The British foreign secretary(外交大臣), Ed Miliband, has announced plans for an import ban(进口禁令) on goods from illegal settlements in occupied(被占领的) Palestine and sanctions for companies that “finance or facilitate(融资或提供便利)” the construction, infrastructure and marketing of illegal settlements.
英国外交大臣埃德·米利班德宣布，计划禁止从被占领的巴勒斯坦地区的非法定居点进口商品，并制裁那些为非法定居点的建设、基础设施和营销提供“融资或便利”的公司。
He also said “settler(定居者) terrorists” were perpetrating ethnic cleansing(种族清洗) in the occupied West Bank, while the government turned a blind eye and some members supported it.
他还表示，“定居者恐怖分子”正在被占领的约旦河西岸实施种族清洗，而以色列政府对此视而不见，部分政府成员甚至予以支持。
Britain’s argument was with the government of Israel, not its people, Miliband said. The new measures would target only the expansion and entrenchment(巩固；根深蒂固) of Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, not Israel inside the green line(绿线：1949年停战线) – the 1949 armistice(停战；休战) boundary, once seen as a possible template(模板；范本) for Israel’s border with a future Palestinian state.
米利班德表示，英国的分歧对象是以色列政府，而非以色列人民。新措施只针对以色列对巴勒斯坦非法占领的扩张和固化，不涉及绿线以内的以色列本土——绿线是1949年的停战线，曾被视为以色列与未来巴勒斯坦国边界的可能模板。
Why is going after E1 settlement financing a big deal?
为什么打击E1定居点的融资是件大事？
What is the status of Israeli settlements and the settler economy?
以色列定居点及定居者经济的地位如何？
What does Miliband’s intervention mean for UK-Israel relations?
米利班德的干预对英以关系意味着什么？
What other pressure could be applied?
还可以施加哪些其他压力？