2007年VOA标准英语-Fatah Gunmen Seize Hamas-Controlled Institution

By Robert Berger
Jerusalem
16 June 2007

Gunmen from the Palestinian Fatah faction¹ have seized institutions of the rival Islamic militant² group Hamas in the West Bank. Fatah went on the offensive after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip earlier this week. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.

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Palestinian militants from Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, linked to Fatah Movement, stand on roof of Palestinian parliament building after taking it over in Ramallah (16 Jun 07)

Hundreds of Fatah gunmen stormed Hamas-controlled institutions in the West Bank. They planted the Fatah flag on the roof of the parliament building in Ramallah and took over the city council in Nablus. Hamas officials and their staff were expelled and told not to return. At least seven Hamas activists⁵ were kidnapped.

The attacks were revenge for the violent Hamas takeover of Gaza this week, in which Fatah security forces were routed.

Independent Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi said Fatah must not allow the civil war in Gaza to spill over to the West Bank. "There have been several calls by everybody concerned, by all political leaders, asking for calm and quiet and for public order and not to resort to acts of vengeance⁶," she said.

Palestinian Hamas militant talks on radio in front of a mural showing the late Fatah leader Yasser Arafat outside his former compound in Gaza City (16 Jun 07)

There were also acts of vengeance in Gaza, where crowds looted the home of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, a co-founder and symbol of Fatah.

Ashrawi expressed shock, describing the Hamas takeover of Gaza as a coup⁷ d'état. "This is a deliberate blow to Palestinian realities, to the Palestinian national agenda," she said, "but it is also a division - dividing Palestine into two entities⁸, Gaza and the West Bank. And this is absolutely drastic. It's disastrous⁹ for Palestinian realities."

The United States has expressed support for the West Bank entity¹⁰ headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, who supports peace talks with Israel. The U.S. informed Mr. Abbas that it will end a crippling aid embargo¹¹ on the Palestinians as soon as he forms a new government without Hamas. The U.S. aim is to strengthen Palestinian moderates while weakening the radicals¹².

1 faction   

n.宗派，小集团；派别；派系斗争

参考例句：

• Faction and self-interest appear to be the norm.派系之争和自私自利看来非常普遍。
• I now understood clearly that I was caught between the king and the Bunam's faction.我现在完全明白自己已陷入困境，在国王与布纳姆集团之间左右为难。

2 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• 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。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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。

4 martyrs   

n.martyr的复数形式；烈士( martyr的名词复数 )；殉道者；殉教者；乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）

参考例句：

• the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
• They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 vengeance   

n.报复，报仇，复仇

参考例句：

• He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。
• For years he brooded vengeance.多年来他一直在盘算报仇。

7 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

8 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

9 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

10 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

11 embargo   

n.禁运（令）；vt.对...实行禁运，禁止（通商）

参考例句：

• This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
• During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。

12 radicals   

n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 )；根基；基本原理；[数学]根数

参考例句：

• 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。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句