The second difficulty concerns the fact that Sharon has always appeared to believe that it is within the means of the Palestinian Authority to eradicate all terrorism arising from Palestinian territories and aimed at Israel. However, all external observers know very well that this is not the case, even if Abbas can undoubtedly succeed in reducing the level and number of attacks.
第二点困难是沙龙显然一贯认为铲除巴勒斯坦领土上针对以色列的恐怖主义活动是巴勒斯坦民族权力机构的分内之事。但是，所有外部的观察家们都清楚地知道即便阿巴斯确实能够降低恐怖活动的数量和水平，事实也并非如此。