一群以色列退役高级军方官员周二协助巴勒斯坦农民采摘橄榄，以示团结。此前，在被占领的约旦河西岸，极端定居者针对巴勒斯坦人的暴力行为激增。
A group of senior Israeli ex-military officials helped Palestinian farmers on Tuesday to harvest olives, in a gesture of solidarity amid an upsurge in militant settler violence targeting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. "When I see what is going on here, when I see these guys come... and hit women and kids, it reminds me of stories from my parents from the time when the Jewish people suffered," said former Major General Eyal Ben-Reuven, who compared the militant settler attacks to pogroms.
“当我看到这里发生的事情，当我看到这些家伙过来……殴打妇女和儿童时，这让我想起了我父母讲述的犹太民族受难的故事，”前少将埃亚尔·本-雷乌文（Eyal Ben-Reuven）说，他将极端定居者的袭击比作屠杀（pogroms）。
Ben-Reuven said he began organizing a group of around 30 senior military officials — including six generals — several months ago following an increase in settler violence that many Palestinians say is enabled by the Israeli military.
本-雷乌文表示，几个月前，在定居者暴力行为增加之后——许多巴勒斯坦人称这种暴力得到了以色列军方的纵容——他开始组织一个由约30名退役高级军方官员组成的团体，其中包括六名将军。
The Israeli military has said it condemns violence and it operates to maintain security in the West Bank.
以色列军方表示，它谴责暴力，并在约旦河西岸采取行动维护安全。
"Occupation is the main problem of Israeli society.
“占领是以色列社会的主要问题。我相信我们必须面对它，不能无视它。我们必须尝试与巴勒斯坦人共同解决它，”前上校多龙·梅内特（Doron Meinert）说。
I believe we must deal with it, we cannot ignore it.
本-雷乌文等人表示，他们也担心定居者暴力对以色列国际声誉的影响。
We must try to solve it together with the Palestinians," said former Colonel Doron Meinert.
“从战略上、战术上讲，这正在给以色列国在西方和美国制造麻烦，”前准将约纳坦·约尼（Jonatan Yoni）说，他表示自己行动的动力还来自于对巴勒斯坦农民困境的同情，以及反对以色列吞并约旦河西岸。
Ben-Reuven and others said they were also concerned about the impact of settler violence on Israel's global reputation.
努姆尔·纳扎尔（Nimr Nazzal）拥有库斯拉村（Qusra）附近的土地，退役军方人员正在那里协助采摘。他说，如果没有他们，由于定居者的袭击，他将无法进入自家橄榄园。
"Strategically, tactically, it's creating problems for the state of Israel in the West and the United States," said Jonatan Yoni, a former brigadier general, who said he was also motivated by the plight of Palestinian farmers and by opposition to Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Nimr Nazzal, the owner of land near the village of Qusra where the ex-military personnel were helping out, said that without them it would be impossible for him to access his olives due to settler attacks.
他补充说，许多定居者袭击都得到了以色列军方的支持。“军队在保护定居者，”纳扎尔说。
He added that many of the settler attacks had the support of the Israeli military. "The army is protecting the settlers," said Nazzal.
以色列人权组织“Yesh Din”报告称，自采摘季开始以来的35天里，巴勒斯坦橄榄采摘者遭遇了180起肢体攻击。该组织表示，在其记录的定居者暴力案件中，以色列军队在23%以上的案件中在场。
The Israeli rights group Yesh Din has reported 180 physical attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters over the 35 days since the season began. The Israeli military was present in more than 23% of the cases of settler violence it recorded, Yesh Din said.
巴勒斯坦人表示，当他们呼叫以色列军队时，军队要么反应迟缓，要么前来协助实施暴力的定居者。军方否认了这一点。
Palestinians say that when they call the Israeli military, it either responds late or comes to the aid of the settlers perpetrating the violence. The military denies this.
目前将大量时间投入到在约旦河西岸做志愿者以支持巴勒斯坦人的梅内特也表示，以色列军队协助了定居者。
Meinert, who now dedicates much of his time to volunteering in the West Bank in support of Palestinians, also said that the Israeli army aided the settlers.
梅内特补充说，一些以色列士兵与激进定居者一样，认为只有犹太人“有权拥有这片地区，阿拉伯人应该被驱逐，或者作为二等居民留在这里”。
Some Israeli soldiers, Meinert added, share the militant settlers' belief that only Jews "have the right to this area and that the Arabs should be expelled or stay here as second (class) residents".
以色列军方过去曾表示，它是人民的军队，反映了以色列社会的各种观点。
The Israeli military has said in the past it is the people's army and reflects the full spectrum of views in Israeli society.
约旦河西岸居住着约50万定居者和至少300万巴勒斯坦人。联合国机构和大多数国家认为，根据关于军事占领的国际法，这些定居点属于非法。以色列拒绝这一观点，认为该领土有争议，而非被占领。
The West Bank is home to some 500,000 settlers and at least 3 million Palestinians. UN bodies and most countries deem the settlements illegal under international law regarding military occupations. Israel rejects this, viewing the territory as disputed rather than occupied.