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.
我们都知道，中东和平需要这样的先决条件：以色列和巴勒斯坦同意“两国方案”(two-state solution)，在长达60多年的战乱废墟中，依照经谈判修定的1967年边界，建立一个能够自立的巴勒斯坦国，与以色列和平共处。实现这一切所需的，不过是政治意愿、勇敢的领导层和顺应时代潮流。然而，来到以色列和被占领的巴勒斯坦的外人，若想继续重弹这个老调，可能需要越来越多的盲目信念。尽管没有其它可接受的结果，但实现这一切所需的有力的外部干预，出现可能性很小。