Finally, Palestinians have been exposed not only to the obvious hardships of occupation while living under Israeli rule for the better part of four decades; they were also able to experience, at close range, a liberal democracy at work - a free press, an independent judiciary, and political pluralism. The dialectic of occupation plays strange games, both with occupier and occupied.
最后一点，四十多年来，巴勒斯坦人民经历着领土被占的艰难和痛苦、大部分时间都生活在以色列法律下；但他们同时也经历了，近距离感受到了，一个自由的民主体系如何工作——新闻自由，司法独立、政治多元。占领的辩证性和占领者和被占领者玩了一个奇怪的游戏