萨姆·梅茨 萨赫宁，以色列——一名犹太裔前警察，自称为犹太复国主义者，似乎不太可能成为代表以色列议会中一个伊斯兰政党的候选人。
SAM METZ SAKHNIN, Israel — A Jewish ex-cop and self-described Zionist might seem an unlikely candidate to represent an Islamist party in Israel’s parliament.
但约阿夫·塞加洛维茨很快将作为拉姆党成员在以色列议会就座。拉姆党是一个阿拉伯人领导的政党，在周二的选举中赢得了八个席位。
But Yoav Segalovitz will soon be seated in the Knesset as a member of Ra’am, an Arab-led party that won eight seats in Tuesday’s election .
他决定离开一个由犹太人领导的中间派政党，加入一个由阿拉伯人领导的保守派政党，这在以色列引起了好奇和谴责。在一场没有明确结果的选举之后，一个关键问题是，阿拉伯人领导的政党是否会被其他反对总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的人接纳，以帮助将他赶下台。
His decision to leave a centrist Jewish-led party and join a conservative Arab-led one has drawn curiosity and condemnation in Israel, where a key question after an inconclusive election is whether Arab-led parties will be embraced by other opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to help oust him from power.
塞加洛维茨说，他与拉姆党领导人曼苏尔·阿巴斯合作的目的，是要表明犹太人和阿拉伯人可以跨越种族和宗教分歧建立政治联盟。
Segalovitz says the purpose of his partnership with Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas was to show that Jews and Arabs can build political coalitions across racial and religious divides.
“他是阿拉伯人。我是犹太人。我是世俗的。他是宗教的，”他谈到阿巴斯时说。“但我们都是以色列公民。我们都参与这个社会。如果我们想在这里取得进步，我们必须携手合作，”他在选举前接受采访时说。
“He’s Arab. I’m a Jew. I’m secular. He’s religious,” he said of Abbas. “But we’re all citizens of Israel. We all take part in this society. If we want to get progress here, we must go in partnership together,” he said in an interview before the election.
塞加洛维茨当时谈论的是一个为帮助一个小党赢得更广泛接受而结成的联盟，但他的话在更广泛的辩论中也有意义，这场辩论可能决定选举的最终影响。
Segalovitz was speaking about an alliance formed to help a small party win greater acceptance, but his words also have meaning within a broader debate that could determine the election’s ultimate impact.
阿拉伯人领导的政党在拥有120个席位的以色列议会中赢得了前所未有的18个席位，并可能在组建下一届政府多数派方面发挥决定性作用——前提是该国由犹太人领导的反对派愿意与他们携手合作。
Arab-led parties won an unprecedented 18 seats in Israel’s 120-member Knesset and could play a decisive role in forming a majority in the next government — if the country’s Jewish-led opposition is willing to join hands with them.
周二晚上，在拉姆党庆祝在议会中再添三个席位的宴会厅里，塞加洛维茨是唯一没有用阿拉伯语向支持者发表讲话的政治人物。似乎很少有人介意。当他宣布“Kulanu Yisraelim！”——希伯来语意为“我们都是以色列人！”——时，掌声在墙壁间回荡。并非所有人都同意。
In the banquet hall Tuesday night where Ra’am celebrated picking up three more seats in the Knesset, Segalovitz was the only politician who didn’t address the crowd of supporters in Arabic. Few seemed to mind. Applause echoed off the walls as he declared, “Kulanu Yisraelim!” — Hebrew for “We are all Israelis!”Not everyone agrees.
右翼批评者称塞加洛维茨的举动背叛了以色列，并为该国走向伊斯兰法铺平了道路。联合名单内部的部分人——这个更偏左的阿拉伯主导党——则把此举斥为一种品牌宣传，旨在取悦主流政党，而非解决阿拉伯社区面临的问题。
Right-wing critics said Segalovitz’s move betrayed Israel and paved the way toward Islamic law in the country. Some within the Joint List, the more left-wing Arab-led party, dismissed it as a branding exercise designed to appease mainstream parties rather than address issues facing Arab communities.
但他和阿巴斯都表示，他们的联盟提供了以色列未来的不同愿景，同时加强了拉阿姆党进入执政联盟的理由。这并未阻止内塔尼亚胡及其盟友对拉阿姆党在选举前后进行攻击。
But both he and Abbas have said their union offers a different vision for Israel’s future while strengthening Ra’am’s case for inclusion in a governing coalition. That’s done little to stop Netanyahu and his allies, who attacked Ra’am before, during and after the election.
