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161 美国再次呼吁中东停止暴力行为
US Warns Against Violence in the Middle East
David Gollust
State Department
13 Jul 2001 19:26 UTC
The United States is renewing its appeals to the Middle East parties for 1)restraint with the State Department saying there is no U.S. "green light" for tougher Israeli military action against the Palestinians.
The 2)upsurge of Israeli-Palestinian violence in recent days has been accompanied by news reports from Israel suggesting that a major military thrust and even the 3)recapture of the West Bank and Gaza is at least an option being discussed by Israeli leaders.
Briefing reporters here, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the United States is 4)counseling restraint and has by no means given its 5)assent to any Israeli escalation. "The United States has very consistently been in touch with Israel urging the Israeli government, as other parties in the region, to exercise restraint, to avoid anything that would 6)provoke or incite more violence," Mr. Boucher said. "We've certainly never given any kind of green light for Israeli military action. We've consistently urged them to exercise 7)maximum efforts to end the violence and avoid provocation and 8)incitement."
The spokesman said Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon late Thursday, 9)underscored the importance of "immediate" action by both sides to prevent further 10)deterioration on the ground.
Another official said that in the discussion, initiated by Mr. Sharon, Secretary Powell also reiterated U.S. opposition to Israel's recent 11)bulldozing 12)forays into Palestinian areas and targeted killings of Palestinian militants.
The Bush administration is continuing to press the sides to make good on cease-fire promises so they can move on to implementation of the peace 13)roadmap of the U.S.-led Mitchell commission.
Spokesman Boucher said the U.S. effort is open-ended, but he said that if violence goes on the Mitchell report --at some point -- goes from being a bridge to peace to just another document on the shelf. "It's not easy to say, you know, when everything turns into a pumpkin. On the other hand," Mr. Boucher added, "it's quite clear that the moment is now, and the time is now, and the effort needs to be made to stop the violence because people are still getting hurt, people are still unable to live normal lives, and that's what we want to return to first and foremost, and use that as a way to build confidence and get back to a peace negotiation."
Mr. Boucher said the administration is in constant touch with the parties -- with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield 14)shuttling in the region, and a parade of Israeli leaders due in Washington next week including Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
(1) restraint[rI5streInt]n.抑制, 制止, 克制
(2) upsurge[5Qps:dV]n.高潮
(3) recapture[ri:5kAptFE(r)]n. vt.取回, 夺回
(4) counsel[5kaJns(E)l]n.讨论, 商议, 辩护律师vt.劝告, 忠告
(5) assent to v.同意
(6) provoke[prE5vEJk]vt.激怒, 挑拨, 煽动, 惹起, 驱使
(7) maximum[5mAksImEm]n.最大量, 最大限度adj.最高的, 最多的
(8) incitement[In`saItmEnt]n.刺激, 激励物
(9) underscore[ 9QndE`skR:(r) ]vt.划线于...下, 强调n.底线
(10) deterioration n.变坏, 退化, 堕落
(11) bulldoze[5bJldEJz]v.威吓, 欺负
(12) foray[5fRreI; (?@) 5fC:reI]vi.袭击n.袭击
(13) roadmap n.路标
(14) shuttle[5FQt(E)l]n.往返汽车(列车、飞机), 航天飞机, 穿梭v.穿梭往返
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