The role of Obama in the negotiations between Israel and Palestine brought up some light hope within the Palestinian government, as Husseini mentioned. At the same time, Husseini requested stronger involvement of the European Union in the political processes of the Middle East conflict. “Any further delay of negotiations will be counterproductive and only benefit extremists”, said Husseini. MEP von Wogau expressed his concern about the recent stagnation of negotiations as well as the future of the peace process.

Furthermore, the Negotiation Support Unit of the PLO provided in-depth information about the current major problems of Israeli settlement expansions and checkpoints, the conflict about Jerusalem and the Annapolis Peace Process in the framework of a briefing for Mr. von Wogau. Those topics were also the basis of a lively discussions between Karl von Wogau and representatives of the Palestinian civil society in Jerusalem.