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2021.12.22 國際新聞導讀-俄羅斯表示在烏克蘭問題上退無可退、OMICRON病毒株橫掃美國、美伊核武談判無結果、以色列環保組織呼籲重視浪費水資源、納唐亞胡小兒子面對官司請病假規避出庭讓法官很生氣
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2021.12.22 國際新聞導讀-俄羅斯表示在烏克蘭問題上退無可退、OMICRON病毒株橫掃美國、美伊核武談判無結果、以色列環保組織呼籲重視浪費水資源、納唐亞胡小兒子面對官司請病假規避出庭讓法官很生氣
普京稱俄羅斯在烏克蘭問題上“無處可退”
普京向軍方官員發表講話,俄羅斯敦促美國和北約對上週提出的西方提供具有約束力的一系列安全保證的提議作出緊急回應。
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發佈時間: 2021 年 12 月 21 日 19:36
總統弗拉基米爾·普京週二表示,俄羅斯沒有房間了烏克蘭與美國對峙撤退和將被迫強硬回應,除非西方國家放棄了“激進路線”。
普京向軍方官員發表了上述言論,因為俄羅斯敦促美國和北約對上週提出的西方提供具有約束力的一系列安全保證的提議作出緊急回應。
“美國在烏克蘭的所作所為就在我們的家門口……他們應該明白我們無處可退。他們認為我們會袖手旁觀嗎?” 普京說。
“如果我們西方同事的侵略路線繼續下去,我們將採取足夠的軍事技術應對措施,並對不友好的步驟做出嚴厲反應。”
普京沒有詳細說明這些措施的性質,但他的措辭反映了俄羅斯副外長謝爾蓋里亞布科夫先前使用的措辭,他警告說,俄羅斯可能會在歐洲重新部署中程核導彈,以應對北約計劃做的事情。相同的。
2021 年 12 月 21 日,俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普京在俄羅斯莫斯科舉行的國防部委員會擴大會議上聽取了俄羅斯武裝部隊總參謀長瓦列裡·格拉西莫夫的講話。(圖片來源:SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL TRESHCHENKO/POOL VIA REUTERS)
俄羅斯拒絕了烏克蘭和美國的指控,即俄羅斯可能最早在下個月準備由數万名准備在邊界範圍內的俄羅斯軍隊入侵烏克蘭。
它說它需要西方的承諾——包括承諾不在東歐進行北約軍事活動——因為烏克蘭與西方聯盟日益密切的關係以及北約在烏克蘭領土上對其部署導彈的可能性威脅到了它的安全。
烏克蘭總統澤連斯基週五表示,他準備與俄羅斯進行“直接會談,tête-à-tête,我們不介意以何種形式”。但莫斯科一再表示,如果不明確議程是什麼,它認為召開這樣的會議毫無意義。
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克里姆林宮的一份聲明說,普京在與法國總統埃馬紐埃爾·馬克龍的電話中強調,重新召集由俄羅斯、烏克蘭、法國和德國領導人組成的四國諾曼底集團將需要基輔採取具體步驟來實施現有的和平協議。烏克蘭表示,拒絕接觸的是俄羅斯及其代理人。
由於西方大國熱衷於向俄羅斯表明他們對烏克蘭和北約的堅定支持,德國新任總理奧拉夫·舒爾茨也與普京通了電話。
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美國國務院負責歐洲事務的高級外交官凱倫·唐弗里德在與記者的簡報中表示,華盛頓準備通過三個渠道與莫斯科接觸——雙邊、通過 2019 年最後一次會晤的北約-俄羅斯理事會,以及在安全組織和在歐洲的合作。
與此同時,她說,美國將在未來數周和數月內繼續向烏克蘭運送軍事裝備和補給——這已經引起莫斯科的反感。
“正如總統(喬)拜登告訴普京總統,如果俄羅斯進一步入侵烏克蘭,我們將為烏克蘭人提供額外的防禦材料,超出我們已經在提供的材料,”她說。
北約秘書長延斯斯托爾滕貝格表示,該聯盟將在明年初與莫斯科進行有意義的討論。
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俄羅斯國防部長紹伊古聲稱,120 多家美國私人軍事承包商活躍在烏克蘭東部,烏克蘭軍隊自 2014 年以來一直在那裡與俄羅斯支持的分離主義分子作戰,並表示他們正在準備涉及化學物質的“挑釁”。
他沒有提供支持這一說法的證據,五角大樓發言人約翰柯比稱其“完全錯誤”。
在整個危機期間,俄羅斯在嚴厲的言辭、呼籲對話和可怕的警告之間徘徊,里亞布科夫反復將這種情況與 1962 年古巴導彈危機進行比較,當時世界正處於核戰爭的邊緣。
它的許多要求,包括阻止烏克蘭加入北約以及美國和其他盟軍從東歐撤出,都被華盛頓及其合作夥伴視為不可能。
但立即拒絕他們可能會關閉任何對話空間並進一步加劇危機。
Putin says Russia has 'nowhere to retreat' over Ukraine
Putin addressed military officials as Russia pressed for an urgent US and NATO response to proposals it made last week for a binding set of security guarantees from the West.
By REUTERS
Published: DECEMBER 21, 2021 19:36
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2021.
(photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/POOL VIA REUTERS)
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President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response unless the West dropped its "aggressive line."
Putin addressed the remarks to military officials as Russia pressed for an urgent US and NATO response to proposals it made last week for a binding set of security guarantees from the West.
"What the US is doing in Ukraine is at our doorstep… And they should understand that we have nowhere further to retreat to. Do they think we’ll just watch idly?" Putin said.
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"If the aggressive line of our Western colleagues continues, we will take adequate military-technical response measures and react harshly to unfriendly steps."
Putin did not spell out the nature of these measures but his phrasing mirrored that used previously by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who has warned that Russia may redeploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe in response to what it sees as NATO plans to do the same.
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov during an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2021. (credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/POOL VIA REUTERS)
Russia rejects Ukrainian and US charges that it may be preparing an invasion of Ukraine as early as next month by tens of thousands of Russian troops poised within reach of the border.
It says it needs pledges from the West - including a promise not to conduct NATO military activity in Eastern Europe - because its security is threatened by Ukraine's growing ties with the Western alliance and the possibility of NATO missiles being deployed against it on Ukrainian territory.
Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskiy said on Friday that he was ready to meet Russia for "direct talks, tête-à-tête, we don't mind in what format." But Moscow has said repeatedly it sees no point in such a meeting without clarity on what the agenda would be.
