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On 17 September 2019, Israeli citizens go to the polls. Aside from the of Palestinian Israeli parties and some elements within the Democratic Union, all other competing lists oppose Palestinian rights, reject the two-state solution, and have vowed to ensure that the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and freedom are quashed.

In this context of hostility against Palestinian rights, candidates and party lists have engaged in a fierce competition on who can be more aggressive against the Palestinian people, which party can exact more violence, and which party list or coalition is more capable of preventing the realization of Palestinian rights. Also noteworthy is the agreement among these parties about the agenda of annexation and colonization, with the differences being limited to the extent proposed for these practices.

To that end, the second round of the Israeli election season, has been infested with racism, Islamophobia, incitement to violence, and other gravely worrying signs of anti-Palestinian hatred. The racism was so overt that Facebook was compelled to freeze the official account of for violating its rules on racism and incitement.

This paper explores the platforms of the various Zionist parties competing in the upcoming elections, specifically on Palestine and Palestinian rights.

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PLO.DPDP PLO_DPDP PLO.DPDP L I K U D K E Y P O S I T I O N S

PARTY : Palestinians cannot establish a state, only a form of limited BENJAMIN NETANYAHU autonomy

“A Palestinian state will not be created, not Israeli settlements must be like the one people are talking about. It strengthened, expanded, and won’t happen.” annexed

(April 2019) is the “eternal united “With God’s help we will extend Jewish capital” of and only of Israel sovereignty to all the settlements as part of The (28% of the West the (biblical) , as part of the Bank) will be annexed, become state of Israel.” Israel’s eastern border (August 2019) Palestinian refugees have no right of return

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BENNY GANTZ, Palestinians have no right to national PARTY CO-FOUNDER: self-determination in historic Palestine "We will strengthen the settlement blocs and the Golan Heights, from which we Israel will separate from Palestinians without withdrawing from the West will never retreat. The Jordan Valley will Bank, including Jerusalem remain our eastern security border." (February 2019) The Jordan Valley (28% of the ) will be annexed and become Israel’s eastern border ,

PARTY CO-FOUNDER: A united Jerusalem as Israel’s “eternal capital” "There is no such thing as the right of return". Israeli settlements in the Occupied (March 2019) Palestinian Territory must be strengthened

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( I S R A E L O U R H O M E ) Solving the conflict must include transfer of Palestinian Israelis to PARTY LEADERR: Palestinian entity (“populated territories exchange”)

Minorities in Israel must pledge "Peace will come with the Messiah, not allegiance to Israel as a Jewish state before. There’s no way we can have peace and deny the Nakba (Catastrophe) of with the Arabs around us...peace like in 1948 Finland or Canada. That won’t happen." (March 2019) Jerusalem is only Israel’s capital, it cannot be shared

Palestinian refugees have no right of return

Support for settlement construction and expansion, while leaving the door open to endorsing annexation of occupied West Bank areas

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PLO.DPDP PLO_DPDP PLO.DPDP Y A M I N A ( C O A L I T I O N K E Y P O S I T I O N S O F R I G H T - W I N G Palestinians must not establish a state A N D F A R - R I G H T of their own P A R T I E S ) Israeli settlements must be maintained LIST LEADER: and strengthened, their population doubled

Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish "These processes take time to ripen. At people, and only of the Jewish people the moment, the annexation plan looks like science fiction, but I think that Israel should annex “Area C” (60% of slowly, gradually, people will see what’s the West Bank) going on in the Middle East and realise that it really could happen." Jerusalem must remain under Israeli (October 2018) control

Palestinian refugees have no 'right to return'

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PLO.DPDP PLO_DPDP PLO.DPDP Y A M I N A ( C O A L I T I O N K E Y P O S I T I O N S O F R I G H T - W I N G A N D F A R - R I G H T P A R T I E S ) Palestinians must not be allowed to JEWISH HOME AND TKUMA establish a state of their own

"Surrendering inspires our enemy Israel should annex all occupied elsewhere and will cause further Palestinian and Syrian territories damage. At this time, I support the Israeli police as they work with an iron fist Jerusalem is only Israel’s capital and against the (Palestinians) on the (Aqsa it cannot be shared Compound)," Jewish Home leader Peretz (August 2019) Israel should re-occupy Gaza and "I call for reconquering Gaza and deport its population dismantling the armed forces. To open the door for immigration, and we can do Palestinian refugees have no right of that in cooperation with other countries return and Europe. This is part of my broader vision; to prevent the establishment of any Arab entity between the river and the sea," Tkuma leader (March 2019) P A G E 0 7 dci.plo.ps./en

