Many in Israel wonder if the most radical right-wing government will be the one to put an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a question also discussed in Ramallah, Paris and Washington.

This brings to mind the famous reflection by the Prophet Jeremiah, who lived 2,700 years ago: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?" (Jeremiah, 13:23). Sadly, prospects that the current government will evacuate a quarter million Jewish settlers from the West Bank (the rest will be allowed to remain in their homes as part of a land swap with the Palestinians) and renounce its sovereignty over Jerusalem's Temple Mount is akin to the prospects of the leader of the left-wing Meretz Party, Zehava Gal-On, moving to live in a West Bank outpost.

Removing settlers and renouncing sovereignty over Temple Mount are two necessary preconditions, albeit partial ones, for peace based on a two-state solution. Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and new Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman made some interesting and even courageous remarks this week about the Arab Peace Plan and the need for a diplomatic process, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said June 1, people must not be judged by their party affiliation and words, but by their actions for the sake of peace.

Following is a partial list of actions that the Israel government will need to take for peace in the spirit of the Arab Peace Initiative. The participants of the June 3 Paris Conference for Peace in the Middle East are advised to keep this list in mind: