Hatem Kanaaneh

Don't deny our rights: open letter to Mahmoud Abbas

Saleh Abdel-Jawad, Abdul-Rahim Al-Shaikh, Naseer Aruri, Mourid Barghouti, Omar Barghouti, Ramzy Baroud, George Bisharat, Haidar Eid, Samera Esmeir, Wael Hallaq, Nadia Hijab, Jamil Hilal, Islah Jad, Hatem Kanaaneh, Ghada Karmi, Nur Masalha, Joseph Massad, Jean Said Makdisi, Saree Makdisi, Zakaria Muhammad, Karma Nabulsi and Eyad al-Sarraj 29 July 2010


No Palestinian institution or leader has ever accepted an exclusive Jewish claim to Palestine, which is irreconcilable with the internationally recognized rights of the Palestinian people. Our rights inhere in us as a people; they are not yours to do with as you please.