Israelis Vote in Election That Could Decide Future of West Bank
Israelis are voting in parliamentary elections that will in effect decide the future of the West Bank. Millions of Israelis are casting ballots under extremely tight security today (Tuesday). Polls favor the Kadima Party of acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to win the vote, but not an absolute majority.
Mr. Olmert says that if his party leads Israel's next coalition government, he plans to dismantle small Jewish settlements and merge large blocs into Israel. He says he will not leave any settlements outside Israel's controversial West Bank separation barrier.
As voting got underway, an explosion killed two Israeli Bedouin Arabs near the Gaza border. The Islamic Jihad militant group says it fired rockets at the area to disrupt the Israeli election.
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以色列選民正在參加議會選舉投票，這次選舉將決定約旦河西岸的未來。數(shù)百萬以色列人在嚴(yán)密的安全措施下投票。民調(diào)看好代總理奧爾默特的前進黨，但前進黨不會贏得絕對多數(shù)。
奧爾默特說，如果他的前進黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下屆聯(lián)合政府，他計劃撤消小規(guī)模的*人定居點，同時把大型定居點并入以色列。奧爾默特說，他將不會在約旦河西岸有爭議的隔離墻以外留下任何定居點。
在選民投票之際，加沙邊界附近發(fā)生爆炸，兩名以色列貝都因阿拉伯人喪生。伊斯蘭圣戰(zhàn)者激進組織聲稱，朝那個地區(qū)發(fā)射火箭是為了擾亂以色列的選舉。
Israelis are voting in parliamentary elections that will in effect decide the future of the West Bank. Millions of Israelis are casting ballots under extremely tight security today (Tuesday). Polls favor the Kadima Party of acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to win the vote, but not an absolute majority.
Mr. Olmert says that if his party leads Israel's next coalition government, he plans to dismantle small Jewish settlements and merge large blocs into Israel. He says he will not leave any settlements outside Israel's controversial West Bank separation barrier.
As voting got underway, an explosion killed two Israeli Bedouin Arabs near the Gaza border. The Islamic Jihad militant group says it fired rockets at the area to disrupt the Israeli election.
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以色列選民正在參加議會選舉投票，這次選舉將決定約旦河西岸的未來。數(shù)百萬以色列人在嚴(yán)密的安全措施下投票。民調(diào)看好代總理奧爾默特的前進黨，但前進黨不會贏得絕對多數(shù)。
奧爾默特說，如果他的前進黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下屆聯(lián)合政府，他計劃撤消小規(guī)模的*人定居點，同時把大型定居點并入以色列。奧爾默特說，他將不會在約旦河西岸有爭議的隔離墻以外留下任何定居點。
在選民投票之際，加沙邊界附近發(fā)生爆炸，兩名以色列貝都因阿拉伯人喪生。伊斯蘭圣戰(zhàn)者激進組織聲稱，朝那個地區(qū)發(fā)射火箭是為了擾亂以色列的選舉。