衝突升級，美國航空公司取消飛往特拉維夫的航班

美聯航和達美航空的發言人證實了取消消息，並表示航空公司正在監視以色列的局勢

由路透社，耶路撒冷郵政工作人員

2021年5月12日23:07

達美航空飛機

（照片來源：路透社）

根據航班追踪器FlightAware的數據，在以色列衝突升級的情況下，美國聯合航空，達美航空和美國航空已取消了美國和特拉維夫之間的航班​​。

以色列表示，週三在加沙地帶殺死了16名哈馬斯武裝聯隊成員，巴勒斯坦激進分子向以色列投擲了火箭彈，這是他們多年來最激烈的敵對行動之一。

聯合航空表示，已於5月11日取消了從芝加哥和紐瓦克飛往特拉維夫的航班，並於5月12日取消了從舊金山和紐瓦克出發的航班。

聯合航空的一位女發言人說：“我們已經發布了旅行豁免，允許客戶在5月25日之前調整他們的旅行，並將繼續監視這種情況。”

從紐約約翰·肯尼迪國際機場（JFK）飛抵特拉維夫的達美航空發言人說，它已為5月11日至13日之間的航班​​發布了旅行機票，而且“目前還沒有恢復的決心”。

也從肯尼迪國際機場飛往特拉維夫的美國航空沒有立即發表評論。

以色列航空公司（El Al Israel Airlines）週三早些時候表示，它隨時準備根據需要運營額外的航班，以“保持以色列的天空開放”。它在一份聲明中說，這可能包括特殊的航班，以遣返滯留在“不可能返回家園的地方”的以色列人。

以色列週一在哈馬斯火箭彈襲擊特拉維夫地區後，短暫停止了從本古里安機場的起飛，並轉移了進來的航班。該國在南部有一個較小的機場，稱為拉蒙（Ramon），旨在在戰時威脅迫使本古里安（Ben Gurion）長期關閉時作為一個臨時通道。

自上週一以來，加沙地帶的恐怖組織和以色列國防軍在耶路撒冷緊張局勢中發生衝突，向以色列發射了約1,000枚火箭。

來自加沙的火箭彈殺死了六名以色列人，其中有一枚火箭彈直接襲擊了羅德島，包括一名父親和一名女兒。

另一名傷亡者是IDF士兵Omer Tabib，他定於下個月被釋放。

US airlines cancel flights to Tel Aviv amid escalating conflict

Spokespeople for United and Delta confirmed the cancellations and said the airlines were monitoring the situation in Israel

By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MAY 12, 2021 23:07

Delta airline plane

(photo credit: REUTERS)

United Airlines, Delta Airlines , and American Airlines have canceled flights between the United States and Tel Aviv, according to data by flight tracker FlightAware, amid an escalating conflict in Israel.

Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza in a barrage on Wednesday and Palestinian militants rained rockets into Israel in one of their most intense hostilities in years.

United Airlines said it had canceled flights from Chicago and Newark to Tel Aviv on May 11 and flights from San Francisco and Newark on May 12.

"We have issued a travel waiver to allow customers to adjust their travel through May 25 and will continue to monitor the situation," a United spokeswoman said.

A spokesman for Delta, which flies to Tel Aviv from New York's John F. Kennedy International (JFK) airport, said it has issued a travel wavier for flights between May 11 and 13 and has "no determination about resumption at this juncture."

American Airlines, which also flies to Tel Aviv from JFK, did not immediately comment.

El Al Israel Airlines said earlier on Wednesday it stood ready to operate extra flights as required "to keep Israel's skies open." This could include special flights to repatriate Israelis stranded "in locations from which it is not possible to return home," it said in a statement.

Israel on Monday briefly halted takeoffs from its main Ben Gurion Airport and diverted incoming flights after a Hamas rocket barrage on the Tel Aviv area. The country has a smaller airport in the south, called Ramon, designed to serve as a stop-gap should wartime threats force longer closures of Ben Gurion.

Since last Monday, some 1,000 rockets have been fired into Israel, as terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip and the IDF clash amid tensions over Jerusalem.

Rockets from Gaza have killed six Israelis, including a father and a daughter when one rocket made a direct impact in Lod.

Another casualty was Omer Tabib, an IDF soldier who was set to be released next month.

