بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
(Translated)
Question:
We know that the American strategy for establishing a Jewish entity in the heart of the Muslim countries has, for the most part, been based on the two-state solution. However, under Trump, this strategy has begun to be abandoned, or at least kept quiet, which has raised questions. For example, Trump said, “When you look at the map, a map of the Middle East, ‘Israel’ is a tiny little spot compared to these giant land masses. I actually said: ‘Is there any way of getting more? It is tiny…” (Sky News, 19/8/2024). Does this mean that America's two-state solution project is dead and finished, or is it still alive? Thank you.
Answer:
To clarify the answer, let us review the following points:
1- In 1959, at the end of Eisenhower's term, America adopted its two-state solution project, which can be summarized as "supporting and preserving a Jewish entity and establishing a Palestinian entity alongside it." Its agents in the region, most notably the Egyptian regime, then began working to implement the project, and for this purpose, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was established. However, Britain, through the Jordanian regime, strongly opposed the project and adopted a secular Palestinian state project dominated by the Jews, similar to the secular state of Lebanon, which is controlled by Christians.
2- All of this was during the time when the West Bank was under Jordanian rule, and Gaza was under Egyptian rule. However, when the West Bank and Gaza, along with Sinai and the Golan Heights, fell under the control of the Jewish entity in a theatrical war in June 1967, the talk was no longer about establishing a Palestinian state, but rather about the withdrawal of the Jewish entity from these occupied territories based on Security Council Resolution 242. Then America put the Palestinian issue aside and began preparing for a provocative war. This was the October War of 1973 to jumpstart the peace process. The Egyptian regime, headed by Anwar Sadat, signed the Camp David Accords in September 1978. According to this agreement, the Jewish entity withdrew from Sinai, while remaining limited in its weapons as a buffer zone protecting the entity’s borders. It remains so to this day, despite the war of extermination waged by the criminal entity in Gaza on the Sinai borders!
3- Then America moved to the northern front, ordering the Jewish entity to invade Lebanon in 1982 to expel the Palestine Liberation Organization from there and force it to recognize the Jewish entity and conclude a peace agreement with it. The head of the organization, Yasser Arafat, signed this on 25/7/1982, in what became known as the McCloskey Document, in which he said: “The organization now recognizes Israel’s right to exist.” In 1988, Arafat announced at the Palestinian National Conference held in Algeria, as well as in a meeting before the United Nations in New York, his acceptance of the establishment of a Palestinian state. Then Britain and its agent, the King of Jordan, agreed to disengage from the West Bank in this year.
4- After that, America held the Madrid Conference in 1991 to proceed with the implementation of its two-state solution project. Then, the Oslo Accords were concluded between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Jewish entity in 1993, for the organization to officially recognize the Jewish entity. Also, the Wadi Araba Agreement (26/10/1994) was concluded between the entity and Jordan, for Jordan to give up the West Bank that was part of it, and then announce its recognition of the Jewish entity. America rose and contained the two agreements to implement its two-state solution project. After the end of Bush's two terms at the end of 2008, Obama came to power in Washington. He requested direct negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the Jewish entity under American sponsorship on 2/9/2010, hoping that within a year the two-state solution would be implemented. However, the negotiations ended without reaching an agreement.
5- After Obama's two terms at the end of 2016, Trump came to power in early 2017 and continued his first term, then lost in the elections. Biden succeeded him in early 2021. After the end of Biden's term, Trump won again and became president in early 2025.
In these two periods—the Trump and Biden periods—a different approach emerged from previous American presidents. Since America announced its approach to the two-state solution, previous presidents had mentioned the solution without going into the details of a Palestinian state. Shortsighted people assumed that the Palestinians would be given a sovereign state in part of Palestine. When Trump and Biden came to power, they delved into some details, stating that what the Palestinians would be given is a demilitarized state, similar to limited, powerless autonomy, dominated by Jews, with some differences between them in the strength and ambiguity of their statements. Here, the questions arose: Has America's two-state solution project ended, or has it not ended and is still continues? It is worth mentioning that the statement of the Jews about Palestine has no weight except with a rope (help) from the people (America). The American statement is the subject of the discussion:
6- A careful examination of the issue reveals the following:
A- We previously answered a Question and Answer dated 23/2/2017, regarding the two-state solution after Trump began his first term in office, which stated:
[(1- The text of President Trump’s statements as was reported in all the world and local media and as was broadcasted live, as follows:
"American President Donald Trump has written on Wednesday a new perspective in US policy towards the Middle East after he confirmed that the two-state solution is not the only way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, pointing out that he was open to alternative options if they lead to peace. All the former American presidents have defended the two-state solution, whether Republicans or Democrats" (France 24 website, 16/2/2017) and Trump said, "I look at the two-state solution and the one state solution (...) if Israel and the Palestinians were happy, I would be happy with (the solution) they prefer, both solutions suit me" (Aljazeera Live website, 16/2/2017), the resolution of a single state mentioned by America for the first time through Trump, he did not illustrate, does it means giving self-autonomy to the Palestinians inside the one Jewish state?! Or does it mean a secular state that the Palestinians share in the management of the Jewish state, which is similar to the English project introduced by Britain in 1939 when it brought out the White Book on Lebanon’s formula? Note that the two-state solution is the same American project introduced since 1959, the era of Republican President Eisenhower and it made the so-called international community accept and it discarded the one-state solution introduced by Britain. Whatever the case, what appears from analysing these statements and its indications is that America has not abandoned its two-state solution; the American ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley confirmed this, saying: "First and foremost, the two-state solution is what we support. Anyone who says that the United States does not support a two-state solution would be mistaken ... certainly we support the two-state solution, but we also think outside the box ... which is needed to attract the two sides to the table, which is what we need in order to make them agree." (Reuters, 16/02/2017).
