The realignment of parties and leaders is all the more remarkable because the latest developments – Ariel Sharon’s decision to leave the ruling Likud party, the defeat of Shimon Peres as the Labor party’s chairman, and Labor’s withdrawal from Sharon’s grand coalition government – were utterly unexpected. So it is all the more important to comprehend the significance of these changes for the future of Israel, the region, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
以色列政坛正在经历30年来最为剧烈的振荡。各政党和及其领导人的重新组合更为引人注目。沙龙决定离开执政党利库德党、西蒙·佩雷斯的工党主席被人取而代之以及工党退出沙龙的大联合政府，这些最新进展都令人始料不及。因此，理解这些变化对于以色列、中东地区和巴以冲突未来的意义也就更为重要了。