Thawabit

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The Thawabit (Arabic : الثَوَابِت, romanized: ath-thawābit, lit.  'the constants' or 'fundamental principles'), more formally ath-Thawabit al-Waṭanīya al-Filasṭīnīya (الثوابت الوطنية الفلسطينية, 'the Palestinian national constants') and sometimes referred to as the Palestinian red-lines, [1] are a set of principles representing the core issues of Palestinian national consensus on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The term Thawabit was coined by the Palestinian National Council in 1977. [2]

According to Khaled Elgindy, these principles include:

Shaked writes that the Thawabit, declared as Palestinians' inviolable national rights, "became the cornerstones of the ethos of conflict of the Palestinian society, featuring prominently in all cultural products, in the media, in the speeches of leaders, in official documents, in textbooks and in the daily life of the Palestinian society." [2] [ unreliable source? ]

The Thawabit was reaffirmed in the 2005 Palestinian Cairo Declaration. [3]

The Thawabit has also been cited by some American and British groups protesting the Gaza Genocide. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Hammami, Rema (2000). Tamari, Salim (ed.). "The Battle for Jerusalem" (PDF). Jerusalem Quarterly File (10). Institute for Palestine Studies: 4.
  2. 1 2 Shaked, Ronni (2016). "Ethos of Conflict of the Palestinian Society". In Sharvit, Keren; Halperin, Eran (eds.). A Social Psychology Perspective on The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : Celebrating the Legacy of Daniel Bar-Tal, Vol II. Springer International Publishing. pp. 137–138. ISBN   978-3-319-24839-4.
  3. 1 2 Elgindy, Khaled (January 13, 2016). "Lost in the Chaos: The Palestinian Leadership Crisis" . The Washington Quarterly. 38 (4): 133–150. doi:10.1080/0163660X.2015.1125834. S2CID   155985257 . Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ Otterman, Sharon (9 October 2024). "Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs 'Armed Resistance' by Hamas". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "Jewish student group express unease over U of M's agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters - CBS Minnesota". CBS News . 3 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Protests on UK campuses fail to mobilise same support as US counterparts". 7 May 2024.
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