人們普遍預計貝內特將與拉皮德週日宣布組建政府

關於決定是否為最終決定，以及 Shaked 是否完全支持，報告有所不同；拉皮德說計劃週一告訴總統他有一個聯盟；PM向Yamina MKs施壓以反對

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Naftali Bennett 和 Ayelet Shaked 於 2019 年 7 月 21 日出席在拉馬特甘舉行的新聞發布會。 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

週六晚上，以色列政治體係處於邊緣，有報導稱亞米納黨正準備宣布支持組建一個政府，該政府將使本傑明·內塔尼亞胡總理下台。

根據第 12 頻道的消息，最近幾天被視為加入所謂“變革集團”的關鍵阻力的 Yamina No. 2 Ayelet Shaked 已同意該黨領袖 Naftali Bennett 加入一個由權力分享政府領導的政府。 Bennett 和 Yesh Atid 首席執行官 Yair Lapid 將在他們之間輪流擔任總理職務。

政府將把右翼（Yamina、Yisrael Beytenu、New Hope）、中間（Yesh Atid、Blue and White）和左翼（工黨、Meretz）的政黨聚集在一起，並得到伊斯蘭阿拉伯 Ra'am 黨（顯然來自外部）的支持聯合政府），在一個尋求將以色列從兩年的政治混亂中解救出來的聯合政府中，帶領該國從冠狀病毒中恢復過來，並在一個嚴重分裂的國家中彌合社會裂痕。

對於貝內特是否已經做出最終決定，或者即將做出最終決定，媒體報導不一。

Yesh Atid 派對 Yair Lapid 於 2021 年 5 月 6 日在特拉維夫舉行新聞發布會。 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

第 12 頻道和 Kan 新聞稱 Bennett 已決定加入 Lapid。它說他將在周日晚上公開宣布這一決定，目前由魯文·里夫林總統授權組建政府的拉皮德計劃週一訪問總統，告訴他他已經成功。

與此同時，Ynet 新聞網站報導說，貝內特告訴工作人員，將在接下來的一兩天內做出決定。

根據報導的協議，貝內特將擔任政府頭兩年的總理，拉皮德將在最後兩年接替他。

根據第 12 頻道的報導，Shaked 以內塔尼亞胡未能自己組建聯盟為條件來支持她。菅直人新聞稱，Shaked 仍然希望新希望及其領導人吉迪恩·薩爾（Gideon Sa'ar）被說服加入亞米納和內塔尼亞胡組建右翼政府，但貝內特相信這一點。是不可能的。

據信，Shaked 擔心會遭到選民的右翼反彈，他們更喜歡由保守派內塔尼亞胡領導的政府，而不是支持並最終由中間派拉皮德領導的政府。

本傑明·內塔尼亞胡於 2021 年 5 月 26 日在特拉維夫的 Nachalat Yitzhak 公墓參加 1948 年阿爾塔萊娜事件遇難者的儀式。（Miriam Alster/Flash90）

亞米娜週六晚發表了一份簡潔的聲明，稱將在周日舉行派系會議，在會上貝內特將向黨內立法者通報“最近幾天的事態發展”。

拉皮德組建政府的任務將在四天內結束。迄今為止，他已與 Yisrael Beytenu、Meretz 和工黨達成非正式聯盟協議，並希望在未來幾天內與 Blue and White 和 New Hope 達成協議。

根據多份報導，內塔尼亞胡計劃加強對亞米納成員的壓力運動，以拒絕支持新興聯盟。在一個政黨 MK 幾週前宣布他不會支持這樣一個政府之後，該黨內任何更多的叛亂分子都可能毀掉該計劃。

內塔尼亞胡指責民族主義者貝內特因政治野心和背叛右翼而試圖組建左翼政府（儘管貝內特支持內塔尼亞胡自己組建政府的努力，直到失敗）。預計新政府將尋求避免左右之間的爭議問題，並專注於經濟和社會事務。

