The fact is that every situation in which a dominant power confronts those it condemns as terrorists sooner or later ends in negotiations. In Algeria, South Africa, and Northern Ireland, those in power invariably claimed that they had no partner for peace – until they made peace with the very “terrorists” they had spent decades vilifying.
其次，以色列反复声明，它没有潜在的和平伙伴。事实上，以色列已陷入了深刻的否认，内塔尼亚胡在其获得成功的竞选中轻蔑地拒绝两国方案就是明证。事实是，凡是主宰力量与被它谴责为恐怖分子存在冲突局面，迟早都要以磋商解决问题。在阿尔及利亚、南非和北爱尔兰，掌权者无一例外地宣布它们没有和平伙伴——直到它们与它们中伤了几十年的“恐怖分子”缔结和平。