The False Promise of Palestine: How Islamist Ideology Fuels Global Terror

By John Bachman
Friday, 16 January 2026 11:20 PM EST

I recently returned from my first trip to Israel. It’s an understatement to say it was an eye-opening experience. My biggest takeaway from that journey is this: The claim that a Palestinian state is an unfinished national project is a massive lie, and that blatant falsehood is actually fueling the destruction of the West.

A Palestinian state has not been stalled by border disputes or a lack of diplomacy. “Palestine” is a lie sustained by an ideology rejecting coexistence and sanctifying violence. That has become exceedingly clear after recent events—including the terror attack on Bondi Beach in Australia, the ISIS attack on U.S. Army troops in Syria, and the Afghani “refugee” who yelled “Allahu Akbar!” as he shot two members of the National Guard. The murders of Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025, are further evidence of this pattern. Additionally, Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman threw Molotov cocktails at a group participating in a walk for Israeli hostages.

Yet, while Austrian Prime Minister talks about right-wing extremists and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez worries about Islamophobia, the reality is stark: Those who refuse to denounce Islamism unequivocally—like AOC—are complicit in barbarity. By capitulating to these groups, you have blood on your hands.

There has never been a Palestinian state. No sovereignty. No institutions. No period of independent rule. A recent Instagram post showing a man walking into an “Palestine History Museum” with empty walls proves the truth: This is not a nation but a narrative born of defeat and preserved through grievance. Over time, that grievance fused with Islamism, converting political conflict into religious command. Once compromise became heresy, the path to violence was paved.

I filmed a documentary with Ambassador Mike Huckabee about Christmas in the Holy Land near the end of 2025 for Newsmax. At the Church of the Nativity, Islamist calls to prayer drowned out any semblance of Christmas. While Muslims in Bethlehem were welcoming—primarily seeking tourists—the competing prayers revealed a deeper reality: The Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque, forbidden to non-Muslims, operate under sharia law—a practice consistent with Islam’s violent ideology.

Recent terror attacks expose Islamism’s global reach. Cities like Paris have canceled New Year’s celebrations after authorities knew Islamist threats were ideological and recurring. Christmas markets now build barricades to prevent car attacks. The Turtle Island Liberation Front—disrupted by the FBI—is a far-left, anti-government group whose platform centers Palestinian statehood as a cornerstone of their violence.

Islamist terror is not a fringe distortion. It follows Islamic doctrine written in the Quran, rewarded by Muslim communities like Dearborn, Michigan, and transmitted through generations where martyrdom outranks peace. Families are compensated for deaths, children are taught that death in jihad supersedes life in security—this is the reality of Islamism today.

Yet, institutional Islam has failed to confront this decisively. Condemnations are hedged; terror is deplored then explained. Responsibility is blurred—a tactic of evasion, not reform. Elected Muslim politicians at every level and their allies must denounce doctrines that bless murder, excommunicate violent clerics, and reject martyrdom theology without excuses.

The left has become an accelerant for this violence by uncritically embracing the “Free Palestine” movement. By chanting slogans divorced from consequence, it provides moral cover, recruitment energy, and ideological legitimacy to groups glorifying terror—this is not solidarity, but complicity. A real state disarms militants and protects civilians. The failed Palestinian experiment does the opposite: It seeks submission from infidels like you and me.

There will be no peace until the lie is abandoned—and the ideology behind it is confronted.