ABSTRACT
This chapter argues the power relations in Palestinian discourse are embedded in the referential rule itself. It examines the modes of internalization, that is, how the colonized internalize the discourse of the colonizer. Heretofore the analysis has established three principal discursive rules of formation; first, an-Nakba events put an end to the physical link between Palestine and the majority of the Palestinian population then preparing the stage for exile and refugee conditions. The second rule relates to the pursuit of a solution for the Palestinian question. Several scenarios have evolved since then, including the liberation of entire Palestine, a democratic state for all, and a state over any part of Palestine, which eventually metamorphosed into the two-state solution. The third rule organized the order after 1948 through a painstaking process of socialization, referentiality, and a provisional mode of thought and psychology. Since 1991 Palestinian political discourse became engaged in a direct relationship and exchange with Israeli colonial discourse.