哈馬斯使用以死者指揮官命名的“ A-120”火箭向耶路撒冷射擊

據稱，“ A-120”射程約120公里，在哈馬斯分享的鏡頭中看到，一枚長火箭被戴面具的恐怖分子裝載到加沙地帶的發射器中。

通過耶路撒冷郵報STAFF

2021年5月11日16:36

哈馬斯的A-120火箭

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哈馬斯週一在對耶路撒冷的攻擊中使用了一種新型火箭，稱為A-120，並以2014年加沙戰爭中被以色列國防軍殺死的一名指揮官的名字命名。

據稱，“ A-120”射程約120公里，在哈馬斯分享的鏡頭中看到，一枚長火箭被戴面具的恐怖分子裝載到加沙地帶的發射器中。週一，有七枚火箭彈向耶路撒冷開火，其中一枚炸彈擊中了附近郊區的一所房屋，但沒有造成傷害，但沒有造成傷害。

該火箭與R-160驚人地相似，哈馬斯吹噓這是其最大程程的國產火箭，該火箭於2014年戰爭中首次發射，曾一度擊中北至海法附近。

“ R”指的是前哈馬斯高級指揮官阿卜杜勒·阿齊茲·蘭蒂西（Abdel-Aziz Rantisi），他在2004年以色列針對性的殺戮中被殺。

據說這架A-120的名字是拉加德·阿塔爾（Ra'ed Al-Attar），他曾是哈馬斯在加沙南部的拉法旅（Rafah Brigade）的指揮官，也是恐怖組織軍事委員會的成員。由於拉法（Rafah）靠近與埃及的邊界，並且是走私進入加沙地帶的家，因此他的命令被認為很重要。

國會報告聲稱，阿塔爾（Attar）授權於2010年8月從西奈半島向約拉的埃拉特（Eilat）和亞喀巴（Aqaba）發射Grad型火箭。

以色列聲稱，阿塔爾還應負責2014年“保護邊緣行動”中IDF哈達爾·戈爾丁中尉的謀殺和綁架事件，並且在他的指揮下的拉法旅還參與了IDF士兵受傷的運動中的其他事件。

1994年，阿塔爾（Attar）參與了一次槍擊案，該槍擊案擊落了一名埃及士兵在埃及邊境沿線。2002年，他計劃對Kerem Shalom附近的一個以色列軍事哨所發動致命襲擊，其中四名貝都因沙漠巡邏隊的以色列國防軍士兵被打死。

Hamas uses 'A-120' rocket, named for slain commander, to fire at Jerusalem

The "A-120" is said to have a range of about 120 kilometers and was seen in footage shared by Hamas of a long rocket being loaded by masked terrorists into a launcher in the Gaza Strip.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MAY 11, 2021 16:36

Hamas's A-120 rockets

(photo credit: IZZADIN AL-QASSAM BRIGADES)

Hamas used a new rocket in its attack against Jerusalem on Monday called the A-120 and named for a commander killed by the IDF during the Gaza War of 2014.

The "A-120" is said to have a range of about 120 kilometers and was seen in footage shared by Hamas of a long rocket being loaded by masked terrorists into a launcher in the Gaza Strip. Seven rockets were fired toward Jerusalem on Monday, one of which hit a home in a nearby suburb, causing damage but no injuries.

The rocket is strikingly similar to the R-160 which Hamas boasted as its longest-range domestically-made rocket, first fired in the 2014 war, at one point hitting as far north as near Haifa.

The "R" referred to a former top Hamas commander, Abdel-Aziz Rantisi, who was killed in an Israeli targeted killing in 2004.

The A-120 is said to be named for Ra'ed Al-Attar, who was the commander of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade in southern Gaza and a member of the terror group’s military council. His command was viewed as important due to Rafah’s proximity to the border with Egypt and being the home to smuggling tunnels into Gaza.

Congressional reports claim that Attar authorized the August 2010 firing of Grad-style rockets from the Sinai Peninsula into Eilat and Aqaba, Jordan.

Israel claimed that Attar was also responsible for the murder and abduction of IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, and that the Rafah brigade under his command was involved in other incidents during the campaign in which IDF soldiers were wounded.

In 1994, Attar was involved in a shooting which killed an Israeli soldier along the Egyptian border. In 2002, he planned a deadly attack on an Israeli military post near Kerem Shalom in which four IDF soldiers of the Bedouin desert patrol unit were killed.

AG對暴動做出回應：警察必須平等對待猶太人和阿拉伯人

總檢察長阿維卡伊·曼德爾布里特（Avichai Mandelblit）支持在必要時在羅德使用IDF，因為邊境警察加強了當地警察的力量。

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2021年5月12日21:13

2020年9月3日，機場城總檢察長Avichai Mandelblit和司法部長Amir Ohana

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總檢察長阿維卡伊·曼德布里特（Avichai Mandelblit）週三在公安部長阿米爾·奧哈納（Amir Ohana）和政治光譜兩側的其他公職人員旁聽，以發表聲明，這可能削弱執法力度。

