CNN News: 以色列選舉

On our April 11th program, which is in our archives at cnn10.com, we told you how Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had won a fifth-term as his nation’s leader. That would make him the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history. Now, though, the nation is preparing for another round of elections in September. What happened?

在4月11日的節(jié)目中，我們向您講述了以色列總理內塔尼亞胡是如何贏得第五次國家領導人選舉的。這將使他成為以色列歷史上任職時間最長的總理。然而現(xiàn)在，這個國家正在為9月的另一輪選舉做準備。發(fā)生了什么事?

In order to be prime minister, a politician needs the support of at least 61 seats in Israel’s Knesset, its parliament. After April’s election, it appeared that Prime Minister Netanyahu would have the support of 65 seats. But not of all these seats were in the Israeli leader’s political party.

要成為總理，一名政治家需要以色列議會至少61個席位的支持。在4月份的選舉之后，內塔尼亞胡總理似乎將獲得65個席位的支持。但并非所有這些席位都在以色列領導人的政黨中。

There’s usually a coalition, a group of political parties, working together that form the Knesset majority. This time, though, that didn’t happen. A coalition didn’t come together. There was a deadlock among Israeli party leaders. So it’ll once again be in the hands of Israel’s voters.

通常會有一個聯(lián)盟，一群政黨，共同組成議會多數(shù)黨。然而，這一次，這種情況沒有發(fā)生。聯(lián)盟沒有走到一起。以色列政黨領導人之間出現(xiàn)了僵局。所以它將再次掌握在以色列選民手中。

New elections will be held in the hopes of establishing a coalition that works together in the Knesset. What happens in Israeli is important to nations around the world. Israel is America’s closest ally in the Middle East, and Israel’s government is crucial to peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

將舉行新的選舉，希望能在議會中建立一個聯(lián)合政府。以色列發(fā)生的事情對世界各國都很重要。以色列是美國在中東地區(qū)最親密的盟友，以色列政府對以色列和巴勒斯坦之間的和平談判至關重要。

On our April 11th program, which is in our archives at cnn10.com, we told you how Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had won a fifth-term as his nation’s leader. That would make him the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history. Now, though, the nation is preparing for another round of elections in September. What happened?

In order to be prime minister, a politician needs the support of at least 61 seats in Israel’s Knesset, its parliament. After April’s election, it appeared that Prime Minister Netanyahu would have the support of 65 seats. But not of all these seats were in the Israeli leader’s political party.

There’s usually a coalition, a group of political parties, working together that form the Knesset majority. This time, though, that didn’t happen. A coalition didn’t come together. There was a deadlock among Israeli party leaders. So it’ll once again be in the hands of Israel’s voters.

New elections will be held in the hopes of establishing a coalition that works together in the Knesset. What happens in Israeli is important to nations around the world. Israel is America’s closest ally in the Middle East, and Israel’s government is crucial to peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.