Netanyahu’s intention was essentially to force the Palestinians into admitting that the right of return of refugees applies only to the Palestinian state, not Israel. But the true significance of his demand lies in that it’s being pronounced at a time when Prime Minister Salam Fayaad’s policies are posing a genuine challenge to the Palestinian national movement to choose between an ethos of vindication and one of state building.
内塔尼亚胡的目的是迫使巴勒斯坦人承认难民回归权只适用于巴勒斯坦国，而对以色列不适用。但其真正的意义在于提出要求的时机选择在萨拉姆·法雅德总理的政策给巴勒斯坦民族运动带来真正挑战的时刻，要求巴民族运动在定罪和建国两者当中做出选择。