ODSC STANDS WITH AMERICAN STUDENTS AND FACULTY STANDING WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

To decolonize Historical Palestine from the ‘River to the Sea’ by establishing a democratic state.

The ODSC is a Palestinian-led initiative that intentionally refrains from prescribing the exact form and structure of a future Palestinian state, viewing this as the exclusive prerogative of the Palestinian liberation movement. Instead, it outlines broad principles that have been introduced and refined by activists and scholars over the years, aiming to support the eventual establishment of the state.

Political principles:

• Decolonisation. The dismantling of Zionist structures of control and domination.
• Constitutional Democracy. A political regime will be established in Historical Palestine in which all inhabitants, including Palestinian refugees, have equal rights and a shared entitlement to freedom and security.

Key rights and entitlements:

• Collective Rights. The State constitution also protects collective (national, ethnic, religious, class, or gender-related) rights.
• Economic Justice. The State will commit to achieving and upholding economic and social justice, thereby ensuring that all citizens have an equal opportunity to access education and attain productive employment, economic security, and a dignified standard of living.
• Individual Rights. No State law, institution or practices will discriminate, whether based on national or social origin, color, gender, language, religion or political opinion, and/or sexual orientation.
• Return, restoration, and reintegration into society. The State will implement the Right of Return of all Palestinian refugees expelled in 1948 and after. It will help refugees to return to their original homes when possible, or as near as possible when this cannot be achieved. It will do everything in its power to restore private and communal property to refugees and/or compensate them.

• Alignment with progressive regional political actors. The Campaign will align with all political forces in the Arab world struggling for democracy, social justice, and egalitarian societies free from tyranny and foreign domination.
• International responsibility. The Campaign sees itself as part of a progressive movement committed to fighting racism, imperialism, and colonialism and establishing an alternative global order that is just, egalitarian, and free of oppression.