The process fell victim to the parties’ inability to bridge the gap between what was politically feasible for them and what was required for a settlement. Trapped between the possible and the necessary, Israelis and Palestinians simply learned to live without a solution.
而和平进程之所以失败，原因就是在政治可行性和达成协议的必要条件之间存在着相当明显的分歧，而双边各方却无力将其弥合。以至于在可能性和必要性之间左右为难的以色列人和巴勒斯坦人，都已经学会了如何在没有和平方案的情境下生活。