Abbas’s withdrawal comes at a time when Palestinian frustration with the political process has rendered suspect the entire rationale behind the PA, established in the mid-1990’s, following the Oslo Accords. The main component of the PLO’s agreement with Israel was a five-year interim period during which negotiations were expected to lead to an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
阿巴斯的退让恰逢巴勒斯坦人对政治进程感到沮丧之时，而这种感觉使人们对巴勒斯坦当局于1990年代中期《奥斯陆协议》后确立的整个政治逻辑都怀疑不已。而当时巴解组织与以色列达成协议的主要内容，就是用五年的过渡期来展开谈判，并最终寻求在以色列国土旁建立一个巴勒斯坦国家。