以色列阿拉伯城镇庆祝选举结果，却在思考会带来什么改变阿拉伯主导政党的得票激励了位于以色列中部的塔伊贝（Taibe），即便以色列其他地区的选民表示他们在未来政府中没有位置。
An Arab Town in Israel Celebrates the Election but Wonders What Will Change Gains for Arab-led parties have electrified Taibe, in central Israel, even as voters elsewhere in Israel say they have no place in any future government.
随着以色列选举结果在周二晚间逐渐明朗，塔伊贝——一个以阿拉伯人为主的城镇——的夜空被烟火点亮，欢呼的人群很快涌上街头。
As the results of Israel’s elections started to become clear late on Tuesday, fireworks streaked the night sky in Taibe, a predominantly Arab town in the middle of the country, where cheering crowds were soon in the streets.
对以色列的两大阿拉伯主导政党——阿拉伯联盟（Raam）和联合名单（Joint List）而言，这标志着该国政治生活的分水岭。两党合计将在以色列议会（Knesset）中获得的席位，将超过以往任何一次选举。
For Israel’s two main Arab-led parties, Raam and the Joint List, it was a watershed in the political life of the country. Both are collectively set to take more seats in the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, than in any other election.
这让塔伊贝这座工人阶级城镇感到振奋，该镇本周超过80%的居民投票。“我们现在应该把这一结果转化为切实改善我们生活的行动，”30岁的阿米尔·哈吉·亚哈（Amir Hajj Yahya）说，他在周三晚上与朋友们聚集在一家汉堡店外。
That has electrified the working-class town of Taibe, where more than 80 percent of residents voted this week. “We should now translate that result into making real improvements in our lives,” said Amir Hajj Yahya, 30, who had gathered with friends outside a burger joint on Wednesday night.
然而，当塔伊贝在庆祝时，以色列其他地区的反应却截然不同。部分反对派成员迅速排除与阿拉伯政党联手组建政府的可能性。有影响力的电视评论员也急于警告，阿拉伯政党可能参与未来政府的安全和外交政策制定。
And yet, while Taibe was celebrating, the reaction in other parts of Israel was very different. Some members of the opposition were quick to rule out joining forces with Arab parties to form a government. Influential television pundits rushed to warn against the possibility that the Arab parties could have a hand in future government policy on security and foreign affairs.
对许多阿拉伯公民而言，这一反应凸显了他们所说的以色列社会大多数对他们在国家未来事务中发声的意愿不足，一些人担心投票可能徒劳无功。34岁的卡车司机沙迪·哈吉·亚哈（Shadi Hajj Yahya）说：“这种反应正是我们所面对的种族主义态度的证明。”
For many Arab citizens, the response has underscored what they say is the unwillingness in much of Israeli society to give them a say in the country’s future, and some fear the vote may prove futile. “This reaction is proof of racist attitudes we’re facing,” said Shadi Hajj Yahya, 34, a truck driver in Taibe.
来自该镇的52岁律师努琳·阿尔-纳谢夫（Noreen al-Nashef）表示，她担心尽管阿拉伯选民投票率很高，却仍无法让阿拉伯政党在政府及其决策中发挥影响。
Noreen al-Nashef, 52, a lawyer from the town, said she was worried that, despite the high Arab voter turnout, it would not lead to the Arab parties’ having influence over the government and its decision-making.
“我们听到的令人失望，”她指着以色列社会其他部分的反应说道。“我的选票有什么价值？”泰贝拥有47,500人口，是以色列阿拉伯社区及其面临挫折的一个缩影。像许多阿拉伯人占多数的城镇一样，这里存在枪支暴力问题，以色列当局拆除了未经许可建造的房屋，当地官员表示，获得许可可能很困难。
“What we’ve heard is disappointing,” she said, referring to the reaction from other parts of Israeli society. “What value does my vote have?”Home to 47,500 people, Taibe is a microcosm of the Arab community in Israel and the frustrations Arab citizens face. Like many Arab-majority towns, there is a problem with gun violence, and the Israeli authorities have demolished homes that were built without permission, which local officials say can be difficult to get.
居民们对总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡及其盟友针对以色列阿拉伯公民的煽动性言论也日益感到担忧。在本周投票前夕，他毫无根据地警告称，以色列阿拉伯公民正“试图窃取选举”。本周，阿拉伯选民大批涌入以色列各地的投票站——泰贝的许多人将这种高投票率归因于想要赶走内塔尼亚胡先生及其极右翼联盟伙伴的愿望。
Residents have also become increasingly alarmed by the inflammatory rhetoric of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies against Israel’s Arab citizens. In the run-up to this week’s vote, he warned without evidence that Arab citizens of Israel were “trying to steal the election.”Arab voters poured into polling stations across Israel in high numbers this week — a turnout that many in Taibe attributed to the desire to oust Mr. Netanyahu and his far-right coalition partners.
