The failure for more than a year to make any progress in negotiations with Israel has convinced Abbas and his colleagues to pursue the UN option. And Israel’s continuing settlement construction on the West Bank has sharpened their sense that negotiations would not be productive, whereas the raft of UN resolutions supporting a two-state solution could now be put to the test.
与以色列的谈判在一年多的时间里没有任何进展，这使阿巴斯及其同事相信，只有追求联合国会员国资格才能解决问题。以色列仍在约旦河西岸不断地建设定居点，这使得阿巴斯及其同事愈加认定靠谈判无法达成建设性成果，只能寄希望于联合国一地两国的解决方案了。