2006年VOA标准英语-Palestinian Factions Agree on Unity Government

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
11 September 2006

The two main Palestinian factions¹, Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a coalition² government. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem that Israeli officials say if a new Palestinian government meets international demands for the recognition of Israel, and ending violence, the Middle East peace process could be revitalized.

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Mahmoud Abbas right, meets with Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City, Monday

After months of fitful negotiations³, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, agreed to set aside their differences and form a coalition government to rule the Palestinian territories.

Fatah and Hamas have been feuding⁴, sometimes violently, for months - since Hamas won Palestinian parliamentary elections in January, ending the Fatah grip on power in the Palestinian territories. Saeb Erekat, a close associate of Mr. Abbas, says many of the details of the proposed new government still have to be worked out, but the agreement is a step forward.

"The most important thing now is what will be the outcome of the political program of this government," he said. "An agreement was reached in principle but there are many details to be ironed in the next coming days."

Erekat says any new government will have to agree on a common program. In the past, Mr. Abbas has said a coalition government would have to agree to a two-state solution and an end to violence against the state of Israel.

Israeli Foreign Ministry⁵ spokesman Mark Regev says the announcement will be viewed positively⁶ by Israel if the new government agrees to recognize Israel, stop violent attacks against Israelis, and help facilitate the release of an Israeli soldier being held by Palestinian militants⁸.

"If all that was done that would be an important confidence-building measure that would reopen the door to dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians and create a momentum⁹ in the peace process," he said.

Hamas leaders say the agreement is based on the so-called "prisoners document", which among other things calls for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and negotiations with Israel. But one senior Hamas leader says the militant⁷ group would not recognize Israel as demanded by the international community.

The Hamas-led government in the Palestinian territories has been crippled financially by the suspension of donor¹⁰ aid from the international community and customs and tax revenue that Israel had been transferring to the Palestinian Authority before Hamas assumed power. Most Palestinian civil servants have not been paid in nearly six months, and many have been on strike for more than a week in protest against the Hamas government's inability to pay their salaries.

1 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

2 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

3 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。

4 feuding   

vi.长期不和（feud的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Riccardo and Cafiero had been feuding so openly that the whole town knew about it. 里卡多和卡菲埃罗一直公开地闹别扭，全城的人都知道此事。 来自辞典例句
• The two families have been feuding with each other for many generations. 这两个家族有好多代的世仇了。 来自互联网

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

7 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。

8 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。

9 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

10 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。