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SUMMARY:Ambassador Munir Ghannam Lectures on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
DESCRIPTION:H.E. Munir Ghannam\, Ambassador of Palestine in Qatar\, delivered a Focused Discussion lecture ‎on February 13\, 2013\, on the topic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Ambassador introduced ‎the lecture by noting that “the Palestinian-Israeli conflict\, which is part of the Arab-Israeli ‎conflict\,” has a long and turbulent history that has been ongoing for over a century. Giving some ‎historical background to the conflict\, the Ambassador recounted that “the whole story started at ‎the beginning of twentieth century when Palestine was put under the British mandate in 1922\, ‎which then started a process of allowing hundreds of thousands of Jewish immigrants to ‎immigrate from several countries all over the world\, but mainly from Europe\,” because of the ‎atrocities that the Jews had been subjected to in general\, and during the world wars in particular.‎ \n \n \nOver the course of the twentieth century\, what was once known as Palestine was completely ‎altered. Through a series of concerted Israeli political and military efforts\, Palestine was annexed\, ‎occupied\, and transformed into an illegitimate entity. Much of the land was renamed as Israel. ‎‎“At the beginning of the twentieth century\,” Ambassador Ghannam explained\, “the population ‎of Palestine was 89 percent Arabs – I mean\, Arabs who are Muslims and Christians – and 11 ‎percent were Jews also living in Palestine and considered Palestinian.” By 1947\, the ratios were ‎radically changed causing much friction and a series of conflicts\, which spilled into neighboring ‎countries\, and ignited an ongoing armed Palestinian resistance campaign. Currently\, the Israelis ‎have introduced such dramatic shifts in the demography and geography of the area that they ‎have in effect changed the reality on the ground. ‎ \n \n \nAfter several rounds of failed negotiations over the years\, the Palestinians found that there was ‎no way to reach an agreement with the Israelis to establish a viable contiguous Palestinian state in ‎the West Bank because of Israel’s constant absorption\, confiscation\, and annexation of land in ‎the West Bank and Gaza. “Whenever we reach an agreement\, we find new realities on the ‎ground that don’t allow us to establish a state\, and that is why a couple of years ago\, we stopped ‎negotiations with the Israelis and we started trying to seek a solution at the United Nations and ‎the Security Council when we managed to have the status of an observer state\,” he said. ‎ \n \n \nIn conclusion\, Ambassador Ghannam said that this new situation gives hope to the Palestinians ‎that a fresh round of negotiations can now take place with the support of the international ‎community to give the “two-state solution” international legitimacy and to eventually lead to a ‎sovereign and unoccupied Palestinian state. ‎  \n \n \nArticle by Suzi Mirgani\, Manager and Editor of CIRS Publications.
URL:https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/event/ambassador-munir-ghannam-lectures-israeli-palestinian-conflict/
CATEGORIES:Dialogue Series,Distingushed Lectures,Regional Studies
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