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Mideast Cease-Fire in Trouble?

Meredith Buel

Jerusalem

20 Jun 2001 23:46 UTC

 

Israel says it will continue to 1)implement¹ a cease-fire with the Palestinians, an announcement Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says is an attempt to 2)deceive international public opinion. An Israeli and a Palestinian man were killed Wednesday as the violence continued.

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man near a 3)checkpoint close to the West Bank town of Ramallah. The Israeli army says a Jewish settler was killed by Palestinian gunmen in a drive-by shooting near the West Bank town of Nablus.

The violence came after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his top security officials issued a statement saying Israel will continue efforts to implement a U.S. brokered² 4)truce³ with the Palestinians. The statement followed a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet called by the prime minister to 5)reassess the cease-fire.

Israel says it will not 6)pull back soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza until there is an end to terrorist attacks.

The cease-fire agreement calls on Israel to 7)redeploy its troops to positions held before the Palestinian uprising began nearly nine-months ago.

A spokesman for the prime minister, Dore Gold, says future decisions on easing the closure on the Palestinian territories will depend on how well the cease-fire 8)holds. "I would say we have to take each step at a time, rather than speak about an overarching principle of Israeli policy at the present," he said. "The situation is very fluid. The cease-fire, which barely exists, is 9)fragile. The priority of the government will be to protect the security of the citizens of Israel."

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat denounced as a "lie" Israel's declaration that it remains⁴ committed to the cease-fire. He told reporters the move "is an attempt to deceive international public opinion."

Mr. Arafat said Israel is still firing tanks and machine guns, and 10)accused Jewish settlers of continuing violence while under the protection of the army.

The truce was negotiated by the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet, who has played a key role in security discussions between Israel and the Palestinians.

Prime Minister Sharon is scheduled to discuss the cease-fire with President Bush during a trip next week to Washington.

More than 600 people, mostly Palestinians, have died since the 11)conflict began last September.

 

 

(1)      implement[5ImplImEnt]vt.贯彻, 实现v.执行

(2)      deceive[dI5si:v]v.欺骗, 行骗

(3)      checkpoint[5tFekpCInt]n.检查站

(4)      truce [ tru:s ] n.休战, 休战协定, 休止

(5)      reassess[ri:E5ses]v.再估价, 再评价, 再课税

(6)      pull back把...向后拉,反悔,(使)撤退,紧缩开支

(7)      redeploy[ri:dI5plCI]vt.调防, 重新部署vi.重新部署

(8)      hold v.保存,把握

(9)      fragile[5frAdVaIl; (?@) 5frAdVl]adj.易碎的, 脆的

(10)      accuse[E5kju:z]vt.控告, 谴责, 非难

(11)      conflict[5kRnflIkt]n.斗争, 冲突vi.抵触, 冲突

 

 

1 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

2 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白

3 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。