As we all know, peace will come to the Middle East when Israel and Palestine agree to a two-state solution, with a viable Palestinian state rising from the rubble of more than 60 years of turbulence to live peacefully alongside Israel within the 1967 borders as modified through negotiation. All that is required is political will, brave leadership and a following wind. However, visitors to Israel and occupied Palestine may require increasing quantities of blind faith to go on repeating this mantra. There is no other acceptable outcome. But the chances of the dynamic external interventions necessary for this to happen seem slight.
我們都知道，中東和平需要這樣的先決條件：以色列和巴勒斯坦同意“兩國方案”(two-state solution)，在長達60多年的戰亂廢墟中，依照經談判修定的1967年邊界，建立一個能夠自立的巴勒斯坦國，與以色列和平共處。實現這一切所需的，不過是政治意愿、勇敢的領導層和順應時代潮流。然而，來到以色列和被占領的巴勒斯坦的外人，若想繼續重彈這個老調，可能需要越來越多的盲目信念。盡管沒有其它可接受的結果，但實現這一切所需的有力的外部干預，出現可能性很小。