It is high time for Israelis and Palestinians - with grassroots support from Egyptians - to unlock their latent people's power and forge a popular peace.
Rather than grant them statehood, Palestinian plans to go to the UN could backfire. Instead, come September, the Palestinians should formally hand over control of the Occupied Territories to Israel and demand full citizenship.
Arab revolutionary fever has spread to Europe as Belgians raise their freedom fries, not to bring down a regime but to ask for one to be formed.
The Arab world may debate the merits of external occupation versus repressive self-rule, but neither are acceptable.