以色列‘定居者暴力’成为头条新闻，而巴勒斯坦恐怖主义被忽视。双方都呼吁法治与秩序。
Israeli ‘settler violence’ is headline news while Palestinian terrorism is ignored. Both cry out for law and order.
2023年10月21日，一名巴勒斯坦少年在巴勒塔难民营向以色列部队投掷石块，地点靠近约旦河西岸的纳布卢斯市。
A Palestinian boy throws stones at Israeli troops during an Israeli army raid at Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, Oct. 21.
Alaa Badarneh Shutterstock 我一直在思考斯德洛特。这座距离加沙不到一英里的小城曾是亲以色列的宣传点。包括参议员在内的访客常被带到这里，了解当地艰苦的生活和人们的创伤。
Alaa Badarneh Shutterstock I’ve been thinking about Sderot. The small Israeli city, less than a mile from Gaza, was once a pro- Israel talking point. Visitors to the Jewish state, including Sen.
2008年，巴拉克·奥巴马常被带到此地，让人们看到生活的艰难和人们的创伤，只有15秒的时间就要躲避哈马斯火箭的袭击。奥巴马先生表示，如果他的女儿们必须面对这种危险，他会竭尽全力阻止，就像以色列会做的那样。
Barack Obama in 2008, were often taken there to see how hard life was and how traumatized the people were, with only 15 seconds to find shelter from incoming Hamas rockets. Mr. Obama said that if his daughters had to face that danger, he would do everything to stop it, just as Israel would.
事情并未如他所愿。以色列于2009年1月18日提前结束了针对哈马斯的下一场加沙战争，以免与刚上任的奥巴马总统产生争议。哈马斯的威胁因此得以在仅有少数中断的情况下继续增长，直至恐怖分子在2023年10月7日屠杀了近1200名以色列人。
It didn’t work out that way. Israel cut short its next Gaza war against Hamas on Jan. 18, 2009, to avoid a dispute with President Obama as he took office. The threat from Hamas was allowed to grow, with only a few interruptions, until the terrorists massacred nearly 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023.