The Lie

• Palestinians deserve their own state because they just want to coexist peacefully alongside Israel.

The Truth

• Palestinians have repeatedly expressed desire for a one-state solution in which Israel is eliminated and replaced by Palestine.

Background

• On November 18, 2025, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stated during a White House visit that Saudi Arabia’s participation in the Abraham Accords is contingent on a “two-state solution” allowing Palestinians their own state and the ability “to coexist peacefully in the region.”

Truth Explained

• Palestinians and their supporters openly chant slogans such as “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” referring to the entire territory of Israel from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. (i24 News)
• Israel previously tested a two-state solution:
  • In 2005, Israel fully withdrew from Gaza, evicting 10,000 Jews and giving Palestinians full control.
  • Palestinians immediately elected Hamas and turned Gaza into a military state used to attack Israel over the following 18 years, culminating in the October 7th massacre. 
• Hamas’s stated goals:
  • Hamas, which governs Gaza and enjoys majority support among Palestinians, repeatedly declares it seeks a one-state solution where Israel is wiped out. (Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry), (X), (PCPSR)
  • Hamas’s founding charter explicitly rejects peace negotiations and calls for jihad against Jews. (Yale Law School)
• Palestinian Authority funds attacks against Israelis:
  • The PA operates a payment program commonly referred to as the “Martyrs Fund” or “Pay-for-Slay.”
  • It provides monthly stipends and lump-sum payments to Palestinians who commit attacks against Israelis, including payments to the families of the terrorists.
  • The program allocates more than $300 million annually, representing roughly 7% of the PA’s total budget.
  • The PA has openly stated that if it had only “one penny left,” it would use it to fund payments connected to attacks on Jews.
• Historical pattern of rejecting two-state solutions:
  • Mufti Hajj Amin al-Husseini (1920s–40s) rejected Jewish coexistence, telling the 1937 Peel Commission that Jews in Palestine should be denied citizenship or deported, and promising all Jews would be expelled if a Jewish state were created.
  • Palestinians rejected the two-state solution in the 1947 UN Partition Plan and instead launched a war on Israel.
  • Under Yasser Arafat, Palestinians rejected Israel’s legitimacy and led decades of terror campaigns, including Black September, the Lebanon civil war involvement, and support for Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait.
  • Palestinians opposed peace with Israel even when Arab states accepted it, backing the Arab boycott of Egypt after the 1979 treaty.
  • During the Oslo process, Israel agreed to major land concessions in exchange for peace. Palestinians responded with suicide bombings.
  • At Camp David (2000), Israel offered sweeping concessions; the Palestinians refused and launched the Second Intifada, which killed 1,184 Israelis.
  • In 2005, Israel withdrew fully from Gaza; Palestinians in Gaza spent the next 20 years attacking Israeli civilians.
  • In 2008, PM Ehud Olmert offered Palestinians an unprecedented peace deal; they rejected it outright.
  • The Palestinian leadership rejected Trump’s “Deal of the Century” before even seeing it, then denounced it as a conspiracy. (BeSa Center)

Quotes

• “Initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and international conferences, are in contradiction to the principles of the Islamic Resistance Movement . . . There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad.” — Hamas Charter (1988)
• “For anyone who supports a two-state solution, we want ONE state. We will have no choice but to accept the two-state solution temporarily so we can prepare for the big war; we will not accept any compromises; we demand a state from the border with Lebanon to the border with Egypt.” — Hamas leader Khaled Mashal
• “We [the PA] again emphasize that we are proud of the sacrifices made by the Martyrs, prisoners, and wounded… I told you once and I stand by my word: Even if we have [only] one penny left, it is for the prisoners and Martyrs. I will not agree, and you will not agree, to reduce any obligation, any interest, or any penny given to them.” — PA President Mahmoud Abbas
• “We want to be part of the Abraham Accords, but we also want to be sure that [we] secure a clear path [toward a] two-state solution . . . We want them to coexist peacefully in the region.” — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Takeaway

• Despite repeated opportunities for peace and territorial compromise, Palestinians consistently reject co-existence and openly demand the elimination of Israel. Efforts to create a two-state solution have been met with violence, terrorism, and the election of leadership committed to Israel’s destruction.