VOA标准英语2010年-Israel's Netanyahu Defends Deadly Raid
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(八)月
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits before testifying in front of a state-appointed inquiry 1 commission into the Israeli naval 2 raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, in Jerusalem, 9 Aug 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified before a state inquiry commission and defended Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in late May. He was the first witness in a probe examining the government's decision to send naval commandos to intercept 3 six ships trying to break Israel's three-year blockade on the Gaza Strip.
The commandos encountered violent resistance, and nine pro-Palestinian activists 4 were killed. Israel established the commission in an attempt to appease 5 international outrage 6 about the incident.
But despite allegations of excessive use of force, Mr. Netanyahu praised Israeli troops for what he described as "remarkable 7 courage." His spokesman Mark Regev said, "Let's be clear here. Everything that we know indicates that, first of all, our interception 8 was perfectly 9 legal. Our naval servicemen were acting 10 in self-defense."
The Gaza-bound flotilla was in international waters when Israeli commandos raided it.
Mr. Netanyahu accused Turkey, which unofficially sponsored the flotilla, of ignoring Israel's diplomatic efforts to avoid a clash on the high seas. He said Turkey was apparently 11 not interested in restraining activists who attacked the commandos with clubs and knives.
Regev says it was a provocation 12, plain and simple. "The violence was initiated 13 by those hardcore Turkish activists who came here looking for a fight. They got that fight. They initiated the violence; they are responsible for the violence."
Eight of the activists killed were Turkish citizens and one was Turkish-American. Since the incident, the once-warm ties between Israel and Turkey have chilled. Turkey has joined other Muslim countries in demanding that Israel lift the blockade on Gaza.
Israel has responded to international pressure by easing the land blockade. But Prime Minister Netanyahu said the naval blockade will remain in force to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas, the Palestinian militant 14 group that rules the Gaza Strip.
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
- Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
- The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
- Aerial photography can provide valuable information on precipitation, evapotraspiration, interception, and runoff. 航空摄影可提供有关降水量、蒸发蒸腾量、入渗和径流量的有价值的资料。
- Light interception and distribution in hedgerow orchards with different alleyway widths is indicated in Fig. 56. 图56显示篱壁果园不同行间宽度的光能截取和分配的情况。
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- 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。
- He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
- They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。