Independent Pete

When Muhammad was weak, he preached tolerance and ‘no compulsion in religion.’ But when he gained power and an army, he commanded fighting those who don’t believe until they submit and pay the jizya. Muslims repeated this pattern throughout history. Today, in the West where they’re a minority, they preach tolerance. But in every Muslim-majority country, minorities face systemic discrimination and second-class status.

Gaza is the land of Israel. Palestinians should return to their countries of origin, Egypt, Jordan, or Syria.

For those who bought the lie that Gaza is Palestinian land, explain why “Palestine” and “Palestinians” don’t appear in any Arab or Islamic sources before 1968. Not in the Quran, not in Arab history, not in geography. The term was invented in modern times. Meanwhile, Gaza is mentioned nineteen times in the Bible and was ruled by Jews throughout time. The denial and the ignorance is impressive.

The Palestinian Authority signed Oslo agreeing that Area C would remain under full Israeli control. No 1967 borders or Palestinian state were ever mentioned. Now Palestinians call the same settlements “illegal” and demand a state inside Israel’s borders. It was legal when they signed, 30 years later, it’s suddenly illegal. The real violators of Oslo are the PA themselves, through their sponsorship of terrorism, suicide bombings, and the intifadas. The Palestinian claim over Judea and Samaria has no legal grounds. The claim that Israel is stealing land is pure propaganda.

They murder their daughters for “honor,” sacrifice their sons for propaganda, then cry “Genocide.”

The Palestinian Authority Is Collapsing, And It Should Be Allowed to Die I’ve watched the Palestinian leadership from the inside my entire life. They have rejected every opportunity for peace and statehood, from the 1948 Partition Plan, all the way to 1993, 2000, and 2008. At every single junction, destroying Israel was more important to them than building a normal life for their own people. Instead of building a functioning society, they created a corrupt system based on victimhood and permanent conflict. The Palestinian Authority became nothing but a criminal middleman that stole from its people while living off international aid and Israeli tax money. October 7th was the last bridge they burned with their own hands. The Palestinian Authority is collapsing, and it should be allowed to die. The same goes for Hamas and every other failed Palestinian entity. The Arabs of Judea and Samaria deserve a chance at a normal life. They deserve to raise their children in peace, send them to school without teaching them to hate, and build a future instead of sacrificing them for a fantasy. The solution is not another Palestinian “state” or another corrupt authority. The real path forward is to remove the middlemen completely and work directly with the tribal and clan leaders, the people who actually care about their communities, not about slogans and resistance. The Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and the whole “resistance” industry have been a curse on these people for far too long. It’s time to end this failed experiment and try a completely different approach.

Palestinians who deliberately put their own children in harm’s way for political sympathy have no right to demand either a state or compassion.