联合国种族大会上巴以争论仍在继续（在线收听）

Mideast Debate Continues at Racism Conference

Challiss McDonough

Durban, South Africa

3 Sep 2001 17:02 UTC

The showdown continues between Arab and Israeli 1)delegations at the World Conference Against Racism. The head of the Israeli delegation says a group of Arab nations has "hijacked" the World Conference Against Racism.

Mordechai Yedid says the conference declaration contains 2)fundamentally anti-Semitic language, even though the formal equation of Zionism with racism has been removed. "To criticize policies of the government of Israel - or of any country - is legitimate, even 3)vital; indeed as a democratic state, many Israelis do just that," he said. "But there is 4)profound difference between criticizing a country and denying its right to exist. Anti-Zionism, the denial of Jews the basic right to a home, is nothing but anti-Semitism, pure and simple." Mr. Yedid says many of the nations that have been attacking Israel have horrible human rights records of their own.

Just a few hours after he spoke, the head of the delegation from Yemen took the 5)podium to renew calls for condemnation of Israel. Yemeni Foreign Minister Ali Al-Anisi called upon the world to put an end to what he called Israeli discrimination not just against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, but against its own Arab-Israeli citizens. He said, "Such practices 6)oblige us to call upon the conference to condemn these 7)racial acts in a clear way, and for the conference also to equate 8)Zionism with racism." Mr. Al-Anisi said the international community has a duty to protect the Palestinian people.

(1)      delegation[delI5^eIF(E)n]n.代表团, 授权, 委托

(2)      fundamentally[fQndE5mentElI]adv.基础地, 根本地

(3)      vital[5vaIt(E)l]adj.生死攸关的, 重大的, 生命的, 至关重要的

(4)      profound[prE5faJnd]adj.深刻的, 意义深远的, 渊博的, 造诣深的

(5)      podium[5pEJdIEm]n.乐队指挥台, 墩座墙

(6)      oblige[E5blaIdV]vt.迫使, 责成

(7)      racial[5reIF(E)l]adj.人种的, 种族的, 种族间的

(8)      Zionism[5zaIEnIz(E)m]n.犹太复国主义,犹太复国运动