There is no polite way to say this: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto does not care about Palestine. Not liberation. Not justice. Not ending occupation or dismantling apartheid. What he cares about is power, prestige, and his own image on the world stage. This is what his foreign policy is all about. Palestine is never a principle — it is a prop.
The most glaring evidence is his decision to join Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace. This was not a neutral or technical move. It was an alignment with a worldview that treats Palestinian life as expendable and Israeli supremacy as untouchable. The Board does not seek justice. It seeks calm without accountability, peace without freedom, normalization without consequences. By joining it, Prabowo signalled that Palestinian lives are expendable as long as he gains favour with the global elite.
This was deliberate. Not a misstep. The betrayal was the point.
Prabowo’s actions before and during his presidency reinforce this. Long before assuming office, he maintained quiet engagement with Israel, including cooperation on security training and agricultural projects. These were never neutral technical contacts — they were political signals that Palestinian rights could be compartmentalized or ignored if they conflicted with Indonesia’s “strategic interests.”
