据以色列报纸周二报道，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡寻求一位知名拉比的帮助，说服“以色列人民党”领导人奥弗·温特退出10月27日的议会选举，因为担心他的参选会分裂右翼选票。
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought a prominent rabbi’s help to persuade Amcha Yisrael party leader Ofer Winter to withdraw from Oct. 27 parliamentary elections amid concerns that his candidacy could split the right-wing vote, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday.
《新消息报》日报称，内塔尼亚胡前往位于被占约旦河西岸埃利定居点的“本尼·大卫”军事预备学院，会见了拉比埃利·萨丹，财政部长兼“宗教锡安主义党”领导人贝扎莱尔·斯莫特里希也在场。
The Yedioth Ahronoth daily said Netanyahu visited the Bnei David pre-military academy in the Eli settlement in the occupied West Bank, where he met with Rabbi Eli Sadan alongside Finance Minister and Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich.
据该报报道，此次会面旨在利用萨丹与温特的密切关系，说服温特退选。
The meeting aimed to draw on Sadan’s close relationship with Winter to persuade him to withdraw, according to the newspaper.
援引学院消息人士的话，报道称内塔尼亚胡和斯莫特里希向萨丹展示了最新民调，辩称参加选举的几个小党派可能会让右翼阵营失去议席。
Citing sources at the academy, the report said Netanyahu and Smotrich presented the latest opinion polls to Sadan, arguing that several small parties contesting the election could cost the right-wing bloc seats.
他们还辩称，在“蓝白党”领导人本尼·甘茨周一宣布退选后，反对派“整顿了队伍”。
They also argued that the opposition had “organized its ranks better” following Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz’s withdrawal from the race Monday.
温特在该报发布的一段视频中回应，指责内塔尼亚胡和斯莫特里希试图向他施压。“以色列民众想要一种不同的政治，”他说。
Responding in a video published by the newspaper, Winter accused Netanyahu and Smotrich of trying to pressure him. “The people of Israel want a different kind of politics,” he said.
温特表示，他参选是为了提供一种替代现有右翼领导层的选择，这种选择建立在承担责任、承认错误和团结以色列人的基础上。他坚称，他的政党将“继续竞争到底。”
Winter said he was contesting the election to offer an alternative to the existing right-wing leadership based on taking responsibility, acknowledging mistakes and uniting Israelis. His party, he insisted, would “continue competing until the end.”
选举压力 根据该报报道，上周，温特竞选名单第八名候选人达维迪·本·锡安在斯莫特里希身边的人和约旦河西岸的拉比们施压下退选。
Electoral pressure Last week, Davidi Ben Zion, the eighth candidate on Winter’s electoral list, withdrew following pressure from people close to Smotrich and rabbis in the West Bank, according to the newspaper.
施压的核心在于担心该党无法跨过选举门槛，导致投给该党的选票无法获得议会代表权。本·锡安以担心浪费支持者的选票为由解释了他的决定。
The pressure centered on concerns that the party would fail to cross the electoral threshold, leaving votes cast for it without parliamentary representation. Ben Zion cited fears of wasting his supporters’ votes as the reason for his decision.
温特10月12日表示，如果他的政党未能跨过选举门槛，内塔尼亚胡将对右翼阵营的崩溃负责。
Winter said on Oct. 12 that Netanyahu would bear responsibility for the right-wing bloc’s collapse if his party failed to clear the electoral threshold.
随着民调显示其政党支持率跌破3.25%的有效选票门槛，执政联盟内部要求温特退选的呼声日益高涨。
Calls within the governing coalition for Winter to withdraw have intensified as opinion polls show his party falling below the threshold of 3.25% of valid votes cast.
甘茨退选后，右翼人士认为这增强了反对派的前景，上述呼声随之获得势头。
Those calls gained momentum following Gantz’s withdrawal, which right-wing figures viewed as strengthening the opposition’s prospects.
选举定于10月27日举行，正值政治分歧深刻之际。内塔尼亚胡周日承认，他不确定能否获胜，并表示“非常担忧”。公共广播机构KAN周日发布的一项民调显示，内塔尼亚胡阵营失去两个席位，降至51席，而由“以色列复原党”领导人加迪·艾森科特领导的阵营拥有52席。
The election is scheduled for Oct. 27 amid deep political divisions. Netanyahu acknowledged Sunday that he was unsure of victory and was “very worried.”A poll published Sunday by the public broadcaster KAN showed Netanyahu’s bloc losing two seats to stand at 51, compared with 52 for the bloc led by Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot.
根据同一民调，在总理人选偏好上，艾森科特以43%的支持率领先内塔尼亚胡的35%。
Eisenkot also led Netanyahu in preferences for prime minister, with 43% support against 35%, according to the same poll.
民调显示，在120席的以色列议会中，没有任何一个阵营拥有组建多数政府所需的61席。
Neither bloc commands the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-member Knesset, opinion polls indicate.