以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的办公室否认了有关他与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普就伊朗问题通电话时发生激烈争吵的报道，称这些报道是“假新闻”和“彻头彻尾的无稽之谈”。此前，以色列媒体Ynet援引消息人士的话报道称，内塔尼亚胡与特朗普在周末进行的一次通话异常艰难，并引发了激烈交锋，通话内容主要聚焦伊朗问题。Ynet援引的一位消息人士称这是一场“地狱般的争吵”。
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has denied reports of him having a heated phone call with United States President Donald Trump over Iran, calling these “fake news” and “complete nonsense.”This comes after a report from Israeli media outlet Ynet, citing sources, claimed that a weekend phone call between Netanyahu and Trump, which largely focused on Iran, had been unusually difficult and led to a heated exchange. One of the sources quoted by Ynet called it a “shouting match from hell.”
此次通话的背景是，华盛顿与伊朗之间在是否重启对伊朗战争的问题上存在分歧。据报道，一名以色列高级官员向Ynet证实通话确实发生，但坚称“这绝不是一次艰难的通话”。
The conversation took place against the backdrop of purported disagreements between Washington and Iran over whether to renew the war against Iran. A senior Israeli official reportedly confirmed to Ynet that the call took place, but insisted that it was “very much not a difficult conversation.”
内塔尼亚胡和特朗普近期就伊朗伊斯兰共和国发表了相互矛盾的言论。美国总统在与卡塔尔首相谢赫·穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜拉赫曼·本·贾西姆·阿勒萨尼会晤后，宣扬谈判出现了“积极势头”，并暗示他准备暂缓对伊朗发动新的打击，推翻了他早先的威胁。
Both Netanyahu and Trump have given contradicting statements recently on the Islamic Republic. The US President touted “positive momentum” in negotiations and signalled he was ready to hold off on fresh strikes against Iran, reversing earlier threats, after a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.
然而，内塔尼亚胡周二在以色列议会的讲话凸显了分歧。以色列总理声称，除非伊朗政权垮台，否则核威胁无法被永久消除。
However, Netanyahu’s remarks in the Knesset on Tuesday underscored differences. The Israeli PM claimed the nuclear threat cannot be permanently eliminated without the fall of the Iranian regime.
内塔尼亚胡和特朗普也都在各自国家遭遇了重大的选举挫折。以色列总理所属的利库德集团领导的阵营将在拥有120个席位的议会中赢得53席，但未能达到61席的多数门槛。与此同时，特朗普的共和党在11月中期选举中失去了对美国国会的控制权。特朗普释放“维持现状”信号，内塔尼亚胡要求政权更迭美国总统特朗普今年2月与以色列共同对伊朗发动了打击，如今在中期选举后释放出“维持现状”的信号，并对发动新打击的想法有所降温，而这一威胁是他此前曾发出的。
Both Netanyahu and Trump have also suffered significant electoral setbacks in their respective countries. The Israeli PM's Likud Party-led bloc is set to win 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset but has not reached the 61-seat majority mark. Meanwhile, Trump's Republican Party has lost control of the US Congress in the November midterm elections. Trump signals ‘status quo’, Netanyahu demands regime changeUS President Trump, who initiated strikes on Iran alongside Israel in February this year, has now signalled “status quo” and cooled on the idea of fresh strikes after the midterm elections, a threat he had earlier made.
“我们只是维持现状，”特朗普在会见卡塔尔首相后表示。卡塔尔是这场西亚冲突的调解国之一。然而据《金融时报》报道，内塔尼亚胡“每天”都在致电美国总统，要求恢复对德黑兰的打击。这场冲突实际上已僵持数月。美以两国2月发动打击后，伊朗对美国在海湾国家的基地和利益目标实施了报复性打击。这个伊斯兰共和国还实际封锁了霍尔木兹海峡的航运，美国则对伊朗港口实施反封锁。
“We’re just keeping it at the status quo,” Trump said after meeting the Prime Minister of Qatar, which is one of the mediating countries in the West Asia conflict. However, Netanyahu has reportedly been calling the US President “every day” to resume strikes on Tehran, the Financial Times reported. The conflict has been in a state of de facto stalemate for months. The US-Israeli strikes in February were followed by Iran's retaliatory strikes on American bases and interests in Gulf countries. The Islamic Republic also effectively blocked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and the US imposed a counter-blockade on Iranian ports.
尽管双方在6月同意了一项停火框架，但该框架因包括霍尔木兹海峡和伊朗核计划在内的症结问题迅速瓦解。特朗普如今不愿重启全面打击，其政府称对伊朗的经济压力已足以迫使这个伊斯兰共和国回到谈判桌前，但内塔尼亚胡似乎仍执着于他先前的野心。“伊朗并未放弃摧毁以色列的计划，”他周二在以色列新一届议会就职仪式上说。他还说：“永久消除这一生存威胁的唯一途径，就是推翻阿亚图拉的统治。”
While both sides agreed to a ceasefire framework in June, it quickly unravelled over sticking points, including Hormuz and Iran's nuclear program. While Trump is now reluctant to renew full-scale strikes, with his administration citing the economic pressure on Iran as being enough to bring the Islamic Republic to the table, Netanyahu seems to be committed to his earlier ambitions.“Iran isn’t giving up on its plan to destroy Israel,” he said Tuesday at the inauguration of the new Knesset. He added, “The only way to permanently remove this existential threat is to overthrow the ayatollah’s rule.”