Introduction

Has there ever been a Palestinian State? The question has once again resurfaced after the latest terrorist attacks against Israel. The conflicts in the Middle East have been endless, and there are no democracies in the entire region besides Israel. Our stance has always been to side with the only democracy in the area. Israel has the right to defend itself against terrorism and threats of invasion and destruction.

With that in mind, the Kingdom of Unixploria condemns the atrocities and trusts that both parties will take precautions to end the terror and violence swiftly and without causing the loss of civilian lives.

A quick review of the historical background of the Holy Land

1. Before the modern state of Israel, there was the British mandate.
2. Before the British mandate, the Ottoman Empire existed.
3. Before the Ottoman Empire, it was the Islamic Mamluk sultanate of Egypt.
4. Before the Islamic Mamluk sultanate of Egypt, the Ayyubid dynasty was conquered by Godfrey of Bouillon in 1099.
5. Before the Ayyubid dynasty, the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem.
6. Before the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Fatimid caliphate.
7. Before the Fatimid caliphate was the Byzantine Empire.
8. Before the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire existed.
9. Before the Roman empire was the Hasmonean dynasty.
10. Before the Hasmonean dynasty, the Seleucid Empire existed.
11. Before the Seleucid empire was the empire of Alexander III of Macedon.
12. Before Alexander III of Macedon, the Persian empire existed.
13. Before the Persian Empire was the Babylonian Empire.
14. Before the Babylonian empire, the kingdoms of Israel and Judea.
15. Before the kingdoms of Israel and Judea, there was the Kingdom of Israel.
16. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel.
17. Before the theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel, there was the individual state of Canaan.

Final thoughts

To summarize, there has never been a Palestinian State in the region. That being said, we realize that the initial thoughts of the Balfour Declaration in 1917, which suggested a two-state solution, may never come to pass. The British Government issued the Balfour Declaration, which declared British support for creating a “national home for the Jewish people” in the Holy Land.

The declaration was enthusiastically received by many Jews worldwide but was opposed by Palestinian and Arab leaders. The same reluctance to view the proposition positively is still embraced by the Arab community, and the geographical and cultural implications have resulted in an ongoing conflict ever since the formation of the modern state of Israel in 1948.  

The Two-State Solution

As mentioned before, we will always stand behind Israel’s right to self-defense. That being said, they should have given the Palestinian Arabs more support to build a viable nation.

The ruling powers had too much of a guilty conscience after the Holocaust to think about the highly entangled historical and cultural diversity that constitutes the Holy Land. They allowed Israel to take what they could in an otherwise hostile environment.

Also, Jerusalem should have been better off under international jurisdiction from the very rebirth of the nation of Israel. Even though it is the historical capital of the Jewish people, it needs international governance. Jerusalem is, after all, the epicenter of the human search for a connection with the divine.

Launching rocket attacks, kidnapping innocent civilians, and using the nasty tools of terror have never paved the way for lasting peace.

If it’s peace they want, then stop all this nonsense at once. Unfortunately, we’re not sure that lasting peace is what these two antagonists, who seem to share far more than they’ll admit, are after.

Do we live in the best of worlds? The answer lingers. We do, however, live on the only planet we all call home. It’s time to start acting like we belong to a species with cognitive abilities, adding perhaps a grain of empathy.

Is it feasible?

Israelis and arabs alike are increasingly skeptical that Israel and Palestine can peacefully coexist as envisioned since the Oslo Accords in 1993, Pew Research found. Among Israelis of all stripes, confidence in a two-state solution to the conflict has dropped by 15 percentage points in the past ten years, Pew Research Center said Sept. 26, based on its Global Attitudes Survey conducted in March and April.

While half of Israelis thought so in 2013, only 35 percent expressed confidence in 2023, Pew said. Arab Israelis are more skeptical than Jewish Israelis of a two-state coexistence. Among Arabs, confidence has dropped 33 points, from 74 to 41 percent. Among Jewish Israelis, the belief has fallen from 46 percent to 32 percent, Pew said.

Many nations, individuals, and terrorist groups in the region want to annihilate Israel. Iran, Hamas and others have more than once expressed that their end goal is the total destruction of the nation of Israel.

With that in mind, it’s not hard to understand why the Israelis are less keen on a two-state solution than a decade ago. Neither is it difficult to grasp why the Prime Minister of Israel calls this a war for independence.

‘Never Again’ is now; this is our 2nd Independence War, humanity’s war against evil.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu