August 10, 2021

2021.08.11 國際新聞導讀-敘利亞港口伊朗油輪爆炸起火被撲滅、以色列伊朗繼續放狠話威脅對方、以國外長將訪問摩洛哥建立大使級關係、以色列學者呼籲關注氣候變遷並加強可替代能源之使用、以色列僑民部長Nachman Shai企圖改善以色列與美國猶太人的關係與理念差異、阿富汗持續淪陷至塔利班之手，人民恐無處可逃

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2021.08.11 國際新聞導讀-敘利亞港口伊朗油輪爆炸起火被撲滅、以色列伊朗繼續放狠話威脅對方、以國外長將訪問摩洛哥建立大使級關係、以色列學者呼籲關注氣候變遷並加強可替代能源之使用、阿富汗持續淪陷至塔利班之手，人民恐無處可逃、以色列僑民部長Nachman Shai企圖改善以色列與美國猶太人的關係與理念差異

敘利亞港口船隻發生爆炸，火被撲滅

據阿拉伯媒體報導，拉塔基亞港口的一艘船上發生爆炸，船上起火。

通過TZVI JOFFRE

2021 年 8 月 10 日 17:10

伊朗阿爾萬德軍艦在敘利亞沿海城市拉塔基亞的一個碼頭上合影

（圖片來源：REUTERS/STRINGER IRAN）

敘利亞媒體週二報導稱，拉塔基亞港口的一艘船發生爆炸並起火，初步報告顯示，這艘受影響的船隻過去曾被用來將伊朗石油輸送到敘利亞。

敘利亞國家通訊社SANA報導說，消防員撲滅了一艘在港口進行維修的船隻發生的火災。

火災產生的煙霧使一些工人呼吸困難。據SANA稱，這艘船是空的。

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TankerTrackers.com 是一項跟踪和報告原油運輸和儲存的在線服務，將這艘船識別為 WISDOM，稱該油輪最近已搬遷到港口，為伊朗油輪 SAM 121 騰出空間。

據 TankerTrackers.com 稱，WISDOM 過去曾被用於將伊朗石油從包括 SAM 121 在內的伊朗油輪轉移到

敘利亞

。

如果這是 WISDOM，這不是該船第一次受到此類事件的影響。

4 月，最初的報導稱該船成為無人機襲擊的目標，但伊朗和敘利亞媒體後來否認了這些報導，稱火災是由焊接事故引起的，造成一名工人死亡。

5 月，在 SANA 聲稱其中一台發動機出現技術故障後，該船再次發生火災。

消息傳出之際，伊朗無人機襲擊了 7 月份阿曼海岸附近一艘以色列管理的 Mercer Street 船，導致一名英國公民和一名羅馬尼亞公民喪生後，以色列和伊朗之間的緊張局勢仍然很嚴重。美國、英國和以色列都威脅要進行報復，這次襲擊引起了國際社會對伊朗的譴責。

伊朗否認對這次襲擊負責，並聲稱以色列和美國正試圖破壞該地區的穩定，但美國中央司令部 (CENTCOM) 週六發布的證據表明，襲擊中使用的無人機是伊朗製造的。

據英國《泰晤士報》報導，在默瑟街遇襲後不到一周，據報導伊朗軍隊試圖在阿拉伯聯合酋長國海岸劫持瀝青公主號油輪，但在工人破壞發動機後逃離了這艘船。

週一，伊朗新聞報導稱，一艘以色列潛艇在兩艘船的陪同下秘密進入紅海。

近年來，據報導，以色列和伊朗數十次以對方的海上船隻為目標。

今年 3 月，《耶路撒冷郵報》的姊妹刊物Maariv報導稱，在《華爾街日報》報導十多艘前往敘利亞的伊朗油輪遭到以色列襲擊之後，數十艘伊朗船隻在整個中東地區遭到以色列的襲擊。

Explosion reported on ship at Syrian port, fire put out

An explosion was reported on a ship at the port in Latakia with a fire reported on the ship, according to Arabic media.

By TZVI JOFFRE

AUGUST 10, 2021 17:10

Iranian Alvand warship is pictured at a dock in the Syrian coastal city Latakia

(photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER IRAN)

Syrian media reported an explosion and fire on a ship at the port in Latakia on Tuesday, with initial reports indicating that the affected vessel had been used to transfer Iranian oil to Syria in the past.

The Syrian state news agency SANA reported that firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out in a ship that was undergoing maintenance at the port.

Smoke from the fire caused some of the workers to suffer difficulty breathing. The ship was empty, according to SANA.

TankerTrackers.com, an online service that tracks and reports shipments and storage of crude oil, identified the vessel as the WISDOM, saying that the tanker had recently relocated in the port to make room for the Iranian oil tanker SAM 121.

The WISDOM has been used to transfer Iranian oil from Iranian tankers, including the SAM 121, to Syria in the past, according to TankerTrackers.com.

If this was the WISDOM, this isn't the first time the vessel has been affected by such an incident.

In April, initial reports claimed that the ship had been targeted by a drone attack, although Iranian and Syrian media later denied the reports, saying that a fire had been caused by a welding accident, killing one worker.

In May, the vessel was hit by another fire, after what SANA claimed was a technical failure in one of the engines.

The news comes as tensions remain high between Israel and Iran after an Iranian drone strike targeted an Israeli-managed Mercer Street ship off the coast of Oman in July, killing a British citizen and a Romanian citizen. The United States, the United Kingdom and Israel have all threatened retaliation and the attack has garnered international condemnation of Iran.

Iran has denied being responsible for the attack and claimed Israel and there US are attempting to destabilize the region, but on Saturday US Central Command (CENTCOM) released evidence that the drones used in the attack were Iranian-made.

Less than a week after the attack on the Mercer Street, Iranian forces reportedly attempted to hijack the Asphalt Princess tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, but fled the ship after workers sabotaged the engines, according to the British daily The Times.

On Monday, Iranian Nour News claimed that an Israeli submarine had secretly entered the Red Sea accompanied by two ships.

In recent years, Israel and Iran have reportedly targeted each other's maritime vessels on dozens of occasions.

In March, The Jerusalem Post’s sister publication Maariv reported that dozens of Iranian ships had been attacked by Israel throughout the Middle East, after The Wall Street Journal reported that a dozen Iranian oil tankers headed to Syria had been attacked by Israel.

甘茨和赫爾佐格威脅，如果伊朗繼續發動襲擊，以色列將加強回應

國防部長表示，以色列願意幫助黎巴嫩，但不會讓危機滲入其領土；總統說那些傷害以色列的人“會感受到我們的力量”

由伊曼紐爾·費邊今天，晚上 10:44

2021 年 8 月 10 日，國防部長本尼·甘茨（Benny Gantz）與以色列國防軍北部司令部的軍事官員交談。（Ariel Hermoni/國防部）

國防部長本尼·甘茨（Benny Gantz）週二在北部巡視時表示，該國準備在其不斷升級的金融危機中協助黎巴嫩，但與此同時，在以色列北部向以色列北部發射一連串火箭後，該國不會接受對其邊境的進一步襲擊。上週，伊朗支持的真主黨恐怖組織。

“黎巴嫩的危機是毀滅性的。以色列國呼籲國際社會援助黎巴嫩。我們也願意提供幫助。但是，我們不會讓黎巴嫩的悲劇越過邊界進入以色列，”甘茨在訪問以色列國防軍北方司令部時說。

黎巴嫩正在努力應對包括汽油在內的大量短缺問題，政府正在討論取消其不再負擔得起的補貼，世界銀行稱這是自 1850 年代以來最嚴重的金融危機之一。

個

停留

當地貨幣在黑市上已經貶值了 90% 以上，黎巴嫩國有電力公司在大多數地區每天提供的電力不到 5 小時，因為它們難以為燃料進口提供外幣。

星期五，從黎巴嫩向戈蘭高地和加利利狹長地帶發射了 19 枚火箭。以色列國防軍錶示，鐵穹導彈防禦系統攔截了 10 枚射彈，其中 6 枚落在多夫山周圍的空地。另外三枚火箭未能清除邊界並降落在黎巴嫩境內。

這是自2006年第二次黎巴嫩戰爭以來真主黨最猛烈的砲擊。該組織表示，這是為了回應以色列最近對黎巴嫩的空襲。“伊斯蘭抵抗運動用數十枚 122 毫米火箭炮轟了 Shebaa 農場附近的空地，”它在阿拉伯語媒體發表的一份聲明中說。

2021 年 8 月 6 日，真主黨從黎巴嫩一側發射火箭後，以色列大砲從北部城鎮基里亞特什莫納附近的一個位置向黎巴嫩開火（Jalaa Marey/法新社）

甘茨週二表示：“我們非常清楚真主黨在伊朗的直接影響下，企圖以犧牲黎巴嫩公民的安全和生計為代價來利用這一局勢。”

談到最近無人機對阿曼附近與以色列有聯繫的默瑟街油輪的致命襲擊，廣泛歸咎於伊朗，國防部長說，“正如我們在海上襲擊中看到的那樣，該襲擊奪走了兩名外國人的生命，伊朗是全球和區域和平的最大威脅。當伊朗推進其核計劃時，以色列不會袖手旁觀。”

“我們呼籲國際社會採取行動，阻止伊朗的侵略。現在是聯合行動的時候了，”他說。

甘茨和外交部長亞伊爾·拉皮德上週點名了伊朗指揮官，稱他們是默瑟街油輪遇襲的幕後黑手。兩名船員，一名英國人和一名羅馬尼亞人，遇難。

2021 年 8 月 3 日，一艘拖船停泊在以色列管理的油輪 MT Mercer Street 旁邊，靠近阿拉伯聯合酋長國的 Fujayrah 港口。 (Karim Sahib/AFP)

這位國防部長表示，以色列將在其選擇的時間對伊朗的侵略作出回應。在伊朗革命衛隊隊長侯賽因薩拉米週六談到“反應方程式”之後以色列後，甘茨說：“習慣了方程式的人應該明白，過去發生的事情並不一定會發生在未來的事情上。未來，他們應該算一算。”

與此同時，在海法舉行的兩艘新型薩爾 6 輕型護衛艦抵達的海軍儀式上，艾薩克·赫爾佐格總統還威脅那些企圖傷害以色列公民的人，特別是伊朗。

“最近幾週，我們目睹了伊朗企圖傷害以色列目標，包括海上目標。這不僅僅是以色列的問題。全世界都看到了伊朗侵略無辜平民的結果，”赫爾佐格說。

2021 年 8 月 10 日，艾薩克·赫爾佐格總統出席以色列海軍新薩爾 6 輕型護衛艦的歡迎儀式。（以色列國防軍）

“就在上週末，我們再次看到伊朗及其附屬機構在北部邊境的活動，”他談到火箭襲擊時說。“如果黎巴嫩有人認為他們可以威脅我們——他們犯了一個嚴重的錯誤。”

赫爾佐格說，以色列不會同意讓其公民受到攻擊，並威脅說“任何試圖傷害我們的人——無論在任何地方，在遠近的劇院，直接或間接——都會感受到我們的力量和力量。”

以色列一直在尋求就致命的無人機襲擊召集聯合國安理會，但同時警告說它可能會對伊朗進行軍事回應。

伊朗否認參與襲擊的指控，並警告以色列不要採取軍事行動。

伊朗外交部發言人賽義德·哈蒂布扎德上週表示：“我們明確表示：任何針對伊朗的愚蠢行為都將得到果斷回應。”

各機構為本報告做出了貢獻。

Gantz, Herzog threaten Israel will step up responses if Iranian attacks continue

Defense minister says Israel willing to help Lebanon, but won’t suffer crises leaking into its territory; president says those who harm Israel ‘will feel our might’

By EMANUEL FABIANToday, 10:44 pm

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks with military officials in the IDF northern command, on August 10, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Touring the north on Tuesday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said the country is prepared to assist Lebanon amid its spiraling financial crisis, but at the same time won’t accept further attacks on its border, after a barrage of rockets was fired at northern Israel by the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group last week.

