The so-called two-state solution has long been presented to the world as a path to peace between Palestinians and Israelis, yet in truth, it is a deception, an insult to justice and a betrayal of history. It seeks to normalize what should never be accepted, to legitimize theft through the language of diplomacy, and to force the oppressed to negotiate with their oppressor over the fragments of what was once wholly theirs. For what is this two-state proposal if not the absurd suggestion that a thief and his victim should share the stolen property in the name of fairness? How can one confiscate your land, expel your people, destroy your homes, and then propose to divide the spoils of that crime as the price of peace? There is no morality, no justice, no dignity in such a proposition.
The truth is simple and undeniable: the land of Palestine was taken by force. The Zionist project, born not from coexistence but from colonization, came upon a land rich in culture, faith, and heritage and declared it “empty.” Under the shadow of British imperialism and with the backing of Western powers, the indigenous people of Palestine were uprooted in 1948 during the great Nakba (the catastrophe that turned villages into ruins and homes into memories). A people who had tilled the soil, prayed on the land, and built their civilization for centuries were scattered, while their tormentors raised the flag of a new Zionist state upon the ashes of their dispossession.
And yet, the world speaks of “two states”, as though the occupier and the occupied stand on equal ground; as though justice can be achieved by legitimizing the consequences of aggression. The two-state solution is not a formula for peace; it is a political anesthesia designed to numb the conscience of the world. It is a convenient illusion sustained by Western hypocrisy, it is a way to preserve Israel’s supremacy while pretending to seek fairness. They talk of negotiations, of borders, of mutual recognition, but they refuse to talk of the original sin: that Palestine was stolen, that its people were expelled, that the crime of occupation remains unpunished.
Today, what remains of Palestine is a shattered geography, fragments of land surrounded by walls, checkpoints, soldiers and littered with dead bodies. Gaza bleeds under siege, the West Bank suffocates under occupation, and the refugees remain in exile dreaming of a return that is their natural right. Yet the world dares to call this mutilation “a step toward peace.” No! Peace built on injustice is a mirage. True peace must begin with truth; it must begin with the acknowledgment that Palestine was taken by force and must be restored by right.
Let it be known to all who still have a conscience: the issue of Palestine is not a political dispute, it is a moral test for humanity. To stand with Palestine is to stand with truth; to support the so-called two-state solution is to stand with injustice disguised as compromise. There can be no peace while occupation stands, no justice while apartheid rules, no reconciliation while the victim is asked to forget his wound and embrace his oppressor.
Palestine does not need permission to exist, it existed before the occupation, and it will outlive it. The land, the olive trees, the stones of Jerusalem all bear witness to this enduring truth: that no colonial power, however armed or supported, can erase the identity of a people whose cause is rooted in justice. The two-state solution is a fallacy; the only just solution is the restoration of Palestine, free, whole, and sovereign, where Muslims, Christians, and Jews may live as equals, not as occupiers and occupied, but as children of a shared homeland cleansed of oppression.
Justice demands nothing less. History will accept nothing less. And the conscience of the free peoples of the world will rest for nothing less than the full liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea.
In Commemoration of the Second Year of the Gaza Genocide
October 2025#
#FreePalestine
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