"内塔尼亚胡对犹太人有益"。在这句口号下，时任以色列主要反对党利库德党领袖的本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在1995-96年针对伊扎克·拉宾（1922-1995）领导的工党政府展开竞选，随后又针对希蒙·佩雷斯（1923-2016）领导的政府，当时他们正与巴勒斯坦解放组织（PLO）进行和平进程。此前从未有以色列领导人敢宣称自己"对犹太人有益"，而他的对手则不然。
"Netanyahu is good for the Jews." Under this slogan, Benjamin Netanyahu, then leader of Likud, the main opposition party in Israel, campaigned in 1995-96 against the Labor government of Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), and then of Shimon Peres (1923-2016), who at that time were engaged in a peace process with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). No Israeli leader before had dared claim that he was "good for the Jews" and that his rivals were not.
但当时三十出头的野心勃勃的内塔尼亚胡以空前的激烈程度将谎言、错误等同和挑衅注入以色列辩论，旨在诋毁这两位七十多岁的领导人拉宾和佩雷斯。他助长了一种仇恨氛围，最终导致1995年11月，拉宾被一名支持约旦河西岸定居的狂热分子暗杀。在这场悲剧之后，内塔尼亚胡不仅没有缓和言辞，反而加强了对佩雷斯的攻击，并在1996年5月以微弱优势赢得选举。
But the ambitious Netanyahu, then in his thirties, brought an unprecedented virulence to Israeli debate, multiplying lies, false equivalencies, and provocations to discredit the septuagenarians Rabin and Peres. He helped fuel a climate of hatred that led, in November 1995, to the assassination of Rabin by a fanatic supporter of settlement in the West Bank. Far from moderating his rhetoric after such a tragedy, Netanyahu intensified his attacks on Peres, narrowly winning the May 1996 elections.
诽谤，诽谤，再诽谤。自那次首次选举胜利以来，内塔尼亚胡累计执政以色列超过19年。这一在以色列政坛的前所未有的长期执政，是通过日益肆无忌惮的残暴手段维持的——不仅针对以色列反对派，还针对所有可能制约其野心的既有机构——司法、警察或媒体。
Slander, slander, and slander again Since that first electoral victory, Netanyahu governed Israel for more than 19 years in total. This unmatched longevity at the helm of Israel was sustained by ever more unbridled brutality, not only against the Israeli opposition, but also against all established institutions – judiciary, police, or press – that could still put a cap on the prime minister's ambitions.