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2021.11.29 國際新聞導讀-今天美國伊朗在維也納恢復核武談判但是否有進展令人懷疑、伊朗將軍呼籲在談判前消滅以色列、以色列準備在談判破裂後執行B計畫進攻伊朗、約旦憲改民眾質疑國王擴權而不滿
Omicron COVID 變種沒有理由恐慌 - 世衛組織代表。告訴“發布”
世衛組織駐以色列代表 Michel Tieren 博士：“沒有理由相信 COVID-19 大流行正在結束。”
作者：瑪雅·賈夫·霍夫曼
隨著可能更具傳染性的變異的消息開始浮出水面，全球各國在周末按下了恐慌按鈕。但根據 Michel Thieren 博士的說法，應該預料到會出現另一種強大的變種，並且“沒有理由相信冠狀病毒即將結束。”
世界衛生組織駐以色列代表蒂倫說，即使某個特定國家沒有一例新冠肺炎病例，“我們也不能說我們希望這一切結束——這不可能。”
“我們不能恐慌，”蒂倫說。“謹慎並不是恐慌。我們需要對Omicron保持謹慎，但遊戲規則並沒有改變。同樣的措施也適用。這也是同樣的流行病。”
他稱讚納夫塔利·貝內特總理採取了“迅速”和“積極”的行動，但表示措施必須以數據為導向並保持一致。
納夫塔利·貝內特總理在內閣會議上，2021 年 11 月 28 日。（圖片來源：MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST）
“總是有這種關閉邊境的反應，我們可能不得不遵守預防原則，花幾個小時或幾天的時間來重新評估，但問題是我們經常關閉邊境，但我們真正需要做的是看看人們一般是如何旅行的，”他解釋說。
根據蒂倫的說法，在以色列開放邊境的同時，也普遍放寬了 COVID 指令，隨著每日病例的減少，這在邏輯上得到了批准。因此，正如越來越多的人開始從國外進入該國一樣，他們也不再戴口罩、不再聚集，並且對檢查綠色通行證不再嚴格。
他說：“隨著邊界的開放，人們會放鬆很多，而這應該是相反的，”他強調說，在家中和旅行期間執行 COVID-19 規則以保護自己免受病毒侵害至關重要。如果飛機停止飛行，這是無法做到的。
“如果我們有合理的理由相信飛機起飛時每個人都對 [COVID] 呈陰性，那麼飛機抵達後，人們接受了檢測，並且這些人遵守了最短隔離期，以確保他們沒有在飛機上[感染病毒]那樣的話，人們就可以飛了，”蒂倫說。
Omicron 變種已經在近 10 個國家和三大洲報告，在以色列確認了兩例。Thieren 說，由於這種變體已經如此廣泛，行動應該“不是為了關閉整個星球，而是為了確保絕對遵守旅行安全。”
他說，雖然以色列和其他一些國家可能已經擊敗了三角洲浪潮，但許多人對病例下降的解釋是錯誤的——該國需要保持警惕。
蒂倫強調：“在平靜時期，我們可以放鬆措施，但不能像大流行結束一樣殘酷地壓制它們。” “每當我們過快地壓制措施時，我們就會給病毒留出餘地，讓我們再次爆發。”
米歇爾·蒂倫（圖片來源：MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN）
他說：“如果我們繼續這樣做，我們將永遠不會結束這種情況，我們可能會在兩年內進行同樣的對話。開關響應模式必須停止。”
相反，蒂倫說應該遵循五個穩定原則：
1. 接種疫苗。
2. 管理助推器以保護人們。
3. 戴口罩，尤其是在室內。
4. 通風，尤其是教室。
5. 開發並接受新興療法。
“這五種穩定劑確實對死亡率和傳播有影響，”蒂倫說。“這就是大流行如何停止統治和決定我們的生活。”
世衛組織駐以色列代表 Michel Tieren 博士：“沒有理由相信 COVID-19 大流行正在結束。”
作者：瑪雅·賈夫·霍夫曼
發佈時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 19:56
更新時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 21:12
圖為位於瑞士日內瓦的世界衛生組織 (WHO) 總部的徽標。
（圖片來源：路透社/丹尼斯·巴利博斯）
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Countries across the globe pressed the panic button over the weekend as news of a potentially more infectious variant started to surface. But according to Dr. Michel Thieren, it should have been expected that there would be another powerful variant, and “there was no reason to believe that coronavirus was nearing its end.”
Thieren, the World Health Organization’s representative in Israel, said that even when there is not a single case of COVID in a specific country, “we cannot say we want this to be over – this cannot be.”
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Therefore, he said countries need to act accordingly.
“We cannot panic,” Thieren said. “To be cautious is not to be panicked. We need to be cautious with Omicron, but the rules of the game have not changed. The same measures apply. This is the same pandemic.”
He praised Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for taking “prompt” and “aggressive” actions but said that measures must be data-driven and consistent.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the cabinet meeting, November 28, 2021. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
“There is always this reaction to close the border and we may have to abide by a precautionary principle and take a few hours or days to re-assess, but the thing is that we often close the border but what we really need to do is see how people are traveling, in general,” he explained.
According to Thieren, opening the borders in Israel came with a general relaxation of COVID directives, which was logically approved as daily cases declined. As such, just as more people started entering the country from abroad, so too they stopped wearing masks, gathering and being more less strict about checking Green Passes.
“A lot of relaxation goes along with open borders and it should be the opposite,” he said, stressing that it is paramount to enforce COVID-19 rules at home and during travel to protect ourselves from the virus. And this is something that cannot be done if planes stop flying.
“If we have reasonable reason to believe that the plane is taking off with everyone negative [for COVID] and the plane arrives and people are tested and those people observe a minimum quarantine period to make sure they did not [catch the virus] on the way, then people can fly,” Thieren said.
