特朗普力挺内塔尼亚胡参选以色列总理华盛顿消息：10月18日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普公开支持自己的盟友本雅明·内塔尼亚胡。此时，这位长期担任以色列总理的政客正为在下周举行的议会选举中赢得优势而奋力拼搏。
Trump endorses Netanyahu in Israeli election WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Oct 18 endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu as the longtime Israeli prime minister struggles for an edge in next week’s parliamentary election.
特朗普称赞内塔尼亚胡是“杰出的战斗型总理”及和平伙伴，并特别提到他今年2月曾与美国携手对伊朗发动打击。
Trump praised Netanyahu as a “great warrior prime minister” and peace partner, crediting him with joining the United States in launching strikes on Iran in February.
这场已持续七个月的冲突严重扰乱了全球能源市场，给中东地区带来巨大破坏：关键基础设施受损，区域经济陷入动荡。
The conflict, in its seventh month, has disrupted energy markets globally and wreaked havoc across the Middle East, damaging critical infrastructure and destabilising regional economies.
特朗普在“Truth Social”社交平台上发文称：“面对重重阻力——甚至包括来自以色列国内的反对声音——内塔尼亚胡始终表现得坚强、勇敢且睿智。”
“Bibi Netanyahu has been Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition, including that coming from even Israel, itself,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
“即便身处如此艰难的境地，他依然屹立不倒，甚至愈发强大！我亲眼见证过他在极端困境中的表现：换作普通人恐怕早已不堪重负，但他不仅没有退缩，反而愈发坚毅，至今仍保持着这份力量。”
“Despite all of that, he has endured and, in fact, he has thrived! I have watched Bibi under the most trying of times. Normal men or women in such situations would have wilted under the pressure – But Bibi did not wilt, he actually got stronger, and maintains that same Strength today.”
在致“伟大的以色列人民”的公开信中，特朗普强调：“请务必将此信视作我对内塔尼亚胡竞选连任以色列总理的全力支持。”不过，鉴于以色列民众对特朗普的支持率因以美两国在伊朗问题上的分歧而有所下降，特朗普的背书未必能切实助力内塔尼亚胡及其所属的右翼利库德集团在10月27日的选举中胜出。
In his message, addressed to “the Great People of Israel,” Trump added, “Please let this Letter serve to represent my Complete and Total Endorsement of Bibi Netanyahu in his upcoming Race for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Israel.”The Trump endorsement is not certain to give Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party a boost in the Oct 27 national election, as Israeli public support for Trump has diminished amid Israeli-US disagreements over Iran.
多项民调显示，目前尚无任何候选人具备明显的胜选优势。由于以色列总理并非由全民直选产生，而是需通过议会内的政党联盟协商产生。
Polls have suggested no candidate has a clear path to power. Israel’s prime minister is chosen through coalition-building in Parliament rather than by direct popular vote.
此次选举也是2023年10月7日哈马斯发动袭击后的首次大选。那次袭击令以色列举国震惊，并直接引发以色列与加沙、黎巴嫩及伊朗之间的大规模军事冲突，使整个中东地区陷入动荡。
It will be Israel’s first vote since the Hamas attack on Oct 7, 2023, that shook the country and plunged the Middle East into turmoil, as Israel went to war in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.
这场选举可能决定内塔尼亚胡是否能在以色列历史上最具影响力的时期之一后继续执政，或者被承诺开启新时代的中间派对手击败。
The election could determine whether Netanyahu remains in power after one of the most consequential periods in Israel’s history, or is defeated by centrist rivals promising to usher in a new era.
内塔尼亚胡随即在 X 上向特朗普表示感谢，称：“我们将共同完成使命！”特朗普打破了美国长期以来的传统，在匈牙利、哥伦比亚、阿根廷、日本和洪都拉斯等国的选举中背书候选人。
Netanyahu promptly expressed his thanks to Trump on X, saying, “Together we will complete the mission!”Trump has broken with longtime US tradition by endorsing candidates in elections in foreign countries, including Hungary, Colombia, Argentina, Japan and Honduras.
背书可能有助于特朗普与内塔尼亚胡的关系。两人关系密切，但也充满摩擦，特朗普有时公开和私下批评以色列任期最长的总理。
Endorsement might help Trump’s relationship with Netanyahu has been close but also fractious, with the president at times publicly and privately criticising Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.
美国和以色列发动的对伊朗战争不受美国人欢迎，美国人将于 11 月 3 日投票选举国会议员，而美国人对以色列的支持也因伊朗战争以及以色列在加沙地带三年战争中的行为而有所下降。特朗普曾承诺结束这场战争。两位领导人周日都提到了在伊朗“完成任务”。
The war that the US and Israel launched against Iran is unpopular with Americans, who vote Nov 3 in congressional elections, while support for Israel among Americans has also decreased over the Iran war and Israel’s conduct in the three-year war in Gaza that Trump has promised to end. Both leaders on Sunday mentioned finishing the job in Iran.
耶路撒冷非党派以色列民主研究所高级研究员塔玛尔·赫尔曼表示，特朗普迟来的背书可能有助于赢回摇摆的内塔尼亚胡选民，但不太可能获得广泛支持。
Tamar Hermann, a senior research fellow at the non-partisan Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem, said Trump’s late endorsement could help win back wavering Netanyahu voters but was unlikely to draw widespread support.
大多数以色列人，即使是批评内塔尼亚胡及其政府的人，也大多支持对伊朗的战争。
Most Israelis, even those who are critical of Netanyahu and his government, were largely in favour of the Iran war.
华盛顿卡内基国际和平基金会分析师亚伦·大卫·米勒表示，在这场如此胶着的选举中，“这对他无害，反而可能有帮助。”
In an election this close, “it couldn’t hurt him, and it might help,” said analyst Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington.
民调显示，内塔尼亚胡的宗教民族主义联盟预计将失去执政多数，但反对派也可能难以组建政府。这可能导致内塔尼亚胡担任看守总理，同时举行另一次选举。
Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition is projected to lose its governing majority, although the opposition may also struggle to form a government, opinion polls show. That could lead to Netanyahu serving as a caretaker prime minister while another election is held.
米勒表示，美国总统此前错失了支持内塔尼亚胡的机会，或许是因为他想看看自己在加沙或黎巴嫩等问题上能施加什么影响力。他说，最终，特朗普站在了他视为强大且受到不公正迫害的领导人一边。
The US president passed up earlier opportunities to endorse Netanyahu, perhaps because he wanted to see what leverage he could exercise on issues like Gaza or Lebanon, said Miller. In the end, he said, Trump sided with a leader he sees as strong and unfairly persecuted.
“特朗普可能对内塔尼亚胡推动这场伊朗战争感到愤怒，但归根结底，这仍是特朗普的决定，”米勒补充道。
“However angry Trump may be at Netanyahu for pushing this Iran war, this in the end was a Trump decision,” Miller added.
他说，如果特朗普决定不支持内塔尼亚胡，就会引发“关于整个伊朗冒险是否本就不该由特朗普发起的合理质疑”。
A Trump decision not to endorse Netanyahu would have raised “legitimate questions about whether or not the whole Iran venture was in fact something Trump should have done,” he said.