After sixty-one years of Nakba: the one-state solution imposes itself  

 
 

By: Dr. Sa'ada Khalil

 
 

In 1948; the Zionist entity was founded, based on a program of ethnic cleansing of indigenous people.
Nearly 711000 Palestinians were forcefully displaced from their villages and their land which is admitted by the United Nations and many of the refugees within the historic Palestine.
To this day, the Zionist regime denies the right of return of these refugees and their descendants. It is the sixty-first anniversary of the Nakba.
It is important to always remember the massacres carried out by the Zionist gangs at the time which are still visible in the 21st century.
At the same time, we must remember the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their struggle for survival in conditions of occupation and apartheid for a long time.
Yes, the Palestinian people engaged tirelessly in a great struggle against a fierce enemy over the past century and paid high prices for liberation and independence.
Everyone was rejoiced when the resistance started with all its factions under the banner of the Palestine Liberation Organization with its genuine Charter and its strategic depth was Arab and honest.
A few weeks ago, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, stressing the commitment of the Arab countries to a comprehensive peace agreement with "Israel" on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative adopted in Beirut in 2002 and later in Riyadh in 2005.
The settlement is based on ensuring the birth of an independent Palestinian state existing alongside "Israel." The agreement of the Arabs on a single approach to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict 60 years after the establishment of the Jewish state is a huge historical breakthrough.
However, this initiative was not considered by the Sharon government and the Bush administration.
There is a rare opportunity to reach an acceptable settlement to end this intractable bloody conflict. ...