三年前的哈马斯恐怖袭击以色列震惊了世界。但以色列在本杰明·内塔尼亚胡总理领导下的无差别猛烈回应几乎完全掩盖了最初的暴行，在塑造全球对以巴冲突的态度方面发挥了主导作用。
The Hamas terror attack on Israel three years ago horrified the world. But the indiscriminate ferocity of the Israeli response under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has almost completely eclipsed the initial atrocity in shaping global attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
加沙的大规模伤亡和系统性夷平，随后在黎巴嫩和伊朗的鲁莽升级，使以色列在国际上比其现代史上任何时候都更加孤立，尤其是在全球中左翼政党中。
The mass casualties and systematic leveling of Gaza, followed by reckless escalations in Lebanon and Iran, have left Israel more isolated internationally than at any point in its modern history, especially among center-left parties worldwide.
这种广泛的反弹使以色列选民在这个月的选举中面临一个鲜明的选择：选出一个致力于恢复国际信任的政府，或者通过内塔尼亚胡及其极右翼联盟进一步疏远该国的传统盟友。
This broad backlash has left Israeli voters with a stark choice in this month’s election: elect a government committed to regaining international confidence or further alienate the country’s traditional allies with Netanyahu and his far-right coalition.
这一选择的后果可能最直接地在美国——以色列最重要的盟友——体现出来。
The consequences of that choice may be felt most immediately in the U.S., Israel’s most important ally.
加沙战争及其后果促使民主党人在数十年来——也许是有史以来——对美以关系进行了最根本的重新评估。
The Gaza war and its aftermath have prompted the most fundamental reassessment of the U.S.-Israeli relationship among Democrats in decades — maybe ever.