以色列罷工40年後，伊拉克希望建造核反應堆

一名伊拉克官員證實，俄羅斯國家公司 Rosatom 將實施建造核反應堆的項目。

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2021 年 6 月 16 日 09:53

在以色列空襲薩達姆侯賽因的核反應堆大約 40 年後，伊拉克表示有興趣建造八座核反應堆，以滿足該國不斷增長的能源需求。

伊拉克放射源管理局主席 Kamal Hussain Latif 週二對俄羅斯國有通訊社 Sputnik 表示，伊拉克計劃在 2030 年建造 8 個核反應堆，以提供該國 25% 的電力。Latif 承認這可能需要完成所有八個反應堆的時間更長，而且這個數字可能會改變。

Latif 證實，俄羅斯國家公司 Rosatom 將實施建造核反應堆的項目。伊拉克計劃尋求400億美元的貸款以實施該項目。

據彭博雜誌報導，韓國還提出幫助建造這些工廠，甚至讓伊拉克人參觀由韓國電力公司運營的阿拉伯聯合酋長國的反應堆。

伊拉克官員在 5 月宣布，他們正在考慮 20 個可能的核反應堆地點。

4月，伊拉克放射源管理局宣布已與三個國家達成諒解，以加快伊拉克核反應堆的建設。

拉蒂夫 4 月告訴伊拉克通訊社，伊拉克官員曾與俄羅斯和法國官員會面，討論“和平利用核能”以及醫療和工業目的。去年，美國、俄羅斯、阿根廷、韓國和法國等五個國家被確認為建設新反應堆的候選國。

建造核反應堆的計劃出台之際，伊拉克經常停電，並擔心未來幾年將無法滿足需求，預計到 2030 年將達到 42 吉瓦。

這些計劃也出現在人們對伊朗核野心的日益擔憂之際，因為它週二宣布已將 6.5 公斤鈾濃縮至 60%，向核武器級材料又邁進了一步。許多伊朗支持的大型民兵在伊拉克活動。

在1981 年 6 月 7 日的

一次行動中，以色列空軍摧毀了伊拉克的奧西拉克核反應堆，該反應堆由侯賽因政權建造，其中包括 F-15 和 F-16 戰鬥機。

40 years after Israeli strike, Iraq looks to build nuclear reactors

An Iraqi official confirmed that the Russian state corporation Rosatom would implement the project to build the nuclear reactors.

By TZVI JOFFRE

JUNE 16, 2021 09:53

A view shows railway packages for containers with uranium hexafluoride salt, raw material for nuclear reactors, similar to the one be used for the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank

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Some 40 years after the Israeli airstrike on Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor, Iraq is expressing interest in building eight nuclear reactors in order to keep up with rising energy demands in the country.

Kamal Hussain Latif, chairman of the Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority, told Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik on Tuesday that Iraq planned to build eight nuclear reactors to provide 25% of the electricity in the country in 2030. Latif acknowledged that it may take longer to finish all eight reactors and that the number could change.

Latif confirmed that the Russian state corporation Rosatom would implement the project to build the nuclear reactors. Iraq plans to seek $40 billion in loans in order to carry out the project.

South Korea has also offered to help build the plants and even offered Iraqis a tour of reactors in the United Arab Emirates run by the Korea Electric Power Corp., according to Bloomberg magazine.

Iraqi officials announced in May that they were considering 20 possible locations for the planned nuclear reactors.

In April, the Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority announced that it had reached understandings with three countries in order to accelerate the construction of nuclear reactors in Iraq.

Latif told the Iraqi News Agency in April that Iraqi officials had met with Russian and French officials in order to discuss the "peaceful use of nuclear energy" and for medical and industrial purposes. Last year, five countries were confirmed as candidates to build new reactors, including the US, Russia, Argentina, South Korea and France.

The plans to build nuclear reactors come as Iraq suffers from frequent blackouts and faces concerns that it will be unable to keep up with demand in coming years, which is expected to reach 42 gigawatts by 2030.

The plans also come amid rising concerns surrounding Iran's nuclear ambitions, as it announced on Tuesday that it had made 6.5 kg of uranium enriched to up to 60%, taking yet another step closer to nuclear weapons-grade material. A number of large Iranian-backed militias operate in Iraq.