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A Kremlin statement said Putin stressed in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron that reconvening the four-power Normandy group - which brings together the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany - would require concrete steps by Kyiv to implement existing peace agreements. Ukraine says it is Russia and its proxies who are refusing to engage.
With Western powers keen to show Russia they are solid in their support of Ukraine and NATO, Germany's new Chancellor Olaf Scholz also spoke by phone with Putin.
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Karen Donfried, the US State Department's top diplomat for Europe, in a briefing with reporters, said Washington was prepared to engage with Moscow via three channels - bilaterally, through the NATO-Russia Council that last met in 2019, and at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
In the meantime, she said, the United States would continue to send military equipment and supplies to Ukraine in the weeks and months ahead - something that has antagonized Moscow.
"As President (Joe) Biden has told President Putin, should Russia further invade Ukraine, we will provide additional defensive materials to the Ukrainians above and beyond that which we are already in the process of providing," she said.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance would seek meaningful discussions with Moscow early next year.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu alleged that more than 120 US private military contractors were active in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian troops have been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014, and said they were preparing a "provocation" involving chemical substances.
He offered no evidence in support of the claim, which Pentagon spokesman John Kirby described as "completely false."
Throughout the crisis, Russia has veered between harsh rhetoric, calls for dialog and dire warnings, with Ryabkov repeatedly comparing the situation to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war.
Many of its demands, including for a block on NATO membership for Ukraine and the withdrawal of US and other allied troops from Eastern Europe, are seen as non-starters by Washington and its partners.
But rejecting them out of hand would risk closing off any space for dialog and further fueling the crisis.
席捲美國,Omicron 現在佔所有新病例的 73%
CDC 數據顯示,上周美國各地約有 650,000 例 Omicron 病例,該變體成為主要菌株的感染份額增加了六倍
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2021 年 12 月 20 日星期一,旅客等待班車但抵達洛杉磯的洛杉磯國際機場。(美聯社照片/Jae C. Hong)
紐約(美聯社)——聯邦衛生官員周一表示,Omicron 已經領先於其他變種,現在是美國冠狀病毒的主要版本,佔上週新感染的 73%。
疾病控制和預防中心的數據顯示,僅在一周內,omicron 的感染份額就增加了近六倍。
在該國大部分地區,omicron 的流行率甚至更高。在紐約地區、東南部、工業中西部和太平洋西北部,估計有 90% 的新感染病例是由它引起的。全國比率表明,上周美國發生了超過 650,000 例 omicron 感染。
自 6 月底以來,Delta 變種一直是導緻美國感染的主要版本。根據疾病預防控制中心的數據,就在最近的 11 月底,超過 99.5% 的冠狀病毒是 delta。
疾病預防控制中心主任羅謝爾·瓦倫斯基博士說,新數字反映了其他國家的增長情況。
“這些數字很明顯,但並不奇怪,”她說。
不到一個月前,非洲科學家首次對 omicron 發出警告,世界衛生組織於 11 月 26 日將其指定為“令人擔憂的變種”。此後,該突變體出現在大約 90 個國家/地區。
關於 Omicron 變體的很多信息仍然未知,包括它是否會導致或多或少的嚴重疾病。早期研究表明,接種疫苗的人需要加強注射以獲得預防 omicron 感染的最佳機會,但即使沒有額外的劑量,疫苗接種仍應提供強大的保護,防止嚴重疾病和死亡。
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貝基·岡薩雷斯(左)和她的老朋友、71 歲的 COVID-19 患者瑪麗·盧·薩莫拉(Mary Lou Samora)於 12 月 12 日星期五在洛杉磯普羅維登斯聖十字醫療中心分享了一些鼓舞人心的話語後,雙手合十。 2021 年 1 月 17 日。(美聯社照片/Jae C. Hong)
“我們所有人都與 Omicron 有個約會,”約翰霍普金斯大學健康安全中心的高級學者 Amesh Adalja 博士說。“如果你要與社會互動,如果你要過任何類型的生活,Omicron 將是你遇到的東西,你遇到它的最好方法是完全接種疫苗。”
Adalja 表示,考慮到南非、英國和丹麥的情況,CDC 數據顯示 omicron 在美國超過 delta,他並不感到驚訝。他預測假期會進一步蔓延,包括接種疫苗者中的突破性感染和未接種疫苗者中的嚴重並發症,這可能會給已經受到三角洲負擔的醫院帶來壓力。
斯克里普斯研究轉化研究所所長埃里克·托波爾博士表示,其他國家也看到了歐美光的快速增長,但美國的數據顯示“在如此短的時間內實現了顯著的增長”。
Topol 還表示,目前尚不清楚 Omicron 與其他變體相比究竟要溫和多少。
“這是現在最大的不確定性,”托波爾說。“我們必須依靠 Omicron 的大量住院治療和許多嚴重疾病。”
2021 年 12 月 20 日星期一,費城居民在街區周圍排起長隊,以接收免費的在家快速 COVID-19 測試套件。(美聯社照片/馬特·洛克)
CDC 的估計基於每週通過大學和商業實驗室以及州和地方衛生部門收集的數千個冠狀病毒樣本。科學家分析他們的基因序列,以確定哪些版本的 COVID-19 病毒最豐富。
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CDC 此前報導,在截至 12 月 11 日的一周中,Omicron 在美國的新感染病例比例從前一周的 0.4% 上升至 2.9%。
但 CDC 週二表示,在分析了更多樣本後,他們正在修改一些早期的數字。CDC 官員說,新數據表明,在 12 月 11 日那一周,約有 13% 的感染是 Omicron,而不是 3%。
儘管仍然有很多由 delta 變體引起的新感染,“我預計隨著時間的推移,Delta 將被 Omicron 擠出,”Walensky 說。
Sweeping across America, Omicron now accounts for 73% of all new cases
CDC data shows some 650,000 Omicron cases across US in last week, a six-fold increase in the variant’s share of infections to become dominant strain
By MIKE STOBBEToday, 1:24 am
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Travelers wait for a shuttle but to arrive at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
NEW YORK (AP) — Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the US, accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron’s share of infections in only one week.
In much of the country, omicron’s prevalence is even higher. It’s responsible for an estimated 90% of new infections in the New York area, the Southeast, the industrial Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. The national rate suggests that more than 650,000 omicron infections occurred in the US last week.
Since the end of June, the Delta variant has been the main version causing US infections. As recently as the end of November, more than 99.5% of coronaviruses were delta, according to CDC data.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the new numbers reflect the kind of growth seen in other countries.
