CNN News: 以色列總理被正式指控腐敗

There's a lot of political uncertainty right now in Israel. The Middle Eastern country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has just been formally charged with corruption. And that news broke a day after his political rival, Benny Gantz, was unable to form a government.

以色列現(xiàn)在有很多政治不確定性。以色列總理本杰明·內(nèi)塔尼亞胡剛剛被正式指控腐敗。這一消息是在他的政治對手本尼·甘茨(Benny Gantz)無法組建政府的第二天傳出的。

Israel has had two elections this year. After the first one in April, incumbent Prime Minister Netanyahu was expected to serve a record fifth term as the nation's leader. But there was a political deadlock, and neither that election nor the one in September gave him enough support in Israel's Knesset, its parliament, for him to govern the country.

以色列今年舉行了兩次選舉。在4月份的第一次選舉之后，現(xiàn)任總理內(nèi)塔尼亞胡有望創(chuàng)紀錄地第五次擔任國家領導人。但是政治上出現(xiàn)了僵局，無論是那次選舉還是9月份的選舉都沒有給他足夠的以色列議會的支持，讓他來管理這個國家。

His rival, Benny Gantz, was also unable to win enough support in the Knesset to be prime minister. He announced that on Wednesday. And things got more complicated Thursday when Israel's attorney general said that Netanyahu was being charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

他的競爭對手本尼·甘茨也未能在議會贏得足夠的支持而當選總理。他在周三宣布了這一消息。周四，事情變得更加復雜，以色列總檢察長表示，內(nèi)塔尼亞胡被控受賄、欺詐和違反信任。

One thing the prime minister is accused of doing is accepting gifts from businessmen in other countries. Another is abusing his power to get more positive coverage in the news.

總理被指控的一件事是接受其他國家商人的禮物。另一個是濫用職權以在新聞中獲得更多正面報道。

Netanyahu, who's denied doing anything wrong, says the charges amount to an attempted coup. He blames his political opponents and the media for it, and says investigators weren't after the truth, they were after him.

內(nèi)塔尼亞胡否認做錯了任何事，他說這些指控相當于企圖發(fā)動政變。他指責他的政治對手和媒體，并說調(diào)查人員不是在追蹤真相，而是在追蹤他。

But this is the first time in Israel's history that a sitting prime minister has been charged in criminal investigations and no one sure what's going to happen next. There's no law that says Netanyahu needs to resign and he's refused his opponent's calls for him to do so. And the legal process there could take months or even years to play out.

但這是以色列歷史上第一次現(xiàn)任總理受到刑事調(diào)查的指控，沒有人知道接下來會發(fā)生什么。沒有法律規(guī)定內(nèi)塔尼亞胡需要辭職，他拒絕了對手的要求。那里的法律程序可能需要數(shù)月甚至數(shù)年才能完成。

But will the prime minister be able to govern and fight his case in court at the same time? Is a third election in the same year ahead for Israel?

但是，首相能夠同時執(zhí)政并在法庭上為自己的案子辯護嗎?以色列將在同一年舉行第三次選舉嗎?

These are some questions Israelis are asking in very uncertain times.

這些都是以色列居民在不確定的時期提出的問題。