Yamina 的七個席位中的六個席位為 57 MK。Ra'am 的四個 MK 將在以色列議會中獲得 61 個席位的多數席位，從而可以組建政府。

第 13 頻道周六報導說，如果亞米納出現更多叛亂分子，阿拉伯多數聯合名單可能會同意為該集團提供“安全網”，以確保其在以色列議會中佔多數。該報導沒有得到官方證實。

週六晚上，反對變革政府的激進分子和支持變革政府的激進分子在 Bennett、Shaked 和 Sa'ar 的家外發生了決鬥抗議活動。

2021 年 5 月 29 日，以色列人在 Yamina 黨 Naftali Bennet 家外抗議，標語上寫著“你承諾改變——現在交付”。（Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90）

與此同時，第 12 頻道報導說，如果他被趕出總理辦公室。內塔尼亞胡無意辭職。併計劃領導反對派，同時對亞米娜進行持續攻擊，並按照意識形態路線大力努力瓦解聯盟。

以下是新政府的新組成，如果它成立：

總理——納夫塔利·貝內特（亞米娜；兩年後與拉皮德輪值）

外交部長——亞伊爾·拉皮德（Yesh Atid）

國防部長——本尼·甘茨（藍白相間）

財政部長——阿維格多·利伯曼（Yisrael Beytenu）

司法部長——Gideon Sa'ar（新希望）

內政部長——阿耶萊特·沙克德（亞米娜）

交通部長——Merav Michaeli（工黨）

教育部長— Yifat Shasha-Bitton（新希望）

公安部長— Omer Bar-Lev（工黨）

衛生部長- Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz)

移民吸收部長- Pnina Tamano-Shata（藍色和白色）

文化部長——辣椒（藍白）

通訊部長— Karin Elharrar (Yesh Atid)

宗教事務部長— Matan Kahana (Yamina)

農業部長— 阿隆·舒斯特 (Alon Schuster)（藍色和白色）

環境保護部長 – – Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)

區域合作部長- Issawi Frej

以色列議會發言人——梅爾科恩（Yesh Atid）

如果拉皮德不能在 6 月 2 日之前建立多數席位，以色列議會將有 21 天的時間就總理人選達成一致；否則，以色列將在兩年半後舉行第五次選舉。

內塔尼亞胡週五發布了一段視頻，他說貝內特最初同意與他一起加入一個輪換政府，但後來違背了他所說的“左翼政府”。

內塔尼亞胡自2009年開始執政，但自2019年以來未能果斷贏得四次選舉，他的政治前途因三起刑事案件被起訴而變得複雜。

據第 12 頻道報導，為了防止利庫德集團下台，財政部長以色列卡茨最近向內塔尼亞胡提議為該黨領導人舉行新的初選，獲勝者將接替他擔任一年的總理——之後他大概會返回。

財政部長以色列卡茨於 2020 年 12 月 20 日在特拉維夫的伊奇洛夫醫療中心 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

卡茨顯然認為這將允許反對內塔尼亞胡的政黨，包括吉迪恩·薩爾的新希望黨，加入政府，並據報導相信他會贏得初選並成為總理。

該網絡稱，內塔尼亞胡拒絕了這一提議。

經過三場無結果的選舉，內塔尼亞胡終於說服藍白黨的本尼·甘茨在 2020 年年中加入他的權力分享政府。內塔尼亞胡本應擔任總理 18 個月，然後於 2021 年 11 月移交給甘茨。 然而，去年底，利庫德集團和藍白政府從第一天起就功能失調，因內塔尼亞胡拒絕通過兩年期預算而崩潰最初是雙方雙方同意的。

政府垮台和以色列隨後在今年 3 月舉行的兩年內第四次選舉被廣泛視為內塔尼亞胡企圖避免履行與甘茨的交易，並在成功抗擊冠狀病毒和與數個國家達成正常化交易後鞏固其權力。阿拉伯國家。

相反，選舉以以色列議會陷入與前三票相同的僵局而告終。

Bennett widely expected to announce formation of government with Lapid Sunday

Reports differ on whether decision final, and whether Shaked fully supports it; Lapid said planning to tell president Monday he has a coalition; PM to pressure Yamina MKs to oppose

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Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked attend a press conference in Ramat Gan, July 21, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

The Israeli political system was on edge Saturday night amid swirling reports that the Yamina party was preparing to announce its backing for the formation of a government that will see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed from power.

