The US has asked the United Nations Security Council to endorse by resolution this week’s Annapolis understanding between Israel and the Palestinians to reach a peace settlement by the end of 2008.美國已要求聯合國安理會通過決議，這週的安納波利斯的理解以色列和巴勒斯坦人之間達成一項和平解決辦法，由2008年年底。 Meantime, Israeli defense sources are voicing concern that the new US special security envoy to the region, retired general James Jones, will spend most of his time trying to convince Israel to take more security risks by making further concessions to the Palestinians.與此同時，以色列國防部消息來源的呼聲關注美國新的特別安全特使前往該地區，退役將軍詹姆斯瓊斯，會動用他的大部分時間，試圖說服以色列採取更多的安全風險，作出進一步讓步交給巴勒斯坦人。