阿巴斯与密会以色列高官秘密会谈

 　　RAMALLAH, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday held a secret meeting with a senior Israeli official over the resumption of the stalled peace negotiations¹, an official source revealed on Saturday.

　　The meeting was held on the eve of U.S. John Kerry's visit to Israel and the West bank on Sunday. Kerry is coming to the region to help Israel and the Palestinians to resume their talks, which had been stalled since Oct. 2010.

　　The source, which spoke² in condition of anonymity³, told Xinhua that the meeting between Abbas and the Israeli official was held at Abbas house in the West Bank city of Ramallah away from mass media.

　　The source declined to reveal the identity of the senior Israeli official who held talks with Abbas earlier on Saturday in Ramallah, but said that both discussed the developments of the efforts to resume the direct talks and the question of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

　　The meeting between Abbas and the senior Israeli official is the first of its kind since the direct peace talks between the two sides had stopped after the Israeli government kept settlement building in the West Bank and in east Jerusalem.

1 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。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 anonymity   

n.the condition of being anonymous

参考例句：

• Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
• Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。