According to Channel 12 news, Yamina No. 2 Ayelet Shaked, who in recent days had been seen as a key holdout on joining the so-called “change bloc,” has agreed with party leader Naftali Bennett to join a power-sharing government led by Bennett and Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid, who will rotate the premiership between them.

The government would bring together parties from the right (Yamina, Yisrael Beytenu, New Hope), center (Yesh Atid, Blue and White) and left (Labor, Meretz), with support from the Islamist Arab Ra’am party (apparently from outside the coalition), in a unity government that would seek to extract Israel from two years of political chaos, spearhead the country’s recovery from coronavirus and heal societal rifts in a deeply divided nation.

Media reports differed on whether Bennett has already made a final decision, or is on the verge of doing so.

Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, on May 6, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Channel 12 and Kan news said Bennett has resolved to join with Lapid. It said he would publicly announce the decision on Sunday evening, with Lapid — who is currently mandated by President Reuven Rivlin with forming a government — planning to visit the president on Monday to inform him he had succeeded.

Meanwhile, the Ynet news site reported that Bennett had told operatives a decision would be made in the next day or two.

Under the reported deal, Bennett would serve as prime minister for the government’s first two years, with Lapid replacing him for the final two.

According to Channel 12, Shaked had conditioned her support on Netanyahu failing to form a coalition himself. Kan news said Shaked was still hopeful of the possibility of New Hope and its leader Gideon Sa’ar — who has vowed not to partner with the premier — being persuaded to join Yamina and Netanyahu to form a right-wing government, but Bennett believed this was impossible.

Shaked is believed to fear a right-wing backlash from voters who prefer a government headed by the conservative Netanyahu than one backed and eventually headed by the centrist Lapid.

Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony for the victims of the 1948 Altalena incident, at Nachalat Yitzhak cemetery in Tel Aviv on May 26, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Yamina put out a laconic statement Saturday night that it would hold a faction meeting Sunday during which Bennett would update the party’s lawmakers on “the developments in recent days.”

Lapid’s mandate to form a government ends in four days. He has so far reached informal coalition agreements with Yisrael Beytenu, Meretz and Labor, and is hoping to seal deals with Blue and White and New Hope in the next few days.

According to multiple reports, Netanyahu planned to intensify his pressure campaign on Yamina members to refuse to support the emerging coalition. After one party MK announced a few weeks ago he would not back such a government, any more rebels in the party could doom the plan.

Netanyahu has accused the nationalist Bennett of seeking to form a left-wing government due to political ambition and of betraying the right (though Bennett supported Netanyahu’s own efforts to form a government until those failed). The new government is expected to seek to avoid issues of controversy between left and right and focus on economic and social matters.

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The change bloc, with six of Yamina’s seven seats, numbers 57 MKs. Ra’am’s four MKs would hand it a 61-seat majority in the Knesset, allowing a government to be formed.

Channel 13 news reported Saturday that should more rebels emerge in Yamina, the Arab majority Joint List may agree to provide the bloc with a “safety net” to ensure it a Knesset majority. There was no official confirmation of the report.

Dueling protests took place Saturday night outside the homes of Bennett, Shaked and Sa’ar between activists who oppose the change government and those who back it.

Israelis protest outside the home of Yamina party Naftali Bennet, with signs reading “You promised change — now deliver,” on May 29, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Meanwhile, Channel 12 reported that should he be ousted from the Prime Minister’s Office. Netanyahu has no intention of resigning. and plans to lead the opposition, while engaging in ongoing attacks against Yamina and intense efforts to break up the coalition along ideological lines.

