| THE LIE Jerry Seinfeld’s statement that “Palestine doesn’t exist” is a racist denial of the Palestinian nation and statehood. |
| THE TRUTH “Palestine” does not exist — not as a state, nation, or identity. It is a Soviet invention designed to weaken American influence in the Middle East. |
| BACKGROUND On June 9, 2026, comedian Jerry Seinfeld was confronted outside Madison Square Garden and asked to chant “Free Palestine.” He laughed and said, “It doesn’t exist.” (Israel Truth Network)Hamas affiliates like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) immediately condemned Seinfeld for his “racist denial of Palestinians.” (CAIR) |
| TRUTH EXPLAINED “Palestine” was never a country. The name was coined by Rome in 135 C.E. to erase Jewish identity after Jewish revolts. It was never an Arab name, concept, or state. Through every empire that followed it remained a geographic label, never a sovereign nation. (Times of Israel) Arabs in the region never identified as “Palestinians.” They identified by tribe, clan, or city. Early 20th-century Arab leaders called the area “southern Syria.” Even the British Mandate used the term “Palestinian” to refer primarily to Jews. (Jerusalem Post), (National Library of Israel) In 1948, the Arab states invaded Israel not to establish a Palestinian state, but to destroy the newborn Jewish state. After losing the war, Jordan, Egypt, and Syria held parts of the former Mandate territory, yet none created a Palestinian state there. At the time, the dominant Arab view treated the area as part of the broader Arab world, not as the homeland of a distinct Palestinian nation. (Jerusalem Post) Arab presence in Israel dates from the 7th century CE — 2,500 years after Jews settled the land — and surged further in the late 19th century as migrants were drawn by economic opportunities created by Jewish development. Most so-called “Palestinian” families have roots in Egypt, Syria, and Arabia going back only a few generations. (Shpak Lissak, 2021), (Jerusalem Post) By contrast, Jewish presence in Israel is documented back to roughly 2000 BCE and never disappeared. Through every conquest, exile, and empire, Jewish communities remained continuously rooted there. No other people has a comparable historical claim. Even the word “Jew” comes from Judea — the ancient name of the land, used centuries before the rise of Islam. (Times of Israel) The “Palestinian” identity is a Soviet invention. After Israel humiliated Soviet-backed Arab states in the Six-Day War, the KGB launched Operation SIG — deliberately manufacturing a “Palestinian people” and reframing Israel as a colonial oppressor. The aim was to weaken American influence in the Middle East. Before this, no cohesive Palestinian national identity existed. (Honest Reporting), (Informing Science) The PLO charter was drafted in Moscow; Yasser Arafat was born in Cairo and had his biography falsified; Abbas held deep Soviet ties — and the vocabulary dominating today’s debate (“settler-colonialism,” “apartheid,” “genocide”) was introduced as deliberate Soviet propaganda. (Informing Science), (Honest Reporting) No Palestinian state exists. Judea, Samaria, and Gaza are governed by rival factions with no unified government, no borders, and an economy dependent on foreign aid — failing every standard definition of statehood. (Grokipedia), (Britannica) Palestinian leadership rejected every serious statehood offer — Camp David (2000), Taba (2001), and Olmert (2008) — each of which would have delivered a state on most of the disputed territory with a capital in East Jerusalem. (BESA Center) |
| QUOTES “It is common knowledge that Palestine is nothing but Southern Syria.” — Former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the UN Ahmed Shukeiri, 1956“There is no such country as ‘Palestine’; ‘Palestine’ is a term the Zionists invented! There is no Palestine in the Bible. Our country was for centuries part of Syria.” — Arab leader Auni Bey Abdul-Hadi to the British Peel Commission, 1937 |
| TAKEAWAY A Soviet propaganda operation invented a people, forged their leader’s biography, drafted their founding charter in Moscow, and handed them a vocabulary of lies — and half the world marched in the streets for it.”Palestine” has never been a country. Its national identity was manufactured. Its founding organization was built in Moscow. Its leader was born in Cairo. Its defining slogan calls for genocide. And every time a real state was offered, the answer was no — because the goal was never a Palestinian state. It was always the elimination of the Jewish one.Jerry Seinfeld understands that — and he was willing to say it out loud. |