早些時候，奧哈娜（Ohana）發推文說，警察在逮捕某些武裝的猶太人時犯了一個錯誤，他說這些猶太人是為了自衛而行，並增加了警察維持秩序的權力。

Ohana對在Lod和以色列境內其他地區的主要由阿拉伯人發起的暴力行為以及猶太人的一些反阿拉伯暴力行為做出了回應。

曼德爾布里特未提及奧哈娜的名字，但他澄清說，警方將逮捕那些從阿拉伯或猶太人區暴行的人，公職人員應採取行動，減少而不是增加煽動和尊重執法的行為。

在《耶路撒冷郵報》和其他媒體對Ohana的聲明提出質疑之後，Mandelblit發表了聲明。

此外，總檢察長說，他和IDF軍事總檢察長少將。沙龍·阿菲克（Sharon Afek）批准臨時使用IDF作為緊急封鎖的一部分，以恢復對羅德（Lod）的法律和秩序的控制。

據曼德爾布里特（Mandelblit）稱，警察局長科比·沙布泰（Kobi Shabtai）拒絕了這一提議，但接受了利用邊境警察部隊協助羅德的提議，儘管通常情況下，這些部隊僅處理巴勒斯坦權力機構以及與其他外國的過境點。

總檢察長說，根據法律，以色列可以將以色列國防軍或邊防警察用於緊急情況，但可以在臨時的緊急時期內使用，儘管不能在較長的和平時期內使用。

A-G responds to riots: Police must treat Jews and Arabs equally

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit supports using the IDF in Lod as necessary, as border police have bolstered local police.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

MAY 12, 2021 21:13

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and Justice Minister Amir Ohana, Airport City, September 3, 2020

(photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit on Wednesday took a sideswipe at Public Security Minister Amir Ohana and other public officials on both sides of the political spectrum for statements, which could weaken law enforcement.

Earlier, Ohana tweeted that the police had made a mistake in arresting certain armed Jews, whom he said were acting in self-defense, and multiplied the power of the police to maintain order.

Ohana was responding to the mainly Arab-initiated violence in Lod and some other areas within Israel, along with some anti-Arab violence from Jews as well.

Without mentioning Ohana by name, Mandelblit clarified that the police will arrest those who commit violence from either the Arab or Jewish sectors and that public officials should act to reduce, not increase, incitement and respect for law enforcement.

Mandelblit issued the statement following questions from The Jerusalem Post and other media about Ohana’s statement.

In addition, the attorney-general said that he and IDF Military Advocate General Maj.-Gen. Sharon Afek had approved the temporary use of the IDF as part of an emergency lockdown to regain control of law and order in Lod.

According to Mandelblit, Police Chief Kobi Shabtai declined that offer, but accepted an offer of using border police units to assist with Lod, though usually, those units deal only with the PA and crossings with other foreign countries.

The attorney-general said that use of the IDF or border police for emergency situations was permitted under the law for a temporary emergency period, though not for an extended peacetime period.

以色列陷入混亂：巴特亞姆（Bat Yam）英畝（Acre）的林金斯（Lynchings）；提比里亞的右翼暴動

騷亂遍布以色列各地阿拉伯和猶太人口混合的幾個城市。

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2021年5月12日23:13

以色列警察在以色列中部城市羅德市的街道上看到，昨晚猶太教堂和汽車被火燒，商店被損壞，阿拉伯居民在該市暴動，並於當晚進行。2021年5月12日

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以色列與哈馬斯之間在加沙地帶 的持續戰鬥中，週三在全國爆發了猶太阿拉伯衝突和暴動。

一名30多歲的猶太公民在阿克（Acre）市埃奇德廣場（Egged Square）附近遭到一群阿拉伯示威者襲擊後，處於危急狀態。警方說，他的車上遭到阿拉伯以色列抗議者的襲擊，他們手持棍棒和石頭。

Magen David Adom的工作人員無意識地將他送往納哈里亞（Nahariya）的加利利醫療中心，情況嚴重，頭部受傷。

MDA高級軍醫Firas Reis表示：“當我們看到受傷的人昏迷不醒並遭受頭部出血時，我們就在附近。我們立即開始進行包括繃帶和呼吸支持在內的挽救生命的醫療工作，並將他撤離到穩定的地方。在醫院接受進一步治療的條件。”

在另一起事件中，在特拉維夫郊區蝙蝠蔭（Bat Yam）， 猶太極端分子 在主要街道上游行，摧毀了阿拉伯人擁有的企業並襲擊了路人。一名摩托車手-被識別為阿拉伯人-在街中央被抓住並在直播電視上毆打。其中四名被指控的襲擊者是在高呼“死亡給阿拉伯人”和“可能燒毀您的村莊”時被捕的。

據報導，獨立記者阿維婭·沙茨（Aviya Schatz）提前警告了警方，這次騷亂似乎是在WhatsApp團體上組織的。

沙茨在推文中寫道：“我們警告過死亡和暴力威脅，將其發送到所有媒體渠道，並向警方投訴。這無濟於事。他們在街頭。”

