1948 ou 1967?

: legitimidade e reconhecimento : a rejeição do sionismo e a impossibilidade de uma solução de dois estados até 2001

Abstract

The evolution of the conflict for self-determination in Palestine had as a major force and as the main influence the ideological fight about the legitimacy of Zionism, circumstance that did not end with the independence of Israel in 1948 or the outcomes of the Six Day War in 1967. This thesis time frame is the entire XX century, during which we seek to determine and prove the centrality of the matter of legitimacy and the dynamics it creates for the behaviour of both sides and the intractability of the dispute, with a particular focus in the 1990s, when the mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO seemed to have diminished or even eliminated the relevance of studying and discussing the right of Israel to exist, since Yasser Arafat and many Palestinians were committed to the peace process and ready for a two-state solution. Throughout our study, we will test the vitality and unchangeability of the issue of justice and legitimacy of Zionism to Palestinians and Israelis, contrasting it with other hypotheses that could or were appointed, in different times and events, as justifications to why a final agreement according to a two-state solution was impossible and inconceivable.

Date of Award	10 Nov 2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	José Tomaz Castello Branco (Supervisor)