Now that the duelling speeches are over, Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, clearly have a morning-after problem. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, does too. Mr Obama’s problem is that he cannot stop something with nothing. The UN General Assembly is in September likely to pass a resolution recognising a Palestinian state. That will ensure its speedy conversion into a Security Council resolution to declare Israel the occupying power of a UN member state.
战斗演说既已发表完毕,美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)和以色列总理本杰明•内塔尼亚胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)即将面临的显然是逞一时之快后的麻烦。巴勒斯坦自治政府主席马哈茂德•阿巴斯(Mahmoud Abbas)也是如此。奥巴马的麻烦是巧妇难为无米之炊。将于9月份召开的联合国大会(UNGA)很可能通过承认巴勒斯坦国的决议。此举一定会很快导致联合国安理会(Security Council)决议的出台,宣布以色列正在占领一个联合国成员国。