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2021.10.14 國際新聞導讀-黎巴嫩趨於崩潰但真主黨還在阻礙司法調查貝魯特港爆炸案、以色列表示隨時可以對伊朗動手，伊朗指責以色列擁有核武且不接受IAEA監管有何立場要求伊朗遵守規範？巴勒斯坦自治政府鎮壓異議者與哈瑪斯份子
2021.10.14 國際新聞導讀-黎巴嫩趨於崩潰但真主黨還在阻礙司法調查貝魯特港爆炸案、以色列表示隨時可以對伊朗動手，伊朗指責以色列擁有核武且不接受IAEA監管有何立場要求伊朗遵守規範？巴勒斯坦自治政府鎮壓異議者與哈瑪斯份子
黎巴嫩政府瀕臨崩潰——真主黨的作用是什麼？- 分析
為了理解真主黨為何對貝魯特港爆炸事件的調查進展猶豫不決，了解爆炸本身的背景很重要。
通過TZVI JOFFRE
2021 年 10 月 13 日 21:20
由於領導對 2020 年貝魯特港爆炸事件的調查的法官塔雷克·比塔爾( Tarek Bitar)對包括真主黨盟友在內的一些高級官員提出指控和逮捕令，黎巴嫩的緊張局勢加劇。
是什麼導致了緊張局勢，真主黨在這件事中的作用是什麼？
比塔爾是第二位對爆炸進行司法調查的法官，該爆炸造成 200 多人死亡，數千人受傷，原因是在港口不當儲存的大量硝酸銨起火併引爆了人類最大的非核爆炸之一。歷史。
第一任法官法迪·薩萬 (Fadi Sawan) 因他的房屋在爆炸中受損，對其中立性提出“合理懷疑”的指控而被免職。在他指控的兩名官員，議員阿里·哈桑·哈利勒 (Ali Hassan Khalil) 和議員加齊·扎伊特 (Ghazi Zaiter) 的要求下，薩萬被免職，他們都是真主黨的盟友。
比塔爾追隨薩萬的腳步，對包括哈利勒、扎伊特、前公共工程部長優素福·費尼亞諾斯和前總理哈桑·迪亞佈在內的多位官員提出指控。大多數人拒絕出庭接受訊問。
由於被指控官員提出的偏見指控，該案件已在 Bitar 下三度暫停，最近一次暫停將於週二暫停。
2020 年 9 月 10 日，從黎巴嫩 Sin-el-fil 看到的貝魯特港區上空升起濃煙。（圖片來源：CYNTHIA KARAM/REUTERS）
為了理解為什麼真主黨可能對調查的進展猶豫不決，了解爆炸本身的背景很重要。
有問題的硝酸銨是由羅索斯號攜帶的，其宣布的目的地是莫桑比克。調查記者 Feras Hatoum 發現，這艘船歸一家空殼公司所有，該公司與敘利亞-俄羅斯商人有關聯，該公司因代表敘利亞政府行事而受到美國製裁。至少在抵達貝魯特之前不久，這艘船的所有人都與一家被指控與真主黨和敘利亞政府打交道的銀行有關聯。
當這艘船抵達時，它被認為有沉沒的危險，化學品被以不安全的方式轉移並儲存在港口。
人權觀察發現，多名黎巴嫩官員在處理武器級硝酸銨時至少存在刑事疏忽。報告發現，一些官員預見到了致命的風險並接受了它們。官員們也一再未能準確披露化學品造成的危險。
人權觀察報告列出了意識到危險的官員，包括總統米歇爾·奧恩、迪亞布和哈利勒。該報告還提到，至少有四名了解化學品或爆炸事件的人在可疑情況下死亡。
聯邦調查局的一項調查發現，在港口爆炸的硝酸銨數量只有到達羅索斯號的數量的五分之一，這引發了對其餘部分去了哪裡的疑問。
Rhosus 號的可能所有者與真主黨的聯繫以及這些化學品屬於武器級且在爆炸發生時大部分已從港口吸走的事實，以及其他因素，導致人權觀察和黎巴嫩和世界各地的許多其他人質疑這些化學品是真的運往莫桑比克，還是本來打算一直運到黎巴嫩。
真主黨也牢牢控制著黎巴嫩的港口，許多相關官員來自真主黨或其盟友。即使該運動沒有故意進口硝酸銨，它或它的盟友仍可能因疏忽而被認定對爆炸負責。
這些細節可能是決定指控真主黨附屬官員的原因，儘管至少一名真主黨反對者也被指控。
真主黨對這些指控表示憤慨，並要求移除 Bitar。最近，針對 Bitar 的言論升級，真主黨成員和盟友威脅要離開政府，甚至使用武力讓 Bitar 脫離此案。
真主黨秘書長哈桑納斯魯拉週一襲擊了比塔爾，稱法官正在利用此案來達到政治目的，並不想了解爆炸的真相。納斯魯拉還質疑為什麼比塔爾只質疑某些部長而不是其他部長。
據報導，真主黨安全官員瓦菲克·薩法 (Wafiq Safa) 於 9 月威脅比塔爾，稱如果法官不悅他們，該運動將用武力將比塔爾除名。
“我們受夠了你。據黎巴嫩 LBCI 新聞記者埃德蒙·薩辛 (Edmond Sassine) 稱，薩法對比塔爾說，我們將走上法律道路的盡頭，如果這不起作用，我們將用武力驅逐你。
薩法於 2019 年因利用黎巴嫩的港口和邊界將非法毒品和武器走私到貝魯特並為真主黨提供便利而於 2019 年受到美國財政部的製裁。
哈利勒週二告訴真主黨附屬的 Al-Mayadeen 電視台，Bitar 的調查“是非法的，超出了許多必須遵守的協議”。國會議員還聲稱，法官在向哈利勒發出逮捕令後幾分鐘會見了一個外國代表團，暗示受到外國勢力的影響。
國會議員警告說，將會出現“政治升級，也許 [an escalation] 另一種類型”，並補充說“所有可能性都是開放的”，包括走上街頭。
哈利勒聲稱調查可能是試圖“改變平衡”的區域和內部計劃的一部分，並且他掌握的信息表明，調查的目標是“應外部各方的要求”針對某個政治團體。週三，真主黨附屬議員哈桑·法德拉拉 (Hassan Fadlallah) 直截了當地指責美國干涉調查。
據報導，原定於週三舉行的政府會議被推遲，原因是無法就如何處理 Bitar 達成協議。
黎巴嫩議會秘書長周三宣布，比塔爾對總統、部長和代表採取的所有措施都被視為侵犯權力。
來自真主黨和馬拉達運動的消息人士告訴黎巴嫩 Al-Jadeed 電視新聞，比塔爾準備直接指責真主黨對爆炸負責。消息人士補充說，如果不移除 Bitar，他們將離開政府。
真主黨與比塔爾的鬥爭也可能影響其與奧恩的關係，據 Al-Jadeed 報導，奧恩週二衝出會議，對真主黨的武力威脅表示憤怒。據報導，奧恩堅持三權分立，拒絕乾預司法。
黎巴嫩卡塔布黨領袖薩米·杰馬耶勒週三要求黎巴嫩政府不要“屈服於真主黨的恐嚇”。
真主黨的基督徒反對者薩米爾·蓋吉亞 (Samir Gaegea) 呼籲“黎巴嫩的自由人民”為如果比塔爾的反對者試圖以武力強加他們的意志而進行和平總罷工做準備。雖然蓋吉亞強調他的聲明不是威脅，但他補充說他永遠不會接受武力強加的“某些現實”。
爆炸受害者的家屬警告說，“無論威脅程度有多高”，都不要更換或恐嚇 Bitar，並告訴官員們“不要讓 [他們的] 干預司法部門”。
前國會議員穆斯塔法·阿盧奇週三在接受黎巴嫩之聲採訪時警告說，需要進行國際調查，目前的局勢正在重演前總理拉菲克·哈里裡被暗殺的情況，因為真主黨感受到了調查的線索指著它。
所有這些因素都導致人們擔心黎巴嫩新成立的政府可能已經處於崩潰的邊緣，這將使該國在應對持續的經濟危機時再次陷入無領導地位。
人們越來越擔心緊張局勢可能會爆發為暴力，特別是如果真主黨繼續阻撓調查或試圖使用武力移除 Bitar。
黎巴嫩定於春季舉行選舉，儘管有人擔心選舉可能會推遲。選舉將對處於危機中的國家構成又一次考驗，因為它將面臨選舉新領導人的機會。
在日益緊張的環境中，黎巴嫩還將面臨保持選舉安全和不受腐敗影響的挑戰，隨著選舉的臨近，這種環境可能只會變得更加緊張。
Lebanon gov't on brink of collapse - what is Hezbollah's role? - analysis
In order to understand why Hezbollah may be hesitant for an investigation into the Beirut port blast to progress, it's important to understand the background of the explosion itself.
By TZVI JOFFRE
OCTOBER 13, 2021 21:20
WAVING THE Hezbollah flag in Marjayoun, Lebanon.
(photo credit: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS)
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Tensions have spiked in Lebanon as Justice Tarek Bitar, who is leading the investigation into the 2020 Beirut Port blast, issues charges and warrants against a number of high-ranking officials, including Hezbollah allies.
What is driving the tensions and what is Hezbollah’s role in the matter?
Bitar is the second judge to run the judicial investigation into the explosion, in which more than 200 people were killed and thousands wounded after a large amount of ammonium nitrate improperly stored at the port caught fire and detonated in one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in human history.
The first judge, Fadi Sawan, was removed from the case on charges of “legitimate suspicion” over his neutrality, due to the fact his home was damaged in the blast. Sawan was removed after a request from two of the officials he charged, MP Ali Hassan Khalil and MP Ghazi Zaiter, both Hezbollah allies.
Bitar followed in Sawan’s footsteps and issued charges against a number of officials, including Khalil, Zaiter, former public works minister Youssef Fenianos, and former prime minister Hassan Diab, among others. Most have refused to show up for questioning.
The case has already been suspended three times under Bitar due to allegations of bias filed by the charged officials, with the latest suspension coming on Tuesday.
Smoke rises over Beirut's port area as seen from Sin-el-fil, Lebanon September 10, 2020. (credit: CYNTHIA KARAM/REUTERS)
IN ORDER to understand why Hezbollah may be hesitant for an investigation to progress, it’s important to understand the background of the explosion itself.
The ammonium nitrate in question was carried by the Rhosus, whose declared destination was Mozambique. Investigative journalist Feras Hatoum found the ship was owned by a shell company linked to Syrian-Russian businessmen sanctioned by the US for acting on behalf of the Syrian government. At least until shortly before it arrived in Beirut, the ship was owned by an individual linked to a bank accused of dealing with Hezbollah and the Syrian government.
When the ship arrived, it was deemed at risk of sinking, and the chemicals were removed and stored at the port in an unsafe way.
Human Rights Watch found that multiple Lebanese officials were, at minimum, criminally negligent in their handling of the weapons-grade ammonium nitrate. The report found some officials foresaw the deadly risks and accepted them. Officials also repeatedly failed to accurately disclose the dangers posed by the chemicals.
The HRW report listed officials who were aware of the dangers, including President Michel Aoun, Diab and Khalil. The report additionally mentioned that at least four people who had knowledge about the chemicals or the explosion have died in suspicious circumstances.
An FBI probe found the amount of ammonium nitrate that exploded at the port was only a fifth of the amount that arrived on the Rhosus, raising questions of where the rest had gone.
The links of the possible owners of the Rhosus to Hezbollah and the fact the chemicals were weapons grade and had largely been siphoned away from the port by the time of the explosion, among other factors, caused HRW and many others in Lebanon and around the world to question whether the chemicals were actually meant for Mozambique, or had been meant to arrive in Lebanon all along.
Hezbollah also has a strong hold over Lebanon’s ports, with many relevant officials coming from either Hezbollah or its allies. Even if the movement did not purposefully import the ammonium nitrate, it or its allies may still be found responsible for the explosion due to negligence.
THESE DETAILS may be behind the decision to charge the Hezbollah-affiliated officials, although at least one Hezbollah opponent has been charged as well.
Hezbollah has expressed outrage at the charges and is demanding Bitar be removed. Recently, rhetoric against Bitar has escalated, with Hezbollah members and allies threatening to leave the government and even use force to get Bitar off the case.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah attacked Bitar on Monday, saying the judge is using the case for political goals and does not want to reach the truth about the explosion. Nasrallah also questioned why Bitar questioned only certain ministers and not others.
Hezbollah security official Wafiq Safa reportedly threatened Bitar in September, saying the movement would remove Bitar by force if the judge displeases them.
“We have had enough of you. We will go to the end of the legal path, and if that does not work, we will remove you by force,” said Safa to Bitar, according to Edmond Sassine, a journalist with Lebanon’s LBCI news.
Safa was sanctioned by the US Treasury in 2019 for exploiting Lebanon’s ports and borders to smuggle illegal drugs and weapons into Beirut and facilitate travel on behalf of Hezbollah.
Khalil told the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen TV on Tuesday that Bitar’s investigation “is unlawful and surpasses many of the protocols that must be followed.” The MP additionally claimed that the judge had met with a foreign delegation minutes after issuing the arrest warrant for Khalil, implying influence by foreign powers.
The MP warned there would be a “political escalation, and perhaps [an escalation] of another kind,” adding that “all possibilities are open,” including taking to the streets.
Khalil claimed the investigation may be part of a regional and internal plan to try to “change balances,” and that he had information that indicates that the investigation has a goal for a certain political group “at the behest of external parties.” On Wednesday, Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah-affiliated MP, outright accused the US of interfering in the investigation.
A government meeting set for Wednesday was postponed, reportedly due to an inability to reach an agreement about what to do with Bitar.
The secretary-general of the Lebanese Parliament announced on Wednesday that all the measures taken by Bitar against presidents, ministers and deputies were considered an infringement of powers.