“The crisis in Lebanon is devastating. The State of Israel calls on the international community to aid Lebanon. We are also willing to provide assistance. However, we will not let the tragedy in Lebanon cross the border into Israel,” Gantz said on a visit to the Israel Defense Forces’ Northern Command.

Lebanon is grappling with a raft of shortages, including gasoline, and the government is discussing lifting subsidies it can no longer afford, amid what the World Bank said is one of the worst financial crises since the 1850s.

The local currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value on the black market, and Lebanese state electricity companies are providing less than five hours of electricity a day in most areas, as they struggle to come up with the foreign currency for fuel imports.

On Friday, 19 rockets were fired at the Golan Heights and Galilee Panhandle from Lebanon. The IDF said 10 projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and six landed in open areas around Mount Dov. Another three rockets failed to clear the border and landed in Lebanese territory.

It was Hezbollah’s heaviest barrage since the 2006 Second Lebanon War. The group said it came in response to recent Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. “The Islamic Resistance shelled open areas near the Shebaa Farms with dozens of 122mm rockets,” it said in a statement carried in Arabic-language media.

Israeli artillery fires toward Lebanon from a position near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona following Hezbollah rocket fire from the Lebanese side of the border, on August 6, 2021 (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

“We are well aware of Hezbollah’s attempts to exploit the situation at the expense of the safety and livelihoods of Lebanese citizens — under the direct influence of Iran,” Gantz said on Tuesday.

Referring to the recent deadly drone attack on the Israel-linked Mercer Street oil tanker near Oman, widely blamed on Iran, the defense minister said that “just as we saw in the maritime attack, which claimed the lives of two foreign nationals, Iran is the greatest threat to global and regional peace. Israel will not stand by while Iran advances its nuclear program.”

“We call on the international community to take action and stop Iranian aggression. This is the time for joint action,” he said.

Gantz and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid last week named the Iranian commander they said was behind the attack on the MT Mercer Street oil tanker. Two crew members, a Briton and a Romanian, were killed.

A tug boats are moored next to the Israeli-managed tanker MT Mercer Street, off the Fujayrah port in the United Arab Emirates, on August 3, 2021. (Karim Sahib/AFP)

The defense minister said Israel will respond to the Iranian aggression at the time of its choosing. After Iranian Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami spoke on Saturday of an “equation of response” in regards to Israel, Gantz stated: “Those who have become accustomed to equations should understand that what has happened in the past is not necessarily what will be in the future, and they should do the math.”

At the same time, at a Naval ceremony in Haifa for the arrival of two new Sa’ar 6 corvettes, President Isaac Herzog also threatened those who attempt to harm Israeli citizens, singling out Iran.

“In recent weeks, we have witnessed Iran’s attempt to harm Israeli targets including on the maritime front. This is not just an Israeli matter. The whole world has seen the results of Iran’s aggression against innocent civilians,” Herzog said.

President Isaac Herzog is seen at the welcoming ceremony for new Sa’ar 6 corvettes to the Israeli Navy, on August 10, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

“Only last weekend, we again saw the activity of Iran and its affiliates on the northern border,” he said of the rocket attacks. “If anyone in Lebanon thinks they can threaten us — they are making a bitter mistake.”

Herzog said that Israel will not agree to having its citizens under fire, and threatened that “whoever tries to harm us — anywhere, in theaters near and far, directly or indirectly — will feel our power and might.”

Israel has been seeking to convene the United Nations Security Council over the deadly drone attack, but at the same has warned it could respond militarily toward Iran.

Iran, which has denied the allegations it was involved in the attack, warned Israel not to take military action.

“We state this clearly: ANY foolish act against Iran will be met with a DECISIVE response,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said last week.

Agencies contributed to this report.

據報導，敘利亞拉塔基亞港口可能是伊朗人的船上發生爆炸

初步報告稱，在該地區海上緊張局勢升級的情況下，爆炸造成 2 人輕傷和相當大的破壞

通過拉扎爾·伯曼和TOI人員今天下午 4:56

據報導，2021 年 8 月 10 日發生爆炸後，敘利亞拉塔基亞港的一艘船上冒出滾滾濃煙。（截圖：推特）

據阿拉伯語媒體和敘利亞人權觀察組織報導，週二下午停靠在敘利亞拉塔基亞港的一艘商船發生重大爆炸。

根據總部位於英國、資金不確定的親敘利亞反對派組織 SOHR 的說法，爆炸“造成人員傷亡並造成相當大的物質損失”。一些報導稱，目標船隻是伊朗人。

敘利亞官方媒體報導說，這艘船發生火災，此後已得到控制，兩人受傷。

爆炸原因尚不清楚。

事件發生之際，該地區的緊張局勢正在加劇。7 月 29 日，武裝無人機在阿曼灣襲擊了默瑟街，這艘船由一家以色列公司在英國經營。兩名來自英國和羅馬尼亞的水手在襲擊中喪生。

分析人士將此次行動描述為伊朗和以色列之間影子戰爭的一部分，其中包括對敘利亞與德黑蘭有關的地點的襲擊。

8月3日，瀝青公主號在阿曼灣被攔下登船。

伊朗被認為是這兩起事件的幕後黑手，但否認對此負責。

週五，G7國家指責德黑蘭默瑟街襲擊事件，稱“伊朗的行為，連同其對代理部隊和非國家武裝行為體的支持，威脅到國際和平與安全。”

“我們呼籲伊朗停止一切不符合聯合國安理會相關決議的活動，並呼籲各方為促進地區穩定與和平發揮建設性作用，”他們說。

同樣在周五，美國中央司令部表示，針對 MT Mercer Street 的三架載有炸藥的無人機之一的殘餘物表明它是在伊朗生產的。

各機構為本報告做出了貢獻。

Explosion reported at Syria’s Latakia port on ship that may be Iranian

Initial reports say blast caused 2 light injuries and considerable damage, amid escalating maritime tensions in region

By LAZAR BERMAN and TOI STAFFToday, 4:56 pm

Smoke billows from a ship at the Latakia harbor in Syria, following a reported explosion, August 10, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

A major explosion occurred on a commercial ship docked at Syria’s Latakia port on Tuesday afternoon, according to Arabic-language media and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

According to SOHR — a pro-Syrian opposition organization of uncertain funding based in the UK — the explosion “left casualties and caused considerable material damage.” Some reports said the targeted ship was Iranian.

Syrian state media reported a fire broke out on the ship that has since been brought under control and that two people were injured.

The cause of the blast was not immediately known.

The incident came amid rising tensions in the region. On July 29, armed UAVs in the Gulf of Oman struck the Mercer Street, a ship operated by an Israeli-owned company in the UK. Two sailors — from Britain and Romania — died in the attack.

Analysts have described the operation as part of a shadow war between Iran and Israel, which includes strikes on Tehran-linked sites in Syria.

On August 3, the Asphalt Princess was stopped and boarded in the Gulf of Oman.

Iran is believed to be behind both incidents, but denies responsibility.

On Friday, G7 countries blamed Tehran for the Mercer Street attack, saying that “Iran’s behavior, alongside its support to proxy forces and non-state armed actors, threatens international peace and security.”

“We call on Iran to stop all activities inconsistent with relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and call on all parties to play a constructive role in fostering regional stability and peace,” they said.

Also Friday, the US Central Command said that remnants from one of three explosives-laden drones that targeted the MT Mercer Street indicated it was produced in Iran.

Agencies contributed to this report.

伊朗官方媒體稱以色列潛艇穿過蘇伊士進入紅海

政權消息人士引述稱，在襲擊與以色列有關的船隻後，以色列“未能就伊朗達成共識”，但“繼續試圖在該地區製造緊張局勢”

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說明：2020 年 9 月 29 日，一艘以色列軍用潛艇在以色列地中海駛過貨船。（美聯社照片/ Ariel Schalit）

在以色列和伊朗之間的海軍緊張局勢加劇之際，伊朗官方媒體週一聲稱，一艘以色列海豚級潛艇上週三在兩艘戰艦的陪同下通過蘇伊士運河進入紅海。

努爾新聞稱，伊朗國家安全最高委員會的消息來源已證實這艘潛艇進入紅海，但認為此舉“主要是為了作秀”。

消息人士稱，在最近襲擊阿曼海岸附近一艘與以色列有關的船隻後，以色列“未能就伊朗達成共識”，但“繼續試圖在該地區製造緊張局勢”。

兩名船員，一名英國人和一名羅馬尼亞人，在上個月對 MT Mercer 街的襲擊中喪生。該船由 Zodiac Maritime 運營，該公司是以色列大亨 Eyal Ofer 旗下的一家位於倫敦的公司。

伊朗否認對爆炸負責，但分析人士稱這次行動是伊朗和以色列之間影子戰爭的一部分。

據報導，去年 12 月，一艘以色列潛艇公然越過蘇伊士運河，向伊朗展示武力。據援引阿拉伯情報來源的菅直人消息稱，此舉得到了埃及的批准。

據報導，這艘潛艇浮出水面，面向位於沙特阿拉伯另一邊的波斯灣。情報消息人士稱，此舉意在向伊朗“傳遞信息”。

該報導一周後，以色列國防軍發言人 Hidai Zilberman告訴沙特阿拉伯 Elaph 新聞媒體，以色列正在追踪伊朗在該地區的活動，以色列潛艇正在悄悄地“到處航行”。

Iranian state media claims Israeli submarine passed through Suez into Red Sea

Regime sources quoted saying Israel has ‘failed to create a consensus against Iran’ following attack on Israeli-linked ship, but ‘continues to try to create tension’ in the region

By TOI STAFFToday, 11:35 pm

Illustrative: An Israeli military submarine sails past cargo ships in the Mediterranean Sea, Israel, on September 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Amid increased naval tensions between Israel and Iran, Iranian state media claimed on Monday that an Israeli dolphin-class submarine had entered the Red Sea last Wednesday via the Suez Canal, accompanied by two battleships.

