CNN News: 以色列选举

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日的节目中，我们向您讲述了以色列总理内塔尼亚胡是如何赢得第五次国家领导人选举的。这将使他成为以色列历史上任职时间最长的总理。然而现在，这个国家正在为9月的另一轮选举做准备。发生了什么事?

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.

要成为总理，一名政治家需要以色列议会至少61个席位的支持。在4月份的选举之后，内塔尼亚胡总理似乎将获得65个席位的支持。但并非所有这些席位都在以色列领导人的政党中。

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.

通常会有一个联盟，一群政党，共同组成议会多数党。然而，这一次，这种情况没有发生。联盟没有走到一起。以色列政党领导人之间出现了僵局。所以它将再次掌握在以色列选民手中。

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.

将举行新的选举，希望能在议会中建立一个联合政府。以色列发生的事情对世界各国都很重要。以色列是美国在中东地区最亲密的盟友，以色列政府对以色列和巴勒斯坦之间的和平谈判至关重要。