Moreover, once in power, the Herzog-Livni alliance would be met with serious challenges – beginning with reaching an agreement with the Palestinians. Given that the Palestinians’ political leadership is divided between the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank, and Hamas, which has established an Islamic fundamentalist regime in Gaza, a deal between Israel and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would mean little.
此外，一旦掌权，赫尔佐格 - 利夫尼联盟将会面临严峻的挑战——首先就是要与巴勒斯坦人达成协议。鉴于巴勒斯坦政治领导机构分为实际控制西岸的法塔赫领导的巴勒斯坦民族权力机构和在加沙建立伊斯兰原教旨主义政权的哈马斯，以色列和巴勒斯坦权力机构主席阿巴斯之间达成协议并没有多少实际意义。