The Omicron variant has already been reported in nearly 10 countries and three continents, and two cases were confirmed in Israel. With the variant so spread out already, Thieren said, action should be “less about shutting down the entire planet and more about ensuring absolute observance of travel safety.”
He said that while Israel and some other countries may have beaten the Delta wave, many interpreted the decline in cases wrong – the country needed to stay just as vigilant.
“During periods of tranquility, we can relax measures but we cannot brutally suppress them as if the pandemic is over,” Thieren stressed. “Anytime we have suppressed measures too quickly, we have given leeway to the virus to surprise us with another onset."
Michel Thieren (credit: MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN)
He said that “if we keep doing that, we will never end this and we may run the same conversation in two years. The on-and-off response mode must stop.”
Instead, Thieren said there are five stabilizing principles that should be followed:
1. Vaccinate.
2. Administer boosters to keep people protected.
3. Wear masks, especially indoors.
4. Ventilate, especially classrooms.
5. Develop and embrace emerging therapies.
“Those five stabilizers do have an impact on mortality and transmission,” Thieren said. “This is how the pandemic can stop governing and determining our lives.”
以色列“非常擔心”美國和伊朗重返核談判——貝內特
消息人士稱，關於以色列強烈反對的臨時協議，“美國人對我們說一件事，然後在幾個小時內就相反”。
通過LAHAV哈爾科夫
發佈時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 11:39
更新時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 21:19
納夫塔利·貝內特總理在內閣會議上，2021 年 11 月 28 日。
（圖片來源：MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/耶路撒冷郵報）
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在與伊朗在維也納恢復核談判的前一天，總理納夫塔利·貝內特 (Naftali Bennett) 警告說，美國正在考慮與伊朗達成臨時協議。
貝內特在周日的內閣會議開始時說：“以色列非常擔心願意解除制裁併允許數十億美元流入伊朗，以換取對核計劃的限制不足。” “這是我們以各種方式向美國人和正在與伊朗談判的其他國家傳達的信息。”
貝內特補充說，外交部長亞伊爾·拉皮德（Yair Lapid）本週將在倫敦向英國首相鮑里斯·約翰遜和巴黎的法國總統埃馬紐埃爾·馬克龍傳達同樣的信息。
貝內特的評論反映了耶路撒冷對美國在周一在維也納與伊朗進行間接會談的立場越來越擔憂。
“美國人對我們說的是一件事，然後在幾個小時內就相反了，”以色列一位高級外交消息人士感嘆道。消息人士引用了周末在 Politico 上發表的一篇文章，引用了拜登政府一名高級官員的話說，美國“對替代方案持開放態度”，例如可能由 JCPOA 的其他一方推動的臨時協議。
人們在德黑蘭傳遞伊朗已故領導人阿亞圖拉魯霍拉霍梅尼的壁畫（來源：NAZANIN TABATABAEE/WANA VIA REUTERS）
會談在中斷近六個月後恢復，旨在恢復 2015 年的聯合全面行動計劃核協議，以色列反對該協議，因為它沒有充分限制伊朗的鈾濃縮活動，並沒有解決其其他惡意行為在該區域。以色列還認為，直接構建的 JCPOA 為伊朗最終獲得核彈鋪平了道路。
與此同時，伊朗高級官員表示，他們只願意就解除制裁進行談判，而不是就其核計劃進行談判。
儘管存在所有弱點，以色列仍將 JCPOA 視為比臨時協議更邪惡的協議。這種有時被稱為“以少取勝”的協議可能意味著美國取消一些制裁，以換取伊朗凍結——但不回滾——其核計劃，該計劃已經遠遠超出了 JCPOA 的限制。
“美國人[尋求臨時協議]的解釋是，他們不想在 X 時間內醒來並發現伊朗處於核突破的邊緣，所以他們只想停止濃縮，”以色列消息人士解釋說. “我們同意，但我們認為它可以以不同的方式停止……我們從 2015 年開始的經驗表明，任何解除制裁和注入資金都將隨著 [伊朗] 在該地區變得更強大並推進其核計劃而結束。”
儘管如此，以色列仍希望推動其盟友對伊朗採取更具侵略性的外交立場，例如將其阻撓國際原子能機構檢查員的行為提交聯合國安理會譴責，並增加壓力而不是解除制裁和“向勒索屈服”。 ，”正如消息來源描述的那樣。
消息人士稱，即使重新回到 2015 年所寫的 JCPOA 也是“一場災難”，因為其即將生效的日落條款以及對伊朗的國際制裁即將解除。
隨著談判的臨近，耶路撒冷和華盛頓之間的緊張局勢在最近幾周有所加劇，但尚未達到“全面衝突”。這位高級外交消息人士說，拜登政府中仍有一些人更同情以色列的立場。以色列承認美國“沒有好的選擇，只有糟糕的選擇”。
現任政府認為，盡可能多地以一種聲音表達自己的觀點非常重要，艾薩克·赫爾佐格總統在上周訪問英國時發揮了外交作用，其他高級政府官員認為這一點很重要。
預計拉皮德將要求馬克龍和約翰遜堅持美國維持對伊朗的製裁，並表示德黑蘭不會信守承諾。
據伊朗媒體報導，伊朗原子能組織負責人穆罕默德·埃斯拉米 (Mohammad Eslami) 週末表示，維也納會談的重點不是“核問題”，而是美國重返 2015 年的核協議，這與其他伊朗人的言論相呼應。最近幾週的官員。
另外，伊朗外交部長侯賽因·阿米拉布多拉希安表示，伊朗正在重新進入談判，尋求可核查地解除美國的經濟制裁。
阿米拉布多拉希安在與歐盟外交政策負責人約瑟夫·博雷爾（Joseph Borrell）的電話交談中說：“如果對立雙方准備恢復其全部義務並解除制裁，就可以達成一項良好甚至立即的協議。”
“伊朗希望達成一項良好且可核實的協議，”伊朗媒體援引阿米拉布多拉希安的話說。
同樣在周日，伊朗武裝部隊發言人薩達爾·謝卡奇表示，伊朗尋求摧毀以色列。
據ISNA報導，謝卡奇說：“我們不會從世界上耶路撒冷佔領政權的消失中退卻一英寸，這提醒我們摧毀耶路撒冷的佔領政權是最大的目標，也是我們追求的最大目標。”
謝克拉奇說，像阿拉伯聯合酋長國和巴林這樣與以色列和解的國家是“國際猶太復國主義”的一部分，這是一個“超越虛假的猶太復國主義政權”並“尋求上帝僕人奴役”的陰謀。
伊朗武裝部隊發言人還公開反對那些“認為有可能對付像美國這樣的大惡魔……[它]想要成為唯物主義者並奴役所有人”的人。
路透社為本報告做出了貢獻。
Israel ‘very concerned’ as US, Iran return to nuclear talks – Bennett
“The Americans are saying one thing to us and then the opposite within a few hours” about interim agreement Israel strongly opposes, source says.