Nour News said that sources in Iran’s Supreme Council of National Security had confirmed the submarine’s passage into the Red Sea, but believed the move was “mostly just for show.”

The sources were quoted as saying that Israel had “failed to create a consensus against Iran” following the recent attack on an Israeli-linked ship off the coast of Oman but “continues to try to create tension” in the region.

Two crew members, a Briton and a Romanian, were killed in last month’s attack on the MT Mercer Street. The ship is operated by Zodiac Maritime, a London-based company belonging to Israeli tycoon Eyal Ofer.

Iran has denied responsibility for the blast, but analysts have described the operation as part of a shadow war between Iran and Israel.

In December last year, an Israeli submarine reportedly openly crossed the Suez Canal in a show of force directed at Iran. The move was approved by Egypt, according to Kan news, which cited Arab intelligence sources.

That submarine reportedly surfaced and faced the Persian Gulf, which lies on the other side of Saudi Arabia. The intelligence sources said the move was meant to “send a message” to Iran.

A week after that report, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Hidai Zilberman told the Saudi Arabian Elaph news outlet that Israel was tracking Iranian movements around the region, and that Israeli submarines were quietly “sailing everywhere.”

Lapid 將於週三訪問摩洛哥，這是以色列 FM 自 2003 年以來的首次訪問

在關係停滯 20 年後，摩洛哥外長將在摩洛哥外長訪問猶太國家之前在拉巴特開始訪問

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外交部長亞伊爾·拉皮德 (Yair Lapid) 於 2021 年 6 月 29 日抵達阿拉伯聯合酋長國阿布扎比。 (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

外交部長亞伊爾·拉皮德將於週三啟程前往摩洛哥進行為期兩天的正式訪問，這是以色列最高外交官自 2003 年以來的首次正式訪問。

拉皮德將在拉巴特正式開設以色列聯絡處，並會見他的摩洛哥外長納賽爾·布里塔（Nasser Bourita）。

他還將在卡薩布蘭卡與當地的猶太社區共度時光。

加入拉皮德的將是福利部長梅爾科恩，他出生於摩洛哥索維拉；外交部總幹事阿隆·烏什皮茲；以色列議會外交和國防委員會主席拉姆·本·巴拉克；和衛生部高級官員 Inbar Zucker。

以色列時報將報導摩洛哥的這次旅行。

拉皮德在一份聲明中說：“這次具有歷史意義的訪問是摩洛哥猶太社區以及起源於摩洛哥的大型以色列人社區長期友誼、深厚根基和傳統的延續。”

“這將是政治和經濟活動的時刻，我們將繼續努力達成能夠為我們的國家帶來創新和機會的協議。”

2021 年 7 月 25 日，以色列遊客乘坐以色列和摩洛哥之間的首趟直飛商業航班抵達馬拉喀什 - 梅納拉國際機場。（FADEL SENNA / AFP）

大衛·利維 (David Levy) 於 1999 年 12 月以外交部長的身份訪問了摩洛哥，西爾萬·沙洛姆 (Silvan Shalom) 也於 2003 年訪問了摩洛哥，當時以色列的外交使團因第二次起義爆發而關閉。

專家們看到了拉皮德不僅可以改善雙邊關係，而且可以改善其地區地位的機會。

“強調以色列與摩洛哥關係改善帶來的區域和多區域機會，可以幫助將關係升級為大使級外交關係，並為發展中的關係注入新的內容，”以色列研究所 Mitvim 主席 Nimrod Goren 說。區域外交政策。

“與摩洛哥的正常化最近已經幫助以色列重新獲得非洲聯盟的觀察員地位，這可能導致以色列在地中海的影響力增強，促進以色列-摩洛哥聯合參與歐盟資金充足的計劃，支持以色列高層- 巴勒斯坦政策對話渠道，使以色列公司成為摩洛哥-阿聯酋商業合作的一部分。”

以色列和摩洛哥之間的第一條直飛商業航班於 7 月起飛，也就是兩國在美國促成的協議中實現外交關係正常化的七個月後。

雖然耶路撒冷和拉巴特過去沒有完全的關係——在彼此首都設有外交辦事處，而不是大使館——但他們保持密切的官方關係，直到摩洛哥在 2000 年爆發第二次起義時暫停了它們。

一位以色列外交消息人士上個月表示，與這個北非王國的關係“將轉變為全面的外交關係”。

摩洛哥外交部長納賽爾·布里塔於 2019 年 6 月 3 日在摩洛哥拉巴特與西班牙外長舉行會談後在新聞發布會上。（美聯社照片/ Mosa'ab Elshamy）

在耶路撒冷和阿拉伯國家之間達成一波正常化協議的浪潮中，以色列和摩洛哥於去年年底恢復了關係。

7 月，拉皮德邀請摩洛哥同行納賽爾·布里塔 (Nasser Bourita) 訪問以色列。

拉皮德在以色列議會舉行的 Yesh Atid 派系會議上說：“在我訪問摩洛哥之後，Bourita 部長將訪問以色列，在這裡開展任務。”

6 月下旬，拉皮德歷史性地前往阿拉伯聯合酋長國，開設以色列駐阿布扎比大使館和迪拜領事館。

7月初，外交部總幹事阿隆·烏什皮斯在摩洛哥會見了拉皮德，並在會見了布里塔時遞交了拉皮德的書面邀請。

拉皮德在信中強調，恢復以色列和摩洛哥之間的關係是一個歷史性的里程碑。以色列最高外交官還表達了希望在貿易、技術、文化和旅遊領域的雙邊合作取得進展的願望。

2021 年 7 月 7 日，外交部總幹事阿隆·烏什皮茲在摩洛哥拉巴特的穆罕默德五世陵墓簽署留言簿。（提供）

拉皮德說，邀請表明，在兩國及其公民之間建立外交關係和直接聯繫是以色列的“重中之重”。

“我感謝穆罕默德六世國王陛下對這個過程的領導和啟發，”拉皮德說。“我期待加強以色列和摩洛哥之間的政治聯繫，並在兩國之間建立經濟、技術、文化和旅遊合作。”

在烏什皮茲參觀了前摩洛哥國王穆罕默德五世和他的兒子哈桑二世國王的陵墓之後發表了上述評論。

“我們要感謝摩洛哥的國王……感謝他們在歷史上對摩洛哥猶太人的友誼和支持，這是穆罕默德六世國王陛下繼承的遺產，”烏什皮茲在留言簿中用希伯來語和阿拉伯語寫道。

他補充說：“留給我們和下一代的寬容和節制傳統是以色列和摩洛哥重建關係的靈感來源。”

2020 年 12 月 22 日，以色列國家安全顧問 Meir Ben-Shabbat 在摩洛哥拉巴特王宮對媒體發表講話。（猶大阿里格羅斯/以色列時報）

同樣在上個月，一架摩洛哥空軍飛機降落在以色列的哈佐爾空軍基地，據報導是為了參加以色列空軍的多國演習。

Judah Ari Gross 和 Times of Israel 的工作人員為本報告做出了貢獻。

Lapid to visit Morocco Wednesday, in first trip by Israeli FM since 2003

After 20-year lull in relations, foreign minister to open mission in Rabat ahead of expected visit to Jewish state by Moroccan counterpart

By LAZAR BERMAN Today, 8:08 pm

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on June 29, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will take off for Morocco on Wednesday for a two-day official visit, the first by Israel’s top diplomat since 2003.

Lapid will officially open up the Israeli Liaison Office in Rabat, and will meet with his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita.

He will also spend time in Casablanca with the local Jewish community.

Joining Lapid will be Welfare Minister Meir Cohen, born in Essaouira, Morocco; Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz; Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Ram Ben Barak; and senior Health Ministry official Inbar Zucker.

The Times of Israel will be covering the trip from Morocco.

“This historic visit is a continuation of the long-standing friendship and deep roots and traditions that the Jewish community in Morocco, and the large community of Israelis with origins in Morocco, have,” said Lapid in a statement.

“It will be a moment for political and economic activity, and we will continue to work towards agreements that will bring innovation and opportunity to our countries.”

Israeli tourists arrive at the Marrakech-Menara International Airport on the first direct commercial flight between Israel and Morocco, on July 25, 2021. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)

David Levy visited Morocco as foreign minister in December 1999, as did Silvan Shalom in 2003, after Israel’s diplomatic mission had been closed with the outbreak of the Second Intifada.

Experts saw opportunities for Lapid to improve not only bilateral ties but also its regional standing.

“An emphasis on regional and multi-regional opportunities offered by improved Israel-Morocco relations could help upgrade ties into full ambassadorial-level diplomatic relations and inject new substance into the developing ties,” said Nimrod Goren, President of Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies.

“The normalization with Morocco has already assisted Israel recently in reclaiming an observer status in the African Union, and it could lead to enhanced Israeli impact in the Mediterranean, promote joint Israel-Morocco participation in heavily-funded EU programs, support high-level Israeli-Palestinian policy dialogue channels, and enable Israeli companies to be part of Moroccan-Emirati business cooperation.”

The first direct commercial flights between Israel and Morocco took off in July, seven months after the countries normalized diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by the United States.

While Jerusalem and Rabat in the past did not have full relations — with diplomatic offices in each other’s capitals, instead of embassies — they maintained close official ties until Morocco suspended them with the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000.

An Israeli diplomatic source said last month that the ties with the North African kingdom “will turn into full diplomatic relations.”

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at a press conference after holding talks with his Spanish counterpart, in Rabat, Morocco, on June 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Israel and Morocco renewed their ties late last year, amid a wave of normalization agreements between Jerusalem and Arab countries.

In July, Lapid invited his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, to visit Israel.

“After my trip to Morocco, Minister Bourita will come visit Israel to open missions here,” Lapid said at a Yesh Atid faction meeting in the Knesset.

In late June, Lapid made a historic trip to the United Arab Emirates to open the Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi and the consulate in Dubai.

Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz was in Morocco in early July and delivered Lapid’s written invitation during his meeting with Bourita.

Lapid stressed in his letter that restoring ties between Israel and Morocco was a historical milestone. Israel’s top diplomat also expressed his desire to make progress in bilateral cooperation in the fields of trade, technology, culture and tourism.