Sources from Hezbollah and the Marada movement told the Lebanese Al-Jadeed TV news that Bitar was preparing to accuse Hezbollah directly of responsibility for the explosion. The sources added that if Bitar is not removed, they will leave the government.
HEZBOLLAH’S FIGHT against Bitar may impact its relationship with Aoun as well, with Al-Jadeed reporting Aoun stormed out of a meeting on Tuesday, expressing anger at Hezbollah’s threats of force. Aoun reportedly has insisted on a separation of powers and refused to interfere in the judiciary.
The head of Lebanon’s Kataeb Party, Sami Gemayel, on Wednesday asked the government of Lebanon not to “bow to Hezbollah’s intimidation.”
Samir Gaegea, a Christian opponent of Hezbollah, called on the “free people of Lebanon” to prepare for a peaceful general strike if Bitar’s opponents attempt to impose their will by force. While Gaegea stressed his statement was not a threat, he added he would never accept a “certain reality” being imposed by force.
The families of the blast victims warned against replacing or intimidating Bitar, “no matter how high the threat level,” telling officials to “keep [their] hands off the judiciary.”
Former MP Mustapha Allouch warned on Wednesday, in an interview with Voice of Lebanon, that an international investigation is needed, and that the current situation is repeating the situation of the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, as Hezbollah feels the threads of the investigation pointing at it.
All of these factors are leading to concerns that Lebanon’s newly formed government may already be on the brink of collapse, which would leave the country leaderless yet again as it deals with an ongoing economic crisis.
Concerns are rising that the tensions could explode into violence, especially if Hezbollah continues to obstruct the investigation or tries to use force to remove Bitar.
Lebanon is set to hold elections in the spring, although there are concerns they could be delayed. The elections will pose yet another test for the country in crisis, as it will face the opportunity to elect new leaders.
Lebanon will also be faced with the challenge of keeping the elections safe and unaffected by corruption amid an increasingly charged environment that will likely only get more tense as elections near.
拉皮德：以色列可以隨時以任何方式對伊朗採取行動
美國國務卿安東尼·布林肯表示，德黑蘭重返核協議的“時間不多了”。
作者：LAHAV HARKOV , TOVAH LAZAROFF
2021 年 10 月 13 日 21:52
外交部長亞伊爾·拉皮德 (Yair Lapid) 於 2021 年 10 月 13 日在華盛頓舉行的新聞發布會上講話
（圖片來源：SHLOMI AMSALEM/GPO）
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世界必須採取行動制止伊朗的邪惡，外交部長亞伊爾拉皮德週三在華盛頓與美國國務卿安東尼布林肯和阿拉伯聯合酋長國外交部長阿卜杜拉本扎耶德舉行的三邊會議上說。
“以色列保留在任何特定時刻以任何方式採取行動的權利，”拉皮德說。“這不僅是我們的權利，也是我們的責任。伊朗公開表示要消滅我們；我們無意讓這種情況發生。”
拉皮德警告說，伊朗人正在“拖後腿”以濃縮鈾並發展其彈道導彈計劃，而世界則在等待他們恢復談判。
“國務卿布林肯和我是大屠殺倖存者的兒子。我們知道有些時候國家必須使用武力來保護世界免受邪惡侵害。如果恐怖政權要獲得核武器，我們就必須採取行動。我們必須明確指出，文明世界不允許這樣做，”他說。
拉皮德說，如果世界大國與伊朗之間的外交失敗，“其他選擇將擺在桌面上”。
“當我們說其他選擇時，我認為這裡的每個人都明白，在以色列、阿聯酋和德黑蘭，這意味著什麼，”拉皮德補充道。
來自美國、阿聯酋和以色列的代表於 2021 年 10 月 13 日在華盛頓會面（圖片來源：SHLOMI AMSALEM/GPO）
拉皮德和美國國家安全顧問傑克沙利文在周二與布林肯的雙邊會議和三邊會議上討論了這些“其他選擇”，外交部長說。
布林肯說，他和外交部長“一致認為伊朗不能擁有核武器”。
美國認為外交是實現這一目標的最佳方式，並準備重返 2015 年與伊朗達成的核協議——聯合全面行動計劃，但是，布林肯說，“我們所看到的——或者更準確地說，不是來自德黑蘭的觀察表明他們不是。”
“時間不多了，因為我們也有機會討論，我們越來越接近恢復遵守 JCPOA 不會重新獲得 JCPOA 的好處的地步，因為伊朗正在利用這段時間推進它的計劃……隨著每一天拒絕真誠地參與，跑道變得更短，“他說。
舉行三邊會議是為了紀念《亞伯拉罕協定》簽署一年，以色列與阿聯酋和巴林以及後來的摩洛哥和蘇丹建立了外交關係，目前仍在進行中。
Blinken、Lapid 和 Bin Zayed 之間的三邊會議（來源：外交部）
布林肯說：“眾所周知，聖經中的亞伯拉罕敢於與上帝爭論，問'為什麼？' – 或者更準確地說“為什麼不呢？”
“以色列和阿聯酋問'為什麼不呢？' 現在他們每天都在展示為什麼各國走到一起、共同努力、聯合起來並為他們的人民創造更多機會如此重要，”布林肯說。
布林肯說，這三個國家成立了兩個新的工作組，第一個是關於宗教共存的，第二個是關於水和能源的。
“這是反猶太主義和伊斯蘭恐懼症抬頭的時刻，我們希望以色列和阿聯酋建立寬容，並確保所有宗教團體都能以自己的方式進行禮拜，”布林肯說。
拉皮德說：“今天，中東有些領導人相信我們可以共同改變歷史。”
他說，他和本扎耶德已經成為朋友，因為他們分享溫和、宗教寬容以及打擊恐怖主義和激進化的價值觀，並且他們建立了基於經濟、進步和技術的伙伴關係。
拉皮德表示，以色列希望將亞伯拉罕協議擴展到更多國家，但也致力於確保現有協議取得成功。
本扎耶德感謝美國擁抱阿聯酋和以色列，表明它支持“改變該地區的敘事。
“我相信這會對該地區產生進一步的影響，我相信阿聯酋與以色列的關係越成功，它不僅會鼓勵該地區，還會鼓勵以色列人民和巴勒斯坦人民這樣做。 ，”他說。
本扎耶德說，阿聯酋和以色列的關係不僅應該得到慶祝，而且應該通過新的合作場所來推進，他指的是他和拉皮德當天簽署的氣候變化協議。
本扎耶德說，拉皮德邀請他訪問以色列，他計劃很快訪問。
至於巴勒斯坦人，布林肯表示，美國致力於為以色列人和巴勒斯坦人“推進平等的尊嚴和自由措施”，並努力實現兩國解決方案。
因此，布林肯表示，拜登政府“將推進開設領事館的進程，作為深化與巴勒斯坦人關係的一部分。”
總理納夫塔利·貝內特和拉皮德反對在耶路撒冷的以色列主權領土上為巴勒斯坦人開設領事館，正如拜登政府所說的那樣。
拉皮德在講話中簡要提到了巴勒斯坦人，並引用了美國前總統約翰·肯尼迪的話說，“所有人都有權享受體面的生活方式。
“這當然包括巴勒斯坦人，”拉皮德說。“我們的目標是與巴勒斯坦權力機構合作，確保每個孩子都有這樣的機會。”
本扎耶德表示，最近幾週以色列部長與巴勒斯坦權力機構同行之間的會晤讓他感到“鼓舞”。
以色列政府在如何最好地處理以巴衝突上存在分歧，貝內特反對兩國解決方案，而拉皮德則支持它。
但拉皮德對這兩個州邊界的看法與拜登政府的設想不同，拜登政府並未推進和平計劃。
拉皮德週二會見了美國副總統卡馬拉哈里斯。
拉皮德說，哈里斯是以色列在華盛頓的“最好的朋友”之一，就在幾週前，她未能反擊一名指責以色列對巴勒斯坦人進行“種族滅絕”的大學生。
拉皮德說：“在困難時刻，我們總能依靠你。”他補充說，這種友誼建立在共同價值觀的基礎上。
“即使我們有分歧，我知道我們的共同目標是看到以色列強大、安全和繁榮，”他說。
哈里斯回憶說，兩人最後一次見面是在 2017 年她訪問以色列時。
她告訴拉皮德，美國致力於確保“以色列人民的安全”。
她沒有提到巴勒斯坦人。反過來，拉皮德也沒有提到巴勒斯坦人，但他沒有提到巴勒斯坦建國。
拉皮德說：“正如你所說，我們都相信巴勒斯坦人有權擁有高質量的生活、經濟、教育和希望。”
拉皮德週二還會見了眾議院民主黨議長南希佩洛西。
預計他將於週四會見 AIPAC 的領導層，並會見以色列民主黨，其總統馬克梅爾曼在過去十年中一直是拉皮德的 Yesh Atid 黨的政治戰略家。
Lapid: Israel can act against Iran at any moment, in any way
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says “time is running short” for Tehran to return to nuclear deal.
By LAHAV HARKOV, TOVAH LAZAROFF
OCTOBER 13, 2021 21:52
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a press conference in Washington on October 13, 2021
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The world must act to stop the evil of Iran, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said in a trilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed in Washington on Wednesday.
“Israel reserves the right to act at any given moment, in any way,” Lapid stated. “That is not only our right, it is also our responsibility. Iran has publicly stated it wants to wipe us out; we have no intention of letting that happen.”
Lapid warned that the Iranians are “dragging their heels” in order to enrich uranium and develop its ballistic missile program while the world waits for them to return to negotiations.
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“Secretary of State Blinken and I are sons of Holocaust survivors. We know there are moments when nations must use force to protect the world from evil. If a terror regime is going to acquire a nuclear weapon, we must act. We must make clear that the civilized world won’t allow it,” he said.
If diplomacy between world powers and Iran fails, “other options will be on the table,” Lapid said.
“When we say other options, I think everyone understands here, in Israel, in the Emirates and in Tehran, what it means,” Lapid added.
Delegates from the US, UAE and Israel meet in Washington on October 13, 2021 (credit: SHLOMI AMSALEM/GPO)
Those “other options” were discussed in the meeting between Lapid and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday in the bilateral meeting with Blinken and the trilateral meeting, the foreign minister said.
Blinken said he and the foreign ministers are “united in the proposition that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon.”
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The US believes that diplomacy is the best way to make that happen and is prepared to return to the 2015 nuclear deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – with Iran, but, Blinken said, “What we are seeing – or more accurately, not seeing – from Tehran suggests that they’re not.”
“Time is running short, because as we’ve also had the opportunity to discuss, we are getting closer to a point at which returning to compliance with the JCPOA will not recapture the benefits of the JCPOA, because Iran is using this time to advance its program…. With every day of refusal to engage in good faith, the runway gets shorter,” he said.
The trilateral meeting was held to commemorate a year since the signing of the Abraham Accords, by which Israel established diplomatic relations with the UAE and Bahrain, and later Morocco and Sudan, which are still in progress.
Trilateral meeting between Blinken, Lapid and Bin Zayed (credit: FOREIGN MINISTRY)
Blinken said that “Abraham in the Bible was known to have the temerity to argue with God, to ask ‘Why?’ – or more accurately ‘Why not?’
“Israel and the UAE asked ‘Why not?’ and now they are demonstrating every single day why it was so important for the countries to come together, work together, join together and create more opportunity for their peoples,” Blinken said.
Blinken said the three countries had launched two new working groups, the first on religious coexistence and the second on water and energy.
"This is a moment of rising antisemitism and rising Islamophobia and we want Israel and the UAE to build tolerance and ensure that all religious groups can worship in their own way," Blinken said.
Lapid said, “Today, there are leaders in the Middle East who believe we can change history together.”
He and bin Zayed have become friends, he said, because they share values of moderation, religious tolerance and fighting terrorism and radicalization, and they have a partnership based on economics, progress and technology.
Lapid said that Israel wants to expand the Abraham Accords to more countries, but is also focused on making sure the existing agreements are successful.
Bin Zayed thanked the US for embracing the UAE and Israel, showing that it supports “changing the narrative in the region.
“I’m sure this will have a further effect in the region, and I’m sure the more successful the UAE-Israel relationship, it will not only encourage the region, but will also encourage the Israeli people and Palestinian people that this works,” he stated.
The UAE-Israel relationship should not only be celebrated, but should be advanced with new venues of cooperation, bin Zayed said, referring to an agreement on climate change he and Lapid signed that day.
Bin Zayed said Lapid invited him to Israel, and he plans to visit soon.
As for the Palestinians, Blinken said the US is committed to “advancing equal measures of dignity and freedom” for Israelis and Palestinians, as well as working toward a two-state solution.
As such, Blinken said the Biden administration “will be moving forward with the process of opening a consulate as part of deepening those ties with the Palestinians.”
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Lapid oppose opening a consulate for Palestinians on Israeli sovereign territory in Jerusalem, as the Biden administration has said it sought to do.
Lapid briefly mentioned the Palestinians in his remarks, quoting former US president John F. Kennedy, saying, “All people are entitled to a decent way of life.
“This includes of course the Palestinians,” Lapid said. “Our goal is to work with the Palestinian Authority to ensure that every child has that opportunity.”
Bin Zayed said he was “encouraged” by meetings between Israeli ministers and their PA counterparts in recent weeks.
The Israeli government is split on how best to approach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Bennett opposing a two-state solution, while Lapid has supported it.
But Lapid’s visions of the borders of those two states differ from those envisioned by the Biden administration, which has not advanced a peace plan.
Lapid met with US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday.
Lapid said Harris is one of Israel’s “best friends” in Washington, just weeks after she failed to push back at a university student who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide” against the Palestinians.
“We can always count on you in a difficult moment,” Lapid said, adding that this friendship is based on shared values.
