奥斯陆进程企图自上而下地实现巴勒斯坦建国：建立巴勒斯坦民族权力机构、向其移交土地、逐步扩大权力、为其配备武器提供资金、举行选举、这样巴勒斯坦国就会慢慢崛起。
The Oslo process tried to build a Palestinian state from the top down: create a Palestinian national authority, hand over territory to it, give it increasing power, arm it and finance it, hold elections, and a Palestinian state would emerge.