“These numbers are stark, but they’re not surprising,” she said.
Scientists in Africa first sounded the alarm about omicron less than a month ago and on Nov. 26 the World Health Organization designated it as a “variant of concern.” The mutant has since shown up in about 90 countries.
Much about the Omicron variant remains unknown, including whether it causes more or less severe illness. Early studies suggest the vaccinated will need a booster shot for the best chance at preventing omicron infection but even without the extra dose, vaccination still should offer strong protection against severe illness and death.
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Becky Gonzalez, left, and her long time friend, Mary Lou Samora, a 71-year-old COVID-19 patient, put their palms together after they shared some encouraging words at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
“All of us have a date with Omicron,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “If you’re going to interact with society, if you’re going to have any type of life, Omicron will be something you encounter, and the best way you can encounter this is to be fully vaccinated.”
Adalja said he was not surprised by the CDC data showing omicron overtaking delta in the US, given what was seen in South Africa, the UK and Denmark. He predicted further spread over the holidays, including breakthrough infections among the vaccinated and serious complications among the unvaccinated that could stress hospitals already burdened by delta.
Dr. Eric Topol, head of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, said other countries had seen omicron’s fast growth, but the US data showed “a remarkable jump in such a short time.”
Topol also said it’s unclear how much milder Omicron really is compared with other variants.
“That’s the big uncertainty now,” Topol said. “We have to count on it being a lot of hospitalizations and a lot severe disease from Omicron.”
City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
CDC’s estimates are based on thousands of coronavirus specimens collected each week through university and commercial laboratories and state and local health departments. Scientists analyze their genetic sequences to determine which versions of the COVID-19 viruses are most abundant.
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In the week that ended Dec. 11, Omicron’s share of new infections in the US increased to 2.9% from 0.4% the week before, the CDC previously reported.
But CDC on Tuesday said they are revising some of the earlier numbers, after analyzing more specimens. The new numbers indicate that about 13% of the infections the week of Dec. 11 were Omicron, and not 3%, CDC officials said.
Though there remain a lot of new infections caused by the delta variant, “I anticipate that over time that Delta will be crowded out by Omicron,” Walensky said.
美國國家安全顧問將抵達以色列就伊朗問題進行會談
沙利文會見貝內特和以色列同行埃亞爾胡拉塔討論戰略問題,還將會見巴勒斯坦領導人阿巴斯
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白宮國家安全顧問傑克沙利文於 2021 年 10 月 26 日在華盛頓白宮舉行的每日簡報會上發表講話。(美聯社照片/蘇珊沃爾什)
美國國家安全顧問傑克·沙利文將於週二率領美國代表團抵達以色列,與總理納夫塔利·貝內特和其他高級官員會面。預計雙方將討論伊朗和其他戰略問題。
沙利文還將與以色列同行埃亞爾·胡拉塔一起參加戰略諮詢小組(SCG)的第四次會議。SCG 是一個雙邊組織,旨在合作防止伊朗獲得核武器。
在以色列加入沙利文的還有美國駐中東特使 Brett McGurk 和國務院負責近東事務的代理助理國務卿 Yael Lempert。
在以色列會晤後,沙利文將前往拉馬拉會見巴勒斯坦民族權力機構主席馬哈茂德·阿巴斯。
Lempert 將與 Sullivan 一起參加他的一些會議,並與外交部長 Yair Lapid 舉行會談。她隨後將前往約旦,她將與政府高級官員,包括水利和灌溉部部長穆罕默德·納賈爾和計劃與國際合作部長納賽爾Shraideh滿足,國務院表示,顯然是為了討論最近成交能源約旦和以色列之間和水。
會議召開之際,歐洲外交官警告稱,為確保重返 2015 年與伊朗的核協議而在維也納舉行的核談判“正在迅速走到盡頭”。
對歐洲調解人的打擊是,伊朗要求重新暫停會談,旨在讓美國重返協議並阻止伊朗的核活動。在美國於 2018 年退出該協議後,伊朗公開加強了其核項目。
在伊朗選出新的強硬政府後,談判在中斷五個月後於 11 月底恢復。
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西方的潛在擔憂是擔心伊朗很快會取得足夠的核進展,從而使該協議——根據該協議承諾提供經濟救濟以換取對其核工作的嚴格限制——過時。
2017 年 6 月 7 日,時任美國反伊斯蘭國聯盟全球聯盟特使布雷特·麥格克 (Brett McGurk) 在美國駐伊拉克巴格達大使館舉行的新聞發布會上。 (Hadi Mizban/AP)
本月早些時候,國防部長本尼·甘茨訪問了華盛頓,就伊朗問題進行了討論。他後來告訴記者,他已通知美國官員,他已指示以色列國防軍準備對伊朗發動襲擊。
一位不願透露姓名的高級國防官員表示,甘茨在與美國國防部長勞埃德·奧斯汀和國務卿安東尼·布林肯會晤時提出了可能發生此類襲擊的時間表,但消息人士沒有進一步說明。
甘茨告訴記者,美國和歐洲國家“正在失去耐心”,並意識到伊朗試圖拖延談判,儘管“表現不佳”。
甘茨表示,他已敦促美國加大對伊朗的壓力。
他說:“為了說服伊朗停止對核計劃的幻想,有國際壓力——政治、經濟和軍事壓力——的空間。”
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甘茨說,他會見的政府官員關注以色列的擔憂,並強調伊朗首先是一個全球問題,然後才是以色列的問題。
他說,他在與奧斯汀和布林肯的會晤中同意美國和以色列將進一步發展對德黑蘭的合作。
Jacob Magid 為本報告做出了貢獻。
US national security adviser set to arrive in Israel for talks on Iran
Sullivan to meet with Bennett as well as Israeli counterpart Eyal Hulata to discuss strategic issues, will also meet Palestinian leader Abbas
By JACOB MAGID and TOI STAFFToday, 8:55 am
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Oct. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan was set to arrive in Israel Tuesday at the head of a US delegation for meetings with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other top officials. The sides were expected to discuss Iran and other strategic issues.
Sullivan will also participate in the fourth meeting of the Strategic Consultative Group (SCG) alongside Israeli counterpart Eyal Hulata. The SCG is a bilateral group aimed at collaborating in the effort to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Joining Sullivan in Israel are US envoy to the Middle East Brett McGurk and the State Department’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert.
