Recognizing Palestine within the Two-State Framework as a Prelude to Reclaiming Palestinian Land

The question of Palestine is one of the oldest and most complex political conflicts of the modern era—shaping not only the Middle East but also the broader international order for more than seventy years. This conflict emerged from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, British colonial rule, the Balfour Declaration of 1917, and ultimately the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 through occupation and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Since then, despite broad resistance, the Palestinian people remain deprived of their most fundamental right: the right to self-determination.