2006年VOA标准英语-Senior Egyptian Official Says Hamas Must R

 

By Challiss McDonough
Cairo
01 February 2006

There are conflicting reports from the Middle East about whether the Palestinian president will require the militant¹ group Hamas to renounce² violence and recognize Israel before forming a new Palestinian government.

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Egyptian officials said it is a coincidence that senior delegations⁴ from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas were in Egypt on the same day for talks with President Mubarak and other senior Egyptian leaders.

But it is clear that all sides are looking for help in the frenzied⁵ leadership negotiations⁷ that have been going on since Hamas won a resounding⁸ victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections last week.

Omar Suleiman (File photo)   
  
After the meeting between Mr. Mubarak and Mr. Abbas, Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman told reporters that the Palestinian president would not invite Hamas to form a government if it does not renounce violence and recognize Israel.

"They have to be committed in three issues," he said. "First, they have to stop the violence, no violence. Everything should be by negotiation⁶. Secondly⁹, they have to be committed also with all the agreements which the Palestinian authority has signed. Everything. Thirdly, they have to recognize the existence of Israel. This is the three conditions on the table now."

Suleiman said if Hamas does not do those things "no one will deal with them."

But a senior Palestinian official close to Mr. Abbas quickly denied that the Palestinian president had set those conditions.

The Egyptian intelligence chief also said that he believes Iran will finance the Palestinian Authority if other international donors¹⁰, like the European Union, withdraw their funding, as they have threatened to do if Hamas does not acknowledge Israel.

Tzipi Livni   
  
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni also met with Mr. Mubarak on her first foreign trip since taking office. She said she hopes Egypt, as a leader in the Arab world, can help bring stability to the situation, which she said is in everyone's interest.

"There is a need for the international community now to speak in a very clear and loud voice saying and putting, what we call, the conditions for any kind of future Palestinian government," she said.

But her Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, declined to categorize the talks with Hamas as setting conditions. He indicated that he thought the militant group could be convinced to change its longstanding demand for the elimination¹¹ of Israel.

"The word conditions is out of our vocabulary," he said. "Why is it so? Because we do not put conditions. We persuade people to move from one position to another and we are sure that eventually when you come to power, and when you deal with a situation, and when you have to deal with the Israelis, and when you have to engage on daily basis on issues related to the interests of the people and the prosperity of the people, then things will change."

As he spoke¹², a senior delegation³ from Hamas was making its way toward Cairo for more talks with senior Egyptian officials.

President Mubarak's spokesman told reporters that the results of the Palestinian election represent what he called "a new reality" that everyone - Israelis, Palestinians and the international community - will have to deal with.

1 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。

2 renounce   

v.放弃；拒绝承认，宣布与…断绝关系

参考例句：

• She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
• It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。

3 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 delegations   

n.代表团( delegation的名词复数 )；委托，委派

参考例句：

• In the past 15 years, China has sent 280 women delegations abroad. 十五年来，中国共派280批妇女代表团出访。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• The Sun Ray decision follows the federal pattern of tolerating broad delegations but insisting on safeguards. “阳光”案的判决仿效联邦容许广泛授权的做法，但又坚持保护措施。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

5 frenzied   

a.激怒的；疯狂的

参考例句：

• Will this push him too far and lead to a frenzied attack? 这会不会逼他太甚，导致他进行疯狂的进攻？
• Two teenagers carried out a frenzied attack on a local shopkeeper. 两名十几岁的少年对当地的一个店主进行了疯狂的袭击。

6 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

7 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

8 resounding   

adj. 响亮的

参考例句：

• The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
• He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。

9 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

10 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

12 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。