Hanna is very positive about the apology. He calls it a historical moment. It reduces the feeling of pain of the people of the East who were hurt by the Crusaders. He later asks: "Will others in the region follow the example of the apology? Will Israel apologize for we at it did in Deir Yassin or Sabra and Shatila... I dreamt that Saddam Hussein would apologize for the people of Kuwait. If this would happen it would change many things in the area for the sake of the Arabs."