Alon Ushpiz, director general of the Foreign Ministry, signs the guest book at the Mausoleum of Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco, on July 7, 2021. (Courtesy)

Lapid said the invitation showed that the establishment of diplomatic relations and direct connections between the two countries and their citizens was “a top priority” for Israel.

“I thank His Majesty King Muhammad VI for the leadership and inspiration he gave to the process,” Lapid said. “I look forward to strengthening the political ties between Israel and Morocco and to building economic, technological, cultural and tourism cooperation between the two countries.”

The comments came after Ushpiz visited the tombs of former Moroccan kings Mohammed V and his son King Hassan II, the current monarch’s father.

“We would like to thank the kings in Morocco… for their friendship and support of the Jews of Morocco throughout history, a legacy that His Majesty King Mohammed VI is carrying on,” Ushpiz wrote in the guest book in both Hebrew and Arabic.

He added: “The tradition of tolerance and moderation that has been left to us and the next generations is an inspiration for the renewal of ties between Israel and Morocco.”

Israeli national security advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat speaks to a press at the royal palace in Rabat, Morocco, on December 22, 2020. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Also last month, a Moroccan air force plane touched down in Israel’s Hatzor Air Base, reportedly to take part in a multinational Israeli Air Force exercise.

Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

聯合國小組中只有以色列人表示全球變暖的速度“比我們想像的要快”

Daniel Rosenfeld 教授敦促更快地轉向可再生能源，僅將天然氣作為最後的手段

由蘇SURKES 今天，晚上 10:28

說明：全球變暖。（Chonticha Wat；iStock by Getty Images）

唯一一位在聯合國發布令人擔憂的全球變暖新報告的團隊中任職的以色列人本週早些時候，告訴以色列時報，“我們的恐懼成真得比我們想像的要快。”

耶路撒冷希伯來大學地球科學研究所的丹尼爾·羅森菲爾德教授是該報告關於水循環變化的章節的主要作者，他說，雖然在近 4,000 頁的報告文本中沒有什麼大驚喜，“最重要的是，我們可以毫無疑問地認為，自工業革命以來，人類對升溫 1.09 攝氏度（1.9 華氏度）負有責任。”

這份報告——涉及氣候變暖的物理科學方面——包括對地球狀況的可怕警告。

在報告考慮的所有五種溫室氣體排放情景中，地球的平均表面溫度預計將在 2030 年左右比工業化前水平高 1.5 或 1.6 攝氏度（約 35 華氏度）——從高度樂觀到魯莽。這比政府間氣候變化專門委員會 (IPCC) 僅在三年前預測的時間早了整整十年。

此類 IPCC 報告沒有提出任何觀點或建議，而是以公正的方式呈現科學，以幫助政府制定政策。

耶路撒冷希伯來大學的 Daniel Rosenfeld 教授。（提供：丹尼爾·羅森菲爾德）

羅森菲爾德強調，他所表達的所有觀點都是作為個人的，“全球變暖的程度與我們排放到大氣中的二氧化碳量成正比，因此解決方案是減少它——到目前為止，這個速度已經一直在增長。我們需要確保這種情況被扭轉。”

在評論以色列政府的政策時，到 2030 年，30% 的能源由可再生能源（主要是太陽能）生產，其餘 70% 來自天然氣，羅森菲爾德說，“天然氣必須只用於太陽能不普及的罕見時期。夠了。我們必須投資基礎設施以開發足夠的太陽能。今天，如果有人想安裝太陽能電池板，向電網銷售就會出現問題。”

以色列中部荷茲利亞跨學科中心可持續發展學院院長 Yoav Yair 教授說：“你不會在報告中找到任何新內容——我們知道從葡萄牙到約旦的地區是氣候變化熱點，這比世界其他地方的升溫速度快得多。我們已經感覺到了。在接下來的兩到三年內，我們會更強烈地感受到它。

“以色列幾乎什麼都沒做，這應該讓人們感到惱火。上屆政府沒有採取任何措施來降低以色列排放的全球變暖氣體。”

Yoav Yair 教授。（禮貌：Yoav Yair）

他說，那些說以色列太小而不能影響全球變暖的人是錯誤的，因為世界上有許多小國，它們加在一起。

“新罕布什爾州也可以說我們只有 800 萬，這有什麼意義。但我們在這裡，我們在哪裡。”

Yair 說公眾必須了解天然氣也是一種化石燃料。“每個人都撒謊說它比煤炭好。但是，當您燃燒天然氣時，二氧化碳也會進入大氣，而甲烷本身（天然氣中的主要成分）如果從管道中洩漏，則是一種非常強大的 [變暖] 氣體。

“但天然氣公司不提供這些信息。政府應根據其他國家的經驗，仔細監測和評估大規模天然氣基礎設施的性能和完整性，眾所周知，這些基礎設施會導致洩漏。”

據聯合國報導，據路透社報導，甲烷是由天然氣工業、垃圾填埋場和牲畜產生的，自工業化前時代以來，甲烷約佔全球變暖的 30%。

它引用了 IPCC 報告審閱者、華盛頓特區治理與可持續發展研究所所長 Durwood Zaelke 的話說：“減少甲烷是減緩變暖的最大和最快的戰略。”

Yair 說，隨著工業革命後氣溫上升 1.09 攝氏度，世界不太可能實現將上升保持在 1.5 度的首選目標——僅高出十分之四度——但補充說：“禍不單行。如果我們上升到 2.5 或更多。”

Pace of global warming ‘quicker than we thought’ says only Israeli on UN panel

Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld urges faster move toward renewable energy, use of natural gas only as a last resort

By SUE SURKES Today, 10:28 pm

Illustrative: Global warming. (Chonticha Wat; iStock by Getty Images)

The sole Israeli to serve on the team that produced the worrying new United Nations report on global warming earlier this week told The Times of Israel that “our fears are coming true more quickly than we thought.”

Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Earth Sciences, who was a lead author on the report’s chapter about changes in the water cycle, said that while there are no great surprises in the nearly 4,000 pages of the report’s text, “the most important thing is that we can delare without doubt that humanity is responsible for the warming of 1.09 degrees Celsius (1.9 degrees Fahrenheit) since the industrial revolution.”

The report — dealing with the physical science aspects of climate warming — included dire warnings about the state of the planet.

Earth’s average surface temperature is projected to hit 1.5 or 1.6 degrees Celsius (approximately 35 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels around 2030 in all five of the greenhouse gas emissions scenarios — ranging from highly optimistic to reckless — considered by the report. That’s a full decade earlier than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted just three years ago.

Rather than setting out any views or recommendations, IPCC reports of this kind present the science in an impartial fashion to help governments make policy.

Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Courtesy: Daniel Rosenfeld)

Stressing that all views that he expressed were as a private individual, Rosenfeld said, “The amount of global warming is proportional to the amount of carbon dioxide that we emit into the atmosphere, so the solution is reducing it – up to now the pace has been growing. We need to ensure that this is reversed.”

Commenting on the Israeli government’s policy to have 30 percent of energy produced by renewable sources — primarily solar — by 2030, with the remaining 70% coming from natural gas, Rosenfeld said, “Natural gas must be just for the rare times when solar is not enough. We must invest in infrastructure to develop enough solar. Today, if somebody wants to erect solar panels, there are problems selling to the grid.”

Prof. Yoav Yair, Dean of the School of Sustainability at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, in central Israel, said, “You won’t find anything new in the report — we know that the region from Portugal to Jordan is a climate change hotspot, which is heating far faster than rest of world. We are feeling it already. And we’ll feel it more strongly in the next two to three decades.

“That Israel has done almost nothing is what should annoy people. The previous government did nothing to lower the global warming gases that Israel emits.”

Prof. Yoav Yair. (Courtesy: Yoav Yair)

Those who say that Israel is too tiny to impact global warming are wrong, he said, as there were many small countries in the world, and they all add up.

“New Hampshire can also say we are only 8 million, what’s the point. But here we are, where we are.”

Yair said it was essential for the public to understand that natural gas is also a fossil fuel. “The lie that everyone tells is that it’s better than coal. But when you burn natural gas, carbon dioxide also goes into the atmosphere, and methane itself (the main component in natural gas) is a very powerful [warming] gas if it leaks from the pipes.

“But the gas companies don’t provide that information. The government should carefully monitor and evaluate the performance and integrity of the massive natural gas infrastructure, which is known to induce leaks, based on experience in other countries.”

Methane is generated by the gas industry, landfills and livestock, and accounts for some 30% of warming since the pre-industrial era, according to the UN, Reuters reported.

It quoted IPCC report reviewer Durwood Zaelke, president of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development in Washington, DC, as saying, “Cutting methane is the single biggest and fastest strategy for slowing down warming.”

Yair said that with the post-industrial revolution rise in temperature of 1.09 degrees Celsius, it was unlikely the world would reach its preferred target of keeping rises to 1.5 degrees — just four-tenths of a degree more — but added: “Woe betide us if we get to rises of 2.5 or more.”

地獄即將來臨：媒體對不斷上升的發病率和汞的看法

COVID-19 的發病率再次達到上限，但政客們堅持認為一切都會好起來的，即使健康專家沒有；氣候危機也會如此嗎？

由約書亞·達維多維奇今天，上午 10:54

2021 年 8 月 8 日，一排汽車等待進入雷霍沃特的免下車冠狀病毒檢測中心。（Yossi Aloni/Flash90）

1. 歪曲新冠病毒，鎖定局面：冠狀病毒病例仍在上升，雖然政府堅持認為封鎖不是即將到來的，並且正在採取一切措施來避免這種舉動，但這個想法仍然懸而未決，散發出強烈的惡臭。

· 一天之內新病例突破 5,000 大關——這是一個幾乎毫無意義但心理上充滿壓力的里程碑——新聞網站在周二早些時候登上了頭條，稱其為“新紀錄”，至少對於這一波病毒而言是這樣。

· 與此同時，政客們堅持認為，在他們的監督下不會發生封鎖。

· “封鎖會帶來最嚴重的影響，”衛生部長尼贊·霍洛維茨 (Nitzan Horowitz) 告訴第 13 頻道新聞。“我們已經進入了三個階段，我們看到了它對社會、經濟和健康的影響。”

· 衛生部長 Nachman Ash 告訴菅直人，雖然人們渴望知道有多少患者會觸發封鎖，但他無法提供。“我們需要權衡幾個因素，”他說。“我們正在盡一切努力避免封鎖。”

· 在說以色列人應該像對待流感一樣學會與病毒共存一天后，財政部長阿維格多·利伯曼告訴陸軍電台，“最好投資於停止封鎖而不是進行封鎖，這將對企業和整個經濟。我們不能每次都進行鎖定。人們已經在從經驗中學習，恐慌減少了，對遵守基本規則的理解增加了。”

