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2021.06.13 國際新聞導讀-伊朗溫和派總統候選人警告強硬派會招來更多國際制裁、G7將捐贈10億劑新冠疫苗給全世界、以色列新政府預計今天宣誓就職、以色列與美國福音教派基督徒關係微妙、NACHMAN SHAI任職移民部長
2021.06.13 國際新聞導讀-伊朗溫和派總統候選人警告強硬派會招來更多國際制裁、G7將捐贈10億劑新冠疫苗給全世界、以色列新政府預計今天宣誓就職、以色列與美國福音教派基督徒關係微妙、NACHMAN SHAI任職移民部長
G7 將捐贈 10 億劑 COVID-19 疫苗
在英國舉行的 G7 領導人會議還將支持美國總統喬·拜登 (Joe Biden) 的提議，即對企業徵收至少 15% 的全球最低稅
通過路透
2021 年 6 月 12 日 00:15
2021 年 6 月 10 日，在英國康沃爾郡卡比斯灣舉行的 G7 峰會之前，美國總統喬·拜登在與英國首相鮑里斯·約翰遜的會談中笑了。（路透社）
（圖片來源：路透社）
廣告
英國卡比斯灣，6 月 11 日——英國首相鮑里斯·約翰遜預計七國集團將在周五開始的峰會期間同意向較貧窮國家捐贈 10 億劑 COVID-19 疫苗，並在明年年底前幫助全世界接種疫苗.
就在美國總統喬拜登 發誓要捐贈 5 億支輝瑞疫苗以加強抗擊冠狀病毒的戰鬥後幾個小時 ，約翰遜表示，英國將向最貧窮的國家提供至少 1 億支剩餘疫苗。
約翰遜已經呼籲 G7 領導人承諾在 2022 年底前為全世界接種疫苗，預計該集團將在英國海濱度假勝地卡比斯灣舉行的為期三天的峰會期間承諾接種 10 億劑疫苗。
一些競選團體譴責該計劃是滄海一粟，樂施會估計將有近 40 億人依賴 COVAX 接種疫苗，該計劃向低收入和中等收入國家分發COVID-19疫苗。
根據約翰遜辦公室發布的公告摘錄，約翰遜將於週五表示：“由於英國疫苗計劃的成功，我們現在能夠與需要它們的人分享我們的部分剩餘疫苗。”
“通過這樣做，我們將朝著永远战勝這種流行病邁出一大步。”
自 2019 年 12 月在中國發現第一例病例以來，COVID-19 已導致約 390 萬人死亡並席捲全球經濟，210 多個國家和地區報告了感染病例。
白宮國家安全顧問傑克沙利文週五在推特上表示，在英國舉行的七國集團領導人會議還將支持美國總統喬拜登提出的全球企業最低稅率至少為 15% 的提議。
美國財政部在 5 月份提議將全球最低公司稅至少提高 15%，以試圖結束公司稅率的螺旋式下降，並阻止跨國公司將利潤轉移到避稅天堂國家。
全球努力
儘管科學家們以極快的速度將疫苗推向市場——英國已向其 77% 的成年人口和美國 64% 的成年人接種了第一劑——但他們表示，只有在所有國家都接種疫苗後，大流行才會結束。
全球人口接近 80 億，大多數人需要兩劑（如果不是加強注射）來應對變異，活動人士表示，這些承諾標誌著一個開始，但世界領導人需要走得更遠、更快。
樂施會的衛生政策經理安娜·萬豪說：“如果七國集團領導人能做到的最好的管理是捐贈 10 億劑疫苗，那麼這次峰會將是失敗的，”她補充說，世界將需要 110 億劑疫苗才能結束大流行。
樂施會還呼籲 G7 領導人支持放棄疫苗背後的知識產權。
“發展中國家數百萬人的生活永遠不應該依賴於富國和渴望利潤的製藥公司的善意，”萬豪說。
在英國的 1 億次注射中，8000 萬次將用於由世界衛生組織 (WHO) 領導的 COVAX 計劃，其餘的將與有需要的國家進行雙邊分享。
約翰遜回應拜登，呼籲他的其他領導人做出類似的承諾，並呼籲製藥公司採用牛津-阿斯利康模式，在大流行期間按成本提供疫苗。
讓較貧窮的國家獨自應對大流行可能會使病毒進一步變異並逃避疫苗接種。慈善機構還表示，將需要後勤支持來幫助較貧窮國家管理大量疫苗。
英國劑量將來自其已經為其國內項目採購的庫存，並將來自供應商 Oxford-AstraZeneca、Pfizer-BioNTech、Janssen、Moderna 等。
迄今為止的其他承諾：
美國製藥商輝瑞及其德國合作夥伴 BioNTech 將在 2021 年提供 2 億劑，2022 年上半年將提供 3 億劑，然後美國將分發給 92 個低收入國家和非洲聯盟。
歐盟、德國、法國、意大利
歐盟委員會主席烏爾蘇拉·馮德萊恩表示，歐盟的目標是到 2021 年底向中低收入國家捐贈至少 1 億劑 COVID-19 疫苗。
其中包括法國和德國承諾各自捐贈 3000 萬劑，意大利捐贈 1500 萬劑。
法國還表示已通過 COVAX 疫苗共享計劃向塞內加爾捐贈了 184,000 劑阿斯利康 (AstraZeneca) 的 COVID-19 疫苗。
日本
日本已表示將通過 COVAX 捐贈該國生產的約 3000 萬劑疫苗。
上週，日本向台灣免費運送了124萬劑阿斯利康的疫苗。
加拿大
路透社報導稱，加拿大正在就通過 COVAX 捐贈過量劑量進行談判，儘管它尚未公開任何捐贈的堅定承諾，或表示計劃捐贈多少。
全球背景
在世界衛生組織 (WHO) 和全球疫苗和免疫聯盟 (GAVI) 的支持下，COVAX 的目標是到 2021 年底為低收入國家提供 20 億劑疫苗。
世衛組織總幹事特德羅斯·阿達諾姆·格布雷耶蘇斯（Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus）表示，由於疫苗分發中的“可恥的不平等”，大流行正在持續。
在本周作出新承諾之前，已經向 COVAX 承諾了大約 1.5 億劑疫苗，遠低於 9 月底所需的 2.5 億劑，以及到年底達到 10 億劑的目標。
全球已接種了超過 22 億劑 COVID-19 疫苗，其中僅 G7 國家就接種了約 5.6 億劑。
全球人口估計約為 78 億，其中約四分之一的人小於 15 歲。大多數批准的 COVID-19 疫苗是兩劑注射。
G7 to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses
G7 leaders meeting in Britain will also endorse US President Joe Biden's proposal for a global minimum tax of at least 15% on corporations
By REUTERS
JUNE 12, 2021 00:15
US President Joe Biden laughs while speaking with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during their meeting, ahead of the G7 summit, at Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain June 10, 2021. (REUTERS)
(photo credit: REUTERS)
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CARBIS BAY, England, June 11 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects the Group of Seven to agree to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting on Friday, and help inoculate the world by the end of next year.
Just hours after US President Joe Biden vowed to supercharge the battle against the coronavirus with a donation of 500 million Pfizer shots, Johnson said Britain would give at least 100 million surplus vaccines to the poorest nations.
Johnson has already called on G7 leaders to commit to vaccinate the entire world by the end of 2022 and the group is expected to pledge 1 billion doses during its three-day summit in the English seaside resort of Carbis Bay.
Some campaign groups condemned the plan as a drop in the ocean, with Oxfam estimating that nearly 4 billion people will depend for vaccines on COVAX, the program that distributes COVID-19 shots to low and middle income countries.
"As a result of the success of the UK's vaccine program we are now in a position to share some of our surplus doses with those who need them," Johnson will say on Friday, according to excerpts of the announcement released by his office.
"In doing so we will take a massive step towards beating this pandemic for good."
COVID-19 has killed around 3.9 million people and ripped through the global economy, with infections reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
G7 leaders meeting in Britain will also endorse US President Joe Biden's proposal for global minimum tax of at least 15% on corporations, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Twitter on Friday.
The US Treasury in May proposed a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% to try to end a downward spiral of corporate tax rates and deter multinational companies from shifting profits to tax-haven countries.
GLOBAL EFFORT
While scientists have brought vaccines to market at breakneck speeds - Britain has given a first dose to 77% of its adult population and the United States 64% - they say the pandemic will only end once all countries have been vaccinated.
With a global population nearing 8 billion and most people needing two doses, if not booster shots to tackle variants as well, campaigners said the commitments marked a start but that world leaders needed to go much further, and much faster.
"If the best G7 leaders can manage is to donate 1 billion vaccine doses then this summit will have been a failure," Oxfam's health policy manager Anna Marriott said, adding that the world would need 11 billion doses to end the pandemic.
Oxfam also called on G7 leaders to support a waiver on the intellectual property behind the vaccines.
"The lives of millions of people in developing countries should never be dependent on the goodwill of rich nations and profit-hungry pharmaceutical corporations," Marriott said.
Of the 100 million British shots, 80 million will go to the COVAX program led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the rest will be shared bilaterally with countries in need.
Johnson echoed Biden in calling on his fellow leaders to make similar pledges and for pharmaceutical companies to adopt the Oxford-AstraZeneca model of providing vaccines at cost for the duration of the pandemic.
Leaving poorer countries to deal with the pandemic alone risks allowing the virus to further mutate and evade vaccines. Charities have also said that logistical support will be needed to help administer large numbers of vaccines in poorer countries.
The British doses will be drawn from the stock it has already procured for its domestic program, and will come from suppliers Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Janssen, Moderna and others.
Other pledges so far:
US drug-maker Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech , will provide 200 million doses in 2021 and 300 million doses in the first half of 2022, which the United States will then distribute to 92 lower-income countries and the African Union.
EUROPEAN UNION, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the European Union aims to donate at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2021.
That includes a pledge by France and Germany to donate 30 million doses each, with Italy donating 15 million doses.
France has also said it has donated 184,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Senegal through the COVAX vaccine-sharing program.
JAPAN
Japan has said it will donate about 30 million doses of vaccines produced within the country through COVAX.
Last week, Japan delivered to Taiwan 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine for free.
CANADA
Reuters has reported that Canada is in talks to donate excess doses through COVAX, although it has not yet made public any firm commitment of donations, or said how much it plans to donate.
GLOBAL CONTEXT
COVAX, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), aims to secure 2 billion vaccine doses for lower-income countries by the end of 2021.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the pandemic is being perpetuated by a "scandalous inequity" in vaccine distribution.
Before the new pledges this week, some 150 million doses had been pledged to COVAX, far short of the 250 million needed by the end of September, and a target of 1 billion by year-end.
Over 2.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered worldwide, and around 560 million of those have been given in G7 countries alone.
The global population is estimated at around 7.8 billion people, about a quarter of whom are younger than 15. Most approved COVID-19 vaccines are two-dose shots.
伊朗候選人警告極端保守派選舉獲勝將意味著更多製裁
通過AFP今天，晚上 11:29
2021 年 6 月 12 日，伊朗總統候選人 Abdolnasser Hemmati 在抵達伊朗德黑蘭的電視演播室參加候選人的最後辯論時與國營電視記者交談。
伊朗改革派候選人 Abdolnasser Hemmati 警告說，如果他的極端保守對手在 6 月 18 日的總統大選中獲勝，該國將面臨更多製裁。
伊朗人將從七名候選人中選出哈桑·魯哈尼總統的繼任者——五名極端保守派和兩名改革派——經選舉審查監護委員會批准從大約 600 名候選人中選出。
“如果權力落入強硬派手中會怎樣？權力落到你手裡怎麼辦？” 前中央銀行家赫馬蒂在最後的電視選舉辯論中說。“讓我非常清楚地說明這一點：具有更強全球共識的新制裁。”
競選活動恰逢維也納舉行的恢復 2015 年核協議的談判，該協議遭到美國前總統唐納德特朗普的破壞，後者在三年後撤回並重新對伊朗實施制裁。
在監護委員會取消包括溫和保守派阿里拉里賈尼在內的許多潛在重量級人物的資格後，司法部長易卜拉欣·賴西被廣泛認為會獲勝。
Iran candidate warns ultraconservative election win will mean more sanctions
By AFPToday, 11:29 pm
Iranian presidential candidate Abdolnasser Hemmati speaks with state-run TV journalists upon arrival to attend the final debate of the candidates, at a TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 12, 2021. (Ayoub Ghaderi/ Young Journalists Club, YJC via AP)
Iran’s reformist candidate Abdolnasser Hemmati warns that a win for his ultraconservative rivals in the June 18 presidential election will result in the country facing more sanctions.
Iranians are to elect a successor to President Hassan Rouhani from seven candidates — five ultraconservatives and two reformists — approved to run by the election-vetting Guardian Council from a field of some 600 hopefuls.
“What will happen if power falls into the hands of hardliners? What happens if power falls into your hands?” says ex-central banker Hemmati in a final televised election debate. “Let me put this very clearly: new sanctions with a stronger global consensus.”
The campaign coincides with negotiations in Vienna to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, which was torpedoed by former US president Donald Trump who withdrew and reimposed sanctions on Iran three years later.
Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi is widely tipped to win, after the Guardian Council disqualified many potential heavyweights, including moderate conservative Ali Larijani.