Following is the emerging makeup of the new government, should it be formed:

Prime Minister — Naftali Bennett (Yamina; rotating with Lapid after two years)

Foreign Minister — Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid)

Defense Minister — Benny Gantz (Blue and White)

Finance Minister — Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu)

Justice Minister — Gideon Sa’ar (New Hope)

Interior Minister — Ayelet Shaked (Yamina)

Transportation Minister — Merav Michaeli (Labor)

Education Minister — Yifat Shasha-Bitton (New Hope)

Public Security Minister — Omer Bar-Lev (Labor)

Health Minister — Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz)

Immigrant Absorption Minister — Pnina Tamano-Shata (Blue and White)

Culture Minister — Chili Tropper (Blue and White)

Communications Minister — Karin Elharrar (Yesh Atid)

Religious Affairs Minister — Matan Kahana (Yamina)

Agriculture Minister — Alon Schuster (Blue and White)

Environmental Protection Minister –– Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)

Regional Cooperation Minister — Issawi Frej

Knesset Speaker — Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid)

If Lapid cannot build a majority by June 2, the Knesset would have 21 days to agree on a prime minister; otherwise, Israel would head to its fifth elections in two-and-a-half years.

Netanyahu on Friday released a video in which he said Bennett first agreed to join a rotational government with him, but later reneged to throw his lot in with what he described as a “left-wing government.”

Netanyahu has been in power since 2009, but has failed to decisively win four elections since 2019, and his political future has been complicated by being indicted in three criminal cases.

According to Channel 12, in an attempt to prevent Likud’s fall from power, Finance Minister Israel Katz recently proposed to Netanyahu to hold fresh primaries for the party leadership, with the winner replacing him as prime minister for a single year — after which he would presumably return.

Finance Minister Israel Katz at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Medical Center on December 20, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Katz apparently thought this would allow parties that oppose Netanyahu, including Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope, to join the government, and reportedly believed he would win the primaries and become prime minister.

Netanyahu rejected the offer, the network said.

After three inconclusive elections, Netanyahu finally convinced Blue and White’s Benny Gantz to join him in a power-sharing government in mid-2020. Netanyahu was to have served as prime minister for 18 months before handing over to Gantz in November 2021. However, late last year Likud and Blue and White’s government, dysfunctional since day one, fell apart over Netanyahu’s refusal to pass a two-year budget as had originally been agreed between the sides.

The government’s collapse and Israel’s subsequent fourth election in two years this past March was widely seen as an attempt by Netanyahu to avoid honoring his deal with Gantz and to cement his hold on power in the wake of the successful effort against coronavirus and normalization deals with several Arab countries.

Instead, the election ended with the Knesset mired in much the same gridlock that followed the previous three votes.

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電視：利庫德集團的卡茨提出取代內塔尼亞胡擔任總理一年，以允許右翼政府

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第12頻道新聞報導稱，財政部長以色列卡茨最近向內塔尼亞胡總理建議，利庫德集團中央委員會投票選舉執政黨主席，誰勝出將擔任總理一年，而不是內塔尼亞胡，以允許形成一個權利-翼政府。

這一舉動的明顯目的是吸引新希望領導人吉迪恩·薩爾（Gideon Sa'ar）反對加入內塔尼亞胡領導的政府，加入由總理右翼宗教集團組成的聯盟，但該聯盟不以領導人為首他。

沒有引用消息來源的電視報導稱，卡茨相信，如果內塔尼亞胡同意，他可以迅速贏得領導層投票，從而成為總理。

據報導，卡茨還告訴內塔尼亞胡，他和他的家人在那一年可以繼續住在耶路撒冷的總理官邸。

然而，內塔尼亞胡拒絕了這一提議。

2019 年 10 月 27 日，以色列總理本雅明·內塔尼亞胡（右）在他位於耶路撒冷的辦公室舉行的每週內閣會議上聽取了當時的外交部長、現任財政部長以色列卡茨的講話。 （Gali Tibbon/Pool Photo via AP）

該報告是在卡茨猛烈抨擊利庫德集團 MK Nir ​​Barkat 的第二天發布的，後者也認為自己是內塔尼亞胡的繼任者，因為他計劃在即將召開的會議上公佈他對以色列的“願景”，稱這是對現任政黨的“顛覆性”行動領導。

在另一份報告中，第 12 頻道表示，如果內塔尼亞胡的競爭對手成功組建了一個 12 年來首次出現新總理的政府，利庫德集團領導人不打算離開政界或放棄他的黨派地位。領袖，並有可能成為以色列議會的反對派領袖。