· 至於那些會生病的人，至少他們會有很好的地方可以浪費在呼吸機上：“我們已經設立了 8 億新謝克爾來支持衛生系統。提高醫院的吸收能力很重要，這樣他們就可以接收數千名患者。”

· 菅直人報告說，一些重病患者甚至不必去醫院，但作為削減成本的措施，他們可以在自己的家中享受舒適的生活。該站報告說，健康維護組織正在為“家庭住院”準備 1,000 張床位，這將只花費 5500 萬新謝克爾，而實際住院治療重病患者則需要 7000 萬新謝克爾。

· 第 12 頻道新聞報導稱，官員們正在考慮對集會施加更多限制，而不是封鎖。令人震驚的是，一些不受選民心血來潮影響的專業人士認為，避免封鎖、將錢投入病床和強制執行綠通行證可能不是最好的主意。

· “除了口罩，現在沒有什麼可以降低發病率，”沃拉引用公共衛生負責人 Sharon Alroy-Preis 博士的話說。“綠色通行證不會這樣做。”

· 內部醫院病房負責人組織的負責人 Avishai Ellis 博士告訴陸軍電台，“衛生部長與正在發生的事情完全隔絕，他沒有與內部病房醫務人員會面。他沒有訪問病房，也沒有回复我們寄給他的任何信件。他的優先事項以及他對實地發生的事情的理解存在問題，而沒有看到真正的戰場。”

· Israel Hayom 已經成為批評政府冠狀病毒政策的家庭手工業，頭條新聞稱新的限制措施“太少也太遲了”。

2. 額外的功課： Israel Hayom 還展望未來，報告開學計劃，該計劃主要基於對孩子進行抗體測試，並一直測試他們以確保他們沒有攜帶病毒。標題“失敗的黑板”。

· 該報預測：“教育部確實公佈了在學校進行測試的計劃，但仔細觀察會發現，在實地實施將非常困難。”

· 現在安全地遠離公眾視線的前衛生部長摩西·巴爾·西曼-托夫 (Moshe Bar Siman-Tov) 也同樣對新學年的開學持悲觀態度，他告訴《國土報》，學校將在幾週內關閉，除非出現奇蹟。“我們希望一切都會好起來，但目前我們還沒有真正做好準備。病毒很可能會繼續傳播。人們沒有看到如何防止病人和健康人之間的接觸，而是說：“讓我們縮短隔離時間。” 但這會導致相反的現象，更多的學生被孤立，因為我們正在與一種沒有體貼的病毒進行談判，也無法阻止它。”

· 然而，第 12 頻道報導了一項對 1,000 名 3 至 12 歲兒童的血清學調查，發現五分之一的兒童儘管從未被證實感染過病毒，但仍有病毒抗體。根據該頻道的說法，結果對於希望將他們的孩子送到學校的父母來說是個好消息，因為這意味著他們有資格獲得綠色通行證，並且可以避免在接觸病毒時不得不隔離。

· “結果表明，對孩子進行血清學檢查活動確實非常重要，以便學校系統根據需要開放。”

· 伊內特報導了同一項調查，他寫道，學校已經開學的極端正統派城鎮埃拉德發現，高達 24% 的受測者有抗體。但該媒體還表示，沒有多少人來接受檢測，這既是因為推遲了在何處進行檢測的計劃，也因為錯誤地擔心檢測會顯示誰目前感染了病毒，從而使高感染城市變得更加嚴重以色列的交通燈系統更紅。

3.這裡變熱：如果冠狀病毒沒有感染我們，地球就會，至少根據聯合國一份關於氣候變化即將到來的可怕後果的報告，以色列媒體對此非常關注。

· 專家們的共識似乎是以色列需要迅速採取行動。

· “以色列需要通過部際合作和支持必要的資源，採取勇敢和具有約束力的國家政策。正如許多其他國家所做的那樣，宣布氣候緊急情況可能是積極的第一步，”專家 Shira Lev Ami 在第 12 頻道的網站上寫道。

· “到 2040 年，氣溫將上升 1.5 度，”環境保護部首席科學家 Noga Kronfeld-Schor 教授告訴陸軍電台。“當這種情況發生時，惡劣（天氣）的步伐將變得更快。我們需要投入大量資金並迅速採取行動。”

· Haaretz 的 Zafrir Rinat 指出，該報告將地中海列為容易發生乾旱、洪水和熱浪的地區，並鼓勵以色列採取一些受馬爾薩斯啟發的措施。

· “解決這些後果需要的不僅僅是植樹和為洪水做準備。它需要一項政策，通過教育和僱用婦女以及消除對大家庭的經濟激勵來減緩人口增長。還迫切需要一項減少土地使用的計劃，”他寫道。“當然，通過和平協議實現地區穩定是一種迫切的、生存的需要。只有區域合作才能使我們能夠共享水資源，為每個人生產足夠的食物，並利用鄰國的大片土地生產我們和鄰國可以使用的太陽能。”

· ToI 的 Raoul Wootliff 寫道，外交部也有同樣的想法：“該部表示將推進‘氣候外交’，其中包括參加有關氣候問題的國際活動和推廣提供解決方案的以色列技術，”他報導。

· 但菅直人的 Moav Vardi 和 Yifat Glick 反駁說，“儘管政府官員試圖將以色列描繪成氣候危機的終結者，但現實遠非如此。”

· “當其他發達國家提出到 2020 年底減少排放的目標時，兩個國家沒有及時做到——以色列和土耳其，”他們寫道。“而當以色列確實提出其目標時，他們只達到了歐盟國家正在做的一半左右——到 2030 年減少 27%，而不是 55%。”

Hell is on the way: What the press is saying about rising morbidity and mercury

COVID-19 rates are hitting the ceiling again, but politicians are insistent that everything will be okay, even if health experts are not; will it be ditto for the climate crisis?

By JOSHUA DAVIDOVICHToday, 10:54 am

A line of cars waiting to enter a drive-thru coronavirus testing center in Rehovot on August 8, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

1. COVID on wry, holds the locks: Coronavirus cases are still on the rise, and while the government insists that a lockdown is not in the offing and everything is being done to avoid that move, the idea is still hanging in the air and giving off a mighty stench.

· The breaking of the 5,000 mark for new cases in a single day — a mostly meaningless but psychologically freighted milestone — has news sites running headlines early Tuesday about “a new record,” at least for this wave of the virus.

· At the same time, politicians are insistent that a lockdown is not going to happen on their watch.

· “A lockdown carries the most severe repercussions,” Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz tells Channel 13 news. “We’ve been in three and we saw the effect it had on society, the economy and health.”

· Health Ministry chief Nachman Ash tells Kan that while people are hankering for answers on what number of patients will trigger a lockdown, he cannot provide it. “We need to weigh several factors,” he says. “We’re doing everything to avoid a lockdown.”

· A day after saying Israelis should learn to live with the virus like they do with the flu, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman tells Army Radio that “it’s better to invest money in stopping a lockdown rather than getting to one, which will cause damage to businesses and the whole economy. We can’t do a lockdown every time. People are already learning from experience, there’s less panic and more understanding about heeding basic rules.”

· As for those who will get sick, at least they’ll have nice digs from which to waste away on their ventilators: “We’ve set up NIS 800 million to bolster the health system. It’s important to up hospitals’ absorption capabilities, so they can take in thousands of patients.”

· Kan reports that some seriously ill won’t even have to go to the hospital, but will be able to suffer from the comfort of their own homes, as a cost-cutting measure. The station reports that the health maintenance organizations are preparing 1,000 beds for “home hospitalization” which will cost only NIS 55 million, versus an extravagant NIS 70 million to actually hospitalize those who are very ill.

· Channel 12 news reports that rather than a lockdown, officials are mulling more restrictions on gatherings. Shockingly, some professionals who are not beholden to the whims of the electorate think that avoiding a lockdown and pumping money into beds and Green Pass enforcement instead might not be the best idea.

· “Aside from the masks, there’s nothing right now that will bring down morbidity,” Walla quotes public health honcho Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis saying. “The Green Pass won’t do it.”

· Dr. Avishai Ellis, the head of an organization of internal hospital ward heads, tells Army Radio that “the health minister is way cut off from what’s happening, he’s not meeting with internal ward medical staff. He’s not visiting wards and not answering any letters we send him. There’s a problem here with his priorities and his understanding of what’s happening on the ground, not seeing the real battlefield.”

· Israel Hayom, which has made a cottage industry of criticizing the government on its coronavirus policy, runs a top headline calling the new restrictions “too little and too late.”

2. Extra homework: Israel Hayom also peers into the future to report on the plan for opening schools, which is slated to be heavily based on testing kids for antibodies and testing them all the time to make sure they are not carrying the virus, under the headline “Failure blackboard.”

· “The Education Ministry indeed published a plan for testing in schools, but a close look finds that it will be very difficult to implement it on the ground,” the paper predicts.

· Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, the former Health Ministry chief who is now safely out of the public eye, is similarly pessimistic about the opening of the school year, telling Haaretz that school will shut down within a few weeks, unless there is a miracle. “We expect things to be fine, but at the moment we are not really prepared. It is likely that the virus will continue to spread. Instead of seeing how to prevent contact between the sick and the healthy, people say: ‘Let’s shorten quarantine times.’ But this will lead to the opposite phenomenon, more students in isolation, because we are negotiating with a virus that is not considerate, nor can it be deterred.”

· Channel 12, however, reports on a serological survey of 1,000 kids ages 3 to 12 that finds one in five has antibodies from the virus despite not having ever been confirmed as infected. According to the channel the results are great news for parents hoping to ship their rugrats off to school since it means that they are eligible for the Green Pass and can avoid having to isolate if exposed to the virus.

· “The results show that there is indeed great importance in the campaign of serological checks for kids to allow the school system to open as needed.”

· Ynet, reporting on the same survey, writes that the ultra-Orthodox town of Elad, where school has started, found a whopping 24 percent of those tested had antibodies. But the outlet also says that not many people showed up to get testing, both because of delayed planning on where to do the testing, and because of a mistaken fear that the tests would show who currently has the virus and turn the high infection city even redder on Israel’s traffic light system.

3. Getting hot in here: If the coronavirus doesn’t get us, the planet will, at least according to a UN report on the dire coming consequences of climate change, which Israel’s media pays much attention to.

· The consensus among pundits appears to be that Israel needs to act and act fast.

· “Israel needs courageous and binding national policies through inter-ministerial cooperation and by bolstering necessary resources. Declaring a climate emergency, as many other countries have done, could be a positive first step,” writes expert Shira Lev Ami for Channel 12’s website.

