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After Aiding Injured Israelis, A Palestinian Is Targeted For Abuse 

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Now here is a story about people who stepped up and did a good deed but are paying a price for it. That's because the act of humanity was in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a place steeped in stereotypes³ and animosity. The victims were Israelis. Two Palestinians came to their rescue, but they have faced a lot of different reactions. NPR's Nick Schifrin reports.

NICK SCHIFRIN, BYLINE⁴: In a modest home outside the West Bank city of Hebron, a 28-year-old Palestinian man sits between his doting⁵ parents. He has a bashful smile. He asked me not to record his voice, fearing retaliation⁶ for the story he's about to tell. On July the 1, he and his wife were driving and saw an overturned van. Inside were Jewish settlers who'd been ambushed⁷ by a Palestinian militant⁸. In the backseat, the boy was screaming, his sister next to him wounded badly in the abdomen⁹, their mother in the driver's seat gasping¹⁰ for air. In the passenger seat, their father was already dead.

The Palestinian rescuer wrestled¹¹ the backdoor open and managed to carry the two kids to his own car. That's when another Palestinian, Dr. Ali Shroukh, arrived. He calls the Palestinian rescuer his brother.

ALI SHROUKH: I stopped to help. It is so dangerous for me and for my brothers, you understand? It's so dangerous.

SCHIFRIN: Dangerous because they feared Israeli soldiers would mistake them for the shooter. But Shroukh and the anonymous¹² rescuer worked free the mother from a seatbelt that was still strangling her.

SHROUKH: One minute when I had been there gave her the life. We give her the life.

SCHIFRIN: But they were criticized by Palestinians who arrived on the scene, some of whom even threatened the surviving children. Palestinians in this community see settlers as moving into captured land, cutting apart their hopes for independence. They even claim Israeli medics have at times refused to help injured Palestinians. But the first Palestinian rescuer shielded the Jewish children, saying - and I'm quoting him here - "they're under my protection."

Soon Israeli medics arrived and the Palestinians dispersed¹³. But that wasn't the end. While the doctor has faced few problems - his profession gives him cover - the first rescuer has faced withering¹⁴ Facebook criticism. He was called a spy and traitor¹⁵ for helping¹⁶ Jews. His employer fired him. That's why he wants to remain anonymous.

This is where Yochai Damari comes in. He is the head of the local Jewish settlers' council and spoke¹⁷ to me through an interpreter. He says the slain¹⁸ father, Rabbi Mickey Mark, was one of his best friends.

YOCHAI DAMARI: (Through interpreter) We went every morning and go for prayers. We would study Torah. We would talk about life.

SCHIFRIN: Damari admits he's vilified¹⁹ Palestinians in the past. But the incident seems to have changed him. He is asking Israel's government to help the Palestinian rescuer find a new job.

DAMARI: (Through interpreter) We live in stereotypes of bad people and good people. He made sure that the children were not hurt and were not kidnapped. It moved me a lot to know that there are people there who don't want to kill us. When the stereotypes break, I think this is very important.

SCHIFRIN: It hasn't been easy for the Palestinian rescuer or his parents. But when I told them a settler leader had called him a hero, his mother responded with a story. She said earlier this year, her son had been in a very bad motorcycle accident. He had to be revived. And at first, the doctor had told her her son was dead.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Through interpreter) I rushed to the hospital. And I looked at him as he was badly injured and I said, get up, get up. I want you to help people. Live in order to help others. And my son helped others. He lived in order to make others live.

SCHIFRIN: Her son did live and fulfilled his mother's vision. He says stereotype² prevents Israelis and Palestinians from seeing each other as people. He said he only wished that acts of humanity weren't considered political. Nick Schifrin, NPR News, outside of Hebron.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。

3 stereotypes   

n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 doting   

adj.溺爱的，宠爱的

参考例句：

• His doting parents bought him his first racing bike at 13.宠爱他的父母在他13岁时就给他买了第一辆竞速自行车。
• The doting husband catered to his wife's every wish.这位宠爱妻子的丈夫总是高度满足太太的各项要求。

6 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 ambushed   

v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The military vehicles were ambushed. 军车遭到伏击。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

9 abdomen   

n.腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部分)

参考例句：

• How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎样知道肚子里面有蛔虫？
• He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因时隐时现的腹痛而焦虑。

10 gasping   

adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词

参考例句：

• He was gasping for breath. 他在喘气。
• "Did you need a drink?""Yes, I'm gasping!” “你要喝点什么吗？”“我巴不得能喝点！”

11 wrestled   

v.（与某人）搏斗( wrestle的过去式和过去分词 )；扭成一团；扭打；（与…）摔跤

参考例句：

• As a boy he had boxed and wrestled. 他小的时候又是打拳又是摔跤。
• Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. 武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

13 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

14 withering   

使人畏缩的，使人害羞的，使人难堪的

参考例句：

• She gave him a withering look. 她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。
• The grass is gradually dried-up and withering and pallen leaves. 草渐渐干枯、枯萎并落叶。

15 traitor   

n.叛徒，卖国贼

参考例句：

• The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
• He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。

16 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

17 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

18 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

19 vilified   

v.中伤，诽谤( vilify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was vilified in newspapers. 他在报纸上受到了诽谤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She was vilified by the press for her controversial views. 因她持有异议，新闻界对她横加挞伐。 来自互联网