美国警告 重新考虑对以色列立场

The White House said on Thursday that it was reconsidering the support it has given Israel at the UN even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to row back his election campaign comments rejecting a Palestinian state.

美国白宫(White House)周四表示，正重新考虑过去在联合国(UN)对以色列的支持立场，即便在此之前，以色列总理本雅明•内塔尼亚胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)看上去正在收回竞选时有关拒绝巴勒斯坦建国的言论。

Describing the Israeli leader’s tactics in the final campaign push as “cynical and divisive”, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that the US had defended Israel at the UN in the past because its government had been committed to a two-state solution.

白宫发言人乔希•欧内斯特(Josh Earnest)称，这位以色列领导人在竞选最后阶段的策略“愤世嫉俗，造成不和”。他表示，美国过去在联合国保护以色列，是因为以色列政府一直致力于支持巴勒斯坦建国的“两国制”解决方案。

Mr Earnest said that the Israeli leader’s warning to rightwing voters that Arab-Israelis were turning up to the polls in “droves” had been a “cynical election day tactic that was a pretty transparent effort to marginalise Arab Israeli citizens”.

内塔尼亚胡在竞选时曾警告右翼选民，阿拉伯裔以色列人正“成群结队地”出现在投票站。欧内斯特表示，这一言论是一种“竞选策略，明显是为了边缘化阿拉伯裔以色列公民”。

The stark warning from the White House came as Mr Netanyahu attempted on Thursday to backtrack from his promise on Monday that he would not allow for the creation of a Palestinian state if he were re-elected. The comments were the most controversial moment in a heated and at times ugly last few days of the election campaign that resulted in Tuesday’s victory for his rightwing Likud Party.

在白宫发出严厉警告之际，内塔尼亚胡周四尝试收回自己在周一的承诺——如果连选成功，他将不允许建立巴勒斯坦国。内塔尼亚胡上述言论，是在竞选进入最后几日的白热化阶段时发布的，立刻引发巨大争议。该言论最终导致利库德党(Likud Party)在周二获胜。

“I don’t want a one-state solution,” Mr Netanyahu said in an interview with NBC television. “I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution. But for that, circumstances have to change.”

“我不想要一国制解决方案，”内塔尼亚胡周四在接受美国全国广播公司(NBC)采访时说。“我想要一个可持续的、和平的两国制解决方案。但要实施这样的方案，环境必须发生改变。”

Before the election, many European governments were becoming increasingly frustrated at what they see as Israel’s unwillingness to negotiate over a two-state solution. With the prospects for new talks so poor, US officials have suggested they might consider allowing a UN resolution that sets out parameters for a future Palestinian state.

以色列大选前，许多欧洲国家政府认为以色列不愿就两国制解决方案进行谈判，并对此感到越来越失望。由于开启新谈判的可能性太小，美国官员暗示，他们可能会考虑通过一份联合国决议案，来设定未来巴勒斯坦国的框架。

The Palestinians on Thursday criticised Mr Netanyahu’s conduct in the final days before his electoral victory, which is expected to result in a coalition government including far-right and religious parties that will be further to the right than his last one.

周四，巴勒斯坦人批评了内塔尼亚胡在选战最后几天的做法。胜选之后，内塔尼亚胡预计会组建一个包含极右政党和宗教党派的联合政府。新政府的政治立场将比他领导的上一任政府偏右得多。