· “By 2040, temperatures will rise by a degree and a half,” Prof. Noga Kronfeld-Schor, the Environmental Protection Ministries top scientist, tells Army Radio. “When that happens, the pace of the severe (weather) will become much quicker. We need to invest a lot of money and act quickly.”

· Haaretz’s Zafrir Rinat notes that the report singled out the Mediterranean as an area prone to droughts, floods and heat waves, and encourages Israel to take some Malthusian-inspired steps.

· “Addressing these consequences will require more than planting trees and preparing for floods. It requires a policy to slow population growth by educating and employing women and eliminating economic incentives for large families. A plan to reduce land use is also urgently needed,” he writes. “And of course, there’s a burning, existential need to achieve regional stability through peace agreements. Only regional cooperation will enable us to share water resources, produce enough food for everyone and utilize the large expanses of land in neighboring countries to produce solar energy that we and our neighbors can use.”

· ToI’s Raoul Wootliff writes that the Foreign Ministry has the same thing in mind: “The ministry said it would advance ‘climate diplomacy,’ which includes attending international events on climate issues and promoting Israeli technologies that offer solutions,” he reports.

· But Kan’s Moav Vardi and Yifat Glick counter that “despite attempts by government officials to portray Israel as the climate crisis ender, the reality is far from that.”

· “When the rest of the developed world presented goals for reducing emissions by the end of 2020, two countries did not do it in time — Israel and Turkey,” they write. “And when Israel did present its goals, they only came to about half of what EU countries are doing — 27% reduction as opposed to 55% by 2030.”

如果自由派猶太人繼續支持 BDS、BLM，“我們可能會失去美國”——僑民部長

Nachman Shai 將以色列抵制運動與 Black Lives Matter 混為一談，後者因其一些領導人的反猶太言論而受到批評，但贏得了許多美國猶太人的支持

由雅各布馬吉德 今天，上午 10:26更新於上午 10:39

猶太復國主義聯盟 MK Nachman Shai 於 2017 年 11 月 13 日出席以色列議會委員會會議。 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

紐約——僑民事務部長 Nachman Shai 上週警告說，如果自由派美國猶太人繼續支持抵制、撤資和製裁以及“黑人的命也是命”運動，耶路撒冷可能會完全失去美國的支持。

沙伊在美國猶太人委員會的播客人民播客節目中客串時說，他最近向以色列政府的其他成員簡要介紹了美國猶太人的地位，並告訴他們“如果我們看到更多激進的左翼和進步的自由派猶太人繼續支持 BDS 和 Black Lives Matter，與巴勒斯坦人類似……將以色列視為種族滅絕國家或種族隔離國家，我們可能會失去美國。”

長期以來，以色列一直將 BDS 運動視為重大威脅，並已投入數百萬美元來應對，但將抵制運動與“黑人的命也是命”運動混為一談的情況並不常見。

美國一些主要的猶太組織對一些 BLM 活動家的聲明和立場表示反對。然而，該運動贏得了許多美國猶太人的支持，反誹謗聯盟也公開反對將其支持者描繪成“暴力極端分子”。

超過600個猶太人組織，代表大多數美國猶太人，在支持這是黑生命物質運動的簽名信發表在一個整版的紐約時報的廣告在2020年八月。

沙伊說，“今天有一些想法可以依靠美國其他團體的支持”，而不是美國猶太人，但他拒絕了這樣的提議。他似乎指的是前以色列駐美國大使羅恩·德默 (Ron Dermer)最近的言論，他建議以色列應該優先考慮福音派基督徒的“熱情和明確”支持，而不是美國猶太人的支持，他說他們“在我們的批評者中不成比例”。 ”

“我必須確保你們中有成千上萬的人會留在我們身邊，”Shai 說。“他們可能對以色列正在發生的事情持批評態度。我也有很多批評……沒關係。”

600 多個猶太組織在《紐約時報》上刊登的一則廣告，以支持“黑人的命也是命”運動。（禮貌）

“基本上，我們應該有相同的價值觀，我們應該相信同樣的事情，我們應該聚在一起互相幫助……為了[一個]共同的未來，”沙伊說。

工黨部長表示希望兩年後他將不再聽到“民主黨拒絕向以色列運送武器或在國際上支持以色列”的聲音。

在最近的加沙沖突期間，由於民主黨要求以色列和哈馬斯恐怖組織立即停火，幾位進步的立法者試圖阻止拜登政府向以色列出售 7.35 億美元的精確制導導彈，但未能成功。

沙伊說，他依靠美國猶太人來影響“美國內部的公共話語”，以造福以色列。“我們為此需要你——不僅是因為你的捐款和其他支持以色列的方式，我們非常感謝。”

當被問及他如何定義其職位的成功時，僑民事務部長表示將“保持兩黨對以色列的支持”。

“任何未來的總統，無論他或她是誰，都將分享以色列的價值觀和利益，”他說。“如果沒有 [a] 對這個領域的巨額投資，它就不會[來]。”

說明：佛蒙特州參議員伯尼·桑德斯與新罕布什爾州的 IfNotNow 活動家合影，其中包括最左邊的密歇根大學學生 Becca Lubow，並舉著寫有“猶太人反對占領”的標語。（禮貌/ IfNotNow）

接受采訪之際，以色列保守派選民與美國猶太人（該國最自由的少數族裔之一）之間的差距越來越大。

在 5 月以色列-加沙沖突後對美國猶太選民進行的7 月調查發現，相當多的少數人相信對以色列的一些最嚴厲的批評，包括它正在犯下種族滅絕和種族隔離。

在由著名猶太民主黨領導的猶太選民研究所委託進行的調查中，34% 的受訪者同意“以色列對待巴勒斯坦人的方式類似於美國的種族主義”，25% 的受訪者同意“以色列是一個種族隔離國家” 22% 的人同意“以色列正在對巴勒斯坦人進行種族滅絕”。

在參與調查的年輕選民中，同意這些聲明的比例更高，但仍佔少數。民意調查發現，9% 的選民同意“以色列沒有生存權”的說法。但在 40 歲以下的選民中，這一比例為 20%。三分之一的年輕選民同意以色列正在實施種族滅絕，即使是批評以色列的人權律師也認為這種立場是極端的；超過三分之一的人表示，他們認為以色列是一個種族隔離國家。

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‘We may lose US’ if liberal Jews continue backing BDS, BLM — Diaspora minister

Nachman Shai conflates Israel boycott movement with Black Lives Matter, which was criticized for antisemitic remarks made by some of its leaders but won support of many US Jews

By JACOB MAGID Today, 10:26 amUpdated at 10:39 am

Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai attends a Knesset committee meeting, on November 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

NEW YORK — Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai warned last week that if liberal American Jews continue supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions and Black Lives Matter movements, Jerusalem may lose the support of the United States altogether.

Making a guest appearance on the American Jewish Committee’s People of the Pod podcast, Shai said he recently briefed fellow members of the Israeli government on the status of American Jewry, telling them that “if we see more of the radical left and progressive liberal Jews continuing to support BDS and Black Lives Matter, and similar to the Palestinians… relat[ing] to Israel as a genocide state or an apartheid state, we may lose America.”

Israel has long identified the BDS movement as a significant threat against which millions of dollars have been invested, but the lumping of the boycott movement together with the Black Lives Matter movement is less common.

Some major Jewish organizations in the US have expressed opposition to statements and positions made by some BLM activists. However, the movement has won the support of many US Jews, and the Anti-Defamation League has spoken out against portraying its supporters as “violent extremists.”

Over 600 Jewish organizations, representing the majority of American Jews, signed a letter in support of the Black Lives Matter movement that was published in a full-page New York Times ad in August 2020.

Shai said “there were ideas to rely on other groups in America today” for support, instead of American Jewry, but that he rejects such proposals. He appeared to be referring to recent remarks made by former Israeli ambassador to the US Ron Dermer who suggested that Israel should prioritize the “passionate and unequivocal” support of evangelical Christians over that of American Jews, who he said are “disproportionately among our critics.”

“I have to make sure that hundreds of thousands of you will stay with us,” said Shai. “They may be very critical of what’s going on in Israel. I also have a lot of criticism… it doesn’t matter.”

An ad taken out in the New York Times by over 600 Jewish organizations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. (Courtesy)

“Basically, we should have the same values, we should believe in the same things, we should get together and help each other… for [a] common future,” Shai said.

The Labor party minister expressed hope that two years from now he will no longer hear voices from the “Democratic Party sidelines of refusing to send arms to Israel or to support Israel internationally.”

During the recent Gaza conflict, several progressive lawmakers unsuccessfully sought to block the Biden administration’s $735 million sale of precision-guided missiles to Israel, as pressure mounted in the Democratic Party for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terror organization.

Shai said he relies on American Jews to influence the “the internal American public discourse” to Israel’s benefit. “We need you for this — not only for your donations and other ways of supporting Israel, which is appreciated very much.”

Asked how he defines success for his position, the Diaspora affairs minister said it would it would be “maintain[ing] bipartisan support for Israel.”

“That any future president, whoever he or she is going to be, will share Israel’s values and interests,” he said. “It doesn’t [come] without [a] huge investment in this arena.”

Illustrative: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders poses with IfNotNow activists in New Hampshire, including University of Michigan student Becca Lubow on the far left, and holds a sign that reads ‘Jews Against Occupation.’ (Courtesy/IfNotNow)

The interview came amid growing gaps between a conservative-leaning electorate in Israel and American Jewry, one of the country’s most liberal minorities.

A July survey of US Jewish voters taken after the Israel-Gaza conflict in May found that a sizable minority believe some of the harshest criticisms of Israel, including that it is committing genocide and apartheid.

Among respondents to the survey commissioned by the Jewish Electorate Institute, a group led by prominent Jewish Democrats, 34 percent agreed that “Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is similar to racism in the United States,” 25% agreed that “Israel is an apartheid state” and 22% agreed that “Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians.”

Among younger voters included in the survey, agreement with those statements was higher, though still in the minority. The poll found that 9% of voters agreed with the statement “Israel doesn’t have a right to exist.” But among voters under 40, that proportion was 20%. A third of younger voters agreed that Israel is committing genocide, a position that even human rights lawyers who are critical of Israel say is extreme; more than a third said they believe Israel is an apartheid state.

JTA contributed to this report.

