Hussein Al-Rimmawi, ‘Spatial Changes in Palestine: from Colonial Project to an Apartheid System’, African and Asian Studies 8 (2009) 375-412

This paper addresses the socio-spatial impact of the Zionists’ colonial project in Palestine, including
the replacement of the indigenous Palestinian people by Jewish immigrants. At present, the
Palestinians, displaced or living in the remaining part of Palestinian lands number approximately
ten million. Th e continuous Israeli occupation has failed to bring stability or prosperity to either
the region or the Israeli and Palestinian peoples. Projections indicate that demographic changes
will transform the current situation into an apartheid system, where the majority Palestinians
will be ruled by an Israeli minority. Th e objective of this paper is to suggest a just solution for the
Palestinian-Israeli impasse in advocating the establishment a one-state solution, a proposition
which appears to be gaining increasing support.

Keywords
Palestine; Israel; Colonial Project; Apartheid System; Changes on Land