“我如此坚决地要求是有很多理由的，”他写道。

"I feel strongly about this for a number of reasons," he wrote.

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他很坚决地摇头，拒绝了我的要求。

He rejected my request with an emphatic shake of his head.

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例如，在接下来的几个月，他应该坚决要求以色列执行它长久以来所承诺的冻结西岸犹太人定居点的计划，而不是在没有完成的时候仅仅耸耸肩膀说声“无能为力”了事。

In the coming months, for example, he should insist on Israel implementing its long-promised West Bank settlement freeze, not just shrug helplessly when it doesn't.

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