美國在重啟核談判前解除對伊朗的部分制裁
國務院發言人堅稱此舉與談判無關，但不能說是德黑蘭的“行為改變”導致了撤職
由機構和TOI 工作人員提供2021 年 6 月 11 日，下午 1:25
伊朗國際原子能機構 (IAEA) 州長 Kazem Gharib Abadi、伊朗外交部政治副手 Abbas Araghchi 和歐洲對外行動署 (EEAS) 副秘書長兼政治主任 Enrique Mora 站台2021 年 6 月 2 日在奧地利維也納舉行閉門核會談的“維也納大酒店”前。（美聯社照片/麗莎·洛伊特納）
美國財政部周四表示，將取消對三名前伊朗官員和兩家公司的製裁，此舉與正在進行的維也納核協議談判“無關”。
與此同時，拜登政府對也門網絡實施制裁，該網絡聲稱該網絡與伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊合作，非法向也門胡塞叛軍轉移數千萬美元。
國務院和財政部在同時發表的聲明中宣布了這兩項舉措，當時政府正試圖達成一項協議，使美國和伊朗就伊朗核計劃達成協議，並敦促與伊朗有關聯的也門叛亂分子進行和平談判也門的戰爭。
國務院發言人堅稱，取消制裁與定於本週末恢復的維也納談判無關。
“沒有聯繫，與我們今天宣布的 JCPOA 的除名或正在維也納進行的談判沒有任何联系，”Ned Price 告訴記者。然而，他無法完整解釋此舉背後的原因，只是為了回應要求搬遷的請願書。
“這些請願書都經過了非常仔細的審查，”他說。“他們經過專家核實，以確保所提供的信息真實、準確，只有在我們核實了請願書中提供的信息後，我們才會進行除名。就這三個人而言，這是因為我們有能力驗證狀態或行為發生了變化，從而使我們能夠進行除名。”
在這張 2021 年 3 月 31 日拍攝的檔案照片中，美國國務院發言人內德·普萊斯在華盛頓特區國務院的新聞發布會上發表講話（Carolyn Kaster / POOL / AFP）
普萊斯補充說，這一步驟表明“我們承諾在受制裁者的地位或行為發生變化時解除制裁。” 他說，這種做法“符合良好的製裁衛生和行政程序”。
儘管如此，他還是無法說出“地位改變”或“行為改變”是什麼，伊朗國家石油公司 NIOC 和其他一些附屬公司仍然受到美國的製裁。過去，由於目標已經死亡、退休或以其他方式離開了他們的位置，制裁已被取消，但沒有任何跡象表明發生了任何這些事情。
核協議的批評者和政府立即重返該協議的意圖譴責取消制裁是在伊朗沒有任何回報的情況下做出的讓步，而德黑蘭繼續無視聯合國原子能監督機構要求解釋其核要素的要求程序。
“在德黑蘭拒絕遵守國際原子能機構對其核計劃的調查之際，拜登政府不應該提供對伊朗的製裁救濟，”捍衛民主基金會的研究員安德里亞·斯特里克說。“不幸的是，在達成協議之前，美國祇是暗示它正在屈服於製裁救濟和國際原子能機構的調查。伊朗一定會抓住這一讓步並爭取更多。”
奧巴馬政府於 2013 年對 NIOC 董事總經理 Ahmad Ghalebani、NIOC 附屬公司的兩名董事以及這些公司實施了製裁。
2015 年與世界大國達成的協議使其能夠再次在國際市場上出售原油。唐納德特朗普總統於 2018 年單方面讓美國退出該協議，導致伊朗秘密將其石油運往國外並出售。
該協議基於伊朗限制其核計劃的發展，以換取美國和其他國家解除對伊朗的製裁。維也納正在進行的會談部分關注美國解除制裁和伊朗人恢復遵守被稱為聯合綜合行動計劃或 JCPOA 的協議的時間安排。
說明：2012 年 7 月 2 日，一艘伊朗革命衛隊快艇在波斯灣行駛，而背景是一艘油輪。（美聯社照片/Vahid Salemi，文件）
在 3 月份發表的一份引用美國和中東官員的報告中，《華爾街日報》稱，自 2019 年底以來，以色列至少瞄準了十幾艘開往敘利亞的船隻，其中大部分船隻載有伊朗石油。
報告稱，以色列試圖停止石油貿易，因為它認為利潤正在資助地區極端分子。
在周四的公告中，美國國務卿安東尼·布林肯表示，通過所謂的胡塞融資網絡轉移的資金來自在整個中東地區銷售伊朗石油和其他商品。
國際官員和分析人士表示，隨著阿拉伯國家的戰爭已經過去六年，伊朗增加了對也門胡塞叛軍的物質支持。一個沙特領導的聯盟正試圖阻止胡塞武裝，他們佔領了該國首都，現在正在發動攻勢以佔領北部的一個主要城市，無視美國和聯合國的停火呼籲。
美國的新行動指定了 11 名也門人、涉嫌幌子公司和中間商以及參與其所說的非法轉移的船隻。
這 11 人包括 Jami''Ali Muhammad，他是一名胡塞武裝，據稱是伊斯蘭革命衛隊的同夥，美國稱他幫助“採購船隻，促進燃料運輸，並為胡塞武裝轉移資金”。
US lifts some Iran sanctions ahead of renewed nuclear talks
State Department spokesman insists the move is unrelated to the negotiations, but can’t say what ‘change in behavior’ by Tehran led to the removals
By AGENCIES and TOI STAFF11 June 2021, 1:25 pm
Iran's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kazem Gharib Abadi, Political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, and Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Enrique Mora stand in front of the ‚Grand Hotel Vienna' where where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)
The US Treasury Department said Thursday it was lifting sanctions on three former Iranian officials and two companies, in a move “unrelated” to the ongoing talks on the nuclear deal in Vienna.
At the same time, the Biden administration leveled sanctions against a Yemeni network that it claims was cooperating with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to illicitly transfer tens of millions of dollars to Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The departments of State and Treasury announced both moves in simultaneous statements that come as the administration is trying both to close a deal returning the United States and Iran to an accord on Iran’s nuclear program, and press the Iranian-linked Yemen rebels into peace talks for the war in Yemen.
A State Department spokesman insisted the removal of sanctions was not linked to the negotiations in Vienna, which are set to resume this weekend.
“There is no linkage, there is no connection to the de-listings that we announced today to the JCPOA or to negotiations that are ongoing in Vienna,” Ned Price told reporters. However, he was unable to offer a complete explanation of the reasons behind the move, other than it was made in response to a petition for the removals.
“These petitions are reviewed very carefully,” he said. “They are verified by experts to ensure that the information put forward is factual, that it is accurate, and only after we have verified the information put forward in petitions would we undertake a de-listing. In the case of these three individuals it was the result of our ability to verify that there was a change in status or a change in behavior that allowed us to undertake this de-listing.”
In this file photo taken on March 31, 2021, US State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC (Carolyn Kaster / POOL / AFP)
Price added that the step demonstrates “our commitment to lifting sanctions in the event of a change in status or behavior by sanctioned persons.” He said that practice is “consistent with good sanctions hygiene and administrative processes.”
Still, he could not say what the “change in status” or “change in behavior” had been, and Iran’s national oil company, NIOC, and a number of other affiliates remain under US sanctions. Sanctions have been removed in the past because a target has died, retired, or otherwise left their position but there was no indication any of those had happened.
Critics of the nuclear deal and the administration’s intent to return to it immediately denounced the lifting of sanctions as a concession in the absence of anything in return from Iran, and while Tehran continues to ignore demands from the UN atomic watchdog to explain elements of its nuclear program.
“The Biden administration should not be offering Iran sanctions relief at a time when Tehran is refusing to comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into its nuclear program,” said Andrea Stricker, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “Unfortunately, the US just signaled that it is buckling on sanctions relief and the IAEA investigation before a deal is even reached. Iran will be sure to seize on this concession and try to get more.”
The sanctions against Ahmad Ghalebani, a managing director of NIOC, two directors of NIOC affiliates, and those companies had been imposed in 2013 by the Obama administration.
The 2015 deal with world powers allowed it to sell crude oil again on the international market. President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord in 2018, leading Iran to clandestinely taking its oil abroad and selling it.
The accord is based on Iran limiting development of its nuclear program in return for the US and others lifting sanctions against Iran. Ongoing talks in Vienna have focused partly on timing of the US lifting sanctions and Iranians returning to compliance with the agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.
Illustrative: An Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat moves in the Persian Gulf while an oil tanker is seen in the background, July 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
In a report published in March that cited US and Middle East officials, the Wall Street Journal said Israel had targeted at least a dozen vessels bound for Syria and mostly carrying Iranian oil since late 2019.
Israel sought to halt the trade in oil because it believed the profits were financing regional extremists, the report said.
In Thursday’s announcements, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the money moving through the alleged Houthi financing network came from sales of Iranian petroleum and other commodities throughout the Middle East.
International officials and analysts say Iran has increased its material support to Yemen’s Houthi rebels as the war in the Arab nation passes the six-year mark. A Saudi-led coalition is trying to hold off the Houthis, who seized the country’s capital and are waging an offensive now to capture a major northern city, in defiance of US and UN calls for a ceasefire.
The new US action designates 11 Yemeni individuals, alleged front companies and intermediaries and vessels involved in what it said were the illicit transfers.
The 11 included Jami’ ’Ali Muhammad, a Houthi and alleged IRGC associate who the United States says helped “procure vessels, facilitate shipments of fuel, and transfer funds for the benefit of the Houthis.”
許多以色列人認為“更迭政府”將很快崩潰——民意調查
今天，晚上 7:50
新政府將於明天宣誓就職，但一項電視民意調查顯示，許多以色列人認為它不會持續太久。
根據第 12 頻道的新聞調查，43% 的受訪者表示“更迭政府”只會持續很短的時間才會解散，而 30% 的受訪者認為它會持續更長時間。另有 11% 的人認為政府會撐過 4 年。
當被問及為什麼 Yamina 首席執行官 Naftali Bennett - 作為與 Yesh Atid 領導人 Yair Lapid 輪換協議的一部分，他將首先擔任總理 - 決定與內塔尼亞胡總理的競爭對手組建政府，61% 的人表示出於個人野心。五分之一的人說他這樣做是出於意識形態的原因，而其餘的受訪者不知道。
不到一半的受訪者表示貝內特會尊重與拉皮德的輪換，29% 的人認為這無關緊要，因為政府將在此之前解散。百分之七的人說他不會尊重它。
這項由民意測驗專家 Manu Geva 進行的調查包括 504 名受訪者，誤差率為 4.4%。
Plurality of Israelis believe ‘change government’ will quickly collapse — poll
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A new government is set to be sworn in tomorrow, but a television poll indicates many Israelis don’t believe it will last for long.
According to the Channel 12 news survey, 43 percent of respondents say the “change government” will only last for a short time before dissolving, while 30% believe it will survive for a longer period. Another 11% think the government will make it through 4 years.
Asked why Yamina chief Naftali Bennett — who is set to serve first as premier as part of the rotation deal with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid — decided to form a government with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s rivals, 61% say for personal ambition. A fifth say he did so for ideological reasons, while the remaining respondents don’t know.
Just under half of respondents say Bennett will honor the rotation with Lapid, and 29% don’t think it will be relevant because the government will dissolve before then. Seven percent say he won’t honor it.
The survey, conducted by pollster Manu Geva, includes 504 respondents and has a 4.4 percent margin of error.