In an operation on June 7, 1981, the Israel Air Force destroyed Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor, which was being built by Hussein's regime, in an operation involving F-15 and F-16 fighter jets.

兩名低調的候選人退出伊朗總統競選 - 電視

這一決定導致了兩名低調溫和派和五名強硬派的出現，其中包括領先者、強硬派司法機構負責人易卜拉欣·賴西，他是最高領袖阿亞圖拉·阿里·哈梅內伊的盟友。

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2021 年 6 月 16 日 15:02

伊朗官方媒體週三報導稱，就在投票前幾天，兩名候選人已退出伊朗總統大選，此舉顯然旨在增加領先強硬派和溫和派候選人的機會。

上個月，伊斯蘭共和國強硬的監護委員會僅批准了七位總統候選人參加週五的選舉，並取消了幾位著名候選人的資格。

該決定導致了兩名低調溫和派五名強硬派的出現，其中包括領先者、強硬派司法部長易卜拉欣·賴西，他是最高領袖阿亞圖拉·阿里·哈梅內伊的盟友。

由於對美國製裁導致經濟癱瘓的疏遠和不滿，限制該領域的決定可能使高投票率的前景變得黯淡。

伊朗國家電視台稱，伊朗伊斯法罕省前省長穆赫森·梅赫拉利扎德在給內政部的一封信中宣布退出。Mehralizadeh 在參加 2005 年伊朗總統選舉的七名候選人中排名最後。

週五，梅赫拉利扎德的支持者可能會支持領先的溫和派候選人、前中央銀行行長阿卜杜勒納賽爾赫馬蒂。

強硬派議員阿里雷扎·扎卡尼在 2013 年和 2017 年被取消競選總統的資格，也退出了競選，此舉增加了強硬派領跑者易卜拉欣·賴西的機會。

據伊朗官方媒體報導，賴西說：“我真誠地感謝我親愛的兄弟阿里雷紮紮卡尼博士，他根據自己的革命職責決定參加選舉……今天他做出了負責任的決定。”

Two low-profile candidates drop out of Iran's presidential race - TV

The decision resulted in a field of two low-key moderates five hardliners, including the front-runner, hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, an ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

By REUTERS

JUNE 16, 2021 15:02

Iran election officials polls ballots 390

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Two candidates have withdrawn from Iran’s presidential election just days ahead of the vote, state media reported on Wednesday, in moves apparently aimed at boosting the chances of leading hardline and moderate contenders.

Last month, the Islamic Republic's hardline Guardian Council approved just seven presidential hopefuls to stand in Friday's election and disqualified several prominent candidates.

The decision resulted in a field of two low-key moderates five hardliners, including the front-runner, hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, an ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The decision to limit the field may have dimmed prospects of a high turnout, amid alienation and discontent over an economy crippled by U.S. sanctions.

Mohsen Mehralizadeh, a former governor of Iran's Isfahan province, announced his withdrawal in a letter to the interior ministry, state TV said. Mehralizadeh ranked last among seven candidates who ran in Iran's 2005 presidential election.

On Friday, Mehralizadeh's supporters are likely to back the leading moderate candidate, former Central Bank chief Abdolnasser Hemmati.

Hardline lawmaker Alireza Zakani, who was disqualified in 2013 and 2017 from running for president, also dropped out of the race, in a move that boosts the chances of hardline frontrunner Ebrahim Raisi.

"I sincerely thank my dear brother, Dr. Alireza Zakani, who decided to run in the election based on his revolutionary duty … Today he decided responsibly," Raisi said, according to Iranian state media.

阿拉伯國家呼籲聯合國安理會就埃塞俄比亞大壩舉行會議

埃塞俄比亞此前拒絕了埃及和蘇丹要求非洲聯盟以外的調解人參與的呼籲。

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2021 年 6 月 15 日 20:07

開羅/迪拜——阿拉伯國家聯盟秘書長艾哈邁德·阿布勒·蓋特在外長會議後表示，阿拉伯國家呼籲聯合國安理會討論埃塞俄比亞計劃填充青尼羅河上一座巨型水壩的爭端。

埃塞俄比亞將經濟發展和發電的希望寄託在大壩上。埃及 90% 的淡水都依賴這條河流，並將大壩視為潛在的生存威脅。蘇丹對其自己的尼羅河大壩和供水站的運營感到擔憂。

卡塔爾外交部長穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·阿勒薩尼在新聞發布會上說，部長們在卡塔爾舉行會議，同意“逐步採取步驟”在爭端中支持埃及和蘇丹，但沒有提供細節。

