以色列選舉,內塔尼亞胡總理爭取連任

Voters are going to the polls Tuesday in Israel where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a fourth term as prime minister.

The latest pre-election surveys for the 120-member parliament showed Mr. Netanyahu's conservative Likud party trailing a few seats behind a center-left alliance led by Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog.

With neither candidate expected to win the 61-seat parliamentary majority, there has been a furious campaign push by the candidates to rally support from smaller groups ranging from communist and Arab-led parties to orthodox Jewish blocs.

Mr. Netanyahu called Tuesday's election three Months ago when he fired his senior coalition partners. Analysts say these elections have become a referendum on the prime minister's leadership.

Ahead of the voting, Mr. Netanyahu reversed his earlier stance on Palestinian statehood, saying Monday that he will never support a Palestinian state if he remains in office.以色列選民星期二前往投票站投票，內塔尼亞胡爭取獲得第四個總理任期。

最新的選前民調結果顯示，在圍繞120個議會席位的爭奪中，內塔尼亞胡的保守派利庫德集團落後於以猶太復國運動聯盟領袖艾薩克•赫爾佐克爲首的中間偏左聯盟。

預計兩派都不能贏得作爲議會多數所需的61個議席，因此雙方激烈爭奪較小黨派的支持，包括共產黨、阿拉伯人領導的政黨以及正統猶太黨派。

三星期前，內塔尼亞胡罷免了執政聯盟的高層夥伴，同時決定在星期二舉行選舉。分析人士說，此次選舉成爲對內塔尼亞胡領導成效的全民公決。

在開始投票前，內塔尼亞胡改變了早些時候在巴勒斯坦建國問題上的立場。他星期一說，如果繼續擔任總理，他絕不支持巴勒斯坦建國。