What has "Palestine" contributed to the world?

There is a growing mythology surrounding "Palestine" and "Palestinians" among leftists, progressives, western Muslims and non-arab Muslim. In this narrative, Palestinians are always the poets, the doctors, the scientists, the human rights champions, portrayed as a people of endless grace and creativity, tragically held back from their full potential by the usual villain: Israel.

According to this narrative, Gaza could have been Singapore, the West Bank could rival Tuscany, if only the Zionists would vanish. It’s a neat story. It just happens to fall apart the moment you zoom-in and you will find five decades of internal dysfunction, glorified martyrdom, and a leadership culture that has mastered grievance but shunned growth.

Israel, for all its flaws, has offered education, healthcare, jobs, and infrastructure to Palestinians. So, what has been offered in return? What have "Palestinian" institutions or leadership produced for the benefit of the world? Where are the scientific breakthroughs, the tech startups, the Nobel prizes, the social innovations? Has Palestinian nationalism, as a modern project, produced anything besides resentment, violence and rupture?

This is not a denial of Palestinian suffering. But suffering alone does not confer moral superiority or global value. Many nations have suffered. What matters is what one builds from it.

So I’ll ask bluntly: what exactly has "Palestine" given us?