We are dismayed to see that the tension in the Middle East grows and the situation in the Palestinian territories deteriorates as the siege in and around the compound of the President of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, continues.
我们惊愕地注意到，随着继续对巴勒斯坦权力机构主席的官邸及其周围地区进行围困，中东的紧张局势在加剧，巴勒斯坦领土的局势在恶化。