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Isolated Netanyahu takes his re-election bid to the UN stage

Isolated Netanyahu takes his re-election bid to the UN stage

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September 24th, 2026

Isolated Netanyahu takes his re-election bid to the UN stage

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the year by declaring that he was "shoulder to shoulder" with US President Donald Trump when the two countries went to war with Iran.

イスラエルのベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ首相は、両国がイランとの戦争に突入した際、ドナルド・トランプ米大統領と「肩を並べている」と宣言して年を始めた。

This week, however, as world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, the two men are not scheduled to be in the same room — or even in the same city.

しかし今週、世界の指導者たちが国連総会のためにニューヨークに集う中、両氏が同じ部屋に、あるいは同じ都市にさえいる予定はない。

As the war with Iran drags on, Trump and Netanyahu have become divided over how to conduct it, creating tensions in the relationship between the two allied nations.

イランとの戦争が長引くにつれ、トランプ氏とネタニヤフ氏はその遂行方法をめぐって分裂し、両同盟国間の関係に緊張が生じている。

Netanyahu is also facing global criticism over both Israel's war in Gaza and settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

ネタニヤフ氏はまた、イスラエルのガザ戦争と占領下のヨルダン川西岸での入植者暴力の両方について世界的な批判に直面している。

Instead of a packed schedule, Netanyahu, who arrived on Thursday, was scheduled to meet only a handful of leaders before giving his speech.

ぎっしり詰まった日程の代わりに、木曜日に到着したネタニヤフ氏は、演説を行う前にわずかな指導者たちと会うだけの予定だった。

This blatant snub laid bare just how badly the relationship between Trump and the prime minister has fractured.

この明白な冷遇は、トランプ氏と首相の関係がいかに深刻に断裂しているかを浮き彫りにした。

Many in Washington associate Netanyahu with the increasingly unpopular war against Iran, and Trump has been at pains to avoid giving the impression that the Israeli leader dragged him into a conflict he had described as a "short trip" that would last only a few weeks.

ワシントンの多くの人々はネタニヤフ氏を、ますます不人気になりつつあるイランとの戦いと結びつけており、トランプ氏は、イスラエル指導者が自分を、数週間しか続かない「小旅行」になると同氏が語った戦争へと強制的に引き込んだという印象を回避することに腐心してきた。

Mr. Netanyahu's brief visit came three years after he launched a ferocious war in Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, and it served to illustrate just how isolated he has become on the world stage.

ネタニヤフ氏の短い訪問は、2023年10月7日のハマス主導の攻撃への報復としてガザで苛烈な戦争を開始してから3年後、同氏が世界的にいかに孤立しているかを示すものとなった。

He faces an election next month, which is widely regarded as a referendum on his own responsibility for the security failures surrounding the attack and on his ability to defend Israel's reputation on the global stage.

同氏は来月の選挙に直面しており、それは攻撃をめぐる安全保障上の失敗に対する自身の責任と、世界の舞台でイスラエルの評判を守る能力に関する国民投票と広く見なされている。

This week, as heads of state took to the podium in daily rotation, many sharply criticized Israel's actions, particularly those in Gaza.

今週、各国の元首たちが日替わりで演壇に立つ中、多くがイスラエルの行動、とりわけガザでのそれを厳しく批判した。

Ahead of the visit, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called for his arrest and said the United States should honor the warrant the International Criminal Court has issued against Netanyahu.

訪問に先立ち、ニューヨーク市のゾーラン・マムダニ市長は同氏の逮捕を求め、米国は国際刑事裁判所がネタニヤフ氏に対して発行した令状を尊重すべきだと述べた。

He is wanted for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza, but the United States is not a member of the court, and New York City has no authority to arrest him.

同氏はガザで行われたとされる戦争犯罪と人道に対する罪で指名手配されているが、米国は同裁判所の加盟国ではなく、ニューヨーク市には同氏を逮捕する権限がない。

Even so, the prime minister is a consummate showman, and during his flawless English-language speeches he often uses props and visual aids to drive his message home.

それでも、首相は卓越した演出家であり、完璧な英語での演説中にしばしば小道具や視覚補助を用いて自らのメッセージを強調する。

At last year's summit, a large number of diplomats walked out during his speech.

昨年の首脳会議では、同氏の演説中に多数の外交官が退席した。

However, since he is speaking mainly to an audience of Israeli voters, he is unlikely to be rattled by that.

しかし、同氏は主にイスラエルの有権者という観客に向けて話すため、それに動じる可能性は低い。

"He times his speeches so that they are broadcast during prime time in Israel," said Michael Oren, who served as Israel's ambassador to the United States under the Netanyahu administration and now lives in Israel.

