Palestinian PM Appeals for Help to Stop Israeli Demolition o

 

Ruth Elkins

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia has welcomed the offer of an Israeli withdrawal¹ from Gaza, but says he wants to return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. And, in talks with U.S. National Security Advisor² Condoleezza Rice, he also appealed for help to end the Israeli demolition³ of Palestinian homes to enlarge a security zone in Gaza.

Speaking after his meeting with Ms. Rice, Prime Minister Qureia welcomed the Israeli offer to evacuate⁴ all Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, but said it can only be part of a wider negotiated agreement.

Mr. Qureia said serious negotiations⁵ are needed with the support of the international sponsors of the road map peace plan, the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union. He said experience shows that giving the process all the time it needs has not worked, so he wants the fastest possible return to the negotiating table.

The Palestinian prime minister also urged the United States to stop Israel from destroying more homes in Gaza, where it is widening a security zone where five Israeli soldiers were killed last week.

Ms. Rice said the United States is discussing the issue with Israel, but she made no promises.

The talks in the German capital follow Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to Washington last month, when President Bush endorsed⁷ his unilateral Gaza withdrawal plan. The U.S. decision was very controversial among Arab countries. Mr. Qureia met Saturday with Secretary of State Colin Powell in Jordan.

Palestinians are concerned that the road map's promise of statehood next year is now impossible because the process has been stalled for so long. But Ms. Rice said the goal is still achievable.

"When things start to move, they can move very rapidly," she said. "But you really have to get started. And what I wanted to emphasize today to Prime Minster Qureia is that we really want to see the Palestinians get started on their part of the road map."

President Bush's national security adviser⁸ described her one-and-one-half-hour meeting with Mr. Qureia as good, and said they discussed the establishment of the institutions needed to begin preparing for Palestinian statehood.

注释:
National Security Advisor 国家安全事务顾问
Condoleezza Rice 堪多丽萨·赖斯
demolition [7demE5liFEn] n. 毁坏
evacuate [i5vAkjueit] v. 撤离
sponsors [5spCnsE] n. 负责人
endorse⁶ [in5dC:s] v. 签署
unilateral [5ju:ni5lAtErEl] adj. 单方面
controversial [7kCntrE5vE:FEl] adj. 争议的
Secretary of State 国务卿
Jordan [5dVC:dn] n. 约旦（位于西南亚的国家）
statehood 作为州存在
stall [stC:l] v. 停止

 

1 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

2 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

3 demolition   

n.破坏,毁坏,毁坏之遗迹

参考例句：

• The church has been threatened with demolition for years. 这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。
• The project required the total demolition of the old bridge. 该项目要求将老桥完全拆毁。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 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。

6 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

7 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。