2006年VOA标准英语-Olmert Seeks French Backing for West Bank Pullo
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（六月）
By Lisa Bryant
Paris
14 June 2006
French President Jacques Chirac and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, left, share a few words on the steps of the Elysee Palace following their meeting in Paris
Israeli and French leaders met in Paris Wednesday to discuss controversial Israeli plans to withdraw from the West Bank, among other issues. The main message being sent by French President Jacques Chirac and other Europeans is for peace negotiations 1 to resume.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's visit to Paris Wednesday is his first to France as Israel's new leader, and part of a European tour to convince governments to back an Israeli plan to pull out of much of the West Bank, even if Israel does not reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Olmert sought similar backing from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, during talks in London earlier this week. But Mr. Blair stressed negotiations with the Palestinians, rather than unilateral withdrawals 2. And during remarks to reporters in Paris Wednesday, Mr. Chirac said pretty much the same thing.
Standing 3 beside Mr. Olmert at the Elysee Presidential Palace, President Chirac said restoring peace in the region was essential. Peace, he said, presumes two states, an Israeli and a Palestinian one, living side by side. And reaching that goal means resuming negotiations between the two sides.
Even as Mr. Olmert expressed his support for the two-state plan, he reiterated 4 that certain conditions were necessary for negotiations to resume. Among them: That the Hamas-dominated Palestinian government recognize the state of Israel, renounce 5 violence and agree to previous peace agreements.
Hamas has yet to accept these conditions and the European Union and the United States have suspended millions of dollars of aid until it does.
Mr. Olmert's visit to France included dedicating a new Holocaust 6 memorial in Paris. Relations between France and Israel have been rocky in the past. France is perceived as being biased 7 toward the Palestinian cause. A spike in anti-Semitic attacks in France has also created friction in bilateral relations
- 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。
- He has made several withdrawals from his bank account. 他从银行账户上提了几次款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It is not the bank's policy to deduct interest on withdrawals. 提款需扣除利息这并非是本银行的政策。 来自辞典例句
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
- She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
- It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。
- The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
- Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。