伊朗聖城旅負責人：猶太復國主義者應在價格上漲之前在歐洲重新購買房屋

Esmail Ghaani 聲稱加沙組織選擇不攻擊以色列的基礎設施，因為“巴勒斯坦人使用這些設施不會花很長時間”

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在伊朗最高領導人辦公室官方網站發布的這張未註明日期的照片中，可以看到伊斯蘭革命衛隊指揮官 Esmail Ghaani 少將。（伊朗最高領袖辦公室通過美聯社）

週六，伊朗革命衛隊的域外聖城旅負責人對以色列發出了新的威脅。

據法爾斯新聞報導，埃斯梅爾·加尼說：“我建議所有猶太復國主義者回去重新購買他們在歐洲、美國和其他地方出售的房屋，以便在房屋變得比今天更昂貴之前來到巴勒斯坦領土。”

加尼在 2020 年 1 月美國在巴格達的一次襲擊中喪生後接替卡西姆·蘇萊曼尼 (Qassem Soleimani) 成為聖城旅的負責人，他補充說：“巴勒斯坦抵抗運動的行為方式是，從第一天起，猶太復國主義政權就乞求其友好各國呼籲巴勒斯坦人停止戰爭。”

他進一步聲稱，“[以色列]的許多基礎設施都在巴勒斯坦導彈的射程範圍內，可能成為目標”，但加沙恐怖組織選擇不這樣做，“因為巴勒斯坦人很快就會使用這些設施。” ”

2021 年 5 月 10 日，火箭從加沙地帶向以色列發射。（美聯社照片/Khalil Hamra）

加尼補充說：“巴勒斯坦抵抗和全球抵抗巴勒斯坦兒童的信息是計劃統治整個巴勒斯坦。”

在加沙沖突期間，以色列被稱為“城牆守護者行動”，伊朗國家電視台報導說，加尼與哈馬斯首席執行官伊斯梅爾·哈尼耶通電話，稱讚伊斯蘭恐怖組織對以色列的襲擊。

據報導，加尼稱讚哈馬斯為以色列提供了“獨特而成功的答案”。

以色列指責伊朗向整個中東的恐怖組織提供支持和技術援助，其中包括從德黑蘭獲得大部分資金的巴勒斯坦伊斯蘭聖戰組織，以及從伊斯蘭共和國獲得武器和其他幫助的哈馬斯。

據一位與真主黨有關聯的黎巴嫩記者稱，在加沙沖突期間，伊朗和真主黨在貝魯特與哈馬斯建立了聯合作戰室，並協調了那裡的戰鬥。

親真主黨黎巴嫩日報 Al-Akhbar 的編輯 Ibrahim Al-Amine 聲稱 Ghaani 在軍事敵對行動期間曾兩次訪問該行動中心。

Iran Quds Force chief: Zionists should rebuy homes in Europe before prices rise

Esmail Ghaani claims Gaza groups chose not to hit Israeli infrastructure as ‘it will not take long until Palestinians use these facilities’

By TOI STAFFToday, 7:01 pm 0

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani is seen in this undated photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps’ extraterritorial Quds Force on Saturday issued fresh threats against Israel.

“I advise all Zionists to go back and repurchase the houses they have sold in Europe, the US and elsewhere to come to the Palestinian territories before the houses become more expensive than today,” Esmail Ghaani said, according to Fars News.

Ghaani, who replaced Qassem Soleimani as head of the Quds Force after the latter was killed in a US strike in Baghdad in January 2020, added that “the Palestinian resistance acted in such a way that from the first day, the Zionist regime begged its friendly countries to call on the Palestinians to stop the war.”

He further claimed that “many of the infrastructural facilities [in Israel] were within the reach of Palestinian missiles and could be targeted,” but that Gaza terror groups chose not to do so “because it will not take long until Palestinians use these facilities.”

Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Ghaani added: “The message of the Palestinian resistance and global resistance to the children of Palestine is to plan for ruling the whole Palestine.”

During the conflict in Gaza, known in Israel as Operation Guardian of the Walls, Iranian state television reported that Ghaani spoke by phone with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh to laud the Islamist terror organization’s attacks on Israel.

