The thorny issue of Jewish settlements topped the agenda at Israel's weekly Cabinet meeting. The right-wing government is hardening its position.
犹太人定居点这一棘手问题是以色列每周内阁会议的重点议程。右翼政府加强了自己的强硬立场。
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out dismantling West Bank settlements, seen as an essential part of any final peace deal with the Palestinians.
以色列总理内塔尼亚胡已拒绝拆除约旦河西岸的定居点，拆除定居点被视为和巴勒斯坦人达成的任何最终和平协议的重要组成部分。
Mr. Netanyahu told his Cabinet that the Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip in 2005 did not bring peace or security. Israel dismantled 21 settlements back then and removed 8,000 settlers from their homes. But a year later the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza and stepped up rocket attacks across the border.
内塔尼亚胡对以色列内阁说，以色列2005年撤离加沙地带并没有带来和平或安全。以色列当时拆除了21个定居点并且让8000多名定居者离开了自己的家园。但是，一年之后伊斯兰激进组织哈马斯控制了加沙并加强了越过边界的火箭袭击。
Mr. Netanyahu said Gaza is a Hamas terror base controlled by Iran.
内塔尼亚胡说，加沙是伊朗控制的哈马斯的恐怖基地。
"We will not repeat this mistake," he said. "We will not create new evacuees."
他说：“我们不会重复这个错误”，“我们不会再进行新的撤离”。
Palestinian spokeswoman Diana Buttu says Netanyahu's position is a blow to the U.S.-sponsored peace process.
巴勒斯坦发言人黛安娜.布托说，内塔尼亚胡的立场是对美国发起的和平进程的一个打击。
"What Washington has been looking for and what the Palestinians have been looking for is that Israel is going to actually freeze and in fact dismantle its settlements," Buttu said. "And what Netanyahu said was that he is not going to do any of that."
她说：“华盛顿和巴勒斯坦人一直在寻找的是以色列实际冻结和并且真正拆除定居点。内塔尼亚胡说的意思是他不可能作到。”
Mr. Netanyahu's comments came as the Palestinian Fatah movement held its first congress in 20 years. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who rules in the West Bank, was re-elected as party leader on Saturday. He said Fatah supports the peace process, but he warned that if diplomacy fails, the Palestinians could return to armed resistance.
内塔尼亚胡的评论是在巴勒斯坦法塔赫运动20年来举行了第一次代表大会之际作出的。控制西岸的巴勒斯坦民族权力机构主席阿巴斯上周六再次当选为法塔赫的领导人。他说，哈马斯支持和平进程，但他警告说，如果外交努力失败，巴勒斯坦人可以重返武装抵抗。 |