By LAHAV HARKOV
Published: NOVEMBER 28, 2021 11:39
Updated: NOVEMBER 28, 2021 21:19
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the cabinet meeting, November 28, 2021.
(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned against an interim agreement with Iran that the US is considering, a day before nuclear negotiations with Iran resume in Vienna.
“Israel is very concerned about the willingness to lift sanctions and allow the flow of billions to Iran in exchange for insufficient restrictions on the nuclear program,” Bennett said at the start of Sunday’s cabinet meeting. “This is a message that we are conveying in every way, both to the Americans and to the other countries that are negotiating with Iran.”
Bennett added that Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will deliver the same message to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris this week.
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Bennett’s comments reflect increasing alarm in Jerusalem over the American position going into the indirect talks with Iran in Vienna on Monday.
“The Americans are saying one thing to us and then the opposite within a few hours,” a senior Israeli diplomatic source lamented. The source cited an article published in Politico over the weekend quoting a senior Biden administration official who said the US was “open to alternatives,” such as an interim deal that may be pushed by one of the other parties to the JCPOA.
PEOPLE PASS a mural of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran (credit: NAZANIN TABATABAEE/WANA VIA REUTERS)
The purpose of the talks, resuming after a nearly six-month break, was meant to be a return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal, which Israel opposes because it insufficiently limited Iran’s uranium enrichment, did not address its other malign actions in the region. Israel also believes that the JCPOA as directly constructed paves the way for Iran to eventually obtain a nuclear bomb.
Senior Iranian officials, meanwhile, have said they are only willing to negotiate the lifting of sanctions and not about its nuclear program.
With all of its weaknesses, Israel still views the JCPOA as a lesser evil than an interim agreement. Such a deal, sometimes called “less for less,” would likely mean the US lifting some sanctions in exchange for Iran freezing – but not rolling back – its nuclear program, which has advanced far beyond the JCPOA’s restrictions.
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“The Americans’ explanation [for seeking an interim deal] is that they don’t want to wake up in X amount of time and find Iran on the verge of nuclear breakout, so they just want to stop enrichment,” the Israeli source explained. “We agree, but we think it can be stopped differently… Our experience from 2015 shows us that any lifting of sanctions and injection of funds will end with [Iran] growing stronger in the region and advancing its nuclear program.”
Israel nevertheless hopes to push its allies toward a more aggressive diplomatic stance with Iran, such as bringing its obstruction of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s inspectors to the UN Security Council for condemnation, and to increase pressure rather than lift sanctions and “give in to blackmail,” as the source characterized it.
Even a return to the JCPOA as written in 2015 is “a disaster” as well, the source said, because of its impending sunset clauses, and the lifting of international sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
Tensions between Jerusalem and Washington have grown in recent weeks as the negotiations neared, but have not reached a “full-on clash.” There are still some in the Biden administration who are more sympathetic to Israel’s position, the senior diplomatic source said. Israel recognizes that the US has “no good options, only terrible ones.”
The current government sees great importance in making its views known and speaking in one voice as much as possible, with President Isaac Herzog paying a diplomatic role in his visit to the UK last week that other senior government figures said was important.
Lapid is expected to request from Macron and Johnson that they insist the US maintain its sanctions on Iran, and to say that Tehran will not keep its promises.
Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, said over the weekend that the Vienna talks will not be about “nuclear issues,” but rather about the United States’ return to the 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian media reported, echoing remarks by other Iranian officials in recent weeks.
Separately, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said his country is reentering negotiations seeking the verifiable lifting of US economic sanctions.
“If the opposing sides are prepared to return to their full obligations and the lifting of sanctions, a good and even immediate agreement can be reached,” Amirabdollahian said in a telephone conversation with the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Joseph Borrell.
“Iran wants a good and verifiable agreement,” Iranian media quoted Amirabdollahian as saying.
Also Sunday, the Iranian Armed Forces' spokesman Sardar Shekarchi said his country seeks Israel's destruction.
"We will not retreat even an inch from the disappearance of the occupying regime in Jerusalem in the world, reminded that the destruction of the occupying regime in Jerusalem is the greatest goal and the greatest goal we pursue," Shekarchi said, according to ISNA.
Shekrachi said that countries like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain that have made peace with Israel are part of "International Zionism," which is a conspiracy that "goes beyond the fake Zionist regime" and "seeks the slavery of the servants of God."
The Iranian armed forces spokesman also came out against those who "think it is possible to deal with a great devil like America…[which] wants to be a materialist and enslave everyone."
Reuters contributed to this report.
