Settler terrorists supported by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government are committing ethnic cleansing(种族清洗) in the West Bank, Ed Miliband has said, in the UK’s starkest(最严厉的) condemnation(谴责) since the foundation of the Israeli state.
埃德·米利班德表示，受本雅明·内塔尼亚胡政府支持的定居者恐怖分子正在约旦河西岸实施种族清洗，这是自以色列建国以来英国发出的最严厉谴责。
Andy Burnham, the prime minister, said he would “not stand by(袖手旁观)” as horrific suffering continued, writing in the Guardian that for too long the UK had been hesitant(犹豫的) to act, “fearful of being accused of being anti-Israel”.
首相安迪·伯纳姆表示，面对持续发生的可怕苦难，他“不会袖手旁观”。他在《卫报》撰文指出，英国长期以来一直犹豫不决，“害怕被指责为反以色列”。
In the Commons(英国下议院), the foreign secretary said the government would now take the official position that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was unlawful(非法的) in its entirety(整体上), as he announced sweeping(全面的) sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements.
外交大臣在下议院表示，政府现在将采取官方立场，认定以色列对约旦河西岸的占领整体上不合法，同时宣布对与以色列定居点的贸易实施全面制裁。