VOA标准英语2009年-International Justice Experts Call for War Crim
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(三月)
A group of prominent international war crimes experts is calling for an inquiry 1 into the behavior of Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups during the Jewish state's recent offensive in Gaza.
The group signing the open letter to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the U.N. Security Council includes Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Richard Goldstone, a former chief prosecutor 2 in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Palestinian woman walks past house destroyed during Israeli offensive in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip, 15 Feb 2009
The letter urges the establishment of a U.N. commission to look into allegations that international humanitarian 3 law was violated, by both sides, during the 23-day offensive. It calls for a prompt, impartial 4 investigation 5 that would set the record straight and make public any violation 6 of international laws.
The attack, in which Israel targeted militants 8 who have been firing rockets at civilian 9 areas in Israel, killed an estimated 1,300 people, many of them civilians 10, in Gaza.
The 16 judges and investigators 11 include others who have led investigations 12 in East Timor, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, and Darfur. The letter said they were "shocked to the core" by events in Gaza.
Israeli forces have come under criticism for their use of white phosphorus during their campaign in the densely-populated enclave.
When asked about the open letter, Israeli Prime Minister's office spokesman Mark Regev repeated Israel's assertions that its military followed all the international rules of conflict.
"We made every effort not to target innocent civilians," said Regev. "On the contrary, we tried to be as surgical 13 as is humanly possible in a difficult combat situation targeting those Hamas extremists who are shooting rockets into Israel, trying to kill our citizens."
The letter came as Israel steps up indirect negotiations 14 with Hamas to reopen Gaza's Israeli-controlled borders and reach a formal truce 15. The militant 7 Islamist group that controls Gaza wants Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was seized by Palestinian militants and taken to Gaza in 2006.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Cabinet has rescheduled a meeting to discuss the matter on Tuesday.
Mr. Olmert is due to leave office soon. Members of his centrist government have warned Hamas it may be the group's last chance to secure concessions 16 before a harder-line government under hawkish 17 former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes to power.
Officials with Mr. Netanyahu's Likud party say it has initialed a deal for the ultranationalist Israel Beitenu Party to join a Likud-led coalition 18 - putting them one step closer to forming a new government.
- Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
- The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- He gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in Ireland.他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
- Careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils.就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
- He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
- 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。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
- All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。
- 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。
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
- 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。
- My staff's advice that first day was amazingly hawkish. 在第一天，我的僚属们的意见是令人吃惊的鹰派意见。
- Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet. 反战团体担心巴拉克·奥巴马可以创建强硬派内阁。