他補充說，阿拉伯國家呼籲各方認真談判，不要採取任何會損害其他國家的單邊措施，這顯然是指埃塞俄比亞計劃在雨季完成大壩蓄水的第二階段。

在非洲聯盟發起的談判仍然陷入僵局之後，蘇丹和埃及本月已同意共同努力，推動埃塞俄比亞就大壩的蓄水和運營協議進行談判。開羅/迪拜 - 阿拉伯國家呼籲聯合國安理會討論阿拉伯聯盟秘書長艾哈邁德·阿布勒·蓋特在一次外交部長會議後表示，埃塞俄比亞計劃填滿它正在青尼羅河上建造的一座巨型水壩的計劃存在爭議。

埃塞俄比亞將經濟發展和發電的希望寄託在大壩上。埃及 90% 的淡水都依賴這條河，並將大壩視為潛在的生存威脅。蘇丹對其自己的尼羅河大壩和供水站的運營感到擔憂。

卡塔爾外交部長穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·阿勒薩尼在新聞發布會上說，部長們在卡塔爾舉行會議，同意“逐步採取步驟”在爭端中支持埃及和蘇丹，但沒有提供細節。

他補充說，阿拉伯國家呼籲各方認真談判，不要採取任何會損害其他國家的單邊措施，這顯然是指埃塞俄比亞計劃在雨季完成大壩蓄水的第二階段。

在非洲聯盟發起的談判陷入僵局之後，蘇丹和埃及本月已同意共同努力，推動埃塞俄比亞就大壩的填埋和運營協議進行談判。

位於埃塞俄比亞復興大壩下游的兩國呼籲國際社會進行干預。Aboul Gheit 將埃及和蘇丹的水安全描述為阿拉伯國家安全的一個組成部分。

埃塞俄比亞此前拒絕了埃及和蘇丹要求非洲聯盟以外的調解人參與的呼籲。

蘇丹週一表示，它願意就價值數十億美元的大壩達成部分臨時協議，但有具體條件。

週二的會議是自沙特阿拉伯及其盟國於 2017 年年中因指責卡塔爾支持恐怖主義而對多哈實施抵制以來卡塔爾舉辦的首次此類阿拉伯國家集會，但卡塔爾否認這一指控

沙特阿拉伯、阿聯酋、巴林和埃及在一月份同意恢復與多哈的外交、貿易和旅遊關係。

位於埃塞俄比亞復興大壩下游的兩國呼籲國際社會進行干預。Aboul Gheit 將埃及和蘇丹的水安全描述為阿拉伯國家安全的一個組成部分。

埃塞俄比亞此前拒絕了埃及和蘇丹要求非洲聯盟以外的調解人參與的呼籲。

蘇丹週一表示，它願意就價值數十億美元的大壩達成部分臨時協議，但有具體條件。

週二的會議是自沙特阿拉伯及其盟國於 2017 年年中因指責卡塔爾支持恐怖主義而對多哈實施抵制以來卡塔爾舉辦的首次此類阿拉伯國家集會，但卡塔爾否認這一指控

沙特阿拉伯、阿聯酋、巴林和埃及在一月份同意恢復與多哈的外交、貿易和旅遊關係。

Arab states call on UN Security Council to meet over Ethiopian dam

Ethiopia previously has rejected calls from Egypt and Sudan to involve mediators outside the African Union.

By REUTERS

JUNE 15, 2021 20:07

ETHIOPIA’S GREAT Renaissance Dam is constructed in Guba Woreda, some 40 km (25 miles) from Ethiopia’s border with Sudan in 2013.

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CAIRO/DUBAI - Arab states are calling on the UN Security Council to discuss the dispute over Ethiopia's plan to fill a giant dam it is building on the Blue Nile, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said after a foreign ministers' meeting.

Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power generation on the dam. Egypt relies on the river for as much as 90% of its fresh water and sees the dam as a potentially existential threat. Sudan is concerned about the operation of its own Nile dams and water stations.

