VOA标准英语2009年-Israeli Reports Say Major Prisoner Swa
时间：2019-02-09 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)
Court papers indicate Jewish state could release 980 prisoners as part of the agreement
Luis Ramirez | Jerusalem 30 November 2009
"Everybody feels connected to Gilad and his parents, everybody in this country."
News reports in Israel are quoting court documents as saying the Israeli government could release nearly 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in a possible exchange agreement between Israel and the militant 1 group Hamas. The deal, if it goes through, would result in the release of an Israeli soldier captured by militants 2 in Gaza three years ago.
Israel wants Hamas to release Sergeant 3 Gilad Shalit, a young soldier captured in a cross-border raid and taken to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip three years ago.
Noam Shalit, father of captive Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit, sits next to a picture of his son on a chair at Shabbat dinner in a protest tent outside the Israeli prime minister's residence in Jerusalem 999 days after Schalit was captured by Palestinian militants in a 2006 cross-border raid, 20 Mar 4 2009
In exchange, Hamas wants hundreds of Palestinian prisoners released, including some who were responsible for terrorist attacks against Israelis.
Many people in Israel have come to see Gilad Shalit as a national hero. His name, and young, thin face appear on banners, billboards 5, and bumper 6 stickers.
The desire for his release is unanimous in Israel.
A U.S. born Israeli, Debbie Last, has been coming to hold vigil and gather signatures at a tent that is set up a few meters from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem.
"Everybody has got a piece. Everybody feels connected to Gilad and his parents, everybody in this country," Last said.
Israel's government has instituted a news blackout on the possible exchange, which is being mediated 7 by Egypt and Germany. Court papers this week, however, indicated the Jewish state could release 980 prisoners as part of the agreement.
Although the desire to see the young soldier free is unanimous, not everyone in Israel agrees that freeing convicted terrorists is the price to pay.
Relatives of those who died in terror attacks have petitioned the Israeli Supreme 8 Court demanding the government release the names of those it plans to release. For Israel, there is no guarantee that any of those who are freed will embrace non-violence.
Rojena Jinajira is a 23-year-old Palestinian in the West Bank community of Beituniya who was among 20 women that Israel freed in exchange for a video showing that Shalit was alive in September. The video was aired in early October.
Jinajira was imprisoned 9 for trying to stab an Israeli soldier last year. She says she is cynical 10 of any peace effort. For her, it is the use of force, like that of the kidnapping of Shalit, that in her view has brought results for the Palestinians. She says the impending 11 release of prisoners is an example of this.
Jinajira says Palestinians spent years negotiating pursuing non-violence, and she says they achieved nothing. She said that in her view, armed struggle does achieve something. She points to the nearly 1,000 prisoners who will be released in exchange for one soldier.
She admires how an entire nation has stood behind one soldier and wishes the Palestinians would do the same for each of the thousands of Palestinians who are in Israeli prisons.
Israeli news reports have speculated that among those who may be on the list of prisoners to be released is Marwan Barghouti, a prominent activist 12 serving life in prison for the murders of Israelis and widely favored as a candidate for the Palestinian presidency 13. In a recent prison cell interview, he ruled out negotiation 14 as the only means of achieving peace and called for popular action.
Debbie Last, volunteering for Gilad Shalit's release, says she is not comfortable with the thought of setting convicted terrorists free. But she says that to her, the life of one Israeli soldier is worth the risk.
"There are no words to describe the feeling of wanting to see this boy back home," Last said.
In this dilemma 15, the best she and all of Israel can do is hope the only consequence of a prisoner exchange will be peace.
- 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。
- His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
- How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？
- It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
- Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
- Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
- Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上，却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号
- The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
- This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。
- He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys. 他调解两个孩子之间的争吵。
- The government mediated between the workers and the employers. 政府在工人与雇主间搞调和。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
- The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
- He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。
- Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。
- The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。