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Right of Return: Sari Nusseibeh Controversy |
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In late 2001,
Sari Nusseibeh, the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic representative in
Jerusalem, launched a controversial debate about the Palestinian Right of
Return by declaring that in the framework of two-state solution, the
Palestinians cannot demand the return of refugees to homes now located
within the internationally recognized boundaries of the state of Israel.
There have been spirited responses to Nusseibeh by Palestinian scholar
Salman Abu Sitta and refugee advocate Terry Rempel of Badil, among
others. The al-Awda network—established to advocate for the refugees’
right of return to their pre-1948 homes— has collected signatures on a
petition to Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasser Arafat, demanding
Nusseibeh’s dismissal from his post. Though this initial debate has been
enlivening, it has been followed by less productive contributions, both
from Palestinian and Israeli commentators.
Sari Nusseibeh Position |
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Sari Nusseibeh & Ami Ayalon agreement |
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Nusseibeh: Palestinian State
Will Solve Refugee Problem (12/21/01) |
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Read!, by Sari Nusseibeh, Al Ayyam,Ramallah,11/23/2001 (Arabic
PDF) |
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Sari Nusseibéh, franc-tireur de la paix,
By Christian Hoche, Marianne, 19 novembre 2001 (French)
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Sari Nusseibeh’s Article in Haaretz (Haaretz
9/24/01 )
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What Next, by Sari Nusseibeh, Originally
published in various Israeli and Palestinian newspapers, September 24,
2001 |
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Nusseibeh Controversy: Ami Ayalon and Prof. Sari Nusseibeh: 'How
Do We Get Out of the Current Situation?' March, 21, 2001. |
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Sari Nusseibeh & Ami Ayalon agreement
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Reactions |
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[MEMRI] Abu Mazen on the intifada and
the right of return. Special Dispatch - Palestinian Authority.
December 15, 2002
The Palestinian Return Centre Condemns
Statement by Yasir Abdu Rabbo,
BADIL: PLO-DORA and
Popular Committees-Gaza on Nusseibeh-Ayalon,
(Arabic),
15 October 2002.
BADIL: PLO-DORA and
Popular Committees-Gaza to Sari Nusseibeh, 11 October 2002.
BADIL: Responses to
Nusseibeh-Ayalon Initiative, 3 October
2002
Badil, Responses to Sari Nusseibeh,
(Arabic), 24-9-2002
The Right of Return and its application: What about the Right
of Opening the subject for Discussion?, Article by Sari Hanafi (Arabic
Word,
PDF) (English:
MERIP) (French)
[Yediot Ahronot] Sari Nusseibeh
- The Trojan Horse / Saar,
1/1/2002
Palestinian Refugees have every
right to return, by The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (Al
Awda),
January, 1, 2002
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bitterlemons.org -
Palestinian-Israeli crossfire on
"Refugees
and the right of return", December 31, 2001
An Open Letter
to Prof. Sari Nusseibeh,
By Nizar Sakhnini, December 30, 2001, 5:23, publishe by Al Awda.
The Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Centre, Shaml
Cordially invites you to a Debate on:
The
Right of Return Political Discourse and its Implications
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
,
6:30 to 9:00 PM
Benny Morris Tells Yediot Ahronot: "we
must not recognize the right of return" (Middle East Media
Research Institute, Special Dispatch
12/9/01
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Al-Awda on Right of Return: Not to be
Bargained With (Al-Ahram Weekly
12/7/01
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Report of the
Palestinian Right of Return Coalition Second Annual International
Coordinating Meeting (BADIL Resource Center
12/5/01
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Letter to Sari Nusseibeh. No Right for Any Official to disregard 70% of
the Palestinian people, by Asad Abdel Rahman
, Al Quds Al Arabi: London,
4 December 2001
. (Arabic) (PDF)
From Naif Hawatmeh to Sari Nusseibeh, Al Quds Al Arabi:
London
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3 December 2001
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Le
droit au retour : tabou, ou objet de dialogue ?, Article of Sari
Hanafi, 11/26/2001. (French)
Clarification from Fateh Youth Organization,
Al Quds Newspaper:
Jerusalem, 11/26/2001
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Communiqué from Fateh Youth Organization, Al Ayam, Ramallah,
11/23/2001 (Arabic)(PDF)
Palestinian
Minister of Information Yasser Abed Rabbo On the Right of Return:
Brookings Institution Debate with Yossi Beilin and Martin Indyk (from
Ha'aretz, Akiva Eldar, 11/22/01)
BADIL Resource Center: Public Statement Issued by
Palestinian Popular Institutions, Organizations and Unions (BADIL
E-Mail Update 11/20/01)
Response
by Gershon Baskin, IPCRI Director, to Aaron Lerner of IMRA Concerning
Sari
Nusseibeh Controversy (www.imra.org/il,
11/18/01)
Statement
from Palestinians in UK: The right of return is non-negotiable and cannot
be annulled by time (Arabic version
PDF)
(e-mail distribution 11/17/01)
The Issue of Refugees: A Cause
not to be Desecrated, Fateh online, Editorial, 15/11/01
The return of the intellectual, By
Meron Benvenisti, Haaretz, 15 November 2001
Article about Sari Nusseibeh. Noblesse
Oblige, By Vered Levy-Barzilai, Ha
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aretz,
December 29, 2001
New York Times Columnist
Joel Greenberg on Sari Nusseibeh Speech at
Hebrew
University
(New York
Times 10/17/01)
Reactions from Al-Awda (petition), Badil
response, and Salman Abu Sitta
17 October 2001, (English
Yazid
Sayegh Comments
[AL-AWDA-News] By Fawaz Turki; Please, don
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t speak on our behalf
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