CNN News:哈马斯与以色列冲突历史渊源解析

Hi, I`m Carl Azuz. Today`s edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS starts in the Middle East where tensions are growing between two rival governments of Palestinians. There are two Palestinian territories with two different governments. The West Bank is one of them. It`s controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Gaza is the other. It`s controlled by a militant group called Hamas. The two sides agreed to form a unity government earlier this year. But the Palestinian Authority accuses Hamas of running a shadow government, an unauthorized group of 27 officials who control Gaza. And the Palestinian Authority says if that continues, a unity government is helpless.

我是Carl Azuz，今天CNN学生新闻从中东巴勒斯坦两大对立派别说起，这是两股巴勒斯坦势力分裂成的两个政府组织。西岸就属于他们中的一个巴勒斯坦政权组织控制。加沙是另外一个，由一个名为哈马斯的激进组织控制。今年早些时候双方都同意建立一个同一政府。但是巴勒斯坦当局指控哈马斯操纵一个由控制加沙地区的27名官员组成的影子政府。巴勒斯坦当局称如果他们继续这样做的话成立一个统一政府也就没有必要了。

Hamas says the accusation is unjustified and untrue, and that it will keep working with the rival group on a unity government. If that falls through, it`s another complication in the restless region of the world.

哈马斯称这个指控是毫无根据的，虚无的，并将与分裂组织继续合作成立一个统一政府。如果此次合作失败，将会引发世界其他地区并发症。

Hamas is the current ruling party in Gaza, and has been since 2006, when it won a landslide in democratic elections. In fact, at the time it became one of the first Islamist parties around the world to win political office, but much of the West considers Hamas to be a terrorist organization. The group was born in 1997 just at the start of the first Intifada, or Palestinian uprising.

自2006年哈马斯在民主选举中获胜之后就一直掌握着加沙的控制权。实际上，同时它也成为了世界上第一个赢得政治胜利的伊斯兰党派，但是很多西方人认为哈马斯会是一个恐怖组织。这个组织在1997年诞生，正是巴勒斯坦起义刚刚开始的时候。

Now, the group`s founders wanted it to be able to deliver social welfare programs to the residents of Gaza, which at this particular point number about 1.8 million people, but then a year in, it published its charter, and within that charter Hamas was calling for the destruction of Israel. Hamas started a suicide bombing campaign against Israel in the 1990s.

现在，这个组织的创始人希望组织的能力可以向加沙居民提供社会福利，当时人数大约为180万，但是一年之后，它发布工作进程称要摧毁以色列。哈马斯在20世纪90年代开始对抗以色列展开自杀式炸弹袭击。

So, what does Hamas want? It does not recognize Israel`s right to exist, calling not only for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, but for an end to the Israeli state itself. As well as the right of return for Palestinians who were forced to leave their homes and became refugees when the state of Israel was created back in 1948.

那哈马斯目的是什么呢?它不承认以色列的政权存在，不仅想要停止以色列在巴勒斯坦土地的占有权，并且想要完全摧毁以色列这个国家。这样巴勒斯坦人民就可以重返家园，他们曾在1948年被迫离开巴勒斯坦沦为难民并建立了以色列国家。

Hamas wants a lifting of the Israeli blockade on Gaza. Israel at this point controls the airspace and the waters of Gaza, along with Egypt. It controls the borders. Israel says that is necessary to try and cope with the more militarized Hamas.

哈马斯想要以色列解除对加沙地带的封锁，在与埃及边境地区以色列控制着加沙的领空和水源供给。也就是说以色列控制着边境地区土地。以色列称如果必要的话会与哈马斯军事组织展开进一步交锋。

And thirdly, Hamas wants the release of around 6500 Palestinian prisoners, currently in Israeli detention. They believe that they are being held illegally.

第三，哈马斯想要释放正关押在以色列监狱的大约6500名巴勒斯坦囚犯。他们认为这些人是被非法拘禁的。

And then there`s the question as to whether Hamas is simply in this fight because it has nothing to lose. Living conditions for almost 2 million people in one of the most densely populated territories on earth are very tough, and they are not improving. Unemployment hovers around the 50 percent level, and that`s before this latest round of fighting.

然后问题就来了，是不是因为哈马斯不会造成什么损失所以一直在坚持战斗?生活在世界上人口最密集地区的近乎200万人口生活条件是非常艰难的，他们并不能得到什么改善。失业率接近50%的水平，这还是在新一轮战斗之前的情况。

Hamas has also lost one of its major allies, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. The new Egyptian regime considers Hamas to be an enemy.

哈马斯已经失去了它的一个主要盟友，就是埃及的穆斯林兄弟会。而新的埃及政权则认为哈马斯是敌对势力。

Nevertheless, some experts say that simply by fighting against Israel, Hamas appears to be standing up for the rights of the Palestinian people.

然而，一些专家则称，单说与以色列的对抗赛来讲，哈马斯似乎是站在巴勒斯坦人民立场上来行事的。