Calling for Israeli concessions is perfectly legitimate, even necessary. But the credibility of such demands is undermined by the Arabs’ inability to alleviate Palestinian misery and, no less importantly, by their failure to help the Palestinians face the hard choices they will need to make if an orderly Palestinian state is ever to emerge.
要求以色列做出让步是完成合情合理、甚至是必需的。但是这些要求的可信性因为阿拉伯人无法减轻巴勒斯坦人的痛苦以及同等重要地，没能帮助巴勒斯坦人面对如果要实现一个有序的巴勒斯坦国他们将要面临的艰难选择而大打了折扣。