of Palestinian self-determination include [[Saeb Erekat]].<ref>The Way to Statehood, Corinna Metz - 2013, p 175</ref> In the one-state solution, Palestinian self-determination usually takes the form of calls for Palestinian reunification. Some Palestinian proponents of self-determination, such as [[Edward Said]], have drawn an analogy between [[Zionism]] and [[colonialism]].<ref>Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism: between home and the world, Raul Rao, April 2007</ref> Other proponents of Palestinian self-determination, such as [[Jamil Effarah]], have drawn an analogy between the conditions in the Palestinian territories and the [[Bantustan]] land reserves in apartheid-era South Africa.<ref>THINK PALESTINE: TO UNLOCK US-ISRAELIS & ARABS CONFLICTS Vol. II, Volume 2, Jamil Effarah - 2013, p 47</ref>
In "[[Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept]]," Palestinian human rights lawyer and legal scholar [[Rabea Eghbariah]] writes that the denial of Palestinian self-determination is the purpose of the [[ongoing Nakba]].<ref>[[Rabea Eghbariah|Eghbariah, Rabea]]. "[https://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/May-2024-1-Eghbariah.pdf Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept]." ''[[Columbia Law Review]]'' 124, no. 4 (June 2024): 889-952.</ref>
==See also== * [[Palestinian right to resist]] * [[Thawabit]] * [[State of Palestine]] * [[Palestinian right of return]] * [[Gaza genocide]]
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[[Category:Politics of Palestine]] [[Category:Two-state solution]] [[Category:International law]] [[Category:Palestinian nationalism]] [[Category:Sovereignty]] [[Category:Arab separatism]]
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