“Even when we have differences, I know that our goal is common to see Israel strong and secure and thriving,” he said.
Harris recalled that the two of them had last met in 2017 when she visited Israel.
She told Lapid that the US is committed to ensuring the “security of the people of Israel.”
She did not mention the Palestinians. Lapid, in turn, also did not speak of the Palestinians, but he did not mention Palestinian statehood.
“We all believe, as you said, that the Palestinians are entitled to have a quality of life, an economy and education and hope,” Lapid said.
Lapid also met with Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday.
He is expected to meet with AIPAC’s leadership on Thursday, and with the Democratic Majority for Israel, whose president, Mark Mellman, has been political strategist for Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party for the past decade.
伊朗聲稱新的“伊朗鐵穹”防空系統取得成功-分析
該系統詳細信息的公佈表明，伊朗正試圖增加其可用於防空的系統類型。
作者：SETH J. FRANZMAN
2021 年 10 月 13 日 15:38
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伊朗聲稱其綜合防空網絡取得了新的成功。一次演習聲稱伊斯蘭共和國已經公佈了一種新的防空系統。
據報導，這次演習被命名為 Sky Defenders Velayat 1400，最近發生了。在這種情況下，系統面臨各種威脅，並據稱攔截了它們。
據伊朗法爾斯新聞報導，準將。國家防空基地司令阿米爾·卡德爾·拉希姆扎德宣布消息稱，“針對巡航導彈攻擊的強大和多層次防禦是第 1400 屆[韋拉亞特]天空衛士聯合專業防空演習的目標之一。 ”
首次發布了新防空系統的圖像。報導稱：“由於該系統與該國其他導彈防空系統的特點不同，該新系統的官方信息尚未公佈。”
Tasnim News 在研究系統的各個方面方面走得更遠。它指出，該系統有四個發射筒，可以攜帶 8 或 12 枚導彈。這將使其在某些方面與 Iron Dome 相似，但也可以與南非的 Umkhonto 導彈系統及其由 Denel Dynamics 製造的車載版本進行比較。
伊朗過去也曾試圖複製南非的無人機。“在這方面，系統的每個單元都在戰鬥環境中實現了高機動性和高穩定性，相對獨立於攜帶雷達的輔助車輛，”Tasnim 說。
報告稱，該系統具有360°雷達覆蓋範圍，導彈垂直發射。這意味著它可以同時攻擊多個目標。“由於需要高精度來準確跟踪目標，這些雷達很可能在 X 波段運行，”報告稱。
“在運載火箭上部署雷達導致形成一個稱為 TELAR（運輸機架設發射器和雷達）的單元，由於雷達在戰鬥環境。”
伊朗防空部隊過去曾受到批評，因為他們在 2020 年 1 月擊落了一架民用客機。伊朗曾於 2018 年試圖將其第三個 Khordad 系統送往敘利亞。它在 2019 年使用相同的系統擊落了一架美國全球鷹無人機。
據法爾斯通訊社報導，在這張未註明日期的講義圖片中，可以看到伊朗最高領袖阿亞圖拉阿里哈梅內伊靠近一個“3 Khordad”系統，據說該系統被用來擊落一架美國軍用無人機（圖片來源：FARS NEWS/HANDOUT）通過路透社）
“從新型導彈防空系統發布的視頻中可以看出，該系統的控制室也位於雷達下方。這種方法意味著最大程度地壓縮系統組件，”Tasnim 報告說。“在幾種先進的俄羅斯中程防空系統中觀察到了相同類型的系統組件聚合，這導致防空火力的機動性更高。”
這意味著伊朗可能已經學習了鎧甲和其他俄羅斯系統。俄羅斯已將鎧甲部署到敘利亞。
該系統詳細信息的公佈表明，伊朗正試圖增加其可用於防空的系統類型。它正試圖製作一系列本土系統來複製俄羅斯和其他國家的系統。例如，伊朗開發了 Bavar 373，它於 2019 年推出，據說類似於俄羅斯 S-300 系統的能力。
近年來，敘利亞防空系統經常未能阻止空襲。敘利亞防空導彈也被瘋狂發射，落在以色列、約旦、塞浦路斯，最近還落在伊拉克。伊朗可能希望建立一個更全面的防空網絡，而不是複制敘利亞的失敗——有一天德黑蘭可能會嘗試將這些系統部署到伊拉克、敘利亞甚至黎巴嫩的代理人和盟友。
Iran claims success for new 'Iranian Iron Dome' air defense system - analysis
The publication of details about the system illustrates that Iran is trying to increase the types of systems it can employ in air defense.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
OCTOBER 13, 2021 15:38
Iran holds military drills as tensions rise with US
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Iran has claimed new success in its integrated air defense network. A drill claimed that a new air defense system has been unveiled by the Islamic Republic.
The drill was named Sky Defenders Velayat 1400 and took place recently, according to reports. In this case, the system confronted various threats and supposedly intercepted them.
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According to Fars News in Iran, Brig.-Gen. Amir Qader Rahimzadeh, Commander of the National Air Defense Base, announced the news that a “strong and multi-layered defense against cruise missile attack is one of the goals of the joint specialized air defense exercise of the 1400th Province [Velayat] Sky Defenders.”
Images of a new air defense system were published for the first time. “Due to the different features of this system with other missile air defense systems in the country, the official information of this new system has not been published yet,” said the reports.
Tasnim News went much further in looking at aspects of the system. It notes that the system has four launch canisters and can carry eight or 12 missiles. This would make it similar in some ways to Iron Dome, but it can also be compared to South Africa’s Umkhonto missile system and its truck-mounted version, built by Denel Dynamics.
Iran has in the past tried to copy South African drones as well. “In this regard, each unit of the system achieves high mobility and high stability in combat environments with relative independence from the secondary vehicle carrying the radar,” says Tasnim.
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The report says the system has 360° radar coverage and the missiles are launched vertically. This would mean it could simultaneously engage several targets. “Due to the need for high accuracy to accurately track targets, these radars are likely to operate in the X-band,” the report says.
“Deployment of radar on the launcher vehicle leads to the formation of a single unit called the TELAR (Transporter Erector Launcher And Radar), which makes it very difficult to disrupt radar and saturate it with electronic warfare due to the scattering of the radars in the combat environment.”
Iran air defenders have been critiqued in the past because they shot down a civilian airliner in January 2020. Iran tried in 2018 to send its 3rd Khordad system to Syria. It used the same system to shoot down an American Global Hawk drone in 2019.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen near a ''3 Khordad'' system which is said to had been used to shoot down a U.S. military drone, according to news agency Fars, in this undated handout picture (credit: FARS NEWS/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
“From the video released from the new missile air defense system, it is evident that the control room of the system is also located under the radars. This method means maximum compression of system components,” says the Tasnim report. “The same type of aggregation of system components has been observed in several types of advanced Russian mid-range air defense systems operating, which results in much higher mobility of air defense fire.”
This means that Iran may have learned from the Pantsir and other Russian systems. Russia has deployed the Pantsir to Syria.
The publication of details about the system illustrates that Iran is trying to increase the types of systems it can employ in air defense. It is trying to make a series of indigenous systems that replicate the ones Russia and other countries have. For instance, Iran developed the Bavar 373, which was rolled out in 2019 and is said to resemble the capabilities of the Russian S-300 system.
Syrian air defense has often failed to stop airstrikes in recent years. Syrian air defense missiles have also been fired wildly, falling in Israel, Jordan, Cyprus and most recently in Iraq. Iran likely wants to put in place a more comprehensive air defense network and not replicate the failures of Syria – and Tehran could one day try to deploy these systems to its proxies and allies in Iraq, Syria and even Lebanon.
伊朗警告聯合國，以色列的核武器是真正的中東威脅
伊朗駐聯合國特使警告說，以色列的核武器是對中東和平的真正威脅。
作者：托瓦·拉扎羅夫
2021 年 10 月 13 日 20:28
以色列位於迪莫納郊外內蓋夫沙漠的核設施
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以色列的原子武器是對中東和平的真正威脅，伊朗和敘利亞特使向聯合國呼籲，因為他們呼籲這個猶太國家支持地區無核區。
“這個政權手中的核武器對中東所有國家的安全構成了最嚴重的威脅，”伊朗特使在周二關於全球核裁軍的討論中告訴大會第一委員會。
以色列被懷疑是核大國，但從未證實或承認擁有核武器。
伊朗和敘利亞等國長期以來一直指責它是一個秘密核大國，特別是在反駁以色列指責伊朗追求原子武器和敘利亞對其公民使用化學武器時。
伊朗特使表示，以色列試圖“將伊朗的核武器能力”描述為“對地區穩定的挑戰”，以轉移對其自身“核武器庫以及秘密和不安全核設施”的注意力。
他指出，以色列沒有簽署《不擴散核武器條約》（NPT），這阻礙了在中東建立無核武器區。他指控說，以色列也沒有允許國際原子能機構檢查其任何核武器設施。
他和敘利亞特使都在回應以色列駐聯合國大使吉拉德·埃爾丹的講話時發表講話，該講話將兩國都歸咎於不遵守以色列本身並不是其正式締約國的條約。
埃爾丹談到敘利亞違反了《化學武器公約》，這是一份以色列簽署但從未批准的文件。
他說，去年發表的兩份報告談到了敘利亞在 2017 年和 2018 年對其本國公民的四次化學武器襲擊，他補充說，儘管阿薩德政權已經加入了《化學武器公約》，但它已經這樣做了。
埃爾丹說：“至關重要的是，國際社會必須保持警惕，應對敘利亞違約這一挑戰，並繼續調查敘利亞目前在化學武器計劃方面的能力和活動。”
大使還呼籲國際社會阻止伊朗生產核武器。
他說：“接受伊朗成為門檻核國家的問題，將使世界和平處於平衡狀態，並將繼續成為自由世界歷史上的黑點。”
在辯論的後期，以色列代表團的一名代表提醒大會，伊朗是全球恐怖主義的主要支持者，包括提供武器。
總的來說，埃爾丹談到“軍備控制領域令人擔憂的升級”，指責中東“仍在為長期缺乏軍控規範和原則而苦苦掙扎。
“迫切需要關注國家義務的實施、遵守和核查，”他說。
埃爾丹隨後試圖解釋為什麼以色列尚未簽署的現有文書，如 NPT，不足以處理中東的軍控問題。
“《不擴散核武器條約》本身並沒有為該地區獨特的安全挑戰提供補救措施，更不用說一些成員國一再違反條約的情況了。嚴重違反 NPT 的五起案件中有四起發生在中東，”他說。
“以色列希望強調其長期以來的觀點，即以色列不支持的[禁止核武器條約]和其他大規模毀滅性武器不會製造、促進發展或表明存在習慣與條約主題或內容相關的法律，”他說。
“中東無核武器和其他大規模殺傷性武器區會議等倡議違背了無核武器區的指導方針和原則，”大使說。
伊朗在其講話中還談到了以色列對巴勒斯坦人的待遇。它的特使從來沒有使用“以色列”這個詞，而是更喜歡“猶太復國主義政權”。
伊朗特使指責以色列對巴勒斯坦人進行“種族滅絕”，並對他們進行“核恐怖主義”。
預計第一委員會將在 2021 年底之前批准埃及、約旦、阿聯酋等阿拉伯國家以及巴勒斯坦提出的題為“中東核擴散風險”的決議。權威。
其中一項規定是呼籲以色列簽署和批准 NPT，並指出它是該地區唯一沒有這樣做的國家。
Israel's nuclear weapons are the true Middle East threat, Iran warns UN
Iran's envoy to the UN warned that Israel's nuclear weapons are the true threat to Middle East peace.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
OCTOBER 13, 2021 20:28
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Israel’s atomic weapons are the true threat to Middle East peace, the Iranian and Syrian envoys alleged to the United Nations as they called on the Jewish state to support a regional nuclear-free zone.
“Nuclear weapons in the hands of this regime pose the most serious threat to the security of all states in the Middle East,” the Iranian envoy told the General Assembly’s First Committee during a discussion Tuesday on global nuclear disarmament.
Israel is suspected to be a nuclear power, but has never confirmed or admitted to possessing nuclear weapons.
Countries such as Iran and Syria have long accused it of being a secret nuclear power, particularly in rebuttal to accusations by Israel of Iran’s pursuit of atomic weapons and Syria’s use of chemical weapons against its citizens.
Israel has attempted “to portray Iran’s nuclear weapons capabilities” as a “challenge to regional stability” in order to distract attention away from its own “nuclear weapon arsenals as well as clandestine and unsafe nuclear installations,” the Iranian envoy said.
Israel had not signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), he noted, and hampers the establishment of a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East. Nor has Israel allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect any of its nuclear weapons facilities, he charged.
Both he and the Syrian envoy spoke in response to a speech by Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan that took both of their countries to task for noncompliance with treaties to which Israel itself is not a full party.
Erdan spoke of Syria’s violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention, a document Israel has signed but never ratified.
Two reports published last year spoke of four Syrian chemical weapons attacks against its own citizens in 2017 and in 2018, he said, adding that the Assad regime had done this even though it had acceded to the CWC.
“It is vital that the international community remains vigilant in dealing with this challenge of the noncompliance by Syria, and also continues investigating Syria’s current abilities and activities in regard to its chemical weapons program,” Erdan said.
The ambassador also called on the international community to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons.
“Coming to terms with Iran becoming a threshold nuclear state puts world peace in the balance and will remain a black stain on the history of the free world,” he said.
At a late point in the debate, a representative of the Israeli mission reminded the General Assembly that Iran is the main sponsor of global terrorism, including through the provision of arms.
Overall, Erdan spoke of the “worrisome escalation in the realm of arms control,” charging that the Middle East “is still struggling with a chronic lack of arms control norms and principles.
“There is an urgent need to focus on the implementation, compliance and verification of the obligations of states,” he said.