對以色列人來說，在美國旅行可能沒那麼容易——觀點
可以肯定的是，飛機上的每個人都戴著面具，這一點可以讓人感到安慰。然而，當提供飲料或食物時，面具會脫落，你不知道坐在你旁邊的是誰。
作者：舍溫·波梅蘭茨
發佈時間： 2021 年 11 月 27 日 17:45
更新時間： 2021 年 11 月 27 日 17:48
美國國旗
（圖片來源：路透社）
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我和我的妻子剛剛結束了為期 9 天的美國之旅，探望住在那裡的子孫後代，我們只是對旅途中經歷的一些變化毫無準備。自 COVID 之前就沒有去過那裡的以色列人會遇到許多令人失望的驚喜。
第一個震驚是從紐約到洛杉磯的轉機航班。在國內航班上，絕對無法控制可能是COVID攜帶者的乘客。雖然在機場和飛機上都需要戴口罩，但飛行不需要進行 COVID 測試。因此，雖然在往返以色列的航班上有一定程度的舒適度，因為每個人都在飛行後的 72 小時內接受了測試，但在美國境內的航班上沒有這樣的要求。
可以肯定的是，飛機上的每個人都戴著面具，這一點可以讓人感到安慰。然而，當提供飲料或食物時，面具會脫落，你真的不知道坐在你旁邊的是誰。
我們到達後的第二天出現了下一個驚喜。我們入住了洛杉磯地區我最喜歡的酒店，然後離開去看孩子們。下午晚些時候回來時，我們看到房間沒有打掃乾淨。我打電話給樓下只是被告知自從 COVID 開始以來，房間不會每天自動清潔。相反，客人有義務要求清潔房間，並且必須每天這樣做。當我問我們應該如何知道這一點時，回答是“嗯，每個人都知道。” 嚴重地！？
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在訪問的後期，我們在布魯克林的一家酒店，假設同樣的過程在那裡成立，我們到達後的第二天，我要求前台當天打掃房間。值班的工作人員疑惑地看著我，說道：“今天要打掃房間的話，要前一天晚上告訴我們。” 到這個時候，當我問我們應該如何知道時，你可以弄清楚我收到的答复。
在洛杉磯，我去了大佬的連鎖店DXL，我在美國的時候經常去那裡買衣服。我真的需要一些長袖白襯衫。店員微笑著對我說：“對不起，我們缺貨，新貨在港口滯留。” 然後我表示我也需要一條新腰帶。她把我帶到腰帶架，告訴我只剩下九條腰帶可以賣了，而且沒有一條是我的尺碼。我說我想他們也在港口，她點點頭。供應鏈備份當然是眾所周知的，但在您需要購買之前它只是理論上的。
當我們到達肯尼迪機場準備返回以色列時，我們發現不僅不再有任何路邊值機服務，而且顯然也沒有搬運工（我們在飛往紐約時在洛杉磯國際機場也有類似的經歷）。謝天謝地，我和我的妻子一起旅行。然而，作為過去十年使用拐杖並經常獨自旅行的人，行動不便的人在這種情況下將很難獨自進入機場。
當我們將汽車返回到肯尼迪國際機場的租賃設施時，我們遇到了一個相關的問題。在 COVID 之前，租賃公司很樂意將行動不便的人送回航站樓，但該選項也已被取消。現在唯一的選擇是使用任何可用的班車服務。然而，對於攜帶手提箱的行動不便的人來說，唯一的選擇是叫優步來租賃設施，讓他們搭便車到航站樓。
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一旦我們度過了 COVID，其中一些服務可能會恢復。然而，我對此並不樂觀。酒店、機場和汽車租賃公司都在通過不提供服務、但收取比 COVID 之前更高的價格來節省大筆費用。坦率地說，他們沒有動力在不久的將來重新啟動這些服務。
儘管如此，預先警告是預先準備好的。如果人們知道他們在飛行時可以期待什麼，這將使旅行更容易。鑑於以色列和美國之間的交通量，這些信息可能對那些自大流行開始以來沒有去過那裡的人有用。
美國小說家保羅·塞魯曾說過：“旅行的魅力在於回顧。” 今天比以往任何時候都更真實。
作者是以色列 38 年居民，總部位於耶路撒冷的國際商業發展諮詢公司 Atid EDI Ltd. 的首席執行官，以色列美國人和加拿大人協會前全國主席和以色列美國國家辦事處協會主席。
Traveling in the US might not be so easy for Israelis - opinion
For sure, one can take some comfort from the fact that everyone on the plane is masked. However, when drinks or food is served, the masks come off and you have no idea who is sitting beside you.
By SHERWIN POMERANTZ
Published: NOVEMBER 27, 2021 17:45
Updated: NOVEMBER 27, 2021 17:48
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My wife and I just returned from a nine-day trip to the United States to visit the children and grandchildren who live there, and we were simply unprepared for some of the changes we experienced during the trip. Israelis who have not been there since before COVID are in for lots of disappointing surprises.
The first shock was the connecting flight from New York to Los Angeles. On domestic flights there is absolutely no control whatsoever of passengers who might be carriers of COVID. While there is a requirement to be masked both at the airport and on the plane, no COVID tests are required in order to fly. Therefore, while there is a level of comfort on the flights to and from Israel because everyone has been tested within 72 hours of the flight, no such requirement exists on flights within the US.
For sure, one can take some comfort from the fact that everyone on the plane is masked. However, when drinks or food is served, the masks come off and you really have no idea who is sitting beside you.
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Our next surprise came the day after we arrived. We had checked in to my favorite hotel in the Los Angeles area and left to see the kids. On our return later in the afternoon, we saw that the room had not been cleaned. I called downstairs only to be told that since COVID began the rooms are not cleaned each day automatically. Rather guests are obligated to request room cleaning, and must do so each day. When I asked how we were supposed to know that, the response was “well, everybody knows that.” Seriously!?
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Later in the visit we were in a hotel in Brooklyn and, assuming the same process held true there, the day after we arrived I asked the front desk to clean the room that day. The staff person on duty looked at me quizzically, and said: “You need to tell us the night before if you want the room cleaned today.” By this time, you can figure out the response I received when I asked how we were supposed to know that.
