阿拉法特求助于国际力量

Arafat Appeals to World Leaders

Meredith Buel

11 Aug 2001 17:40 UTC

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has launched an international campaign to pressure Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinians' main headquarters in East Jerusalem. Israel seized Orient House in retaliation 1 for a suicide bombing that killed 16 people and wounded nearly 100 others.

Mr. Arafat has written to world leaders, including the presidents of the United States, Russia, and China, asking them for help in pressuring Israel to end its occupation of Orient House.

Mr. Arafat is urging the leaders to "1)intervene rapidly" to restore Palestinian access to Orient House and other Palestinian institutions closed by the Israelis in and around Jerusalem.

On Saturday, the Palestinian leader met with foreign 2)envoys in the West Bank town of Ramallah, asking for international intervention 2 in the conflict with Israel.

Palestinians say the 3)seizure of Orient House 4)violated previous Israeli 5)assurances that Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem would not be harmed.

The meeting occurred as Palestinian 6)protesters 7)clashed with Israeli police in East Jerusalem. The demonstrators marched toward Orient House but were pushed back by police who blocked access to the building with 8)barricades.

A number of Palestinian officials, including 9)legislator Hanan Ashrawi, were denied access to Orient House.

In a highly 10)symbolic move, Israeli police took over the building, which is the Jerusalem headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization, in 11)retaliation for a suicide bombing in a crowded Jerusalem restaurant. Orient House represents Palestinian hopes for an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war and 12)annexed it in a move not recognized by most nations.

Israeli security forces also seized buildings in Abu Dis, a Palestinian village on the edge of Jerusalem, that has been proposed as a possible seat of government for a future Palestinian state. Israeli 13)warplanes also destroyed a Palestinian police station in the West Bank.

Meanwhile, hospital officials in the Gaza Strip say two Palestinians died Saturday after being shot a day earlier in clashes with Israeli soldiers.

More than 700 people, mostly Palestinians, have died since the 14)bloodshed began last September.

(1)      intervene[IntE5vi:n]vi.干涉, 干预, 插入, 介入v.干涉

(2)      envoy[5envCI]n.外交使节, 特使

(3)      seizure[5si:VE(r)]n.抓, 捉, 没收, 查封, 夺取

(4)      violate[5vaIEleIt]vt.违犯, 亵渎(圣物), 冒犯, 干扰, 违反

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

(6)      protestor[prEJ`testE(r)]n.抗议者, 反对者

(7)      clash[klAF]n.冲突, 撞击声, 抵触v.猛撞, 冲突

(8)      barricade[bArI5keId]v.设路障n.路障

(9)      legislator[5ledVIsleItE(r)]n.立法者

(10)      symbolic[sIm5bRlIk]adj.象征的, 符号的

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

(12)      annexe[5Aneks]n.附加物, 附属建筑

(13)      warplane[ `wR:pleIn ]n.[军]军用机

(14)      bloodshed[5blQdFed]n.流血