#Peace: The place:

Yes to a conference in Cairo, no to a conference in Paris. There is no doubt that the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians has to be restarted, yet not in the form of a pointless international conference but through a regional conference in a “2+6” format – in the presence of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states, Israel and the Palestinians, brokered by the United States and Russia, given the American transition of power and the new dynamics between the world powers. Such a conference would include regional key players and could create leverages that would allow the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table which they abandoned more than two years ago.

Restarting the peace process requires and understanding and real responsibility. It’s time for the international community to realize that the Palestinian leadership does not need an American-French prom, but someone who will know how to shake it and bring it back to the negotiating table.