In Los Angeles, I went to DXL, the big man’s chain store, where I often buy clothes when I am in the States. I really needed some long-sleeved white shirts. The clerk smiled at me and said, “Sorry, we are out of stock and the shipment of new goods is stuck in the harbor.” I then indicated I needed a new belt as well. She took me to the belt rack to show me that there were just nine belts left to sell and none of them were my size. I said that I presume they are also in the harbor and she nodded yes. The supply chain backup is well known of course, but it is theoretical until you need to buy something.
As we arrived at JFK for our return trip to Israel, we found that not only was there no longer any curbside check-in available, there were also no porters evidently (we had a similar experience at LAX when we flew to New York). Thankfully, I was traveling on this trip with my wife. However, as someone who has used crutches for the last ten years and has traveled alone and often during that period, individuals who are mobility challenged will have a devil of a time accessing airports on their own under these conditions.
We ran into a related problem when we returned our car to the rental facility at JFK. Whereas before COVID the rental companies were happy to drive people with mobility issues back to the terminal, that option has also been eliminated. The only option now is to use whatever shuttle service is available. However, again for mobility challenged people with suitcases, the only option will be to call an Uber to come to the rental facility and have them provide a ride to the terminal.
Perhaps some of these services will be reinstated once we get past COVID. However, I am not sanguine about that. The hotels, airports and car rental agencies are all saving big bucks by not providing services, yet charging higher prices than before COVID. Frankly, they have no incentive to restart those services in the near future.
Nevertheless, forewarned is forearmed. If people are aware of what they can expect when they fly it will make the trip easier. Given the amount of traffic between Israel and the US, this information may well be useful to those who have not traveled there since the pandemic began.
American novelist Paul Theroux once said: “Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” Truer today than ever before.
The writer is a 38-year resident of Israel, CEO of Atid EDI Ltd., a Jerusalem-based international business development consultancy, former national president of the Association of Americans & Canadians in Israel and chair of the American State Offices Association in Israel.
伊朗準將。敦促在核談判之前摧毀以色列
“我們不會因為消滅以色列而退縮，哪怕是一毫米。”
通過BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
發佈時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 21:39
更新時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 21:48
伊朗準將。阿博法茲爾·謝卡奇。
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伊朗伊斯蘭共和國武裝部隊發言人Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi 週六在接受伊朗政權控制的媒體採訪時敦促徹底消滅這個猶太國家。
“我們不會因為以色列的毀滅而退縮，哪怕是一毫米。我們想摧毀世界上的猶太復國主義，”謝卡奇告訴伊朗學生通訊社。
Shekarchi 的種族滅絕反猶言論是在核會談定於週一在維也納重啟以遏制伊朗伊斯蘭共和國的非法核計劃之前幾天發表的。美國和其他世界大國正在尋求向德黑蘭提供經濟制裁救濟，以換取對其核計劃的暫時限制。以色列和其他國家認為伊朗政權尋求建造核武器裝置。
這位伊朗將軍還抨擊巴林和阿拉伯聯合酋長國與以色列的外交關係正常化，稱這種外交對伊朗的神職人員政權來說是“無法容忍的”。“沙特阿拉伯、巴林、阿聯酋和其他被視為穆斯林的國家，對我們來說，他們是猶太復國主義政權的一部分，這非常重要，”謝卡奇說。
謝卡奇此前曾猛烈抨擊以色列，稱伊朗政權可以“在最短的時間內將海法和特拉維夫夷為平地”。
2021 年 5 月 24 日，在奧地利維也納，在冠狀病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行期間，伊朗國旗飄揚在國際原子能機構總部所在的聯合國辦公大樓前。（來源：LISI NIESNER/REUTERS）
民主和共和政府下的美國都將伊朗政權列為世界上最糟糕的恐怖主義國家支持者。
美國國務院去年表示，伊斯蘭共和國是反猶太主義的最大國家支持者。
逃離伊斯蘭共和國、現居德國的伊朗持不同政見者 Sheina Vojoudi 告訴《耶路撒冷郵報》，“由伊朗人民建立的正常伊朗政府將努力使與以色列的關係正常化。我們可以達成一些可以提供幫助的重大交易兩個國家。以色列的水技術可以幫助我們解決伊朗的嚴重水問題，伊朗政府會嘗試交流有關環境問題的知識，尤其是我們現在面臨的水資源短缺，但伊斯蘭共和國而不是解決所有這些問題，計劃毀滅以色列並射殺要水的人。”
她補充說：“這個政權正在摧毀伊朗和中東其他一些國家，使該地區成為戰區。我們有國內問題，我們的人民從沒想過與其他國家作戰。他們甚至不知道為什麼要仇恨以色列。 “我們的人民將樂於使用以色列的水技術，而不是計劃摧毀以色列。我們必須從這個邪惡政權手中拯救我們的國家，並將被佔領的伊朗變成一個自由的伊朗。”
Iranian Brig.-Gen. urges destruction of Israel prior to nuke talks
"We will not back off from annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter."
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Published: NOVEMBER 28, 2021 21:39
Updated: NOVEMBER 28, 2021 21:48
Iranian Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi.
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The spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed forces, Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, on Saturday urged the total elimination of the Jewish state during an interview with an Iranian regime-controlled media outlet.
"We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter. We want to destroy Zionism in the world,” Shekarchi told the Iranian Students News Agency.
Shekarchi’s genocidal antisemitic remarks come just days before the nuclear talks are set to restart in Vienna Monday on curbing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s illicit nuclear program. The United States and other world powers are seeking to provide Tehran with economic sanctions relief in exchange for temporary restrictions on its atomic program. Israel and other countries believe Iran's regime seeks to build a nuclear weapons device.
