以色列接受中東四方恢復和談建議

As the Palestinians seek statehood recognition at the United Nations, Israel has given its official response to an international effort to revive the Middle East peace process.

就在巴勒斯坦人謀求聯合國承認其國家地位之際，以色列對恢復中東和平進程的一項國際努力做出了正式反應。

Israel has welcomed a proposal by international mediators to resume peace talks with the Palestinians "immediately and without preconditions."

以色列對國際調停人員提出立即與巴勒斯坦人恢復“無預設條件”的和談的建議表示歡迎。

The Quartet of Middle East mediators, the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia, unveiled the proposal more than a week ago after the Palestinians submitted a request for statehood recognition at the U.N.

在巴勒斯坦人提交入聯申請之後，由美國、歐盟、聯合國以及俄羅斯組成的中東調停四方集團於一周前公佈了這一建議。

The U.S. opposes the statehood bid, saying Palestinian independence should be achieved through negotiations with Israel. The Quartet called for a resumption of peace talks in a month, and a framework peace agreement on Palestinian statehood by the end of 2012.

美國反對巴勒斯坦人的入聯申請，並且表示，巴勒斯坦人應當通過與以色列進行談判來獲得獨立。中東問題四方集團敦促以巴雙方在一個月內恢復和談，並且在2012年年底之前，就巴勒斯坦的國家地位達成一項框架和平協議。

Israeli spokesman Mark Regev urged the Palestinians to abandon the effort for statehood at the U.N. and return to the negotiating table.

以色列發言人馬克.雷格夫敦促巴勒斯坦人放棄入聯努力，重返談判桌。

"Israel is willing and has been willing for the immediate resumption of talks. We hope the Palestinian side will pick up the ball and we will indeed see a restarting of the Middle East peace process."

雷格夫說：“以色列現在願意並且一直願意立即恢復和談。我們希望巴勒斯坦方面接受這一建議，我們確實將會看到中東和平進程重新開始。”The Quartet proposal says peace talks should resume without preconditions. But the Palestinians say a Quartet reference to the "Roadmap" peace plan of 2003 backs their key condition for resuming negotiations: a freeze on all Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

中東問題四方集團的建議說，和談應當在沒有預設條件的情況下恢復。可是，巴勒斯坦人說，中東問題四方集團提到的2003年和平計劃路線圖支持他們提出恢復和談的一個關鍵條件，那就是：在約旦河西岸和東耶路撒冷凍結所有以色列定居點建設。

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should keep his commitments under the Roadmap.

巴勒斯坦談判代表埃雷卡特說，以色列總理內塔尼亞胡應當遵守他基於這個路線圖所做的承諾。

“He has an obligation called settlements. It's not a precondition! It's not a precondition; it's an obligation on him to stop settlement activities."

埃雷卡特說：“他有責任取消定居點建設。這並不是預設條件，停止定居點活動是他的責任。”

Israel threw a wrench into peace efforts last week, when it announced plans to build 1,100 new housing units in East Jerusalem, on land Israel annexed after the 1967 war. The Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of a future state. The U.S. and EU criticized the Israeli move. But Israel says all of Jerusalem is its capital, not a settlement, and it can build anywhere in the city.

以色列上週阻撓了中東的和平努力，當時以色列宣佈，計劃在東耶路撒冷建造1100套新住房，這塊土地是以色列在1967年的中東戰爭後吞併的。巴勒斯坦人想讓東耶路撒冷作爲將來巴勒斯坦國的首都。美國和歐盟批評了以色列的這一行動。可是，以色列說，整個耶路撒冷都是它的首都，並非只是定居點，以色列可以在這座城市任何地點建造定居點。