VOA标准英语2010年-Israel Reacts Angrily to US Threat of
时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(一月)
U.S. Middle East envoy 1 says the United States could withhold 2 loan guarantees if Israel fails to advance the peace process.
Robert Berger | Jerusalem 10 January 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, 27 Dec. 2009.
The stalled Middle East peace process is continuing to raise tensions between Israel and the United States. Israel says Washington is blaming the wrong party.
Israel reacted angrily to a threat by the United States to impose sanctions on the Jewish state. In an American TV interview, Middle East envoy George Mitchell said the United States could withhold loan guarantees if Israel fails to advance the peace process.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded that the Palestinians have refused to resume peace talks despite Israeli concessions 3. The Palestinians have demanded a complete freeze on settlement expansion before returning to negotiations 4 and reject Israel's offer of a partial freeze.
At the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Mr. Netanyahu also accused the western-backed Palestinian Authority of incitement 5.
He condemned 6 recent statements by Palestinian leaders who praised militants 8 involved in deadly attacks on Israelis and who described them as "martyrs 9."
"This is not how you make peace," Mr. Netanyahu said. He demanded the Palestinians end incitement as required under the "Roadmap" peace plan.
Mr. Netanyahu also addressed an upsurge in violence in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Islamic militant 7 group Hamas. Last week, Palestinians stepped up mortar 10 and rocket attacks, and Israel responded with air strikes.
"The policy of the Israeli government is clear," the Prime Minister Netanyahu said: Israel will respond with "immediate 11 force" to any Palestinian attack.
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
- It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
- I couldn't withhold giving some loose to my indignation.我忍不住要发泄一点我的愤怒。
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- 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。
- incitement to racial hatred 种族仇恨的挑起
- Interest is an incitement to study. 兴趣刺激学习。
- 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。
- 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。
- the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
- They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。