Ghaani reportedly praised Hamas as offering a “unique and successful answer” to Israel.

Israel accuses Iran of providing support and technical assistance to terror groups throughout the Middle East, including the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which receives most of its funding from Tehran, as well as Hamas, which also gets weapons and other help from the Islamic Republic.

According to a Lebanese journalist associated with Hezbollah, Iran and Hezbollah set up a joint war room with Hamas in Beirut during the Gaza conflict, and coordinated the fighting there.

Ibrahim Al-Amine, editor of the pro-Hezbollah Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, claimed Ghaani, visited the operations center twice during the military hostilities.

輝瑞注射劑效果較差，但仍能預防印度毒株——研究

研究人員發現，與其他類型相比，服用兩次劑量的人對抗變異的抗體減少了三倍，但仍然安全

通過AFP今天，下午 5:09 0

2021 年 5 月 29 日，一名患者在法國凡爾賽的一個臨時疫苗接種中心接種了一劑輝瑞-BioNTech 疫苗以對抗 COVID-19。（STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP）

巴黎——根據法國巴斯德研究所的一項研究，輝瑞疫苗的效果稍差，但似乎仍然可以預防導致 COVID-19 的更具傳播性的印度病毒株。

根據實驗室測試結果，“儘管功效略有降低，但輝瑞疫苗可能會保護”印度變種，該研究所主任兼該研究的合著者奧利維爾施瓦茨說，該研究在同行評審之前發表在 BioRxiv 網站上。

該研究對奧爾良市的 28 名醫護人員進行了抽樣。其中 16 人接種了兩劑輝瑞疫苗，12 人接種了一劑阿斯利康疫苗。

根據該研究，接受過兩劑輝瑞（Pfizer）的人的抗印度變體 B.1.617 的抗體減少了三倍，但仍然受到保護。

2021 年 5 月 29 日，醫務人員在法國凡爾賽的一個疫苗接種中心準備一劑輝瑞-BioNTech 疫苗，用於 COVID-19。（STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP）

研究稱，“阿斯利康疫苗的情況有所不同，它會產生特別低水平的抗體來中和”印度變種。

施瓦茨說，在過去一年內感染 COVID-19 的患者以及接種了兩劑輝瑞疫苗的人保留了足夠的抗體來抵御印度變體，但抗體比英國變體少三到六倍。

研究表明，“這種變異……已獲得了對抗體的部分抗性，”施瓦茨說。

自 2019 年底首次在中國出現以來，導致 Covid-19 的 SARS-CoV-2 病毒已經發展出多種變體，通常以其首次出現的地方命名，包括所謂的南非和英國毒株。

2021 年 5 月 6 日，在印度新德里，一名 COVID-19 受害者的屍體被推入火葬場，該地已被改建成火葬場（美聯社照片/Ishant Chauhan）

在印度首次發現的變異似乎比早期變異更容易傳播。

根據世界衛生組織的一份報告，它現在已經在 53 個地區被正式記錄。

為了遏制其蔓延，法國和德國重新對來自受影響國家（包括英國）的入境人員實施了更嚴格的規定。

Pfizer shot less effective, but still protects against Indian strain — study

People with two doses see three-fold reduction in antibodies that fight variant compared to other types, but are still safe, researchers find

By AFPToday, 5:09 pm 0

A patient receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at a temporary vaccination center in Versailles, France on May 29, 2021. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

PARIS — The Pfizer vaccine is slightly less effective but appears to still protect against the more transmissible Indian strain of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study by France’s Pasteur Institute.

“Despite slightly diminished efficacy, the Pfizer vaccine probably protects” against the Indian variant, according to laboratory test results, said Olivier Schwartz, the institute’s director and co-author of the study that was published on the BioRxiv website ahead of peer review.

The study sampled 28 healthcare workers in the city of Orleans. Sixteen of them had received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, while 12 had received one dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

People who had received two doses of Pfizer saw a three-fold reduction in their antibodies against the Indian variant, B.1.617, according to the study, but were still protected.

