英国国家安全顾问乔纳森·鲍威尔上周访问以色列，试图就该国驻耶路撒冷领事馆即将面临的关闭进行谈判，据三名官员透露。
Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, visited Israel last week to try to negotiate over the looming closure of his country’s consulate in Jerusalem, according to three officials.
据三名知情官员透露，英国国家安全顾问乔纳森·鲍威尔上周前往以色列，试图阻止这两个长期盟友之间不断升级的一系列外交报复行动，但目前尚未成功。
Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, traveled to Israel last week in an attempt — so far unsuccessful — to head off an escalating series of diplomatic retaliations between the two longtime allies, according to three officials familiar with his efforts.
以色列政府上个月下令关闭英国驻东耶路撒冷领事馆，以回应英国政府决定对约旦河西岸定居点实施制裁。如果双方无法达成解决方案，约30名英国外交官将受到影响。
The Israeli government last month ordered the closure of Britain’s consulate in East Jerusalem in response to the British government’s decision to impose sanctions on settlements in the West Bank. About 30 British diplomats would be affected if the two sides cannot reach a resolution.
据这三名官员称，在一次私人会晤中，鲍威尔敦促以色列高级官员找到办法，避免关闭这一英国外交前哨。该领事馆成立于1839年，代表英国政府在耶路撒冷、被占领的约旦河西岸和加沙地带的利益。
In a private meeting, Mr. Powell urged senior Israeli officials to find a way to avoid shuttering the British diplomatic outpost, the three officials said. The consulate was founded in 1839 and represents the British government in Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
据三名官员中的两名透露，他还警告称，如果领事馆被关闭，英国可能会通过驱逐伦敦以色列大使馆的若干外交官进行报复。所有官员均要求匿名，以便讨论私人外交对话。
He also warned that if the consulate were closed down, Britain might retaliate by expelling a number of diplomats from the Israeli embassy in London, according to two of the three officials, all of whom asked for anonymity to discuss private diplomatic conversations.
据另外两名官员称，上周在拉马拉的一次单独会晤中，鲍威尔告诉巴勒斯坦权力机构主席马哈茂德·阿巴斯，如果以色列推进关闭领事馆，英国将以某种方式进行报复。
At a separate meeting in Ramallah last week, Mr. Powell told Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, that Britain would retaliate in some way if Israel moved forward with closing the consulate, two other officials said.
以色列人对鲍威尔先生的建议没有做出积极回应，这三位官员说，他未达成协议便离开了以色列。据约旦政府称，鲍威尔后来前往约旦与阿卜杜拉二世国王会晤。过去两年里，挪威和澳大利亚的外交官在批评以色列政策并表示支持巴勒斯坦建国后，被迫将其驻巴勒斯坦使团迁往约旦。
The Israelis did not respond positively to Mr. Powell’s suggestions, the three officials said, and he left Israel without securing an agreement. Mr. Powell later traveled to Jordan for a meeting with King Abdullah II, according to the Jordanian government. In the past two years, diplomats from Norway and Australia have been forced to relocate to Jordan their missions to the Palestinians after criticizing Israeli policies and expressing support for a Palestinian state.