美國副總統拜登訪以色列之際發生新流血事件

It was a bloody day in Tel Aviv Tuesday when a Palestinian stabbed an American tourist to death and wounded 12 Israelis while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden held talks just a few kilometers away.

特拉維夫星期二發生流血事件，一名巴勒斯坦人刺死一名美國遊客，刺傷12名以色列人，而美國副總統拜登在僅幾公里之外與以色列領導人舉行會談。

Witnesses say the Palestinian ran down the boardwalk in the port of Jaffa, a popular tourist site, and started stabbing people before police shot him dead.

目擊者說，這名巴勒斯坦人從雅法港的木棧道跑下來，開始刺殺行人，直到警察將他擊斃。那裏是一個熱門的旅遊點。

Just a short distance away, Biden was meeting with former Israeli president Shimon Peres, who condemned Tuesday's violence and said successful peace talks are the only answer.

而在不遠處，拜登副總統與以色列前總統佩雷斯正舉行會晤。佩雷斯譴責了星期二發生的暴力，並表示成功的和談是唯一答案。

"Terror leads to nowhere, neither to Arabs nor to us," Peres said. "The majority of the people know there is no alternative to the two-state we shall follow with our strength and dedication to make from it a new reality."

他說，“恐怖將沒有出路，無論是對阿拉伯人還是我們。”佩雷斯說，“大多數人都知道除了兩國解決辦法之外沒有別的選擇......我們應該以實力和奉獻精神創造一個新的現實。”

U.S. President Barack Obama has said there will be no comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement before he leaves office next January. The White House also has said Biden is not bringing any new peace initiatives during his talks in Israel.

美國總統奧巴馬已經表示，在他明年一月卸任之前不會有全面的以巴和平協議。白宮也表示，拜登在以色列會晤期間將不會提出任何新的和平倡議。