塔利班佔領阿富汗另一個省會，數千人逃離

美國特使訪問卡塔爾以說服塔利班停止進攻，因為五角大樓表示美國“無能為力”幫助阿富汗政府

通過烏斯曼謝裡菲今天，下午 6:36

在這張於 2021 年 8 月 9 日拍攝的照片中，塔利班戰士站在北部城市昆都士的一條公路上，這條公路上週末被塔利班抓獲。(法新社)

喀布爾（法新社）——塔利班週二奪取了另一個阿富汗省會——不到一周內的第七個——因為成千上萬的人逃離了北部的家園，以尋求喀布爾和其他中心的相對安全。

一名省議員告訴法新社，叛亂分子佔領了阿富汗西部同名省的首府法拉市，而塔利班的一名發言人則張貼了戰鬥人員隨意走過警察總部和州長辦公室大門的照片。

法拉省議會成員莎拉·阿布巴爾 (Shahla Abubar) 說，當地安全部隊撤退到城外的一個軍事基地。

自周五以來倒塌的其他五個省會都在該國北部，叛亂分子將目光投向了該地區最大的城市馬扎里沙裡夫。

它的垮台將標誌著政府對傳統反塔利班北部的控制徹底崩潰。

政府軍也在坎大哈和赫爾曼德與強硬的伊斯蘭主義者作戰，這兩個南部普什圖語省份是塔利班從中汲取力量的地方。

在這張於 2021 年 8 月 9 日拍攝的照片中，一名騎自行車的人騎過一個在北部城市昆都士的主廣場上掛著塔利班旗幟的攤位，該攤位在周末被塔利班佔領。(法新社)

美國——由於將在本月底完成撤軍並結束其最長的戰爭——幾乎離開了戰場。

然而，華盛頓特使扎爾邁哈利勒扎德現在正在卡塔爾試圖說服塔利班接受停火。

一位消息人士告訴法新社，來自卡塔爾、英國、中國、巴基斯坦、烏茲別克斯坦、聯合國和歐盟的特使也將討論阿富汗局勢。

但即使新一輪談判正在進行中，五角大樓發言人約翰柯比表示，這取決於阿富汗政府及其部隊扭轉局勢，美國“無能為力”提供幫助。

殘酷的對待

塔利班在 20 年前在 9 月 11 日襲擊事件後下台後，似乎對和平提議基本上無動於衷，似乎打算通過軍事勝利來重新掌權。

隨著戰鬥的激烈，成千上萬的人在國內遷移，家庭逃離新佔領的塔利班城市，他們講述了叛亂分子遭受殘酷對待的故事。

“塔利班正在毆打和搶劫，”逃離謝伯甘省後，現在與數百個家庭在首都喀布爾的一個公園露營。

“如果家裡有年輕女孩或寡婦，他們會強行帶走他們。我們逃離是為了保護我們的榮譽。”

“我們太累了，”來自昆都士的疏散人員法里德補充說，他不想進一步確認身份。

聯合國國際移民組織週二表示，僅今年一年就有超過 359,000 人因戰鬥而流離失所。

該機構在一份聲明中說：“我們敦促衝突各方和鄰國盡其所能確保過境點保持開放，人道主義工作者能夠接觸邊境地區的弱勢群體。”

2021 年 8 月 10 日，因塔利班和阿富汗安全部隊之間的戰鬥而逃離昆都士省的阿富汗境內流離失所者聚集在喀布爾的 Shahr-e-Naw 公園登記領取食物。（Wakil Kohsar/法新社）

在上週末被塔利班佔領的北部城市昆都士，居民們表示，由於叛亂分子將注意力集中在撤退到機場的政府軍身上，市中心的商店已經開始重新營業。

店主 Habibullah 說：“人們正在開設商店和生意，但你仍然可以看到他們眼中的恐懼。”

另一位住在機場附近的居民報告稱，發生了幾天的激烈戰鬥。

“塔利班躲藏在該地區人民的房子裡，政府軍正在轟炸他們，”哈西布說，他只透露了自己的名字。

'惡劣的情況'

塔利班在 1996 年至 2001 年第一次掌權期間因對禁止女童接受教育和婦女工作的伊斯蘭規則進行嚴厲解釋而臭名昭著。

犯罪行為受到公開鞭笞或處決的懲罰，而一系列活動——從播放音樂到非宗教電視——也被禁止。

在周一攻占艾巴克之後，叛亂分子現已佔領了北部的五個省會。他們還佔領了西南部尼姆魯茲省的首府扎蘭吉。

週二，塔利班重申，他們在佔領西部的謝伯格漢和東部的昆都士和塔洛坎之後，正在逼近馬扎里沙裡夫——政府控制北部的關鍵。

在這張 2021 年 8 月 6 日拍攝的照片中，阿富汗安全人員在赫拉特郊區的一條公路上巡邏。(法新社)

但國防部發言人法瓦德·阿曼表示，阿富汗軍隊在那裡佔了上風。

然而，印度駐馬扎爾領事館呼籲其國民登上定於當天晚些時候的“特殊航班”。

聯合國在日內瓦警告說，戰爭正在引發另一場人道主義危機。

聯合國人權事務高級專員米歇爾·巴切萊特說：“除非各方回到談判桌並達成和平解決方案，否則對這麼多阿富汗人來說已經很惡劣的局勢將變得更加糟糕。”

Thousands flee as Taliban seize another provincial capital in Afghanistan

US envoy visits Qatar in bid to convince Taliban to halt offensive, as Pentagon says ‘not much’ America can do to help Afghan government

By USMAN SHARIFIToday, 6:36 pm

In this picture taken on August 9, 2021, Taliban fighters stand along a road in the northern city of Kunduz that was captured by the Taliban over the weekend. (AFP)

KABUL (AFP) — The Taliban seized another Afghan provincial capital on Tuesday — the seventh in less than a week — as tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the north for the relative safety of Kabul and other centers.

A provincial lawmaker told AFP that the insurgents had taken the city of Farah, capital of the same-named province in western Afghanistan, while a Taliban spokesman posted pictures of fighters walking casually past the gates of the police headquarters and governor’s office.

Shahla Abubar, a member of Farah’s provincial council, said local security forces retreated towards an army base outside the city.

Five of the other provincial capitals to have fallen since Friday are in the country’s north, with the insurgents setting their sights on Mazar-i-Sharif, the region’s biggest city.

Its fall would signal the total collapse of government control in the traditionally anti-Taliban north.

Government forces are also battling the hardline Islamists in Kandahar and Helmand, the southern Pashto-speaking provinces from where the Taliban draw their strength.

In this picture taken on August 9, 2021, a cyclist rides past a booth with a Taliban flag in the main square of the northern city of Kunduz that was captured by the Taliban over the weekend. (AFP)

The United States — due to complete a troop withdrawal at the end of the month and end its longest war — has all but left the battlefield.

However, Washington’s special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is now in Qatar to try and convince the Taliban to accept a ceasefire.

Envoys from Qatar, Britain, China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, the United Nations and European Union were also due to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, a source told AFP.

But even with a new round of talks in the works, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said it was down to the Afghan government and its forces to turn the tide, and there was “not much” the US could do to help.

Brutal treatment

The Taliban have appeared largely indifferent to peace overtures, and seem intent on a military victory to crown a return to power, after their ouster 20 years ago in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

As fighting raged, thousands of people were on the move inside the country, with families fleeing newly-captured Taliban cities with tales of brutal treatment at the hands of the insurgents.

“The Taliban are beating and looting,” said Rahima, now camped out with hundreds of families at a park in the capital, Kabul, after fleeing Sheberghan province.

“If there is a young girl or a widow in a family, they forcibly take them. We fled to protect our honor.”

“We are so exhausted,” added Farid, an evacuee from Kunduz who did not want to be further identified.

The UN’s International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday that more than 359,000 people have been displaced by fighting this year alone.

“We urge all parties to the conflict and neighboring countries to do everything they can to ensure that border crossing-points remain open, and humanitarian workers are able to access vulnerable populations in the border areas,” the agency said in a statement.

Internally displaced Afghan men, who fled from Kunduz province due to battles between Taliban and Afghan security forces, gather as they register to receive food at the Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul, on August 10, 2021. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP)

In the northern city of Kunduz that was captured by the Taliban over the weekend, residents said shops had begun to reopen in the center as the insurgents focused their attention on government forces who had retreated to the airport.

“People are opening their shops and businesses, but you can still see fear in their eyes,” said shopkeeper Habibullah.

Another resident, living close to the airport, reported days of heavy fighting.

“The Taliban are hiding in people’s houses in the area and government forces are bombing them,” said Haseeb, who only gave his first name.

‘Atrocious situation’

The Taliban earned notoriety during their first stint in power from 1996-2001 for introducing a harsh interpretation of Islamic rule that barred girls from education and women from work.

Crimes were punished by public floggings or executions, while a host of activities — from playing music to non-religious TV — were also banned.

Following the capture of Aibak on Monday, the insurgents have now overrun five provincial capitals in the north. They have also taken Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province, in the southwest.

On Tuesday, the Taliban reiterated they were closing in on Mazar-i-Sharif — a linchpin for the government’s control of the north — after capturing Sheberghan to its west, and Kunduz and Taloqan to its east.

In this picture taken on August 6, 2021, Afghan security personnel patrol along a road on the outskirts of Herat. (AFP)

But Fawad Aman, spokesman for the ministry of defense, said Afghan forces had the upper hand there.

The Indian consulate in Mazar, however, called on its nationals to board a “special flight” scheduled for later in the day.

From Geneva, the UN warned the war was unleashing another humanitarian crisis.

“Unless all parties return to the negotiating table and reach a peaceful settlement, the already atrocious situation for so many Afghans will become much worse,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.

