Self Determination for the Jewish and Palestinian peoples
Israel's thoughts on self determination for the Jewish an Palestinian peoples, as express in
the debate on Self-Determination of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations.
YAAKOV LEVY (Israel) said the story of the modern State of Israel was to a large extent the
story of defending the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their homeland, and
the right to live in peace and security. Israel respected the right of her neighbours, the Arab
States and the Palestinians, to self-determination. Israel expected equal and mutual recog-
nition, not only of the de facto existence of the State of Israel but of her right to self-determi-
nation. Israel recognized more than 20 years ago, in the framework of the Camp David
Accords negotiated in 1978, the Palestinians’ right to self-determination. The Oslo Peace
Process was in fact both a recognition and a realization of the Palestinian's right to self-determination. It was only through such a process that both Israelis and Palestinians could
hope to realize their legitimate rights to live side by side in peace and security.
At Camp David in July 2000, these issues had been discussed and an agreement with
Israel's Palestinian brothers had been so close. An agreement would have given genuine expression to the aspiration of both peoples to live peacefully side-by-side. Unfortunately,
as the record clearly showed, it was the Palestinian Authority's leadership's choice not to consummate these negotiations, neither at Camp David nor later at Taba in January 2001,
but instead to resort to a course of continuous violence in order to force Israel's hand to
make further concessions, contrary to every agreement negotiated and signed between
Israelis and Palestinians. Agenda item No.5 on self-determination must not be a cause
within the Commission for continuous attacks on Israel and its policy. Israel’s position remained that self-determination must be achieved through direct, peaceful negotiations between two sides. Source: UN HRC document: HR/CN/1003
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