警察在以色列中部城市羅德的街道上看到，上週猶太人和阿拉伯人之間爆發了暴力。（Yossi Aloni / Flash90）

蝙蝠任市長Tzvika Brot談到騷亂時說：“這些行為是由來自城市外的挑釁者組織的。這不是我們的方式。”

坎新聞社報導說，一個三十多歲的猶太人被抗議者私刑，他們把他誤認為一個阿拉伯人。他被疏散到醫院，病情嚴重但穩定。

以色列的兩個主要拉比之一的塞巴迪酋長拉比·伊扎克·約瑟夫（Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef）呼籲克制，以應對暴力事件，他說：“我們絕不能被挑釁，對人或財產造成傷害。”

他補充說：“以色列律法不授予將法律交到自己手中並採取暴力行動的許可。”

在海法，一名26歲男子在城市示威活動附近被汽車撞倒後受傷。他被以輕度至中度的狀況疏散到該市的Rambam醫療中心。這位20歲的司機逃離現場，但被警方逮捕並拘留。

在海法的Hagiborim街上，一輛警車向他們扔了一份莫洛托夫（Molotov）雞尾酒，著火了。沒有受傷的報導。

在提比里亞和羅德，還出現了右翼極端騷亂者，預計在阿拉伯和猶太人口大為混雜的其他城市中也會出現更多騷亂。

提比里亞市政府發表聲明譴責暴動，說：“我們要求每個人停止不做任何事的不必要的示威活動。這些示威活動可能對人民造成不必要的傷害，甚至危及生命。”

聲明補充說：“現在是冷靜下來並儘可能幫助南方人民的時候了。”

由於週一和周二在Lod發生了嚴重的暴力事件，邊防警察在周三在該市建立了一個特遣部隊總部，一支由約500名邊防警察人員組成的部隊，其中包括戰術邊防警察，偵探，調查人員和其他執法人員。

定居者激進分子在社交媒體上的帖子說，西岸薩馬里亞地區伊茨哈爾地區的至少30名猶太青年周二晚上前往羅德，與阿拉伯暴徒發生衝突。

Israel in chaos: Lynchings in Acre, Bat Yam; right-wing riots in Tiberias

Riots spread across several cities throughout Israel with mixed Arab and Jewish populations.

By IDAN ZONSHINE

MAY 12, 2021 23:13

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synaogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city, and ongoing this evening. May 12, 2021

(photo credit: YOSSI ALONI/FLASH90)

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Jewish-Arab violence and riots erupted across the country on Wednesday amid the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

A Jewish citizen in his 30s was in critical condition after he was attacked by a mob of Arab demonstrators near Egged Square in the city of Acre. Police said he was attacked in his car by Arab Israeli protesters armed with sticks and stones.

Magen David Adom staff evacuated him to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya unconscious, in serious condition and suffering from a head injury.

Senior MDA medic, Firas Reis, said that "We were near the area when we saw the wounded man lying unconscious and suffering from a bleeding head injury. We immediately began life-saving medical treatment that included bandaging and breath support and evacuated him in stable condition for further treatment at the hospital."

In another incident, in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam, Jewish extremists marched down main streets, smashing Arab-owned businesses and attacking passersby. One motorcyclist - identified as an Arab - was grabbed in the middle of the street and beaten on live television. Four of the alleged attackers were arrested while chanting "death to Arabs" and "may your village burn."

Independent journalist Aviya Schatz reportedly warned police beforehand of the expected riot, which was seemingly organized on WhatsApp groups.

"We warned of threats of death and violence, we sent them to all media channels and filed a police complaint. Didn't help. They're in the streets," Schatz wrote in a tweet, accompanied by a video of rioters.

Police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where violence erupted this week between Jews and Arabs. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot said of the riots that "The acts were organized by provocateurs who came from outside the city. This is not our way."

Kan News reported that a Jewish man in his 30s was lynched by protesters who mistook him for an Arab. He was evacuated to the hospital and his condition is classified as serious, but stable.

Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, one of Israel's two chief rabbis, appealed for restraint in response to the violence, saying "We must not be dragged into provocations and inflicting harm on people or property."

"The Torah of Israel grants no license for taking the law into one's hands and acting violently," he added.

In Haifa, a 26-year-old man was injured after being run over by a car near the demonstrations in the city. He was evacuated to Rambam Medical Center in the city in light-to-moderate condition. The 20-year-old driver fled the scene, but was apprehended and detained by police.

On Hagiborim Street in Haifa, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a police car, setting fire to the vehicle. No injuries were reported.

Right wing extremist rioters were also seen in Tiberias and Lod, and more are expected to show up in other cities with a largely mixed Arab and Jewish population.

