Middle East Update中東更新

Saudi Arabia insisted April 3, that direct talks with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert would only be possible after Israel accepts the Arab peace initiative.沙特阿拉伯堅持四月三日，即直接會談時，以色列代總理奧爾默特將只可能後，以色列接受阿拉伯和平倡議。 Olmert recently called for a summit with the Saudis in order to discuss the peace process, following an Arab League decision to re-launch a 2002 peace initiative that […]奧爾默特近日呼籲建立一個峰會上，沙特，以討論和平進程，繼阿盟決定重新啟動2002年和平倡議，該倡議[ … … ]

Iran, Syria, and HizbAllah forces in Lebanon are all preparing for a possible US military offensive this summer, IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin told senior Israeli officials on Sunday April 7.伊朗，敘利亞和真主黨的勢力在黎巴嫩都準備為美國可能的軍事攻勢，在今年夏天，以色列國防軍情報部門主管阿莫斯yadlin告訴以色列高級官員上週日4月7日。 Yadlin warned the cabinet that the IDF has recently noticed “an increase in the potential for [Mideast] instability,” based on a number of […] yadlin警告內閣說，以色列國防軍最近已注意到"有更多的潛力[中東]不穩定， "基於一些[ … … ]

At an Arab summit, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called on Israel to take constructive steps in response to a new Arab peace initiative.在阿拉伯首腦會議上，巴勒斯坦民族權力機構主席阿巴斯於週日呼籲以色列採取建設性的步驟，在回答一項新的阿拉伯和平倡議。 Arab leaders revived a 5-year-old peace plan that offers Israel normal ties with all Arab countries in return for withdrawal from land seized in the 1967 Six-Day […]阿拉伯領導人恢復了5年樓齡的中東和平計劃提供以色列的正常關係，同所有阿拉伯國家，以換取退出土地，在1967年進行為期六天的[ … … ]

Recent archaeological digs in the City of David, just outside Jerusalem’s Old City, have uncovered another massive wall from the First Temple period believed to be part of a palace and major government complex used by King David’s royal line.最近的考古挖掘中的城市大衛，只是外界耶路撒冷的老城區，共查出有大量的牆，從第一聖殿時期，相信是一個組成部分，宮殿和政府的重大複雜，所用的大衛王的皇家線。 The newly discovered 20-meter-long section of a 7-meter-thick wall is part of a monumental 10th […]新發現的20多米長的路段為7米厚的牆是一個巨大的第十[ … … ]

There is a growing threat that terrorist groups such as HizbAllah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad will acquire nuclear or other WMD technology, a senior US State Department official told The Jerusalem Post this week.有一種日益增長的威脅，恐怖主義團體如真主黨，哈馬斯和伊斯蘭聖戰組織將獲取核武器或其他大規模殺傷性武器技術，美國國務院一位高級官員告訴耶路撒冷郵報這個星期。 He indicated that there are a “large number” of nuclear smuggling incidents each year, some of which are “substantial” and not […]他表示，有一個"大數目"的核走私事件每年都有，其中有些是"實質" ，而不是[ … … ]

Ibrahim Hamad, the senior Hamas terrorist charged with the murder of 36 Israeli civilians in Jerusalem during the intifada has been convicted by an Israeli military court of coordinating three major suicide bombings in the capital since 2002: the Moment Cafe bombing in which 11 people were killed; the suicide attack at the Sheffield Club […]易卜拉欣哈馬德，哈馬斯高級恐怖分子的指控謀殺36名以色列平民在耶路撒冷起義期間已被定罪的一個以色列軍事法院的協調三大自殺性爆炸事件在首都自2002年以來：時刻咖啡館爆炸事件，其中11人被殺害;自殺攻擊在謝菲爾德俱樂部[ … … ]

The Israeli Air Force conducted its 16th test of the Arrow missile defense system on Monday March 26, which officials said was capable of intercepting an Iranian nuclear missile, according to The Jerusalem Post.以色列空軍進行了第16次試驗的箭導彈防禦系統，週一3月26日，該官員說，是能夠攔截伊朗的核飛彈，據耶路撒冷郵報。 An improved Arrow missile, with modifications to its hardware and electronics, was successfully test-fired.一種改進的箭導彈，加以修改，以它的硬件和電子產品，是成功的試射。 Recent modifications made to the Arrow missile […]最近所作的修改箭導彈[ … … ]

The Arab League decided ON March 28, to endorse without changes its land-and-refugee-for-peace initiative from March 2002.阿盟決定於3月28日，核准而不改變其土地和難民換取和平倡議，從2002年3月。 A senior Israeli official said Israel would not reject the document out of hand, but will likely hone in on its positive elements, overlooking the problematic aspects.一名以色列高級官員稱，以色列將不會拒絕這份文件不可收拾的地步，但很可能會琢磨出其積極因素，而忽略了問題的方面。 “What we are hearing is that the Arab countries are […] "什麼，我們聽到的是，阿拉伯國家[ … … ]

‘Escalation’ possible if Israel rejects Arab League conditions '升級' ，如果以色列拒絕了阿拉伯聯盟的條件
The “lords of war” will decide Israel’s future if it rejects a plan crafted by the entire Arab world, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister warned Tuesday March 27, as leaders began gathering in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, for Wednesday’s Arab League summit. "上議院的戰爭" ，將決定以色列的未來，如果它拒絕一項計劃所製作的整個阿拉伯世界，沙特的外交官員警告週二3月27日，作為領導人開始聚集在沙特首都利雅得，為週三的阿拉伯國家聯盟首腦會議。

The platform of the Palestinian unity government legitimizes the continuation of violent opposition, which is also a violation of the Chairman’s commitments.該平台的巴勒斯坦團結政府，使其合法化，繼續暴力反對黨，也就是違反了主席的承諾。 This will not facilitate - in the near future - contacts between us and the PA.這將不利於-在不久的將來-之間的接觸，我們和巴勒斯坦權力機構。 There is no doubt that completely different conduct by the PA is required in order to create […]這是毫無疑問的是完全不同的行為，由PA是需要，以創造[ … … ]