Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says it's time for Israelis to elect a new leader, labeling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an "obstacle to peace."
参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默表示,现在是时候选举以色列的新领导人了,他将总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡称为“和平的障碍”。
AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.
美联社驻华盛顿记者萨加尔·梅加尼(Sagar Meghani)报道。
In an unusually direct appeal, Schumer called for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu has "lost his way." "... by allowing his political survival to take the precedence over the best interests of Israel," which are now being stifled by what Schumer says is "a governing vision stuck in the past."
与以往不同,舒默此次直接呼吁以色列举行新的选举,称“内塔尼亚胡迷失了方向,让自身的政治生存凌驾于以色列的最大利益之上,以色列的最大利益已被其过去的执政愿景所扼杀。”
Senate GOP counterpart Mitch McConnell immediately responded. "Israel is not a colony of America."
参议院共和党议员米奇·麦康奈尔立即做出回应,称“以色列不是美国的殖民地。”
And says the U.S. can either respect Israel's decisions or disrespect its democracy.
他表示美国要么尊重以色列的决定,要么不尊重其民主。
At the White House and State Department. "We know that leader Schumer feels strongly about this. I'll certainly let him speak to it and to his comments."
白宫发言人约翰·柯比称:“我们知道领袖舒默对此有强烈的感受。我当然会让他对此发表评论。”
"These are statements made by Senator Schumer, not by the Biden administration."
国务院发言人马修·米勒表示:“这些是舒默参议员的声明,而不是拜登政府的声明。”
Spokesman John Kirby and Matthew Miller tried to stay out of it, noting the administration's focused on making sure Israel can both protect itself and Gaza's civilians.
两人都试图置身事外,指出政府的重点是确保以色列能够保护自己和加沙平民。
Sagar Meghani, Washington.
萨加尔·梅加尼于华盛顿为您报道。
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister in the face of U.S. pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part of Washington's post-war vision for Gaza.
美国要求改革巴勒斯坦权力机构,这是华盛顿对加沙战后愿景的一部分,面临此等压力,巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯任命其长期经济顾问为下一任总理。
Mohammed Mustafa, a U.S.-educated economist and political independent, will head a technocratic government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that could potentially administer Gaza ahead of eventual statehood.
穆罕默德·穆斯塔法是一位在美国接受教育的经济学家和政治独立人士,他将领导以色列占领的约旦河西岸的一个技术官僚政府,该政府有可能在最终建国之前管理加沙。
But those plans face major obstacles including strong opposition from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the [Israeli Hama...] Israel-Hamas war that is still grinding on with no end in sight.
但这些计划面临重大障碍:以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡强烈反对;以色列与哈马斯之间的战争仍在继续,看不到结束的迹象。