Middle East Update中東更新

On Monday January 8, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed his disappointment with the results of Israel’s unilateral withdrawals from both Lebanon and Gaza, saying that the consequent violence in both arenas convinced him that there is no point in any future moves of this kind.上週一1月8日，以色列總理埃胡德奧爾默特表示，他的失望，結果以色列單方面撤出黎巴嫩和加沙地帶的贊同，並說，相應的暴力行為在這兩個領域信服他，有沒有一點在今後的任何動作，這種。 Olmert said that he believes in the establishment of […]奧爾默特說，他相信在建立[ … … ]

Former prime minister Ariel Sharon told President George W. Bush ahead of the US-led invasion of Iraq of the dangers Saddam Hussein posed for the region, but also warned him that the Arab world would not be receptive to democracy, former ambassador to the US Danny Ayalon told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.前總理沙龍告訴布什總統走在美國領導的聯軍入侵伊拉克的危險，薩達姆構成該區域，而且還警告他說，阿拉伯世界不會接受以民主，前駐美大使丹尼阿亞隆告訴耶路撒冷郵報上週四。

Labor Knesset Member Raleb Majadele became the first Israeli Arab cabinet minister in the history of the State on Wednesday January 10, when under-fire party leader Amir Peretz appointed him to the Science, Technology, Culture, and Sports portfolio vacated by Labor leadership challenger Ophir Pines-Paz in November.工黨議會成員raleb majadele成為第一個阿拉伯國家，以色列內閣部長在該國的歷史上週三1月10日，當根據消防黨魁阿米爾佩雷茨聘請他為科學，技術，文化，體育等有價證券所騰出的工黨領袖挑戰者ophir松樹-和平十一月。 Its suspected this is a ploy […]其懷疑這是一個伎倆[ … … ]

Hamas denied Wednesday December 10, that its Damascus-based political chief Khaled Mashaal said in a Reuters interview that his group would consider recognizing Israel once a Palestinian state is established, “There was no change in our stance that Hamas does not recognize Israel,” he said.哈馬斯否認週三12月10日，即其大馬士革為基礎的政治，行政馬沙爾說，在一名路透社採訪時表示，該集團將考慮承認以色列，一旦巴勒斯坦國成立後， "有沒有改變我們的立場，哈馬斯不承認以色列， "他說。

In a major policy speech to the American nation on Wednesday night December 10, President George W. Bush issued a warning to Iran and Syria, accusing them of taking deliberate action against US forces in Iraq and enabling aid transfers to insurgents.在一項重要的政策演說，向美國人民對週三晚12月10日，美國總統布什發出警告伊朗和敘利亞，指責他們蓄意採取行動，針對美軍在伊拉克和扶持援助轉移到反叛分子。 Bush said the US intends to take action against Iranian proxies in Iraq, […]布什說，美國打算採取行動對付伊朗的代理人，在伊拉克， [ … … ]

President Bush’s proposal to send 21,500 additional troops to Iraq encountered strong bipartisan opposition on Capitol Hill yesterday Thursday January 11 , and his top national security advisers, dispatched to defend the strategy, were greeted with a skepticism not seen from Congress over the past six years.布希總統提議派遣21,500增派部隊到伊拉克遇到強烈反對兩黨在國會山昨天週四1月11日，和他的高級國家安全顧問，派出保衛戰略，迎接一個懷疑論沒有看到由國會在過去六年年。
(By Michael Abramowitz and Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post) （由Michael abramowitz和喬納森weisman ，華盛頓郵報）

The Washington Post reports that Hizb’Allah and its allies widened their campaign Tuesday January 9, to force the Western-backed Lebanese government’s resignation, with what they promised would be a series of daily protests across the capital.華盛頓郵報報導說， hizb'allah及其盟國擴闊他們的競選週二1月9日，以迫使西方支持的黎巴嫩政府的辭職，跟他們承諾，將是一系列的抗議活動，每天全國各地的資本。 So far, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora’s government has refused to resign, but by paralyzing it, Hizb’Allah has checked what […]到目前為止，總理福阿德西尼烏拉的政府卻拒絕辭職，但癱瘓了， hizb'allah檢查過什麼[ … … ]

MK’s: ‘We never knew how much we’d need Christian support’Israeli Knesset Members and Christian leaders vowed to work together to confront the threat posed by Iran and radical Islam during a meeting held to mark the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus’s third anniversary in the Knesset on Tuesday January 9. MK的： '我們從來不知道有多少，我們需要基督教support'israeli議會成員和基督教領袖誓言攜手合作，對抗所造成的威脅，伊朗和激進的伊斯蘭會議期間舉行了以紀念議會基督教同盟黨團的三週年之際，在議會上週二一月九日。

As up to 50,000 Iraqis flee their homes every month, the UN’s refugee agency said Monday Jan 8, that it will seek $60 million this year to help the roughly 3.7 million people displaced by violence in the war-ravaged nation.由於有高達50萬伊拉克人逃離家園的每一個月的時間內，聯合國難民事務高級專員公署說，週一1月8日，它將尋求60000000美元這一年，以協助大約370萬人因暴力而流離失所，在飽受戰爭摧殘的國家。

Reuters reported Tuesday January 9, that the United States is expected to announce sanctions against the largest Iranian commercial bank under a presidential order aimed at freezing the assets of proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their supporters.據路透社報導，週二1月9日表示，美國可望宣布制裁對伊朗最大的商業銀行，根據一項總統令，旨在凍結的資產擴散大規模殺傷性武器及其支持者。 US officials hope that this first step will set an example for other countries […]美國官員希望這第一步，也將樹立一個榜樣，讓其他國家[ … … ]