If America would really stand behind the two-state solution, they could make real pressure on Israel.

The Knesset members - Jews and Arabs - don't represent the state of Israel. The government is the one that represents the state of Israel officially.

I was a member of the Haifa City Council when I was 23 years old, which made me the youngest city councilman in Israel.

Occupation is the Palestinian people's tragedy, but also Israel's present. We must liberate both people from the occupation.

There can't be real peace without improving the integration of Arab society and making it part of the political game.

Israel made peace with Egypt, the largest Arab State. There are militant Islamists there, but there is also law. There are agreements and also defense arrangements there.