The Tiberias municipality released a statement condemning the riots, saying that "We ask everyone to stop the practice of unnecessary demonstrations that do not contribute anything. These demonstrations can cause unnecessary harm to people and even be life threatening."

"It's time to calm down and help the people of the south as much as possible," the statement added.

Due to the severe violence seen in Lod on Monday and Tuesday, the Border Police established a task force headquarters in the city on Wednesday, with a force of some 500 Border Police personnel, including tactical border police, detectives, investigators and other law enforcement personnel.

Posts on social media by settler activists stated that at least 30 Jewish youths from the Yitzhar region in the Samaria district of the West Bank traveled to Lod on Tuesday night and engaged in clashes with Arab rioters.

Clashes break out on the Temple Mount, throughout West Bank

Two Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank, according to Palestinian reports.

By TZVI JOFFRE

MAY 12, 2021 10:45

Palestinians run as Israeli military vehicle fires tear gas canisters during an anti-Israel protest over tension in Jerusalem, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 10, 2021

(photo credit: MUSSA QAWASMA/REUTERS)

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Clashes broke out on the Temple Mount on Wednesday morning, after a night of violent clashes between Palestinians and Arab-Israelis and Israeli security forces throughout the West Bank and Israel, as well as barrages of rockets from Gaza.

Israel Police announced that as thousands of worshippers arrived at the Temple Mount on Wednesday morning, hundreds of people who had masked their faces began causing unrest, throwing stones and objects at police officers at the site. Police arrested seven suspects in the clashes and restored quiet to the compound.

Pictures from the compound early on Wednesday morning showed Palestinians preparing stones to throw at security forces.

Additionally on Wednesday morning, a Palestinian was killed by Israeli security forces in the village of Aqraba, located south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian reports.

In Jenin, a firefight broke out between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. No injuries were reported.

Overnight Tuesday, one Palestinian was killed and another four were injured in the al-Fawwar refugee camp south of Hebron in the West Bank. He was identified as 26-year-old Hussein Al-Titi by Palestinian media, which claimed that Israeli security forces had held up the ambulance carrying him, leading to his death.

The clashes came as violent riots swept Israel and the West Bank and

rocket barrages

were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, amid tensions surrounding Jerusalem.

加沙的升級破壞了貝內特·拉皮德聯盟的形成

由升級引起的政府建設的另一個複雜問題：貝內特打算任命斯德洛特市長阿隆·戴維迪（Alon Davidi）擔任高級部長職務。

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2021年5月12日08:27

Yamina領導人納夫塔利·本內特（Naftali Bennett）。

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由於加沙地帶針對以色列平民的火箭彈升級，亞米納領導人納夫塔利·貝內特和耶什·阿迪德主席耶希爾·拉皮德組建政府的努力週二仍被擱置。

在拉馬特甘（Ramat Gan）的卡法·麥克卡比亞（Kfar Maccabiah）酒店舉行的正式聯合談判被取消，但仍在電話和雷達下進行談判以解決剩餘分歧。

不再可能在周一結束之前完成在本週末之前組建政府的任務。在Shavuot之後，最早的新政府宣誓日期是下個星期二。但是，如果暴力持續下去，它最終可能會在6月2日接近Lapid的任務授權期結束時結束。

眾所周知，拉姆（阿拉伯聯合酋長國）主席曼蘇爾·阿巴斯（Mansour Abbas）的凍結會談在危及安全局勢消退之前危及政府的成立。

《耶路撒冷郵報》週二獨家獲悉，由升級引起的政府建設還有一個複雜問題：貝內特打算任命斯德洛特市長阿隆·戴維迪（Alon Davidi）擔任高級部長職務。

戴維（Davidi）以亞米娜（Namina）為第三名候選人競選以色列議會。但是他在議會宣誓就職的前一天辭職了。

他說，他辭職，繼續擔任斯德洛特市長。但有人猜測，真正的原因是他反對貝內特組建一個由中間派和左翼政黨而不是右翼政權組成的政府。

在黃金時段新聞廣播的採訪中，戴維（Davidi）努力迴避有關貝內特（Benett）和總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）的任何疑問。

除了貝內特擔任總理外，Yamina還將獲得三個投資組合：MK Ayelet Shaked的內飾，MK Matan Kahana的宗教服務以及Davidi的建築投資組合。

但是，如果達維迪拒絕這一職位，貝內特最終可能會兌現他承諾任命巴耶特·耶胡迪黨的負責人，耶路撒冷副市長哈吉特·莫西為部長的承諾。貝內特答應支持他的名單，而不是宗教猶太復國主義黨，在那裡答應成為以色列議會候選人，貝諾特答應了她的投資組合。

另一種選擇是將額外的投資組合交給MK Abir Kara，在這種情況下，它必須是與社會經濟相關的部門。卡拉（Kara）為Ani Shulman運動的領導者而聲名大噪，該運動倡導獨立工人和小企業主的權利。

Gaza escalation undermines formation of Bennett-Lapid coalition

One more complication in building a government caused by the escalation: Bennett intends to appoint Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi to a senior ministerial post.

