2007年VOA标准英语-Police Remove Jewish Settlers From Hebron House

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
07 August 2007

Israeli police and army units removed two Jewish settler families from a house in the West Bank city of Hebron early Tuesday. More than a dozen police were injured in the incident and eleven Jewish settlers were arrested. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau.

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Israeli police officers carry a Jewish settler as he is evacuated from a house in the West Bank town of Hebron, 07 Aug 2007

Police moved in at dawn to remove the two families who have been squatting² in apartments near the Hebron market for several months. About 500 militant³ Jewish settlers live in the area surrounded by Hebron's 160,000 Palestinian residents.

Clashes between the two groups occur daily, but on Tuesday it was Israeli police who clashed with the settlers.

"Upon entering the site, unfortunately stones were thrown at our police personnel at the beginning," said Mickey Rosenfeld, the spokesman for the Israeli police. "Over fourteen police officers were injured, not specifically at that area, but in and around the market area, which is a problematic dense⁴ area."

The area around the Hebron market has been closed since 1994 when the Jewish settler, Baruch Goldstein opened fire at a shrine⁵ venerated⁶ by both Muslims and Jews, killing⁷ 29 Palestinians. Ever since, settlers have been seeking to re-establish a presence in the area.

The Hebron settlers say they properties they were evicted⁸ from on Tuesday were owned by Jews until 1948 when Jordan seized the area during Israel's War of Independence. After Israel captured the area in the 1967 Six Day War, Jewish settlers returned to Hebron. Noam Arnon, a spokesman for the settlers told Israeli Radio that the settlers are not giving up.

Arnon says the settlers will attempt to return to the properties and that Israeli leaders should not try and prevent them from doing so.

Tuesday's operation came as Israeli military authorities sentenced 12 Israeli soldiers to jail terms of up to four weeks for refusing to take part in the Hebron operation. The soldiers belonged to units made up mainly of orthodox Jews who support Israeli settlements in the West Bank. When told they were being mobilized to Hebron to enforce the court-ordered evictions they refused.

It was the first instance of Israeli soldiers disobeying orders since several refused to take part in operations to remove about 9,000 settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005. A spokesman for the Israeli Defense⁹ Forces says the IDF will deal harshly with any Israeli soldiers who refuse to follow orders no matter what their personal beliefs may be.

1 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

2 squatting   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road. 他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。
• They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years. 他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

4 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

5 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

6 venerated   

敬重（某人或某事物），崇敬( venerate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My father venerated General Eisenhower. 我父亲十分敬仰艾森豪威尔将军。
• He used the sacraments and venerated the saints. 他行使圣事，崇拜圣人。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史

7 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。

8 evicted   

v.（依法从房屋里或土地上）驱逐，赶出( evict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
• They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。