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The Iranian general also blasted Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates for
normalizing diplomatic relations with Israel
, terming the diplomacy “intolerable” for Iran’s clerical regime. "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and other countries considered as Muslims, for us they part of the Zionist regime and this is very important," said Shekarchi.
Shekarchi has previously lashed out at Israel, saying that Iran’s regime can “level Haifa and Tel Aviv in the shortest possible time.”
Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building, housing IAEA headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2021. (credit: LISI NIESNER/ REUTERS)
The US under both democratic and republican administrations has classified Iran’s regime as the world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism.
The US State Department said last year that the Islamic Republic is the top state-sponsor of antisemitism.
Sheina Vojoudi, an Iranian dissident who fled the Islamic Republic and now lives in Germany, told The Jerusalem Post that "A normal Iranian government, made by the Iranian people, would try to normalize ties with Israel. We could have great deals which can help both nations. Israeli water technology can help us to pass a serious water problem in Iran and an Iranian government would try to exchange knowledge about environmental issues especially water scarcity that we're facing right now but the Islamic Republic instead of solving all these problems, plans for the destruction of Israel and shoots people who ask for water."
She added that "This regime is ruining Iran and some other countries in the Middle East and makes the region a war zone. We have domestic problems and our people never think of fighting other countries. They don't even know why they should hate Israel. Our people will be happy to use Israeli water technology instead of planning to destroy Israel. We must save our country from this evil regime and turn the occupied Iran to a free Iran."
如果伊朗核談判失敗，以色列軍方准備“B計劃”
Aviran Lerer 上校說，與來自其他國家的軍隊進行軍事演習可以幫助以色列國防軍準備好在未來作為軍事聯盟的一部分進行戰鬥。
作者：安娜·阿羅海姆
發佈時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 16:39
更新時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 19:48
以色列國防軍士兵在以色列北部參加軍事演習，以模擬與真主黨的戰爭。
（圖片來源：以色列國防軍發言人單位）
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如果情況需要，以色列軍隊正在繼續發展其對伊朗核計劃進行軍事打擊的能力。
在中斷五個月後，美國和伊朗之間的間接會談定於週一恢復，核協議的其他各方進行調解，希望重新達成一項協議，以遏制伊朗的核野心。
國防機構沒有看到與伊朗或其代理人（例如黎巴嫩的真主黨）爆發戰爭，但以色列國防軍一直密切關注北方和南方。
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它於10月和11月在北方舉行了大規模演習，併計劃明年比2020年多舉行50%的演習，比2021年多30%。
在經歷了多年的停滯之後，2022 年增加的演習將是五年來最大的訓練行動，尤其是對預備役部隊而言。
看到美國海軍陸戰隊與 Alpha 公司、BLT 1/1、第 11 個 MEU 一起參加紅海附近的演習。（信用：Lance Cpl。Patrick Katz）
在簽署亞伯拉罕協議之後，以色列國防軍也開始與海灣阿拉伯國家進行演習。
在向伊朗傳達的一個微妙信息中，以色列與阿拉伯聯合酋長國、巴林和美國海軍中央司令部 (NAVCENT) 在紅海舉行了
多邊海上安全演習。
11 月初的演習是此類演習中的第一次，展示瞭如果對伊朗採取軍事行動，以色列可能會加入什麼樣的海軍聯盟。
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“看到美國軍隊與地區合作夥伴一起訓練以增強我們的集體海上安全能力令人興奮，”V-Adm。美國第 5 艦隊和海上聯合部隊 NAVCENT 指揮官布拉德·庫珀當時表示。“海上合作有助於保障航行自由和貿易自由流通，這對地區安全與穩定至關重要。”
也有跡象表明空中聯盟可能會走到一起。
以色列噴氣機最近護送了一架 B-1B 戰略重型轟炸機和 KC-10 加油機前往海灣。來自埃及、約旦、巴林和沙特阿拉伯的噴氣式飛機也在這些飛機飛越各自領空時護航。
隨著時間的推移，以色列的“藍旗”空中演習變得越來越流行，也提供了一條線索，說明在迫不得已時其他國家可以與以色列並肩飛行。
今年的藍旗飛機看到來自德國（六架歐洲戰鬥機）、意大利（五架 F-35 噴氣式飛機和五架 G550 飛機）、英國（六架歐洲戰鬥機）、法國（四架 Raphale 噴氣式飛機）、印度（五架幻影噴氣式飛機）、希臘（四架 F -16 噴氣式飛機）和美國（6 架 F-16 CJ 噴氣式飛機）參加。
演練中，部隊進行了空戰演練、地對空作戰場景演練、先進地空導彈敵域作戰大綱等。
此次演習的重點是“拓寬和增強參演部隊的作戰能力”，重點是空對空和空對地攻擊，以及規避地基防空系統“和各種作戰場景”。敵方領土，”軍方在演習時說。
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雖然以色列從未加入地區軍事聯盟，但馬龍師指揮官 Aviran Lerer 上校告訴耶路撒冷郵報，耶路撒冷可能有一段時間成為這種夥伴關係的一部分。
Lerer 在與 NAVCENT 的第 51/5 海軍陸戰隊遠征旅的 500 名士兵進行了為期兩週的演習後接受了《華盛頓郵報》的採訪，他說以色列國防軍必須準備好與其他部隊作戰。
他說，這次演習是為了加強與以色列的主要盟友和海軍陸戰隊的關係，他們“是美國軍隊中的一支重要力量，我們與他們有很多共同利益。美國總是作為一個聯盟而戰，而且它可能會成為未來聯盟的一部分。作為一支軍隊，我們必須竭盡全力為未來的衝突做好準備；我們將美國人視為戰略盟友，可能有一天我們會共同努力和戰鬥。”
雖然以色列的外交官夜以繼日地工作，以影響美國、英國和法國的伊朗談判，但國防部長本尼·甘茨表示，“最好的情況”將是一項不僅專注於鈾濃縮，而且專注於鈾濃縮的協議。德黑蘭的彈道導彈計劃及其地區敵意。
“關於伊朗，我們必須影響我們的合作夥伴，並與他們進行持續的討論，”甘茨說。“我們的另一項義務是建立一支軍隊，這本身就是一個重要問題。在與戰略夥伴進行討論的同時，我命令[軍隊]改善其部隊建設。”
Israeli military readying for 'Plan B' if Iran nuclear talks fail
Military drills with troops from other countries could help the IDF be ready to fight as part of a military coalition in the future, Col. Aviran Lerer said.
