VOA常速英语2007年-Hamas Cracks Down on Fatah in Gaza Strip

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
13 November 2007

Hamas militants¹ say they have arrested about 50 members of the rival Fatah political faction² in the Gaza Strip. The arrests came one day after seven people were killed in violence between the two factions³.  VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem. 

Monday's violence was the worst since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip from Fatah in June. 

Hamas gunmen reportedly opened fire at a mass demonstration⁴ called to commemorate⁵ the third anniversary of the death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.  In the ensuing violence, Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire, causing scenes of chaos⁶ reminiscent of the worst fighting between the two factions earlier this year. 

On Tuesday, Hamas militants arrested Fatah supporters in Gaza they claim were responsible for some of the violence at the rally, which was attended by an estimated 200,000 people.  Yasser Abd Rabo, a senior Fatah official and a close aide to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, accused Hamas of criminal behavior.

Rabo says Hamas militants in Gaza are isolating⁷ themselves from ordinary Palestinians and behaving like the Israeli occupation forces. 

President Abbas, whose Fatah-led government controls the West Bank, declared three days of mourning in the Palestinian territories.  Most businesses were closed in Gaza City Tuesday. 

Mohammed Dahlan, the senior Fatah leader in Gaza until he was forced to leave the territory in June, has called for more rallies to protest Hamas in Gaza, saying ordinary Palestinians have had enough of Hamas rule.

1 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。

2 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

3 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

4 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

5 commemorate   

vt.纪念，庆祝

参考例句：

• This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
• We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

6 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

7 isolating   

adj.孤立的，绝缘的v.使隔离( isolate的现在分词 )；将…剔出（以便看清和单独处理）；使（某物质、细胞等）分离；使离析

参考例句：

• Colour filters are not very effective in isolating narrow spectral bands. 一些滤色片不能很有效地分离狭窄的光谱带。 来自辞典例句
• This became known as the streak method for isolating bacteria. 这个方法以后就称为分离细菌的划线法。 来自辞典例句