Right to Exist (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The right to exist is said to be an attribute of the sovereign state, although the concept is virtually nonexistent in international law. An essay on nationalism by nineteenth century French philosopher Ernest Renan helped popularize the phrase.Contemporary international relations scholarship has paid very little attention to the "right to exist" as a theoretical concept and the idea itself is underdeveloped. It has featured prominently in the Arab-Israeli dispute since 1967. Following the Six Day War, the Israeli parliament unanimously passed a resolution that offered to return the Arab territories Israel had just conquered in exchange for "peace and recognition of its right to exist." The right to exist of a de facto state may be balanced against another state's right to territorial integrity.