美国前总统乔·拜登在即将出版的回忆录中表示，以色列看守总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡曾多次承诺限制加沙平民伤亡，但未能兑现其保证。
Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly promised to limit civilian casualties in Gaza but failed to honour his assurances, says former US president Joe Biden in his forthcoming memoir.
现年83岁的拜登在这本名为《答应我，美国》（Promise Me, America）的书（暂译）中写道，在2023年10月7日哈马斯发动袭击后，他曾多次就以色列轰炸造成的平民伤亡问题向内塔尼亚胡提出关切。拜登称，他曾私下敦促以色列总理采取措施保护平民，但他的恳求被当成了耳旁风。该回忆录定于11月17日发行。美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）于周五节选发表了该书内容。
In the book, Promise Me, America, the 83-year-old writes that he repeatedly raised concerns with Netanyahu over the civilian toll of Israel’s bombardment following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Biden says he privately urged the Israeli prime minister to take steps to protect civilians but his pleas fell on deaf ears. The memoir is set to be released on November 17. Its excerpts were published by CNN on Friday.“I had been calling on Israel to take precautions to reduce civilian suffering since the beginning of the conflict,” Biden writes.
拜登写道：“自冲突爆发以来，我一直呼吁以色列采取预防措施，以减少平民遭受的痛苦。”“我在与比比的多次对话中私下表达过这些关切，他承认这些不断上升的伤亡正在损害以色列的形象以及美国对这场战争的支持。”
“I had expressed these concerns privately in many conversations with Bibi, who acknowledged the damage that these rising casualties were doing to Israel’s image, and to US support for the war.""
“但一种熟悉的模式确立了：他会承诺做得更多，接着就会有另一次激进的军事行动，导致更多平民丧生。当我们质问他们时，以色列人总是有解释或借口，但结果却是一样的。比比对做出他既无能力、也无意愿去遵守的承诺毫无顾忌，”拜登写道。
But a familiar pattern established itself: He would promise to do more, and then another aggressive action would follow, killing more civilians. When we called them on it, the Israelis always had an explanation or excuse, but the result was the same. Bibi had no qualms about making promises he had no power — or intention — to keep,” Biden writes.
哈马斯于2023年10月7日袭击了以色列，造成约1200人死亡。此后，以色列一直用无人机、导弹和炸弹肆虐这狭长的地带。根据联合国人道主义事务协调厅（OCHA）引用的加沙卫生部的数据，这场被联合国称为种族灭绝的进攻已导致近7.5万名巴勒斯坦人死亡，其中包括儿童。
Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people. Israel has since continued to ravage the narrow strip with drones, missiles and bombs. The offensive, labelled a genocide by the United Nations, has killed close to 75,000 Palestinians, including children, according to figures from Gaza's Health Ministry cited by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
加沙几乎全体人口流离失所，而多年来对粮食和人道主义援助的限制进一步恶化了加沙的状况。拜登在其著作中还回顾了他与内塔尼亚胡数十年的关系，称他对这位以色列领导人未能超越其眼前政治利益的做法感到愈发失望。拜登写道：“虽然我理解他在巨大的压力下工作，但我对未能像政治家那样思考并维护以色列的长远利益、而只顾其自身的短期政治需求的做法感到失望。”
Almost the entire population has been displaced, while years-long restrictions on food and humanitarian aid have further worsened conditions in Gaza. Biden, in his book, also reflects on his decades-long relationship with Netanyahu, saying he became increasingly frustrated with what he viewed as the Israeli leader's failure to look beyond his immediate political interests.“While I understood that he was working under severe pressures, I was frustrated by his failure to think like a statesman and safeguard Israel’s long-term interests, not just his own short-term political needs,” Biden writes.
拜登回顾了因加沙战争与内塔尼亚胡产生紧张关系的情况。尽管平民伤亡人数不断增加，且各方一再呼吁华盛顿对内塔尼亚胡施加更大压力，但拜登因其政府对以色列的持续支持而受到了自身民主党内部分人士的批评。他还面临指责，称他未能采取足够行动来遏制以色列的攻势。在回忆录中，拜登反驳了自己被内塔尼亚胡误导的说法，并描述了他是如何在与这位以色列领导人的私下交谈中一再对平民苦难提出担忧的。
Biden reflects on tensions with Netanyahu over war in GazaBiden faced criticism from sections of his own Democratic Party over his administration's continued support for Israel despite the mounting civilian death toll and repeated calls for Washington to put greater pressure on Netanyahu. He also faced accusations that he failed to do enough to restrain the Israeli offensive. In the memoir, Biden pushes back against the suggestion that he was misled by Netanyahu, describing how he repeatedly raised concerns about civilian suffering in private conversations with the Israeli leader.‘Go, ask the Israeli leadership’Beyond his criticism of Netanyahu, Biden also uses the memoir to defend his decision to seek a second term in the 2024 US presidential election.
