He never had a chance. Palestinian rivals, both from his own Fatah party and from the Islamists of Hamas, as well as the Israelis, perceived Abbas’s civility as weakness.
而他却从未获得机会。他的巴勒斯坦对手，既来自他自己的法塔赫党，也有来自伊斯兰主义的哈马斯，以及以色列人都将他的文人作风视为软弱。