By ANNA AHRONHEIM
Published: NOVEMBER 28, 2021 16:39
Updated: NOVEMBER 28, 2021 19:48
IDF soldiers are seen taking part in military drills in Israel's North to simulate a war with Hezbollah.
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Israel’s military is continuing to develop its ability to conduct a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program should circumstances demand it.
After a five-month hiatus, indirect talks between the United States and Iran are set to resume on Monday, with the other parties to the nuclear deal mediating in hope of reestablishing an agreement to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions.
The defense establishment does not see a war breaking out with Iran or its proxies, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, but the IDF has been keeping an eye on the North and on the South.
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It held large-scale exercises in the North in October and November, and there are plans to hold 50% more drills next year than in 2020, and 30% more than in 2021.
The increased exercises set for 2022 follows years of stagnation, and will be the largest training operation in five years, especially for reserve forces.
US Marines with Alpha Company, BLT 1/1, 11th MEU, are seen taking part in a drill near the Red Sea. (credit: Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz)
Following the signing of the Abraham Accords, the IDF has also begun conducting drills with Gulf Arab states.
In a subtle message to Iran, Israel took part in a
multilateral maritime security drill in the Red Sea with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and US Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT).
The drill in early November was the first of its kind, and showed what kind of naval coalition Israel might join should there be military action against Iran.
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“It is exciting to see US forces training with regional partners to enhance our collective maritime security capabilities,” V-Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of NAVCENT, US 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces said at the time. “Maritime collaboration helps safeguard freedom of navigation and the free flow of trade, which are essential to regional security and stability.”
There are also hints of an aerial coalition that could come together.
Israeli jets recently escorted a B-1B strategic heavy bomber and KC-10 refuelers on their way to the Gulf. Jets from Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia also escorted those planes while flying through their respective airspace.
Israel’s Blue Flag air drills, which become more popular as the years go on, also provide a clue as to what other countries could fly alongside Israel when push comes to shove.
This year’s Blue Flag saw aircraft from Germany (six Eurofighters), Italy (five F-35 jets and five G550 planes), Britain (six Eurofighters), France (four Raphale jets), India (five Mirage jets), Greece (four F-16 jets), and the US (six F-16 CJ jets) take part.
During the drill, forces practiced aerial battle as well as surface-to-air battle scenarios, advanced surface-to-air missiles combat outlines in enemy territory, and more.
The exercise focused on “broadening and enhancing the operational capabilities of the participating forces,” with a focus on air-to-air and air-to-ground attacks, as well as evading ground-based air defense systems “and various operational scenarios in enemy territory,” the army said at the time of the drill.
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While Israel has never joined a regional military coalition, Marom Division commander Col. Aviran Lerer told The Jerusalem Post that there could be a time that Jerusalem might be part of such a partnership.
Lerer, who spoke to The Post after a two-week drill with 500 troops from NAVCENT’s 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, said that the IDF has to be ready to fight with other troops.
The drill, he said, was to strengthen ties with Israel’s main ally and the Marines who “are a significant force in the US military with whom we have a lot of shared interests. The United States always fights as a coalition, and it could be that will be part of a future coalition. We, as an army, have to do everything we can to be ready for a future conflict; we see the Americans as a strategic ally, and there could be a time when we will work and fight together.”
While Israel’s diplomats are working around the clock to influence the United States, the UK and France on the Iran talks, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the “best-case scenario” would be a deal that not only focuses on uranium enrichment but also on Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its regional hostility.
“Concerning Iran, we must influence our partners and have ongoing discussion with them,” Gantz said. “Our other obligation is to build a military force, which is an important issue by itself. I ordered [the military] to improve its force build-up, in parallel to our discussions with our strategic partners.”
約旦人對擬議的憲法修改不滿意
許多人說，新的國家安全委員會將打破權力平衡。
作者：DAOUD KUTTAB/媒體行
發佈時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 00:11
更新時間： 2021 年 11 月 28 日 06:57
約旦國王阿布杜拉二世五月在安曼的一次會議上聆聽。
（照片來源：ALEX BRANDON/POOL VIA REUTERS）
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修改約旦憲法30 條條款的計劃，包括擴大國王的權力，引起了議會成員和前副總理的批評。
擬議的改革將建立一個擁有廣泛政治和安全權力的新國家安全委員會。新委員會將由國王領導，包括首相、軍隊首腦、安全部門負責人、外交部長和內政部長，以及國王將任命的另外兩名成員。
令人擔憂的是，這將創建一個與政府行政和立法部門平行的新機構。
約旦律師協會前主席、議員薩利赫·阿穆蒂告訴媒體，禁止以這種“違憲方式”擴大國王的權力。
“這是一種不必要的新權力創造，會削弱政府三個部門的作用，這違反了憲法，”他說。“第45條明確規定，國家的一切事務由政府負責。通過讓出這個權力，作為議會成員，我怎麼能追究國王的責任，因為他將成為這個新議會的負責人？我如何監控將提供給這個新機構的預算？
約旦軍隊車隊（圖片來源：REUTERS）
“修正案還包括賦予君主新的權力，通過修改第 32 條，其中規定國王是軍隊的最高指揮官，規定國王將是國家安全和外交政策委員會的負責人，”阿穆蒂說。 .
