约500名前外交官、部长和欧洲官员周一呼吁欧盟及其成员国采取行动，反对以色列在被占领的约旦河西岸扩张非法定居点，并警告称，耶路撒冷附近一项计划中的项目可能破坏“两国方案”的前景。
Around 500 former diplomats, ministers and European officials called Monday on the European Union and its member states to take action against Israel’s illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, warning that a planned project near Jerusalem could undermine prospects for a two-state solution.
签署者在一封由贝尔加通讯社引述的公开信中敦促欧盟采取措施，反对以色列计划中的E1定居点项目。该项目设想在耶路撒冷附近建造1200多套住房。
The signatories urged the EU, in an open letter cited by Belga news agency, to take measures against Israel’s planned E1 settlement project, which envisages the construction of more than 1,200 housing units near Jerusalem.
签署者包括比利时前首相伊夫·莱特梅、法国前总理多米尼克·德·维尔潘和阿兰·朱佩、瑞典前首相斯特凡·洛夫文以及意大利前总理马西莫·达莱马。
The signatories include former Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme, former French Prime Ministers Dominique de Villepin and Alain Juppe, former Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema.
他们表示，该项目将把被占领的约旦河西岸分成两部分，并进一步使被占领的东耶路撒冷与领土其他部分隔绝。
They said the project would divide the occupied West Bank into two parts and further isolate occupied East Jerusalem from the rest of the territory.
这封信称，“两国方案”是“唯一可能解决以色列—巴勒斯坦冲突的结果”。签署者表示：“尽管新的土地吞并将带来深远后果，欧盟仍未采取任何措施来遏制E1项目。”他们批评欧盟未能履行回应违反国际法行为的义务。他们还批评德国和意大利反对对以色列实施制裁。
The letter described a two-state solution as “the only possible outcome that could resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”“Despite the far-reaching consequences of the new land annexation, the EU has taken no measures to deter E1,” the signatories said, criticizing the bloc for failing to meet its obligations to respond to violations of international law. They also criticized Germany and Italy for opposing sanctions against Israel.
这些前官员呼吁欧盟委员会立即提交立法提案，以制裁参与实施E1项目以及其他被国际法视为非法的定居点项目的金融机构和其他服务提供者。
The former officials called on the European Commission to immediately submit legislative proposals to sanction financial institutions and other service providers involved in implementing the E1 project and other settlements considered illegal under international law.
他们还敦促欧盟阻止与被占领的巴勒斯坦领土上的以色列定居点开展任何贸易。
They also urged the EU to prevent all trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
欧盟领导人计划于10月15日至16日在布鲁塞尔举行的峰会上讨论一系列问题，包括中东局势的发展。
EU leaders are scheduled to discuss a range of issues, including developments in the Middle East, at a summit in Brussels on Oct. 15-16.
鉴于人们担心以色列在已被占领的巴勒斯坦领土上的政策及其在该地区发动的袭击，要求暂停《欧盟—以色列联系协议》的呼声持续不断。
Calls to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement have persisted amid concerns over Israel’s policies in the occupied Palestinian territories and its attacks in the region.