“去，问问以色列领导层”除了对内塔尼亚胡的批评外，拜登还在回忆录中为自己寻求在2024年美国总统选举中竞选连任的决定进行了辩护。许多民主党人将该党的败选归咎于他坚持参选的决定、他在2024年6月与唐纳德·特朗普辩论时的糟糕表现以及随后对卡玛拉·哈里斯的仓促换将。不过，拜登坚称他是对阵特朗普的最强候选人。
Many Democrats have blamed his decision to stay in the race, his poor debate performance against Donald Trump in June 2024 and the late switch to Kamala Harris for the party's defeat. Biden, though, maintains that he was the strongest candidate to take on Trump.
他辩称，没有主流民主党人在初选中向他发起挑战，并且针对他年龄的批评掩盖了他的竞选活动。“媒体和专家们不断谈论我是多么虚弱。但每一位号称认真的候选人都决定不与我竞选，因为我太强了。初选没有发出我陷入困境的任何预警信号。”
拜登写道，据美国有线电视新闻网报道，“但这无法破坏围绕我候选人资格的基调。即我太老了。即我的精神状态在衰退。”
He argues that no major Democrat challenged him in the primaries and that criticism of his age overshadowed his campaign.“The press and pundits kept talking about how weak I was. But every purportedly serious candidate decided not to run against me because I was too strong. The primaries sent no warning signs that I was in trouble. But that couldn’t derail the narrative setting in on my candidacy. That I was too old. That I was declining mentally,” Biden writes, as per CNN.
拜登还反驳了关于其精神健康状况恶化的批评，特别是针对前特别检察官罗伯特·许尔在2024年2月发布的报告。该报告调查了拜登对机密文件的处理情况，并对其记忆力提出了质疑。
Biden also challenges the criticism that his mental fitness had deteriorated, particularly following the February 2024 report by former special counsel Robert Hur. The report, which examined Biden's handling of classified documents, raised questions about his memory.
拜登在回忆录中辩称，他接受许尔调查谈话时的具体情况没有得到充分考虑。他表示，提问发生在2023年10月8日和9日，正值哈马斯于10月7日对以色列发动袭击之后不久，当时他正在处理国际危机。
拜登写道：“担任总统每天都需要进行大量的状态切换——从与外国领导人谈判到推行国内政策，从视察灾区到与筹款人寒暄。当你考虑到许尔据此发表评论的谈话背景时，他的评论尤其令人气愤。2023年10月8日和9日，我和许尔及其手下坐在一起进行了五个多小时的问答。”
In the memoir, Biden argues that the circumstances surrounding his interview with Hur were not given adequate consideration. He says the questioning took place on October 8 and 9, 2023, in the immediate aftermath of Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel, when he was dealing with the international crisis.“Being president requires a remarkable amount of gear shifting every day — from negotiating with foreign leaders to pursuing domestic policy, from visiting a disaster site to rubbing elbows with fundraisers. Hur’s commentary was especially outrageous when you think about the context of the interview that he based it on. I sat down for over five hours with Hur and his people across October 8 and 9 of 2023,” Biden writes.“I had been up all night dealing with the aftershocks of a profound change to the global order. Go ask the Israeli leadership if they thought they were dealing with a diminished president that day. Go watch the address I gave to the nation that day and ask yourself if I was old and enfeebled. Or watch the trip I took to Israel eleven days later,” the exceprt from his book read.
书中的摘录写道：“我一整夜没睡，在处理全球秩序发生巨变的余波。去问问以色列领导人，他们那天是否觉得自己在和一个能力衰退的总统打交道。去看看我那天向全国发表的演讲，问问自己我当时是否又老又虚弱。或者看看我十一天后对以色列的访问。”拜登的回忆录再次谈及机密文件风波这本新书的出版距离拜登上一本回忆录《答应我，爸爸》于2017年出版已近十年。
Biden's memoir revisits classified documents controversyThe new book also comes nearly a decade after Biden's previous memoir, Promise Me, Dad, was published in 2017.
其筹备过程引发了涉及代笔作家马克·茨沃尼策（Mark Zwonitzer）的争议。茨沃尼策曾录制与拜登的访谈。
其中一段录音于2017年2月在拜登位于弗吉尼亚州的租住房屋中录制，记录了这位前副总统说：“我刚刚在楼下发现了所有机密文件！”
Its preparation led to controversy involving ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, who had recorded interviews with Biden. One recording, made in February 2017 at Biden's rental home in Virginia, captured the former vice-president saying, “I just found all the classified stuff downstairs!”
在拜登曾使用的宾夕法尼亚大学办公室以及他的特拉华州家中发现机密文件后，这段录音随后变得至关重要。这些发现导致罗伯特·赫尔（Robert Hur）于2023年被任命为特别检察官。
The recording later became significant after classified documents were discovered at an office Biden used at the University of Pennsylvania and at his Delaware home. The discoveries led to the appointment of Robert Hur as special counsel in 2023.
茨沃尼策在调查期间被传唤，其电脑被查封，并面临受到刑事指控的可能性。众议院共和党人还将其移送国会作藐视国会处理，从而引发了长达数年的法律诉讼。
Zwonitzer was subpoenaed during the investigation, had his computer seized and faced the possibility of criminal charges. House Republicans also referred him for contempt of Congress, leading to years of legal proceedings.