BBC News:巴以和平再受挫 吉米·卡特發(fā)評論

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Coming up, another setback for the Middle East peace process as Israel cancels plans to release another batch of Palestinian prisoners. A former US president admits he never imagined reaching an agreement will be so hard. “I thought it was a foregoing conclusion that we would have peace. I know that President Regan didn't take much interest in it. And most of the other presidents since then have only paid brief attention to that crucial issue.”

這次新聞的主要內(nèi)容有：以色列取消釋放新一批巴勒斯坦囚犯的計劃，導(dǎo)致中東和平進程再次受挫。一位美國前總統(tǒng)坦言，未曾想到達成共識如此艱難。“我曾以為和平是遲早的結(jié)果。我知道里根總統(tǒng)對此不太感興趣，此后其他總統(tǒng)大都象征性地對待這個關(guān)鍵問題。”

Jimmy Carter was the US president who came closest to bringing peace between Israel and the Palestinians. He also dealt with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. So what advice would he have for the international community? Our correspondent Catty Kay met him and began by asking whether more progress could have been made in the middle east process if President Obama had been more personally engaged.

吉米·卡特是為實現(xiàn)巴以和平付出最多的一位美國總統(tǒng)，他也處理了蘇聯(lián)入侵阿富汗的問題。那么，他對國際社會有何建議呢?本臺記者卡蒂·凱采訪了卡特，并首先發(fā)問，如果奧巴馬總統(tǒng)本人更多地參與中東問題，那么該進程是否會有更多大的進展。

“President Obama made a good start in Cairo when he announced that there were to be no more settlements in Palestinian territory. That was a very wonderful start. I know how difficult it is.”

“奧巴馬總統(tǒng)在開羅宣布，禁止在巴勒斯坦領(lǐng)土上建設(shè)更多定居點。這是一個很好地開始。我知道這有多么不易。”

Would you ever have thought we would have made so little progress 35 years later?

您是否想到，35年后的今天，我們的進步是如此之小?

“No. I thought it was a foregoing conclusion that we would have peace.”

“我沒想到。我當時以為和平是遲早的結(jié)果。”

Has it been a failure of American policy?

這是美國政策的失敗嗎?

“Well, I wouldn't say, I wouldn't try to allege other presidents have failed. But I know that President Regan didn't take much interest in it. And other things are more important to him. And most of the other presidents since then have only paid brief attention to that crucial issue. So I would say that in general, that all of the presidents could have done more to bring peace to Israel.”

“當然，我不會說其他總統(tǒng)都是失敗的。但我知道，里根總統(tǒng)對此不太感興趣，對他來說，還有其他更重要的事情。此后其他總統(tǒng)大都象征性地對待這個關(guān)鍵問題。所以，從總體上說，歷屆總統(tǒng)本可以為以色列和平進程做出更多努力。”

There has been a lot of discussion in the last two months of whether we will return into the Cold War with Russia’s annexation of Crimea. How is this similar? And how is this different?

過去的兩個月，克里米亞入俄引發(fā)人們猜想美國是否會再次卷入冷戰(zhàn)。兩者有何相似之處?又有何不同?

“Well, I think that the taking of Crimea by Russia was a foregoing conclusion. There’s nothing that the western nations could have done to prevent Putin from moving his military forces into Crimea. But I think now we have the same situation that I face when I was in the White House in Christmas week, as a matter of fact, in 1979 when the Soviet invaded Afghanistan. It took very strong action. I declared of an embargo against Russia, as well. I began to arm the freedom fighters in Afghanistan so they could repel the Russian invaders. And I announced that if he went any further than he had already gone, then I would respond militarily with all the weapons that we had at our disposal. And that was the end of the Soviet invasion.”

“我認為克里米亞入俄是遲早的事。西方國家無法阻 止普京進軍克里米亞。但是我認為現(xiàn)在的局面和我執(zhí)政時的局面相同。那是1979年的圣誕節(jié)周，蘇聯(lián)入侵阿富汗。我采取了有力措施，對俄羅斯下達封港令，并 開始武裝阿富汗的自由斗士，以便他們能夠擊退俄羅斯侵略者。我還宣布，如果他采取更過分的舉動，我會傾盡所有兵力武裝對抗。蘇聯(lián)入侵這才告一段落。”