Philosophy:Facts on the ground
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Short description: Geopolitical term
Facts on the ground is a diplomatic and geopolitical term that means the situation in reality as opposed to in the abstract.[1][failed verification] The term was popularised in the 1970s in discussions of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict[2] to refer to Israeli settlements built in the occupied West Bank, which were intended to establish permanent Israeli footholds in Palestinian territory.[3]
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. doi:10.1057/9781137017611. ISBN 978-1-137-01761-1.
- Khalidi, Rashid (15 April 2010). "Bad Faith in the Holy City". Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66198/rashid-khalidi/bad-faith-in-the-holy-city.
- Ober, Josiah (2006). "Solon and the Horoi: Facts on the Ground in Ancient Athens". in Blok, Josine; Lardinois, André P. M. H.. Solon of Athens: New Historical and Philological Approaches. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 441–456. doi:10.1163/9789047408895_020. ISBN 978-90-04-14954-0.
- Rosen, David (Fall 2007). "Searching for 'Facts' on the Ground". The Current. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/fall2007/searching-for-facts-on-the-ground.html.
Further reading
- Gorenberg, Gershom (2006). The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967–1977. New York: Times Books. ISBN 978-1-4668-0054-0.
External links
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