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White House Clarifies Cheney Remarks On Israeli Assassination¹ Policy

Scott Stearns

Washington

4 Aug 2001 06:17 UTC

 

The White House says Vice² President Dick Cheney does not support Israel's policy of 1)assassinating Palestinians it considers a security threat. The 2)assurance comes a day after Mr. Cheney made televised comments appearing to suggest "some justification³" for Israel's actions.

White House spokesman Ari Fleishcer says the Vice President was not suggesting that Israel is justified⁴ in its assassination policy. Instead, Mr. Fleischer says Mr. Cheney was saying that both Israel and the Palestinians find ways to 3)justify continuing violence.

"The Vice President, the President and Secretary of State are all in 4)unison about the need to stop the violence in Israel, and what the Vice President was reflecting on, and when I say violence in Israel that includes the 5)region, what the Vice President was reflecting on is how both parties see justification in the actions they take," he said. "It is the policy of the United States to oppose these killings⁵."

Mr. Cheney's comments in an American television interview drew sharp 6)criticism from Palestinian leaders who say the Vice President is encouraging Israel to continue its attacks. An Israeli 7)helicopter raid in the West Bank town of Nablus Tuesday killed six Hamas militants⁶ and two young boys. Tens of thousands of Palestinians 8)marched in a mass 9)funeral the following day calling for more attacks against Israel.

Mr. Fleischer says the Vice President made it clear he favors both Israelis and Palestinians returning to a cease-fire and stopping the violence. "He said clearly himself that it would be 10)preferable if they could work with the Palestinians, the Palestinian authorities of whatever stripe could be headed-off, imprisoned⁷, and tried rather than having them actually assassinated," he said. "So I think he is clearly stating his 11)preferences."

In the television interview, Mr. Cheney said that, if there is hard evidence of someone planning a 12)suicide bomb attack, for example, Israel would have "some justification in their trying to protect themselves by pre-empting."

 

 

(1)      assassinate[E5sAsIneIt]vt.暗杀, 行刺

(2)      assurance[E5FJErEns; (?@) E5FJErEns]n.确信, 断言, 保证, 担保

(3)      justify[5dVQstIfaI]v.证明...是正当的

(4)      unison[5ju:nIs(E)n]n.调和, 和谐, 一致

(5)      region[5ri:dVEn]n.区域, 地方, (世界上某个特定的)地区

(6)      criticism[5krItIsIz(E)m]n.批评, 批判

(7)      helicopter[5helIkRptE(r)]n.直升(飞)机, 直升机

(8)      march[mB:tF]n.行军, 步伐vi.进军, 前进vt.使行军, 使行进

(9)      funeral[5fju:5nEr(E)l]n.葬礼, 出殡

(10)      preferable[5prefErEb(E)l]adj.更可取的, 更好的, 更优越的

(11)      preference[5prefErEns]n.偏爱, 优先选择

(12)      suicide[5su:IsaId, 5sju:-]n.自杀, 自毁

 

 

 

1 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 justification   

n.正当的理由；辩解的理由

参考例句：

• There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
• In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。

4 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

5 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

6 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

7 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。