梅拉妮·利德曼 特拉维夫，以色列 —— 以色列警方周日释放了涉嫌选民贿赂案三名嫌疑人中的两人，削弱了总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡领导的利库德集团为抹黑上周议会选举所做的努力。
MELANIE LIDMAN TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli police on Sunday released two of three suspects in a case of alleged voter bribery, weakening efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party to discredit last week’s parliamentary election.
利库德集团在未提供证据的情况下称，阿拉伯主导的政党在选举中“窃取”了胜利，导致内塔尼亚胡的阵营失去了议会中的多数席位。
Likud has said without giving evidence that Arab-led parties “stole” the election in which Netanyahu’s bloc lost its majority of seats in parliament.
该党援引了少数几个案例，包括在10月27日投票开始前，警方逮捕了三名携带装有现金信封的政治活动人士，指控他们意图贿赂选民。两天后，警方又逮捕了四名嫌疑人。警方称，这些嫌疑人与伊斯兰主义政党拉阿姆有关，后者否认涉案。
The party has cited a handful of cases, including the arrests of three political activists before polls opened on Oct. 27 with envelopes of cash, allegedly to bribe voters. Two days later, police arrested four more suspects. Police said the suspects were connected to the Islamist party Ra’am, which denied that it was involved.
据当地媒体Ynet报道，一名法官周日批评了调查工作，并驳回了警方对其中一名获释男子进一步限制的请求。警方随后表示，三名嫌疑人中一人被释放，但须遵守未公开的“条件”；另一人被勒令居家监禁八天；第三名嫌疑人的羁押期限被延长两天。
A judge on Sunday criticized the investigation and rejected police requests for further restrictions on one of the men released, local media outlet Ynet reported. Police later said one of the three suspects was released subject to unspecified “conditions” and another was ordered to remain on house arrest for eight days.
通过对选举结果产生怀疑，内塔尼亚胡似乎试图阻止反对派与阿拉伯政党结成任何可能迫使其下台的联盟。
The detention of the third suspect was extended for two days.
拉阿姆党领袖曼苏尔·阿巴斯谴责这些逮捕行动不民主，是“试图影响选举结果”。拉阿姆党在克内塞特（以色列议会）中获得了八个席位。内塔尼亚胡的盟友议会阵营席位降至53个，低于上届议会中达到的68个席位峰值。
By casting doubt on the vote, Netanyahu appears to be trying to block any potential alliance in the opposition with the Arab parties that could force him from office. Mansour Abbas, leader of the Ra’am party, which captured eight seats in the Knesset, denounced the arrests as undemocratic and “an attempt to influence the election results.”Netanyahu saw his parliamentary bloc of allies drop to 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, down from a peak of 68 in the outgoing parliament.
由其主要对手加迪·艾森科特领导的政党集团赢得了48个席位，而包括拉阿姆在内的阿拉伯主导政党赢得了剩余的19个席位。这两个反对内塔尼亚胡的阵营合计拥有足够席位组建新政府，尽管它们是否会达成协议仍不清楚。
A bloc of parties led by his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, won 48 seats, while Arab-led parties, including Ra’am, won the remaining 19 seats. Together, those two blocs opposing Netanyahu have enough seats to form a new government, though it remains unclear whether they will agree to do so.
结果将在周三正式认证，随后以色列总统以撒·赫尔佐格将会见当选议会的各党，以了解他们更倾向于谁担任下一任总理。
The results are due to be officially certified on Wednesday, and President Isaac Herzog will meet with each of the parties elected to parliament after that to see who they prefer to be the next prime minister.
在这些磋商之后，他将挑选候选人——最有可能是内塔尼亚胡或埃森科特——他认为最有可能组建联合政府的那位。
Following those consultations, he will choose the candidate — most likely Netanyahu or Eisenkot — who he believes has the best chance of forming a coalition government.
这将为数周的谈判拉开序幕。如果谈判未果，赫尔佐格可能会请另一位候选人尝试。否则，国家将于明年初陷入新一轮选举。内塔尼亚胡曾暗示，埃森科特与阿拉伯党派结盟是叛国行为。
That would set the stage for weeks of negotiations. If they are unsuccessful, Herzog could ask another candidate to try. Otherwise, the country would be plunged into a new election early next year. Netanyahu has suggested that it would be treasonous for Eisenkot to join with Arab parties.
利库德党并未提供证据支持阿拉伯党派窃取选举的指控。它还指称选举受到外国干预。应以色列选举委员会的请求，国内安全局（Shin Bet）已展开调查。
Likud hasn’t offered evidence to support the accusation that Arab parties stole the election. It also has alleged foreign interference in the vote . The Shin Bet security service, at the request of Israel’s election commission, has opened an investigation.
埃森科特于周日指责内塔尼亚胡发起“一场有组织、有计划的运动”，通过暗示卡塔尔支持反对党以推翻内塔尼亚胡，来使选举结果失去合法性。
Eisenkot on Sunday accused Netanyahu of launching an “orchestrated and organized campaign to delegitimize the election results” by insinuating that Qatar had supported opposition parties to unseat Netanyahu.
埃森科特表示，国内安全局已向他通报了关于外国干预的调查，但需要更多时间才能弄清是否真的发生了什么。国内安全局称，其调查独立于任何政党。
Eisenkot said that Shin Bet briefed him on the investigation into foreign interference, but that more time is needed to understand what, or if, anything happened. Shin Bet said that it was investigating the issue independent of any political parties.
卡塔尔否认为任何旨在影响选举结果的活动提供资金。许多以色列人将该海湾阿拉伯国家视为哈马斯的赞助者，关于其影响力的指控曾在其他案件中搅动以色列政治，其中包括据称内塔尼亚胡的亲信在为总理办公室工作期间接受了卡塔尔的金钱。
Qatar has denied funding any activities meant to influence the election’s outcome. Many Israelis see the Gulf Arab country as a patron of Hamas, and allegations of its influence have roiled Israeli politics in other cases, including one in which close aides of Netanyahu allegedly accepted money from Qatar while working for the prime minister’s office.
内塔尼亚胡的对手指责他使用恐吓手段，并试图制造叙事，以进一步歧视由阿拉伯人领导的党派和占人口20%的以色列阿拉伯公民。
Netanyahu’s opponents have accused him of using scare tactics and trying to create a narrative to further discriminate against Arab-led parties and Israel’s Arab citizens, who make up 20% of the population.
阿拉伯政党联合名单领导人优素福·贾巴林指出，该名单赢得11个席位，他上周表示，利库德党和内塔尼亚胡在选举日发布的内容中，超过一半针对阿拉伯选民，旨在鼓励右翼以色列人投票。
Yousef Jabareen, leader of the Joint List of Arab parties, which won 11 seats, noted last week that more than half the content published by Likud and Netanyahu on election day was directed against Arab voters as a tactic to encourage right-wing Israelis to vote.
“在危机时刻，他会回到自己惯用的伎俩：种族煽动和对阿拉伯公众的非法化，”他说。
“In moments of crisis, he reverts to his familiar tactic: racist incitement and the delegitimization of the Arab public,” he said.