The ministers, meeting in Qatar, agreed on "steps to be taken gradually" to support Egypt and Sudan in the dispute, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told the news conference, without giving details.

The Arab states called on parties to negotiate seriously and refrain from any unilateral steps that would harm other countries, he added, in an apparent reference to Ethiopia's plan to complete the second phase of filling the dam in the rainy season.

Sudan and Egypt had already agreed this month to work together to push Ethiopia to negotiate on an agreement on filling and operating the dam, after African Union-sponsored talks remained deadlocked.CAIRO/DUBAI - Arab states are calling on the UN Security Council to discuss the dispute over Ethiopia's plan to fill a giant dam it is building on the Blue Nile, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said after a foreign ministers' meeting.

Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power generation on the dam. Egypt relies on the river for as much as 90% of its fresh water and sees the dam as a potentially existential threat. Sudan is concerned about the operation of its own Nile dams and water stations.

The ministers, meeting in Qatar, agreed on "steps to be taken gradually" to support Egypt and Sudan in the dispute, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told the news conference, without giving details.

The Arab states called on parties to negotiate seriously and refrain from any unilateral steps that would harm other countries, he added, in an apparent reference to Ethiopia's plan to complete the second phase of filling the dam in the rainy season.

Sudan and Egypt had already agreed this month to work together to push Ethiopia to negotiate on an agreement on filling and operating the dam, after African Union-sponsored talks remained deadlocked.

The two countries, which are downstream from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, called on the international community to intervene. Aboul Gheit described the water security of Egypt and Sudan as an integral part of Arab national security.

Ethiopia previously has rejected calls from Egypt and Sudan to involve mediators outside the African Union.

Sudan on Monday said it was open to a partial interim agreement on the multi-billion-dollar dam, with specific conditions.

Tuesday's meeting was the first such gathering of Arab states that Qatar has hosted since Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a boycott on Doha in mid-2017 over accusations that Qatar supported terrorism, a charge it denies

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January to restore diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Doha.

The two countries, which are downstream from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, called on the international community to intervene. Aboul Gheit described the water security of Egypt and Sudan as an integral part of Arab national security.

Ethiopia previously has rejected calls from Egypt and Sudan to involve mediators outside the African Union.

Sudan on Monday said it was open to a partial interim agreement on the multi-billion-dollar dam, with specific conditions.

Tuesday's meeting was the first such gathering of Arab states that Qatar has hosted since Saudi Arabia and its allies imposed a boycott on Doha in mid-2017 over accusations that Qatar supported terrorism, a charge it denies

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January to restore diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Doha.

消防隊員在埃什科爾地區撲滅四場大火；在空中縱火襲擊後，以色列國防軍一夜之間襲擊了哈馬斯的恐怖目標

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週三，消防隊員在以色列南部與四場大火搏鬥，這些大火是由加沙地帶連續第二天發射的氣球燃燒裝置引發的。

消防和救援服務部門在一份聲明中說，火災都發生在 Eshkol 地區，規模很小，不會對附近社區構成威脅。

“不幸的是，我們已經習慣了，”來自 Kibbutz Am Nir ​​的農民 Ofer Lieberman 週三告訴 Ynet。“即使在[加沙]行動結束後，我們的地區仍然緊張。

“一旦其他地方發生什麼事，我們就會第一個受到攻擊。這次是耶路撒冷的國旗遊行，”他補充說，指的是周二極端民族主義的猶太人遊行穿過舊城，哈馬斯警告說這將引發升級。

據 Kan 公共廣播公司報導，週二，屬於 Kibbutz Nir ​​Am 的超過 3 英畝的檸檬樹田和近一英畝的柑橘樹被燒毀。麥田和橘園也被燒毀，總共燒毀了 30 多英畝的土地。

以色列國防軍在星期三午夜過後襲擊了加沙的哈馬斯軍事目標，以應對周二的縱火襲擊，該襲擊在南部邊境城鎮造成了 26 起火災。

縱火襲擊和以色列國防軍的反擊是自上個月加沙地帶持續 11 天的衝突以來，加沙恐怖組織與軍隊之間的首次交鋒。

報復性空襲也是自納夫塔利·貝內特 (Naftali Bennett) 週日接任總理以來的第一次。亞米納主席長期以來一直堅持認為，以色列國防軍對縱火襲擊的反應應該與火箭發射相同。

週二早些時候，在耶路撒冷舊城右翼猶太民族主義者遊行被改道離開穆斯林區後，哈馬斯恐怖組織聲稱取得了勝利，聲稱已經建立了針對以色列的“新威懾方案”。 .

