At MIDNIGHT the Palestinian vigil against the predations of nearby Jewish settlers begins.
巴勒斯坦是从午夜时分开始警戒的，这是为了谨防附近的犹太定居者在夜幕的掩护下前来掠夺。
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By contrast, the rebels insist on maximalist aims while consistently retreating to a north-eastern rump where they are vulnerable to the colonel's predations.
相反，反抗组织坚持最高原则，不断撤退到东北部的一个残存据点，而那里容易遭受卡扎菲上校的蚕食。
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They were psychologically vulnerable and hence ill-equipped to either resist this fellow's predations or to deal with them emotionally after they had occurred.