美國誓言，如果塔利班以武力奪取阿富汗，塔利班將成為全球賤民

在集團佔領 34 個省會城市中的 7 個後，美國特使扎爾邁哈利勒扎德告訴叛亂分子軍事接管喀布爾將保證國際孤立

作者：KATHY GANNON和TAMEEM AKHGAR今天，下午 6:36

美國阿富汗和平特使扎爾邁哈利勒扎德於 2021 年 8 月 10 日抵達卡塔爾多哈進行會談。（美聯社照片/侯賽因賽義德）

阿富汗喀布爾（美聯社）——一名美國和平特使周二向塔利班發出警告，在一系列城市令人震驚地落入叛亂組織之手之後，任何通過武力在阿富汗上台的政府都不會得到國際承認。快速連續。

美國特使扎爾邁哈利勒扎德前往卡塔爾多哈，塔利班在那裡設有政治辦公室，告訴該組織在戰場上追求勝利沒有意義，因為軍事接管首都喀布爾將保證他們將全球賤民。他和其他人希望在美國和北約部隊完成撤出阿富汗後，說服塔利班領導人恢復與阿富汗政府的和談。

在不到一周的時間裡，叛亂分子已經佔領了該國 34 個省會中的 7 個。他們現在正在與西方支持的政府爭奪其他幾個政府的控制權，包括赫爾曼德省的拉什卡爾加和同名省份的坎大哈。

在執行了 20 年的西方軍事任務並花費了數十億美元訓練和支持阿富汗軍隊之後，許多人對為什麼正規部隊崩潰、有時數百人逃離戰鬥的原因持不同意見。戰鬥主要落入了一小群精銳部隊和阿富汗空軍的手中。

塔利班閃電戰的成功使重啟長期陷入僵局的談判變得更加緊迫，這可能會結束戰鬥並使阿富汗走向一個包容性的臨時政府。

來自哈利勒扎德的新壓力是在國際社會的譴責以及聯合國發出類似警告，即以武力掌權的塔利班政府將不被承認之後。到目前為止，叛亂分子拒絕回到談判桌。

據美國國務院稱，哈利勒扎德在卡塔爾的任務是“幫助制定國際聯合應對阿富汗迅速惡化的局勢”。

美國國務院表示，他計劃“向塔利班施壓，停止他們的軍事進攻，並通過談判達成政治解決方案，這是阿富汗實現穩定和發展的唯一途徑”。

與此同時，塔利班軍事首領週二向他的戰鬥人員發布了一條音頻信息，命令他們不要在他們征服的領土上傷害阿富汗軍隊和政府官員。錄音由多哈的塔利班發言人穆罕默德·奈姆在推特上分享。

在近五分鐘的音頻中，已故塔利班領導人毛拉穆罕默德奧馬爾的兒子穆罕默德亞古布還告訴叛亂分子遠離逃離的政府和安全官員的廢棄房屋，讓市場開放並保護商業場所，包括銀行。

目前還不清楚地面上的塔利班戰士是否會聽從 Yaqoob 的指示。一些逃離塔利班襲擊的平民說，叛亂分子對婦女施加了壓制性的限制，並燒毀了學校。聯合國人權事務負責人辦公室表示，它收到了關於即決處決和軍事用途以及在被佔領地區摧毀房屋、學校和診所的報告。

也有報復性殺戮的報導。叛亂分子聲稱對在坎大哈南部殺害一名喜劇演員、在喀布爾暗殺政府媒體負責人以及針對代理國防部長比斯米拉汗穆罕默迪的爆炸事件負責，造成 8 人死亡，多人受傷。部長沒有在襲擊中受傷。

愈演愈烈的戰爭迫使數千人前往喀布爾，許多人在炎熱的夏季生活在公園裡，沒有足夠的水和其他必需品。戰鬥也增加了平民傷亡人數。

2021 年 8 月 10 日，阿富汗北部省份的阿富汗境內流離失所者因塔利班和阿富汗安全人員之間的戰鬥而逃離家園，他們在阿富汗喀布爾的一個公園裡等待領取免費食物。（美聯社照片/Rahmat Gul）

聯合國人權事務負責人米歇爾·巴切萊特 (Michelle Bachelet) 週二表示，她的辦公室最近幾週在少數幾個城市統計了至少 183 人死亡和數百人受傷——但她警告說，“真實數字會高得多。”

紅十字國際委員會（紅十字國際委員會）表示，其工作人員本月在全國 15 個設施中治療了 4,000 多名阿富汗人，包括赫爾曼德和坎大哈，阿富汗和美國的空襲正試圖控制塔利班的襲擊。

紅十字國際委員會阿富汗代表處主任埃洛伊·菲利昂在一份聲明中說：“我們看到房屋被毀，醫務人員和患者面臨巨大風險，醫院、電力和供水基礎設施遭到破壞。”

“在城市中使用爆炸性武器對人口產生了不分青紅皂白的影響，”菲利安補充道。“許多家庭別無選擇，只能逃離尋找更安全的地方。這必須停止。”

塔利班襲擊的激增始於 4 月，當時美國和北約宣布他們將結束軍事存在，並將最後一批部隊帶回家。撤軍的最後日期是 8 月 31 日，但美國中央司令部表示撤軍已經完成了 95%。

週一，美國強調，拜登政府現在將這場戰鬥視為阿富汗政治和軍事領導人輸贏的一場戰鬥——儘管塔利班正在加速取得勝利，但沒有顯示出加強空襲的跡象。

五角大樓發言人約翰·柯比在五角大樓新聞發布會上說：“當我們回顧過去時，這將歸結為領導力以及阿富汗人表現出的領導力與否”。“現在要保衛的是他們的國家。這是他們的鬥爭。”

說明：2017 年 11 月 30 日，美國士兵在阿富汗洛加爾省的停機坪上等待。（美聯社照片/Rahmat Gul）

哈利勒扎德是特朗普政府與塔利班斡旋的和平協議的締造者，預計將與主要地區參與者以及未指明的多邊組織舉行會談，以了解如何重啟談判並停止塔利班的猛攻。

美國特使還可能尋求阿富汗鄰國和更廣泛地區其他國家的承諾，不承認通過武力上台的塔利班政府。當塔利班最後一次統治阿富汗時，三個國家承認了他們的統治：巴基斯坦、沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯聯合酋長國。

阿富汗高級官員也曾前往多哈，其中包括政府和解委員會負責人阿卜杜拉·阿卜杜拉 (Abdullah Abdullah)。巴基斯坦國家安全顧問 Moeed Yusuf 週一呼籲“重振”努力，讓衝突各方恢復談判，將阿富汗曠日持久的戰爭描述為巴基斯坦的“噩夢”。

優素福在伊斯蘭堡對外國記者講話時拒絕明確表示對塔利班有相當大影響的巴基斯坦是否會承認以武力建立的塔利班政府，而是說巴基斯坦希望在喀布爾看到一個“包容性”的政府。

US vows Taliban will become global pariah if it takes Afghanistan by force

After group captures 7 of 34 provincial capitals, US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tells insurgents a military takeover of Kabul would guarantee international isolation

By KATHY GANNON and TAMEEM AKHGARToday, 6:36 pm

US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad arrives for talks in Doha, Qatar, on August 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A United States peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won’t be recognized internationally, after a series of cities fell to the insurgent group in stunningly quick succession.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy, traveled to Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office, to tell the group that there was no point in pursuing victory on the battlefield because a military takeover of the capital of Kabul would guarantee they will be global pariahs. He and others hope to persuade Taliban leaders to return to peace talks with the Afghan government as American and NATO forces finish their pullout from the country.

The insurgents have captured seven out of 34 provincial capitals in the country in less than a week. They are now battling the Western-backed government for control of several others, including Lashkar Gah in Helmand, and Kandahar in a province of the same name.

After a 20-year Western military mission and billions of dollars spent training and shoring up Afghan forces, many are at odds to explain why the regular forces have collapsed, fleeing the battle sometimes by the hundreds. The fighting has fallen largely to small groups of elite forces and the Afghan air force.

The success of the Taliban blitz has added urgency to the need to restart the long-stalled talks that could end the fighting and move Afghanistan toward an inclusive interim administration.

The new pressure from Khalilzad follows condemnations from the international community and a similar warning from the United Nations that a Taliban government that takes power by force would not be recognized. The insurgents have so far refused to return to the negotiating table.

In this picture taken on August 9, 2021, a cyclist rides past a booth with a Taliban flag in the main square of the northern city of Kunduz that was captured by the Taliban over the weekend. (AFP)

Khalilzad’s mission in Qatar is to “help formulate a joint international response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan,” according to the US State Department.

He plans to “press the Taliban to stop their military offensive and to negotiate a political settlement, which is the only path to stability and development in Afghanistan,” the US State Department said.

Meanwhile, the Taliban military chief released an audio message to his fighters on Tuesday, ordering them not to harm Afghan forces and government officials in territories they conquer. The recording was shared on Twitter by the Taliban spokesman in Doha, Mohammad Naim.

In the nearly five-minute audio, Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, also told the insurgents to stay out of abandoned homes of government and security officials who have fled, leave marketplaces open and protect places of business, including banks.

It was not immediately clear if Taliban fighters on the ground would heed Yaqoob’s instructions. Some civilians who have fled Taliban advances have said that the insurgents imposed repressive restrictions on women and burned down schools. The office of the UN human rights chief said it has received reports of summary executions and military use and destruction of homes, schools and clinics in captured areas.

There have also been reports of revenge killings. The insurgents have claimed responsibility for killing a comedian in southern Kandahar, assassinating the government’s media chief in Kabul and a bombing that targeted acting Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, killing eight and wounding more. The minister was not harmed in the attack.

The intensifying war has driven thousands of people to Kabul, and many are living in parks without adequate access to water and other necessities in the summer heat. The fighting has also increased the number of civilian casualties.

Internally displaced Afghans from northern provinces, who fled their home due to fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel, wait to receive free food in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, said on Tuesday that her office had counted at least 183 deaths and hundreds of injuries among civilians in a handful of cities in recent weeks — but cautioned that “the real figures will be much higher.”

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that its staff has treated more than 4,000 Afghans this month in their 15 facilities across the country, including in Helmand and Kandahar, where Afghan and US airstrikes are trying to rein in the Taliban onslaught.

“We are seeing homes destroyed, medical staff and patients put at tremendous risk, and hospitals, electricity and water infrastructure damaged,” Eloi Fillion, ICRC’s head of delegation in Afghanistan, said in a statement.

“The use of explosive weaponry in cities is having an indiscriminate impact on the population,” Fillion added. “Many families have no option but to flee in search of a safer place. This must stop.”

The surge in Taliban attacks began in April, when the US and NATO announced they would end their military presence and bring the last of their troops home. The final date of the withdrawal is August 31, but the US Central Command has said the pullout is already 95% complete.

On Monday, the US emphasized that the Biden administration now sees the fight as one for Afghan political and military leaders to win or lose — and showed no sign of stepping up airstrikes despite the accelerating Taliban gains.

“When we look back, it’s going to come down to leadership and what leadership was demonstrated, or not” by Afghans, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said at a Pentagon news conference. “It’s their country to defend now. It’s their struggle.”

Illustrative: American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan, on November 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Khalilzad, the architect of the peace deal the Trump administration brokered with the Taliban, was expected to hold talks with key regional players, as well as unspecified multilateral organizations to see how to restart talks and halt the Taliban onslaught.

The US envoy will also likely seek a commitment from Afghanistan’s neighbors and other counties in the wider region not to recognize a Taliban government that comes to power by force. When the Taliban last ruled Afghanistan, three countries recognized their rule: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Senior Afghan officials have also traveled to Doha, including Abdullah Abdullah, who heads the government’s reconciliation council. Pakistan’s national security adviser, Moeed Yusuf, on Monday called for “reinvigorated” efforts to get all sides in the conflict back to talks, describing a protracted war in Afghanistan as a “nightmare scenario” for Pakistan.

Yusuf, speaking to foreign journalists in Islamabad, refused to definitively say whether Pakistan, which holds considerable sway over the Taliban, would recognize a Taliban government installed by force, saying instead that Pakistan wants to see an “inclusive” government in Kabul.

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