以色列議會通過極具爭議的《猶太民族國家法案》

Israel's parliament has passed into law acontroversial bill that defines the country as anexclusively Jewish state.

近日，以色列議會通過了一項(xiàng)頗具爭議、將以色列定義為只有猶太人的國家的法案。

The "Jewish nation state" bill downgrades Arabic asan official language and says advancing Jewishsettlement is a national interest.

“猶太國”法案廢除了阿拉伯語的官方語言地位，并稱建立猶太人定居點(diǎn)是一項(xiàng)關(guān)乎國家利益的大事。

It also states that the "whole and united" Jerusalemis its capital.

該法案還聲稱“完整統(tǒng)一的”耶路撒冷是其首都。

Israeli Arab MPs condemned the legislation but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised itas a "defining moment".

以色列阿拉伯裔議員譴責(zé)了這項(xiàng)立法，但總理本雅明·內(nèi)塔尼亞胡卻稱贊這是一個“決定性的時刻”。

The bill, backed by the country's right-wing government, says "Israel is the historic homeland of the Jewish people and they have an exclusive right to national self-determination in it".

該法案由以色列右翼政府支持，稱“以色列是猶太人的歷史家園，他們擁有民族自決的專有權(quán)”。

It was passed after a stormy session in the Knesset that lasted more than eight hours. Sixty-two MPs voted for the bill, with 55 against.

這場以色列議會持續(xù)長達(dá)八小時，在一陣激烈的討論后通過了該法案。62名議員投票贊成該法案，55人反對。

However some clauses were dropped following objections by Israel's president and attorney-general, including a clause that would have enshrined in law the creation of Jewish-only communities.

然而，在以色列總統(tǒng)和總檢察長提出反對意見后，有些條款被撤銷，其中包括一項(xiàng)法律規(guī)定只建立猶太社區(qū)的條款。

Arab MP Ahmed Tibi said the bill's passing represented the "death of democracy".

阿拉伯議員艾哈默德·提米稱，該法案的通過代表了“民主的死亡”。