Good morning. For almost half a century, British governments have condemned(谴责) illegal Israeli settlements, acknowledging they represent an obstacle to peace and threaten the prospect of a two-state solution(两国方案). And yet no government has ever compelled(迫使) Israel to stop its expansion.
早上好。近半个世纪以来，英国历届政府一直谴责以色列的非法定居点，承认它们阻碍和平、威胁两国方案的前景。然而，从未有任何一届政府迫使以色列停止扩张。
Ed Miliband’s statement in the House of Commons(英国下议院) yesterday was an attempt to change that. In a powerful and emotive(感人的) speech, the foreign secretary recounted childhood memories of picking oranges on his grandmother’s kibbutz(基布兹（以色列集体农庄）), accused Israeli “terrorists” of ethnic cleansing(种族清洗) in the West Bank and announced a series of new measures intended to address what he described as a “deeply painful contrast” between rhetoric(言辞、花言巧语) and reality.
埃德·米利班德昨天在下议院的声明正是试图改变这一局面。在一场有力而感人的演讲中，这位外交大臣回忆起童年在祖母的基布兹采摘橙子的往事，指责以色列“恐怖分子”在约旦河西岸进行种族清洗，并宣布了一系列新措施，旨在解决他所描述的言辞与现实之间“令人深感痛苦的落差”。
It was the strongest statement on Israel’s actions ever issued by the UK government. But will it make a difference to Palestinians living under the omnipresent(无处不在的) threat of violence? Today’s newsletter, with the Guardian’s chief Middle East correspondent Emma-Graham Harrison and our diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour, drills into(深入剖析) the details of Miliband’s announcement and explores that question. That’s after the headlines.
这是英国政府就以色列行动发表的最强硬声明。但它能否改变生活在无处不在的暴力威胁下的巴勒斯坦人的处境？今天的简报，由《卫报》首席中东记者艾玛-格雷厄姆·哈里森和外交编辑帕特里克·温图尔共同深入剖析米利班德声明的细节，并探讨这一问题。以下是头条新闻。
Five big stories
五大新闻
In depth: Could Miliband’s statement shift what seems politically possible?
深度报道：米利班德的声明能否改变政治上的可能性？
What else we’ve been enjoying
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The front pages
头版
The Latest
最新消息
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The Upside
光明面
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