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Critics argue that it would make Israeli Jews an ethnic minority<ref>a b Shenhav, 2006, p. 191.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056332/Palestines-UNESCO-membership-Could-Jews-minority-Israel.html | location=London | work=Daily Mail |title=Could Jews become a minority in Israel? Higher Palestinian birth rates could lead to power shift in one-state solution |date=1 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/26/3091851/harvard-to-host-one-state-solution-confab |title=Archived copy |accessdate=March 18, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301091251/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/26/3091851/harvard-to-host-one-state-solution-confab |archivedate=March 1, 2012 }}</ref> in the only Jewish country. The high [[total fertility rate]] among Palestinians accompanied by a return of [[Palestinian refugees]], would quickly render Jews a minority, according to [[Sergio DellaPergola]], an Israeli demographer and statistician.<ref>{{cite web|last=[[Sergio DellaPergola]]|title=Demography in Israel/Palestine: Trends, Prospects, Policy Implications|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422221118/http://fc.retecivica.milano.it/rcmweb/rssweb/Israele/Aliyah%20e%20diaspora/Demografia%20e%20sviluppo/S03D0F4A4.0/Demography%20in%20IsraelPalesti.pdf|work=[[Shalom Hartman Institute]]|accessdate=22 April 2016}}</ref>{{Dubious |Dubious|date=September 2016}}
Critics argue that it would make Israeli Jews an ethnic minority<ref>a b Shenhav, 2006, p. 191.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056332/Palestines-UNESCO-membership-Could-Jews-minority-Israel.html | location=London | work=Daily Mail |title=Could Jews become a minority in Israel? Higher Palestinian birth rates could lead to power shift in one-state solution |date=1 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/26/3091851/harvard-to-host-one-state-solution-confab |title=Archived copy |accessdate=March 18, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301091251/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/02/26/3091851/harvard-to-host-one-state-solution-confab |archivedate=March 1, 2012 }}</ref> in the only Jewish country. The high [[total fertility rate]] among Palestinians accompanied by a return of [[Palestinian refugees]], would quickly render Jews a minority, according to [[Sergio DellaPergola]], an Israeli demographer and statistician.<ref>{{cite web|last=[[Sergio DellaPergola]] |title=Demography in Israel/Palestine: Trends, Prospects, Policy Implications |url=http://fc.retecivica.milano.it/rcmweb/rssweb/Israele/Aliyah |work=[[Shalom Hartman Institute]] |accessdate=22 April 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422221118/http://fc.retecivica.milano.it/rcmweb/rssweb/Israele/Aliyah%20e%20diaspora/Demografia%20e%20sviluppo/S03D0F4A4.0/Demography%20in%20IsraelPalesti.pdf |archivedate=22 April 2016 |df= }}{{Dubious |Dubious|date=September 2016}}</ref>


Critics have also argued that Jews, like any other nation, have the right to [[self-determination]], and that due to still existing [[antisemitism]], there is a need for a Jewish national home.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eli E. Hertz |url=http://www.mythsandfacts.com/conflict/mandate_for_palestine/mandate_for_palestine.htm |title=Mandate For Palestine - The Legal Aspects of Jewish Rights |website=Mythsandfacts.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jcpa.org/text/Israel60_Gavison.pdf |format=PDF |title=The Right of Jews to Statehood |author=Prof. Ruth Gavison |website=Jcpa.org |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref> Ethnically homogeneous [[nation-state]]s are common around the world, including in [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855617.html |title=Ethnicity and Race by Countries |website=Infoplease.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref> They also argue that most of the [[Arab world]] is composed of entirely Arab and Muslim states, with many countries not granting equality for ethnic or religious minorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/hrarabtoc.html |title=Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Middle East |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |date= |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/8/Human%20Rights%20in%20Arab%20and%20Muslim%20Countries |title=2BackToHomePage3 |website=Mfa.gov.il |date= |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref>
Critics have also argued that Jews, like any other nation, have the right to [[self-determination]], and that due to still existing [[antisemitism]], there is a need for a Jewish national home.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eli E. Hertz |url=http://www.mythsandfacts.com/conflict/mandate_for_palestine/mandate_for_palestine.htm |title=Mandate For Palestine - The Legal Aspects of Jewish Rights |website=Mythsandfacts.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jcpa.org/text/Israel60_Gavison.pdf |format=PDF |title=The Right of Jews to Statehood |author=Prof. Ruth Gavison |website=Jcpa.org |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref> Ethnically homogeneous [[nation-state]]s are common around the world, including in [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855617.html |title=Ethnicity and Race by Countries |website=Infoplease.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref> They also argue that most of the [[Arab world]] is composed of entirely Arab and Muslim states, with many countries not granting equality for ethnic or religious minorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/hrarabtoc.html |title=Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Middle East |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |date= |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/8/Human%20Rights%20in%20Arab%20and%20Muslim%20Countries |title=2BackToHomePage3 |website=Mfa.gov.il |date= |accessdate=2016-04-12}}</ref>
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151220131419/http://onestate.net/ The London One State Group]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151220131419/http://onestate.net/ The London One State Group]
* [http://onestate.net/pages/declaration.htm The One State Declaration] (Madrid and London, 2007)
* [http://onestate.net/pages/declaration.htm The One State Declaration] (Madrid and London, 2007)
* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=383879 Is the Two-State Solution in Danger?] on [[Haaretz]]{{Dead link|date=December 2013}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060303151605/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=383879 Is the Two-State Solution in Danger?]on [[Haaretz]]
* [http://bostonreview.net/ndf_archive.html#Binationalism Putting the Pieces Together?] on [http://bostonreview.net/ The Boston Review]{{Dead link|date=December 2013}}
* [http://bostonreview.net/ndf_archive.html#Binationalism Putting the Pieces Together?] on [http://bostonreview.net/ The Boston Review]{{Dead link|date=December 2013}}
* Nasser Abufarha, [http://www.ap-agenda.org/initiative.htm "Proposal for an Alternative Configuration in Palestine-Israel,"] [http://www.ap-agenda.org/ Alternative Palestinian Agenda]. Retrieved 17-12-2013.
* Nasser Abufarha, [http://www.ap-agenda.org/initiative.htm "Proposal for an Alternative Configuration in Palestine-Israel,"] [http://www.ap-agenda.org/ Alternative Palestinian Agenda]. Retrieved 17-12-2013.