Middle East Update中东更新

Amid a massive security operation to secure Baghdad, car bombs Sunday February 18, struck in two Shiite neighborhoods, targeting civilians and police, Iraqi officials said.中大规模安全行动，以确保巴格达，汽车炸弹周日2月18日，先后在两个什叶派居民区，针对平民和警察，伊拉克官员说。

Mordechai Kedar, BESA CenterFor years, especially since the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference, Arab leaders have repeated the mantra that peace with Israel hinges upon a withdrawal to the pre-1967 border.莫迪凯在Kedar ， besa centerfor年以来，特别是1991年马德里和平会议的倡议，阿拉伯各国领导人有重复的口头禅说，同以色列的和平取决于撤回到1967年以前的边界。 The Arab demand for a return of all Palestinian refugees to pre-1967 Israel remains at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and this demand disguises […]阿拉伯需求，为所有巴勒斯坦难民返回到1967年前，以色列仍处于核心地位的以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突，以及这种需求的伪装[ … … ]

The head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Research Division told the Knesset on Monday February 19, that the Iranian-backed Hizb’Allah terror group has been successful in rehabilitating its forces, and is almost at the same strength as it was before last summer’s war.总部设在以色列国防军的军事情报研究部主管告诉以色列议会于周一2月19日表示，伊朗支持的hizb'allah恐怖集团已成功地恢复它的力量，几乎是在同一强度，因为它是前年夏天奇摩战争。 Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz also said that Syria is busily upgrading its […]准将yossi baidatz还表示，叙利亚正在忙碌地提升其[ … … ]

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday February 17, for a series of meetings with Middle Eastern leaders.美国国务卿赖斯抵达耶路撒冷对周六2月17日，一连串的会议，与中东领导人。 She later claimed that the talks were ‘useful and productive’, but the only real progress was a commitment by the Israelis and Palsestinians to meet again!她后来声称，会谈是有益和富有成效的人，但只有这样，才能真正取得进展是一个承诺，由以色列人和palsestinians再次举行会晤！

A bomb went off Friday night February 16, at a girls school in the southeastern Iranian border city of Zahedan, according to the semi-official FARS News Agency.一个炸弹进行了一次周五晚上2月16日，在一所女子学校，在伊朗东南部边境城市扎，据半官方的常务社长。

The Democratic-controlled House issued a symbolic rejection of President Bush’s decision to deploy more troops to Iraq on Friday, February 16, opening an epic confrontation between Congress and commander in chief over an unpopular war that has taken the lives of more than 3,100 US troops.民主党控制的众议院发表了一份象征性排斥反应的布什总统的决定，派遣更多的军队到伊拉克就周五， 2月16日，开幕史诗的对立，国会和总指挥官超过一个不受欢迎的战争，这已经让生活更超过3100个美国部队。

US may reject unproven unity government美国可能不接受未经验证团结政府
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on February 15, that the rival Fatah and Hamas parties had “agreed on the formation of a unity government,” during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza.巴勒斯坦民族权力机构主席阿巴斯宣布， 2月15日，即对手法塔赫和哈马斯各方已"同意组建一个团结政府" ，在一项联合新闻发布会上与总理哈尼耶在加沙。

Turkey to inspect excavation, renovation site Calm was restored to the Old City of Jerusalem today, February 16, after prayer services on the Temple Mount drew to a close, with Israeli Police arresting some 15-20 Muslim youths for sporadic acts of violence and incitement.土耳其视察开挖，整修工地恢复了平静，以耶路撒冷老城的今天， 2月16日，经过祷告服务圣殿山接近尾声之际，以色列警察逮捕了约15-20穆斯林青年人为零星的暴力行为和煽动。 Some 3,000 police officers were on standby in east Jerusalem and […]约3000名警察在场待命，在东耶路撒冷和[ … … ]

The Bush administration hopes to resettle about 7,000 Iraqi refugees to the United States this year, the State Department said Wednesday.而布什政府则希望以安置约7000名伊拉克难民进入美国，这一年中，美国国务院表示，周三。 February 14. 2月14日。

Jerusalem Post EditorialIt is tempting to ignore “Israel Apartheid Week,” an anti-Israel hate-fest taking place this week in Canada, England and the US.耶路撒冷邮报editorialit是诱人的忽视"以色列种族隔离周" ，反以色列的仇恨节正在发生的这个星期在加拿大，英国和美国。 The organizers of such events, though they claim to be supporting Palestinian rights, will obviously not be satisfied unless the Jewish state ceases to exist.主办这类活动，虽然他们自称为支持巴勒斯坦人的权利，显然不会满意，除非这个犹太国家不复存在。