This confirms that Trump did not abandon the two-state solution, which is the US State policy since 1959, but he wanted to try another way to put pressure, as his ambassador said (certainly we support the two-state solution, but we also think outside the box …) that it is by considering the use of other methods.] END QUOTE.
B- Trump's (Republican) statements supporting the Jews accelerated during his first and second terms in office:
* US President Donald Trump announced the United States' recognition of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of "Israel." Trump also affirmed that the United States supports the two-state solution if it is approved by the Israelis and Palestinians. (BBC, 6/12/2017)
* US President Trump said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings,believes a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would "work best," adding, "It is a dream of mine to be able to get that done prior to the end of my first term." (BBC, 26/9/2018)
* US President Trump said,“When you look at the map, a map of the Middle East, Israel is a tiny little spot compared to these giant land masses. I actually said: ‘Is there any way of getting more? It is tiny…” (Sky News, 19/8/2024).
* Earlier, US President Donald Trump reiterated his plan for the United States to control Gaza and deport Palestinians from it, saying he was "committed to buying and owning Gaza..." (BBC, 10/2/2025). Then, ten days later, he declared, "He would not impose a plan to deport Palestinians from Gaza, but rather 'propose it'..." (CNN, 21/2/2025). This is manipulating words!
C- On the other hand, Biden's (Democrat) statements have sometimes gone beyond Trump's in support of the Jews:
* When Trump lost the elections and was replaced by Biden at the beginning of 2021, America returned to talking about establishing a Palestinian state in some form, without specifying how or where. US President Joe Biden stated to reporters on 3/9/2024, "There are several models for a two-state solution, noting that several countries in the United Nations do not have their own armed forces." Biden is referring to a state for the Palestinians of one of those types, without armed forces, i.e., self-rule or something similar!
* When US President Biden visited Tel Aviv on 18/10/2023, following Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, he met with officials there and said: "Israel must again be a safe place for the Jewish people. If there were not an Israel, we’d have to invent one.” (Al Jazeera, 18/10/2023).
* In a speech he delivered at the White House during the celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights (Hanukkah), Biden said: "You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I am a Zionist." (Asharq Al-Awsat, 12/12/2023).
7- By contemplating the previous Question and Answer, as well as these statements and positions, it becomes clear that there is no major difference between the positions of Trump and Biden except in some methods that do not change the essence of the issue at all…The United States is the one that is managing this issue on the basis of two states: a state for the Jews in most of Palestine, which it supports financially, militarily, internationally, and even regionally through its agents and followers among the rulers in the Muslim countries.. and a demilitarized (autonomous) state for the Palestinians in part of Palestine with Jewish hegemony over it!! Regardless of the desire of the "Palestinian Authority (PA) and the agent rulers" to call it a Palestinian state, this does not change anything of its reality, as America does not want it to be a sovereign state even over part of a part of Palestine, but rather more like self-rule without weapons except what is necessary for the police within the Jewish hegemony!! Two factors emerged during the presidential terms of Trump and Biden to consolidate a Jewish entity that confirm what we mentioned above, although they were more prominent during the Trump era, and they are:
The first: which is currently taking place today, is strengthening the Jewish entity and providing it with money and weapons so that it remains the major power that is militarily superior to all its surroundings.
The second: normalization, in what Trump called the Abraham Accords; which is the one that he achieved halfway through in his first term and now wants to complete. Therefore, American envoys are touring in the region not only to persuade Saudi Arabia to join the so-called Abraham Accords, but are also laying the groundwork and opening negotiations, which are currently underway between Syria and Lebanon and the Jewish entity. America wants to expand this process to include other agent rulers in the Muslim countries!
