Right to exist
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The right to exist is said to be an attribute of nations. According to an essay by the nineteenth century French philosopher Ernest Renan, a state has the right to exist when individuals are willing to sacrifice their own interests for the community it represents. Unlike self-determination, the right to exist is an attribute of states rather than of peoples. It is not a right recognized in international law. The phrase has featured prominently in the Arab–Israeli conflict since the 1950s.
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See also
- Culture
- Diplomatic recognition
- Existence
- Nation
- Nation state
- Nationalism
- Right
- Self-defence
- Self-determination
- Sovereignty
- Special Committee on Decolonization
- Sovereign state
- Zionism
- Anti-Zionism
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