A year ago Donald Trump set up his Board of Peace(和平委员会) (bop), a private club(私人俱乐部) of world leaders. The day that he announced his plan for redevelopment in Gaza, to be overseen by the board, was, he claimed, “potentially one of the greatest days ever in civilisation”.(他宣称，宣布由该委员会监督的加沙重建计划的那一天，“可能是人类文明史上最伟大的日子之一”。) The outfit(机构，组织) has spent a year carrying out “intense preparation(密集筹备)”, according to Tony Blair(托尼·布莱尔，英国前首相), a former British prime minister and member of the board’s executive. Now comes “the implementation”.
一年前，唐纳德·特朗普设立了他的“和平委员会”（bop），一个由世界领导人组成的私人俱乐部。他宣称，宣布由该委员会监督的加沙重建计划的那一天，“可能是人类文明史上最伟大的日子之一”。据英国前首相、该委员会执行成员托尼·布莱尔称，这个机构花了一年时间进行“密集筹备”。现在，“实施阶段”来了。
On September 23rd on the sidelines of(在……间隙，在……期间) the un General Assembly(联合国大会) Jared Kushner, Mr Trump’s son-in-law and one of his main fixer(斡旋者，问题解决者)s, gave a sense of what the board hopes to spend on that implementation(实施，执行). He announced a $2.45bn recovery plan and talked of $71bn for a decade of reconstruction(重建，重建工作). The board would oversee 66 projects over the next six months alone, he declared. Power-point presentations(幻灯片演示) promised a “connected, prosperous Gaza delivering Security, Dignity and Opportunity”.
9月23日，在联合国大会间隙，特朗普的女婿、其核心斡旋者之一贾里德·库什纳透露了委员会希望在实施阶段投入的资金规模。他宣布了一项24.5亿美元的复苏计划，并谈到十年重建需要710亿美元。他宣称，仅在未来六个月，委员会就将监督66个项目。幻灯片演示承诺要打造一个“互联、繁荣的加沙，带来安全、尊严与机遇”。
Such promises ring hollow(显得空洞，听起来不真实) in Gaza. Israel has depopulate(使人口减少，清空人口)d the nearly two-thirds of Gaza it occupies. Military outpost(前哨，军事哨所)s dot the strip. Herds of bulldozer(推土机)s level the rubble(夷平废墟), erasing property boundaries and evidence of what some have judged to be war crimes. The first contours are emerging of what America says will be “alternative safe communities” for vetted Palestinians.(美国所称的、为经过审查的巴勒斯坦人准备的“替代安全社区”正初现轮廓。) Safe communities, reply hardline Israeli ministers, for Jewish settlers(犹太定居者).
这些承诺在加沙显得空洞无力。以色列已将其占领的加沙近三分之二地区的人口清空。军事哨所遍布这片狭长地带。成群的推土机夷平废墟，抹去财产边界，也抹去了一些人判定为战争罪的证据。美国所称的、为经过审查的巴勒斯坦人准备的“替代安全社区”正初现轮廓。而以色列强硬派部长们回应说，这些安全社区是给犹太定居者准备的。