THE FIRST meeting in a decade between an Israeli prime minister and a Palestinian president was a historic scene. The smiles looked real. But the encounter was not. Gadi Eisenkot is the front-runner(领先者，最可能获胜的人) in Israel’s election, not the country’s prime minister. And he has yet to meet(尚未见面) Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinians’ ageing(年迈的，年老的) ruler.
以色列总理与巴勒斯坦总统十年来首次会晤，场面堪称历史性。笑容看起来十分真诚。但这场会面并不真实。加迪·艾森科特是以色列大选中的领先候选人，并非该国总理。他也从未与巴勒斯坦年迈的领导人马哈茂德·阿巴斯见过面。
The realistic-looking footage(视频片段，影像资料) of the faux(假的，伪造的)-summit purporting(声称，自称) to show Mr Eisenkot embracing Mr Abbas was produced by Religious Zionism, a hard-right(极右翼的) party led by Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister and an ally of Binyamin Netanyahu, its prime minister. It was aimed at convincing voters that Mr Eisenkot, a tough ex-general hoping to replace Mr Netanyahu in Israel’s parliamentary election on October 27th, is actually a dangerous left-winger prepared to reconcile with Israel’s enemies.(视频意在让选民相信，艾森科特——这位希望取代内塔尼亚胡的强硬派前将军——实际上是个危险的左翼分子，准备与以色列的敌人和解。)
这段看似逼真的“假峰会”视频由宗教锡安主义党制作，画面声称艾森科特与阿巴斯相互拥抱。该党是极右翼政党，由以色列财政部长、总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的盟友贝扎莱尔·斯莫特里赫领导。视频意在让选民相信，艾森科特——这位希望取代内塔尼亚胡的强硬派前将军——实际上是个危险的左翼分子，准备与以色列的敌人和解。
Fake though it was, the video still made history(创造历史). On July 26th it became Israel’s first campaign ad to fall foul of(违反，与……冲突) a law that requires all such materials created using artificial intelligence to be labelled(标注，贴上标签) as such. The Central Election Committee (CEC) ordered Religious Zionism to take it down(将其撤下，删除).
尽管视频是伪造的，它仍创造了历史。7月26日，它成为以色列首个违反相关法律的竞选广告——该法律要求所有用人工智能制作的此类材料必须标注说明。中央选举委员会（CEC）下令宗教锡安主义党将其撤下。