Sharon to Develop New Gaza Disengagement Plan

 

Ross Dunn
 
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is developing a new plan to withdraw from Gaza, after his Likud Party rejected his original plan in a referendum. The news comes the day after more than 100,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv in favor of a Gaza withdrawal¹, amid renewed international efforts to get the peace process going again.

Israeli officials say Mr. Sharon's new plan will not deviate² greatly from his original proposals, but aims to ease the security concerns of members of his Cabinet.

The officials say that the plan still calls for a withdrawal of all Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and four in the West Bank.

The new plan will contain new measures to help ensure Palestinian armed groups do not misuse³ the houses and other assets left behind when Israel evacuates⁵ the settlements.

These changes have been made at the request of some of Mr. Sharon's cabinet ministers, who feared that the abandoned settlements might be used as new bases for terrorism.

Mr. Sharon expects to take the plan to his Cabinet for approval within weeks, after he receives guarantees of support from key members of his Likud Party.

Israeli officials say the Prime Minister appears to be assuming that Israel will be withdrawing from Gaza, despite the Likud Party's rejection⁶ of the plan in a referendum earlier this month.

Mr. Sharon told his Cabinet on Sunday that he would not allow Palestinian terrorism to threaten his nation, even after, in his words, the separation from Gaza. The Prime Minister's remarks came one day after more than 100,000 Israelis attended a rally Saturday night calling for Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.

The demonstration⁷ in Tel Aviv was organized by left-wing politicians and their supporters to urge Mr. Sharon to press ahead with his plan, despite the opposition⁸ he is facing within his own party.

One of the main speakers, Israel's Labor⁹ Party leader, Shimon Peres, said 80 percent of Israelis want a Gaza withdrawal as part of efforts to reach peace with the Palestinians. He spoke¹⁰ to reporters afterwards.

"While the majority of the Israeli people want clearly the beginning of peace, we are going to represent the majority," he said. "It is not a rally of the Opposition, it is not a rally of the Left, it is a rally of the majority. It is not a rally of protest. It is a rally of hope for real peace, as soon as possible."

Israeli observers say the rally could have an effect on government policy.

But Israel's Housing Minister, Effi Eitam, of the right-wing National Religious Party, disagrees. "Well the meeting [rally] of the Oslo group, repeated the slogans which actually brought Israel to the disaster we are in now, so I do not think that what we saw yesterday will really change the mind of the government or the Prime Minister," he said.

Mr. Eitam has warned that his party and other right-wing factions¹² will pull out of the Cabinet, if Mr. Sharon goes ahead with his disengagement plan.

Mr. Peres however has pledged that the Labor Party will vote in favor of the plan in the parliament and will prevent the government from falling over the issue.
注释:
demonstrated [5demEnstreit] vi. 示威
Tel Aviv [7telE5vi:v] n. 特拉维夫（以色列港市）
amid [E5mid] prep. 在……中
deviate [5di:vieit] vi. 背离
misuse [5mis5ju:z] v. 滥用
asset [5Aset] n. 资产，有用的东西
evacuate⁴ [i5vAkjueit] vt. 撤退
abandoned [E5bAndEnd] adj. 废弃的，遗弃的
assuming [E5su:miN] adj. 专横的
rally [5rAli] n. 集会
left-wing 左翼
Israel's Labor Party 以色列工党
National Religious Party 全国宗教党
Oslo [5CzlEu] n. 奥斯陆（挪威的首都）
slogan [5slEu^En] n. 标语，口号
disaster [di5zB:stE] n. 灾难
faction¹¹ [5fAkFEn] n. 派别，小集团
pledge [pledV] vt. 允诺，保证
fall over 陷入

1 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

2 deviate   

v.(from)背离，偏离

参考例句：

• Don't deviate from major issues.不要偏离主要问题。
• I will never deviate from what I believe to be right.我绝不背离我自信正确的道路。

3 misuse   

n.误用，滥用；vt.误用，滥用

参考例句：

• It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能，使我深感不安。
• He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 evacuates   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的第三人称单数 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• Special brand-new back film evacuates moisture effectively, let you feel more comfortable. 特有的全新透气底膜，有效地疏散湿气，让你倍感舒适。
• Evacuates the danger zone immediately, when has the wind must attention running free runs. 马上撤离危险地带，在有风时要注意顺风跑。

6 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

7 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

8 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

9 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

10 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

11 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。

12 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别