The current realities that the Palestinians must reckon with include their strategic, political, and economic imbalance vis-à-vis Israel and the US, the reality of occupation, and the challenges of diaspora life. For example, Israel’s harsh policies to confront the 1987 intifada , coupled with the boycott of the PLO by oil-rich Arab countries (because of its failure to oppose Saddam Hussein’s occupation of Kuwait) formed a potent reality check for the Palestinian leadership.
巴勒斯坦人必须承认的现实情况包括他们面对以色列和美国在战略、政治和经济上的不平衡，被占领的事实和颠沛流离的生活所带来的挑战。例如，以色列针对1987年抗暴起义的强硬政策，加上富产石油的阿拉伯国家对巴解组织的联合抵制（因为该组织没有反对萨达姆占领科威特）就是巴勒斯坦的领导层所要应对的严酷现实。