By GIL HOFFMAN

MAY 12, 2021 08:27

Yamina leader Naftali Bennett.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

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The efforts by Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid to form a government remained on hold on Tuesday due to the escalation of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip aimed at Israeli civilians.

The official coalition negotiations at Ramat Gan’s Kfar Maccabiah Hotel were canceled, but talks to resolve remaining differences continued by phone and under the radar.

Completing the task of forming a government by the end of the week, which appeared possible on Monday morning, is no longer an option. The earliest possible date to swear in a new government is now next Tuesday, after Shavuot,. But if the violence continues, it could end up being closer to the end of Lapid’s mandate on June 2.

It was already known that the formation of a government was put in jeopardy by Ra’am (United Arab List) chairman Mansour Abbas’s freezing talks until the security situation subsides.

The Jerusalem Post learned exclusively on Tuesday that there was one more complication in building a government caused by the escalation: Bennett intends to appoint Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi to a senior ministerial post.

Davidi ran for Knesset with Yamina as its No. 3 candidate. But he quit the day before the Knesset was sworn in.

He said he resigned to remain mayor of Sderot. But there was speculation the real reason was that he opposed Bennett forming a government with centrist and left-wing parties instead of only the Right.

In interviews on prime-time news broadcasts, Davidi made an effort to sidestep any questions about Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Aside from Bennett serving as prime minister, Yamina is set to be given three portfolios: Interior for MK Ayelet Shaked, Religious Services for MK Matan Kahana and apparently the Construction portfolio for Davidi.

But if Davidi rejects the post, Bennett could end up honoring his commitment to appoint the head of the Bayit Yehudi Party, Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Hagit Moshe, as a minister. Bennett promised her a portfolio when she agreed to endorse his list instead of the Religious Zionist Party, where she was set to be a Knesset candidate.

Another option is to give the additional portfolio to MK Abir Kara, in which case it would have to be a socioeconomic-related ministry. Kara made a name for himself as the leader of the Ani Shulman movement that championed the rights of independent workers and small-business owners.

以色列宣布Lod進入緊急狀態，騷亂動搖了阿拉伯猶太人的城市

內塔尼亞胡：“如果不是緊急情況，我不知道這是什麼。我們在這裡談論生與死”•阿拉伯男子在騷亂中被槍殺

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2021年5月12日10:38

週二晚上，邊防警察在羅德市開展活動。

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整個星期二晚上，在猶太人和阿拉伯人混居的城市洛德，暴動持續進行，宣布進入緊急狀態，國防部長本尼·甘茨宣布部署幾個邊防警察部隊，以平息暴力，這場暴力使三個猶太教堂和猶太人被燒死。幾十輛車。

衝突中至少有兩人處於嚴重狀態，其中一人處於岩石中。在以色列北部另一個阿拉伯猶太人混居城市阿科，一家餐館被暴徒放火燒傷，一名84歲的男子受到重傷。警方發言人說，拉姆拉和羅德的約25名居民在星期二晚上被捕，以色列中北部地區共逮捕了151名居民。

“我們失去了對城市和街道的控制，”羅德市市長Yair Revivo對以色列的第12頻道新聞表示感嘆。在附近可以看到被撞倒並著火的垃圾箱。

2021年5月12日，在以色列中部城鎮羅德，阿拉伯和猶太居民之間發生騷亂和衝突時，以色列阿拉伯居民放火燒了一輛汽車（Yossi Aloni / Flash90）

以色列警察局長沙比泰（Kobi Shabtai）對星期二深夜在羅德（Lod）發生的暴力事件表示：“自2000年10月以來，我們再也沒有看到過這種暴力行為。”第二次起義。沙布泰說，他要把辦公室搬到羅德，直到那裡的無政府狀態解決為止。

烏里武里（Uri Buri）是在混合沿海城市阿克（Acre）一家受歡迎的猶太人擁有的魚餐廳，現已火起來。12頻道播出的錄像顯示，餐廳的外部變黑並被燒毀，窗戶被砸碎。

在特拉維夫附近的賈法，阿拉伯示威者與警察發生衝突，後者開了眩暈手榴彈驅散他們。

在以色列和巴勒斯坦領土的阿拉伯城市，警察逮捕了21名參加暴力示威的暴徒。

大火吞沒了瓦迪阿拉及其周圍地區，吉斯爾·阿扎爾·扎卡和烏姆·法姆，以色列警察試圖維持秩序，發射橡皮子彈和手榴彈，並用岩石和莫洛托夫雞尾酒將它們擊碎。

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暴力在全國各地的阿拉伯城鎮爆發

被拘留者因涉嫌投擲石塊，引燃煙花，燃燒垃圾桶和輪胎以及毆打警官而被帶進來。

在北部，大規模暴動發生在Majd al-Krum鎮。

總理內塔尼亞胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）指示安全部隊對那些暴力抗議和威脅公共安全的人採取嚴厲的應對措施。