內塔尼亞胡對甘茨的最後一次競標：“我現在辭職，你將擔任總理三年”
電視報導稱，藍白黨首領拒絕了首相的助手提出的許多阻撓即將上任的聯盟的提議；週五凌晨提出立即辭職的提議
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本傑明·內塔尼亞胡總理和國防部長本尼·甘茨於 2021 年 5 月 9 日在耶路撒冷耶路撒冷市政廳舉行的每週內閣會議上 (Amit Shabi/POOL)
為了阻止新政府宣誓就職，本傑明·內塔尼亞胡總理的助手週五早些時候向國防部長本尼·甘茨傳達了一項計劃，內塔尼亞胡將立即下台，藍白黨首領可以擔任該計劃。首播三年，第 12 頻道周五晚上報導。
據報導，該提議被甘茨陣營拒絕，內塔尼亞胡在此期間將擔任候補總理。
該報告稱，該提議是最近幾天通過與內塔尼亞胡關係密切的多種渠道和同事來到甘茨的幾個提議之一，於週五凌晨傳達。
據第 12 頻道報導，內塔尼亞胡提出在周五早上正式辭職，以讓甘茨有信心，如果總理在周日晚上的前兩天撤回辭職，他仍然可以重返所謂的“變革陣營”。對新聯盟進行投票。
第 12 頻道稱，甘茨的同事絕對拒絕了內塔尼亞胡的提議。
在第 24 屆以色列議會宣誓就職期間，本傑明·內塔尼亞胡總理（右）和國防部長本尼·甘茨（Benny Gantz）面面相覷（以色列議會發言人辦公室）
內塔尼亞胡的利庫德集團和甘茨的藍白黨同意在連續三屆無結果的選舉後於 2020 年 4 月組成聯盟。但在成立僅六個多月後，由於雙方無法就通過 2020 年預算達成一致，政府解散，並要求在 2021 年 3 月舉行新的選舉。此舉被廣泛認為是內塔尼亞胡設計的，以避免按照他們之間的聯盟協議的規定，在 2021 年 11 月將首相職位移交給甘茨。
利庫德集團 MK David Bitan 週五對內塔尼亞胡提出了一些批評，稱其解散了利庫德集團與藍白集團組成的短暫統一政府。
“回想起來，今天很明顯，內塔尼亞胡沒有實施與甘茨的輪換是一個錯誤。相對於發生的事情，他犯了一個錯誤，”碧潭說。
第 12 頻道關於向甘茨提議的報導稱，該提議表明內塔尼亞胡已經接受了這樣一個事實，即他的政治對手即將組建一個政府，這將使他被免去總理職務並前往議會反對派。
內塔尼亞胡“圈子”成員告訴第13頻道新聞，他明白自己12年的連續任期將於週日結束，他決心從反對派的替補席上與“更迭政府”作鬥爭。
該媒體稱，內塔尼亞胡告訴同事，他將“繼續作為反對派領導人領導全國陣營”。
利庫德集團週四首次表示，內塔尼亞胡致力於權力的和平過渡，同時重申並澄清了總理關於“選舉舞弊”的說法。該聲明僅以英文發表。
與此同時，利庫德集團 MK Shlomo Karhi 週五告訴第 13 頻道，該黨團結一致，“我們將一起走向反對派。”
Karhi 的評論是在 Likud MK Nir Barkat呼籲黨員推遲舉行新的領導人初選後的第二天發表的。巴爾卡特在特拉維夫約 4,000 名利庫德集團活動人士的集會上發出呼籲，這被視為該黨實力的展示，並表明他將加入越來越多的利庫德集團高級官員名單，排隊挑戰內塔尼亞胡擔任黨的領導。
Yamina 領導人 Naftali Bennett 將於週日成為總理，此前他同意與 Yesh Atid 黨的反對黨領袖 Yair Lapid 以及反對內塔尼亞胡的眾多政黨組成政府，從溫和的 Meretz 到支持吞併的新希望黨和伊斯蘭黨 Ra'am。根據協議，貝內特將擔任總理兩年，然後在剩餘任期內將職位交給拉皮德。
所謂“變革集團”的所有政黨都於週五簽署了協議，為由 61 人組成的聯盟宣誓就職鋪平了道路，結束了內塔尼亞胡 12 年的任期。內塔尼亞胡還在 1990 年代後期擔任了三年多的總理。
Netanyahu’s last ditch bid to Gantz: ‘I’ll resign now, you’ll be PM for 3 years’
TV report says Blue and White chief rejected many offers from PM’s aides to thwart incoming coalition; proposal for immediate resignation said issued in early hours of Friday
By TOI STAFF11 June 2021, 10:02 pm
In a desperate last-minute bid to thwart the swearing-in of the new government, associates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early Friday conveyed to Defense Minister Benny Gantz a plan by which Netanyahu would immediately step down and the Blue and White chief could serve as premier for three years, Channel 12 reported Friday night.
The proposal, rejected by Gantz’s camp, would reportedly have seen Netanyahu serve as alternate prime minister during that time.
The report said the offer, one of several that came to Gantz through a number of channels and associates close to Netanyahu in recent days, was conveyed in the early hours of Friday morning.
According to Channel 12, Netanyahu offered to formally resign on Friday morning so as to give Gantz confidence that he could still return to the so-called “change bloc” if the prime minister were to withdraw his resignation in the two days ahead of Sunday evening’s vote on the new coalition.
Gantz’s associates absolutely rejected Netanyahu’s offer, Channel 12 said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz face away from each other during the swearing in of the 24th Knesset (Knesset spokesperson’s office)
Netanyahu’s Likud and Gantz’s Blue and White agreed to form a coalition in April 2020, after three consecutive inconclusive elections. But just over six months after it was formed, the government was dissolved when the sides could not agree on passing a 2020 budget, and a new election was called for March 2021. The move was widely seen as being engineered by Netanyahu so as to avoid handing over the premiership to Gantz in November 2021, as stipulated in the coalition agreement between them.
Likud MK David Bitan on Friday leveled some criticism at Netanyahu over the dissolution of the short-lived unity government that Likud formed with Blue and White.
“In retrospect, it’s clear today that it was a mistake by Netanyahu not to implement the rotation with Gantz. Relative to what happened, he made a mistake,” Bitan said.
The Channel 12 report on the offer to Gantz said the proposal showed that Netanyahu has reconciled himself to the fact that his political rivals are on the cusp of forming a government that will see him removed as premier and head to parliamentary opposition.
Members of Netanyahu’s “circle” told Channel 13 news that he understands that his 12-year consecutive term will come to an end on Sunday and he is determined to fight the “change government” from the opposition benches.
The outlet said that Netanyahu told associates that he will “continue to lead the national camp as head of the opposition.”
The Likud party for the first time said Thursday that Netanyahu is committed to a peaceful transition of power, while reiterating and clarifying the premier’s claims of “election fraud.” The statement was issued only in English.
Meanwhile, Likud MK Shlomo Karhi told Channel 13 Friday that the party is united and “we’re going together to the opposition.”
Karhi’s comment came a day after Likud MK Nir Barkat called for party members to delay holding new leadership primaries. Barkat’s call, at a gathering of some 4,000 Likud activists in Tel Aviv, was seen as a show of strength in the party and an indication he will join a growing list of top Likud officials lining up to challenge Netanyahu for the party leadership.
Yamina head Naftali Bennett is set to become premier on Sunday after agreeing to form a government with opposition leader Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party and a wide array of parties aligned against Netanyahu, ranging from the dovish Meretz to the pro-annexation New Hope and the Islamist party Ra’am. Under the agreement, Bennett will serve as prime minister for two years before handing the office to Lapid for the remainder of the term.
All the parties in the so-called “change bloc” signed their agreements on Friday, paving the way for the 61-strong coalition to be sworn in, ending Netanyahu’s 12-year term in office. Netanyahu was also premier for over three years in the late 1990s.
在利庫德集團，前摩薩德首席執行官尤西·科恩最有可能接替內塔尼亞胡——民意調查
下一位主要候選人 MK Nir Barkat 表示，首相未能讓位並讓其他人領導是“錯誤的”；誓言要贏得潛在的初選，因為該黨正走向反對派
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前摩薩德首領尤西·科恩在 2021 年 6 月 10 日接受第 12 頻道（第 12 頻道）播出時
週六的一項電視民意調查顯示，如果現任總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）卸任該黨領袖，前摩薩德主席尤西·科恩（Yossi Cohen）是利庫德集團選民中的主要候選人。
根據第 12 頻道的新聞民意調查，被問及如果內塔尼亞胡退休，他們會支持誰擔任利庫德集團領導人，27% 的利庫德集團受訪者表示科恩，其次是前耶路撒冷市長和現任 MK Nir Barkat，佔 16%。
科恩被視為在整個任期內與內塔尼亞胡保持著密切的個人關係。據廣泛報導，總理過去曾將科恩列為潛在的繼任者。
在巴爾卡特之後，民意調查顯示，以色列駐美國和聯合國大使吉拉德·埃爾丹獲得 8% 的受訪者支持，其次是財政部長以色列卡茨（5%）、衛生部長尤利·埃德爾斯坦（5%）、以色列議長亞里夫·萊文（3%） %，交通部長 Miri Regev 為 1%。另有 10% 的人給出了其他名字。
這項由民意測驗專家 Manu Geva 進行的調查包括 504 名受訪者，誤差率為 4.4%。
科恩本月早些時候擔任間諜機構負責人的任期已於本月早些時候結束，他在周四播出的一次採訪中表示，他不排除有朝一日尋求總理職位的可能性，儘管他目前並沒有考慮採取這樣的舉措。
2019 年 12 月 26 日，耶路撒冷投票站的利庫德集團成員在黨的領導人初選中。 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
隨著所謂的“變革集團”政黨將於週日宣誓就職，內塔尼亞胡已表示他計劃繼續擔任利庫德集團主席，並繼續在反對黨中領導該黨。
在周六播出的一次採訪中，利庫德集團的巴爾卡特告訴第 12 頻道，“總理的考慮有誤。如果首相說，‘我要讓位’，並試圖為國民陣營的領導人舉行初選，我的評估是，國民陣營會團結在[獲勝]候選人的背後。”
利庫德集團 MK Nir Barkat 於 2021 年 6 月 10 日在特拉維夫的黨派會議上發表講話。 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
採訪是在星期四晚上拍攝的，當時巴爾卡特在特拉維夫舉行了大約 4,000 名利庫德集團活動人士的聚會。這一職能被視為黨內實力的展示，並表明他將加入越來越多的利庫德集團高級官員名單，排隊挑戰內塔尼亞胡擔任黨的領導。
巴爾卡特補充說，內塔尼亞胡“他的考慮是錯誤的，因為如果他啟用了[初選]，利庫德集團和國民陣營將在周日組建政府。”
變革集團的幾個政黨表示，只要內塔尼亞胡不領導，他們很樂意與利庫德集團結成聯盟。
巴爾卡特還告訴第 12 頻道，當內塔尼亞胡下台並發誓要贏得比賽時，他將競選利庫德集團領導人。在特拉維夫的活動中，巴爾卡特呼籲推遲領導人初選。
內塔尼亞胡在 2019 年擊敗了前黨內部長吉迪恩·薩爾的挑戰，令人信服地贏得了利庫德集團的初選。薩爾隨後於 2020 年離開利庫德集團，成立新希望黨，該黨主張不在內塔尼亞胡領導下的政府任職，並打算成為新聯盟的一部分。
自那以後，利庫德集團推遲舉行另一輪初選，因為政治動盪導致兩年內四次選舉無果而終。
與此同時，由亞米納的候任總理納夫塔利·貝內特和 Yesh Atid 領導人亞伊爾·拉皮德領導的八黨“變革政府”聯盟預計將在周日舉行的信任投票中以 61-59 的多數票獲勝。如果成功，新政府將代表以色列政治發生翻天覆地的變化，驅逐以色列任職時間最長的總理。
In Likud, ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen most popular to succeed Netanyahu — poll
MK Nir Barkat, next leading candidate, says PM ‘erred’ by failing to step aside and allow someone else to lead; vows to win potential primaries as party heads to opposition
By TOI STAFFToday, 11:46 pm
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Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen in an interview with Channel 12 broadcast on June 10, 2021 (Channel 12)
Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen is the leading candidate among Likud voters to succeed incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to step down as leader of the party, according to a Saturday television poll.
Asked who they would back as Likud leader if Netanyahu were to retire, 27 percent of Likud respondents said Cohen, followed by former Jerusalem mayor and current MK Nir Barkat with 16%, according to the Channel 12 news poll.
Cohen is seen as having enjoyed a close personal relationship with Netanyahu throughout his tenure. The premier is widely reported to have cited Cohen in the past as a potential successor.
After Barkat, the poll gave Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Gilad Erdan the backing of 8% of respondents, followed by Finance Minister Israel Katz with 5%, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein with 5%, Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin with 3%, and Transportation Minister Miri Regev with 1%. Another 10% gave other names.
The survey, conducted by pollster Manu Geva, included 504 respondents and had a 4.4 percent margin of error.
Cohen, whose term as head of the spy agency ended earlier this month, said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he didn’t rule out seeking the premiership one day, though he wasn’t contemplating such a move at this moment.
Likud members at Jerusalem polling station during the party’s leadership primaries on December 26, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
With the so-called “change bloc” of parties set to be sworn into government on Sunday, Netanyahu has signaled that he plans to remain Likud chair and continue to lead the party in the opposition.
In an interview broadcast Saturday, Likud’s Barkat told Channel 12 that “the prime minister erred in his considerations. If the prime minister had said, ‘I’m stepping aside,’ and sought to hold primaries for the leadership of the national camp, my assessment is that the national camp would have unified behind the [winning] candidate.”
Likud MK Nir Barkat speaks at a party conference in Tel Aviv on June 10, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
The interview was filmed Thursday evening when Barkat held a gathering of some 4,000 Likud activists in Tel Aviv. The function was seen as a show of strength in the party and an indication he will join a growing list of top Likud officials lining up to challenge Netanyahu for the party leadership.
Barkat added that Netanyahu “got his considerations wrong because if he had enabled [primaries], the Likud and the national camp would have been forming the government on Sunday.”
Several parties in the change bloc have said they would be happy to form a coalition with Likud so long as Netanyahu was not leading it.
Barkat also told Channel 12 that he would run for Likud leader when Netanyahu steps down and vowed to win the race. At the Tel Aviv event, Barkat called for leadership primaries to be delayed.
Netanyahu convincingly won Likud primaries in 2019 when he defeated a challenge by former party minister Gideon Sa’ar. Sa’ar then left Likud in 2020 to start the New Hope party, which campaigned on not serving in a government under Netanyahu and intends to be part of the new coalition.
Likud has put off holding another round of primaries since then, amid political turmoil that saw four inconclusive elections in two years.
Meanwhile, the eight-party “change government” alliance, headed by prime minister-designate Naftali Bennett of Yamina and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, anticipates winning a 61-59 majority in the confidence vote set for Sunday. If successful, the new government would represent a sea change in Israeli politics, ousting Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.