Erdan then attempted to explain why available instruments which Israel has not signed, such as the NPT, are not adequate to handle arms control issues in the Middle East.
“The Non-Proliferation Treaty in itself does not provide a remedy for the unique security challenges of the region, let alone the repeated violations of the treaty by some of its member states. Four of the five cases of serious violations of the NPT took place in the Middle East,” he said.
“Israel wishes to emphasize its long-standing view that the Treaty [on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons] and other weapons of mass destruction, which Israel does not support, does not create, contribute to the development of, or indicate the existence of customary law related to the subject or the content of the treaty,” he said.
“Initiatives such as the conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other weapons of mass destruction go against the guidelines and principles of the Nuclear Weapons Free Zone,” the ambassador said.
Iran, in its remarks, also spoke about Israeli treatment of the Palestinians. At no point did its envoy use the word “Israel,” preferring instead “the Zionist regime.”
The Iranian envoy accused Israel of “genocide against the Palestinians and “nuclear terrorism” against them.
Prior to the end of 2021, the First Committee is expected to approve a resolution, called “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East,” put forward by Arab states, including Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates as well as the Palestinian Authority.
Among its stipulations is a call on Israel to sign and ratify the NPT, noting that it is the only country in the region that hasn’t done so.
特拉維夫房價過高，接近泡沫風險 - 瑞銀
特拉維夫的住房價格過高，並開始接近泡沫風險區域。
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根據周三發布的瑞銀全球房地產泡沫指數，特拉維夫的住房價格過高。
在全球 25 個主要城市中，法蘭克福、多倫多和香港的房地產市場風險水平最高。然而，報告稱，特拉維夫的住房與大多數其他接受調查的城市一樣，開始看起來像泡沫。
報告稱：“在特拉維夫，抵押貸款利率下降和人口快速增長推高了價格。” “此外，隨著市場再次接近泡沫風險區域，政府降低了第二套住房的購買稅，甚至鼓勵了房地產市場投機。因此，市場被高度高估了。”
以色列各地的房價在過去一年平均上漲了 8% 以上，專家估計公寓價格是十年前的 2-3 倍。
經濟學家表示，房價持續上漲的主要原因是住房市場需求旺盛和供應不足。政府已將控制飛漲的物價水平作為其核心經濟目標之一，儘管目前尚不清楚他們打算如何實現。
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報告稱，在全球範圍內，房地產泡沫的風險在過去一年平均有所增加，許多城市的價格調整的潛在嚴重程度也有所增加。在過去四個季度中，經通脹調整後的城市房價增長加速至 6%，為 2014 年以來的最高增幅。
瑞銀全球財富管理首席投資辦公室房地產主管克勞迪奧·薩普特利 (Claudio Saputelli) 指出：“冠狀病毒大流行將許多人限制在自己的四堵牆內，放大了居住空間的重要性，並導致了更高的購房意願。”
報告稱，在接受調查的城市中，只有馬德里、米蘭和華沙的估值仍然合理，迪拜是唯一被低估的市場。
Tel Aviv housing is overpriced, approaching bubble risk - UBS
Housing in Tel Aviv is overpriced and starting to approach bubble risk territory.
By ZEV STUB
OCTOBER 13, 2021 15:46
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Housing in Tel Aviv is overpriced, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index published Wednesday.
Among 25 major cities around the world, Frankfurt, Toronto, and Hong Kong exhibited the most elevated risk levels on housing markets. However, Tel Aviv housing, like most other cities surveyed, is starting to look like a bubble, the report said.
“In Tel Aviv, falling mortgage rates and rapid population growth have pushed up prices,” the report said. “Moreover, the government has lowered the purchase tax for second homes, even encouraging housing market speculation as the market again approaches bubble risk territory. As a result, the market is highly overvalued.”
Housing prices around Israel have risen an average of more than 8% in the past year, and experts estimated that apartments cost 2-3 times more than they did a decade ago.
Economists say the main reason prices continue to rise is the high demand and the lack of supply in the housing market. The government has made controlling skyrocketing price levels one of their central economic goals, although it remains unclear how they intend to do so.
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Worldwide, the risk of real estate bubbles has on average increased over the last year, as has the potential severity of a price correction in many cities, the report said. Home price growth in the cities analyzed has accelerated to 6% in inflation-adjusted terms in the last four quarters, the highest increase since 2014.
“The coronavirus pandemic confined many people within their own four walls, amplifying the importance of living space, and leading to a higher willingness to pay for housing,” noted Claudio Saputelli, head of Real Estate at UBS Global Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Office.
Of the cities surveyed, only Madrid, Milan, and Warsaw remain fairly valued, and Dubai is the only undervalued market, the report said.
巴勒斯坦權力機構加強對約旦河西岸激進分子和競爭對手的鎮壓
哈馬斯消息人士稱，此次鎮壓是巴勒斯坦權力機構與以色列之間正在進行的安全協調的成果之一。
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2021 年 10 月 13 日 16:55
巴勒斯坦權力機構批評者尼扎爾·巴納特 (Nizar Banat) 去世後的抗議活動中，巴勒斯坦警察於 6 月在拉馬拉與示威者對峙。
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巴勒斯坦人周三表示，儘管巴勒斯坦和國際人權組織提出抗議，但巴勒斯坦權力機構仍在繼續鎮壓西岸的政治活動家和競爭對手。
據巴勒斯坦人稱，過去幾週針對數十名巴勒斯坦人的鎮壓行動正在鼓舞巴勒斯坦權力機構的主要競爭對手哈馬斯，並有可能破壞西岸的安全與穩定。
哈馬斯消息人士稱，此次鎮壓是巴勒斯坦權力機構與以色列之間正在進行的安全協調的成果之一。
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“過去幾週被捕的許多人都是被以色列關押的前囚犯，”消息人士說。“他們從以色列監獄獲釋後被巴勒斯坦安全部門逮捕。有些人在被巴勒斯坦軍隊釋放後被以色列重新逮捕。這證明安全協調一如既往地強大。
巴勒斯坦權力機構的安全措施在 5 月的以色列-哈馬斯戰爭以及一個月後反腐敗活動家尼扎爾·巴納特 (Nizar Banat) 被殺後有所增加。
上週，拉馬拉的巴勒斯坦人參加了一場抗議人權活動家尼扎爾·巴納特 (Nizar Banat) 死亡的抗議活動。（信用：FLASH90）
44 歲的巴納特被在希伯倫逮捕的巴勒斯坦安全官員毆打致死。參與逮捕巴納特的 14 名軍官目前正在拉馬拉的巴勒斯坦軍事法庭接受審判。
本月早些時候，巴勒斯坦安全官員突襲了巴納特家族在希伯倫的幾所房屋，並逮捕了他的一個堂兄弟哈桑巴納特，他是被殺的反腐敗活動家案件的關鍵證人。哈桑·巴納特 (Hassan Banat) 在對 14 名警官的審判開始前幾小時被捕。他在八天后被釋放。
在為期 11 天的戰爭結束後，成千上萬的巴勒斯坦人在約旦河西岸的幾個城市和村莊走上街頭，“慶祝”哈馬斯“勝利”。此後，數十名參加示威的巴勒斯坦人被巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊逮捕或訊問。
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巴勒斯坦政治被拘留者委員會透露，上個月，至少有 52 名巴勒斯坦人在西岸各地被巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊逮捕。記錄巴勒斯坦權力機構侵犯人權行為的委員會稱，另有 62 名巴勒斯坦人被傳喚接受審訊。
上週，巴勒斯坦安全官員在納布盧斯與他兩歲的兒子散步時逮捕了活動家 Amir Shtayyeh。據報導，這名被單獨留下的男孩被路人護送回家。目前尚不清楚 Shtayyeh 是否已被正式起訴。
巴勒斯坦人權活動家瓦利德·阿卜杜拉說，巴勒斯坦安全部隊逮捕或審訊的大多數巴勒斯坦人被指控與哈馬斯、巴勒斯坦伊斯蘭聖戰組織、伊斯蘭解放陣線和巴解組織的解放巴勒斯坦人民陣線（PFLP）有關聯。
另一位人權倡導者說，過去幾周至少有七名巴勒斯坦人因涉嫌在社交媒體上“侮辱”巴勒斯坦領導人而被傳喚接受審訊。
據代表被關押在巴勒斯坦權力機構監獄中的巴勒斯坦人家屬的委員會稱，四名被拘留者目前正在絕食以抗議他們被監禁。
該委員會表示，巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊也恢復了對西岸各校區大學生，特別是與哈馬斯有關聯的大學生的鎮壓。
該委員會指出，在過去的四個星期裡，有 51 名大學生因他們的活動而被巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊的各個部門逮捕或審問。
委員會補充說，大多數逮捕和審訊發生在納布盧斯和希伯倫。
上週，社交媒體上發布的一段視頻顯示，幾名巴勒斯坦警察在希伯倫以西的伊德納村毆打一名巴勒斯坦男子。這一事件引發了巴勒斯坦人的抗議浪潮，他們指責巴勒斯坦權力機構加強對政治活動家和其他巴勒斯坦人的“鎮壓”措施。
幾名接到傳票到巴勒斯坦權力機構情報總局和預防安全部隊辦公室接受審訊的巴勒斯坦人宣布，他們不打算遵守命令。巴勒斯坦人張貼了他們從兩個安全機構收到的命令的副本，並表示他們不會報到接受審訊。
“這種現像在最近幾個月有所增加，”政治活動家 Adnan Khader 說。“我們開始看到越來越多的人公開挑戰巴勒斯坦安全部隊。許多人不再害怕。”
上週，拉馬拉的一家巴勒斯坦法院推遲了對 17 名活動人士的審判，他們在反對殺害巴勒斯坦民族權力機構的直言不諱的批評者巴納特的廣泛抗議中被捕。
這些活動人士被指控參與非法集會、煽動教派衝突和誹謗巴勒斯坦領導人。
“審判的推遲表明巴勒斯坦權力機構的司法不嚴肅，”總部位於拉馬拉的正義律師組織在一份聲明中說。“這種措施擾亂了正義的進程，阻礙了真相的出現。”
Palestinian Authority steps up crackdown on activists, rivals in West Bank
Hamas sources said that the crackdown was one of the fruits of the ongoing security coordination between the PA and Israel.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
OCTOBER 13, 2021 16:55
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The Palestinian Authority is continuing its crackdown on political activists and rivals in the West Bank, notwithstanding protests by Palestinian and international human rights organizations, Palestinians said on Wednesday.
The clampdown, which has targeted dozens of Palestinians over the past few weeks, is emboldening Hamas, the PA’s main rivals, and threatening to undermine security and stability in the West Bank, according to the Palestinians.
Hamas sources said the crackdown was one of the fruits of the ongoing security coordination between the PA and Israel.
“Many of those arrested over the past few weeks are former prisoners who were held by Israel,” the sources said. “They are arrested by the Palestinian Security Services after being released from Israeli prison. Some are rearrested by Israel after they are freed by the Palestinian forces. This proves that the security coordination is as strong as ever.’
The PA security measures increased after the Israel-Hamas war in May and the killing of anti-corruption activist Nizar Banat a month later.
Banat, 44, was beaten to death by Palestinian security officers who arrested him in Hebron. Fourteen officers who participated in the arrest of Banat are currently facing trial before a Palestinian military court in Ramallah.
Earlier this month, Palestinian security officers raided several homes belonging to Banat’s family in Hebron and arrested one of his cousins, Hassan Banat, a key witness in the case of the slain anti-corruption activist. Hassan Banat was arrested hours before the opening of the trial of the 14 officers. He was released after eight days.
After the 11-day war, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in several West Bank cities and villages to “celebrate” the Hamas “victory.” Dozens of Palestinians who participated in the demonstrations have since been arrested or questioned by the PA security forces.
Last month, at least 52 Palestinians were arrested by PA security forces in various parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian Committee for Political Detainees revealed. Another 62 Palestinians were summoned for interrogation, the committee, which documents human rights violations by the PA, said.
Last week, Palestinian security officers arrested activist Amir Shtayyeh while he was walking with his two-year-old son in Nablus. The boy, who was left alone, was reportedly escorted home by passersby. It was not clear whether Shtayyeh has been formally charged.
Palestinian human rights activist Walid Abdullah said that most of the Palestinian arrested or interrogated by the PA security forces were accused of being affiliated with Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hizb ut-Tahrir and the PLO’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
At least seven Palestinians were summoned for interrogation in the past few weeks on suspicion of “insulting” Palestinian leaders on social media, another human rights advocate said.
According to the committee, which represents families of Palestinians held in PA prisons, four detainees are currently on hunger strike in protest of their incarceration.
The committee said that the PA security forces have also resumed their crackdown on university students, especially those affiliated with Hamas, in various campuses throughout the West Bank.
In the past four weeks, the committee noted, 51 university students were arrested or interrogated by various branches of the PA security forces over their activities.
Most of the arrests and interrogations took place in Nablus and Hebron, the committee added.
Last week, a video posted on social media showed several Palestinian policemen beating a Palestinian man in the village of Idna, west of Hebron. The incident sparked a wave of protests among Palestinians, who accused the PA of stepping up its “repressive” measures against political activists and other Palestinians.
Several Palestinians who received summons to report for interrogation at the offices of the PA’s General Intelligence Service and Preventive Security Force announced that they do not intend to comply with the order. The Palestinians posted copies of the orders they received from the two security agencies and said that they will not report for interrogation.
“This phenomenon has grown in recent months,” said political activist Adnan Khader. “We are beginning to see more and more people openly challenge the Palestinian security forces. Many people are no longer afraid.”
Last week, a Palestinian court in Ramallah postponed the trial of 17 activists who were arrested during widespread protests against the killing of Banat, the outspoken critic of the PA.
The activists are accused of participating in illegal gatherings, fomenting sectarian strife and bad-mouthing Palestinian leaders.