內塔尼亞胡在星期三黎明前對羅德的訪問中說：“我們不會容忍這一點；我們需要恢復平靜。” “如果不是緊急情況，我不知道這是什麼。我們在這裡談論生與死。”

當記者問記者，耶路撒冷的警察活動是否可能導致羅德發生動亂時，內塔尼亞胡否定了這一假設：“這些事件沒有任何藉口；這是根本的仇恨。”

甘茨表示，作為國防部長，他將向安全部隊提供一切必要手段，以恢復平靜，包括強制執行封鎖的權力。

市長Revivo警告說，如果暴力騷亂持續下去，將導致死亡。他警告說：“如果政府在接下來的一個小時內不將Lod置於封鎖之下，人們今晚可能會喪生。” 羅德市政府已幫助疏散了認為自己的安全和保障受到威脅的居民。

甘茨說：“我們已經到了一個必須嚴厲對待罪犯，降溫和維持社會秩序的地方。”

在整個城市發生暴力騷亂的過程中，混血的猶太人-阿拉伯人拉馬特·埃什科爾社區內的毛茲·耶希瓦（Maoz Yeshiva） 被炸彈襲擊，對一間教室造成了嚴重破壞，對另一間教室造成了較小的破壞，並對建築物的外牆造成了表層破壞。此外，猶太教堂被燒毀，還有許多猶太居民的汽車被燒毀。

消防員還成功地撲滅了輪胎店的大火，並成功撲滅了幾棟居民樓的火。耶路撒冷郵報（Jerusalem Post）獲得的錄像 顯示，在羅德（Lod）一些較安靜的社區，私家街道上的汽車在星期二深夜燃燒著。

最初的升級始於 星期一晚上，成百上千的阿拉伯居民 在Lod抗議，聲援東耶路撒冷和加沙地帶的巴勒斯坦人，朝著拉馬特·埃斯克霍爾（Ramat Eskhol）的猶太居民區扔石頭和莫洛托夫雞尾酒。

拉姆勒-羅德地區的以色列警察報告說，星期一騷亂期間逮捕了16名抗議者，騷亂中大約有200名阿拉伯青年到達抗議以聲援東耶路撒冷的巴勒斯坦人。看到許多人向警察和建築物投擲石塊和瓶子，並發射煙花，同時還燃燒垃圾桶和輪胎。

Musa Malakh Hassuna是Lod的一名居民，現年33歲，他是三歲的父親。事件中另有兩人受傷，其中包括一名20歲男子。

在Hassuna的葬禮之後，暴力繼續發生在星期二晚上，暴徒與警察發生衝突，扔石頭和瓦礫，並再次放火。

騷亂是在東耶路撒冷的謝赫·賈拉（Sheikh Jarrah）衝突的背景下發生的，在該衝突中，阿拉伯居民居住的一個社區面臨專有糾紛，有待高等法院作出裁決。持續不斷的衝突導致了整個以色列的抗議活動。

瑞沃沃說：“羅德面臨的危險以及它可能造成的破壞，要比向以色列投擲數百枚火箭彈更為嚴峻。”

Israel declares state of emergency in Lod as riots shake Jewish-Arab city

Netanyahu: "If this isn't an emergency situation, I don't know what is. We're talking about life and death here" • Arab man shot dead during riots

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MAY 12, 2021 10:38

Border Police activity in the city of Lod on Tuesday night.

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With fierce rioting continuing throughout Tuesday night in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod, a state of emergency was declared, with Defense Minister Benny Gantz announcing the deployment of several Border Police units to help quell the violence that saw the burning of three synagogues and dozens of cars.

At least two people were in serious condition from the clashes, one from rocks. In Acco, another mixed Arab-Jewish city in northern Israel, an 84-year-old man was seriously hurt when a restaurant was set on fire by rioters. Some 25 residents of Ramla and Lod were arrested on Tuesday night, according to a police spokesperson, and 151 were arrested in total within the central-northern district of Israel.

"We have lost control of the city and the streets," Lod Mayor Yair Revivo lamented to Israel's Channel 12 News. Garbage bins, knocked over and set ablaze, could be seen nearby.

A car set on fire by Israeli Arab residents during riots and clashes between Arab and Jewish residents, in the central Israeli town of Lod, on May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai commented on the violence seen in Lod late Tuesday night: "We have not seen this kind of violence since October 2000," he said, in reference to Arab riots that took place at the beginning of what would later become the Second Intifada. Shabtai said that he was moving his office to Lod until the anarchy there settled down.