許多以色列人認為“更迭政府”將很快崩潰——民意調查
今天，晚上 7:50
新政府將於明天宣誓就職，但一項電視民意調查顯示，許多以色列人認為它不會持續太久。
根據第 12 頻道的新聞調查，43% 的受訪者表示“更迭政府”只會持續很短的時間才會解散，而 30% 的受訪者認為它會持續更長時間。另有 11% 的人認為政府會撐過 4 年。
當被問及為什麼 Yamina 首席執行官 Naftali Bennett - 作為與 Yesh Atid 領導人 Yair Lapid 輪換協議的一部分，他將首先擔任總理 - 決定與內塔尼亞胡總理的競爭對手組建政府，61% 的人表示出於個人野心。五分之一的人說他這樣做是出於意識形態的原因，而其餘的受訪者不知道。
不到一半的受訪者表示貝內特會尊重與拉皮德的輪換，29% 的人認為這無關緊要，因為政府將在此之前解散。百分之七的人說他不會尊重它。
這項由民意測驗專家 Manu Geva 進行的調查包括 504 名受訪者，誤差率為 4.4%。
Plurality of Israelis believe ‘change government’ will quickly collapse — poll
Today, 7:50 pm
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A new government is set to be sworn in tomorrow, but a television poll indicates many Israelis don’t believe it will last for long.
According to the Channel 12 news survey, 43 percent of respondents say the “change government” will only last for a short time before dissolving, while 30% believe it will survive for a longer period. Another 11% think the government will make it through 4 years.
Asked why Yamina chief Naftali Bennett — who is set to serve first as premier as part of the rotation deal with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid — decided to form a government with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s rivals, 61% say for personal ambition. A fifth say he did so for ideological reasons, while the remaining respondents don’t know.
Just under half of respondents say Bennett will honor the rotation with Lapid, and 29% don’t think it will be relevant because the government will dissolve before then. Seven percent say he won’t honor it.
The survey, conducted by pollster Manu Geva, includes 504 respondents and has a 4.4 percent margin of error.
以色列和福音派——複雜的關係
在上週，似乎無法擺脫以色列和福音派支持的相關主題。
作者：海莉·科恩
2021 年 6 月 12 日 16:35
2018 年檔案照片中的以色列基督徒支持者在耶路撒冷遊行。
（圖片來源：MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/耶路撒冷郵報）
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紐約——在上週，似乎無法擺脫以色列和福音派支持的相關主題。
美國福音派領袖邁克·埃文斯 (Mike Evans)撰寫的一篇散漫謾罵被廣泛發表並被廣泛引用，嚴厲抨擊了納夫塔利·貝內特 (Naftali Bennett) 和亞伊爾·拉皮德 (Yair Lapid) 在以色列組建的“可悲”新聯盟，並將即將卸任的總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡 (Benjamin Netanyahu) 比作大衛王。
這封充滿咒罵的信打破了美國福音派長期以來為以色列提供支持而不管哪個政府掌舵的傳統，並引起了其他美國基督教領袖的憤怒回應。
在前以色列駐美國大使羅恩·德默 (Ron Dermer)上個月表示以色列應該花更多的精力向其最強大的支持基地、“熱情的”美國福音派人士尋求支持後，很快就引起了廣泛的報導。而不是猶太人，他們“在我們的批評者中不成比例”。
“大約 25%（美國人）——有些人認為更多——是福音派基督徒。不到百分之二的美國人是猶太人。因此，如果你只看數字，你應該花更多的時間向福音派基督徒宣傳，而不是向猶太人宣傳，”德默在一次會議上說。
上個月在以色列和加沙爆發的暴力事件，加上皮尤研究中心關於 2020 年猶太裔美國人的報告的發布，引起了人們對美國人對以色列態度轉變的關注，尤其是在年輕的猶太人中。與此同時，支持德默的主張，親以色列的福音派團體繼續毫不含糊地與以色列站在一起。
皮尤研究發現，總的來說，年輕的美國猶太人與年長的猶太人相比，對以色列的情感依戀程度較低。截至去年，半數 30 歲以下的猶太成年人稱自己對以色列非常或有些依戀（48%），而 65 歲及以上的猶太人則為三分之二。
在 5 月從加沙向以色列發射火箭彈期間，最大的猶太教派的政治機構——改革猶太教宗教行動中心保持沉默。反猶太復國主義組織猶太人和平之聲也沒有提及猶太人的死亡，但更進一步，表達了對耶路撒冷的阿拉伯定居者的聲援。
相比之下，親以色列的福音派團體很快就宣布對以色列效忠。例如，基督教聯合為以色列 (CUFI) 沒有談論對雙方的同情，只是聲援猶太國家。
美國猶太領導人反駁了德默的聲明，稱美以關係可能存在爭議，但很牢固。
“東正教青年與以色列國及其公民有著密切的聯繫和支持，”東正教聯盟執行副主席拉比摩西豪爾告訴耶路撒冷郵報。“我們的學校、社區和猶太教堂——我們的孩子在其中成長和教育的沉浸式環境——成功地建立了牢固的內在聯繫，將我們的青年與各地猶太人的命運聯繫起來，尤其是與我們在以色列的祖先和民族家園。他們的走讀學校教育既增強了他們的猶太人身份，也增強了他們對猶太人長期面臨的威脅的歷史意識。”
Hauer 指出了皮尤研究，該研究發現 83% 的美國東正教成年人表示關心以色列是猶太人對他們意味著什麼的重要或必不可少的部分。
“考慮到東正教猶太人在 18-29 歲的美國猶太人中佔 17%，在猶太兒童中佔 25%，我們可以相信美國猶太人將繼續為以色列提供非常強大和支持的聲音，”豪爾繼續說道。
另一方面，猶太進步團體對以色列的批評要明顯得多。
進步倡導組織紐約猶太人議程 (NYJA) 的總裁兼聯合創始人、奧巴馬白宮的前猶太外展主任馬特·諾桑丘克 (Matt Nosanchuk) 認為，隨著年輕的美國猶太人重新詮釋了生活在以色列的意義，對以色列的新視角正在出現。猶太裔美國人的生活。
他說，如此廣泛地描述年輕的美國猶太人是“有問題的”。
“沒有人，包括羅恩·德默，對親以色列意味著什麼擁有壟斷權，”諾桑丘克告訴郵報。“如果問題是年輕的猶太人是否會支持一個越來越不民主、越來越不多元化、奉行危險政策的以色列，是的，你可以看到美國猶太人與以色列繼續保持距離，”他繼續說道。
“問題是，美國猶太人有興趣支持什麼樣的以色列？來自主流、絕大多數美國猶太人的支持與我們對猶太價值觀的支持和對社會正義的承諾是一致的。如果以色列追求這些價值觀，那麼是的，現在批評或懷疑的年輕美國猶太人有可能在以色列獲得更大的支持。”
諾桑丘克表示相信美國猶太人可以每天參與美國的政策，而不會放棄以色列。
“我們是這個國家的一部分，”他說。“我們正在努力讓我們的城市和州變得更好。我們在國內追求我們的價值觀，但這並不意味著我們要與以色列離婚。當涉及到以色列時，絕大多數美國猶太人不會在門口檢查他們的價值觀。”
福音派對以色列的支持是基於詩篇 122:6，“為耶路撒冷的和平祈禱。願所有喜愛這座城的人都興旺發達”，創世記 12:3 中上帝告訴猶太人，他將“祝福那些祝福你的人，咒詛那些藐視你的人。”
“應該擴大對以色列福音派的支持，”Covenant Journey 的副總裁 Cindy Matthews 說，該組織經營基督教版的 Taglit-Birthright，部分由保守的猶太和基督教捐助者資助。該組織每年將大約 250 名大學生帶到這個猶太州。只需支付 500 美元的補貼費（出生權免費），參與者就可以花 11 天時間追隨耶穌基督的足跡並參觀基督教聖地。
“我希望看到以色列更多地與美國基督教大學接觸，鼓勵像聖約之旅這樣的旅行。如果以色列政府像他們為猶太人旅行那樣補貼我們學生的旅行，那將是一筆巨大的財富。我不乏想要去的學生，”她告訴郵報。
馬修斯指出，在她為聖約之旅工作的十年中，她還沒有看到福音派基督徒批評以色列，這與美國主流猶太團體形成鮮明對比。
但諾桑丘克稱以色列應該輕視猶太人的想法“令人震驚”。
“美國猶太人對以色列的支持從一開始就對以色列的存在至關重要，”他說。“讓我們離開福音派的建議讓我感到震驚。”
Israel and Evangelicals – a complex relationship
Over the last week, it didn’t seem it was possible to get away from the related subjects of Israel and Evangelical support.
By HALEY COHEN
JUNE 12, 2021 16:35
CHRISTIAN SUPPORTERS of Israel march in Jerusalem in a 2018 file photo.
(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
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NEW YORK – Over the last week, it didn’t seem it was possible to get away from the related subjects of Israel and Evangelical support.
A rambling diatribe written by US Evangelical leader Mike Evans that was widely published and widely quoted harshly attacked the “pathetic” new coalition being formed in Israel by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid and likened outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to King David.
The expletive-laden letter broke from the long-standing tradition among US Evangelicals to offer support for Israel regardless of which government is at its helm, and prompted angry responses from other US Christian leaders.
The wave of coverage came soon after former Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer caused a fair share of controversy when he said last month that Israel should spend more of its energy reaching out to its strongest base for support, “passionate” American Evangelicals, rather than to Jews, who are “disproportionately among our critics.”
“About 25 percent [of Americans] – some people think more – are Evangelical Christians. Less than two percent of Americans are Jews. So if you look just at numbers, you should be spending a lot more time doing outreach to Evangelical Christians than you would do to Jews,” Dermer stated at a conference.
Last month’s eruption of violence in Israel and Gaza, coupled with the release of The Pew Research Center’s report on Jewish Americans in 2020, brought attention to shifting attitudes of Americans toward Israel, particularly among young Jews. Meanwhile, backing up Dermer’s claim, pro-Israel Evangelical groups continue to stand with Israel in no uncertain terms.
The Pew Study found that broadly, young US Jews are less emotionally attached to Israel than older ones. As of last year, half of Jewish adults under age 30 describe themselves as very or somewhat emotionally attached to Israel (48%), compared with two-thirds of Jews ages 65 and older.
During the barrage of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel in May, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the political arm of the largest Jewish denomination, remained silent. The anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace also said nothing about Jewish deaths, but took it a step further by expressing solidarity with Arab settlers in Jerusalem.
By contrast, pro-Israel Evangelical groups were quick to declare their loyalty to Israel. Christians United for Israel (CUFI), for example, had no talk of sympathy for both sides, just solidarity with the Jewish state.
AMERICAN JEWISH leaders pushed back at Dermer’s statements, saying that the US-Israel relationship may be contentious, but it is strong.
“Orthodox youth are deeply connected to and supportive of the State of Israel and its citizens,” Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, told The Jerusalem Post. “Our schools, communities, and synagogues – the immersive environments in which our children are raised and educated – successfully build a strong visceral bond that connects our youth with the fate of Jews everywhere and particularly with our ancestral and national home in Israel. Their day school education enhances both their Jewish identity and their historic consciousness of the threats that have faced the Jewish people over time.”
Hauer pointed to the Pew Study, which found that 83% of US Orthodox adults say caring about Israel is an important or essential part of what being Jewish means to them.
“Considering that Orthodox Jews are 17% of US Jews ages 18-29 and fully 25% of Jewish children, we can be confident that US Jewry will continue to provide a very strong and supportive voice for Israel,” Hauer continued.
On the other hand, Jewish progressive groups are significantly more critical of Israel.
Matt Nosanchuk, president and co-founder of the progressive advocacy group New York Jewish Agenda (NYJA) and former Jewish outreach director in the Obama White House sees the emergence of a new perspective on Israel with young US Jews reinterpreting what it means to live a Jewish American life.
He said it is “problematic” to characterize young American Jews so broadly.
“Nobody, Ron Dermer included, has a monopoly on what it means to be pro-Israel,” Nosanchuk told the Post. “If the question is whether young Jews will support an Israel that is increasingly less democratic, increasingly less pluralistic, that pursues dangerous policies, yes, you could see continued distancing from engaged American Jews toward Israel,” he continued.
“The question is, what kind of Israel are American Jews interested in supporting? Support from the mainstream, vast majority of American Jews, is aligned with our support of Jewish values and commitment to social justice. To the extent those values are pursued in Israel, then yes, there’s a possibility of greater support in Israel by young American Jews who right now are critical or skeptical.”
Nosanchuk expressed belief that American Jews can engage on a daily basis with US policy, without abandoning Israel.
“We’re part of this nation,” he said. “We are trying to make our cities and states better places. We are pursuing our values here at home but that doesn’t mean we’re divorcing Israel. The vast majority of American Jews don’t check their values at the door when it comes to Israel.”
Evangelical support for Israel is based on Psalm 122:6, “Pray for peace in Jerusalem. May all who love this city prosper,” and Genesis 12:3 where God tells the Jewish people he will “bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt.”
“Support for Evangelicals from Israel should be expanded,” said Cindy Matthews, vice president of Covenant Journey, an organization that runs the Christian version of Taglit-Birthright, funded in part by conservative Jewish and Christian donors. The group brings roughly 250 college students to the Jewish state each year. For a $500 subsidized fee (Birthright is free), participants spend 11 days walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ and visiting Christian holy sites.
“I’d like to see Israel engage with American Christian universities more, encouraging trips like Covenant Journey. It would be a tremendous asset if the Israeli government would subsidize trips for our students the way they do for Jewish trips. I have no shortage of students who want to go,” she told the Post.
