CNN News：耶路撒冷為何如此重要

The Trump administration is considering a declaration that’s significant around the world, whether to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

特朗普政府正在考慮一項在世界范圍內具有重大意義的聲明，是否承認耶路撒冷是以色列的首都。

And if the U.S. government does that, it could later move the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, to the city of Jerusalem.

美國政府承認，則可能會把美國駐以色列特拉維夫的大使館遷往耶路撒冷。

Here’s why that significant. In 1980, Israel passed a law declaring Jerusalem to be its capital. It had seen the city as that for decades.

這就是為什么此決定如此重要。1980年，以色列通過一項法律，宣布耶路撒冷為其首都。數(shù)十年來，以色列一直將其視為首都。

But the United Nations said that declaration was against international law because it saw Jerusalem as an international city. Its population of around 850,000 people isn’t particularly large as cities go. But Jerusalem’s importance to the world’s three major Abrahamic religions -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- is tremendous.

但是聯(lián)合國表示，此聲明違反了國際法律，因為其將耶路撒冷視為國際城市。耶路撒冷的人口約有85萬，并不能和大城市媲美。但是耶路撒冷對世界三大亞伯拉罕宗教——猶太教、基督教、伊斯蘭教——具有重大意義。

At one level, it’s a city like any other. People sell, people buy, normal life. But Jerusalem’s old city is special. And this is the best vantage point, here on the Mount of Olives.

在某些程度，這個城市和其他城市一樣。人們銷售、購買，正常的生活。但是耶路撒冷老城非常的特殊。這是因為它具有有利的地理位置，其位于橄欖山。

The Doom of the Rock, a key holy site for Muslims. Behind it, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built on the site where many Christians believe Christ was crucified.

巖石圓頂清真寺是穆斯林的圣地。位于其后面的圣墓教堂的修建地址，是人們認為基督被十字架釘死之地。

And out of sight from this vantage point, the Western Wall, holy to Jews supporting the mount where the temple once stood. It’s not Jerusalem’s significance, that’s in dispute. It’s a status.

從這個有利的角度看，西面的墻，是猶太人的圣地，圣殿曾經矗立的地方。其并不代表耶路撒冷的重要地位，這一點是有爭議的。這象征的一個地位。

After nearly 20 years divided by barbed wire, Israel forces took control of the whole city, east and west. In 1967, the international community did not recognize what Israel called the unification of Jerusalem, embassies stayed in Tel Aviv. And East Jerusalem was accepted by the international community as the capital of a future Palestinian state in a negotiated settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.

近20年的鐵絲網(wǎng)的隔離，以色列軍隊控制了整個城市，包括東部和西部。1967年，國際社會不承認以色列所謂的統(tǒng)一了耶路撒冷，大使館則停留在特拉維夫。東耶路撒冷被國際社會視為以色列和巴基斯坦談判后未來巴勒斯坦國的首都。