相反，巴勒斯坦权力机构（PA）主席阿巴斯的策略是与以色列和谈，告别武装斗争，他受到了前所未有的孤立，尽管他在加沙战斗结束数日后成功地将巴勒斯坦在联合国的地位升格为“非成员观察国 ” 。
By contrast, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), who embraces peace negotiations with Israel and disavows armed struggle, is more isolated than ever, despite his success in upgrading Palestine’s status at the United Nations to that of “non-member observer state” days after the fighting in Gaza ended.