「彼は、イスラエル国内のゴールデンタイムに放送されるよう、演説の時間を調整している」と、ネタニヤフ政権下でイスラエル駐米大使を務め、現在イスラエルに住むマイケル・オーレン氏は述べた。

However, according to experts, if the highly anticipated meeting does not take place as usual, this visit could damage Netanyahu's image domestically.

しかしながら専門家たちの見解によれば、仮に従来通りの注目度の高い会談が実現しなければ、今回の訪問は国内におけるネタニヤフ氏のイメージを損なう恐れがあるという。

"I believe this visit is a mistake, because it exposes his weakness," said Eitan Gilboa, an expert on US-Israeli relations who serves as a professor at Israel's Bar-Ilan University and Reichman University.

「この訪問は間違いだと思う。なぜなら彼の弱さをさらけ出すからだ」と、米イスラエル関係の専門家で、イスラエルのバル=イラン大学とライヒマン大学の教授を務めるエイタン・ギルボア氏は述べた。

He added that, while many Israelis regard the United Nations as hostile toward Israel, the fact that he was unable to secure a meeting with Trump merely highlights how poorly Netanyahu has managed relations with his country's most powerful ally.

多くのイスラエル人が国連をイスラエルに対して敵対的だと見なす一方で、同氏がトランプ氏との会談を確保できなかったという事実は、ネタニヤフ氏が自国の最も強力な同盟国との関係をいかにまずく管理してきたかを浮き彫りにするだけだと同氏は付け加えた。

In 2023, US President Joe Biden was reluctant to invite Netanyahu to the White House, yet he still made time to meet with him on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

2023年、ジョー・バイデン米大統領はホワイトハウスにネタニヤフ氏を招くことに難色を示したが、それでも国連総会の合間に同氏と会う時間を設けた。

Gilboa stated unequivocally, "Israel cannot survive without US support."

ギルボア氏は、「イスラエルは米国の支援なしでは存続し得ない」と明言した。

The cold reception in New York came in response to Mike Huckabee, the ambassador to Israel who has long supported Israeli settlements, sharply criticizing settlers who attack Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

ニューヨークでの冷遇は、イスラエル駐在大使で長年イスラエル入植地を支持してきたマイク・ハッカビー氏が、ヨルダン川西岸でパレスチナ人コミュニティを攻撃する入植者たちを厳しく批判したことを受けてのものである。

It was a remark unusual for an ambassador, and he called the attackers "terrorists."

大使としては異例の発言であり、同氏は攻撃者たちを「テロリスト」と呼んだ。

"It exposes a deeper rift," Ohren said of Netanyahu's sparse schedule.

「それはより深い亀裂を露呈するものだ」とオーレン氏はネタニヤフ氏の乏しい日程について述べた。

During his stay in New York on Tuesday, Trump held talks not only with Arab nations but also with numerous leaders, including those of Denmark, Japan, Greenland, Ukraine, and Venezuela.

火曜日にニューヨークに滞在していた際、トランプ氏はアラブ諸国のみならず、デンマーク、日本、グリーンランド、ウクライナ、ベネズエラなど多くの指導者と会談した。

Shortly afterwards, he returned to Washington, where he rolled out the red carpet for China's President Xi Jinping.

その直後にワシントンへ戻り、中国の習近平国家主席を厚遇した。

For a leader who likes to portray himself as a global statesman, it was "a big, big loss for him at a time when failure is not an option," Nathan Sachs, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said of Netanyahu.

自らを世界的政治家として描くことを好む指導者にとって、それは「失敗が許されない時に、彼にとって大きな、大きな逸失だ」と、ワシントンの中東研究所の上級研究員ナタン・サックス氏はネタニヤフ氏について述べた。

On a separate visit in the past, Netanyahu held talks with an array of distinguished, prominent leaders, including Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and then-German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

ネタニヤフ氏は過去の別の訪問で、ウクライナのウォロディミル・ゼレンスキー大統領、トルコのレジェップ・タイイップ・エルドアン大統領、当時のドイツのオラフ・ショルツ首相など、そうそうたる高名な指導者たちと会談した。

This year, however, the Prime Minister's Office stated that although "many world leaders" had sought meetings during Netanyahu's brief visit, he was burdened with a "demanding schedule" and needed to return to Israel before the start of Sukkot, the Jewish festival that begins at sunset on Friday.

しかし今年は、首相官邸が、ネタニヤフ氏の短い訪問中に「多くの世界の指導者たち」が会談を求めたものの、同氏は「厳しい日程」を抱えており、金曜の日没に始まるユダヤ教の祭日スコットの始まりに先立ってイスラエルに戻る必要があったと述べた。

According to the statement, his schedule included the leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama, Ethiopia, Greece, Slovenia, and Papua New Guinea.

声明によれば、同氏の日程には、アルゼンチン、ボリビア、パラグアイ、パナマ、エチオピア、ギリシャ、スロベニア、パプアニューギニアの各国首脳が含まれていた。

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