128 以色列坚持要求联合国交出原始录像带

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128  以色列坚持要求联合国交出原始录像带

Israel Asks UN to Hand Over TapeRoss Dunn
Jerusalem
9 Jul 2001 14:32 UTC

Israel is insisting that the United Nations hand over an 1)unedited videotape related to the kidnapping of three Israeli soldiers last year along the border with Lebanon. U.N. officials say Israel can view the tape only if it is 2)censored to hide the faces of members of the militant¹ Islamic group, Hezbollah.
Israeli Defense² Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has written a strongly worded letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Anan about the affair. The letter says Israel finds the decision not to hand-over the original videotape to be 3)puzzling, and raises doubts about the 4)integrity of the 5)footage.
The video was taken 18-hours after the kidnapping, and shows Hezbollah members and vehicles with 6)fake U.N. signs, apparently³ used to 7)lure the soldiers into a trap. The families of the three abducted⁴ soldiers have issued a public demand for the United Nations to hand over an uncensored version of the videotape.
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Dore Gold, now a senior advisor⁵ to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, says the position taken by the world body is causing a crisis of confidence. Mr. Gold says that it is clear the United Nations does not want to help Israel for fear its troops in southern Lebanon will come under attack from Hezbollah. "This is part of the problem with peacekeeping forces and it is problem we have seen in other parts of the world," Mr. Gold said. "I think that peacekeeping forces put themselves many times in dangerous positions and they are concerned that if they lose their 8)neutrality they will be threatened, taken hostage. For example, this precise set of considerations affected⁶ the behavior of U.N. forces in the former Yugoslavia, in Bosnia".
A spokesman for the U.N. forces in Lebanon, Timor Goksel, says that it cannot be seen to provide information to either side for fear of risking its 9)reputation for - 10)impartiality and neutrality. But Mr. Gold says the net effect of this decision is to punish Israel unfairly.
He says by withdrawing its troops from southern Lebanon last year Israel had fulfilled U.N. resolutions. Hezbollah, on the other hand, backed by Syria and Lebanon, is 11)violating the U.N. resolutions. "There is a serious problem emerging here because the United Nations is concerned about its neutrality between Hezbollah and Israel. But there are times when neutrality is the wrong word to use".
Israel is demanding that the United Nations launch an internal 12)inquiry into the affair and, in particular, the role of members of the Indian 13)regiment in southern Lebanon, who were in the area of the kidnapping and also produced the videotape.

(1) unedited adj.未经编辑的，未经校订的
(2) censor[5sensE(r)]n.检查员vt.检查, 审查
(3) puzzling[`pQzlIN]adj.使迷惑的, 使莫明其妙的
(4) integrity[In5te^rItI]n.正直, 诚实, 完整, 完全, 完整性
(5) footage[5fJtIdV]n.电影胶片
(6) fake[feIk]n.假货, 欺骗adj.假的
(7) lure[lJE(r)]v.引诱
(8) neutrality[nju:5trAlEtI; (?@) nu:-]n.中立, 中性
(9) reputation[repjJ5teIF(E)n]n.名誉, 名声
(10) impartiality[`Im9pB:FI`AlEtI]n.不偏不倚, 公正, 公平
(11) violate[5vaIEleIt]vt.违反, 妨碍, 侵犯, 强暴
(12) inquiry[In5kwaIErI]n.质询, 调查
(13) regiment[5redVImEnt]n.团, 大群v.把...编组, 管辖

 

1 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。

2 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。

3 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

5 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。

6 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。