“The postponement of the trial shows that the PA judiciary is not serious,” the Ramallah-based Lawyers for Justice group said in a statement. “Such measures disrupt the process of justice and obstruct the emergence of the truth.”
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2021.10.14 國際新聞導讀-黎巴嫩趨於崩潰但真主黨還在阻礙司法調查貝魯特港爆炸案、以色列表示隨時可以對伊朗動手，伊朗指責以色列擁有核武且不接受IAEA監管有何立場要求伊朗遵守規範？巴勒斯坦自治政府鎮壓異議者與哈瑪斯份子
黎巴嫩政府瀕臨崩潰——真主黨的作用是什麼？- 分析
為了理解真主黨為何對貝魯特港爆炸事件的調查進展猶豫不決，了解爆炸本身的背景很重要。
通過TZVI JOFFRE
2021 年 10 月 13 日 21:20
由於領導對 2020 年貝魯特港爆炸事件的調查的法官塔雷克·比塔爾( Tarek Bitar)對包括真主黨盟友在內的一些高級官員提出指控和逮捕令，黎巴嫩的緊張局勢加劇。
是什麼導致了緊張局勢，真主黨在這件事中的作用是什麼？
比塔爾是第二位對爆炸進行司法調查的法官，該爆炸造成 200 多人死亡，數千人受傷，原因是在港口不當儲存的大量硝酸銨起火併引爆了人類最大的非核爆炸之一。歷史。
第一任法官法迪·薩萬 (Fadi Sawan) 因他的房屋在爆炸中受損，對其中立性提出“合理懷疑”的指控而被免職。在他指控的兩名官員，議員阿里·哈桑·哈利勒 (Ali Hassan Khalil) 和議員加齊·扎伊特 (Ghazi Zaiter) 的要求下，薩萬被免職，他們都是真主黨的盟友。
比塔爾追隨薩萬的腳步，對包括哈利勒、扎伊特、前公共工程部長優素福·費尼亞諾斯和前總理哈桑·迪亞佈在內的多位官員提出指控。大多數人拒絕出庭接受訊問。
由於被指控官員提出的偏見指控，該案件已在 Bitar 下三度暫停，最近一次暫停將於週二暫停。
2020 年 9 月 10 日，從黎巴嫩 Sin-el-fil 看到的貝魯特港區上空升起濃煙。（圖片來源：CYNTHIA KARAM/REUTERS）
為了理解為什麼真主黨可能對調查的進展猶豫不決，了解爆炸本身的背景很重要。
有問題的硝酸銨是由羅索斯號攜帶的，其宣布的目的地是莫桑比克。調查記者 Feras Hatoum 發現，這艘船歸一家空殼公司所有，該公司與敘利亞-俄羅斯商人有關聯，該公司因代表敘利亞政府行事而受到美國製裁。至少在抵達貝魯特之前不久，這艘船的所有人都與一家被指控與真主黨和敘利亞政府打交道的銀行有關聯。
當這艘船抵達時，它被認為有沉沒的危險，化學品被以不安全的方式轉移並儲存在港口。
人權觀察發現，多名黎巴嫩官員在處理武器級硝酸銨時至少存在刑事疏忽。報告發現，一些官員預見到了致命的風險並接受了它們。官員們也一再未能準確披露化學品造成的危險。
人權觀察報告列出了意識到危險的官員，包括總統米歇爾·奧恩、迪亞布和哈利勒。該報告還提到，至少有四名了解化學品或爆炸事件的人在可疑情況下死亡。
聯邦調查局的一項調查發現，在港口爆炸的硝酸銨數量只有到達羅索斯號的數量的五分之一，這引發了對其餘部分去了哪裡的疑問。
Rhosus 號的可能所有者與真主黨的聯繫以及這些化學品屬於武器級且在爆炸發生時大部分已從港口吸走的事實，以及其他因素，導致人權觀察和黎巴嫩和世界各地的許多其他人質疑這些化學品是真的運往莫桑比克，還是本來打算一直運到黎巴嫩。
真主黨也牢牢控制著黎巴嫩的港口，許多相關官員來自真主黨或其盟友。即使該運動沒有故意進口硝酸銨，它或它的盟友仍可能因疏忽而被認定對爆炸負責。
這些細節可能是決定指控真主黨附屬官員的原因，儘管至少一名真主黨反對者也被指控。
真主黨對這些指控表示憤慨，並要求移除 Bitar。最近，針對 Bitar 的言論升級，真主黨成員和盟友威脅要離開政府，甚至使用武力讓 Bitar 脫離此案。
真主黨秘書長哈桑納斯魯拉週一襲擊了比塔爾，稱法官正在利用此案來達到政治目的，並不想了解爆炸的真相。納斯魯拉還質疑為什麼比塔爾只質疑某些部長而不是其他部長。
據報導，真主黨安全官員瓦菲克·薩法 (Wafiq Safa) 於 9 月威脅比塔爾，稱如果法官不悅他們，該運動將用武力將比塔爾除名。
“我們受夠了你。據黎巴嫩 LBCI 新聞記者埃德蒙·薩辛 (Edmond Sassine) 稱，薩法對比塔爾說，我們將走上法律道路的盡頭，如果這不起作用，我們將用武力驅逐你。
薩法於 2019 年因利用黎巴嫩的港口和邊界將非法毒品和武器走私到貝魯特並為真主黨提供便利而於 2019 年受到美國財政部的製裁。
哈利勒週二告訴真主黨附屬的 Al-Mayadeen 電視台，Bitar 的調查“是非法的，超出了許多必須遵守的協議”。國會議員還聲稱，法官在向哈利勒發出逮捕令後幾分鐘會見了一個外國代表團，暗示受到外國勢力的影響。
國會議員警告說，將會出現“政治升級，也許 [an escalation] 另一種類型”，並補充說“所有可能性都是開放的”，包括走上街頭。
哈利勒聲稱調查可能是試圖“改變平衡”的區域和內部計劃的一部分，並且他掌握的信息表明，調查的目標是“應外部各方的要求”針對某個政治團體。週三，真主黨附屬議員哈桑·法德拉拉 (Hassan Fadlallah) 直截了當地指責美國干涉調查。
據報導，原定於週三舉行的政府會議被推遲，原因是無法就如何處理 Bitar 達成協議。
黎巴嫩議會秘書長周三宣布，比塔爾對總統、部長和代表採取的所有措施都被視為侵犯權力。
來自真主黨和馬拉達運動的消息人士告訴黎巴嫩 Al-Jadeed 電視新聞，比塔爾準備直接指責真主黨對爆炸負責。消息人士補充說，如果不移除 Bitar，他們將離開政府。
真主黨與比塔爾的鬥爭也可能影響其與奧恩的關係，據 Al-Jadeed 報導，奧恩週二衝出會議，對真主黨的武力威脅表示憤怒。據報導，奧恩堅持三權分立，拒絕乾預司法。
黎巴嫩卡塔布黨領袖薩米·杰馬耶勒週三要求黎巴嫩政府不要“屈服於真主黨的恐嚇”。
真主黨的基督徒反對者薩米爾·蓋吉亞 (Samir Gaegea) 呼籲“黎巴嫩的自由人民”為如果比塔爾的反對者試圖以武力強加他們的意志而進行和平總罷工做準備。雖然蓋吉亞強調他的聲明不是威脅，但他補充說他永遠不會接受武力強加的“某些現實”。
爆炸受害者的家屬警告說，“無論威脅程度有多高”，都不要更換或恐嚇 Bitar，並告訴官員們“不要讓 [他們的] 干預司法部門”。
前國會議員穆斯塔法·阿盧奇週三在接受黎巴嫩之聲採訪時警告說，需要進行國際調查，目前的局勢正在重演前總理拉菲克·哈里裡被暗殺的情況，因為真主黨感受到了調查的線索指著它。
所有這些因素都導致人們擔心黎巴嫩新成立的政府可能已經處於崩潰的邊緣，這將使該國在應對持續的經濟危機時再次陷入無領導地位。
人們越來越擔心緊張局勢可能會爆發為暴力，特別是如果真主黨繼續阻撓調查或試圖使用武力移除 Bitar。
黎巴嫩定於春季舉行選舉，儘管有人擔心選舉可能會推遲。選舉將對處於危機中的國家構成又一次考驗，因為它將面臨選舉新領導人的機會。
在日益緊張的環境中，黎巴嫩還將面臨保持選舉安全和不受腐敗影響的挑戰，隨著選舉的臨近，這種環境可能只會變得更加緊張。
Lebanon gov't on brink of collapse - what is Hezbollah's role? - analysis
In order to understand why Hezbollah may be hesitant for an investigation into the Beirut port blast to progress, it's important to understand the background of the explosion itself.
By TZVI JOFFRE
OCTOBER 13, 2021 21:20
WAVING THE Hezbollah flag in Marjayoun, Lebanon.
(photo credit: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS)
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Tensions have spiked in Lebanon as Justice Tarek Bitar, who is leading the investigation into the 2020 Beirut Port blast, issues charges and warrants against a number of high-ranking officials, including Hezbollah allies.
What is driving the tensions and what is Hezbollah’s role in the matter?
Bitar is the second judge to run the judicial investigation into the explosion, in which more than 200 people were killed and thousands wounded after a large amount of ammonium nitrate improperly stored at the port caught fire and detonated in one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in human history.
The first judge, Fadi Sawan, was removed from the case on charges of “legitimate suspicion” over his neutrality, due to the fact his home was damaged in the blast. Sawan was removed after a request from two of the officials he charged, MP Ali Hassan Khalil and MP Ghazi Zaiter, both Hezbollah allies.
Bitar followed in Sawan’s footsteps and issued charges against a number of officials, including Khalil, Zaiter, former public works minister Youssef Fenianos, and former prime minister Hassan Diab, among others. Most have refused to show up for questioning.
The case has already been suspended three times under Bitar due to allegations of bias filed by the charged officials, with the latest suspension coming on Tuesday.
Smoke rises over Beirut's port area as seen from Sin-el-fil, Lebanon September 10, 2020. (credit: CYNTHIA KARAM/REUTERS)
IN ORDER to understand why Hezbollah may be hesitant for an investigation to progress, it’s important to understand the background of the explosion itself.
The ammonium nitrate in question was carried by the Rhosus, whose declared destination was Mozambique. Investigative journalist Feras Hatoum found the ship was owned by a shell company linked to Syrian-Russian businessmen sanctioned by the US for acting on behalf of the Syrian government. At least until shortly before it arrived in Beirut, the ship was owned by an individual linked to a bank accused of dealing with Hezbollah and the Syrian government.
When the ship arrived, it was deemed at risk of sinking, and the chemicals were removed and stored at the port in an unsafe way.
Human Rights Watch found that multiple Lebanese officials were, at minimum, criminally negligent in their handling of the weapons-grade ammonium nitrate. The report found some officials foresaw the deadly risks and accepted them. Officials also repeatedly failed to accurately disclose the dangers posed by the chemicals.
The HRW report listed officials who were aware of the dangers, including President Michel Aoun, Diab and Khalil. The report additionally mentioned that at least four people who had knowledge about the chemicals or the explosion have died in suspicious circumstances.
An FBI probe found the amount of ammonium nitrate that exploded at the port was only a fifth of the amount that arrived on the Rhosus, raising questions of where the rest had gone.
The links of the possible owners of the Rhosus to Hezbollah and the fact the chemicals were weapons grade and had largely been siphoned away from the port by the time of the explosion, among other factors, caused HRW and many others in Lebanon and around the world to question whether the chemicals were actually meant for Mozambique, or had been meant to arrive in Lebanon all along.
Hezbollah also has a strong hold over Lebanon’s ports, with many relevant officials coming from either Hezbollah or its allies. Even if the movement did not purposefully import the ammonium nitrate, it or its allies may still be found responsible for the explosion due to negligence.
THESE DETAILS may be behind the decision to charge the Hezbollah-affiliated officials, although at least one Hezbollah opponent has been charged as well.
Hezbollah has expressed outrage at the charges and is demanding Bitar be removed. Recently, rhetoric against Bitar has escalated, with Hezbollah members and allies threatening to leave the government and even use force to get Bitar off the case.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah attacked Bitar on Monday, saying the judge is using the case for political goals and does not want to reach the truth about the explosion. Nasrallah also questioned why Bitar questioned only certain ministers and not others.
Hezbollah security official Wafiq Safa reportedly threatened Bitar in September, saying the movement would remove Bitar by force if the judge displeases them.
“We have had enough of you. We will go to the end of the legal path, and if that does not work, we will remove you by force,” said Safa to Bitar, according to Edmond Sassine, a journalist with Lebanon’s LBCI news.
Safa was sanctioned by the US Treasury in 2019 for exploiting Lebanon’s ports and borders to smuggle illegal drugs and weapons into Beirut and facilitate travel on behalf of Hezbollah.
Khalil told the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen TV on Tuesday that Bitar’s investigation “is unlawful and surpasses many of the protocols that must be followed.” The MP additionally claimed that the judge had met with a foreign delegation minutes after issuing the arrest warrant for Khalil, implying influence by foreign powers.
The MP warned there would be a “political escalation, and perhaps [an escalation] of another kind,” adding that “all possibilities are open,” including taking to the streets.
Khalil claimed the investigation may be part of a regional and internal plan to try to “change balances,” and that he had information that indicates that the investigation has a goal for a certain political group “at the behest of external parties.” On Wednesday, Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah-affiliated MP, outright accused the US of interfering in the investigation.
A government meeting set for Wednesday was postponed, reportedly due to an inability to reach an agreement about what to do with Bitar.
The secretary-general of the Lebanese Parliament announced on Wednesday that all the measures taken by Bitar against presidents, ministers and deputies were considered an infringement of powers.
Sources from Hezbollah and the Marada movement told the Lebanese Al-Jadeed TV news that Bitar was preparing to accuse Hezbollah directly of responsibility for the explosion. The sources added that if Bitar is not removed, they will leave the government.
