萨摩亚总理拉奥利·莱乌泰亚·施密特就一段2007年的视频道歉，视频中他高呼“希特勒万岁”并做出纳粹手势。
Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt has apologized for a 2007 video that showed him saying “Heil Hitler” and making a Nazi gesture.
夏洛特·格雷厄姆-麦克莱 惠灵顿，新西兰 —— 萨摩亚总理拉奥利·莱乌泰亚·施密特周一就19年前的一段视频道歉，他在视频中高呼“希特勒万岁”并做出纳粹手势，他称当时是在参加家庭聚会。
CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt apologized Monday for a video from 19 years earlier in which he said “Heil Hitler” and made a Nazi gesture during what he described as a family gathering.
他的声明发布在政府的Facebook页面上，此前一天，《萨摩亚观察家报》首次公开了这段七秒视频片段的存在及内容，该报称视频拍摄于2007年7月在萨摩亚举行的施密特家族聚会上。
His statement published on the government’s Facebook page came a day after the Samoa Observer newspaper made public for the first time the existence and content of a seven-second clip that the outlet said was filmed at a Schmidt family reunion in Samoa in July 2007.
视频截图显示，施密特一手持麦克风，另一只手臂高举，周围人也做着同样的手势。
In a screenshot from the video, Schmidt holds a microphone in one hand with the other arm lifted, surrounded by others making the same gesture.
该报报道称，视频中听到施密特对着麦克风说：“举起右手，希特勒万岁！”
The newspaper reported Schmidt was heard saying into the microphone, “Raise your right hand, Heil Hitler!”
总理承认纳粹手势和口号 2007年担任萨摩亚议会副议长的施密特未对报道提出异议。自2025年8月大选获胜以来，他一直领导这个拥有22万人口的南太平洋岛国。
Prime minister admitted the Nazi gesture and slogan Schmidt, who was the deputy speaker of Samoa’s Parliament in 2007, didn’t dispute the report. He has led the South Pacific island nation of 220,000 people since winning an August 2025 election“I recognise that those words and gesture were inappropriate and capable of causing offence and hurt and I apologise for using them,” he said Monday.
“我认识到那些言语和手势不恰当，足以冒犯和伤害他人，我为使用它们道歉，”他在周一表示。他补充说，视频是在“私人家庭聚会上拍摄的——并非面向公众”。声明称，他反对“纳粹主义、反犹太主义、种族主义和一切形式的政治极端主义”。
He added that the video was filmed “at a private family gathering — not intended for the public.”He rejected “Nazism, antisemitism, racism and all forms of political extremism,” the statement said.
报道称，视频画面前后发生的情况不得而知，施密特的声明也未作进一步解释。
What happened immediately before and after the moment depicted was unknown, the newspaper said, and Schmidt’s statement didn’t explain further.
报纸被禁止采访政府活动 这一事件发生之际，太平洋媒体团体谴责施密特持续针对《观察家报》的敌意，自去年11月施密特指责该报报道误导以来，该报被禁止采访他及其他政府新闻发布会和活动。
Newspaper is banned from government events The episode unfolded as Pacific media groups decried Schmidt’s ongoing rancor against the Observer, which has been barred from covering his and other government news conferences and events since November, when Schmidt accused the newspaper of misleading coverage.
周五，施密特证实了有关说法，即一名《观察家报》记者在官方活动期间于政府大楼前拍摄的他的照片，被一名助手从相机中删除了。他为这一举动辩护，称《观察家报》作为萨摩亚最大的报业集团，违反了其禁令。
On Friday, Schmidt confirmed claims that an Observer reporter’s photos of him, taken in front of government buildings during an official event, were deleted from their camera by an aide. He defended the move, saying the Observer, Samoa’s largest newspaper group, was flouting its prohibition.
《观察家报》称他的禁令是“专制的”。太平洋媒体团体呼吁总理撤销禁令，萨摩亚记者协会表示对删除照片事件“深感不安”。
The Observer has called his ban “authoritarian.”Pacific media groups have called on the prime minister for a reversal, with the Journalists Association of Samoa saying it was “deeply disturbed” by the photo deletion incident.
施密特表达了对以色列的支持 与南太平洋其他一些小岛国领导人一样，施密特以前曾强烈声援以色列。
Schmidt has expressed support for Israel Like a number of other leaders of small island nations in the South Pacific Ocean, Schmidt has voiced vehement support for Israel before.
自2023年9月以来，三个太平洋岛国（不包括萨摩亚）已成为极少数跟随美国在有争议的耶路撒冷而非大多数外交使团所在地特拉维夫设立大使馆的国家之一。
Since September 2023, three Pacific islands, not including Samoa, have been among a handful of countries to follow the United States in opening embassies in the contested city of Jerusalem instead of Tel Aviv, where most diplomatic missions are located.
分析人士将该地区对以色列的支持归因于贯穿公共生活的深厚基督教传统。2025年9月施密特宣誓就职时，他在仪式上佩戴了犹太祈祷披肩，仪式还包括吹响羊角号。
Analysts attribute support for Israel in the region to deep Christian traditions woven throughout public life. When Schmidt was sworn into office in September 2025, he wore a Jewish prayer shawl during a ceremony that included the blowing of a shofar.
据当地媒体报道，他在活动后对记者说：“萨摩亚不会退出对作为上帝选民之国的以色列的支持。”
“Samoa will not withdraw from supporting Israel as the country of God’s people,” he told reporters after the event, according to local news outlets.