It is almost two decades since the “quartet” – the UN, the United States, the European Union, and Russia – agreed that the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government should establish peace by coexisting as two separate states. And yet, while US President Barack Obama has referred to the quartet’s decision as his guiding principle for diplomatic action on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the situation remains as dire as ever, because the devil remains in the details.
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 过去近20年来，“四方”——联合国、美国、欧盟和俄罗斯——都同意，巴勒斯坦权力机构和以色列政府应该以两个相互分离的共存国家身份实现和平。但是，尽管美国总统奥巴马将四方决定作为其在以巴冲突问题上的外交指导原则，但以巴局势并没有因此得到进展，因为在诸多细节上根本无法达成一致。