本月的以色列大选将决定该国任职时间最长的领导人——总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡——是否已经摆脱了10月7日袭击前的安全失职阴影。
Israeli elections this month will determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the country’s longest-serving leader — has shed the security failures preceding the Oct. 7 attacks.
在哈马斯对该国发动致命袭击三年后，以色列在国际上面临前所未有的孤立：在澳大利亚、英国、德国、法国、西班牙、加拿大和韩国，超过85%的左翼选民和70%的中间派选民对以色列持负面看法。
Three years after Hamas’ deadly assault on the country, Israel stands more internationally isolated than ever: More than 85% of left-identifying voters, and 70% in the center, across Australia, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Canada, and South Korea hold negative views of Israel.
“这种蔓延的政治毒性是内塔尼亚胡苦涩的遗产，”一位彭博社专栏作家如是说。《纽约客》的大卫·雷姆尼克（David Remnick）则写道，总理的利库德集团在多数民调中并未领先，但“令人震惊的是——从政治、道德和战略角度来看——内塔尼亚胡竟然还有任何胜选的机会”。— 布伦丹·鲁贝里 (Brendan Ruberry)
“This spreading political toxicity stands as Netanyahu’s bitter legacy,” a Bloomberg columnist argued. The prime minister’s Likud party is not ahead in most polls, but “what is astonishing — politically, morally, strategically — is that Netanyahu has any chance at all,” The New Yorker’s David Remnick wrote. — Brendan Ruberry