Palestine, Israel and the one-state solution: an interview with Ilan Pappé

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1. The term millet derives from the Arabic word millah, meaning “nation”, “community” or “people”. The millet system itself was used during the Ottoman Empire, and is a decentralised form of self-governance linked to the legal organisation of diverse religious communities. It is based on Islamic Law.

2. This is a reference to a high-profile single-state conference that took place at the University of Massachusetts in March 2009. More information on the conference itself can be accessed here: http://tari.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=3.

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Cherine Hussein

Cherine Hussein completed her PhD at Sussex University’s Department of International Relations in February 2012, and is currently a Research Fellow at the Council for British Research in the Levant. Her research focuses on the politics of social transformation in the Middle East, with a particular interest in the writings of Antonio Gramsci and Edward Said, and the role of organic intellectuals in instigating social change. This interview informs her forthcoming book, Countering an Illusion: The Re-Emergence of the Single State Solution in Palestine/Israel (in press).