VOA标准英语2009年-Israel Launches Diplomatic Offensive Again
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(九月)
By Robert Raffaele
Washington
17 September 2009
Israel is rejecting a call in a UN report to open an independent inquiry 1 into the country's conduct its offensive almost a year ago in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli government said it is launching a diplomatic offensive against the report in order to block any attempt to try the case before an international court. The report was issued by a panel appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Palestinian mourners pray over bodies of Hamas security forces during funeral at mosque 2 in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 15 Aug 2009
Almost one year later, Israel's incursion into Gaza, targeting Hamas militants 4 there, is still a contentious 5 issue.
In a report, the UN-appointed panel accuses Israel and the militant 3 group Hamas of war crimes and possibly, "crimes against humanity" during the December to January conflict.
Israel's foreign ministry 6 expressed outrage 7. It rejected the report's demand for an independent Israeli investigation 8 into the war.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev says, "The Israel government made the right decision in not cooperating with this almost kangaroo court. They had decided 9, in advance who was the guilty party, and we saw that in the way they acted."
An official of Hamas, which rules Gaza, said the report validates 10 its condemnation 11 of Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip.
"The report affirmed, in some of its elements, the credibility of Hamas, in truths it reported on, regarding crimes committed by the Zionist enemy, true war crimes and their killings 12 in the dozens of Palestinian families," Mushir Al-Masri said.
The report says Israel failed to take precautions required by international law to avoid or minimize civilian 13 deaths.
It also says Hamas militants fired rockets into Israel with the intent of harming civilians 14. But the bulk of the findings focus on Israel.
More than 1300 Palestinians died during the three-week incursion. Israel says most of them were militants, but the Palestinians dispute that.
Thirteen Israelis died.
The report says Hamas and Israel should both conduct independent investigations 15.
Judge Richard Goldstone, 07 Jul 2009
South African jurist Richard Goldstone headed the panel. He says, "While we are critical of both Israel and the Gaza authorities for having done far too little in that regard, we came to the conclusion that these are cases where there may unwillingness 16, but there is ability."
The report says the U.N. Security Council should refer the evidence to the International Criminal Court in the Hague if either side fails to comply.
The US government has said it has concerns about some of the recommendations. A spokesman would not elaborate.
- 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 mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
- 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。
- She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
- Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
- 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。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- Other research validates that when it comes to chocolate, type does matter. 其他的研究也证实了不同种类的巧克力确实功效不同。 来自互联网
- Trouble shoots equipment, review and validates data and complete reports. 管理错误描述设备，审查并确认试验数据，完成试验报告。 来自互联网
- There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
- The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- 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。
- 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。
- Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position. 她不愿回答问题，这不利于她所处的形势。
- His apparent unwillingness would disappear if we paid him enough. 如果我们付足了钱，他露出的那副不乐意的神情就会消失。