美国众议院六名民主党议员计划于周四提出立法，旨在对参与在被占领的约旦河西岸和加沙建造或扩张以色列定居点和前哨的个人和实体实施制裁。
Six US House Democrats are set to introduce legislation Thursday that would impose sanctions on individuals and entities involved in building or expanding Israeli settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
众议员何塞·卡斯特罗、玛德琳·迪恩、唐·贝耶、格雷格·卡萨尔、萨拉·雅各布斯和维罗妮卡·埃斯科巴正在赞助《停止定居点法案》。
Representatives Joaquin Castro, Madeleine Dean, Don Beyer, Greg Casar, Sara Jacobs and Veronica Escobar are sponsoring the Stop the Settlements Act.
该立法旨在通过针对性制裁和禁止进口在定居点和前哨生产的商品，阻止新定居点的建设以及现有以色列定居点和前哨的扩张。
The legislation would seek to halt the construction of new settlements and the expansion of existing Israeli settlements and outposts through targeted sanctions and a prohibition on the importation of goods produced in the settlements and outposts.
该法案的支持者表示，拟议措施旨在防止巴勒斯坦人进一步被迫迁移，并维护通往政治解决的道路，使以色列人和巴勒斯坦人能够行使自决权。
Supporters of the bill say the proposed measures are intended to prevent the further displacement of Palestinians and preserve a pathway toward a political settlement in which Israelis and Palestinians can exercise self-determination.
卡斯特罗是该法案的赞助者之一，他批评以色列政府和西岸的定居活动。
Castro, one of the bill’s sponsors, criticized the Israeli government and settlement activity in the West Bank.
“在以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡的政府下，定居者正在进行暴力夺地，正在把巴勒斯坦人从他们的土地上撕裂，”他在一份声明中说。
“Under (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s government, settlers are engaged in a violent land grab that’s ripping Palestinians from their land,” he said in a statement.
他将以色列定居点的持续扩张描述为和平的主要障碍，并呼吁国会将制裁作为解决定居点建设的工具。
He described the continued expansion of Israeli settlements as a major obstacle to peace and called for Congress to use sanctions as a tool to address settlement construction.
“民主党人必须以紧迫感面对这一问题——立即行动，否则巴勒斯坦自决的前景将永远消失，”卡斯特罗说。
“Democrats must face this with urgency—act now or watch the prospect of Palestinian self-determination slip away forever,” Castro said.