“巴勒斯坦抵抗運動的勇敢立場和決定迫使以色列佔領者改變遠離阿克薩清真寺的路線，改變民用航空路線並加強鐵穹的部署，”該恐怖組織在一份聲明中說。陳述。

2021 年 6 月 15 日，猶太復國主義宗教領袖 Bezalel Smotrich（中）參加了在耶路撒冷舊城大馬士革門舉行的國旗遊行。

遊行是對周日宣誓就職的新政府的第一次重大考驗，在原來的 Flag 遊行於 5 月 10 日耶路撒冷日停止後重新安排，當時加沙地帶的哈馬斯統治者向耶路撒冷發射火箭，引發了 11 天的戰鬥。

哈馬斯曾威脅要在重新安排的遊行中再次襲擊以色列，但最終沒有發射火箭。

根據周二第 12 頻道的消息，以色列通過埃及警告哈馬斯，將對來自加沙的任何火箭彈進行嚴厲和立即的回應。

該網絡還指出，哈馬斯對卡塔爾最新安裝的每月援助計劃出現停頓感到沮喪。自上個月的加沙戰爭以來，數百萬美元的付款一直沒有轉移，除非恐怖組織釋放兩名平民和兩具以色列國防軍士兵的屍體，否則以色列拒絕允許它被俘虜。埃及也反對重啟卡塔爾支付，堅持使用一種新機制將它們轉移到加沙，這樣它們就不會直接到達哈馬斯。

Firefighters battling four blazes in Eshkol region; fresh fires come after IDF struck Hamas terror targets overnight following airborne arson attacks

By TOI STAFFToday, 6:38 pm

Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze in southern Israel that was sparked by a ballon-borne incendiary device launched by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, June 15, 2021. (Flash90)

Firefighters battled four blazes in southern Israel Wednesday that were sparked by balloon-borne incendiary devices launched from the Gaza Strip for the second day in a row.

The fires, all located in the Eshkol region, were small and posed no risk to nearby communities, the Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement.

“Unfortunately we have gotten used to this,” Ofer Lieberman a farmer from Kibbutz Am Nir told Ynet on Wednesday. “Our area remains tense even after [the Gaza] operation ends.

“We are the first to come under fire as soon as something happens elsewhere. This time it was the flag march in Jerusalem,” he added, referring to Tuesday’s march of ultranationalist Jews through the Old City, which Hamas warned would spark escalation.

Over 3 acres of lemon tree fields belonging to Kibbutz Nir Am were burned on Tuesday along with almost an acre’s worth of clementine trees, according to the Kan public broadcaster. Wheat fields and tangerine orchards were also burned, with over 30 acres of land torched in total.

The IDF struck Hamas military targets in Gaza after midnight on Wednesday in response to Tuesday’s arson attacks, which caused 26 fires in southern border towns.

The arson attacks and IDF counterstrikes were the first exchange between terror groups in Gaza and the army since last month’s 11-day conflict in the Strip.

The retaliatory airstrikes were also the first since Naftali Bennett took over Sunday as premier. The Yamina chairman has long insisted that the IDF’s response to arson attacks should be the same as for rocket fire.

Earlier Tuesday, the Hamas terror group had claimed victory after a march of right-wing Jewish nationalists in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday was rerouted away from the Muslim Quarter, claiming to have established a “new formula of deterrence” vis-à-vis Israel.

“The brave positions and decisions of the Palestinian resistance forced the Israeli occupation to change the path of the route away from Al-Aqsa Mosque, change the civil air routes and beef up the deployment of the Iron Dome,” the terror group said in a statement.

Religious Zionist leader Bezalel Smotrich, center, takes part in the flag march at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, June 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The parade, the first major test of the new government sworn in Sunday, was rescheduled after the original Flag March was halted on Jerusalem Day, May 10, when the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers fired rockets at Jerusalem, setting off 11 days of fighting.

