PA daily: Zionism rests upon negating the Palestinians' right to independence

“Writer and political commentator Antoine Shalhat, director of the ‘Israeli arena’ unit at the Madar Center [The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies, in Ramallah]... stated that Zionism rests upon two principle ideas: the idea of negating the existence of the Palestinians’ right to an independent national entity ... and the idea of reliance upon an external [political] power. [He asserted] this by noting the sources of racism in Zionist thought, and the contradiction between its actions and morality.”