As Blair recently put it, such a bottom-up process may even go hand-in-hand with Netanyahu’s goal of an “economic peace,” though it would eventually have to go beyond it. That such an approach would have to include a total halt to Israeli settlement activities goes without saying.
不可否认的是，这样的和平进程需要时间和耐心。但到目前为止，它仍然是经过事实证明的唯一一条成功的道路，而其他所有方法都以失败而告终。正如布莱尔不久前所说的那样，这样一种自下而上的和平进程甚至可以同内塔尼亚胡的“经济和平”目标和谐共处，虽然它最终必将超越上述领域。而且一个不争的事实是，这种方式必须彻底停止以色列一切定居活动。如果措辞时更加谨慎，这一进程甚至可能得到以色列政府的暗中认可，虽然这样的结果也许并不能令他们完全满意。