After his meetings in Israel, Sullivan will travel to Ramallah to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Lempert will join Sullivan in some of his meetings and also hold her own sit-down with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. She will subsequently travel to Jordan where she will meet with senior government officials, including Water and Irrigation Minister Mohammed Al-Najjar and Planning and International Cooperation Minister Nasser Shraideh, the State Department said, apparently to discuss the recent deal between Jordan and Israel on energy and water.
The meetings come as European diplomats warn that nuclear negotiations in Vienna to secure a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are “rapidly reaching the end of the road.”
In a blow to European mediators, Iran requested a new pause in the talks, which aim to bring the United States back into the agreement and roll back Iran’s nuclear activities. The Islamic Republic publicly stepped up its nuclear projects after the US withdrawal from the deal in 2018.
The talks had resumed in late November after a five-month break following the election of a new hardline government in Iran.
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Underlying Western concerns are fears that Iran will soon make enough nuclear progress to render the accord — under which it was promised economic relief in return for drastic curbs on its nuclear work — obsolete.
Brett McGurk, then-US envoy for the global coalition against Islamic State, at a news conference at the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, June 7, 2017. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
Earlier this month, Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited Washington for discussions on Iran. He later told reporters he’d notified US officials that he had instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for a strike against Iran.
A senior defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, indicated that Gantz had presented a timeline for when such an attack might take place during his meetings with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but the source did not specify further.
Gantz told reporters that the US and European countries “are losing patience” and are realizing that Iran is trying to drag out the negotiations, despite “playing a bad hand.”
Gantz said he has urged the US to step up the pressure against Iran.
“There is room for international pressure — political, economic and also military — in order to convince Iran to stop its fantasies about a nuclear program,” he said.
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Gantz said the administration officials he met with were attentive to Israel’s concerns, and that he emphasized that Iran is first and foremost a global problem, before it is an Israeli one.
He said he agreed during meetings with Austin and Blinken that the US and Israel would further develop their cooperation against Tehran.
Jacob Magid contributed to this report.
專家稱,伊朗與西方不同,對核談判持樂觀態度
隨著歐洲和美國失去耐心,德黑蘭認為通過確保在下一輪會談中討論解除制裁,德黑蘭已經在維也納取得了分數
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伊朗首席核談判代表阿里·巴蓋里·卡尼 (Ali Bagheri Kani) 於 2021 年 12 月 17 日抵達旨在恢復伊朗核協議的聯合全面行動計劃 (JCPOA) 會議地點科堡宮。 (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
德黑蘭(法新社)——專家說,伊朗認為,它在維也納會談中取得了分數,該會談旨在通過設法將製裁救濟納入下一輪的討論文件中來重振其破爛不堪的 2015 年核協議。
解除當時的美國總統唐納德特朗普在 2018 年將華盛頓從該協議中撤出時施加的懲罰性制裁制度一直是德黑蘭的首要任務。
歐洲大國對維也納會談迄今缺乏進展表示失望,他們的外交官週五警告說,會談“正在迅速走到盡頭”。
但伊朗官員和來自伊朗伊斯蘭共和國和國外的政治分析人士表示,從德黑蘭的角度來看,已經取得了進展。
伊朗外交部發言人賽義德·哈蒂布扎德週一表示:“雙方已就兩份新文本達成一致,這是最近幾天在維也納進行的激烈討論的結果。”
“這些文件考慮到了伊朗的立場……我們可以在此基礎上繼續進行未來的討論。”
法國伊朗問題專家伯納德·霍爾卡德 (Bernard Hourcade) 表示,德黑蘭“在本屆會議上成功地說服了他們的對話者,必須優先解決制裁問題,因為這將為核部件的技術解決鋪平道路。”
他說,伊朗經常強調它“一直尊重”最初的 2015 年協議,稱為聯合綜合行動計劃(JCPOA),並且“要由蔑視其榮譽的美國來修復損害。 ”
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歐洲對外行動署 (EEAS) 副秘書長恩里克·莫拉 (Enrique Mora) 於 2021 年 12 月 17 日在維也納舉行的聯合綜合行動計劃 (JCPOA) 會議後向記者發表講話。 (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
Hourcade 補充說,伊朗“知道力量平衡對其有利,因為它現在處於門檻,它可以在短期內像世界上其他大約 30 個國家一樣,如果願意的話,可以製造原子彈。它可以隨時濃縮鈾。”
準備“替代品”
2015 年與伊朗達成協議的各方——英國、中國、法國、德國、俄羅斯和美國——認為這是阻止其發展核武器能力的最佳方式,而德黑蘭一直否認追求這一目標。
伊朗承諾減少其由國際原子能機構監測的核活動,以換取當時對其實施的製裁救濟。
當特朗普退出該協議時,他實施了更加痛苦和全面的製裁制度,包括美國單方面禁止伊朗至關重要的石油銷售,導致伊朗再次加強其核活動。
在美國總統喬拜登接替特朗普後,恢復協議的談判重新開始。他們在伊朗 6 月總統大選前停止,然後在 11 月 29 日恢復。
德黑蘭極端保守的新政府表示,如果西方認真考慮取消制裁併停止製造“威脅”,協議可以“迅速”達成。
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伊朗拒絕與美國直接接觸,因此華盛頓間接參與。
伊朗的敵人以色列不是談判的一方,但如果外交失敗則威脅使用武力,美國也表示正在準備“替代方案”。
2021 年 12 月 17 日,在奧地利維也納,國際原子能機構 (IAEA) 大樓前飄揚的伊朗國旗。(美聯社照片 / Michael Gruber)
'不人道的製裁'
拜登的國家安全顧問傑克·沙利文 (Jake Sullivan) 對會談表示失望,幾天前表示,“從某種意義上說,我們還沒有回到 JCPOA 的道路上,情況並不順利。”
沙利文原定於週二晚些時候抵達以色列進行會談,白宮官員表示,會談將部分關注伊朗和圍繞核會談的“非常嚴重的局勢”,他們稱會談是“不穩定的”。
觀察人士表示,在正在進行的談判中,伊朗尋求依賴其盟友中國和俄羅斯,並希望從最近同意更換一個核設施的 IAEA 監控攝像頭的善意姿態中受益。
伊朗政治學家侯賽因·卡納尼-莫加達姆說,德黑蘭認為現在有兩個文本是“重要的一步”——一個是關於解除制裁,另一個是關於伊朗核活動。
德黑蘭的首席談判代表阿里·巴格里 (Ali Bagheri) 將這兩份文件作為對其改革派前任談判內容的“補充”。
巴蓋里——一位極端保守主義者,對最初的交易持嚴厲批評態度——堅持認為首要任務是“完全取消不公正和不人道的製裁”。
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Kanani-Moghaddam 相信,他現在認為事情會朝著伊朗的方向發展。
他說:“伊朗似乎希望得出一個明確的結論,無論是最終退出還是全面加入 JCPOA。”
“無論如何,目標是擺脫這種不確定的局面。”
Iran, unlike West, is upbeat about nuclear talks, experts say
As Europe and US lose patience, Tehran believes it has scored points in Vienna by ensuring discussion of sanctions relief takes place in next round of talks
By SAMMY KETZToday, 3:24 pm
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at the Coburg Palais, venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meeting aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna on December 17, 2021. (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran believes it has scored points in the Vienna talks meant to revive its tattered 2015 nuclear deal by managing to include sanctions relief in discussion documents for the next round, experts say.
