In RECENT months the poor Palestinians have, not for the first time, found themselves used as the rope in the tug-of-war between the Middle East's "accommodationist" and "rejectionist" governments.

近几个月来，可怜的巴勒斯坦人发现，他们成了中东地区“妥协派”和“强硬派”(拒绝承认以色列)之间拔河比赛的拉绳。这也并非第一次如此了。