“If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti - Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?” once upon a time, David Ben Gurion said those words; apparently, he had a much more patent vision than the current Israeli leaders have today.

An average Arab will never comprehend neither justify anything Israel does, just the same as an average Israeli will never understand what Arabs do, simply because arrogance motivates both sides’ actions. This is why if the current situation lasts another million years, nothing will change, Arabs will never accept the existence of Israel, and Israel will stay as offensive as it is now.

When the Israelis come to any negotiations they don’t come with Ben Gurion’s words, they come with arrogance instead, and when Arabs come, they come with one thought in their heads; “we have the right, no matter what we do.” The Israelis say they want peace, but they’re not willing to pay what it takes for a peace with the Arabs, Arabs on the other hand tend to dream and swim in fantasies a lot, and they cannot comprehend the idea behind the word “status quo”. Therefore, this kind of negotiations will never work out, and by work I mean work for ever!

As an Arab, I see a chance today; I see a possibility for a way out, and I know that this time it might work out just fine, but also as an Arab, I think it’s Israel now that has the answer; the conflict today is more clear than ever, even for an outsider who doesn’t have the slightest idea about the conflict, it’s clear that the coming peace negotiations are ultra crucial, and it’s clear that there’s a possibility this time, only if Israel give up on their arrogance for once. Hamas, the alleged main obstacle to peace achievement, made a lot of gestures but the Israelis weren’t listening, it’s not a joke when Mishal say that Hamas will consider recognizing Israel if a Palestinian independent state is founded, and when Hamas offers a major truce agreement with Israel, Israel must understand that this is an opportunity and ridiculing it is not the wise thing to do only because this tiny militia refuses to call Israel a legitimate state like everyone else does!

The Israeli leaders must step out of their arrogance-led mentalities, today there’s an opportunity, and take it from an Arab, if a Palestinian independent state is founded on the lands of 1967, A LOT of things will change, but if the wall, the settlements, the checkpoints, and the humiliation are all too valuable to Israel than a real sustainable peace as apparent from Livni’s words, then I think there’s no opportunity at all.