HEZBOLLAH’S FIGHT against Bitar may impact its relationship with Aoun as well, with Al-Jadeed reporting Aoun stormed out of a meeting on Tuesday, expressing anger at Hezbollah’s threats of force. Aoun reportedly has insisted on a separation of powers and refused to interfere in the judiciary.
The head of Lebanon’s Kataeb Party, Sami Gemayel, on Wednesday asked the government of Lebanon not to “bow to Hezbollah’s intimidation.”
Samir Gaegea, a Christian opponent of Hezbollah, called on the “free people of Lebanon” to prepare for a peaceful general strike if Bitar’s opponents attempt to impose their will by force. While Gaegea stressed his statement was not a threat, he added he would never accept a “certain reality” being imposed by force.
The families of the blast victims warned against replacing or intimidating Bitar, “no matter how high the threat level,” telling officials to “keep [their] hands off the judiciary.”
Former MP Mustapha Allouch warned on Wednesday, in an interview with Voice of Lebanon, that an international investigation is needed, and that the current situation is repeating the situation of the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, as Hezbollah feels the threads of the investigation pointing at it.
All of these factors are leading to concerns that Lebanon’s newly formed government may already be on the brink of collapse, which would leave the country leaderless yet again as it deals with an ongoing economic crisis.
Concerns are rising that the tensions could explode into violence, especially if Hezbollah continues to obstruct the investigation or tries to use force to remove Bitar.
Lebanon is set to hold elections in the spring, although there are concerns they could be delayed. The elections will pose yet another test for the country in crisis, as it will face the opportunity to elect new leaders.
Lebanon will also be faced with the challenge of keeping the elections safe and unaffected by corruption amid an increasingly charged environment that will likely only get more tense as elections near.
拉皮德：以色列可以隨時以任何方式對伊朗採取行動
美國國務卿安東尼·布林肯表示，德黑蘭重返核協議的“時間不多了”。
作者：LAHAV HARKOV , TOVAH LAZAROFF
2021 年 10 月 13 日 21:52
外交部長亞伊爾·拉皮德 (Yair Lapid) 於 2021 年 10 月 13 日在華盛頓舉行的新聞發布會上講話
（圖片來源：SHLOMI AMSALEM/GPO）
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世界必須採取行動制止伊朗的邪惡，外交部長亞伊爾拉皮德週三在華盛頓與美國國務卿安東尼布林肯和阿拉伯聯合酋長國外交部長阿卜杜拉本扎耶德舉行的三邊會議上說。
“以色列保留在任何特定時刻以任何方式採取行動的權利，”拉皮德說。“這不僅是我們的權利，也是我們的責任。伊朗公開表示要消滅我們；我們無意讓這種情況發生。”
拉皮德警告說，伊朗人正在“拖後腿”以濃縮鈾並發展其彈道導彈計劃，而世界則在等待他們恢復談判。
“國務卿布林肯和我是大屠殺倖存者的兒子。我們知道有些時候國家必須使用武力來保護世界免受邪惡侵害。如果恐怖政權要獲得核武器，我們就必須採取行動。我們必須明確指出，文明世界不允許這樣做，”他說。
拉皮德說，如果世界大國與伊朗之間的外交失敗，“其他選擇將擺在桌面上”。
“當我們說其他選擇時，我認為這裡的每個人都明白，在以色列、阿聯酋和德黑蘭，這意味著什麼，”拉皮德補充道。
來自美國、阿聯酋和以色列的代表於 2021 年 10 月 13 日在華盛頓會面（圖片來源：SHLOMI AMSALEM/GPO）
拉皮德和美國國家安全顧問傑克沙利文在周二與布林肯的雙邊會議和三邊會議上討論了這些“其他選擇”，外交部長說。
布林肯說，他和外交部長“一致認為伊朗不能擁有核武器”。
美國認為外交是實現這一目標的最佳方式，並準備重返 2015 年與伊朗達成的核協議——聯合全面行動計劃，但是，布林肯說，“我們所看到的——或者更準確地說，不是來自德黑蘭的觀察表明他們不是。”
“時間不多了，因為我們也有機會討論，我們越來越接近恢復遵守 JCPOA 不會重新獲得 JCPOA 的好處的地步，因為伊朗正在利用這段時間推進它的計劃……隨著每一天拒絕真誠地參與，跑道變得更短，“他說。
舉行三邊會議是為了紀念《亞伯拉罕協定》簽署一年，以色列與阿聯酋和巴林以及後來的摩洛哥和蘇丹建立了外交關係，目前仍在進行中。
Blinken、Lapid 和 Bin Zayed 之間的三邊會議（來源：外交部）
布林肯說：“眾所周知，聖經中的亞伯拉罕敢於與上帝爭論，問'為什麼？' – 或者更準確地說“為什麼不呢？”
“以色列和阿聯酋問'為什麼不呢？' 現在他們每天都在展示為什麼各國走到一起、共同努力、聯合起來並為他們的人民創造更多機會如此重要，”布林肯說。
布林肯說，這三個國家成立了兩個新的工作組，第一個是關於宗教共存的，第二個是關於水和能源的。
“這是反猶太主義和伊斯蘭恐懼症抬頭的時刻，我們希望以色列和阿聯酋建立寬容，並確保所有宗教團體都能以自己的方式進行禮拜，”布林肯說。
拉皮德說：“今天，中東有些領導人相信我們可以共同改變歷史。”
他說，他和本扎耶德已經成為朋友，因為他們分享溫和、宗教寬容以及打擊恐怖主義和激進化的價值觀，並且他們建立了基於經濟、進步和技術的伙伴關係。
拉皮德表示，以色列希望將亞伯拉罕協議擴展到更多國家，但也致力於確保現有協議取得成功。
本扎耶德感謝美國擁抱阿聯酋和以色列，表明它支持“改變該地區的敘事。
“我相信這會對該地區產生進一步的影響，我相信阿聯酋與以色列的關係越成功，它不僅會鼓勵該地區，還會鼓勵以色列人民和巴勒斯坦人民這樣做。 ，”他說。
本扎耶德說，阿聯酋和以色列的關係不僅應該得到慶祝，而且應該通過新的合作場所來推進，他指的是他和拉皮德當天簽署的氣候變化協議。
本扎耶德說，拉皮德邀請他訪問以色列，他計劃很快訪問。
至於巴勒斯坦人，布林肯表示，美國致力於為以色列人和巴勒斯坦人“推進平等的尊嚴和自由措施”，並努力實現兩國解決方案。
因此，布林肯表示，拜登政府“將推進開設領事館的進程，作為深化與巴勒斯坦人關係的一部分。”
總理納夫塔利·貝內特和拉皮德反對在耶路撒冷的以色列主權領土上為巴勒斯坦人開設領事館，正如拜登政府所說的那樣。
拉皮德在講話中簡要提到了巴勒斯坦人，並引用了美國前總統約翰·肯尼迪的話說，“所有人都有權享受體面的生活方式。
“這當然包括巴勒斯坦人，”拉皮德說。“我們的目標是與巴勒斯坦權力機構合作，確保每個孩子都有這樣的機會。”
本扎耶德表示，最近幾週以色列部長與巴勒斯坦權力機構同行之間的會晤讓他感到“鼓舞”。
以色列政府在如何最好地處理以巴衝突上存在分歧，貝內特反對兩國解決方案，而拉皮德則支持它。
但拉皮德對這兩個州邊界的看法與拜登政府的設想不同，拜登政府並未推進和平計劃。
拉皮德週二會見了美國副總統卡馬拉哈里斯。
拉皮德說，哈里斯是以色列在華盛頓的“最好的朋友”之一，就在幾週前，她未能反擊一名指責以色列對巴勒斯坦人進行“種族滅絕”的大學生。
拉皮德說：“在困難時刻，我們總能依靠你。”他補充說，這種友誼建立在共同價值觀的基礎上。
“即使我們有分歧，我知道我們的共同目標是看到以色列強大、安全和繁榮，”他說。
哈里斯回憶說，兩人最後一次見面是在 2017 年她訪問以色列時。
她告訴拉皮德，美國致力於確保“以色列人民的安全”。
她沒有提到巴勒斯坦人。反過來，拉皮德也沒有提到巴勒斯坦人，但他沒有提到巴勒斯坦建國。
拉皮德說：“正如你所說，我們都相信巴勒斯坦人有權擁有高質量的生活、經濟、教育和希望。”
拉皮德週二還會見了眾議院民主黨議長南希佩洛西。
預計他將於週四會見 AIPAC 的領導層，並會見以色列民主黨，其總統馬克梅爾曼在過去十年中一直是拉皮德的 Yesh Atid 黨的政治戰略家。
Lapid: Israel can act against Iran at any moment, in any way
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says “time is running short” for Tehran to return to nuclear deal.
By LAHAV HARKOV, TOVAH LAZAROFF
OCTOBER 13, 2021 21:52
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The world must act to stop the evil of Iran, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said in a trilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed in Washington on Wednesday.
“Israel reserves the right to act at any given moment, in any way,” Lapid stated. “That is not only our right, it is also our responsibility. Iran has publicly stated it wants to wipe us out; we have no intention of letting that happen.”
Lapid warned that the Iranians are “dragging their heels” in order to enrich uranium and develop its ballistic missile program while the world waits for them to return to negotiations.
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“Secretary of State Blinken and I are sons of Holocaust survivors. We know there are moments when nations must use force to protect the world from evil. If a terror regime is going to acquire a nuclear weapon, we must act. We must make clear that the civilized world won’t allow it,” he said.
If diplomacy between world powers and Iran fails, “other options will be on the table,” Lapid said.
“When we say other options, I think everyone understands here, in Israel, in the Emirates and in Tehran, what it means,” Lapid added.
Delegates from the US, UAE and Israel meet in Washington on October 13, 2021 (credit: SHLOMI AMSALEM/GPO)
Those “other options” were discussed in the meeting between Lapid and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday in the bilateral meeting with Blinken and the trilateral meeting, the foreign minister said.
Blinken said he and the foreign ministers are “united in the proposition that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon.”
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The US believes that diplomacy is the best way to make that happen and is prepared to return to the 2015 nuclear deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action – with Iran, but, Blinken said, “What we are seeing – or more accurately, not seeing – from Tehran suggests that they’re not.”
“Time is running short, because as we’ve also had the opportunity to discuss, we are getting closer to a point at which returning to compliance with the JCPOA will not recapture the benefits of the JCPOA, because Iran is using this time to advance its program…. With every day of refusal to engage in good faith, the runway gets shorter,” he said.
The trilateral meeting was held to commemorate a year since the signing of the Abraham Accords, by which Israel established diplomatic relations with the UAE and Bahrain, and later Morocco and Sudan, which are still in progress.
Trilateral meeting between Blinken, Lapid and Bin Zayed (credit: FOREIGN MINISTRY)
Blinken said that “Abraham in the Bible was known to have the temerity to argue with God, to ask ‘Why?’ – or more accurately ‘Why not?’
“Israel and the UAE asked ‘Why not?’ and now they are demonstrating every single day why it was so important for the countries to come together, work together, join together and create more opportunity for their peoples,” Blinken said.
Blinken said the three countries had launched two new working groups, the first on religious coexistence and the second on water and energy.
"This is a moment of rising antisemitism and rising Islamophobia and we want Israel and the UAE to build tolerance and ensure that all religious groups can worship in their own way," Blinken said.
Lapid said, “Today, there are leaders in the Middle East who believe we can change history together.”
He and bin Zayed have become friends, he said, because they share values of moderation, religious tolerance and fighting terrorism and radicalization, and they have a partnership based on economics, progress and technology.
Lapid said that Israel wants to expand the Abraham Accords to more countries, but is also focused on making sure the existing agreements are successful.
Bin Zayed thanked the US for embracing the UAE and Israel, showing that it supports “changing the narrative in the region.
“I’m sure this will have a further effect in the region, and I’m sure the more successful the UAE-Israel relationship, it will not only encourage the region, but will also encourage the Israeli people and Palestinian people that this works,” he stated.
The UAE-Israel relationship should not only be celebrated, but should be advanced with new venues of cooperation, bin Zayed said, referring to an agreement on climate change he and Lapid signed that day.
Bin Zayed said Lapid invited him to Israel, and he plans to visit soon.
As for the Palestinians, Blinken said the US is committed to “advancing equal measures of dignity and freedom” for Israelis and Palestinians, as well as working toward a two-state solution.
As such, Blinken said the Biden administration “will be moving forward with the process of opening a consulate as part of deepening those ties with the Palestinians.”
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Lapid oppose opening a consulate for Palestinians on Israeli sovereign territory in Jerusalem, as the Biden administration has said it sought to do.
Lapid briefly mentioned the Palestinians in his remarks, quoting former US president John F. Kennedy, saying, “All people are entitled to a decent way of life.
“This includes of course the Palestinians,” Lapid said. “Our goal is to work with the Palestinian Authority to ensure that every child has that opportunity.”
Bin Zayed said he was “encouraged” by meetings between Israeli ministers and their PA counterparts in recent weeks.
The Israeli government is split on how best to approach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Bennett opposing a two-state solution, while Lapid has supported it.
But Lapid’s visions of the borders of those two states differ from those envisioned by the Biden administration, which has not advanced a peace plan.
Lapid met with US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday.
Lapid said Harris is one of Israel’s “best friends” in Washington, just weeks after she failed to push back at a university student who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide” against the Palestinians.
“We can always count on you in a difficult moment,” Lapid said, adding that this friendship is based on shared values.
“Even when we have differences, I know that our goal is common to see Israel strong and secure and thriving,” he said.
Harris recalled that the two of them had last met in 2017 when she visited Israel.
She told Lapid that the US is committed to ensuring the “security of the people of Israel.”
