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By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
27 November 2006
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday he is willing to dismantle1 settlements and release Palestinian prisoners to achieve a lasting2 peace with Palestinians. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem that a day earlier, Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza Strip, and most Palestinian militants4 agreed to stop firing rockets at towns in southern Israel, although there have been sporadic5 violations6.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (File) |
Mr. Olmert says, Israel is prepared to release long-serving Palestinian prisoners, dismantle West Bank settlements and redraw Israel's border with the Palestinians, so that a Palestinian state, with territorial9 continuity, can be established. He says, if initial steps are taken by Palestinians to ease violence, Israel will ease roadblocks and checkpoints in the West Bank.
On Saturday, Palestinians and Israelis agreed to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which Israel reentered in late June, after Palestinian militants kidnapped an Israeli soldier
Saeb Erekat is the senior Palestinian negotiator in talks with Israeli officials. He says the ceasefire should now be extended to the West Bank, and serve as a basis for broader talks that should lead to a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.
"The main thing here is that, what we achieved with the tahadiya [the truce] in Gaza must spread to the West Bank in the next two or three days, and then, this will open the political horizons," he said. "We hope that the Israeli side will abandon unilateralism, and opt10 for bilateralism, and we are ready to negotiate with them immediately on the end game and on the permanent status talks."
Mr. Olmert's remarks on Monday are just the latest development in a flurry of activity over the past week that has involved so far unsuccessful talks by the Palestinian factions11 Hamas and Fatah to form a unity government, discussions between senior Egyptian officials and Hamas leaders on a prisoner exchange with Israel, and the agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to enact12 a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
However, Hamas leaders, who control the Palestinian government, said Monday Mr. Olmert's remarks did not go far enough, and, while, for the first time in months, there were no clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops carried out raids in the West Bank, where a Palestinian militant3 along with a civilian13 woman were killed.
1 dismantle | |
vt.拆开,拆卸;废除,取消 | |
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2 lasting | |
adj.永久的,永恒的;vbl.持续,维持 | |
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3 militant | |
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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5 sporadic | |
adj.偶尔发生的 [反]regular;分散的 | |
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6 violations | |
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸 | |
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n.创始者,缔造者 | |
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n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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adj.领土的,领地的 | |
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vi.选择,决定做某事 | |
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11 factions | |
组织中的小派别,派系( faction的名词复数 ) | |
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vt.制定(法律);上演,扮演 | |
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13 civilian | |
adj.平民的,民用的,民众的 | |
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