Anti-Israel leaders admit goal is one state called Palestine

Three prominent anti-Israel activists told Fox News Digital that their political objective is a single democratic state named "Palestine" encompassing modern-day Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. The candid admissions, shared during coordinated global protests, mark a shift from the movement's traditional use of euphemisms like "liberation" to an explicit rejection of Israel's existence as a separate Jewish nation-state. In this vision, Israel would legally cease to exist, and Jews currently living in the territory would be overwhelmed demographically by a Palestinian right of return.

Hatem Abudayyeh, the Palestinian-American founder of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, stated that his organization has advocated for "one democratic secular state of Palestine" since its inception. He argued that this outcome requires dismantling what he described as the "racist system of Zionism." Abudayyeh emphasized that the proposed state would include a right of return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, a position he said has been central to his group's platform for decades. He noted that while this would not involve removing current residents, the influx of refugees would fundamentally alter the demographic balance.

Miko Peled, an Israeli-born Jewish community leader and founder of the Palestine House in Washington, D.C., agreed with the one-state framework. Peled described the current situation as an "apartheid state" and argued that the "proper name" for the region is Palestine, citing its historical usage over thousands of years. He stated that creating a "post-Zionist, post-apartheid Palestine with equal rights" is the best outcome for both Israelis and Palestinians. Peled explicitly confirmed that "Free Palestine" means one state where the old name is restored.

Sam Husseini, a Palestinian-American Christian and congressional candidate in Maryland, proposed a similar one-state model centered on "one person, one vote" and the right of return. Husseini floated the unconventional idea of naming the new country "1948," referencing the year of Israel's independence and what Palestinians commemorate as the Nakba. He suggested that if the state were named Palestine, many Jews would accept the term provided they retained equal rights and protection.

The activists' statements coincide with a massive global protest infrastructure that brings together socialist, communist, and Palestinian organizations. According to Fox News Digital, this network includes groups funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon based in Shanghai. Singham has reportedly invested $278 million into organizations such as CodePink, the People's Forum, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. These groups have become central hubs for organizing and amplifying anti-Israel demonstrations, often promoting slogans like "from the river to the sea" without always explicitly detailing the one-state political vision now articulated by their leaders.

Israeli leaders have rejected allegations of genocide and apartheid, maintaining that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people with equal civil rights for all citizens. Advocates for Israel note that critics rarely apply similar historical scrutiny to Arab and Muslim-majority states that also emerged from empires and population upheavals. The ADL defines Zionism as a movement for Jewish self-determination in their ancestral homeland. As activists move from implicit demands to explicit political blueprints, the debate over the future status of the region sharpens around the question of whether two states can coexist or if a single entity will define the territory.