耶路撒冷 — 以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡11月9日再次呼吁组建团结政府以使自己继续掌权，前一天反对派对手加迪·艾森科特获授权组建联合政府。
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called again on Nov 9 for a unity government that would keep him in power, a day after opposition rival Gadi Eisenkot was given a mandate to form a coalition.
“团结政府纯粹是必要之举，”内塔尼亚胡在社交媒体发布的视频中说，完全无视以色列总统伊萨克·赫尔佐格于11月8日正式授予艾森科特首次组阁机会。
“A unity government is, simply, a necessity,” Netanyahu said in a video posted on social media that ignored President Isaac Herzog on Nov 8 formally giving Eisenkot the first chance at a government.
在10月27日的选举中，艾森科特领导的反对派阵营在以色列议会获得了组建多数所需61个席位中的48个。内塔尼亚胡阵营赢得53个席位。
Eisenkot’s opposition bloc received 48 out of 61 seats needed for a majority in Israel’s Parliament in Oct 27 elections. Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats.
但在各党派与赫尔佐格的磋商中，艾森科特获得了多数推荐。他可以依靠阿拉伯裔为主的政党，这些政党在创纪录的投票率推动下赢得了19个席位，选民因愤怒于内塔尼亚胡极右翼政府的种族主义和边缘化政策而踊跃投票。
But Eisenkot received a majority of recommendations in parties’ talks with Herzog. He could rely on Arab-majority parties, which won a record 19 seats after unprecedented voter turnout on anger over racism and marginalisation by Netanyahu’s far-right government.
在视频中，内塔尼亚胡警告以色列人提防他所描述的将阿拉伯裔以色列人纳入未来政府的威胁。
In his video, Netanyahu warned Israelis against what he described as the threat of including Arab-Israelis in a future government.
“你不能与哈马斯支持者组建政府，不能组建一个依赖哈马斯支持者的政府，”内塔尼亚胡于11月9日表示，重复了他常用的针对阿拉伯裔以色列政党的恐吓手段，他还曾在缺乏证据的情况下指控这些政党选举舞弊。
“You cannot form a government with Hamas supporters, a government that depends on Hamas supporters,” Netanyahu said on Nov 9, repeating an often-used scare tactic against Arab-Israeli parties, which he has also accused of election fraud despite a lack of evidence.
这些政党否认指控。艾森科特在反对派内部面临反对纳入阿拉伯裔以色列政党的声音，这些政党也可能在不加入政府的情况下投票支持他上台，但这会使政府脆弱不堪。
The parties deny the charges. Eisenkot faces resistance within the opposition to including Arab-Israeli parties, which could also vote to put him in power without joining the government, leaving it fragile.
内塔尼亚胡表示，以其利库德集团为核心的团结政府应当纳入所有犹太复国主义政党以及极端正统派犹太教政党。
Netanyahu said that a unity government around his Likud party should instead include all Zionist parties as well as ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties.
内塔尼亚胡的右翼批评者、核心反对派政党中规模最小的以色列我们党领袖阿维格多·利伯曼已明确表示反对与阿拉伯裔以色列人有任何合作，质疑他们的意识形态并警告政治代价。
Avigdor Liberman, a right-wing critic of Netanyahu and leader of the smallest of the core opposition parties, has made clear he opposes any partnership with Israeli-Arabs, questioning their ideology and warning of the political cost.
利伯曼转而争取极端正统派犹太人的支持，尽管他多年来一直批评该群体，主要针对其核心诉求——即要求其年轻人免除强制兵役。利伯曼于11月9日与艾森科特会面，公开展示团结。
Liberman has instead courted the ultra-Orthodox, despite his years of criticism of the community over its key demand that its young people remain exempt from mandatory military service. Liberman met on Nov 9 with Eisenkot in a public show of unity.
利伯曼领导的“以色列我们的家园”党在一份声明中说：“双方均表示完全有信心组建一个能维持整整四年任期的稳定政府。”
“Both expressed full confidence in their ability to form a stable government for a full four-year term,” Liberman’s Yashar party said in a statement.
艾森科特和内塔尼亚胡都提出与对手组建民族团结政府——但两人都坚持由自己掌权。
Eisenkot and Netanyahu have both offered a national-unity government with the rival party – but with each one insisting he would be in charge.
艾森科特公开表示，内塔尼亚胡危险且不适合领导以色列，理由是他未能阻止2023年10月7日哈马斯的袭击、他造成的严重分裂，以及可能让内塔尼亚胡在失去权力后入狱的腐败指控。
Eisenkot has publicly said that Netanyahu is dangerous and unfit to lead Israel, pointing to his failure to prevent the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas attack, his deep divisiveness and corruption charges that could land Netanyahu in prison if he were to lose power.