The lifting of the punishing sanctions regime then-US president Donald Trump imposed when he pulled Washington out of the agreement in 2018 has been Tehran’s top priority.
European powers have voiced frustration at a lack of progress so far in the Vienna talks, which their diplomats warned Friday are “rapidly reaching the end of the road.”
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But from Tehran’s perspective, there has been progress, say Iranian officials and political analysts from the Islamic Republic and abroad.
“The parties have agreed on two new texts, the result of intense discussions in recent days in Vienna,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Monday.
“These are documents in which Iran’s position has been taken into account… and on the basis of which we can continue future discussions.”
Bernard Hourcade, a French expert on Iran, said Tehran had “succeeded in this session in convincing their interlocutors that the sanctions must be settled as a priority, because this will pave the way for technical settlement of the nuclear component.”
He said Iran regularly stresses that it has “always respected” the original 2015 deal, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and “that it is up to the United States, which has flouted its honor, to repair the damage.”
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Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora speaks to journalists after a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on December 17, 2021. (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
Iran, Hourcade added, “knows the balance of power is to its advantage because it is now at the threshold, that it is able in the short term, like about 30 other countries in the world, to manufacture an atomic bomb if it wishes. It can enrich uranium whenever it wants.”
Preparing ‘alternatives’
The parties to the 2015 deal with Iran — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States — saw it as the best way to stop it from developing a nuclear weapons capability, a goal Tehran has always denied pursuing.
Iran pledged to reduce its nuclear activities, which are monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, in exchange for relief from sanctions then in force against it.
When Trump pulled out of the deal, he imposed an even more painful and sweeping sanctions regime, including a unilateral US ban on Iran’s crucial oil sales, leading Iran to step up its nuclear activities again.
After US President Joe Biden replaced Trump, talks to revive the accord resumed. They stopped before Iran’s June presidential election, then resumed on November 29.
Tehran’s new ultraconservative government has said agreement could be reached “quickly” if the West is serious about lifting sanctions and stops making “threats.”
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Iran refuses to engage directly with the US, so Washington is participating indirectly.
Iran’s foe Israel is not a party to the talks but has threatened force if diplomacy fails, and the US has also said it is preparing “alternatives.”
A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, December 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber)
‘Inhumane sanctions’
Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, has voiced frustration with the talks, saying days ago that “it’s not going well in the sense that we do not yet have a pathway back into the JCPOA.”
Sullivan was due to arrive in Israel later Tuesday for talks, which White House officials said would focus partly on Iran and the “very serious situation” around the nuclear talks, which they described as “fluid.”
In the ongoing talks, say observers, Iran has sought to rely on its allies China and Russia, and also hoped to benefit from the goodwill gesture of recently agreeing to replace IAEA monitoring cameras at one nuclear site.
Iranian political scientist Hossein Kanani-Moghaddam said Tehran saw as an “important step” the fact that there are now two texts — one on lifting sanctions, the other on Iran’s nuclear activities.
Tehran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri presented the two documents as “supplementary points” to what had been negotiated by his reformist predecessors.
Bagheri — an ultraconservative, and a harsh critic of the original deal — has insisted the main priority is “the complete lifting of unjust and inhumane sanctions.”
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He now sees things going Iran’s way, Kanani-Moghaddam believes.
“It appears that the Islamic Republic wants to reach a definitive conclusion, whether it be final withdrawal or total membership of the JCPOA,” he said.
“In any case, the objective is to get out of this uncertain situation.”
內塔尼亞胡再次因誹謗案未能出庭,被罰款 2,000 新謝克爾
由於前總理的律師為兒子帶來病假,會議推遲;原告的律師:“我希望他在我們的下一次會議上足夠強大,我們最終會到達那裡”
通過TOI人員今天,下午 2:43
2021 年 3 月 10 日,時任總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡的兒子亞伊爾·內塔尼亞胡抵達特拉維夫地方法院參加法庭聽證會。 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
週二,前總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡的兒子亞伊爾·內塔尼亞胡因在誹謗訴訟中未能出庭而被勒令支付 2,000 新謝克爾(630 美元)。開庭日期推遲到 1 月 27 日,內塔尼亞胡警告說他下次必須出席。
內塔尼亞胡的律師約西·科恩 (Yossi Cohen) 向 Kfar Saba 地方法院提交了一份醫生證明,稱他的當事人生病了。這是內塔尼亞胡第二次錯過此案的開庭日期。
