As an anthropologist researching peace initiatives and coexistence in Israel/Palestine, I have witnessed firsthand the profound and often violent consequences of importing Eurocentric frameworks into a context they do not adequately address or understand. Many international peacebuilding efforts in the region, however well-intentioned, have relied on Western liberal ideals and ontologies developed in Western Europe, premised on universalist assumptions about human nature, sovereignty, and secularism. These models, when applied to the Israeli-Palestinian context, have not only failed to yield lasting solutions but have often exacerbated tensions, fostering mutual alienation, disillusionment, and, tragically, bloodshed.