Without a strategic re-orientation of its own – to remain passive is a risky endeavor in a rapidly changing world order – Israel would further delegitimize and isolate itself internationally. A viable Israeli answer to the dramatic changes in the region – and to their already foreseeable consequences – can only take the form of a serious offer of negotiations to Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian government, with the objective of signing a comprehensive peace treaty.
结果以色列就陷入了一个日渐艰难的境地。由于其本身并未实施任何战略转向——在一个急速变化的世界秩序中持有消极态度实在是个危险之举——以色列将进一步失去其存在合法性并在国际上孤立自己。而以色列针对该区域激烈变革——以及他们已经预料到的后果——的积极回应只能是与阿巴斯领导下的巴勒斯坦权力机构展开认真谈判，并以此签署一个全面的和平条约。