The announcement on Tuesday by the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, of an import ban on goods(商品进口禁令) from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories(巴勒斯坦被占领土), as well as a comprehensive sanctions regime(制裁制度), is a hard-won(来之不易的) victory for the Palestine solidarity movement.
周二，外交大臣埃德·米利班德宣布禁止从以色列在巴勒斯坦被占领土上的非法定居点进口商品，并实施全面制裁制度。这对巴勒斯坦团结运动来说是一场来之不易的胜利。
This is not simply a change of heart by the government: it is a direct result of sustained pressure from activists and organisers across the Palestine movement, who have consistently held the government’s feet to the fire over its complicity in the atrocities being committed in Gaza and the West Bank.(这不仅仅是政府回心转意：这是巴勒斯坦运动活动人士和组织者持续施压的直接结果，他们一直就政府在加沙和西岸所犯暴行中的共谋行为向政府问责。) Miliband’s announcement shows us what organised and persistent campaigning can achieve, and inspires confidence that movements can force political change.
这不仅仅是政府回心转意：这是巴勒斯坦运动活动人士和组织者持续施压的直接结果，他们一直就政府在加沙和西岸所犯暴行中的共谋行为向政府问责。米利班德的声明向我们展示了有组织和持续的抗争能够取得什么成果，并让我们相信运动能够迫使政治变革。
Over the past three years, Palestine has become a political and electoral(选举的) challenge for the Labour party, as well as a fundamental issue of public conscience(公众良心). This move signals a political reset in the UK government’s foreign policy approach to Israel. But as the UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese has said, a ban on goods from settlements must be part of a “true paradigm shift”; the government can, and must, go further.(但正如联合国特别报告员弗朗西斯卡·阿尔巴内塞所说，禁止定居点商品必须成为“真正范式转变”的一部分；政府能够而且必须走得更远。)
过去三年，巴勒斯坦问题已成为工党在政治和选举上的挑战，也是一个关乎公众良心的根本问题。此举标志着英国政府对以色列外交政策的政治重置。但正如联合国特别报告员弗朗西斯卡·阿尔巴内塞所说，禁止定居点商品必须成为“真正范式转变”的一部分；政府能够而且必须走得更远。