約旦君主還可以聘用和解僱民事法庭首席法官、伊斯蘭教法法院院長、穆夫提將軍（負責管理法特瓦委員會（majlis al-iftaa），該委員會擁有頒布教令的主要權力）意見），皇家法院的首腦和國王的顧問。過去，所有這些任命都是根據總理的建議做出的。
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政治和議會事務部長穆薩·邁塔 (Musa Maaytah) 對政府的批評作出回應，稱憲法修正案將建立一個國家安全委員會，該委員會將協調和協助該國軍事和民間機構之間的合作。
“最近的挑戰，如衝突、戰爭、恐怖行為和毒品，都是影響國家安全的問題，這就是推動提出這個想法並通過憲法實施它的原因，”Maaytah 說。 ，週二在議會回答一個問題。
法律事務部長瓦法阿·巴尼·穆斯塔法進一步解釋了政府的立場，他告訴 Al-Mamlaka 公共電視台，憲法變更連同政治和選舉法的修正案一起提交給議會。
“這些新法律將增加公眾參與，尤其是婦女和青年的參與，並將確保婦女和青年進入議會的機會增加，”她說。
前副總理的反對
前副總理馬姆杜赫·阿巴迪告訴媒體專線，不需要這些改變。
“我們為什麼要違反憲法？只有在極少數情況下才能修改憲法。憲法是一種社會契約，全世界都接受的是將任何變化保持在最低限度，主要僅針對極端緊急情況，”他說。阿巴迪說，許多被引用為推動變革的問題已經存在多年，但憲法很少被修改。
唯一一次對憲法進行重大修改是為了國家穩定，哈桑親王於 1999 年被免去王儲的職務。
他說，除此之外，直到 2011 年，只有細微的修改。
阿巴迪繼續說道，“議會應該關注憲法的第一條，該條款規定該國的‘政府制度是議會制，君主世襲制’，正如 1952 年憲法所述。然後，這使得約旦憲法成為阿拉伯世界的典範。”
2016年，修改憲法賦予君主新的權力，包括任命王儲、國王的副手以及參議院的首腦和成員。他還被授予任命軍隊、司法、情報和憲兵首長的權利，所有這些都無需總理和相關部長的推薦。
Jordanians unhappy with proposed changes to constitution
New National Security Council would upset the balance of powers, many say.
By DAOUD KUTTAB/THE MEDIA LINE
Published: NOVEMBER 28, 2021 00:11
Updated: NOVEMBER 28, 2021 06:57
JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH II listens during a meeting in Amman in May.
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Plans to amend 30 articles of the Jordanian constitution, which include expanding the powers of the king, have drawn criticism from members of parliament and a former deputy prime minister.
The proposed changes would establish a new National Security Council with wide-ranging political and security powers. The new council is to be headed by the king and includes the prime minister, the head of the army, the directors of the security services, the foreign and interior ministers, and two other members that the king will appoint.
The concern is that this will create a new body that will parallel the executive and legislative branches of government.
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MP Saleh Armouti, the former head of the Jordan Bar Association, told The Media Line it is forbidden to expand the powers of the king in this “unconstitutional way.”
“This is an unnecessary creation of a new power that will weaken the role of the three branches of government and this is a violation of the constitution,” he said. “Article 45 states clearly that the government will run all affairs of the country. By ceding this power, how can I as a member of parliament hold the king accountable since he will be the head of this new council? How can I monitor the budget that will be made available to this new body?
A Jordanian army convoy (credit: REUTERS)
“The amendments also include giving the monarch new powers, by changing Article 32, which states that the king is the supreme commander of the army, to state that the king will be the head of the National Security and foreign policies council,” Armouti said.
Jordanian monarchs will also be able to hire and fire the chief justice of the civil courts, the head of the Sharia Court, the general mufti (responsible for managing the Fatwa Council (majlis al-iftaa), which has primary authority to issue fatwa religious opinions), the head of the Royal Court and the advisers to the king. In the past, all these appointments were made based on the recommendations of the prime minister.
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Musa Maaytah, the minister of political and parliamentary affairs, delivered the government’s response to the criticism, saying the constitutional amendments would create a National Security Council that would coordinate and aid in cooperation between the country’s military and civilian institutions.
“Recent challenges such as conflicts, wars, terrorist acts, and drugs are all issues that affect the national security of the country, and this is what caused the push to come up with this idea and to implement it through the constitution,” Maaytah said, responding to a question in parliament on Tuesday.
The government position was further explained by Wafaa Bani Mustafa, the minister of legal affairs, who told Al-Mamlaka public television that the constitutional changes were submitted to parliament along with amendments to the political and electoral laws.
“These new laws will increase public participation, especially among women and youth, and will ensure that the opportunities of women and youth to reach parliament will be increased,” she said.
The former deputy PM’s opposition
Former Deputy Prime Minister Mamdouh Abadi told The Media Line these changes are not needed.
“Why are we violating the constitution? The constitution can be amended in rare cases only. Constitutions are a social contract and what is accepted worldwide is to keep any changes at a minimum, mostly for cases of extreme emergency only,” he said. Many of the issues cited as motivating the changes have existed for years, and yet the constitution was rarely amended, Abadi said.
The only time the constitution was significantly amended was when Prince Hassan was removed as crown prince in 1999, in the interests of the country’s stability.
He said that beyond that, until 2011, there were minor amendments only.
Abadi continued, “The parliament should focus on the first article of the constitution, which states that the country’s ‘system of government is parliamentary with a hereditary monarchy,’ as stated in the constitution of 1952. Then, this made the constitution of Jordan a model for the Arab world.”
In 2016, the constitution was amended to give the monarch new powers including the appointment of the crown prince, the deputy of the king as well as the head and members of the senate. He was also granted the right to appoint the head of the army, judiciary, intelligence service and gendarmerie, all without the need for the recommendation of the prime minister and the appropriate minister.
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