Jordanian journalist Saleh Al-Qallab:

- "An Arabic, and perhaps universal, proverb says, 'grasp all, lose all.'
- Palestinians must stop chasing beautiful delusions, as they have been doing all these years since the Nakba of 1948
- For over 70 years, Israel has continued to 'gain political profits' from the populism of the Arab states

"An Arabic, and perhaps universal, proverb says, 'grasp all, lose all.' True, [all of] Palestine, from the river to the sea, is dear to the Palestinians and to most of the Arab nation. But when a historic moment like this comes along, the Palestinians must stop chasing beautiful delusions, as they have been doing all these years since the Nakba of 1948, while the Israelis have continued to put down roots in what is left of Palestine and in territory belonging to the Arab states, like the Syrian Golan Heights. 

"The Palestinian leadership, namely the leadership of the Palestinian Authority, headed by President Mahmoud 'Abbas (Abu Mazen), will surely encounter [opposition from an entire] procession of populists uttering tired slogans and by those who live lives of luxury in the capitals of various Arab countries and in the state of the Iranian Jurisprudent. However, the Palestinian leadership – including the leadership of Fatah and of the other Palestinian factions that support it – is now clearly determined about this issue [of implementing the two-state solution] and will [surely] seize this moment rather than miss it, because this time it is clear that the U.S. is really serious, as are all the European states and all the influential countries in the world.

"For over 70 years, Israel has continued to 'gain political profits' from the populism of the Arab states and of the Palestinian organizations, while the revolution launched by Fatah in 1965 continued to tote its gear from one Arab capital to another, whether in Asia or in Africa. I assume some [still] remember how Yasser Arafat was forced to leave Beirut in 1982 after a painful siege and move to Tunisia, which was the seat of the Arab League at the time.

"Hence, it is clear and certain that the Palestinian leadership, which has handled this burning issue all these long years, will not miss this golden opportunity and will not be swayed by the slogans of the populists. Let [me] stress that the Gaza Strip, too, will not continue to hang by a thread and to be virtually subordinate to the Iranian Jurisprudent, for when the two-state solution, namely [the solution of] a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital and an Israeli state on the 1967 borders, begins to be implemented,  [Gaza] will join the [Palestinian] state, which the Palestinian people have been dreaming about all these long years, namely for over 70 years."