PLO.DPDP PLO_DPDP PLO.DPDP U N I T E D T O R A H S H A S J U D A I S M ( U L T R A - O R T H O D O X ( A L L I A N C E O F P A R T Y ) U L T R A - O R T H O D O X P A R T I E S ) K E Y P O S I T I O N S

SHAS LEADER: No official policy regarding the ARIYEH DERI Palestinian question but most members lean to the right, opposed the and Gaza "The citizens of Israel will need to disengagement choose between a Jewish State and a secular state like all other nations, God forbid. Eveyone will vote if they are in Palestinians do not have the right to favor of Shabbat or against Shabbat, if establish a state of their own they are in favor of Jewish education and values or if they are against." Israel is the Jewish people’s state and (September 2019) must be preserved

Jerusalem must remain under Israeli control

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PLO.DPDP PLO_DPDP PLO.DPDP D E M O C R A T I C U N I O N K E Y P O S I T I O N S ( C o a l i t i o n b e t w e e n Advocate negotiations with the M e r e t z & I s r a e l Palestinians for a two-state solution D e m o c r a t i c P a r t y ) without committing to 1967 borders

LIST LEADERS: Even without an agreement, Israel STAV SHAFFIR, NITZAN should annex settlement blocs and HOROWITZ, EHUD BARAK then reach an agreement guaranteeing a "Jewish majority" in Israel and permanent army presence "The Palestinian issue is in fact in the West Bank. [Ehud Barak's something relatively small. We know position] what should be done there... We want separation and so on, to delineate a line where we will have a Jewish majority for Campaign is mostly focused on generations to come." defeating Netanyahu and the right, Ehud Barak, Leader of Israel Democratic while criticizing the Labor party for Party (September 2019) selling out the left

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COALITION LEADERS: Pro negotiations with the & ORLY LEVY Palestinians for a two-state solution without committing to 1967 borders

"I want a Palestinian state not for the Palestinians, but for the Israelis." Gesher does not favor annexation of Amir Peretz, Labor Leader West Bank territory populated by (July 2019) Palestinians

Supports Jerusalem's annexation as "Annexation? Life is much more complicated than black and white. When Israel's united capital we talk about millions of [Palestinians] that we'll annex, will we give them rights Palestinian refugees have no right and what rights? The social rights worth to return billions of shekels? If we have it let's give it to the disabled and the elderly (Israelis)." Gesher Leader, Orly Levy (April 2019) P A G E 1 0 dci.plo.ps./en

PLO.DPDP PLO_DPDP PLO.DPDP Z E H U T K E Y P O S I T I O N S

LIST LEADER: leader declared MOSHE FEIGLIN his party has a similar position to the (Jewish power) party (known for its 'extreme views') "[Don't] talk to me about international law, because there is no such a thing. You Against the Oslo Accords and supports know, the minute you use the word the reestablishment of direct Israeli 'Palestinian' you stop saying the truth. Because there is no Palestinian nation, military occupation across all of the and they know it." West Bank Moshe Feiglin, (March 2019) Calls for the expulsion of the Palestinian population by way of "I don't want to build a [ in two or three years, I want to build it now." “incentivized transfer,” or ethnic Moshe Feiglin, (April 2019) cleansing

The Palestinians could be 'paid' to leave. Those who stay will become residents only without having 'civilian rights' equal to Israelis

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PLO.DPDP PLO_DPDP PLO.DPDP O T Z M A Y E H U D I T K E Y P O S I T I O N S ( J E W I S H P O W E R ) Palestinians don't have the right to establish a state LIST LEADER: MICHAEL BEN-ARI Israeli settlements must be expanded and Israel should annex and establish sovereignty over occupied Palestinian "We want to resettle our enemies in their and Syrian territories countries... We'll give them a bottle of mineral water and even a sandwich. We'll Allied with banned terrorist Kahane find them countries of origin they can go to," Michael Ben-Ari, (July 2019) affiliates

The enemies of Israel [Palestinians] "It is time to restore deterence: to must be expelled immediately expel terrorists' families, to eliminate terrorists and to return to retribution operation." Party's 1st slate Jerusalem must be exclusively under candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir (August 2019) Israeli control, including the Aqsa Mosque Compound

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EVERY 6 6 SECONDS a racist post against Palestinians is written on Israeli social media * On 12 September, Facebook suspended Netanyahu's page for running a racist anti-Arab ad

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