An Arabic-language billboard campaign aims to encourage Arabs living in Judea and Samaria to abandon the agenda of a “Palestinian state” and emigrate elsewhere.

The billboards feature an image of displaced Palestinian Arabs with the words: “There is no future in Palestine.”

“אין עתיד בפלסטין”: שלטי החוצות שמשגעים את ערביי יו”ש

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The billboards are the initiative of a group called “Fighting for Life” (Nilchamim al haChaim) that promotes active Jewish settlement of the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria and is staunchly opposed to the creation of a Palestinian Arab state there.

The campaign has received heavy coverage in the Arab and Turkish media.

According to one report, “Fighting for Life” activists said it was time to tell the Palestinians the truth – that there will never be a Palestinian state. Another noted that a growing number of Arabs have been voluntarily leaving Judea and Samaria (the so-called “West Bank”) over the past year as a result of Palestinian Authority corruption and the impact of the war that began with Hamas’s brutal invasion of southern Israel.

No support for a Palestinian state

Western power brokers for some reason see the Hamas invasion of Israel and the ensuing war as more of a reason to push for a Palestinian state, while a firm majority of Israelis say the exact opposite.

Poll after poll reveals that support for a two-state solution among Israelis has plummeted over the past 14 months.

A survey conducted by the Council for a Secure America in July found that the events of Oct. 7, 2023 had caused no fewer than 44% of Israeli Jewish voters to go from supporting to opposing the establishment of a Palestinian state. According to that poll, today 65% of Israeli Jewish voters oppose a Palestinian state.

The results of another poll presented at a conference earlier in the year showed that 74% of Israelis now oppose the creation of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria, and 76% support the voluntary transfer of Palestinians.

In February of this year, the Knesset voted overwhelmingly in favor of a motion to reject any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state by foreign nations. In July, the Knesset passed a resolution against the establishment of a Palestinian state in the foreseeable future. And just this week, lawmakers began promoting a bill that would significantly strengthen Israel’s hold on Judea and Samaria.