Between the Memory of the Revolution and the Trust of the State… Palestine Seeks Its Great Passage

In the history of nations, there are moments when leadership transcends mere position, responsibility surpasses politics, and the homeland becomes larger than all small calculations.

And today, Palestine is living one of those heavy moments…

A moment where politics intertwines with economics, hope mixes with fear, and the resilience of the people weighs heavily amidst rapidly changing maps of the region and the world, while Palestine is required every morning to defend its right to exist before it defends its right to a future.

Since the launch of the contemporary Palestinian revolution, through the exodus from exile, the sieges, wars, uprisings, and political and diplomatic battles, up to the struggle for establishing Palestinian national identity on the world map, the Palestinian national project has walked over embers, but it has not fallen.

It remained standing…

Because men believed that homelands are not managed by reactions, but by patience, vision, and the ability to protect the dream even in the hardest moments.

At the heart of this march stands President Mahmoud Abbas 'Abu Mazen', one of the early guardians of the idea of the Palestinian state, and one of the last great witnesses of the beginnings, who carried the trust of the founders and walked with it through international and regional storms, preserving the independent Palestinian national decision, and the political and legal personality of the Palestinian people, at a time when many tried to reduce the Palestinian cause to just a fleeting news item in global broadcasts.

Beside him stands brother Hussein al-Sheikh 'Abu Jihad', a son of the Palestinian national movement school, who found himself in the heart of the most complex phases, where the battle no longer revolves solely around geographical borders, but also within the details of people's daily lives; in their livelihood, in the resilience of institutions, and in the Palestinian citizen's ability to remain steadfast on his land despite all pressures.

What binds the two men is not the similarity in their positions…

But the shared feeling of the burden of responsibility.

One carries the memory of the revolution with all its lessons, experiences, and sacrifices.

And the other carries the responsibility of navigating the national project towards the future with all its challenges and major questions.

Between memory and responsibility, a difficult and precise Palestinian equation takes shape, the title of which is to protect the Palestinian home, preserve national institutions, and prevent the Palestinian issue from slipping into the unknown amidst an increasingly chaotic and harsh time.

They both know that the employee waiting for his salary is not just a number in the budget…

And that the farmer who clings to his land is not just an economic product…

And that the teacher who continues his mission despite exhaustion is not just an employee…

And that the merchant fighting against stagnation, the young person holding onto his dream within his homeland, and the mother who hides her worries behind her smile for her children, they are all unknown soldiers in the battle of national resilience.

The long Palestinian experience has taught us that nations are not protected by slogans alone, nor built solely on anger, but by statesmen who possess the ability to read the world as it is, and to deal with realities as they are, without losing their national compass or their belief in their people's right to freedom, dignity, and independence.

And today…

In light of the crushing economic challenges, major political transformations, and projects targeting land, identity, and national rights, many Palestinians view this political partnership as a bet on wisdom, experience, and responsibility, and an opportunity to cross the most difficult phase towards a more stable, just, and hopeful stage.

No one is waiting for miracles…

But everyone is hoping that Palestine remains standing.

And that the Palestinian national decision remains free.

And that this people remains able to live on its land no matter how fierce the storms are.

As for us…

We stand where the sons of Palestine should stand.

Behind our homeland.

And behind our national project.

And behind every hand that carries the concerns of this people, and seeks to protect its dignity, resilience, and future.

We do not stand to applaud individuals…

But out of loyalty to Palestine.

And out of belief that this land deserves for us all to remain in its single trench.

For between the wisdom of experience represented by Abu Mazen, and the vitality of responsibility held by Abu Jihad, the Palestinian hope remains greater than exhaustion, stronger than crises, and broader than all attempts at breaking.

Because Palestine, which survived the Nakba, wars, sieges, division, and storms, is also capable of crafting its future.

And because peoples accustomed to making history…

Do not fear its difficulty.

But traverse it.