原告的律師羅恩·洛文塔爾 (Ron Lowenthal) 在諷刺的言論中說:“我們只能祝愿亞伊爾·內塔尼亞胡身體健康,並在今天的會議之前從昨晚折磨他的突如其來的疾病中康復。我希望他在我們的下一次會議中足夠強大,因為我們想處理這個案子……與出現並在社交媒體上解釋他們的評論的人一起進行。
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“有很多延誤和疾病,但我們最終會到達那裡。”
去年,達娜·卡西迪( Dana Cassidy)在網上發布了她的照片和詳細信息後,對內塔尼亞胡提起了訴訟,導致內塔尼亞胡家族的支持者對其進行了騷擾。
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這張照片是卡西迪與藍白黨主席本尼·甘茨(Benny Gantz)拍的一張舊自拍照。與此同時,內塔尼亞胡寫道:“有人知道這是誰嗎?” 他是在發布有關甘茨據稱有過的事情的未經證實的指控後這樣做的。
一個支持利庫德集團的推特賬戶發布了卡西迪和甘茨的照片,並附上了標題:“他邀請我喝茶,這讓我很興奮。” 卡西迪說她從來沒有寫過這樣的東西。
去年,達娜·卡西迪(Dana Cassidy)在網上發布了她的照片和詳細信息,導致內塔尼亞胡家族的支持者對其進行騷擾。
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這些帖子導致卡西迪遭受網上騷擾,並聲稱她與甘茨發生了性侵犯。然後她以誹謗罪起訴內塔尼亞胡。
內塔尼亞胡以其經常好戰的社交媒體帖子而聞名,這些帖子多次讓他陷入困境。
今年早些時候,法院短暫命令內塔尼亞胡在誹謗訴訟中向原告支付 500,000 新謝克爾(154,000 美元),因為他未能出庭為自己辯護。
法院後來接受了內塔尼亞胡的上訴,因為他聲稱他從未收到過針對他的通知,並同意繼續審查此案。但當時內塔尼亞胡被命令向卡西迪支付 4,500 新謝克爾(1,384 美元)以支付辯護費。
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卡西迪說,對內塔尼亞胡在社交媒體上的帖子的反應是一種“大規模性騷擾”,海報多次提到她和她與甘茨的關係。
她說她後來被媒體的“大量”電話淹沒,要求她對她與這位政客的所謂戀情發表評論。
另外,內塔尼亞胡在夏天被命令在另一起誹謗案中支付約 280,000 新謝克爾(90,000 美元)的賠償和法律費用。
內塔尼亞胡被前 Walla 新聞網站編輯 Avi Alkalay 起訴,因為他在社交媒體上分享了一些帖子,聲稱該編輯是與國家檢方一起針對其父親的“種植鼴鼠”,並指控他與國家檢察官勾結。前瓦拉編輯是本傑明內塔尼亞胡正在進行的腐敗審判的核心證人之一。
內塔尼亞胡後來試圖推遲支付,聲稱他沒有資金,但法院駁回了他的主張,稱文件顯示他有大約 100 萬新謝克爾的流動資產。
Yair Netanyahu again fails to show up in court for libel case, is fined NIS 2,000
Session delayed as former PM’s lawyer brings sick note for son; plaintiff’s attorney: ‘I hope he is strong enough for our next session, we’ll get there in the end’
By TOI STAFFToday, 2:43 pm
Yair Netanyahu, son of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on March 10, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Yair Netanyahu, the son of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was ordered to pay NIS 2,000 ($630) on Tuesday for failing to show up to court in a libel suit against him. The court date was postponed to January 27, with Netanyahu warned he must attend next time.
Netanyahu’s attorney Yossi Cohen had brought a doctor’s note to the Kfar Saba Magistrate’s Court, saying his client was sick. This was Netanyahu’s second time missing a court date in the case.
In wry remarks, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Ron Lowenthal, said: “We can only wish good health to Yair Netanyahu and recovery from his sudden illness that afflicted him last night, ahead of today’s session. I hope he is strong enough for our next session, because we’d like to conduct this case… with people who show up and explain their comments on social media.
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“There are lots of delays and illnesses, but we’ll get there in the end.”
The cause against Netanyahu was filed by Dana Cassidy last year after he posted her photo and details online, leading to harassment by supporters of the Netanyahu family.
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The photo was an old selfie Cassidy had taken with Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz. Alongside it, Netanyahu wrote, “Does anyone know who this is?” He did so after posting unsubstantiated allegations about affairs Gantz had supposedly had.
A pro-Likud Twitter account posted the image of Cassidy with Gantz, with the superimposed caption: “He invited me for tea and it turned me on.” Cassidy said she never wrote anything of the sort.
Dana Cassidy last year after he posted her photo and details online, leading to harassment by supporters of the Netanyahu family.
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The posts led to Cassidy suffering online harassment and claims of her supposed sexual exploits with Gantz. She then sued Netanyahu for libel.
Netanyahu is known for his often belligerent social media posts, which have landed him in trouble on multiple occasions.
Earlier this year Netanyahu was briefly ordered by the court to pay the plaintiff NIS 500,000 ($154,000) in the libel suit after he failed to come to court to defend himself.
The court later accepted Netanyahu’s appeal, as he claimed he had never received the notice against him, and agreed to continue to review the case. But Netanyahu was ordered at the time to pay Cassidy NIS 4,500 ($1,384) to cover defense fees.
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Cassidy said the reactions to Netanyahu’s post on social media were a form of “mass sexual harassment,” with posters making numerous sexual references to her and her supposed relationship with Gantz.
She said she was later inundated with “a flood” of calls from the media asking her for comment on her purported affair with the politician.
Separately, Netanyahu was ordered over the summer to pay some NIS 280,000 ($90,000) in compensation and legal fees in another libel case.
Netanyahu was sued by former Walla news site editor Avi Alkalay over posts he shared on social media claiming the editor was “a planted mole” working with the state prosecution against his father, and accused him of being in cahoots with the state prosecutor. The former Walla editor is one of the central witnesses in the ongoing corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu later attempted to delay the payout, claiming he did not have the funds, but the court rejected his assertion, saying documents showed he had some NIS 1 million in liquid assets.
