双语新闻：以色列安全不能靠枪炮维持

2014-08-14 15:43:49来源：可可英语

　　When last week I saw a White House spokesman saythat Israel’s bombing of a UN school was “totallyindefensible”, I briefly thought that I had witnessedsomething new. Surely the Americans had neverbefore been that strong in condemning Israel? But acolleague with a longer memory reminded me thatIsrael’s siege of west Beirut in 1982 had provokedPresident Ronald Reagan (yes, Reagan) to telephoneMenachem Begin, the Israeli prime minister, andaccuse him of perpetrating a “holocaust”. There isnothing new about Israeli military action killinghundreds of civilians. There is also nothing new about the international outcry it provokes.

　　上周，当我看到一位白宫发言人形容以色列轰炸一所联合国(UN)创办的学校是“完全站不住脚的”，我在短暂的一瞬间以为自己看到了一些新的发展。以往美国人肯定从未这么强硬地谴责过以色列吧?可是一位记性比我更好的同事提醒我，以色列在1982年围困贝鲁特西区，曾促使美国总统罗纳德•里根(Ronald Reagan)(没错，就是里根)致电以色列总理梅纳赫姆•贝京(Menachem Begin)，指责他犯下了一场“大屠杀”。以色列的军事行动杀害成百上千名平民，这不是什么新鲜事。以色列的行动引发国际社会的声讨，这也不是什么新鲜事。

　　In the 32 years since Reagan called Begin, the Berlin Wall has fallen, the Soviet Union hascollapsed, China has been transformed, apartheid has ended and the internet hasrevolutionised communication. But the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has rolled ever onwards –with two intifadas, three invasions of Gaza, further wars in Lebanon and innumerable failedpeace initiatives.

　　里根致电贝京以来的32年里，柏林墙倒塌了，苏联解体了，中国大变样了，南非的种族隔离结束了，互联网开启了一场通信革命。然而以色列和巴勒斯坦的冲突延续至今——其间发生了两次巴勒斯坦人起义(intifada)、三次加沙入侵、在黎巴嫩进行的进一步战争、以及无数次失败的和平倡议。

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