It is presidents who make the final decisions on arab-israeli peacemaking .

在阿拉伯-以色列和平谈判中下最终决定的是总统奥巴马。

Easy enough to say . The question is whether peacemaking can succeed .

简单来说，现在的问题就是和平调停能否成功。

The question is whether peacemaking can succeed .

问题便是和平调解能否成功。

Blind to israel 's record of peacemaking , the realists also overlook the broad confluence of american and israeli policies toward the process .

现实主义者非但对以色列维和纪录视而不见，还忽略了众多美以为推动和平进程而实施的共同政策。

It may be no coincidence that some of the most promising peacemaking between israel and the palestinians took place soon after the cold war ended .

可能不是巧合的是，一些最有希望的在巴以之间达成和平的努力都是在冷战之后才出现的。