DUBAI — Mohammed Assaf is confident that he will see a free Palestine in his life, The Guardian reported. The 23-year-old Palestinian, who became immensely popular after winning “Arab Idol,” said that he hopes to use his fame to bring real change in the lives of his people by achieving a resolution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “I sing about popular themes but they center on the hopes of my own people – dreams of independence for the West Bank, for Jerusalem and for Gaza. We've been under Israeli occupation for decades,” he said. — SG