如果民主党赢得参议院控制权，这位来自特拉华州的参议员很可能出任外交关系委员会主席。他已准备好对以色列总理实施制裁。
The Delaware senator is likely to chair the Foreign Relations Committee if Democrats win the Senate, and he’s ready to sanction Israel’s prime minister.
长期以来，Chris Coons一直是以色列的坚定支持者，目前距离他出任参议院外交关系委员会主席也仅一步之遥。然而，若民主党能在中期选举中获胜，他则主张对美以关系进行“全面重新评估”，甚至不排除对以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡实施制裁的可能性。
Chris Coons is a longtime supporter of Israel who could be months away from taking the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But if his fellow Democrats win the midterms, Coons wants a “thorough reexamination” of the U.S.-Israeli relationship — and is even open to imposing sanctions on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
自2023年10月7日哈马斯发动袭击并引发以色列军事反击以来，众多温和派民主党人的立场均发生了类似转变。批评者认为以色列的军事行动构成了对加沙地带巴勒斯坦人的种族灭绝。
The Delaware senator’s evolution matches that of other moderate Democrats in the three years since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack triggered a military response that Israel’s critics have said amounted to genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
与党内其他成员一样，11月之后Coons也将面临艰难抉择：倘若新一届国会中大量进步派议员主张全面切断对以军援，他将如何应对？
And like the rest of his party, Coons faces potentially tough decisions after November, especially if the new Congress includes a wave of progressives pushing for a complete shutoff of arms to Israel.
在接受POLITICO采访时，Coons详细阐述了自己对内塔尼亚胡、以色列定居点问题的看法，以及自己立场发生转变的缘由。
In an interview with POLITICO, Coons detailed his views on Netanyahu, Israeli settlements and how he came to be open to conversations he once shut down.