Pro-Palestinian activists have sailed into the Gaza Strip defying an Israeli blockade.
亲巴勒斯坦的活动分子驾船越过以色列的封锁线，进入加沙地带。
After originally saying it would block them, Israel allowed a group of 46 international activists to sail two boats into Palestinian-ruled Gaza. Among the activists was Greta Berlin of Los Angeles, California.
以色列原来声称要阻挡这些亲巴勒斯坦活动分子进入，但是后来还是允许这46名国际活动分子驾驶两艘船进入巴勒斯坦人控制下的加沙地带。这些活动分子包括美国加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的格里塔.伯林。
"We come from 17 countries and we have one common goal, and that is to break Israel's siege of 1.5 million Palestinians," said Berlin.
伯林说：“我们来自17个国家，抱有一个目标，就是要冲破以色列对150万巴勒斯坦人的围困。”
Israel has imposed a crippling blockade on Gaza since the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of the territory in a Palestinian civil war a year ago. Hamas refuses to renounce violence or recognize Israel, and until a cease-fire two months ago, Palestinian militants launched daily rocket attacks across the border.
自从激进的伊斯兰组织哈马斯在一年前的内战中夺取了对加沙地带的控制以来，以色列一直对这个地区实行封锁，给那里的经济带来严重后果。哈马斯拒绝放弃暴力，也不承认以色列的生存权。在两个月前达成停火协议之前，巴勒斯坦激进分子每天跨越边界对以色列发动火箭袭击。
Israeli activist Jeff Halper, who was also on board, says that does not justify the Israeli blockade.
以色列的活动人士哈尔珀也在这些越过封锁线的船上。他说，火箭袭击并不能成为以色列实行封锁的正当理由。
"Israel has to be held responsible for its policies toward the civilian population. They have absolutely no right in international law to declare an economic siege on Gaza, to harm the civilian population. That's a form of collective punishment which is illegal," said Halper.
他说：“以色列必须为自己对平民采取的政策承担责任。根据国际法，他们绝对没有权利宣布对加沙进行经济封锁，损害平民百姓的利益。这是一种非法的集体惩罚。”
The boats set sail from Cyprus on Friday and arrived in Gaza after a 32-hour journey on the Mediterranean Sea. The activists got a warm welcome from hundreds of Palestinians as they arrived on shore with humanitarian supplies.
这两艘船星期五从塞浦路斯启航，在地中海上经过32个小时的航程抵达加沙。这些活动分子带着人道救援物资靠岸时，受到好几百名巴勒斯坦人的热烈欢迎。
Berlin says, "Mission Accomplished."
伯林说：“使命完成了。”
"Our original mission was to sail into Gaza, open up a sea lane so that they can actually use their sea lane, and then break Israel's siege, and to tell the world that the Gaza Mediterranean belongs to the people of Gaza," she said.
她说：“我们原来的使命是航行进入加沙，开辟一条海上航道，一条他们确实能使用的航道，然后冲破以色列的封锁，告诉全世界，加沙地中海属于加沙人民。”
Israel said the real aim of the activists was to highlight the blockade by being intercepted and arrested. So Israel decided to allow the boats into Gaza, saying it wanted to avoid a publicity stunt aimed at harming the image of the Jewish state.
以色列表示，这些活动分子的真实目的原来是通过遭到拦截或逮捕来突显以色列的封锁。所以以色列决定允许这些船进入加沙，声称以色列希望避免一次损坏本国形像的宣传行动。 |