87 以色列同意暂时停火并与巴勒斯坦恢复信任

87 以色列同意暂时停火并与巴勒斯坦恢复信任

Sharon, Powell Agree on Timetable to Rebuild Confidence
Ross Dunn
Jerusalem
29 Jun 2001 01:18 UTC

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Secretary of State Colin Powell have agreed on a seven-day violence-free period to test a U.S.-brokered cease-fire with the Palestinians. This would be followed by a 1)cooling off period of six weeks and the introduction of measures to re-build trust between the two sides.
Mr. Sharon and Mr. Powell announced an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians toward a 2)resumption of peace 3)negotiations¹.
Appearing at a joint² news conference, they said there must be a seven-day period of complete calm, followed by a cooling-off period.
Mr. Sharon says he and Mr. Powell are completely 4)in accord with the 5)principle that the violence must stop before political progress can begin. "As the secretary just said now, it should be completely quiet, and then we'll start with those seven days, where we have to check whether that really works and, of course, we will continue for six weeks," said Mr. Sharon.
Mr. Powell made it clear that before negotiations can re-start, there must be a halt to the 6)bloodshed that began last September and has left nearly 600 people dead. "This is a package," he said. "It is a plan. It will work, if we can get the violence ended. So, let that be our strongest wish. Let that also be the object of all our efforts in the days and weeks ahead."
Mr. Powell strongly condemned³ the killing⁴ of a Jewish settler woman on Thursday by Palestinian gunmen.
Mr. Arafat pledged his commitment to 7)halting all such attacks during his talks with Mr. Powell in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
Mr. Powell hopes that if the 8)truce is secured, it will eventually lead to a resumption of negotiations aimed at a 9)permanent end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "[What] we are trying to indicate through this process," he said, "is that you will slowly build up a level of trust and confidence that will lead to a point that the sides will feel they have developed enough trust and confidence, that they can go back into final status negotiations." Mr. Powell also 10)clarified earlier remarks about observers to monitor the violence. "Earlier today, when we were talking about monitors and observers, I had it in the context of what the two sides might decide to do within their own resources, or whatever resources might be appropriate by 11)mutual agreement, not some outside group of forces coming in," he said. "The word force was used in one of the [media] reports. No such thought, no such consideration. We have spoken against that kind of 12)intervention previously⁵."
Mr. Sharon also re-stated his opposition⁶ to the idea of international observers to monitor steps taken by Israel and the Palestinians. He has relied on U.S. government support to block such a move in meetings of the U.N. 13)Security Council.
The Israeli leader says outsiders are not needed to establish the facts about violent incidents.

(1) cool off v.变凉, 平静下来
(2) resumption[rI5zQmpF(E)n]n.取回, 恢复, (中断后)再继续
(3) negotiation[nI^EJFI5eIF(E)n]n.商议, 谈判, 流通
(4) in accord with adv.与...一致
(5) principle[5prInsIp(E)l]n.法则, 原则, 原理
(6) bloodshed[5blQdFed]n.流血
(7) halt[hC:lt, hRlt]n.停止, 暂停, 中断vt.使停止, 使立定
(8) truce[tru:s]n.休战, 休战协定, 休止
(9) permanent[5p:mEnEnt]adj.永久的, 持久的
(10) clarify[5klArIfaI]v.澄清, 阐明
(11) mutual[5mju:tjJEl]adj.相互的, 共有的
(12) intervention[IntE5venF(E)n]n.干涉
(13) Security Council n.联合国安全理事会

 

1 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。

2 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。

3 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。