His rhetoric is equally telling. At the 2025 United Nations General Assembly, Prabowo spoke of “peace” without ever naming Israel’s occupation. He condemned violence without identifying the perpetrator. Palestinian suffering was framed as unfortunate tragedy rather than the predictable outcome of decades of colonial domination. Most damningly, he repeatedly emphasized Israel’s “security,” signalling that the priorities of the occupier outweigh the rights of the occupied. This was not diplomacy — it was capitulation.
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Everywhere he goes, the same hollow mantra follows: the two-state solution. Recited at the UN, in Pakistan, and across the Muslim world, it functions as a ritual: a way to signal concern without demanding action. In 2026, invoking the two-state solution while ignoring Israel’s systematic destruction of Palestinian statehood — through settlements, annexation, apartheid laws, and siege — is not serious policy. It is deliberate deception.
Under Prabowo, Indonesia’s foreign ministry has institutionalized this hypocrisy. Foreign Minister Sugiono repeats the same language in every forum: “balance,” “restraint,” “security for all sides.” No sanctions are proposed. No accountability is demanded. No acknowledgment exists of the stark power imbalance between occupier and occupied. This is not confusion; it is coordination.
