This Is Not the Time for a Two-State Solution

As Israeli hostages remain in Hamas captivity, as Jewish mothers wake every day not knowing if their children are alive or dead, as a Jewish state fights for its very survival, we are witnessing a dangerous chorus of voices calling for a renewed push toward a two-state solution. Let me be clear: This is not diplomacy, it’s delusion. And it’s dangerous.

There is no justice in rewarding a society that danced in the streets while Jews were being butchered. To advocate for Palestinian statehood at this moment is to tell the world that terrorism works. It is not a roadmap to peace; it is a blueprint for more Jewish funerals.

There is no peace to be made with those who raised their children to cheer at the sight of Jewish blood. And there is no peace to be found in negotiating with leaders who have never accepted Israel’s right to exist.

The push amid this chaos is not a diplomatic breakthrough. It is a profound act of amnesia. The world has already forgotten that it was precisely this illusion of peace that led to the current nightmare. For years, Israel was told that concessions would bring calm. And what did it receive in return? Thousands of rockets and tunnels dug not for diplomacy, but for slaughter.

What problem, exactly, would a two-state solution solve today?

Would it stop Hamas from seeking Israel’s destruction?
Would it turn Palestinian schoolbooks into tools of tolerance?
Would it convince the international community to finally hold Palestinian leaders accountable?
Would it resurrect the Jews butchered on October 7?

Of course not.

Because the real problem isn’t borders, it’s indoctrination. It’s antisemitism so deeply woven into Palestinian education, media, and culture that it no longer even shocks; it’s expected. It’s the normalization of antisemitism in Palestinian society to such an extent that not a single Gazan has tried to free an Israeli hostage, not even for a reward. That silence is deafening. And it is incompatible with peace.

If your cause is wrapped in enough blood and broadcast widely enough, you’ll be handed a seat at the table. That the path to statehood runs through kindergartens soaked in Jewish blood and kibbutzim turned into killing fields. It’s not only morally wrong, it’s strategically suicidal.

A sovereign Palestinian state today would not be a neighbor; it would be a frontline outpost for jihad, a launchpad for terror.

A weapon pointed at the heart of Israel with international legitimacy stamped on the handle. It would embolden Iran. It would empower Hezbollah. And it would guarantee that the Jewish people, once again, will pay in blood for the world’s delusions.

Real Friends Don’t Push Fantasy

There’s a reason people have stopped talking about a two-state solution. Not because they’ve moved rightward. But because they’ve woken up. And yet, in the safety of Western capitals and international conferences, the fantasy lives on. Pushed by people who will never have to shelter their children from rockets. Advocated by politicians who measure morality by media headlines. And endorsed by so-called “friends of Israel” who think that condemning Hamas isn’t enough, they must also rebuke Israel, lest they appear too tribal, too loyal, too Jewish.

But let me say it clearly: Real friends don’t pressure a nation to negotiate with monsters. Real friends don’t ask Israel to reward those who murder its children.

Israel Doesn’t Need Lectures. It Needs Allies.

This is not the time for philosophical debates about statehood. It is not the time to pretend that coexistence is possible while one side still chants “From the River to the Sea” and teaches its children that Jews are pigs and apes.

This is the time for moral clarity.
This is the time to defeat Hamas, not accommodate it.
This is the time to stand with Israel, not demand that it compromise with evil.

If the world wants to help, let it start by demanding the unconditional release of every hostage. Let it cut off funding to those who glorify terror. Let it stop making excuses for barbarism and start drawing red lines that actually mean something.

Because there will be no peace until Palestinian society undergoes a transformation so radical that it stops venerating death and starts cherishing life.

No peace until antisemitism is not their national curriculum, but a national disgrace. No peace until Jewish children can sleep through the night without the sound of air raid sirens.

Until then, the only responsible solution is no solution.

Not now.
Not soon.
Not while hostages are held in dark tunnels and the world dares to speak of statehood. Not while Hamas still breathes and the Jewish people still bleed.

Not until the last hostage is home. Alive. And free.