The more Israel pursued settlement construction, and the more it entrenched the apparatus of military occupation, building checkpoints and walls, the more Fatah and the PA appeared to have capitulated, and the more Hamas's uncompromising position gained in appeal.

以色列越是追求建设定居点，越是巩固军事占领机构，建立检查站和隔离墙，法塔赫和巴勒斯坦权力机构就越是屈服，哈马斯的不妥协立场也就越有吸引力。