She did not mention the Palestinians. Lapid, in turn, also did not speak of the Palestinians, but he did not mention Palestinian statehood.
“We all believe, as you said, that the Palestinians are entitled to have a quality of life, an economy and education and hope,” Lapid said.
Lapid also met with Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday.
He is expected to meet with AIPAC’s leadership on Thursday, and with the Democratic Majority for Israel, whose president, Mark Mellman, has been political strategist for Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party for the past decade.
伊朗聲稱新的“伊朗鐵穹”防空系統取得成功-分析
該系統詳細信息的公佈表明，伊朗正試圖增加其可用於防空的系統類型。
作者：SETH J. FRANZMAN
2021 年 10 月 13 日 15:38
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伊朗聲稱其綜合防空網絡取得了新的成功。一次演習聲稱伊斯蘭共和國已經公佈了一種新的防空系統。
據報導，這次演習被命名為 Sky Defenders Velayat 1400，最近發生了。在這種情況下，系統面臨各種威脅，並據稱攔截了它們。
據伊朗法爾斯新聞報導，準將。國家防空基地司令阿米爾·卡德爾·拉希姆扎德宣布消息稱，“針對巡航導彈攻擊的強大和多層次防禦是第 1400 屆[韋拉亞特]天空衛士聯合專業防空演習的目標之一。 ”
首次發布了新防空系統的圖像。報導稱：“由於該系統與該國其他導彈防空系統的特點不同，該新系統的官方信息尚未公佈。”
Tasnim News 在研究系統的各個方面方面走得更遠。它指出，該系統有四個發射筒，可以攜帶 8 或 12 枚導彈。這將使其在某些方面與 Iron Dome 相似，但也可以與南非的 Umkhonto 導彈系統及其由 Denel Dynamics 製造的車載版本進行比較。
伊朗過去也曾試圖複製南非的無人機。“在這方面，系統的每個單元都在戰鬥環境中實現了高機動性和高穩定性，相對獨立於攜帶雷達的輔助車輛，”Tasnim 說。
報告稱，該系統具有360°雷達覆蓋範圍，導彈垂直發射。這意味著它可以同時攻擊多個目標。“由於需要高精度來準確跟踪目標，這些雷達很可能在 X 波段運行，”報告稱。
“在運載火箭上部署雷達導致形成一個稱為 TELAR（運輸機架設發射器和雷達）的單元，由於雷達在戰鬥環境。”
伊朗防空部隊過去曾受到批評，因為他們在 2020 年 1 月擊落了一架民用客機。伊朗曾於 2018 年試圖將其第三個 Khordad 系統送往敘利亞。它在 2019 年使用相同的系統擊落了一架美國全球鷹無人機。
據法爾斯通訊社報導，在這張未註明日期的講義圖片中，可以看到伊朗最高領袖阿亞圖拉阿里哈梅內伊靠近一個“3 Khordad”系統，據說該系統被用來擊落一架美國軍用無人機（圖片來源：FARS NEWS/HANDOUT）通過路透社）
“從新型導彈防空系統發布的視頻中可以看出，該系統的控制室也位於雷達下方。這種方法意味著最大程度地壓縮系統組件，”Tasnim 報告說。“在幾種先進的俄羅斯中程防空系統中觀察到了相同類型的系統組件聚合，這導致防空火力的機動性更高。”
這意味著伊朗可能已經學習了鎧甲和其他俄羅斯系統。俄羅斯已將鎧甲部署到敘利亞。
該系統詳細信息的公佈表明，伊朗正試圖增加其可用於防空的系統類型。它正試圖製作一系列本土系統來複製俄羅斯和其他國家的系統。例如，伊朗開發了 Bavar 373，它於 2019 年推出，據說類似於俄羅斯 S-300 系統的能力。
近年來，敘利亞防空系統經常未能阻止空襲。敘利亞防空導彈也被瘋狂發射，落在以色列、約旦、塞浦路斯，最近還落在伊拉克。伊朗可能希望建立一個更全面的防空網絡，而不是複制敘利亞的失敗——有一天德黑蘭可能會嘗試將這些系統部署到伊拉克、敘利亞甚至黎巴嫩的代理人和盟友。
Iran claims success for new 'Iranian Iron Dome' air defense system - analysis
The publication of details about the system illustrates that Iran is trying to increase the types of systems it can employ in air defense.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
OCTOBER 13, 2021 15:38
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Iran has claimed new success in its integrated air defense network. A drill claimed that a new air defense system has been unveiled by the Islamic Republic.
The drill was named Sky Defenders Velayat 1400 and took place recently, according to reports. In this case, the system confronted various threats and supposedly intercepted them.
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According to Fars News in Iran, Brig.-Gen. Amir Qader Rahimzadeh, Commander of the National Air Defense Base, announced the news that a “strong and multi-layered defense against cruise missile attack is one of the goals of the joint specialized air defense exercise of the 1400th Province [Velayat] Sky Defenders.”
Images of a new air defense system were published for the first time. “Due to the different features of this system with other missile air defense systems in the country, the official information of this new system has not been published yet,” said the reports.
Tasnim News went much further in looking at aspects of the system. It notes that the system has four launch canisters and can carry eight or 12 missiles. This would make it similar in some ways to Iron Dome, but it can also be compared to South Africa’s Umkhonto missile system and its truck-mounted version, built by Denel Dynamics.
Iran has in the past tried to copy South African drones as well. “In this regard, each unit of the system achieves high mobility and high stability in combat environments with relative independence from the secondary vehicle carrying the radar,” says Tasnim.
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The report says the system has 360° radar coverage and the missiles are launched vertically. This would mean it could simultaneously engage several targets. “Due to the need for high accuracy to accurately track targets, these radars are likely to operate in the X-band,” the report says.
“Deployment of radar on the launcher vehicle leads to the formation of a single unit called the TELAR (Transporter Erector Launcher And Radar), which makes it very difficult to disrupt radar and saturate it with electronic warfare due to the scattering of the radars in the combat environment.”
Iran air defenders have been critiqued in the past because they shot down a civilian airliner in January 2020. Iran tried in 2018 to send its 3rd Khordad system to Syria. It used the same system to shoot down an American Global Hawk drone in 2019.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen near a ''3 Khordad'' system which is said to had been used to shoot down a U.S. military drone, according to news agency Fars, in this undated handout picture (credit: FARS NEWS/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
“From the video released from the new missile air defense system, it is evident that the control room of the system is also located under the radars. This method means maximum compression of system components,” says the Tasnim report. “The same type of aggregation of system components has been observed in several types of advanced Russian mid-range air defense systems operating, which results in much higher mobility of air defense fire.”
This means that Iran may have learned from the Pantsir and other Russian systems. Russia has deployed the Pantsir to Syria.
The publication of details about the system illustrates that Iran is trying to increase the types of systems it can employ in air defense. It is trying to make a series of indigenous systems that replicate the ones Russia and other countries have. For instance, Iran developed the Bavar 373, which was rolled out in 2019 and is said to resemble the capabilities of the Russian S-300 system.
Syrian air defense has often failed to stop airstrikes in recent years. Syrian air defense missiles have also been fired wildly, falling in Israel, Jordan, Cyprus and most recently in Iraq. Iran likely wants to put in place a more comprehensive air defense network and not replicate the failures of Syria – and Tehran could one day try to deploy these systems to its proxies and allies in Iraq, Syria and even Lebanon.
伊朗警告聯合國，以色列的核武器是真正的中東威脅
伊朗駐聯合國特使警告說，以色列的核武器是對中東和平的真正威脅。
作者：托瓦·拉扎羅夫
2021 年 10 月 13 日 20:28
以色列位於迪莫納郊外內蓋夫沙漠的核設施
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以色列的原子武器是對中東和平的真正威脅，伊朗和敘利亞特使向聯合國呼籲，因為他們呼籲這個猶太國家支持地區無核區。
“這個政權手中的核武器對中東所有國家的安全構成了最嚴重的威脅，”伊朗特使在周二關於全球核裁軍的討論中告訴大會第一委員會。
以色列被懷疑是核大國，但從未證實或承認擁有核武器。
伊朗和敘利亞等國長期以來一直指責它是一個秘密核大國，特別是在反駁以色列指責伊朗追求原子武器和敘利亞對其公民使用化學武器時。
伊朗特使表示，以色列試圖“將伊朗的核武器能力”描述為“對地區穩定的挑戰”，以轉移對其自身“核武器庫以及秘密和不安全核設施”的注意力。
他指出，以色列沒有簽署《不擴散核武器條約》（NPT），這阻礙了在中東建立無核武器區。他指控說，以色列也沒有允許國際原子能機構檢查其任何核武器設施。
他和敘利亞特使都在回應以色列駐聯合國大使吉拉德·埃爾丹的講話時發表講話，該講話將兩國都歸咎於不遵守以色列本身並不是其正式締約國的條約。
埃爾丹談到敘利亞違反了《化學武器公約》，這是一份以色列簽署但從未批准的文件。
他說，去年發表的兩份報告談到了敘利亞在 2017 年和 2018 年對其本國公民的四次化學武器襲擊，他補充說，儘管阿薩德政權已經加入了《化學武器公約》，但它已經這樣做了。
埃爾丹說：“至關重要的是，國際社會必須保持警惕，應對敘利亞違約這一挑戰，並繼續調查敘利亞目前在化學武器計劃方面的能力和活動。”
大使還呼籲國際社會阻止伊朗生產核武器。
他說：“接受伊朗成為門檻核國家的問題，將使世界和平處於平衡狀態，並將繼續成為自由世界歷史上的黑點。”
在辯論的後期，以色列代表團的一名代表提醒大會，伊朗是全球恐怖主義的主要支持者，包括提供武器。
總的來說，埃爾丹談到“軍備控制領域令人擔憂的升級”，指責中東“仍在為長期缺乏軍控規範和原則而苦苦掙扎。
“迫切需要關注國家義務的實施、遵守和核查，”他說。
埃爾丹隨後試圖解釋為什麼以色列尚未簽署的現有文書，如 NPT，不足以處理中東的軍控問題。
“《不擴散核武器條約》本身並沒有為該地區獨特的安全挑戰提供補救措施，更不用說一些成員國一再違反條約的情況了。嚴重違反 NPT 的五起案件中有四起發生在中東，”他說。
“以色列希望強調其長期以來的觀點，即以色列不支持的[禁止核武器條約]和其他大規模毀滅性武器不會製造、促進發展或表明存在習慣與條約主題或內容相關的法律，”他說。
“中東無核武器和其他大規模殺傷性武器區會議等倡議違背了無核武器區的指導方針和原則，”大使說。
伊朗在其講話中還談到了以色列對巴勒斯坦人的待遇。它的特使從來沒有使用“以色列”這個詞，而是更喜歡“猶太復國主義政權”。
伊朗特使指責以色列對巴勒斯坦人進行“種族滅絕”，並對他們進行“核恐怖主義”。
預計第一委員會將在 2021 年底之前批准埃及、約旦、阿聯酋等阿拉伯國家以及巴勒斯坦提出的題為“中東核擴散風險”的決議。權威。
其中一項規定是呼籲以色列簽署和批准 NPT，並指出它是該地區唯一沒有這樣做的國家。
Israel's nuclear weapons are the true Middle East threat, Iran warns UN
Iran's envoy to the UN warned that Israel's nuclear weapons are the true threat to Middle East peace.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
OCTOBER 13, 2021 20:28
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Israel’s atomic weapons are the true threat to Middle East peace, the Iranian and Syrian envoys alleged to the United Nations as they called on the Jewish state to support a regional nuclear-free zone.
“Nuclear weapons in the hands of this regime pose the most serious threat to the security of all states in the Middle East,” the Iranian envoy told the General Assembly’s First Committee during a discussion Tuesday on global nuclear disarmament.
Israel is suspected to be a nuclear power, but has never confirmed or admitted to possessing nuclear weapons.
Countries such as Iran and Syria have long accused it of being a secret nuclear power, particularly in rebuttal to accusations by Israel of Iran’s pursuit of atomic weapons and Syria’s use of chemical weapons against its citizens.
Israel has attempted “to portray Iran’s nuclear weapons capabilities” as a “challenge to regional stability” in order to distract attention away from its own “nuclear weapon arsenals as well as clandestine and unsafe nuclear installations,” the Iranian envoy said.
Israel had not signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), he noted, and hampers the establishment of a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East. Nor has Israel allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect any of its nuclear weapons facilities, he charged.
Both he and the Syrian envoy spoke in response to a speech by Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan that took both of their countries to task for noncompliance with treaties to which Israel itself is not a full party.
Erdan spoke of Syria’s violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention, a document Israel has signed but never ratified.
Two reports published last year spoke of four Syrian chemical weapons attacks against its own citizens in 2017 and in 2018, he said, adding that the Assad regime had done this even though it had acceded to the CWC.
“It is vital that the international community remains vigilant in dealing with this challenge of the noncompliance by Syria, and also continues investigating Syria’s current abilities and activities in regard to its chemical weapons program,” Erdan said.
The ambassador also called on the international community to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons.
“Coming to terms with Iran becoming a threshold nuclear state puts world peace in the balance and will remain a black stain on the history of the free world,” he said.
At a late point in the debate, a representative of the Israeli mission reminded the General Assembly that Iran is the main sponsor of global terrorism, including through the provision of arms.
Overall, Erdan spoke of the “worrisome escalation in the realm of arms control,” charging that the Middle East “is still struggling with a chronic lack of arms control norms and principles.
“There is an urgent need to focus on the implementation, compliance and verification of the obligations of states,” he said.
Erdan then attempted to explain why available instruments which Israel has not signed, such as the NPT, are not adequate to handle arms control issues in the Middle East.
“The Non-Proliferation Treaty in itself does not provide a remedy for the unique security challenges of the region, let alone the repeated violations of the treaty by some of its member states. Four of the five cases of serious violations of the NPT took place in the Middle East,” he said.