Medical staff prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center in Versailles, France on May 29, 2021. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

“The situation was different with the AstraZeneca vaccine, which induced particularly low levels of antibodies neutralising” the Indian variant, the study said.

Patients who had had COVID-19 within the past year and people vaccinated with two doses of Pfizer retained enough antibodies to be protected against the Indian variant, but three to six times less antibodies than against the UK variant, Schwartz said.

The study shows that “this variant.. has acquired partial resistance to antibodies,” Schwartz said.

Since first emerging in late 2019 in China, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 has developed several variants, usually named for the places where it first appeared including the so-called South Africa and UK strains.

The body of a COVID-19 victim is wheeled in for cremation in a ground that has been converted into a crematorium in New Delhi, India, May 6, 2021 (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan)

The variant first detected in India appears to be much more transmissible than earlier variations.

It has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, according to a World Health Organization report.

To try to curb its spread, France and Germany have re-introduced tighter rules on arrivals from affected countries, including the United Kingdom.

TV: Likud’s Katz offered to replace Netanyahu as PM for a year to allow for right-wing gov’t

Today, 11:38 pm 0

Channel 12 news reports that Finance Minister Israel Katz recently suggested to Prime Minister Netanyahu that the Likud Central Committee hold a vote for the ruling party’s chairman and that whoever wins will serve as premier for a year instead of Netanyahu to allow for the formation of a right-wing government.

The apparent aim of such a move would be entice New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar, who opposes sitting in a Netanyahu-led government, into joining a coalition made up of the the premier’s right-wing religious bloc but that isn’t headed by him.

The TV report, which did not cite a source, says Katz believed he could win a snap leadership vote and thus become prime minister if Netanyahu were to agree.

Katz also reportedly told Netanyahu that he and his family can continue living in the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem during that year.

Netanyahu, however, rejected the proposal.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, listens to then-Foreign Minister Israel, now Finance Minister, Israel Katz during the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, October 27, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/Pool Photo via AP)

The report comes a day after Katz lashed out at Likud MK Nir Barkat, who also sees himself as a successor to Netanyahu, for planning an upcoming conference to unveil his “vision” for Israel, calling it a “subversive” action against the incumbent party leader.

In a separate report, Channel 12 says that if Netanyahu’s rival succeed in forming a government that will see a new prime minister for the first time in over 12 years, the Likud chief doesn’t intend to leave politics or give up his spot as party leader, and is likely to become opposition leader in the Knesset.

2021 年 5 月 28 日，下午 12:34

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說明性的。新移民抵達以色列的本古里安機場。(Gideon Markowicz/ FLASH90)

查維·羅森伯格 (Chavi Rosenberg) 決定採取行動：COVID-19 將她留在家中；紐約街頭的暴力事件離她的街道非常近。在美國沒有未來，她決定以色列將是她的家。

問題是以色列的決定恰恰相反。

羅森伯格（化名）已經等待了將近一年的時間才能做出允許製作阿利亞的決定。她與以色列政府的承包商Nefesh B'Nefesh一起工作，順從地填寫了所有表格，並收到了當地一位拉比的來信，信中說她是猶太人，因此符合《返回法》規定的以色列國籍。

然後，以色列領事館接管了。官僚們要求提供早在 60 年前的文件。她必須攜帶結婚證、出生證和其他與以色列無關的官方文件。然後，她被告知要與聯邦調查局聯繫並提交指紋。美國人對她是否可以離開這個國家擁有最終決定權。

在過去的一年裡，以色列基本上暫停了回歸法。Aliyah，尤其是來自美國的，從來沒有這麼低過。美國猶太人的申請從未如此之高。反猶太主義在美國各地盛行，除了被同化程度最高的人以外，其他人都擔心最壞的情況。那些從未想過離開黃金麥地那的人現在將以色列視為他們唯一的選擇。

“自2020年春季以來，我們就看到了前所未有的興趣，” Nefesh B'Nefesh副總裁馬克·羅森伯格（Marc Rosenberg）說。“過去的國家或國際事件引發了調查和申請——但從來沒有像這樣。”