Uri Buri, a popular Jewish-owned fish restaurant in the mixed coastal city of Acre, had been set ablaze. Footage aired by Channel 12 showed the restaurant's exterior blacked and burned, and its windows smashed.

In Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Arab protesters clashed with police, who fired stun grenades to disperse them.

In Arab cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, police arrested 21 rioters participating in violent demonstrations.

Fires engulfed the areas in and around Wadi Ara, Jisr az-Zarqa and Um al Fahm, as Israeli police attempted to maintain order, shooting rubber bullets and stun grenades as they were pelted with rocks and Molotov cocktails.

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The detained were brought in on the suspicion of throwing stones, setting off fireworks, burning trash cans and tires as well as assaulting police officers.

In the North, full-scale riots took place in the town of Majd al-Krum.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed security forces to respond harshly to those who violently protest and threaten public security.

"We will not tolerate this; we need to restore calm," Netanyahu said during a Wednesday pre-dawn visit to Lod. "If this isn't an emergency situation, I don't know what is. We are talking about life and death here."

When asked by reporters whether police activity in Jerusalem may have led to the unrest in Lod, Netanyahu shut the assumption down: "These events have no excuse; this is fundamental hate."

Gantz indicated that as defense minister, he will provide all the necessary means to security forces in order to restore calm, including the power to enforce a lockdown.

Revivo, the mayor, warned of deaths if the violent riots continue. "People might die tonight if the government doesn't put Lod into a lockdown within the next hour," he warned. The Lod Municipality has helped evacuate residents who felt that their safety and security were at risk.

"We've gotten to a place where we have to treat criminals harshly, cool things down and maintain social order," Gantz said.

During the course of the violent riots throughout the city, the Maoz Yeshiva in the mixed Jewish-Arab Ramat Eshkol neighborhood was firebombed, causing massive damage to one classroom and lesser damage to another, as well as superficial damage to the façade of the building. In addition, a synagogue was set on fire, as well as numerous cars belonging to Jewish residents.

Firefighters also managed to successfully put out a massive fire in a tire shop, as well as fires in several residential buildings. Footage obtained by The Jerusalem Post showed private streets in some of the quieter neighborhoods of Lod with cars set aflame in the middle of Tuesday night.

Initial escalations began as hundreds of Arab residents protested in Lod on Monday night in solidarity with Palestinians in east Jerusalem and Gaza by throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails around while marching toward the Jewish neighborhood of Ramat Eskhol.

Israel police in the Ramle-Lod region reported that 16 protesters were arrested on Monday evening during riots in which around 200 Arab youth arrived to protest in solidarity with Palestinians in east Jerusalem. Many were seen throwing stones and bottles and launching fireworks at police and buildings, while also burning trash cans and tires.

Musa Malakh Hassuna, a 33-year-old Lod resident and father of three, was shot dead during the riots on Hahashmonaim Street in Lod. Two more people were moderately injured in the incident, including a 20-year-old man.

Violence continued on Tuesday night following the funeral of Hassuna, with rioters clashing with police, throwing rocks and rubble and once again setting fires.

The riots took place over the backdrop of the Sheikh Jarrah conflict in east Jerusalem, in which a neighborhood populated by Arab residents is under proprietary dispute, pending a decision by the High Court of Justice. The ongoing conflict has led to protests throughout Israel.

"The danger that Lod faces, and the damage that it can do, is harsher than hundreds of rockets being hurled towards Israel," Revivo said.

IDF spokesman says military has ‘not ruled out’ ground operation

By STUART WINER

The Israel Defense Forces spokesperson says the military has not ruled out a ground operation, saying it seemed likely that the fighting could go on for a number of days.

“We have a foot on the gas [pedal],” IDF spokesman Hidai Zilberman tells Army Radio.

Zilberman says it is unclear how long the fighting would last, but a matter of “days” seemed a likely estimate.

He says IDF strikes in Gaza so far have been “significant.”

“Hamas,” he says, “is the only address in Gaza.”

Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman. (Israel Defense Forces)

The army already has a plan for operations to continue until Wednesday morning and after that will assess the situation, he says.

Asked if a ground operation could happen, Zilberman says the military has “not ruled out anything” and notes that “alert notifications have been sent to those who need to get them” possibly indicating that the IDF is calling up reservists.

With FDA approval given, Health Ministry preparing to vaccinate kids aged 12-16

The Health Ministry says it is preparing to vaccinate teens aged 12-16 after the FDA gave approval for the Pfizer shot to be administered to that age group.

The ministry says in a statement that Health Ministry Director-General Chezy Levy will hold discussions with the relevant health professionals on the matter.

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