Hamas’s crushing defeat of Fatah in this week’s elections brings the Palestinian people to a crossroads. An Islamist political party that previously abstained from national politics and rejects Fatah’s policy of negotiations with Israel, is now in charge in Palestine.
在本周举行的选举中，哈马斯一举挫败法塔赫，从而将巴勒斯坦人民带到了一个十字路口。作为一个伊斯兰政治党派，哈马斯以往缺席全国性政治并且拒绝法塔赫与以色列谈判的政策，现在执掌了巴勒斯坦。