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This article discusses the peace process in Middle East and the importance of success. The newly elected president Barack Obama deals with the peace process from a different perspective. The new approach of the U.S. administration prioritises the peace process. Achieving peace between Arabs and Israel will lead to better U.S. national security and more effectively protect U.S. interests in the region. The article sets out the background of Arabic demands for a just and comprehensive peace in the region in accordance with resolutions of international legitimacy, and the Arabic peace initiative which offers formal recognition of Israel and normalization of relations only when Israel fulfills it is commitments, without evasion or equivocation. Recently the Arab States expressed a unified position to the U.S. administration regarding this issue. The author argues that Israel is not serious about the peace process and always adopts a policy of prevarication and obstruction. Tel Aviv prefers the situation of neither big war with the Arab States nor a just and comprehensive peace. This is the best result for Israel as it can survive and be a leading power in the region, because it is obvious that peace will neutralize its military power, restrict its options and limit the role of her aggressive policy in the region. The chances of success for Obama’s initiative are examined. The Arabs refuse to be dragged into further concessions while Israel continues to build illegal settlements, continues its occupation, fails to respond to Obama’s initiative and to implement fully the Arab initiative. The article highlights two possible results of the failure in the current efforts to reach a just and comprehensive peace with the two states solution. One of them is to push Arabs to withdraw peace initiative in order to have more options and to present Israel with new developments, which could lead also to more violence in the region. A war might occur in the region if the
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