内塔尼亚胡称穆斯林隐身于大屠杀背后

AS IT IS 2015-10-23 Netanyahu Says Muslim Was Behind Holocaust¹ 内塔尼亚胡称穆斯林隐身于大屠杀背后

Benjamin Netanyahu tried Thursday to recover from saying a religious Muslim was behind the Holocaust in World War II.

Mr. Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, suggested that Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Muslim religious leader, influenced Adolf Hitler to kill Jews during the war.

“Hitler did not want to exterminate² the Jews at the time,” Mr. Netanyahu said. “He wanted to expel the Jews (from Germany). And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, ‘If you expel them, they will all come here.’ ‘So what should I do with them?’ he asked. He said, ‘Burn them.’”

About 6 million Jews are reported to have died during the war. Nazi³ Germany’s genocide program is now called the Holocaust.

Palestinian leaders and many Israelis immediately denounced Mr. Netanyahu’s comments. They said his statements enflamed current violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Holocaust experts and survivors⁴ criticized the statements as historically wrong.

On Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu and United States Secretary of State John Kerry met in the German capital, Berlin. Secretary Kerry called for an end to the deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians. At least eight Israelis and about 50 Palestinians have been killed since the violence worsened a month ago.

After his meeting with the Israeli leader, Secretary Kerry spoke⁵ to reporters.

“It is absolutely critical to end all incitement⁶ and all violence and find a road forward to build the possibility that is not there today for a larger process.”

Mr. Kerry is to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday.

Mr. Netanyahu did not heed⁷ Mr. Kerry’s advice when he spoke to reporters.

He said, “Incitement from Hamas, incitement from the Islamist movement in Israel, and incitement, I am sorry to say, from President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority.”

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also has met with Israel and Palestinian leaders. On Wednesday, Mr. Ban said he was, in his words, “not optimistic,” after the talks. He urged both sides to work to end the violence before it becomes another Palestinian uprising.

Mr. Ban met with President Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah. After the meeting, he said: “We will continue to support all efforts to create the conditions to make meaningful negotiations⁸ possible. Our most urgent challenge is to stop the current wave of violence and avoid any further loss of life.”

On Wednesday, Mr. Abbas told reporters during a joint⁹ press conference with Mr. Ban that Israel is to blame for the increase in violence.

Secretary Kerry will travel to Vienna, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. He plans to meet with Russian, Turkish and Saudi leaders to talk about the conflict in Syria and security in the Middle East

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uprising – n. a usually violent effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country

exterminate – v. to destroy or kill (a group of people or animals) completely

diabolical¹⁰ – adj. extremely evil

optimistic – adj. hopeful and sure of the future

unfortunately – adv. sadly or regrettably

1 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

2 exterminate   

v.扑灭，消灭，根绝

参考例句：

• Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.有些人在植物上喷撒毒剂以杀死花园内的昆虫。
• Woodpeckers can exterminate insect pests hiding in trees.啄木鸟能消灭躲在树里的害虫。

3 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

4 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

5 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。

6 incitement   

激励； 刺激； 煽动； 激励物

参考例句：

• incitement to racial hatred 种族仇恨的挑起
• Interest is an incitement to study. 兴趣刺激学习。

7 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

8 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

10 diabolical   

adj.恶魔似的，凶暴的

参考例句：

• This maneuver of his is a diabolical conspiracy.他这一手是一个居心叵测的大阴谋。
• One speaker today called the plan diabolical and sinister.今天一名发言人称该计划阴险恶毒。