In conclusion, America did not abandon the two-state solution, but under Trump and Biden, it has declared the intended state of Palestine to be a kind of self-autonomy dominated by the Jews. Previous presidents, however, mentioned the two-state solution without delving into the nature of the state they envision for the Palestinians!
8- Finally, Palestine is a jewel in the history of the Muslims since Allah (swt) linked it with His Sacred House with one bond, when He took His Messenger (saw) from the Sacred Mosque to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
[سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ]
“Glory be to the One Who took His servant ˹Muḥammad˺ by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose surroundings We have blessed” [Al-Isra: 1]
And made it a good and blessed land. And he attracted the hearts of Muslims to the capital of Palestine (Bait ul Maqdis) by making it their first Qiblah before Allah gave the Muslims their second Qiblah (the sacred Ka’ba) sixteen months after the Hijra. That was before Palestine came under the rule of Islam when the second Caliph, Omar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), conquered it in the year 15 AH. He took it over from Sophronius and he gave him his famous covenant (the Omari Covenant), one of the texts, based on the request of the Christians there, was (that no Jews should live with them there). Then Palestine became a graveyard for the Crusaders and the Tatars. There were decisive battles with the Crusaders and the Tatars: Hattin (583 AH - 1187 CE), and Ain Jalut (658 AH - 1260 CE), and they will be followed, Allah willing, by other decisive battles with the Jews to restore Palestine pure and clean to the abode of Islam.
The continued existence of the Jewish entity in Palestine until today is not due to their strength, for they are not people of fighting and victory, but as Allah (swt) says:
[لَنْ يَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّا أَذًى وَإِنْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ الْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ]
“They can never inflict harm on you, except a little annoyance. But if they meet you in battle, they will flee and they will have no helpers” [Aal-i-Imran: 111].
Their survival is due to the failure of the rulers in the Muslim countries. The Muslims’ misfortune lies in their rulers, for they are loyal to the kaffir colonialists, the enemies of Islam and Muslims. They see and hear about the Jews’ occupation of Palestine, their brutal crimes, and their various massacres, yet it is as if they neither see nor hear.
[صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ]
“They are ˹wilfully˺ deaf, dumb, and blind, so they will never return ˹to the Right Path” [Al-Baqarah: 18]
They have prevented armies from supporting their brothers and sisters in Gaza until today, and the martyrs are multiplying and the wounded are increasing… and the rulers are watching what is happening, and the best of them is the one who counts the martyrs under the name of the dead and then counts the wounded as if he is a neutral party, although he is closer to the Jews! They are placing the "seats of power" above their country and their people! Even though, this Ummah is the best nation brought forth for humankind, it will not remain silent for long, Allah willing, regarding this tyrannical rule by these Ruwaibidha (insignificant ignorant (rulers)). the Messenger of Allah(saw) gave us the glad-tidings of the return of the Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly-Guided Caliphate) after this oppressive rule as stated in Musnad Al-Imam Ahmad and Al-Tayalisi on the authority of Hudhayfah ibn Al-Yaman: «... ثُمَّ تَكُونُ مُلْكاً جَبْرِيَّةً، فَتَكُونُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَكُونَ، ثُمَّ يَرْفَعُهَا إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَرْفَعَهَا، ثُمَّ تَكُونُ خِلَافَةٌ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ نُبُوَّةٍ»“…Then there will be oppressive rule (ملكًا جبرية) for as long as Allah wills, then he will remove it when He wills, and then there will be Khilafah on the method of Prophethood.’ Then he (saw) was silent.” Then Muslims will be honoured and the kuffar will be humiliated.
[وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ * بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ]
“And on that day the believers will rejoice * at the victory willed by Allah. He gives victory to whoever He wills. For He is the Almighty, Most Merciful” [Ar-Rum: 4-5]
The strange thing is that the Kuffar, especially the Jews, realize this more than many Muslims today. The Jews realize that the Khilafah will lead to their destruction. Their Prime Minister said in a press conference broadcast live by the media, including Al Jazeera, on 21/4/2025: “We will not allow the establishment of a Caliphate on the shores of the Mediterranean.” He added, “We will not accept the presence of a Caliphate state here or in Lebanon, and we will work to guarantee the security of Israel.”
Nonetheless, it will be established, Allah willing, against their will, and will remove them from this pure land, especially since Hizb ut Tahrir, the party devoted to Allah (swt) and true to the Messenger of Allah (saw), is the one leading the effort to establish the Khilafah with men who have been true to their covenant with Allah, and who are assured of Allah’s victory:
[وَاللّٰهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَى أَمرِهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ]
“Allah’s Will always prevails, but most people do not know” [Yusuf: 21]