Facts on the ground
Facts on the ground is a diplomatic and
Rashid Khalidi wrote in 2010:
One reason Israel continues to build settlements is that, according to the so-called Clinton parameters laid down in 2000, a final Israeli–Palestinian agreement would grant sovereignty over Jewish-occupied areas to Israel, and Palestinian-inhabited areas to the new Palestinian state. Indeed, well over a decade of failed negotiations have only led to an acceleration of Israel's land grab in the Holy City. Israeli planners have spent this time pushing settlers into heavily Arab-inhabited areas of the city, such as Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, and Abu Dis, in order to create fresh "facts on the ground"—a tactic used by the Zionist movement for over a century in order to obtain control over more and more of Palestine.[4]
See also
- De facto
- Ex factis jus oritur
- Glossary of French words and expressions in English § Fait accompli
- Ground truth
- Realpolitik
- Revanchism
- Operation Uvda
- Status quo ante bellum
References
Footnotes
- ^ Berridge & Lloyd 2012, p. 147.
- ^ Ober 2006, p. 442.
- ^ Rosen 2007.
- ^ Khalidi 2010.
Bibliography
- Berridge, G. R.; Lloyd, Lorna (2012). The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Diplomacy (3rd ed.). Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-01761-1.
- Khalidi, Rashid (15 April 2010). "Bad Faith in the Holy City". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010.
- ISBN 978-90-04-14954-0.
- The Current. Archived from the originalon 15 February 2008.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-1-4668-0054-0.
External links
The dictionary definition of facts on the ground at Wiktionary
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