Abbas conducts himself in a business-like manner, and he strongly believes in the rule of law and in the need for real civilian governance to assume preeminence in Palestinian politics. In this he also differs from Arafat, who believed that the revolutionary mindset must continue so as long as Palestinians lived under an illegal foreign occupation.
阿巴斯的处事颇有商业化味道，他坚信依法治国和执政为民可以使自己在巴拉斯坦政坛卓越非凡。在这点上，他也和阿拉法特不同。阿拉法特认为只要巴拉斯坦人民生活在非法的外国势力统治下，革命就必须进行到底。解放之日未到，休谈什么商业活动。