Matthews noted that in the decade she’s worked for Covenant Journey, she has yet to see an Evangelical Christian criticize Israel, a sharp contrast from mainstream American Jewish groups.
But Nosanchuk called the notion that Israel should slight Jews “astonishing.”
“American Jewish support for Israel has been essential to Israel’s existence from the beginning,” he said. “I’m stunned by the suggestion of leaving us behind for Evangelicals.”
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G7 將捐贈 10 億劑 COVID-19 疫苗
在英國舉行的 G7 領導人會議還將支持美國總統喬·拜登 (Joe Biden) 的提議，即對企業徵收至少 15% 的全球最低稅
通過路透
2021 年 6 月 12 日 00:15
2021 年 6 月 10 日，在英國康沃爾郡卡比斯灣舉行的 G7 峰會之前，美國總統喬·拜登在與英國首相鮑里斯·約翰遜的會談中笑了。（路透社）
（圖片來源：路透社）
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英國卡比斯灣，6 月 11 日——英國首相鮑里斯·約翰遜預計七國集團將在周五開始的峰會期間同意向較貧窮國家捐贈 10 億劑 COVID-19 疫苗，並在明年年底前幫助全世界接種疫苗.
就在美國總統喬拜登 發誓要捐贈 5 億支輝瑞疫苗以加強抗擊冠狀病毒的戰鬥後幾個小時 ，約翰遜表示，英國將向最貧窮的國家提供至少 1 億支剩餘疫苗。
約翰遜已經呼籲 G7 領導人承諾在 2022 年底前為全世界接種疫苗，預計該集團將在英國海濱度假勝地卡比斯灣舉行的為期三天的峰會期間承諾接種 10 億劑疫苗。
一些競選團體譴責該計劃是滄海一粟，樂施會估計將有近 40 億人依賴 COVAX 接種疫苗，該計劃向低收入和中等收入國家分發COVID-19疫苗。
根據約翰遜辦公室發布的公告摘錄，約翰遜將於週五表示：“由於英國疫苗計劃的成功，我們現在能夠與需要它們的人分享我們的部分剩餘疫苗。”
“通過這樣做，我們將朝著永远战勝這種流行病邁出一大步。”
自 2019 年 12 月在中國發現第一例病例以來，COVID-19 已導致約 390 萬人死亡並席捲全球經濟，210 多個國家和地區報告了感染病例。
白宮國家安全顧問傑克沙利文週五在推特上表示，在英國舉行的七國集團領導人會議還將支持美國總統喬拜登提出的全球企業最低稅率至少為 15% 的提議。
美國財政部在 5 月份提議將全球最低公司稅至少提高 15%，以試圖結束公司稅率的螺旋式下降，並阻止跨國公司將利潤轉移到避稅天堂國家。
全球努力
儘管科學家們以極快的速度將疫苗推向市場——英國已向其 77% 的成年人口和美國 64% 的成年人接種了第一劑——但他們表示，只有在所有國家都接種疫苗後，大流行才會結束。
全球人口接近 80 億，大多數人需要兩劑（如果不是加強注射）來應對變異，活動人士表示，這些承諾標誌著一個開始，但世界領導人需要走得更遠、更快。
樂施會的衛生政策經理安娜·萬豪說：“如果七國集團領導人能做到的最好的管理是捐贈 10 億劑疫苗，那麼這次峰會將是失敗的，”她補充說，世界將需要 110 億劑疫苗才能結束大流行。
樂施會還呼籲 G7 領導人支持放棄疫苗背後的知識產權。
“發展中國家數百萬人的生活永遠不應該依賴於富國和渴望利潤的製藥公司的善意，”萬豪說。
在英國的 1 億次注射中，8000 萬次將用於由世界衛生組織 (WHO) 領導的 COVAX 計劃，其餘的將與有需要的國家進行雙邊分享。
約翰遜回應拜登，呼籲他的其他領導人做出類似的承諾，並呼籲製藥公司採用牛津-阿斯利康模式，在大流行期間按成本提供疫苗。
讓較貧窮的國家獨自應對大流行可能會使病毒進一步變異並逃避疫苗接種。慈善機構還表示，將需要後勤支持來幫助較貧窮國家管理大量疫苗。
英國劑量將來自其已經為其國內項目採購的庫存，並將來自供應商 Oxford-AstraZeneca、Pfizer-BioNTech、Janssen、Moderna 等。
迄今為止的其他承諾：
美國製藥商輝瑞及其德國合作夥伴 BioNTech 將在 2021 年提供 2 億劑，2022 年上半年將提供 3 億劑，然後美國將分發給 92 個低收入國家和非洲聯盟。
歐盟、德國、法國、意大利
歐盟委員會主席烏爾蘇拉·馮德萊恩表示，歐盟的目標是到 2021 年底向中低收入國家捐贈至少 1 億劑 COVID-19 疫苗。
其中包括法國和德國承諾各自捐贈 3000 萬劑，意大利捐贈 1500 萬劑。
法國還表示已通過 COVAX 疫苗共享計劃向塞內加爾捐贈了 184,000 劑阿斯利康 (AstraZeneca) 的 COVID-19 疫苗。
日本
日本已表示將通過 COVAX 捐贈該國生產的約 3000 萬劑疫苗。
上週，日本向台灣免費運送了124萬劑阿斯利康的疫苗。
加拿大
路透社報導稱，加拿大正在就通過 COVAX 捐贈過量劑量進行談判，儘管它尚未公開任何捐贈的堅定承諾，或表示計劃捐贈多少。
全球背景
在世界衛生組織 (WHO) 和全球疫苗和免疫聯盟 (GAVI) 的支持下，COVAX 的目標是到 2021 年底為低收入國家提供 20 億劑疫苗。
世衛組織總幹事特德羅斯·阿達諾姆·格布雷耶蘇斯（Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus）表示，由於疫苗分發中的“可恥的不平等”，大流行正在持續。
在本周作出新承諾之前，已經向 COVAX 承諾了大約 1.5 億劑疫苗，遠低於 9 月底所需的 2.5 億劑，以及到年底達到 10 億劑的目標。
全球已接種了超過 22 億劑 COVID-19 疫苗，其中僅 G7 國家就接種了約 5.6 億劑。
全球人口估計約為 78 億，其中約四分之一的人小於 15 歲。大多數批准的 COVID-19 疫苗是兩劑注射。
G7 to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses
G7 leaders meeting in Britain will also endorse US President Joe Biden's proposal for a global minimum tax of at least 15% on corporations
By REUTERS
JUNE 12, 2021 00:15
US President Joe Biden laughs while speaking with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during their meeting, ahead of the G7 summit, at Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain June 10, 2021. (REUTERS)
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CARBIS BAY, England, June 11 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects the Group of Seven to agree to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting on Friday, and help inoculate the world by the end of next year.
Just hours after US President Joe Biden vowed to supercharge the battle against the coronavirus with a donation of 500 million Pfizer shots, Johnson said Britain would give at least 100 million surplus vaccines to the poorest nations.
Johnson has already called on G7 leaders to commit to vaccinate the entire world by the end of 2022 and the group is expected to pledge 1 billion doses during its three-day summit in the English seaside resort of Carbis Bay.
Some campaign groups condemned the plan as a drop in the ocean, with Oxfam estimating that nearly 4 billion people will depend for vaccines on COVAX, the program that distributes COVID-19 shots to low and middle income countries.
"As a result of the success of the UK's vaccine program we are now in a position to share some of our surplus doses with those who need them," Johnson will say on Friday, according to excerpts of the announcement released by his office.
"In doing so we will take a massive step towards beating this pandemic for good."
COVID-19 has killed around 3.9 million people and ripped through the global economy, with infections reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
G7 leaders meeting in Britain will also endorse US President Joe Biden's proposal for global minimum tax of at least 15% on corporations, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Twitter on Friday.
The US Treasury in May proposed a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% to try to end a downward spiral of corporate tax rates and deter multinational companies from shifting profits to tax-haven countries.
GLOBAL EFFORT
While scientists have brought vaccines to market at breakneck speeds - Britain has given a first dose to 77% of its adult population and the United States 64% - they say the pandemic will only end once all countries have been vaccinated.
With a global population nearing 8 billion and most people needing two doses, if not booster shots to tackle variants as well, campaigners said the commitments marked a start but that world leaders needed to go much further, and much faster.
"If the best G7 leaders can manage is to donate 1 billion vaccine doses then this summit will have been a failure," Oxfam's health policy manager Anna Marriott said, adding that the world would need 11 billion doses to end the pandemic.
Oxfam also called on G7 leaders to support a waiver on the intellectual property behind the vaccines.
"The lives of millions of people in developing countries should never be dependent on the goodwill of rich nations and profit-hungry pharmaceutical corporations," Marriott said.
Of the 100 million British shots, 80 million will go to the COVAX program led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the rest will be shared bilaterally with countries in need.
Johnson echoed Biden in calling on his fellow leaders to make similar pledges and for pharmaceutical companies to adopt the Oxford-AstraZeneca model of providing vaccines at cost for the duration of the pandemic.
Leaving poorer countries to deal with the pandemic alone risks allowing the virus to further mutate and evade vaccines. Charities have also said that logistical support will be needed to help administer large numbers of vaccines in poorer countries.
The British doses will be drawn from the stock it has already procured for its domestic program, and will come from suppliers Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Janssen, Moderna and others.
Other pledges so far:
US drug-maker Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech , will provide 200 million doses in 2021 and 300 million doses in the first half of 2022, which the United States will then distribute to 92 lower-income countries and the African Union.
EUROPEAN UNION, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the European Union aims to donate at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2021.
That includes a pledge by France and Germany to donate 30 million doses each, with Italy donating 15 million doses.
France has also said it has donated 184,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Senegal through the COVAX vaccine-sharing program.
JAPAN
Japan has said it will donate about 30 million doses of vaccines produced within the country through COVAX.
Last week, Japan delivered to Taiwan 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine for free.
CANADA
Reuters has reported that Canada is in talks to donate excess doses through COVAX, although it has not yet made public any firm commitment of donations, or said how much it plans to donate.
GLOBAL CONTEXT
COVAX, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), aims to secure 2 billion vaccine doses for lower-income countries by the end of 2021.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the pandemic is being perpetuated by a "scandalous inequity" in vaccine distribution.
Before the new pledges this week, some 150 million doses had been pledged to COVAX, far short of the 250 million needed by the end of September, and a target of 1 billion by year-end.
Over 2.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered worldwide, and around 560 million of those have been given in G7 countries alone.
The global population is estimated at around 7.8 billion people, about a quarter of whom are younger than 15. Most approved COVID-19 vaccines are two-dose shots.
伊朗候選人警告極端保守派選舉獲勝將意味著更多製裁
通過AFP今天，晚上 11:29
2021 年 6 月 12 日，伊朗總統候選人 Abdolnasser Hemmati 在抵達伊朗德黑蘭的電視演播室參加候選人的最後辯論時與國營電視記者交談。
伊朗改革派候選人 Abdolnasser Hemmati 警告說，如果他的極端保守對手在 6 月 18 日的總統大選中獲勝，該國將面臨更多製裁。
伊朗人將從七名候選人中選出哈桑·魯哈尼總統的繼任者——五名極端保守派和兩名改革派——經選舉審查監護委員會批准從大約 600 名候選人中選出。
“如果權力落入強硬派手中會怎樣？權力落到你手裡怎麼辦？” 前中央銀行家赫馬蒂在最後的電視選舉辯論中說。“讓我非常清楚地說明這一點：具有更強全球共識的新制裁。”
競選活動恰逢維也納舉行的恢復 2015 年核協議的談判，該協議遭到美國前總統唐納德特朗普的破壞，後者在三年後撤回並重新對伊朗實施制裁。
在監護委員會取消包括溫和保守派阿里拉里賈尼在內的許多潛在重量級人物的資格後，司法部長易卜拉欣·賴西被廣泛認為會獲勝。
Iran candidate warns ultraconservative election win will mean more sanctions
By AFPToday, 11:29 pm
Iranian presidential candidate Abdolnasser Hemmati speaks with state-run TV journalists upon arrival to attend the final debate of the candidates, at a TV studio in Tehran, Iran, June 12, 2021. (Ayoub Ghaderi/ Young Journalists Club, YJC via AP)
Iran’s reformist candidate Abdolnasser Hemmati warns that a win for his ultraconservative rivals in the June 18 presidential election will result in the country facing more sanctions.
Iranians are to elect a successor to President Hassan Rouhani from seven candidates — five ultraconservatives and two reformists — approved to run by the election-vetting Guardian Council from a field of some 600 hopefuls.
“What will happen if power falls into the hands of hardliners? What happens if power falls into your hands?” says ex-central banker Hemmati in a final televised election debate. “Let me put this very clearly: new sanctions with a stronger global consensus.”
The campaign coincides with negotiations in Vienna to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, which was torpedoed by former US president Donald Trump who withdrew and reimposed sanctions on Iran three years later.
Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi is widely tipped to win, after the Guardian Council disqualified many potential heavyweights, including moderate conservative Ali Larijani.
