In his view, this is due to its complexity. The Palestinian conflict has flamed emotions so many peoples, not only those who are within the conflict but even much beyond. There are a high number of actors and players that are involved. “Where there are so many players, we do not know from whom and to whom they are playing; they can change even their position from time to time,” said Mehdawi. Therefore, he suggested that the conflict has to be resolved by the same players at the international level.
Why did peace not happen in Palestine, while the parameter of resolution for this conflict is so much known around the world? The best answer for Mehdawi is that because there was no political will from international community to enforce the resolution. “If the conflict is left to domestic players, it will not ever be resolved, because the balance of forces on the ground made it impossible to bring the situation into resolution,” he added. And he reminded us, the continuance of war would mean the prolongation of Palestinians’ suffering. These people do not wait for the negotiation, such as what happened in Annapolis, but they need the outcome.

However, another speaker, John A. Heffern, Deputy Chief of Mission of US Embassy, suggested a rather different view. In his opinion, “Only both parties (Israel and Palestine) can achieve the final long lasting agreement. Outsiders can help, control, impose, push, facilitate, and do a lot of stuff, but Israel and Palestine who would decide.”

Heffern saw that the Annapolis Conference is a very important engagement between the two parties, but it is not the solution or the end of progress; it is just the beginning of the process.

Meanwhile, M. Din Syamsuddin, who gave the opening remarks, had a pessimistic view regarding the outcome of the Annapolis Conference.

A number of diplomats attended the program, including the Egyptian Ambassador, Mohamed E. Taha, and the Lebanese Ambassador, Victor Zmeter.

A week after this program was held at CDCC a meeting of The Indonesia-Palestine Friendship Initiative. Around a hundred people gathered to support this initiative. They come from wide-ranging backgrounds: religious leaders, actors, politicians, youth leaders, diplomats, journalists, and so on. His Excellency Ambassador Fariz Mehdawi also attended this forum.[]