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Israel and the Palestinians以色列与巴勒斯坦人Old battles, new Middle East老旧的冲突，变化的中东The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could yet be an unlikely foundation for peace以色列与哈马斯的停火或许仍是一个不可能的和平的基础Nov 24th 2012 | from the print editionCAN there ever be a lasting peace between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East? Another round of bloodshed (see article) suggests that any such hope is vain. Amid the usual futile arguments over who started it, scores of buildings have been reduced to rubble; more than 140 Palestinians, most of them civilians, and six Israelis have been killed; and, for the first time, missiles from Gaza have landed near Tel Aviv, Israels metropolis, and the holy city of Jerusalem.阿拉伯人与犹太人在中东能有持久的和平吗？新一轮的流血表明，任何这种希望都是渺茫的。在老套的谁先挑起流血的琐碎争论中，数十座建筑物被夷为平地；140多名巴勒斯坦人，其中大部分是平民，以及6名以色列人被打死；加沙的火箭弹第一次落在以色列大都市特拉维夫和圣城耶路撒冷附近。But though the Israelis and Palestinians seem stuck in their ancient conflict, all around them the Middle East is changing. The Arab spring has thrown the pieces up in the air, and, like it or not, the Palestinians and Israelis are caught up in the regional turmoil. Maybe this will make their struggle bloodier than before. However, there are reasons for thinking it could just break their lethal stalemate.尽管以色列人和巴勒斯坦似乎又陷入老式的冲突，但是，他们周边的中东正处于变革之中。阿拉伯之春风起云涌，不管你承认与否，巴勒斯坦与以色列陷入了地区动荡。这或许会使他们的冲突比以前更加血腥。不过，有理由认为这可能会打破他们的致命僵局。A war that is neither lost or won一场没有输赢的战争At first sight, optimism looks very hard to justify now. Even if the ceasefire agreed on November 21st holds, this weeks fighting has strengthened the hawks on both sides.粗略一看，目前难以做出乐观的判断。即使11月21日达成的停火得以延续，本周的战斗已使双方的强硬派占了风。The leaders of Hamas, the Islamist movement that has ruled Gaza since 2007, will claim to have forced the Israelis to back off, even though Gaza has taken a drubbing. Despite killing some of its leaders and bottling up Gazas 1.7m people in one of the most wretched and crowded corners of the planet, Israel has failed to destroy Hamas. Indeed Hamas is gaining on the W