美國在重啟核談判前解除對伊朗的部分制裁
國務院發言人堅稱此舉與談判無關，但不能說是德黑蘭的“行為改變”導致了撤職
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伊朗國際原子能機構 (IAEA) 州長 Kazem Gharib Abadi、伊朗外交部政治副手 Abbas Araghchi 和歐洲對外行動署 (EEAS) 副秘書長兼政治主任 Enrique Mora 站台2021 年 6 月 2 日在奧地利維也納舉行閉門核會談的“維也納大酒店”前。（美聯社照片/麗莎·洛伊特納）
美國財政部周四表示，將取消對三名前伊朗官員和兩家公司的製裁，此舉與正在進行的維也納核協議談判“無關”。
與此同時，拜登政府對也門網絡實施制裁，該網絡聲稱該網絡與伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊合作，非法向也門胡塞叛軍轉移數千萬美元。
國務院和財政部在同時發表的聲明中宣布了這兩項舉措，當時政府正試圖達成一項協議，使美國和伊朗就伊朗核計劃達成協議，並敦促與伊朗有關聯的也門叛亂分子進行和平談判也門的戰爭。
國務院發言人堅稱，取消制裁與定於本週末恢復的維也納談判無關。
“沒有聯繫，與我們今天宣布的 JCPOA 的除名或正在維也納進行的談判沒有任何联系，”Ned Price 告訴記者。然而，他無法完整解釋此舉背後的原因，只是為了回應要求搬遷的請願書。
“這些請願書都經過了非常仔細的審查，”他說。“他們經過專家核實，以確保所提供的信息真實、準確，只有在我們核實了請願書中提供的信息後，我們才會進行除名。就這三個人而言，這是因為我們有能力驗證狀態或行為發生了變化，從而使我們能夠進行除名。”
在這張 2021 年 3 月 31 日拍攝的檔案照片中，美國國務院發言人內德·普萊斯在華盛頓特區國務院的新聞發布會上發表講話（Carolyn Kaster / POOL / AFP）
普萊斯補充說，這一步驟表明“我們承諾在受制裁者的地位或行為發生變化時解除制裁。” 他說，這種做法“符合良好的製裁衛生和行政程序”。
儘管如此，他還是無法說出“地位改變”或“行為改變”是什麼，伊朗國家石油公司 NIOC 和其他一些附屬公司仍然受到美國的製裁。過去，由於目標已經死亡、退休或以其他方式離開了他們的位置，制裁已被取消，但沒有任何跡象表明發生了任何這些事情。
核協議的批評者和政府立即重返該協議的意圖譴責取消制裁是在伊朗沒有任何回報的情況下做出的讓步，而德黑蘭繼續無視聯合國原子能監督機構要求解釋其核要素的要求程序。
“在德黑蘭拒絕遵守國際原子能機構對其核計劃的調查之際，拜登政府不應該提供對伊朗的製裁救濟，”捍衛民主基金會的研究員安德里亞·斯特里克說。“不幸的是，在達成協議之前，美國祇是暗示它正在屈服於製裁救濟和國際原子能機構的調查。伊朗一定會抓住這一讓步並爭取更多。”
奧巴馬政府於 2013 年對 NIOC 董事總經理 Ahmad Ghalebani、NIOC 附屬公司的兩名董事以及這些公司實施了製裁。
2015 年與世界大國達成的協議使其能夠再次在國際市場上出售原油。唐納德特朗普總統於 2018 年單方面讓美國退出該協議，導致伊朗秘密將其石油運往國外並出售。
該協議基於伊朗限制其核計劃的發展，以換取美國和其他國家解除對伊朗的製裁。維也納正在進行的會談部分關注美國解除制裁和伊朗人恢復遵守被稱為聯合綜合行動計劃或 JCPOA 的協議的時間安排。
說明：2012 年 7 月 2 日，一艘伊朗革命衛隊快艇在波斯灣行駛，而背景是一艘油輪。（美聯社照片/Vahid Salemi，文件）
在 3 月份發表的一份引用美國和中東官員的報告中，《華爾街日報》稱，自 2019 年底以來，以色列至少瞄準了十幾艘開往敘利亞的船隻，其中大部分船隻載有伊朗石油。
報告稱，以色列試圖停止石油貿易，因為它認為利潤正在資助地區極端分子。
在周四的公告中，美國國務卿安東尼·布林肯表示，通過所謂的胡塞融資網絡轉移的資金來自在整個中東地區銷售伊朗石油和其他商品。
國際官員和分析人士表示，隨著阿拉伯國家的戰爭已經過去六年，伊朗增加了對也門胡塞叛軍的物質支持。一個沙特領導的聯盟正試圖阻止胡塞武裝，他們佔領了該國首都，現在正在發動攻勢以佔領北部的一個主要城市，無視美國和聯合國的停火呼籲。
美國的新行動指定了 11 名也門人、涉嫌幌子公司和中間商以及參與其所說的非法轉移的船隻。
這 11 人包括 Jami''Ali Muhammad，他是一名胡塞武裝，據稱是伊斯蘭革命衛隊的同夥，美國稱他幫助“採購船隻，促進燃料運輸，並為胡塞武裝轉移資金”。
US lifts some Iran sanctions ahead of renewed nuclear talks
State Department spokesman insists the move is unrelated to the negotiations, but can’t say what ‘change in behavior’ by Tehran led to the removals
By AGENCIES and TOI STAFF11 June 2021, 1:25 pm
Iran's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kazem Gharib Abadi, Political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, and Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Enrique Mora stand in front of the ‚Grand Hotel Vienna' where where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)
The US Treasury Department said Thursday it was lifting sanctions on three former Iranian officials and two companies, in a move “unrelated” to the ongoing talks on the nuclear deal in Vienna.
At the same time, the Biden administration leveled sanctions against a Yemeni network that it claims was cooperating with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to illicitly transfer tens of millions of dollars to Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The departments of State and Treasury announced both moves in simultaneous statements that come as the administration is trying both to close a deal returning the United States and Iran to an accord on Iran’s nuclear program, and press the Iranian-linked Yemen rebels into peace talks for the war in Yemen.
A State Department spokesman insisted the removal of sanctions was not linked to the negotiations in Vienna, which are set to resume this weekend.
“There is no linkage, there is no connection to the de-listings that we announced today to the JCPOA or to negotiations that are ongoing in Vienna,” Ned Price told reporters. However, he was unable to offer a complete explanation of the reasons behind the move, other than it was made in response to a petition for the removals.
“These petitions are reviewed very carefully,” he said. “They are verified by experts to ensure that the information put forward is factual, that it is accurate, and only after we have verified the information put forward in petitions would we undertake a de-listing. In the case of these three individuals it was the result of our ability to verify that there was a change in status or a change in behavior that allowed us to undertake this de-listing.”
In this file photo taken on March 31, 2021, US State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC (Carolyn Kaster / POOL / AFP)
Price added that the step demonstrates “our commitment to lifting sanctions in the event of a change in status or behavior by sanctioned persons.” He said that practice is “consistent with good sanctions hygiene and administrative processes.”
Still, he could not say what the “change in status” or “change in behavior” had been, and Iran’s national oil company, NIOC, and a number of other affiliates remain under US sanctions. Sanctions have been removed in the past because a target has died, retired, or otherwise left their position but there was no indication any of those had happened.
Critics of the nuclear deal and the administration’s intent to return to it immediately denounced the lifting of sanctions as a concession in the absence of anything in return from Iran, and while Tehran continues to ignore demands from the UN atomic watchdog to explain elements of its nuclear program.
“The Biden administration should not be offering Iran sanctions relief at a time when Tehran is refusing to comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into its nuclear program,” said Andrea Stricker, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “Unfortunately, the US just signaled that it is buckling on sanctions relief and the IAEA investigation before a deal is even reached. Iran will be sure to seize on this concession and try to get more.”
The sanctions against Ahmad Ghalebani, a managing director of NIOC, two directors of NIOC affiliates, and those companies had been imposed in 2013 by the Obama administration.
The 2015 deal with world powers allowed it to sell crude oil again on the international market. President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord in 2018, leading Iran to clandestinely taking its oil abroad and selling it.
The accord is based on Iran limiting development of its nuclear program in return for the US and others lifting sanctions against Iran. Ongoing talks in Vienna have focused partly on timing of the US lifting sanctions and Iranians returning to compliance with the agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.
Illustrative: An Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat moves in the Persian Gulf while an oil tanker is seen in the background, July 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
In a report published in March that cited US and Middle East officials, the Wall Street Journal said Israel had targeted at least a dozen vessels bound for Syria and mostly carrying Iranian oil since late 2019.
Israel sought to halt the trade in oil because it believed the profits were financing regional extremists, the report said.
In Thursday’s announcements, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the money moving through the alleged Houthi financing network came from sales of Iranian petroleum and other commodities throughout the Middle East.
International officials and analysts say Iran has increased its material support to Yemen’s Houthi rebels as the war in the Arab nation passes the six-year mark. A Saudi-led coalition is trying to hold off the Houthis, who seized the country’s capital and are waging an offensive now to capture a major northern city, in defiance of US and UN calls for a ceasefire.
The new US action designates 11 Yemeni individuals, alleged front companies and intermediaries and vessels involved in what it said were the illicit transfers.
The 11 included Jami’ ’Ali Muhammad, a Houthi and alleged IRGC associate who the United States says helped “procure vessels, facilitate shipments of fuel, and transfer funds for the benefit of the Houthis.”
許多以色列人認為“更迭政府”將很快崩潰——民意調查
今天，晚上 7:50
新政府將於明天宣誓就職，但一項電視民意調查顯示，許多以色列人認為它不會持續太久。
根據第 12 頻道的新聞調查，43% 的受訪者表示“更迭政府”只會持續很短的時間才會解散，而 30% 的受訪者認為它會持續更長時間。另有 11% 的人認為政府會撐過 4 年。
當被問及為什麼 Yamina 首席執行官 Naftali Bennett - 作為與 Yesh Atid 領導人 Yair Lapid 輪換協議的一部分，他將首先擔任總理 - 決定與內塔尼亞胡總理的競爭對手組建政府，61% 的人表示出於個人野心。五分之一的人說他這樣做是出於意識形態的原因，而其餘的受訪者不知道。
不到一半的受訪者表示貝內特會尊重與拉皮德的輪換，29% 的人認為這無關緊要，因為政府將在此之前解散。百分之七的人說他不會尊重它。
這項由民意測驗專家 Manu Geva 進行的調查包括 504 名受訪者，誤差率為 4.4%。
Plurality of Israelis believe ‘change government’ will quickly collapse — poll
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A new government is set to be sworn in tomorrow, but a television poll indicates many Israelis don’t believe it will last for long.
According to the Channel 12 news survey, 43 percent of respondents say the “change government” will only last for a short time before dissolving, while 30% believe it will survive for a longer period. Another 11% think the government will make it through 4 years.
Asked why Yamina chief Naftali Bennett — who is set to serve first as premier as part of the rotation deal with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid — decided to form a government with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s rivals, 61% say for personal ambition. A fifth say he did so for ideological reasons, while the remaining respondents don’t know.
Just under half of respondents say Bennett will honor the rotation with Lapid, and 29% don’t think it will be relevant because the government will dissolve before then. Seven percent say he won’t honor it.
The survey, conducted by pollster Manu Geva, includes 504 respondents and has a 4.4 percent margin of error.
