美国大使迈克·赫克比在本月激烈角逐的以色列议会选举前几周与一名以色列反对派领导人举行了秘密会议，以色列公共广播公司周四报道。
US Ambassador Mike Huckabee held a secret meeting with an Israeli opposition leader just weeks before this month’s hard-fought Knesset elections, Israel’s public broadcaster reported Thursday.
广播公司称，赫克比与反对派“亚沙尔”党领袖加迪·艾森科特的会晤发生在最近几天，即10月27日选举前夕，且这是他们首次也是唯一一次会面。广播公司未透露会议的具体时间和地点。
The broadcaster said Huckabee’s meeting with opposition Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot took place in recent days, in the runup to the Oct. 27 elections, and was their first and only meeting. It did not disclose where or when it was held.
广播公司援引一位知晓此前未被报道会议细节的消息人士称，双方讨论了安全议题，包括被占领西岸的紧张局势和占领方的暴力行为，以及加沙地带的情况。
Citing a source familiar with details of the previously unreported meeting, the broadcaster said their discussion covered security issues, including tensions in the occupied West Bank and occupier violence, as well as the situation in the Gaza Strip.
广播公司称，美国大使赫克比和艾森科特的办公室均未就此次会议发布官方声明，而亚沙尔党则拒绝置评。
Neither the US ambassador nor Eisenkot’s office issued an official announcement about the meeting, while the Yashar party declined to comment, according to the broadcaster.
在另一相关发展中，广播公司报道称，原定于赫克比与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡之间的会议在最后一刻被取消。
In a related development, the broadcaster reported that another meeting, scheduled between Huckabee and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was canceled at the last minute.
广播公司引用一位知情人士的话称，是内塔尼亚胡取消了此次会议，但未给出原因。广播公司补充称，目前尚未重新安排新的会议日期。
It quoted an informed source as claiming that Netanyahu was the one who canceled the meeting, without giving the reason. No new date has been set, it added.
这两次会议——一次举行、一次取消——的披露发生在以色列议会选举（定于10月27日举行）之前，正值外界对美国在此次选举中的立场充满期待之际。
The disclosure of the two meetings, one held and one canceled, comes ahead of the Israeli elections scheduled for Oct. 27, amid anticipation over the US position on the electoral contest.
内塔尼亚胡长期以来一直宣扬自己与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的关系，后者多年来多次赞扬他。
Netanyahu has long touted his relationship with US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly praised him over the years.
然而，特朗普尚未宣布他支持内塔尼亚胡或艾森科特参加即将到来的选举。
Yet Trump had not announced his support for either Netanyahu or Eisenkot in the upcoming elections.
传统上，美国一直避免公开介入其他国家的内部政治，但特朗普在这一领域打破了这一惯例。
Traditionally, the US has avoided overt involvement in the internal politics of other countries, but Trump has broken the norm in that area.
以色列第12台周一发布的一项民意调查显示，反对派阵营领先于内塔尼亚胡阵营，可能赢得120席议会中的67席，而执政联盟仅为49席。组建政府至少需要61席。
A poll published by Israeli Channel 12 on Monday showed the opposition bloc leading Netanyahu’s camp, winning a possible 67 seats in the 120-member Knesset, compared with 49 for the governing coalition. At least 61 seats are required to form a government.
该民调还显示，艾森科特的“正直”党以23席领先，而内塔尼亚胡的利库德党为20席。
The poll also showed Eisenkot’s Yashar party leading with 23 seats, compared with 20 for Netanyahu’s Likud party.
被问及谁更适合担任总理时，45%的人支持艾森科特，而支持内塔尼亚胡的为35%。
Asked who would be a better prime minister, 45% favored Eisenkot, compared with 35% for Netanyahu.
自2022年12月起，内塔尼亚胡一直领导当前政府，其联盟被广泛描述为以色列历史上最右翼的政府，并且因其在加沙、约旦河西岸及其他地区的行动而受到国际社会的批评。内塔尼亚胡还因三起案件面临腐败、受贿和背信弃义的指控。
Netanyahu has headed the current government since December 2022, leading a coalition widely described as the most right-wing in Israel’s history, as well as drawing international criticism for its actions in Gaza, the West Bank, and elsewhere. Netanyahu also faces charges of corruption, bribery and breach of trust in three cases.
除了国内的腐败审判，内塔尼亚胡自2024年起也因在加沙地带犯下的战争罪和反人类罪而被国际刑事法院（ICC）通缉。自2023年10月以来，以色列在加沙的种族灭绝战争已导致超过74,000人死亡。
In addition to the domestic corruption trial, Netanyahu has also been wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2024 over war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Gaza Strip, where more than 74,000 people have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023.