美國警告 重新考慮對以色列立場

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.

美國白宮(White House)週四表示，正重新考慮過去在聯合國(UN)對以色列的支持立場，即便在此之前，以色列總理本雅明•內塔尼亞胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)看上去正在收回競選時有關拒絕巴勒斯坦建國的言論。

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.

白宮發言人喬希•歐內斯特(Josh Earnest)稱，這位以色列領導人在競選最後階段的策略“憤世嫉俗，造成不和”。他表示，美國過去在聯合國保護以色列，是因爲以色列政府一直致力於支持巴勒斯坦建國的“兩國制”解決方案。

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”.

內塔尼亞胡在競選時曾警告右翼選民，阿拉伯裔以色列人正“成羣結隊地”出現在投票站。歐內斯特表示，這一言論是一種“競選策略，明顯是爲了邊緣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.

在白宮發出嚴厲警告之際，內塔尼亞胡週四嘗試收回自己在週一的承諾——如果連選成功，他將不允許建立巴勒斯坦國。內塔尼亞胡上述言論，是在競選進入最後幾日的白熱化階段時發佈的，立刻引發巨大爭議。該言論最終導致利庫德黨(Likud Party)在週二獲勝。

“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.”

“我不想要一國制解決方案，”內塔尼亞胡週四在接受美國全國廣播公司(NBC)採訪時說。“我想要一個可持續的、和平的兩國制解決方案。但要實施這樣的方案，環境必須發生改變。”

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.

以色列大選前，許多歐洲國家政府認爲以色列不願就兩國制解決方案進行談判，並對此感到越來越失望。由於開啓新談判的可能性太小，美國官員暗示，他們可能會考慮通過一份聯合國決議案，來設定未來巴勒斯坦國的框架。

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.

週四，巴勒斯坦人批評了內塔尼亞胡在選戰最後幾天的做法。勝選之後，內塔尼亞胡預計會組建一個包含極右政黨和宗教黨派的聯合政府。新政府的政治立場將比他領導的上一任政府偏右得多。