The PLO will likely gain much from Abbas’s decision, because it de-emphasizes the status of the PA president and raises the profile of his post as chairman of the PLO’s executive committee. That shift, in turn, clears the way for a generational change in leadership – and, more importantly, a transition to post-Oslo politics.
而巴解组织将可能从阿巴斯的决定中得到很多好处，因为这个决定一方面弱化了巴勒斯塔民主权力机构总统的权威，另一方面却提升了阿巴斯本人作为巴解组织执行委员会主席的地位。这一上一下反过来为领导层的更新换代铺平了道路——而更重要的是，向后《奥斯陆协议》时代的转换。