内塔尼亚胡的党派是向选举委员会请愿取消拉阿姆党参选资格的政党之一。内塔尼亚胡在以“右派还是巴勒斯坦”（希伯来语押韵）的口号进行竞选时，多次警告称他的主要竞争对手、前军方首长加迪·埃森科特将与阿巴斯结盟，以确保多数。
Netanyahu’s party was among those that petitioned to disqualify Ra’am from running. Campaigning on the slogan “Right or Palestine,” which rhymes in Hebrew, Netanyahu repeatedly warned that his top rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, would partner with Abbas to secure a majority.
内塔尼亚胡的党——即使在其执政力度减弱的情况下仍获得了最高票数——还散布了选举被阿拉伯主导党“窃取”的毫无依据的说法，而这些党派对此予以否认。
Netanyahu’s party — which won more votes than any other even as its grip on power weakened — has also spread unsubstantiated claims that the election was “stolen” by Arab-led parties, something those parties have denied.
“煽动、种族主义和排斥的表现是对以色列国家韧性和力量的最大威胁之一，”塞加洛维茨在周四的采访中表示。
“Manifestations of incitement, racism, and exclusion are among the greatest threats to the resilience and strength of the State of Israel,” Segalovitz said Thursday on With Netanyahu’s bloc unable to cobble together a majority, Segalovitz and Abbas’ partnership has exposed a stark asymmetry in Israeli politics.
随着内塔尼亚胡阵营未能凑齐多数，塞加洛维茨与阿巴斯的合作暴露了以色列政治的明显不对称。一党阿拉伯主导的政党接纳了一位犹太议员加入其阵营，而犹太主导的政党迄今仍对与阿拉伯主导党组建联盟以罢免内塔尼亚胡持保留态度。
An Arab-led party welcomed a Jewish lawmaker into its ranks, yet Jewish-led parties have thus far balked at forming a coalition with Arab-led parties to remove Netanyahu.
阿拉伯党仅在2021年曾加入执政联盟，而那届政府仅存续约18个月。
Only once has an Arab party joined a governing coalition, in 2021, and that government only lasted around 18 months.
在公开场合，艾森科特并未拉拢阿拉伯领导的政党，而是为它们设定了条件，包括要求它们公开声明以色列是一个犹太人和民主国家，并宣布哈马斯是“将被摧毁”的恐怖组织。作为拉阿姆党领导人，阿巴斯已承认以色列是犹太国家，并多次谴责哈马斯2023年10月7日的袭击。
In public, rather than court them, Eisenkot has set conditions for Arab-led parties, including that they profess that Israel is a Jewish and democratic state and declare that Hamas is a terrorist organization “to be demolished.”As Ra’am’s leader, Abbas has acknowledged Israel as a Jewish state and repeatedly condemned Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack .
选举前一周，在犹太人居多的凯撒利亚镇举行的一场泳池边竞选活动上，他回避了关于将哈马斯称为恐怖组织的问题。他此前曾称这个问题是一个陷阱，是极端分子设置的忠诚度测试。
At a poolside campaign event in the Jewish-majority town of Caesarea the week before the election, he sidestepped a question about labeling Hamas a terrorist organization. He previously has described the question as a trap, a loyalty test set by extremists.
在1948年围绕以色列建国的战争后设法留在以色列的巴勒斯坦人及其后代，占以色列人口的20%以上。他们拥有以色列公民身份和投票权。其中大多数是穆斯林，许多人对加沙和约旦河西岸的巴勒斯坦人怀有深切的同情。
Palestinians who managed to stay in Israel after the 1948 war surrounding its creation , and their descendants, make up more than 20% of the population. They have Israeli citizenship and the right to vote. A majority are Muslim and many feel deep solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
一些巴勒斯坦公民已进入以色列商业和政治的最高层。然而，许多人感到被当局抛弃，他们的社区投资不足、贫困潦倒。在内塔尼亚胡当前任期内，随着他和他的极右翼部长们将他们描绘成威胁，他们的被排斥感和不安全感不断加深。
Some Palestinian citizens have reached the highest echelons of business and politics in Israel. Yet many feel forsaken by authorities, with their communities marked by underinvestment and poverty. Their sense of exclusion and insecurity has grown during Netanyahu’s current term, as he and his far-right ministers have portrayed them as a threat.
