296 巴勒斯坦持枪者在以色列国防部附近发起攻击

 

Palestinian Gunman Launches Attack Near Israeli Defense¹ Ministry²

Ross Dunn

Jerusalem

5 Aug 2001 14:45 UTC

 

A Palestinian gunmen wounded at least 10 people in downtown Tel Aviv in the first such attack in the heart of Israel since the start of clashes last September. Later, an Israeli 1)helicopter rocket attack killed Amer Hudeiri, a member of the militant³ Palestinian Hamas movement, in his car in the West Bank.

The gunman opened fire with an 2)automatic rifle from a passing car outside Israel's Defense Ministry, as dozens of soldiers headed out of the 3)complex of buildings for lunch at midday.

An Israeli traffic policeman wounded the gunman, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem. The gunman 4)crashed his car and was in the hospital under police guard.

An Israeli soldier described what happened: "Me and my friends were walking down the street," he said. "We went out of the base, and suddenly he started shooting. Bullets were flying and everyone started falling down."

Raanan Gissin, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, says that it is time for the international community to 5)demand that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat halt such attacks before the situation gets 6)out of hand.

"The United States and the European countries must present a solid wall in which they demand 7)unequivocally and put the pressure on Mr. Arafat to stop all forms of 8)hostilities, violence and 9)incitement," said Mr. Gissin. "Otherwise, we are going to see an increase in the level of violence."

But Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat says the finger of blame should be pointing toward Israel, which he claims has 10)escalated the violence through its policy of 11)assassinating Palestinian activists⁴.

"I think that is 12)hallucination [that the Palestinians are to blame]," he said. "Violence will be violence. The Israeli government is fully⁵ responsible for the deterioration⁶ that is taking place now."

The Palestinian leadership sees the latest escalation⁷ in violence as a response to what they insist was an attempt on Saturday by the Israeli army to kill Marwan Barghouti, the West Bank leader of the Fatah faction⁸ of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Mr. Barghouti narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles hit cars traveling in his 13)convoy in the West Bank.

Israeli Cabinet Minister Ruby⁹ Rivlin says the army was not attempting to assassinate¹⁰ him, but rather one of his 14)bodyguards, who is alleged¹¹ to have been involved in a series of terrorist attacks, including the killing¹² of Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

"Mr. Barghouti was not the target of the attack in Ramallah, although he is one of the most 15)crucial leaders and has the most hostility¹³ against Israel," he said.

But Palestinian Cabinet Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo rejects such 16)assurances. "These Israeli war crimes invite, in this case, 17)retaliation¹⁴," he said. "And any retaliation is the responsibility of the Israeli government."

At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel would continue 18)tracking and killing suspected terrorists.

The fighting has raged on despite a U.S.-brokered cease-fire in June and now shows signs of another dangerous escalation. More than 650 people have been killed and thousands more wounded in the conflict.

 

 

(1)      helicopter[5helIkRptE(r)]n.直升(飞)机, 直升机

(2)      automatic rifle n.自动步枪

(3)      complex[5kRmpleks; (?@) kEmp5leks]adj.复杂的, 合成的, 综合的n.联合体

(4)      crash[krAF]n. v.碰撞, 坠落, 坠毁

(5)      demand[dI5mB:nd; (?@) dI5mAnd]n. v.要求, 需求, 需要

(6)      out of hand adv.无法控制, 脱手, 告终, 立即

(7)      equivocally adv.含糊地, 可疑地

(8)      hostility[hR5stIlItI]n.敌意, 恶意, 不友善, 敌对

(9)      incitement[In`saItmEnt]n.刺激, 激励物

(10)      escalate[5eskEleIt]vi.逐步升高, 逐步增强vt.使逐步上升

(11)      assassinate[E5sAsIneIt]vt.暗杀, 行刺

(12)      hallucination[hElu:sI5neIF(E)n]n.幻觉, 幻想

(13)      convoy[kRn5vCI]n.护送, 护卫vt.护航, 护送

(14)      bodyguard[5bRdI^B:d]n.保镖, 护卫

(15)      crucial[5kru:F(E)l]adj.至关紧要的

(16)      assurance[E5FJErEns; (?@) E5FJErEns]n.确信, 断言, 保证, 担保

(17)      retaliation[rI9tAlI`eIFLn]n.报复, 报仇

(18)      tracking[`trAkIN]跟踪

 

 

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• 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。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 deterioration   

n.退化；恶化；变坏

参考例句：

• Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age. 随着年龄的增长，心智和体力自然衰退。
• The car's bodywork was already showing signs of deterioration. 这辆车的车身已经显示出了劣化迹象。

7 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

8 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

9 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

10 assassinate   

vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤

参考例句：

• The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

11 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

12 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

13 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

14 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》