2007年VOA标准英语-Israelis Observe Yom Kippur Under Tight Securit
时间：2019-01-09 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（九月）
Jerusalem
21 September 2007
Israelis are observing the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur under tight security. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the holiday coincides with a major Muslim observance, raising tensions in the Holy Land.
Israelis gathered at synagogues around the country for the holiest day on the Jewish calendar: Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement. It is a day of fasting in which the faithful ask God's forgiveness for their sins.
Security is tight. More than 2,000 Israeli police and soldiers deployed 1 in Jerusalem's walled Old City, where Muslims gathered for prayers at the Mosque 2 of al-Aksa, the site Jews call the Temple Mount.
Only Arabs with Israeli ID cards were allowed to attend the prayers marking the second Friday of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. Fearing terrorist attacks, Israel barred Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from entering the country.
Iyad, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem, told VOA that the restrictions 3 violate freedom of worship.
"This kind of collective punishment, it's hurting the Palestinian people," he said.
Just below the mosque, Jews prayed at the Western Wall, the last remnant of the biblical Temple.
Israeli worshipper Rachel Kass was glad to see all the police and soldiers.
"Because our security services are on high alert, we can be pretty certain that we'll be safe," she said.
Israel virtually shuts down on Yom Kippur. Places of entertainment are closed, radio and TV broadcasts have gone off the air, and there is no traffic on the streets.
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制