Roy Peled

Abstract

The international community recently officially recognized Palestinian statehood through a U.N. General Assembly resolution. The implications of self-determination for the people living in the Palestinian state-to-be are self-evident. Indeed, self-determination of Palestinians is one of the most widely discussed issues in international affairs. But there is little to no discussion on the impact of Palestinian Statehood on one group of Palestinians – namely the 1.6 million Palestinian citizens of the State of Israel. The leadership of this group of Palestinians campaigns not just to end discrimination against its individual members, but also for collective rights. They have a declared vision of turning Israel into a “state of all its nationalities.” This article argues that Israel has a duty to recognize the collective rights, including rights of cultural preservation for the Palestinian citizens of Israel, as long as Israel prevents the establishment of a Palestinian State. However, when the recognized State of Palestine becomes a reality, it will fulfill some of these collective rights for the benefit of Palestinians outside Palestine as well, thus diminishing the justification for recognition of some collective rights by Israel. This has implications for other arenas where one minority group demands its claimed collective rights while the same nationality enjoys statist self-determination somewhere else.

Volume

23

Issue

Online

Page

101

Year

2014

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Publication Title

Minnesota Journal of International Law

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