Hamas had threatened to attack Israel again over the rescheduled march, but ultimately refrained from firing rockets.

According to Channel 12 news on Tuesday, Israel warned Hamas via Egypt that there would be a tough and immediate response to any rocket fire from Gaza.

The network also noted Hamas’s frustration over the stalling of the latest installation of monthly aid from Qatar. The payment of millions of dollars has not been transferred since last month’s Gaza war, with Israel refusing to allow it unless the terror group releases two civilians and two bodies of IDF soldiers it’s been holding captive. Egypt has also opposed restarting the Qatari payments, insisting that a new mechanism be used to transfer them to Gaza so that they don’t reach Hamas directly.

儘管前政府將立法用作公共資金的浪費，但新聯盟的政黨現在辯稱，法律確保了 MK，部長們能夠完全專注於職責

通過TOI人員今天，早上 6:21

2019 年 1 月 8 日，新右翼領導人 Naftali Bennett（左）和 Ayelet Shaked（右）與以色列議會候選人聾人權利活動家雪莉·平托（Shirley Pinto）在一起。（新右翼）

以色列議會本週將迎來至少 16 名新成員，因為同樣數量的立法者開始根據有爭議的所謂挪威法律從議會辭職，以便專注於他們作為新政府部長的職責。

法律允許被任命為內閣職位的任何 MK 暫時從議會辭職，從而允許該黨名單上的下一位候選人代替他們進入議會。

當上屆政府使用挪威法律時，其最大的批評者是當時反對黨 Yesh Atid 和 Yamina 的立法者，他們認為它大幅增加了政府支出。但他們共同運作的統一聯盟中的幾乎每個派系現在都計劃利用這項立法。支持者認為，身為部長的 MK 沒有足夠的時間來履行議會職責，因此無法有效地為公眾服務。

然而，一些聯合政黨似乎比其他政黨對支出問題更敏感，只允許他們的一兩個部長從議會辭職，而不是所有人。

在亞米納，宗教事務部長馬坦卡哈內本週早些時候辭職，為以色列議會的第一位聾人 MK雪莉平托讓路。週二，亞米納 9 號候選人謝邁蒙宣布他將離開該派系，因為該派系主席納夫塔利·貝內特 (Naftali Bennett) 決定違背他對選民的承諾，即不與伊斯蘭拉姆黨一起參加政府。該決定允許 Yamina 推進計劃，在未來幾天內政部部長 Ayelet Shaked 和 PMO 副部長 Abir Kara 辭職後，歡迎兩位新的 MKs——法國移民 Yomtob Kalfon 和俄羅斯移民 Stella Weinstein。

Yisrael Beytenu 的所有三位部長——財政部長 Avigdor Liberman、農業部長 Oded Forer 和財政部部長 Hamad Amar——通過挪威法律辭職，讓 Limor Magen Telem、Elina Bardatz Yalov 和 Yossi Shain 任職議會。除了在特拉維夫大學擔任政治學講師外，謝恩還是利伯曼的長期顧問。

四位藍白黨部長中的三位將辭職，為露絲·瓦瑟曼·蘭德、阿隆·塔爾和莫菲德·瑪拉擔任 MK 留出空間。蘭德是一名前外交官，曾在以色列駐開羅大使館工作。瑪拉將成為以色列議會第六位德魯茲議員，並誓言要努力對備受爭議的《民族國家法》提出上訴，批評人士稱該法歧視該國的非猶太公民。

在 Yesh Atid，其六名內閣成員中只有兩名將通過法律辭職，允許 Yasmin Sacks Friedman 和 Tanya Mazarsky 宣誓就任以色列議會議員。

新希望部長 Ze'ev Elkin 和 Yoaz Hendel 宣布他們將辭職，允許政黨名單上的下兩位立法者——埃拉特市長 Meir Yitzhak Halevi 和前 MK Zvi Hauser——進入議會。

埃爾金是建築和住房部長，還將擔任耶路撒冷事務部長和以色列議會與政府之間的聯絡部長。亨德爾是通訊部長。

梅雷茨黨宣布，根據挪威法律，主席尼贊·霍洛維茨 (Nitzan Horowitz) 和黨第二號塔馬爾·贊德伯格 (Tamar Zandberg) 將辭職。霍羅維茨是新政府的衛生部長和讚德伯格環境保護部長。在議會中取代他們的是前 MK Michal Rozin 和人權律師 Gabi Lasky。

