以色列接受中东四方恢复和谈建议

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.

就在巴勒斯坦人谋求联合国承认其国家地位之际，以色列对恢复中东和平进程的一项国际努力做出了正式反应。

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

以色列对国际调停人员提出立即与巴勒斯坦人恢复“无预设条件”的和谈的建议表示欢迎。

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联申请之后，由美国、欧盟、联合国以及俄罗斯组成的中东调停四方集团于一周前公布了这一建议。

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.

美国反对巴勒斯坦人的入联申请，并且表示，巴勒斯坦人应当通过与以色列进行谈判来获得独立。中东问题四方集团敦促以巴双方在一个月内恢复和谈，并且在2012年年底之前，就巴勒斯坦的国家地位达成一项框架和平协议。

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

以色列发言人马克.雷格夫敦促巴勒斯坦人放弃入联努力，重返谈判桌。

"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."

雷格夫说：“以色列现在愿意并且一直愿意立即恢复和谈。我们希望巴勒斯坦方面接受这一建议，我们确实将会看到中东和平进程重新开始。”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.

中东问题四方集团的建议说，和谈应当在没有预设条件的情况下恢复。可是，巴勒斯坦人说，中东问题四方集团提到的2003年和平计划路线图支持他们提出恢复和谈的一个关键条件，那就是：在约旦河西岸和东耶路撒冷冻结所有以色列定居点建设。

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

巴勒斯坦谈判代表埃雷卡特说，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡应当遵守他基于这个路线图所做的承诺。

“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."

埃雷卡特说：“他有责任取消定居点建设。这并不是预设条件，停止定居点活动是他的责任。”

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.

以色列上周阻挠了中东的和平努力，当时以色列宣布，计划在东耶路撒冷建造1100套新住房，这块土地是以色列在1967年的中东战争后吞并的。巴勒斯坦人想让东耶路撒冷作为将来巴勒斯坦国的首都。美国和欧盟批评了以色列的这一行动。可是，以色列说，整个耶路撒冷都是它的首都，并非只是定居点，以色列可以在这座城市任何地点建造定居点。