Middle East peace talks remain in crisis after a decision by the Palestinian leadership.
在巴勒斯坦领导层就定居点问题做出回应决定之后，中东和谈依然面临危机。
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gathered leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the West Bank to discuss Israel's decision to end a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction. The meeting ended with an ultimatum.
巴勒斯坦权力机构主席阿巴斯召集约旦河西岸的巴勒斯坦解放运动的领导人开会，讨论以色列决定结束为期10个月的定居点建设暂缓令。会议结束时发出了一份最后通牒。
Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said that peace talks cannot resume until Israel freezes all settlement activity. The statement accused Israel of obstructing negotiations that began last month after a 20-month break.
巴勒斯坦官员拉伯说，在以色列冻结所有定居点建设活动之前，不可能恢复和谈。这份声明指责以色列阻碍上个月开始的和谈。之前和谈已经中断长达20个月。
The talks were thrown into crisis after Israel ended the building freeze a week ago. U.S. envoy George Mitchell spent four days shuttling between Jerusalem and the West Bank this week, but failed to convince Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the moratorium. Mr. Netanyahu is under pressure from his hawkish coalition partners to keep building.
上周以色列定居点暂缓令失效之后，和谈陷入危机。美国特使米切尔本星期花费四天时间穿梭于耶路撒冷和约旦河西岸之间，但是没能说服以色列总理内塔尼亚胡延长暂缓令。内塔尼亚胡屈服于来自鹰派联合政府的压力，继续兴建定居点。
Israeli spokesman Mark Regev says the only place to address such disagreements is at the negotiating table.
以色列发言人雷格夫说，能够处理这类分歧的唯一地点就是谈判桌。
"The moratorium was designed as a confidence building measure to get the talks going," said Regev. "And the talks have started, and all the sensitive issues including the issue of settlement are on the agenda in these talks."
他说：“暂缓令是一种树立互信的手段，使谈判能够开始进行。而现在谈判已经开始，而所有的敏感问题，包括定居点建设问题，都在会谈的议程上。”
The Arab League is due to meet in Libya on Friday to make a final decision on whether the Palestinians should quit the peace talks. Until then, the United States will continue efforts to hammer out a compromise.
阿拉伯联盟将于星期五在利比亚开会，就巴勒斯坦是否应当退出和谈做出最后的决定。在那之前，美国将一直努力试图促成双方妥协。 |