对塞加洛维茨来说，他们是以色列多元社会的一部分，在这个社会里，人们即使背景不同也能并肩工作。
For Segalovitz, they’re part of Israel’s pluralistic society, where people work alongside each other even when they don’t share similar backgrounds.
这位67岁的前警察调查员毫不掩饰自己在强制性兵役或LGBTQ权利等问题上与阿巴斯的分歧。但他表示，展示一个阿拉伯领导的政党能够接纳一位来自政治中间的犹太政治家，比任何单一议题都更重要。
The 67-year-old former police investigator makes no secret of his disagreements with Abbas on issues such as mandatory military service or LGBTQ rights. But he said showing that an Arab-led party can embrace a Jewish politician drawn from the political center is more important than any one issue.
这一信息在支持拉阿姆党的巴勒斯坦公民中引起了共鸣，也可能打动了一些犹太选民。
That message resonated among Palestinian citizens who supported Ra’am, and it may have swayed some Jewish ones, too.
来自凯撒利亚的餐厅顾问伊里特·申克表示，听到阿巴斯和塞加洛维茨一起讲话后，她确信自己要投票给拉姆党。她一生都是以色列左翼政党的支持者，她说犹太公民需要接受他们与巴勒斯坦公民共享这个国家。否则，所有人都将承受永久分裂的代价。“我们不能继续忽视我们的问题。那将是一场灾难，”申克说。塞加洛维茨的警察背景在拉姆党支持者中广为人知并受到尊重。
Irit Schenker, a restaurant consultant from Caesarea, said hearing Abbas and Segalovitz speak together convinced her to vote for Ra’am. A lifelong supporter of Israel’s left-wing parties, she said Jewish citizens needed to accept that they share their country with Palestinian citizens. If not, everyone would bear the costs of perpetual divisions. “We can’t go on ignoring our problems. It’ll be a disaster,” Schenker said. Segalovitz’s policing background is well-known and respected among Ra’am supporters.
以色列北部城镇萨赫宁的市长马赞·格纳伊姆表示，塞加洛维茨被认为办事有效，尤其是在凶杀案和帮派相关暴力激增的社区。
Mazen Ghnaim, the mayor of the northern Israeli town of Sakhnin, said Segalovitz is viewed as effective, particularly in communities suffering from spikes in homicides and gang-related violence.
“他有经验，我们也在表明我们可以与犹太人站在一起，成为下一届政府的一部分，”拉姆党支持者格纳伊姆说。
“He has the experience, and we’re also showing we can stand with Jews and be part of the next government,” Ghnaim, a Ra’am supporter, said.
塞加洛维茨承认他的背景是他吸引力的一部分，但他表示自己更大的目标是打破损害以色列社会的壁垒。
Segalovitz acknowledged that his background was part of his appeal yet said his larger goal was to break down barriers harming Israeli society.
“我们不能无视21%的人口。以色列的阿拉伯人参与一切事务。只是在政治上存在高墙，”他说。“我们想成为政府的一部分，为以色列社会这里发生的事情负责。”选举之夜，随着结果明朗，阿巴斯对欢欣鼓舞的支持者说，大多数以色列人投票反对内塔尼亚胡及其右翼盟友，并证明和平、尊严和安全可能即将到来。
“We can’t just ignore 21% of the population. Arabs in Israel take part in everything. Just in politics there are walls,” he said. “We want to be part of the government and be responsible for what happens here in Israeli society.”On election night as the results became clear, Abbas told a jubilant crowd of supporters that a majority of Israelis had voted against Netanyahu and his right-wing allies and had proved that peace, dignity and security could be on the horizon.
“数十万阿拉伯和犹太公民逆流而行，证明了这里的阿拉伯人和犹太人可以成为伙伴并相互合作，”阿巴斯说。
“Hundreds of thousands of Arab and Jewish citizens went against the tide and proved that Arabs and Jews here can be partners and cooperate with each other,” Abbas said.
阿巴斯和塞加洛维茨将于11月10日与其他六名拉姆党议员一起宣誓就职。他们是否继续留在以色列议会的反对派中——或者，在另一种不太可能的结盟中，被拉入多数派——可能需要数周甚至数月才能知晓。
Abbas and Segalovitz will be sworn in along with six other Ra’am lawmakers on Nov. 10. It could be weeks or even months before it is known whether they remain part of the Knesset’s opposition — or, in another improbable tie-up, get brought into the majority.