VOA标准英语2009年-Israel Praises Army Killing of 3 Pales

The incident occurred amid intensifying¹ efforts for a prisoner exchange.

Robert Berger | Jerusalem 27 December 2009

Photo: AP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, 27 Dec 2009

 

Israel is praising a deadly military operation in the West Bank that angered the Palestinian Authority.  The incident occurred amid intensifying efforts for a prisoner exchange.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated the army for gunning down three Palestinian militants³ on Saturday in the West Bank town of Nablus.  The raid came two days after the militants allegedly killed a Jewish settler in a roadside ambush⁴.

Mr. Netanyahu told the Cabinet one of the gunmen had been freed from an Israeli prison under an amnesty deal, highlighting the risks of an emerging prisoner swap⁵ with the Islamic militant² group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip.  Israel has agreed in principal to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a captive soldier held for more than three years in Gaza.

Responding to criticism of the lopsided deal, Mr. Netanyahu said there would be no compromise in the war on terror.

He said Israel's policy on terrorism is clear, it would respond aggressively to any attack.

But the Palestinian Authority is furious over the Israel raid, which took place in territory under its control.  Palestinian spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeineh called it an assassination⁶.

"This is a damaging act from the Israeli government, and it is going to lead to more instability, more violence," he said.

Mr. Netanyahu said he will fly on Tuesday to Egypt, which has been mediating⁷ between Israel and Hamas on the prisoner swap.  The Prime Minister will meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

1 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

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 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

5 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

6 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

7 mediating   

调停，调解，斡旋( mediate的现在分词 )； 居间促成； 影响…的发生； 使…可能发生

参考例句：

• So many factors are mediating. 如此众多的因素在起作用。
• The contrast in mediating noted in the sitting room. 客厅中注重了调和中的对比。