And Turkey acts as a buffer on Iran's border from the encroachment of Western NATO powers and to some extent Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Every creature, he says, has a built-in desire to preserve itself, to persevere in its own existence, to continue in its own steady state you might say, and to resist invasion or encroachment by others.

他说，任何一个生物都生而具有,保护自己的本能，保护自己的存在，延续自己稳定的状态，抵抗外界的侵犯。

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They want to keep the ban to pressure Israel over the status of Palestinians and Israel's encroachment in Arab parts of Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08