工黨似乎對利用法律猶豫不決，本周宣布其三位部長中只有一位將辭職，為前海法市議會成員納馬拉齊米在以色列議會任職。

Knesset to receive 16 new MKs after ministers resign through ‘Norwegian law’

Despite panning previous government’s use of legislation as waste of public funds, parties of new coalition now argue that law ensures MKs, ministers able to fully focus on duties

By TOI STAFFToday, 6:21 am

New Right heads Naftali Bennett (L) and Ayelet Shaked (R) with Knesset candidate deaf rights activist Shirley Pinto, January 8, 2019. (New Right)

The Knesset is slated to welcome at least 16 new members this week, as an equal number of lawmakers began resigning from parliament under the controversial so-called Norwegian Law in order to focus exclusively on their duties as ministers in the new government.

The law allows any MK who is appointed to a cabinet post to resign temporarily from the Knesset, thereby permitting the next candidate on the party’s list to enter parliament in their stead.

When the previous government made use of the Norwegian Law, its loudest critics were lawmakers from the then-opposition Yesh Atid and Yamina parties, who argued that it massively increased government expenditures. But just about every faction in their jointly run unity coalition now plans to take advantage of the legislation. Proponents maintain that MKs who are also ministers do not have enough time to tend to their parliamentary duties and are thus unable to serve the public effectively.

However, some coalition parties appeared more sensitive to expenditure concerns than others, only allowing one or two of their ministers to resign from the Knesset, as opposed to all of them.

In Yamina, Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahane resigned earlier this week, making way for the Knesset’s first deaf MK, Shirley Pinto. On Tuesday, Yamina No. 9 candidate Shai Maimon announced that he was leaving the faction due to its chairman Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s decision to break his promise to voters not to sit in a government with the Islamist Ra’am party. The decision allows Yamina to move forward with plans to welcome two new MKs — French immigrant Yomtob Kalfon and Russian immigrant Stella Weinstein — after Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and deputy minister in the PMO Abir Kara resign in the coming days.

Yisrael Beytenu is having all three of its ministers — Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, Agriculture Minister Oded Forer and minister in the Finance Ministry Hamad Amar — resign through the Norwegian law, making way for Limor Magen Telem, Elina Bardatz Yalov and Yossi Shain to serve in the Knesset. Shain is a longtime adviser to Liberman in addition to being a political science lecturer at Tel Aviv University.

Three of the four Blue and White ministers will resign, making room for Ruth Wasserman Lande, Alon Tal and Mofid Mara to serve as MKs. Lande is a former diplomat who was posted at Israel’s embassy in Cairo. Mara will become the Knesset’s sixth Druze lawmaker and vows to work to appeal the controversial Nation State Law, which critics say discriminates against the country’s non-Jewish citizens.

In Yesh Atid, only two of its six cabinet members will resign through the law, allowing for the swearing in of Yasmin Sacks Friedman and Tanya Mazarsky as members of Knesset.

New Hope ministers Ze’ev Elkin and Yoaz Hendel announced they will resign, allowing the next two lawmakers on the party list — Eilat Mayor Meir Yitzhak Halevi and former MK Zvi Hauser — to enter the Knesset.

Elkin is construction and housing minister and will also serve as minister for Jerusalem affairs and liaison minister between the Knesset and the government. Hendel is communications minister.

The Meretz party announced that chairman Nitzan Horowitz and party No. 2 Tamar Zandberg will resign under the Norwegian Law. Horovitz is the health minister and Zandberg environmental protection minister in the new government. Replacing them in the Knesset will be former MK Michal Rozin and human rights lawyer Gabi Lasky.

Gaby Lasky, attorney of 16-year-old Palestinian girl, Ahed Tamimi, speaks with Tamimi’s father, Bassem, outside the Ofer Military Court on December 20, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Labor appeared to be most hesitant to exploit the law, announcing this week that only one of its three ministers would resign to make way for former Haifa city council member Na’ama Lazimi to serve in the Knesset.