內塔尼亞胡對甘茨的最後一次競標：“我現在辭職，你將擔任總理三年”
電視報導稱，藍白黨首領拒絕了首相的助手提出的許多阻撓即將上任的聯盟的提議；週五凌晨提出立即辭職的提議
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本傑明·內塔尼亞胡總理和國防部長本尼·甘茨於 2021 年 5 月 9 日在耶路撒冷耶路撒冷市政廳舉行的每週內閣會議上 (Amit Shabi/POOL)
為了阻止新政府宣誓就職，本傑明·內塔尼亞胡總理的助手週五早些時候向國防部長本尼·甘茨傳達了一項計劃，內塔尼亞胡將立即下台，藍白黨首領可以擔任該計劃。首播三年，第 12 頻道周五晚上報導。
據報導，該提議被甘茨陣營拒絕，內塔尼亞胡在此期間將擔任候補總理。
該報告稱，該提議是最近幾天通過與內塔尼亞胡關係密切的多種渠道和同事來到甘茨的幾個提議之一，於週五凌晨傳達。
據第 12 頻道報導，內塔尼亞胡提出在周五早上正式辭職，以讓甘茨有信心，如果總理在周日晚上的前兩天撤回辭職，他仍然可以重返所謂的“變革陣營”。對新聯盟進行投票。
第 12 頻道稱，甘茨的同事絕對拒絕了內塔尼亞胡的提議。
在第 24 屆以色列議會宣誓就職期間，本傑明·內塔尼亞胡總理（右）和國防部長本尼·甘茨（Benny Gantz）面面相覷（以色列議會發言人辦公室）
內塔尼亞胡的利庫德集團和甘茨的藍白黨同意在連續三屆無結果的選舉後於 2020 年 4 月組成聯盟。但在成立僅六個多月後，由於雙方無法就通過 2020 年預算達成一致，政府解散，並要求在 2021 年 3 月舉行新的選舉。此舉被廣泛認為是內塔尼亞胡設計的，以避免按照他們之間的聯盟協議的規定，在 2021 年 11 月將首相職位移交給甘茨。
利庫德集團 MK David Bitan 週五對內塔尼亞胡提出了一些批評，稱其解散了利庫德集團與藍白集團組成的短暫統一政府。
“回想起來，今天很明顯，內塔尼亞胡沒有實施與甘茨的輪換是一個錯誤。相對於發生的事情，他犯了一個錯誤，”碧潭說。
第 12 頻道關於向甘茨提議的報導稱，該提議表明內塔尼亞胡已經接受了這樣一個事實，即他的政治對手即將組建一個政府，這將使他被免去總理職務並前往議會反對派。
內塔尼亞胡“圈子”成員告訴第13頻道新聞，他明白自己12年的連續任期將於週日結束，他決心從反對派的替補席上與“更迭政府”作鬥爭。
該媒體稱，內塔尼亞胡告訴同事，他將“繼續作為反對派領導人領導全國陣營”。
利庫德集團週四首次表示，內塔尼亞胡致力於權力的和平過渡，同時重申並澄清了總理關於“選舉舞弊”的說法。該聲明僅以英文發表。
與此同時，利庫德集團 MK Shlomo Karhi 週五告訴第 13 頻道，該黨團結一致，“我們將一起走向反對派。”
Karhi 的評論是在 Likud MK Nir Barkat呼籲黨員推遲舉行新的領導人初選後的第二天發表的。巴爾卡特在特拉維夫約 4,000 名利庫德集團活動人士的集會上發出呼籲，這被視為該黨實力的展示，並表明他將加入越來越多的利庫德集團高級官員名單，排隊挑戰內塔尼亞胡擔任黨的領導。
Yamina 領導人 Naftali Bennett 將於週日成為總理，此前他同意與 Yesh Atid 黨的反對黨領袖 Yair Lapid 以及反對內塔尼亞胡的眾多政黨組成政府，從溫和的 Meretz 到支持吞併的新希望黨和伊斯蘭黨 Ra'am。根據協議，貝內特將擔任總理兩年，然後在剩餘任期內將職位交給拉皮德。
所謂“變革集團”的所有政黨都於週五簽署了協議，為由 61 人組成的聯盟宣誓就職鋪平了道路，結束了內塔尼亞胡 12 年的任期。內塔尼亞胡還在 1990 年代後期擔任了三年多的總理。
Netanyahu’s last ditch bid to Gantz: ‘I’ll resign now, you’ll be PM for 3 years’
TV report says Blue and White chief rejected many offers from PM’s aides to thwart incoming coalition; proposal for immediate resignation said issued in early hours of Friday
By TOI STAFF11 June 2021, 10:02 pm
In a desperate last-minute bid to thwart the swearing-in of the new government, associates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early Friday conveyed to Defense Minister Benny Gantz a plan by which Netanyahu would immediately step down and the Blue and White chief could serve as premier for three years, Channel 12 reported Friday night.
The proposal, rejected by Gantz’s camp, would reportedly have seen Netanyahu serve as alternate prime minister during that time.
The report said the offer, one of several that came to Gantz through a number of channels and associates close to Netanyahu in recent days, was conveyed in the early hours of Friday morning.
According to Channel 12, Netanyahu offered to formally resign on Friday morning so as to give Gantz confidence that he could still return to the so-called “change bloc” if the prime minister were to withdraw his resignation in the two days ahead of Sunday evening’s vote on the new coalition.
Gantz’s associates absolutely rejected Netanyahu’s offer, Channel 12 said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz face away from each other during the swearing in of the 24th Knesset (Knesset spokesperson’s office)
Netanyahu’s Likud and Gantz’s Blue and White agreed to form a coalition in April 2020, after three consecutive inconclusive elections. But just over six months after it was formed, the government was dissolved when the sides could not agree on passing a 2020 budget, and a new election was called for March 2021. The move was widely seen as being engineered by Netanyahu so as to avoid handing over the premiership to Gantz in November 2021, as stipulated in the coalition agreement between them.
Likud MK David Bitan on Friday leveled some criticism at Netanyahu over the dissolution of the short-lived unity government that Likud formed with Blue and White.
“In retrospect, it’s clear today that it was a mistake by Netanyahu not to implement the rotation with Gantz. Relative to what happened, he made a mistake,” Bitan said.
The Channel 12 report on the offer to Gantz said the proposal showed that Netanyahu has reconciled himself to the fact that his political rivals are on the cusp of forming a government that will see him removed as premier and head to parliamentary opposition.
Members of Netanyahu’s “circle” told Channel 13 news that he understands that his 12-year consecutive term will come to an end on Sunday and he is determined to fight the “change government” from the opposition benches.
The outlet said that Netanyahu told associates that he will “continue to lead the national camp as head of the opposition.”
The Likud party for the first time said Thursday that Netanyahu is committed to a peaceful transition of power, while reiterating and clarifying the premier’s claims of “election fraud.” The statement was issued only in English.
Meanwhile, Likud MK Shlomo Karhi told Channel 13 Friday that the party is united and “we’re going together to the opposition.”
Karhi’s comment came a day after Likud MK Nir Barkat called for party members to delay holding new leadership primaries. Barkat’s call, at a gathering of some 4,000 Likud activists in Tel Aviv, was seen as a show of strength in the party and an indication he will join a growing list of top Likud officials lining up to challenge Netanyahu for the party leadership.
Yamina head Naftali Bennett is set to become premier on Sunday after agreeing to form a government with opposition leader Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party and a wide array of parties aligned against Netanyahu, ranging from the dovish Meretz to the pro-annexation New Hope and the Islamist party Ra’am. Under the agreement, Bennett will serve as prime minister for two years before handing the office to Lapid for the remainder of the term.
All the parties in the so-called “change bloc” signed their agreements on Friday, paving the way for the 61-strong coalition to be sworn in, ending Netanyahu’s 12-year term in office. Netanyahu was also premier for over three years in the late 1990s.
在利庫德集團，前摩薩德首席執行官尤西·科恩最有可能接替內塔尼亞胡——民意調查
下一位主要候選人 MK Nir Barkat 表示，首相未能讓位並讓其他人領導是“錯誤的”；誓言要贏得潛在的初選，因為該黨正走向反對派
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前摩薩德首領尤西·科恩在 2021 年 6 月 10 日接受第 12 頻道（第 12 頻道）播出時
週六的一項電視民意調查顯示，如果現任總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）卸任該黨領袖，前摩薩德主席尤西·科恩（Yossi Cohen）是利庫德集團選民中的主要候選人。
根據第 12 頻道的新聞民意調查，被問及如果內塔尼亞胡退休，他們會支持誰擔任利庫德集團領導人，27% 的利庫德集團受訪者表示科恩，其次是前耶路撒冷市長和現任 MK Nir Barkat，佔 16%。
科恩被視為在整個任期內與內塔尼亞胡保持著密切的個人關係。據廣泛報導，總理過去曾將科恩列為潛在的繼任者。
在巴爾卡特之後，民意調查顯示，以色列駐美國和聯合國大使吉拉德·埃爾丹獲得 8% 的受訪者支持，其次是財政部長以色列卡茨（5%）、衛生部長尤利·埃德爾斯坦（5%）、以色列議長亞里夫·萊文（3%） %，交通部長 Miri Regev 為 1%。另有 10% 的人給出了其他名字。
這項由民意測驗專家 Manu Geva 進行的調查包括 504 名受訪者，誤差率為 4.4%。
科恩本月早些時候擔任間諜機構負責人的任期已於本月早些時候結束，他在周四播出的一次採訪中表示，他不排除有朝一日尋求總理職位的可能性，儘管他目前並沒有考慮採取這樣的舉措。
2019 年 12 月 26 日，耶路撒冷投票站的利庫德集團成員在黨的領導人初選中。 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
隨著所謂的“變革集團”政黨將於週日宣誓就職，內塔尼亞胡已表示他計劃繼續擔任利庫德集團主席，並繼續在反對黨中領導該黨。
在周六播出的一次採訪中，利庫德集團的巴爾卡特告訴第 12 頻道，“總理的考慮有誤。如果首相說，‘我要讓位’，並試圖為國民陣營的領導人舉行初選，我的評估是，國民陣營會團結在[獲勝]候選人的背後。”
利庫德集團 MK Nir Barkat 於 2021 年 6 月 10 日在特拉維夫的黨派會議上發表講話。 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
採訪是在星期四晚上拍攝的，當時巴爾卡特在特拉維夫舉行了大約 4,000 名利庫德集團活動人士的聚會。這一職能被視為黨內實力的展示，並表明他將加入越來越多的利庫德集團高級官員名單，排隊挑戰內塔尼亞胡擔任黨的領導。
巴爾卡特補充說，內塔尼亞胡“他的考慮是錯誤的，因為如果他啟用了[初選]，利庫德集團和國民陣營將在周日組建政府。”
變革集團的幾個政黨表示，只要內塔尼亞胡不領導，他們很樂意與利庫德集團結成聯盟。
巴爾卡特還告訴第 12 頻道，當內塔尼亞胡下台並發誓要贏得比賽時，他將競選利庫德集團領導人。在特拉維夫的活動中，巴爾卡特呼籲推遲領導人初選。
內塔尼亞胡在 2019 年擊敗了前黨內部長吉迪恩·薩爾的挑戰，令人信服地贏得了利庫德集團的初選。薩爾隨後於 2020 年離開利庫德集團，成立新希望黨，該黨主張不在內塔尼亞胡領導下的政府任職，並打算成為新聯盟的一部分。
自那以後，利庫德集團推遲舉行另一輪初選，因為政治動盪導致兩年內四次選舉無果而終。
與此同時，由亞米納的候任總理納夫塔利·貝內特和 Yesh Atid 領導人亞伊爾·拉皮德領導的八黨“變革政府”聯盟預計將在周日舉行的信任投票中以 61-59 的多數票獲勝。如果成功，新政府將代表以色列政治發生翻天覆地的變化，驅逐以色列任職時間最長的總理。
In Likud, ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen most popular to succeed Netanyahu — poll
MK Nir Barkat, next leading candidate, says PM ‘erred’ by failing to step aside and allow someone else to lead; vows to win potential primaries as party heads to opposition
By TOI STAFFToday, 11:46 pm
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Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen in an interview with Channel 12 broadcast on June 10, 2021 (Channel 12)
Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen is the leading candidate among Likud voters to succeed incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to step down as leader of the party, according to a Saturday television poll.
Asked who they would back as Likud leader if Netanyahu were to retire, 27 percent of Likud respondents said Cohen, followed by former Jerusalem mayor and current MK Nir Barkat with 16%, according to the Channel 12 news poll.
Cohen is seen as having enjoyed a close personal relationship with Netanyahu throughout his tenure. The premier is widely reported to have cited Cohen in the past as a potential successor.
After Barkat, the poll gave Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Gilad Erdan the backing of 8% of respondents, followed by Finance Minister Israel Katz with 5%, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein with 5%, Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin with 3%, and Transportation Minister Miri Regev with 1%. Another 10% gave other names.
The survey, conducted by pollster Manu Geva, included 504 respondents and had a 4.4 percent margin of error.
Cohen, whose term as head of the spy agency ended earlier this month, said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he didn’t rule out seeking the premiership one day, though he wasn’t contemplating such a move at this moment.
Likud members at Jerusalem polling station during the party’s leadership primaries on December 26, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
With the so-called “change bloc” of parties set to be sworn into government on Sunday, Netanyahu has signaled that he plans to remain Likud chair and continue to lead the party in the opposition.
In an interview broadcast Saturday, Likud’s Barkat told Channel 12 that “the prime minister erred in his considerations. If the prime minister had said, ‘I’m stepping aside,’ and sought to hold primaries for the leadership of the national camp, my assessment is that the national camp would have unified behind the [winning] candidate.”
Likud MK Nir Barkat speaks at a party conference in Tel Aviv on June 10, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
The interview was filmed Thursday evening when Barkat held a gathering of some 4,000 Likud activists in Tel Aviv. The function was seen as a show of strength in the party and an indication he will join a growing list of top Likud officials lining up to challenge Netanyahu for the party leadership.
Barkat added that Netanyahu “got his considerations wrong because if he had enabled [primaries], the Likud and the national camp would have been forming the government on Sunday.”
Several parties in the change bloc have said they would be happy to form a coalition with Likud so long as Netanyahu was not leading it.
Barkat also told Channel 12 that he would run for Likud leader when Netanyahu steps down and vowed to win the race. At the Tel Aviv event, Barkat called for leadership primaries to be delayed.
Netanyahu convincingly won Likud primaries in 2019 when he defeated a challenge by former party minister Gideon Sa’ar. Sa’ar then left Likud in 2020 to start the New Hope party, which campaigned on not serving in a government under Netanyahu and intends to be part of the new coalition.
Likud has put off holding another round of primaries since then, amid political turmoil that saw four inconclusive elections in two years.
Meanwhile, the eight-party “change government” alliance, headed by prime minister-designate Naftali Bennett of Yamina and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, anticipates winning a 61-59 majority in the confidence vote set for Sunday. If successful, the new government would represent a sea change in Israeli politics, ousting Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.
許多以色列人認為“更迭政府”將很快崩潰——民意調查
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新政府將於明天宣誓就職，但一項電視民意調查顯示，許多以色列人認為它不會持續太久。
根據第 12 頻道的新聞調查，43% 的受訪者表示“更迭政府”只會持續很短的時間才會解散，而 30% 的受訪者認為它會持續更長時間。另有 11% 的人認為政府會撐過 4 年。
當被問及為什麼 Yamina 首席執行官 Naftali Bennett - 作為與 Yesh Atid 領導人 Yair Lapid 輪換協議的一部分，他將首先擔任總理 - 決定與內塔尼亞胡總理的競爭對手組建政府，61% 的人表示出於個人野心。五分之一的人說他這樣做是出於意識形態的原因，而其餘的受訪者不知道。
不到一半的受訪者表示貝內特會尊重與拉皮德的輪換，29% 的人認為這無關緊要，因為政府將在此之前解散。百分之七的人說他不會尊重它。
這項由民意測驗專家 Manu Geva 進行的調查包括 504 名受訪者，誤差率為 4.4%。
Plurality of Israelis believe ‘change government’ will quickly collapse — poll
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A new government is set to be sworn in tomorrow, but a television poll indicates many Israelis don’t believe it will last for long.