“Israel wishes to emphasize its long-standing view that the Treaty [on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons] and other weapons of mass destruction, which Israel does not support, does not create, contribute to the development of, or indicate the existence of customary law related to the subject or the content of the treaty,” he said.
“Initiatives such as the conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other weapons of mass destruction go against the guidelines and principles of the Nuclear Weapons Free Zone,” the ambassador said.
Iran, in its remarks, also spoke about Israeli treatment of the Palestinians. At no point did its envoy use the word “Israel,” preferring instead “the Zionist regime.”
The Iranian envoy accused Israel of “genocide against the Palestinians and “nuclear terrorism” against them.
Prior to the end of 2021, the First Committee is expected to approve a resolution, called “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East,” put forward by Arab states, including Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates as well as the Palestinian Authority.
Among its stipulations is a call on Israel to sign and ratify the NPT, noting that it is the only country in the region that hasn’t done so.
特拉維夫房價過高，接近泡沫風險 - 瑞銀
特拉維夫的住房價格過高，並開始接近泡沫風險區域。
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根據周三發布的瑞銀全球房地產泡沫指數，特拉維夫的住房價格過高。
在全球 25 個主要城市中，法蘭克福、多倫多和香港的房地產市場風險水平最高。然而，報告稱，特拉維夫的住房與大多數其他接受調查的城市一樣，開始看起來像泡沫。
報告稱：“在特拉維夫，抵押貸款利率下降和人口快速增長推高了價格。” “此外，隨著市場再次接近泡沫風險區域，政府降低了第二套住房的購買稅，甚至鼓勵了房地產市場投機。因此，市場被高度高估了。”
以色列各地的房價在過去一年平均上漲了 8% 以上，專家估計公寓價格是十年前的 2-3 倍。
經濟學家表示，房價持續上漲的主要原因是住房市場需求旺盛和供應不足。政府已將控制飛漲的物價水平作為其核心經濟目標之一，儘管目前尚不清楚他們打算如何實現。
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報告稱，在全球範圍內，房地產泡沫的風險在過去一年平均有所增加，許多城市的價格調整的潛在嚴重程度也有所增加。在過去四個季度中，經通脹調整後的城市房價增長加速至 6%，為 2014 年以來的最高增幅。
瑞銀全球財富管理首席投資辦公室房地產主管克勞迪奧·薩普特利 (Claudio Saputelli) 指出：“冠狀病毒大流行將許多人限制在自己的四堵牆內，放大了居住空間的重要性，並導致了更高的購房意願。”
報告稱，在接受調查的城市中，只有馬德里、米蘭和華沙的估值仍然合理，迪拜是唯一被低估的市場。
Tel Aviv housing is overpriced, approaching bubble risk - UBS
Housing in Tel Aviv is overpriced and starting to approach bubble risk territory.
By ZEV STUB
OCTOBER 13, 2021 15:46
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Housing in Tel Aviv is overpriced, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index published Wednesday.
Among 25 major cities around the world, Frankfurt, Toronto, and Hong Kong exhibited the most elevated risk levels on housing markets. However, Tel Aviv housing, like most other cities surveyed, is starting to look like a bubble, the report said.
“In Tel Aviv, falling mortgage rates and rapid population growth have pushed up prices,” the report said. “Moreover, the government has lowered the purchase tax for second homes, even encouraging housing market speculation as the market again approaches bubble risk territory. As a result, the market is highly overvalued.”
Housing prices around Israel have risen an average of more than 8% in the past year, and experts estimated that apartments cost 2-3 times more than they did a decade ago.
Economists say the main reason prices continue to rise is the high demand and the lack of supply in the housing market. The government has made controlling skyrocketing price levels one of their central economic goals, although it remains unclear how they intend to do so.
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Worldwide, the risk of real estate bubbles has on average increased over the last year, as has the potential severity of a price correction in many cities, the report said. Home price growth in the cities analyzed has accelerated to 6% in inflation-adjusted terms in the last four quarters, the highest increase since 2014.
“The coronavirus pandemic confined many people within their own four walls, amplifying the importance of living space, and leading to a higher willingness to pay for housing,” noted Claudio Saputelli, head of Real Estate at UBS Global Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Office.
Of the cities surveyed, only Madrid, Milan, and Warsaw remain fairly valued, and Dubai is the only undervalued market, the report said.
巴勒斯坦權力機構加強對約旦河西岸激進分子和競爭對手的鎮壓
哈馬斯消息人士稱，此次鎮壓是巴勒斯坦權力機構與以色列之間正在進行的安全協調的成果之一。
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2021 年 10 月 13 日 16:55
巴勒斯坦權力機構批評者尼扎爾·巴納特 (Nizar Banat) 去世後的抗議活動中，巴勒斯坦警察於 6 月在拉馬拉與示威者對峙。
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巴勒斯坦人周三表示，儘管巴勒斯坦和國際人權組織提出抗議，但巴勒斯坦權力機構仍在繼續鎮壓西岸的政治活動家和競爭對手。
據巴勒斯坦人稱，過去幾週針對數十名巴勒斯坦人的鎮壓行動正在鼓舞巴勒斯坦權力機構的主要競爭對手哈馬斯，並有可能破壞西岸的安全與穩定。
哈馬斯消息人士稱，此次鎮壓是巴勒斯坦權力機構與以色列之間正在進行的安全協調的成果之一。
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“過去幾週被捕的許多人都是被以色列關押的前囚犯，”消息人士說。“他們從以色列監獄獲釋後被巴勒斯坦安全部門逮捕。有些人在被巴勒斯坦軍隊釋放後被以色列重新逮捕。這證明安全協調一如既往地強大。
巴勒斯坦權力機構的安全措施在 5 月的以色列-哈馬斯戰爭以及一個月後反腐敗活動家尼扎爾·巴納特 (Nizar Banat) 被殺後有所增加。
上週，拉馬拉的巴勒斯坦人參加了一場抗議人權活動家尼扎爾·巴納特 (Nizar Banat) 死亡的抗議活動。（信用：FLASH90）
44 歲的巴納特被在希伯倫逮捕的巴勒斯坦安全官員毆打致死。參與逮捕巴納特的 14 名軍官目前正在拉馬拉的巴勒斯坦軍事法庭接受審判。
本月早些時候，巴勒斯坦安全官員突襲了巴納特家族在希伯倫的幾所房屋，並逮捕了他的一個堂兄弟哈桑巴納特，他是被殺的反腐敗活動家案件的關鍵證人。哈桑·巴納特 (Hassan Banat) 在對 14 名警官的審判開始前幾小時被捕。他在八天后被釋放。
在為期 11 天的戰爭結束後，成千上萬的巴勒斯坦人在約旦河西岸的幾個城市和村莊走上街頭，“慶祝”哈馬斯“勝利”。此後，數十名參加示威的巴勒斯坦人被巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊逮捕或訊問。
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巴勒斯坦政治被拘留者委員會透露，上個月，至少有 52 名巴勒斯坦人在西岸各地被巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊逮捕。記錄巴勒斯坦權力機構侵犯人權行為的委員會稱，另有 62 名巴勒斯坦人被傳喚接受審訊。
上週，巴勒斯坦安全官員在納布盧斯與他兩歲的兒子散步時逮捕了活動家 Amir Shtayyeh。據報導，這名被單獨留下的男孩被路人護送回家。目前尚不清楚 Shtayyeh 是否已被正式起訴。
巴勒斯坦人權活動家瓦利德·阿卜杜拉說，巴勒斯坦安全部隊逮捕或審訊的大多數巴勒斯坦人被指控與哈馬斯、巴勒斯坦伊斯蘭聖戰組織、伊斯蘭解放陣線和巴解組織的解放巴勒斯坦人民陣線（PFLP）有關聯。
另一位人權倡導者說，過去幾周至少有七名巴勒斯坦人因涉嫌在社交媒體上“侮辱”巴勒斯坦領導人而被傳喚接受審訊。
據代表被關押在巴勒斯坦權力機構監獄中的巴勒斯坦人家屬的委員會稱，四名被拘留者目前正在絕食以抗議他們被監禁。
該委員會表示，巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊也恢復了對西岸各校區大學生，特別是與哈馬斯有關聯的大學生的鎮壓。
該委員會指出，在過去的四個星期裡，有 51 名大學生因他們的活動而被巴勒斯坦權力機構安全部隊的各個部門逮捕或審問。
委員會補充說，大多數逮捕和審訊發生在納布盧斯和希伯倫。
上週，社交媒體上發布的一段視頻顯示，幾名巴勒斯坦警察在希伯倫以西的伊德納村毆打一名巴勒斯坦男子。這一事件引發了巴勒斯坦人的抗議浪潮，他們指責巴勒斯坦權力機構加強對政治活動家和其他巴勒斯坦人的“鎮壓”措施。
幾名接到傳票到巴勒斯坦權力機構情報總局和預防安全部隊辦公室接受審訊的巴勒斯坦人宣布，他們不打算遵守命令。巴勒斯坦人張貼了他們從兩個安全機構收到的命令的副本，並表示他們不會報到接受審訊。
“這種現像在最近幾個月有所增加，”政治活動家 Adnan Khader 說。“我們開始看到越來越多的人公開挑戰巴勒斯坦安全部隊。許多人不再害怕。”
上週，拉馬拉的一家巴勒斯坦法院推遲了對 17 名活動人士的審判，他們在反對殺害巴勒斯坦民族權力機構的直言不諱的批評者巴納特的廣泛抗議中被捕。
這些活動人士被指控參與非法集會、煽動教派衝突和誹謗巴勒斯坦領導人。
“審判的推遲表明巴勒斯坦權力機構的司法不嚴肅，”總部位於拉馬拉的正義律師組織在一份聲明中說。“這種措施擾亂了正義的進程，阻礙了真相的出現。”
Palestinian Authority steps up crackdown on activists, rivals in West Bank
Hamas sources said that the crackdown was one of the fruits of the ongoing security coordination between the PA and Israel.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
OCTOBER 13, 2021 16:55
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The Palestinian Authority is continuing its crackdown on political activists and rivals in the West Bank, notwithstanding protests by Palestinian and international human rights organizations, Palestinians said on Wednesday.
The clampdown, which has targeted dozens of Palestinians over the past few weeks, is emboldening Hamas, the PA’s main rivals, and threatening to undermine security and stability in the West Bank, according to the Palestinians.
Hamas sources said the crackdown was one of the fruits of the ongoing security coordination between the PA and Israel.
“Many of those arrested over the past few weeks are former prisoners who were held by Israel,” the sources said. “They are arrested by the Palestinian Security Services after being released from Israeli prison. Some are rearrested by Israel after they are freed by the Palestinian forces. This proves that the security coordination is as strong as ever.’
The PA security measures increased after the Israel-Hamas war in May and the killing of anti-corruption activist Nizar Banat a month later.
Banat, 44, was beaten to death by Palestinian security officers who arrested him in Hebron. Fourteen officers who participated in the arrest of Banat are currently facing trial before a Palestinian military court in Ramallah.
Earlier this month, Palestinian security officers raided several homes belonging to Banat’s family in Hebron and arrested one of his cousins, Hassan Banat, a key witness in the case of the slain anti-corruption activist. Hassan Banat was arrested hours before the opening of the trial of the 14 officers. He was released after eight days.
After the 11-day war, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in several West Bank cities and villages to “celebrate” the Hamas “victory.” Dozens of Palestinians who participated in the demonstrations have since been arrested or questioned by the PA security forces.
Last month, at least 52 Palestinians were arrested by PA security forces in various parts of the West Bank, the Palestinian Committee for Political Detainees revealed. Another 62 Palestinians were summoned for interrogation, the committee, which documents human rights violations by the PA, said.
Last week, Palestinian security officers arrested activist Amir Shtayyeh while he was walking with his two-year-old son in Nablus. The boy, who was left alone, was reportedly escorted home by passersby. It was not clear whether Shtayyeh has been formally charged.
Palestinian human rights activist Walid Abdullah said that most of the Palestinian arrested or interrogated by the PA security forces were accused of being affiliated with Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hizb ut-Tahrir and the PLO’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
At least seven Palestinians were summoned for interrogation in the past few weeks on suspicion of “insulting” Palestinian leaders on social media, another human rights advocate said.
According to the committee, which represents families of Palestinians held in PA prisons, four detainees are currently on hunger strike in protest of their incarceration.
The committee said that the PA security forces have also resumed their crackdown on university students, especially those affiliated with Hamas, in various campuses throughout the West Bank.
In the past four weeks, the committee noted, 51 university students were arrested or interrogated by various branches of the PA security forces over their activities.
Most of the arrests and interrogations took place in Nablus and Hebron, the committee added.
Last week, a video posted on social media showed several Palestinian policemen beating a Palestinian man in the village of Idna, west of Hebron. The incident sparked a wave of protests among Palestinians, who accused the PA of stepping up its “repressive” measures against political activists and other Palestinians.
Several Palestinians who received summons to report for interrogation at the offices of the PA’s General Intelligence Service and Preventive Security Force announced that they do not intend to comply with the order. The Palestinians posted copies of the orders they received from the two security agencies and said that they will not report for interrogation.
“This phenomenon has grown in recent months,” said political activist Adnan Khader. “We are beginning to see more and more people openly challenge the Palestinian security forces. Many people are no longer afraid.”
Last week, a Palestinian court in Ramallah postponed the trial of 17 activists who were arrested during widespread protests against the killing of Banat, the outspoken critic of the PA.
The activists are accused of participating in illegal gatherings, fomenting sectarian strife and bad-mouthing Palestinian leaders.
“The postponement of the trial shows that the PA judiciary is not serious,” the Ramallah-based Lawyers for Justice group said in a statement. “Such measures disrupt the process of justice and obstruct the emergence of the truth.”
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