The second key assumption underlying peace negotiations was that Israel, as a democratic country, would not want to rule another people through military occupation – thereby denying them their basic human right of self-determination – in perpetuity. But Netanyahu has now shown that Israel is a democracy only for its Jewish citizens, dismissing Israel’s Arab citizens, who comprise 20% of the country’s population, in blatantly racist terms.
和平谈判的第二个关键前提是，作为民主国家，以色列不会想通过军事占领永远统治另一个民族——这等于剥夺了巴勒斯坦人自治（self-determination）这一基本人权。但如今内塔尼亚胡证明了以色列只是犹太公民的民主国家，公然用种族主义用词侮辱占以色列全国人口20%的阿拉伯公民。在选举的最后几小时，内塔尼亚胡号召以色列犹太人站出来，因为“阿拉伯人正在成群结队地投票。”