Israeli officials often conduct radio interviews at home, but listeners got an unexpected insight into just where their foreign minister was when he punctuated his comments with a toilet flush.
Israeli news site Ynet.com reported last Tuesday that the unusual soundtrack to foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman’s interview came as he was addressing the issue of a flare-up of violence with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
During an interview last Monday, the controversial head of the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu made reference to the group, telling the public radio station: “We know who we’re dealing with.” And then apparently flushed the toilet.
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Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu is the third biggest party in the Israeli Knesset, with 15 seats in the 120-seat house.
The foreign minister has frequently found himself in the headlines for his sometimes undiplomatic language, and is also facing the prospect of being indicted for corruption.
(AFP)
以色列官員在家中接受廣播電台訪問稀鬆平常,不過這回聽眾意外察覺到其外交部長受訪的所在地,因為當他加強評論時,按下了沖水馬桶鈕。
以色列新聞網站Ynet.com上週二報導,當外交部長阿維格多‧利伯曼發表(以色列)與巴勒斯坦伊斯蘭團體哈瑪斯暴力突然加劇的議題時,傳出了不尋常的音效。
在上週一的訪問中,這位極端民族主義以色列家園黨的爭議黨魁提到(哈瑪斯)集團時,告訴公共廣播電台說,「我們知道對手是什麼人。」然後顯然地按下沖水馬桶鈕。
利伯曼所屬以色列家園黨是以色列國會第三大黨,佔國會一百二十席次的十五席。
這位外長經常因不智的用語而登上頭版重要新聞,也因為涉嫌貪污而可能被起訴。
(法新社/翻譯:林亞蒂)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
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