一些人表示，他们希望新政府能解决他们社区面临的问题，以及加沙和约旦河西岸巴勒斯坦人面临的问题，因为以色列定居者暴力行为猖獗。尽管反对派对阿拉伯政党历史性胜利的反应冷淡，但周三接受采访的大多数居民表示，他们仍然相信反对派最终会改变态度。
Some said they hoped that a new government would address the problems in their communities, as well as those of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, amid widespread Israeli settler violence. Despite the muted reaction from the opposition to the Arab parties’ historic win, most residents interviewed on Wednesday said they still believed that they would eventually come around.
“当他们需要阿拉伯人时，他们会来找我们，”汉堡咖啡馆老板阿米尔的弟弟雷达·哈吉·叶海亚（Reda Hajj Yahya，音译），40岁，说道，并补充说距离投票还早着呢。
“When they need the Arabs, they’ll come to us,” said Reda Hajj Yahya, 40, the brother of Amir at the burger cafe, adding that it was still early days since the vote.
泰贝的大多数选民选择了“联合名单”，这是一个由三个较小政党组成的联盟，其中包括一个犹太-阿拉伯左翼派系和一个巴勒斯坦民族主义派系。它被视为比另一个主要阿拉伯政党“拉姆”更对立锡安主义，其议员长期处于以色列政治的边缘，对决策影响甚微。现在，他们向主要反对派集团伸出了援手，希望赶走总理。
Most voters in Taibe opted for the Joint List, an alliance of three smaller parties that includes a joint Jewish-Arab leftist faction and a Palestinian nationalist faction. It is seen as more antagonistic toward Zionism than the other main Arab party, Raam, and its lawmakers have long been on the sidelines of Israeli politics, with little influence on decision making. Now, they’ve extended their hand to the main opposition bloc in hopes of ousting the prime minister.
“我们准备吞下青蛙，以推翻内塔尼亚胡政府，”资深议员、联合名单高层领导人艾哈迈德·蒂比（Ahmad Tibi，67岁）说，他自1999年起在以色列议会任职。蒂比坐在泰贝市木板装饰的办公室里表示，联合名单准备向反对派其他党派做出此前未曾考虑的让步，阿拉伯选民支持他们这样做。
“We’re ready to swallow frogs to take down Netanyahu’s government,” said Ahmad Tibi, 67, a veteran lawmaker and a top leader in the Joint List, who has served in the Knesset since 1999. The Joint List is prepared to make concessions to other parties in the opposition that it had not considered before, and Arab voters were behind them, Mr. Tibi said, sitting in his wood-paneled office in Taibe.
当被追问这些让步可能是什么时，他拒绝透露。但他笑着补充说，除了“改信犹太教”，他们几乎“什么都愿意做”。
When pressed on what those concessions might be, he declined to say. But they would do “almost anything” except “convert to Judaism,” he added with a smile.
在城镇另一头，阿什拉夫·贾比尔（Ashraf Jaber，51岁）正在一个繁忙的交通环岛上喝咖啡，环岛上挂满了联合名单的横幅。他说，他们的社区渴望变革。
Across town, Ashraf Jaber, 51, was drinking coffee on a busy traffic roundabout strung with banners for the Joint List. He said his community was hungry for change.
“我们想要有能力建房、在没有暴力的环境下生活，”贾比尔说。“我们不要战争，我们反对10月7日，”他补充道，指的是2023年哈马斯领导的对以色列南部发动的袭击，那次袭击引发了加沙战争。
“We want the ability to build homes and to live without violence,” Mr. Jaber said. “We want no wars, and we’re against Oct. 7,” he added, referring to the 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that ignited the war in Gaza.
他说，每个人都值得过上“体面的生活”，包括犹太人和阿拉伯人，而这次选举给他们的社区提供了一个改善处境的机会。“我们需要抓住它，”他说。
Everyone, he said, deserves to live “a dignified life,” including Jews and Arabs, and the election offered his community a chance to improve its lot. “We need to take advantage of it,” he said.
纳坦·奥登海默是《纽约时报》驻耶路撒冷记者，报道以色列和巴勒斯坦事务。
Natan Odenheimer is a Times reporter in Jerusalem, covering Israeli and Palestinian affairs.