Call 是第一個將自己定義為“親以色列”的美國猶太團體

通過潤·卡皮斯今天，晚上 11:14

說明：2021 年 4 月 12 日星期一，美國國防部長勞埃德·奧斯汀週一在以色列內瓦蒂姆空軍基地對記者發表講話，背景是一架以色列 F-35 戰鬥機。（美聯社照片/羅伯特伯恩斯）

華盛頓（JTA）——現在的美國人呼籲為以色列提供國防援助的具體條件，這是一個自稱“親以色列”並且是猶太社區外交政策繖形團體總統會議成員的團體的第一次美國主要猶太組織。

“如果美國想要培育和平並支持國際法，我們必須明確確保我們納稅人的錢服務於我們的外交政策目標，它們不會用於侵犯人權，如果這樣做會產生具體後果，”哈達爾·薩斯金德（Hadar Susskind）該集團的首席執行官週三在《時代》雜誌的一篇專欄文章中表示。“如果新的定居點合法化或擴大現有定居點——這些違反國際法的行為將伴隨著美國的具體援助減少。”

直到最近，對以色列的援助在親以色列社區和國會中一直是神聖不可侵犯的，甚至在以色列的批評者中也是如此。

在接受采訪時，薩斯金德表示，在上個月以色列與哈馬斯的衝突期間，一些進步的民主黨人呼籲徹底削減援助，該組織的部分理由是保護對以色列的援助。

薩斯金德說，美國人爭取和平的提議將為那些對削減援助的呼籲感到震驚但不再對向以色列提供無條件援助感到滿意的立法者提供了一條途徑。

“我希望每句話都以'我支持對以色列的援助'開頭，”他說。“我們需要介於空白支票和切割輔助工具之間的中間地帶。”

2014 年 5 月 1 日，時任 Bend the Arc 猶太人行動負責人的 Hadar Susskind 在華盛頓白宮前賓夕法尼亞大道的公民不服從行為中被捕。 （美聯社照片 / Jacquelyn Martin）

美國爭取和平組織和另一個自由派猶太中東政策組織 J Street 在 4 月表示，他們支持進步民主黨支持的一項法案，該法案將禁止以色列使用美國資金拘留巴勒斯坦未成年人、侵占或摧毀巴勒斯坦人的財產或強行遷移巴勒斯坦人，或吞併巴勒斯坦地區。如果以色列違反限制，該措施沒有說明具體後果。

Call is the first for an American Jewish group that defines itself as ‘pro-Israel’

By RON KAMPEASToday, 11:14 pm

Illustrative: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to reporters at Israel's Nevatim air base Monday, with an Israeli F-35 fighter jet in the background, on Monday, April 12, 2021 in Israel. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Americans for Peace Now is calling for concrete conditions on defense assistance to Israel, a first for a group that calls itself “pro-Israel” and is a member of the Jewish community’s foreign policy umbrella group, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

“If the US wants to nurture peace and support international law, we must explicitly ensure that our taxpayer dollars serve our foreign policy objectives, that they do not go towards human rights violations, and that there are specific consequences if they do,” Hadar Susskind, the group’s CEO, said Wednesday in an op-ed in Time magazine. “If new settlements are legalized or existing ones expanded — these international law violations would come with specific US aid reductions.”

Until recently, assistance to Israel has been sacrosanct in the pro-Israel community and in Congress, even among Israel’s critics.

In an interview, Susskind said part of the group’s reasoning was to protect assistance to Israel in the wake of calls from some progressive Democrats during Israel’s conflict with Hamas last month to cut assistance outright.

Susskind said the Americans for Peace Now proposal would offer a path to lawmakers who were alarmed with the calls to cut aid but are no longer happy with unconditional assistance to Israel.

“I want every sentence to begin ‘I support aid to Israel’,” he said. “We need a middle ground between a blank check and cutting aid.”

Hadar Susskind, then director of Bend the Arc Jewish Action, is arrested during an act of civil disobedience on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Americans for Peace Now and another liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, J Street, said in April that they were in favor of a bill backed by progressive Democrats that would prohibit Israel from using US funds to detain Palestinian minors, appropriate or destroy Palestinian property or forcibly move Palestinians, or annex Palestinian areas. The measure does not spell out specific consequences should Israel violate the restrictions.

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