
Britain’s legal and ethical obligation to stop a genocide(种族灭绝) in Gaza requires it to take bigger steps(采取更大举措) than halting(停止,使停止) trade with illegal Israeli settlements or imposing further sanctions(制裁), Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has said.
BDS(抵制、撤资、制裁)运动联合创始人奥马尔·巴尔古提表示,英国负有阻止加沙种族灭绝的法律和道德义务,这要求其采取比停止与非法以色列定居点贸易或实施进一步制裁更大的举措。
He described sanctions against individual settler groups or extremist ministers as a “smoke and mirrors(障眼法,欺骗性手段) cop-out(逃避,借口) and distraction(干扰,分散注意力的事)” from the UK’s legal obligation under international law to end all support for Israel, including arms exports, trade deals and academic relations that “may directly or indirectly enable(使能够,助长) Israel’s illegal occupation(占领)” of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
他将针对个别定居者团体或极端部长的制裁描述为“烟雾弹式的逃避和干扰”,认为这偏离了英国根据国际法所承担的终止对以色列一切支持的义务,包括武器出口、贸易协定以及可能“直接或间接助长以色列对加沙、约旦河西岸和东耶路撒冷非法占领”的学术关系。
The British foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, promised on Tuesday to introduce a “comprehensive(全面的,综合的) reset(重置,重新设定)” of the UK’s policy on Israel in the coming weeks.
英国外交大臣埃德·米利班德周二承诺,将在未来几周内对英国的对以政策进行“全面重置”。