According to the Channel 12 news survey, 43 percent of respondents say the “change government” will only last for a short time before dissolving, while 30% believe it will survive for a longer period. Another 11% think the government will make it through 4 years.
Asked why Yamina chief Naftali Bennett — who is set to serve first as premier as part of the rotation deal with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid — decided to form a government with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s rivals, 61% say for personal ambition. A fifth say he did so for ideological reasons, while the remaining respondents don’t know.
Just under half of respondents say Bennett will honor the rotation with Lapid, and 29% don’t think it will be relevant because the government will dissolve before then. Seven percent say he won’t honor it.
The survey, conducted by pollster Manu Geva, includes 504 respondents and has a 4.4 percent margin of error.
以色列和福音派——複雜的關係
在上週，似乎無法擺脫以色列和福音派支持的相關主題。
作者：海莉·科恩
2021 年 6 月 12 日 16:35
2018 年檔案照片中的以色列基督徒支持者在耶路撒冷遊行。
（圖片來源：MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/耶路撒冷郵報）
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紐約——在上週，似乎無法擺脫以色列和福音派支持的相關主題。
美國福音派領袖邁克·埃文斯 (Mike Evans)撰寫的一篇散漫謾罵被廣泛發表並被廣泛引用，嚴厲抨擊了納夫塔利·貝內特 (Naftali Bennett) 和亞伊爾·拉皮德 (Yair Lapid) 在以色列組建的“可悲”新聯盟，並將即將卸任的總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡 (Benjamin Netanyahu) 比作大衛王。
這封充滿咒罵的信打破了美國福音派長期以來為以色列提供支持而不管哪個政府掌舵的傳統，並引起了其他美國基督教領袖的憤怒回應。
在前以色列駐美國大使羅恩·德默 (Ron Dermer)上個月表示以色列應該花更多的精力向其最強大的支持基地、“熱情的”美國福音派人士尋求支持後，很快就引起了廣泛的報導。而不是猶太人，他們“在我們的批評者中不成比例”。
“大約 25%（美國人）——有些人認為更多——是福音派基督徒。不到百分之二的美國人是猶太人。因此，如果你只看數字，你應該花更多的時間向福音派基督徒宣傳，而不是向猶太人宣傳，”德默在一次會議上說。
上個月在以色列和加沙爆發的暴力事件，加上皮尤研究中心關於 2020 年猶太裔美國人的報告的發布，引起了人們對美國人對以色列態度轉變的關注，尤其是在年輕的猶太人中。與此同時，支持德默的主張，親以色列的福音派團體繼續毫不含糊地與以色列站在一起。
皮尤研究發現，總的來說，年輕的美國猶太人與年長的猶太人相比，對以色列的情感依戀程度較低。截至去年，半數 30 歲以下的猶太成年人稱自己對以色列非常或有些依戀（48%），而 65 歲及以上的猶太人則為三分之二。
在 5 月從加沙向以色列發射火箭彈期間，最大的猶太教派的政治機構——改革猶太教宗教行動中心保持沉默。反猶太復國主義組織猶太人和平之聲也沒有提及猶太人的死亡，但更進一步，表達了對耶路撒冷的阿拉伯定居者的聲援。
相比之下，親以色列的福音派團體很快就宣布對以色列效忠。例如，基督教聯合為以色列 (CUFI) 沒有談論對雙方的同情，只是聲援猶太國家。
美國猶太領導人反駁了德默的聲明，稱美以關係可能存在爭議，但很牢固。
“東正教青年與以色列國及其公民有著密切的聯繫和支持，”東正教聯盟執行副主席拉比摩西豪爾告訴耶路撒冷郵報。“我們的學校、社區和猶太教堂——我們的孩子在其中成長和教育的沉浸式環境——成功地建立了牢固的內在聯繫，將我們的青年與各地猶太人的命運聯繫起來，尤其是與我們在以色列的祖先和民族家園。他們的走讀學校教育既增強了他們的猶太人身份，也增強了他們對猶太人長期面臨的威脅的歷史意識。”
Hauer 指出了皮尤研究，該研究發現 83% 的美國東正教成年人表示關心以色列是猶太人對他們意味著什麼的重要或必不可少的部分。
“考慮到東正教猶太人在 18-29 歲的美國猶太人中佔 17%，在猶太兒童中佔 25%，我們可以相信美國猶太人將繼續為以色列提供非常強大和支持的聲音，”豪爾繼續說道。
另一方面，猶太進步團體對以色列的批評要明顯得多。
進步倡導組織紐約猶太人議程 (NYJA) 的總裁兼聯合創始人、奧巴馬白宮的前猶太外展主任馬特·諾桑丘克 (Matt Nosanchuk) 認為，隨著年輕的美國猶太人重新詮釋了生活在以色列的意義，對以色列的新視角正在出現。猶太裔美國人的生活。
他說，如此廣泛地描述年輕的美國猶太人是“有問題的”。
“沒有人，包括羅恩·德默，對親以色列意味著什麼擁有壟斷權，”諾桑丘克告訴郵報。“如果問題是年輕的猶太人是否會支持一個越來越不民主、越來越不多元化、奉行危險政策的以色列，是的，你可以看到美國猶太人與以色列繼續保持距離，”他繼續說道。
“問題是，美國猶太人有興趣支持什麼樣的以色列？來自主流、絕大多數美國猶太人的支持與我們對猶太價值觀的支持和對社會正義的承諾是一致的。如果以色列追求這些價值觀，那麼是的，現在批評或懷疑的年輕美國猶太人有可能在以色列獲得更大的支持。”
諾桑丘克表示相信美國猶太人可以每天參與美國的政策，而不會放棄以色列。
“我們是這個國家的一部分，”他說。“我們正在努力讓我們的城市和州變得更好。我們在國內追求我們的價值觀，但這並不意味著我們要與以色列離婚。當涉及到以色列時，絕大多數美國猶太人不會在門口檢查他們的價值觀。”
福音派對以色列的支持是基於詩篇 122:6，“為耶路撒冷的和平祈禱。願所有喜愛這座城的人都興旺發達”，創世記 12:3 中上帝告訴猶太人，他將“祝福那些祝福你的人，咒詛那些藐視你的人。”
“應該擴大對以色列福音派的支持，”Covenant Journey 的副總裁 Cindy Matthews 說，該組織經營基督教版的 Taglit-Birthright，部分由保守的猶太和基督教捐助者資助。該組織每年將大約 250 名大學生帶到這個猶太州。只需支付 500 美元的補貼費（出生權免費），參與者就可以花 11 天時間追隨耶穌基督的足跡並參觀基督教聖地。
“我希望看到以色列更多地與美國基督教大學接觸，鼓勵像聖約之旅這樣的旅行。如果以色列政府像他們為猶太人旅行那樣補貼我們學生的旅行，那將是一筆巨大的財富。我不乏想要去的學生，”她告訴郵報。
馬修斯指出，在她為聖約之旅工作的十年中，她還沒有看到福音派基督徒批評以色列，這與美國主流猶太團體形成鮮明對比。
但諾桑丘克稱以色列應該輕視猶太人的想法“令人震驚”。
“美國猶太人對以色列的支持從一開始就對以色列的存在至關重要，”他說。“讓我們離開福音派的建議讓我感到震驚。”
Israel and Evangelicals – a complex relationship
Over the last week, it didn’t seem it was possible to get away from the related subjects of Israel and Evangelical support.
By HALEY COHEN
JUNE 12, 2021 16:35
CHRISTIAN SUPPORTERS of Israel march in Jerusalem in a 2018 file photo.
(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
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NEW YORK – Over the last week, it didn’t seem it was possible to get away from the related subjects of Israel and Evangelical support.
A rambling diatribe written by US Evangelical leader Mike Evans that was widely published and widely quoted harshly attacked the “pathetic” new coalition being formed in Israel by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid and likened outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to King David.
The expletive-laden letter broke from the long-standing tradition among US Evangelicals to offer support for Israel regardless of which government is at its helm, and prompted angry responses from other US Christian leaders.
The wave of coverage came soon after former Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer caused a fair share of controversy when he said last month that Israel should spend more of its energy reaching out to its strongest base for support, “passionate” American Evangelicals, rather than to Jews, who are “disproportionately among our critics.”
“About 25 percent [of Americans] – some people think more – are Evangelical Christians. Less than two percent of Americans are Jews. So if you look just at numbers, you should be spending a lot more time doing outreach to Evangelical Christians than you would do to Jews,” Dermer stated at a conference.
Last month’s eruption of violence in Israel and Gaza, coupled with the release of The Pew Research Center’s report on Jewish Americans in 2020, brought attention to shifting attitudes of Americans toward Israel, particularly among young Jews. Meanwhile, backing up Dermer’s claim, pro-Israel Evangelical groups continue to stand with Israel in no uncertain terms.
The Pew Study found that broadly, young US Jews are less emotionally attached to Israel than older ones. As of last year, half of Jewish adults under age 30 describe themselves as very or somewhat emotionally attached to Israel (48%), compared with two-thirds of Jews ages 65 and older.
During the barrage of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel in May, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the political arm of the largest Jewish denomination, remained silent. The anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace also said nothing about Jewish deaths, but took it a step further by expressing solidarity with Arab settlers in Jerusalem.
By contrast, pro-Israel Evangelical groups were quick to declare their loyalty to Israel. Christians United for Israel (CUFI), for example, had no talk of sympathy for both sides, just solidarity with the Jewish state.
AMERICAN JEWISH leaders pushed back at Dermer’s statements, saying that the US-Israel relationship may be contentious, but it is strong.
“Orthodox youth are deeply connected to and supportive of the State of Israel and its citizens,” Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, told The Jerusalem Post. “Our schools, communities, and synagogues – the immersive environments in which our children are raised and educated – successfully build a strong visceral bond that connects our youth with the fate of Jews everywhere and particularly with our ancestral and national home in Israel. Their day school education enhances both their Jewish identity and their historic consciousness of the threats that have faced the Jewish people over time.”
Hauer pointed to the Pew Study, which found that 83% of US Orthodox adults say caring about Israel is an important or essential part of what being Jewish means to them.
“Considering that Orthodox Jews are 17% of US Jews ages 18-29 and fully 25% of Jewish children, we can be confident that US Jewry will continue to provide a very strong and supportive voice for Israel,” Hauer continued.
On the other hand, Jewish progressive groups are significantly more critical of Israel.
Matt Nosanchuk, president and co-founder of the progressive advocacy group New York Jewish Agenda (NYJA) and former Jewish outreach director in the Obama White House sees the emergence of a new perspective on Israel with young US Jews reinterpreting what it means to live a Jewish American life.
He said it is “problematic” to characterize young American Jews so broadly.
“Nobody, Ron Dermer included, has a monopoly on what it means to be pro-Israel,” Nosanchuk told the Post. “If the question is whether young Jews will support an Israel that is increasingly less democratic, increasingly less pluralistic, that pursues dangerous policies, yes, you could see continued distancing from engaged American Jews toward Israel,” he continued.
“The question is, what kind of Israel are American Jews interested in supporting? Support from the mainstream, vast majority of American Jews, is aligned with our support of Jewish values and commitment to social justice. To the extent those values are pursued in Israel, then yes, there’s a possibility of greater support in Israel by young American Jews who right now are critical or skeptical.”
Nosanchuk expressed belief that American Jews can engage on a daily basis with US policy, without abandoning Israel.
“We’re part of this nation,” he said. “We are trying to make our cities and states better places. We are pursuing our values here at home but that doesn’t mean we’re divorcing Israel. The vast majority of American Jews don’t check their values at the door when it comes to Israel.”
Evangelical support for Israel is based on Psalm 122:6, “Pray for peace in Jerusalem. May all who love this city prosper,” and Genesis 12:3 where God tells the Jewish people he will “bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt.”
“Support for Evangelicals from Israel should be expanded,” said Cindy Matthews, vice president of Covenant Journey, an organization that runs the Christian version of Taglit-Birthright, funded in part by conservative Jewish and Christian donors. The group brings roughly 250 college students to the Jewish state each year. For a $500 subsidized fee (Birthright is free), participants spend 11 days walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ and visiting Christian holy sites.
“I’d like to see Israel engage with American Christian universities more, encouraging trips like Covenant Journey. It would be a tremendous asset if the Israeli government would subsidize trips for our students the way they do for Jewish trips. I have no shortage of students who want to go,” she told the Post.
Matthews noted that in the decade she’s worked for Covenant Journey, she has yet to see an Evangelical Christian criticize Israel, a sharp contrast from mainstream American Jewish groups.
But Nosanchuk called the notion that Israel should slight Jews “astonishing.”
“American Jewish support for Israel has been essential to Israel’s existence from the beginning,” he said. “I’m stunned by the suggestion of leaving us behind for Evangelicals.”
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