CCTV9英语新闻：UN holds emergency meeting over Israel-Palestine tension

An emergency UN Security Council meeting was held on Wednesday, as tensions intensified 1 over Israel's announcement to build some 1,000 new settlement units in it occupied East Jerusalem, the part of the city Palestinians demand for their future state. The UN is the current political battleground of choice for Palestinian leaders who say they have nothing left to lose in the face of continued Israel occupation of Palestinian land.

When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN in September, the subtext of his message was: Deliver the goods or get ready for a fight.

Palestinians are fed up with Israeli occupation, with U.S. fostered peace efforts that dead ended after nine months, with continued settlement building on Palestinian land.

A bid for unilaterally declared statehood via the UN bypasses negotiations 2 with Israel and will, with near certainty, be vetoed by the U.S.

Palestinian leaders accept that prospect 3 saying: We have a plan B.

Which is, to sign onto hundreds of UN bodies, including the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute 4 where membership provides a conduit for filing war crimes charges against an Israeli government held in disdain 5 by Palestinian leaders.

"I don't think that Mr. Netanyahu's policies, Mr.Netanyahu and his hooligans, have the right to keep leading the whole world from the nose," Fatah Central Committee's Major General Jibril Rajoub said.

Palestinian leaders are not holding back from using harsh words and from condemning 6 Israel's government. Beyond those harsh words and a potential bid to the UN, they are more than intimating that if the situation here does not change soon, it is liable to spin out of control.

Islam's third holiest sight, Al Aqsa Mosque 7, has become a flashpoint of conflict as Israel's government threatens to grab sovereignty over the compound prompting international alarm.

Even staunch Israel ally, the U.S.,says the status quo is untenable.

Is Israel's government on a misguided mission headed into downward spiral?

"We have both sides that have understood, in the coming years we shall not have agreement by negotiations and therefore let the people, let the street, let the ground dictate 8 the solution or the reality," Israeli analyst 9 Boaz Bismuth said. "That is something that is of course very scary."

An uprising in Jerusalem threatens to upend not only the immediate 10 vicinity but also an already unstable 11 Middle East.

 

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intensified

  
 


v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )


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Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》












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negotiations

  
 


协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过


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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。












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prospect

  
 


n.前景，前途；景色，视野


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This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。












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statute

  
 


n.成文法，法令，法规；章程，规则，条例


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Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。












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disdain

  
 


n.鄙视，轻视；v.轻视，鄙视，不屑


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Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。












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condemning

  
 


v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地


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The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》












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mosque

  
 


n.清真寺


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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。












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dictate

  
 


v.口授；(使)听写；指令，指示，命令


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It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令？












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analyst

  
 


n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家


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What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。












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immediate

  
 


adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的


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His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。












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unstable

  
 


adj.不稳定的，易变的


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This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。