2007年VOA标准英语-Jewish, Arab Americans Unite in Desire for Arab
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Washington
20 June 2007
The Arab American Institute and the organization Americans for Peace Now have released the results of a joint 1 survey that measures support for Arab-Israeli peace. The poll of Arab and Jewish Americans shows that both communities support active U.S. involvement to end the conflict. VOA's Mohamed Elshinnawi has more.
Forty years ago this month, Israel won a stunning 2 military victory in the six-day Arab-Israeli War, but the Jewish state failed to achieve longer term peace and security. That is why activists 3 in the United States established Americans for Peace Now in 1981 to promote the idea of a secure Israel through peace.
Noam Shelef
Noam Shelef is the organization's strategic communications director. "A military victory by itself can not provide real lasting 4 security for Israel. Military success is a military strength. It needs to be balanced with diplomacy 5 and with peace agreements."
Despite continued conflict in the Middle East, the poll shows that solid majorities of Arab Americans and Jewish Americans favor a two-state solution, with an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
"The bottom line,” says Shelef, “is that we see in this poll that Arab Americans and Jewish Americans agree on almost every issue when it comes to the support for a two-state solution, when it comes to supporting Israel-Syria negotiations 6, when it comes to perusing 7 an active U.S diplomatic strategy and active U.S diplomatic approach to the Middle East."
Americans for Peace Now praises President Bush for explicitly 8 calling for a two-state solution, but the organization says the administration's actions have not matched its words.
Nidal Ibrahim
Nidal Ibrahim, Executive Director of the Arab American Institute, says strong majorities of both communities rate the Clinton administration's handling of the Arab-Israeli conflict as effective, while only 20 percent of each rate President Bush's efforts as effective.
"Clinton received high marks for actively 9 engaging both sides and trying to achieve a meaningful solution,” says Ibrahim. “And I think one of the reasons that Bush has not been able to compare favorably to Clinton was because we have never seen the same type of engagement."
Ibrahim says one of the poll's most significant findings is that the Palestinian-Israeli issue could help determine how Arab Americans and Jewish Americans vote in next year's U.S. presidential election.
"We believe, and as the poll indicated, that if there is a presidential candidate [who] can meaningfully address this issue and pledges to address this issue, that candidate can capture the majority of the votes on both communities,” he says.
More than 90 percent of Jewish and Arab Americans agree that achieving peace in the Middle East is crucial to U.S strategic interests. And a majority of both communities endorses 10 the Arab League Peace Initiative as a basis for negotiations.
The initiative offers Israel full diplomatic relations with all Arab countries in exchange for an agreed-on comprehensive peaceful solution.
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
- The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
- 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》
- The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
- We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- 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。
- She found the information while she was perusing a copy of Life magazine. 她在读《生活》杂志的时候看到了这个消息。 来自辞典例句
- Hence people who began by beholding him ended by perusing him. 所以人们从随便看一看他开始的，都要以仔细捉摸他而终结。 来自辞典例句
- The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
- SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
- We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。