The visit came at a time of serious escalation in the Israel-Palestine conflict and the Middle East situation has raised serious concern of the world community.

此访正值以巴冲突严重升级，中东局势引起世人关注。

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Q: The just-concluded G8 Summit issued a communiqué in support of dispatching international observers to the conflict areas between Israel and Palestine. What is the comment of the Chinese side?

问：日前结束的八国集团首脑会议发表公报，支持向以巴冲突地区派遣国际观察员，中方对此有何评论？

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The conflict between Palestine and Israel is an important problem in the international relations since new century .

巴以冲突是进入到新世纪以来国际关系中的一个重要问题。

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No prizes for guessing that the preceding quandary concerns Israel and Palestine, a conflict and set of dilemmas that has beset American foreign policy ever since Acheson's time, when Harry Truman decided to support the establishment of an Israeli state.

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His books include Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace (Harvard, 2003), and Contested Lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus and Sri Lanka (Harvard, 2007).

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