儘管如此，以色列仍決心對美國猶太人關上大門。2020 年 6 月，猶太機構預測總共有 50,000 名猶太人將在以色列重新定居。相反，據報導該國僅允許 20,000 人入境。根據回歸法申請的猶太人被告知要等待以色列政府的決定。去年春天，aliyah 的下降幅度達到了 70%，與去年同期相比。

COVID-19 是阿利亞下降的官方原因。但幾乎​​所有其他國家都沒有對其公民的返回設置限制——返回法保證公民身份。歐盟國家和美國祇是強制要求對任何進入該國的人進行為期兩週的隔離。

官方數字不言自明：2020年，北美猶太人提交了將近8,000份關於aliyah的申請，是前一年的兩倍。2021 年前三個月，加拿大和美國的提交率比 2020 年高出 30%。猶太機構估計，如果以色列允許，250,000 名猶太人可以製作 aliyah。

Nefesh B'Nefesh一直在為aliyah提供便利已有20年之久，但一直對以色列的封閉政策保持沉默。羅森伯格將北美阿利亞的下降歸因於他所謂的“後勤問題”。

這不是多少美國猶太人看到的。他們嘗試 aliyah 的第一站是與 Nefesh B'Nefesh 合作。幾個月後，Nefesh B'Nefesh 將申請轉達給以色列領事館。在那裡，這個過程幾乎停止了。以色列官僚的問題不屑一顧，甚至是尖刻的：“你為什麼要來以色列？” “你要去以色列做什麼？” “你的家人是誰，他們住在哪裡？” “您在美國有財產嗎？” 突然，這些猶太人明白，想回家有正確答案和錯誤答案。

Nefesh B'Nefesh 已經承認了這一點。回歸法則變得有選擇性。

“以色列猶太機構將根據以色列政府設定的標準批准你的 aliyah，”Nefesh B'Nefesh 在其網站上提到北美移民時說。“他們會直接讓你知道你可以製作 aliyah，並會根據你的家族史確認你的身份。”

美國猶太人也無法訪問以色列——無論是參加慶祝活動還是只是看望他們的家人。害怕使用真名以避免報復的喬·芬曼 (Joe Fineman) 在他有資格進入以色列之前得到了大量的醫療要求。Fineman 接受了兩次疫苗接種並得到了他的醫生的健康證明，這並沒有給以色列當局留下深刻印象。

以色列和媒體都沒有解決阻止大多數猶太人入境的新政策，特別是來自美國的。但華盛頓長期以來一直表示，它不希望其猶太人在以色列重新定居。原因是資本外逃：美國猶太人一旦在以色列定居，無論他是遊客、永久居民還是公民，他都可以從他的美國銀行賬戶中取錢，賣掉他的房子，基本上可以轉移他的資產。

至少自 2010 年以來，美國海關官員一直駐紮在紐約肯尼迪機場 El Al 和其他飛往以色列的航空公司櫃檯附近。他們正在尋找猶太人。那些看起來最像猶太人的東正教徒被要求打開行李，清空口袋，有時甚至接受身體搜查，以確保他們隨身攜帶的現金不超過最低限度。

有時，軍官們忽略了一個猶太人。如果航班包括中途停留，則官員會致電該國的海關當局並命令他們進行搜查。

即使是在美國生活多年的以色列公民也很難返回。以色列要求他們向國家保險協會支付數万謝克爾，然後才能獲得基本醫療和其他服務。這些以色列人中的大多數人根本負擔不起，並在恐懼中留在美國。

這項政策的影響可能是致命的，因為針對猶太人的暴力行為已成為美國的常態。它還代表了對早期猶太復國主義領導層提交無限期關閉 Eretz Yisrael 的倒退。1939 年 5 月，當希特勒將猶太人從德國驅逐到波蘭的荒地時，英國公佈了白皮書。官方規定，在接下來的五年裡，倫敦每年將允許 15,000 名猶太人進入巴勒斯坦。實際上，英國每年只允許不超過數百名猶太人從歐洲進入，他們都是由猶太復國主義領導層挑選出來的。

當時，猶太社區一直處於英國占領之下。今天誰在佔領以色列？

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