VOA慢速英語：更多耶路撒冷巴勒斯坦人尋求以色列國籍

Most Palestinians living in East Jerusalemwant the area to become the capital of a future Palestinian state. So, for many years, Palestinians there have rejected the idea of becoming Israeli citizens. But, that situation is changing.

大多數(shù)居住在東耶路撒冷的巴勒斯坦人希望該地區(qū)能夠成為未來巴勒斯坦國的首都。因此,多年來,那里的巴勒斯坦人拒絕成為以色列公民。但是,這種情況正在發(fā)生變化。

Today, more and more Palestinians are seeking Israeli citizenship. Many say they do it because they feel they must.

如今,越來越多的巴勒斯坦人正在尋求以色列國籍。許多人說，他們這樣做是因為他們覺得自己別無選擇。

Growing Number of E. Jerusalem Palestinians Seek Israeli Citizenship

The Reuter news service spoke with one Palestinian teacher who asked not to be identified. She said, "I have a bad feeling because I would like to have the passport of my country as a Jerusalemite, as a Palestinian. So I should have a Palestinian passport. But unfortunately, I cannot get one. Instead, I got something that will only connect me more to Jerusalem."

路透社采訪了一位不愿公開身份的巴勒斯坦老師。她說，“我有一種不好的感受，因為作為一個耶路撒冷人、作為一個巴勒斯坦人，我希望有自己國家的護照。我應該有一個巴勒斯坦護照。但不幸的是，我卻沒有。相反，我擁有的只會把我與耶路撒冷聯(lián)系的更緊密。”

Some Palestinians say that full citizenship will help them get better jobs and other benefits. Others disagree, like Ghassan Nofal, of East Jerusalem. He said, "For someone who has children...a house, a business and all these things, the citizenship could never help. If they give us a passport and take away our IDs, it is the same for me." visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

一些巴勒斯坦人表示，合格的公民身份將幫助他們獲得更好的工作及其他福利。但有些人卻不這樣認為，如東耶路撒冷的加桑·諾法爾（Ghassan Nofal）。他說：“對于擁有孩子、房子以及企業(yè)的人而言，公民身份根本毫無用處。如果他們給我們護照，但是收走我們的身份證，對我來說是一樣的。

It is not all about benefits. The homes of some Palestinians have been separated from the rest of Jerusalemfor the past 10 years. Israel built a wall around them after a number of suicide bombings. Those Palestinians fear they may lose Jerusalem residency as a result.

這并非完全關于福利。一些巴勒斯坦人的房屋與耶路撒冷其他地區(qū)分割已超過十年。在一些列自殺式爆炸襲擊事件后，以色列圍繞它們建立一堵墻。這些巴基斯坦人擔心他們可能會失去耶路撒冷居住權。

Israel's Interior Ministry keeps records of Palestinian passport applications. Reuters says there were 434 passport requests for the year 2012-2013. Israeli officials approved 189 of them. The news agency said most of the rest are still being processed.

以色列內(nèi)政部記錄了巴勒斯坦人申請護照人數(shù)。路透社表示，2012到2013年間，共有434份護照申請，其中189份獲得了以色列官方批準。路透社表示，其余的大部分仍在處理中。

Amnon Ramon is a researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.

阿姆農(nóng)·拉蒙（Amnon Ramon）就職于耶路撒冷以色列研究所。

He said, "We are indeed witnessing an increase in the number of East Jerusalemites who have permanentresidency status in the state of Israelwho are seeking Israeli citizenship. The question of how big this increase is - is debatable."

他說，“我們確實目睹了那些擁有以色列永久居留權的東耶路撒冷人開始尋求以色列公民身份的人數(shù)有所增加，但其增加幅度值得商榷。

Palestinian officials pushing for a state that would include East Jerusalem are concerned.

巴勒斯坦官員正在推動建立一個包括東耶路撒冷的國家，這讓人們感到擔憂。

Khalil Tafakji is a former member of the Palestinian negotiating team. He said, "There is a big risk that if the situation continues, what will the Palestinians negotiate about? They want to negotiate about land - they already lost the land. They want to negotiate for the population and the population is being lost."

哈利勒·塔法基（Khalil Tafakji）是巴勒斯坦談判小組的前成員。他說，“如果這種情況持續(xù)下去，有很大風險，巴勒斯坦人還談判什么呢？他們要談判土地– 但已經(jīng)失去了土地。他們要談判人口，而人口正在流失。”

The demographic effect could be even wider, they argue, in considering the future children of Palestinians who become Israeli. Those boys and girls will be born Israeli citizens. Officials in Jerusalem deny that the demographics will affect Israel's negotiations with Palestinians.

他們認為，在考慮到成為以色列人的巴勒斯坦人其下一代方面，人口方面的影響可能會更深遠，他們未來的兒子或女兒生下來就是以色列公民。耶路撒冷官員否認人口問題將會影響以色列同巴勒斯坦人的談判。

I'm Jim Tedder.

VOA's Zlatica Hoke reported on this story from Washington. Caty Weaver adapted it for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

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Words in This Story

benefit – n. a good or helpful result or effect

application– n. a formal and usually written request for something (such as a job, admission to a school, a loan, etc.)

residency– n. legal permission to live in a place

status– n. the official position of a person or thing according to the law

demographic– adj. of or relating to the study of changes that occur in large groups of people over a period of time : of or relating to demography