環保組織稱每年浪費1億立方米雨水
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環境倡導組織 Adam Teva V'Din 警告說,每年冬天約有 1 億立方米的雨水被浪費掉,相當於以色列家庭一年用水量的十分之一,因為沒有政府政策來管理它。警告成為頭條新聞。
該組織表示,這一數量也等於海水淡化設施一年生產的飲用水量,這一過程向大氣排放了約 75,000 噸全球變暖氣體。
“主要是,1億立方米的水是我們非常需要的水,用於飲用、農業、恢復地下水和溪流,以及近幾十年來一直在枯竭的所有天然水源。”
該組織表示,它正在與地方和國家政府合作,試圖就長期、預算合理的全國風暴準備計劃達成協議,作為應對氣候變化影響的更廣泛準備工作的一部分。
Omicron 可能會放棄兩種針對 COVID-19 的領先藥物
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美國醫生用來對抗 COVID-19 感染的兩種標準藥物可能對新的 Omicron 菌株無效。
一年多來,再生元和禮來的抗體藥物一直是早期 COVID-19 的首選治療方法,這要歸功於它們能夠預防嚴重疾病並使患者遠離醫院。
但兩家製藥商最近警告說,實驗室測試表明,他們的療法對 Omicron 的效力要低得多,Omicron 含有數十種突變,使抗體更難攻擊病毒。雖然這些公司表示他們可以快速開發新的 Omicron 靶向抗體,但預計這些抗體至少需要幾個月的時間才能推出。
英國製藥商葛蘭素史克的第三種抗體似乎最適合對抗 Omicron。
2021 年 8 月 19 日,在佛羅里達州勞德代爾堡的一家醫院看到了 Regeneron 單克隆抗體輸液袋。(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP,文件)
福奇說 Omicron 的變種“正在全球肆虐”
通過AP
白宮最高醫療顧問說,COVID-19 Omicron 變種“正在全球肆虐”,美國總統喬·拜登正計劃對未接種疫苗的美國人“發出嚴酷的警告,說明冬天的情況”。
該縣領先的傳染病專家安東尼·福奇博士告訴 NBC 的“與媒體見面”,美國醫院系統的“真正問題”是“我們這個國家有很多有資格接種疫苗但沒有接種疫苗的人”。還沒打過疫苗。”
拜登在大約 10 個月前預測的樂觀情緒與因冠狀病毒感染浪潮而寒冷的冬天的前景大相徑庭,當時他在 CNN 市政廳建議該國將在今年聖誕節前恢復正常。拜登一直小心翼翼地不許諾言,但人們對這個國家的信心卻受到了持續不斷的 COVID-19 突變和變異浪潮的打擊,這讓許多美國人情緒疲憊、沮喪和擔心感染。
德國國防部長支持對俄羅斯實施更嚴厲制裁
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德國國防部長克里斯汀·蘭布雷希特(Christine Lambrecht)呼籲對俄羅斯在烏克蘭邊境部署部隊採取更嚴厲的製裁,因為她將訪問立陶宛視察北約軍隊。
對任何侵略負責的人都必鬚麵臨“個人後果”,蘭布雷希特告訴德國每週圖片報,並補充說德國及其盟國應該將俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾普京及其隨行人員置於“我們的視線”。
“我們必須用盡所有外交和經濟制裁的可能性。所有進一步的步驟都應該得到我們的盟友的同意,”社會民主黨說。
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普京稱俄羅斯在烏克蘭問題上“無處可退”
普京向軍方官員發表講話,俄羅斯敦促美國和北約對上週提出的西方提供具有約束力的一系列安全保證的提議作出緊急回應。
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發佈時間: 2021 年 12 月 21 日 19:36
總統弗拉基米爾·普京週二表示,俄羅斯沒有房間了烏克蘭與美國對峙撤退和將被迫強硬回應,除非西方國家放棄了“激進路線”。
普京向軍方官員發表了上述言論,因為俄羅斯敦促美國和北約對上週提出的西方提供具有約束力的一系列安全保證的提議作出緊急回應。
“美國在烏克蘭的所作所為就在我們的家門口……他們應該明白我們無處可退。他們認為我們會袖手旁觀嗎?” 普京說。
“如果我們西方同事的侵略路線繼續下去,我們將採取足夠的軍事技術應對措施,並對不友好的步驟做出嚴厲反應。”
普京沒有詳細說明這些措施的性質,但他的措辭反映了俄羅斯副外長謝爾蓋里亞布科夫先前使用的措辭,他警告說,俄羅斯可能會在歐洲重新部署中程核導彈,以應對北約計劃做的事情。相同的。
2021 年 12 月 21 日,俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普京在俄羅斯莫斯科舉行的國防部委員會擴大會議上聽取了俄羅斯武裝部隊總參謀長瓦列裡·格拉西莫夫的講話。(圖片來源:SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL TRESHCHENKO/POOL VIA REUTERS)
俄羅斯拒絕了烏克蘭和美國的指控,即俄羅斯可能最早在下個月準備由數万名准備在邊界範圍內的俄羅斯軍隊入侵烏克蘭。
它說它需要西方的承諾——包括承諾不在東歐進行北約軍事活動——因為烏克蘭與西方聯盟日益密切的關係以及北約在烏克蘭領土上對其部署導彈的可能性威脅到了它的安全。
烏克蘭總統澤連斯基週五表示,他準備與俄羅斯進行“直接會談,tête-à-tête,我們不介意以何種形式”。但莫斯科一再表示,如果不明確議程是什麼,它認為召開這樣的會議毫無意義。
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克里姆林宮的一份聲明說,普京在與法國總統埃馬紐埃爾·馬克龍的電話中強調,重新召集由俄羅斯、烏克蘭、法國和德國領導人組成的四國諾曼底集團將需要基輔採取具體步驟來實施現有的和平協議。烏克蘭表示,拒絕接觸的是俄羅斯及其代理人。
由於西方大國熱衷於向俄羅斯表明他們對烏克蘭和北約的堅定支持,德國新任總理奧拉夫·舒爾茨也與普京通了電話。
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美國國務院負責歐洲事務的高級外交官凱倫·唐弗里德在與記者的簡報中表示,華盛頓準備通過三個渠道與莫斯科接觸——雙邊、通過 2019 年最後一次會晤的北約-俄羅斯理事會,以及在安全組織和在歐洲的合作。
與此同時,她說,美國將在未來數周和數月內繼續向烏克蘭運送軍事裝備和補給——這已經引起莫斯科的反感。
“正如總統(喬)拜登告訴普京總統,如果俄羅斯進一步入侵烏克蘭,我們將為烏克蘭人提供額外的防禦材料,超出我們已經在提供的材料,”她說。
北約秘書長延斯斯托爾滕貝格表示,該聯盟將在明年初與莫斯科進行有意義的討論。
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俄羅斯國防部長紹伊古聲稱,120 多家美國私人軍事承包商活躍在烏克蘭東部,烏克蘭軍隊自 2014 年以來一直在那裡與俄羅斯支持的分離主義分子作戰,並表示他們正在準備涉及化學物質的“挑釁”。
他沒有提供支持這一說法的證據,五角大樓發言人約翰柯比稱其“完全錯誤”。
在整個危機期間,俄羅斯在嚴厲的言辭、呼籲對話和可怕的警告之間徘徊,里亞布科夫反復將這種情況與 1962 年古巴導彈危機進行比較,當時世界正處於核戰爭的邊緣。
它的許多要求,包括阻止烏克蘭加入北約以及美國和其他盟軍從東歐撤出,都被華盛頓及其合作夥伴視為不可能。
但立即拒絕他們可能會關閉任何對話空間並進一步加劇危機。
Putin says Russia has 'nowhere to retreat' over Ukraine
Putin addressed military officials as Russia pressed for an urgent US and NATO response to proposals it made last week for a binding set of security guarantees from the West.
By REUTERS
Published: DECEMBER 21, 2021 19:36
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2021.
(photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/POOL VIA REUTERS)
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President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had no room to retreat in a standoff with the United States over Ukraine and would be forced into a tough response unless the West dropped its "aggressive line."
Putin addressed the remarks to military officials as Russia pressed for an urgent US and NATO response to proposals it made last week for a binding set of security guarantees from the West.
"What the US is doing in Ukraine is at our doorstep… And they should understand that we have nowhere further to retreat to. Do they think we’ll just watch idly?" Putin said.
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"If the aggressive line of our Western colleagues continues, we will take adequate military-technical response measures and react harshly to unfriendly steps."
Putin did not spell out the nature of these measures but his phrasing mirrored that used previously by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who has warned that Russia may redeploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe in response to what it sees as NATO plans to do the same.
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov during an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2021. (credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/POOL VIA REUTERS)
Russia rejects Ukrainian and US charges that it may be preparing an invasion of Ukraine as early as next month by tens of thousands of Russian troops poised within reach of the border.
It says it needs pledges from the West - including a promise not to conduct NATO military activity in Eastern Europe - because its security is threatened by Ukraine's growing ties with the Western alliance and the possibility of NATO missiles being deployed against it on Ukrainian territory.
Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskiy said on Friday that he was ready to meet Russia for "direct talks, tête-à-tête, we don't mind in what format." But Moscow has said repeatedly it sees no point in such a meeting without clarity on what the agenda would be.
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A Kremlin statement said Putin stressed in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron that reconvening the four-power Normandy group - which brings together the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany - would require concrete steps by Kyiv to implement existing peace agreements. Ukraine says it is Russia and its proxies who are refusing to engage.
With Western powers keen to show Russia they are solid in their support of Ukraine and NATO, Germany's new Chancellor Olaf Scholz also spoke by phone with Putin.
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Karen Donfried, the US State Department's top diplomat for Europe, in a briefing with reporters, said Washington was prepared to engage with Moscow via three channels - bilaterally, through the NATO-Russia Council that last met in 2019, and at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
In the meantime, she said, the United States would continue to send military equipment and supplies to Ukraine in the weeks and months ahead - something that has antagonized Moscow.
"As President (Joe) Biden has told President Putin, should Russia further invade Ukraine, we will provide additional defensive materials to the Ukrainians above and beyond that which we are already in the process of providing," she said.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance would seek meaningful discussions with Moscow early next year.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu alleged that more than 120 US private military contractors were active in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian troops have been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014, and said they were preparing a "provocation" involving chemical substances.
He offered no evidence in support of the claim, which Pentagon spokesman John Kirby described as "completely false."
Throughout the crisis, Russia has veered between harsh rhetoric, calls for dialog and dire warnings, with Ryabkov repeatedly comparing the situation to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war.
Many of its demands, including for a block on NATO membership for Ukraine and the withdrawal of US and other allied troops from Eastern Europe, are seen as non-starters by Washington and its partners.
But rejecting them out of hand would risk closing off any space for dialog and further fueling the crisis.
席捲美國,Omicron 現在佔所有新病例的 73%
CDC 數據顯示,上周美國各地約有 650,000 例 Omicron 病例,該變體成為主要菌株的感染份額增加了六倍
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2021 年 12 月 20 日星期一,旅客等待班車但抵達洛杉磯的洛杉磯國際機場。(美聯社照片/Jae C. Hong)
紐約(美聯社)——聯邦衛生官員周一表示,Omicron 已經領先於其他變種,現在是美國冠狀病毒的主要版本,佔上週新感染的 73%。
疾病控制和預防中心的數據顯示,僅在一周內,omicron 的感染份額就增加了近六倍。
在該國大部分地區,omicron 的流行率甚至更高。在紐約地區、東南部、工業中西部和太平洋西北部,估計有 90% 的新感染病例是由它引起的。全國比率表明,上周美國發生了超過 650,000 例 omicron 感染。
自 6 月底以來,Delta 變種一直是導緻美國感染的主要版本。根據疾病預防控制中心的數據,就在最近的 11 月底,超過 99.5% 的冠狀病毒是 delta。
疾病預防控制中心主任羅謝爾·瓦倫斯基博士說,新數字反映了其他國家的增長情況。
“這些數字很明顯,但並不奇怪,”她說。
不到一個月前,非洲科學家首次對 omicron 發出警告,世界衛生組織於 11 月 26 日將其指定為“令人擔憂的變種”。此後,該突變體出現在大約 90 個國家/地區。
關於 Omicron 變體的很多信息仍然未知,包括它是否會導致或多或少的嚴重疾病。早期研究表明,接種疫苗的人需要加強注射以獲得預防 omicron 感染的最佳機會,但即使沒有額外的劑量,疫苗接種仍應提供強大的保護,防止嚴重疾病和死亡。
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貝基·岡薩雷斯(左)和她的老朋友、71 歲的 COVID-19 患者瑪麗·盧·薩莫拉(Mary Lou Samora)於 12 月 12 日星期五在洛杉磯普羅維登斯聖十字醫療中心分享了一些鼓舞人心的話語後,雙手合十。 2021 年 1 月 17 日。(美聯社照片/Jae C. Hong)
“我們所有人都與 Omicron 有個約會,”約翰霍普金斯大學健康安全中心的高級學者 Amesh Adalja 博士說。“如果你要與社會互動,如果你要過任何類型的生活,Omicron 將是你遇到的東西,你遇到它的最好方法是完全接種疫苗。”
Adalja 表示,考慮到南非、英國和丹麥的情況,CDC 數據顯示 omicron 在美國超過 delta,他並不感到驚訝。他預測假期會進一步蔓延,包括接種疫苗者中的突破性感染和未接種疫苗者中的嚴重並發症,這可能會給已經受到三角洲負擔的醫院帶來壓力。
斯克里普斯研究轉化研究所所長埃里克·托波爾博士表示,其他國家也看到了歐美光的快速增長,但美國的數據顯示“在如此短的時間內實現了顯著的增長”。
Topol 還表示,目前尚不清楚 Omicron 與其他變體相比究竟要溫和多少。
“這是現在最大的不確定性,”托波爾說。“我們必須依靠 Omicron 的大量住院治療和許多嚴重疾病。”
2021 年 12 月 20 日星期一,費城居民在街區周圍排起長隊,以接收免費的在家快速 COVID-19 測試套件。(美聯社照片/馬特·洛克)
CDC 的估計基於每週通過大學和商業實驗室以及州和地方衛生部門收集的數千個冠狀病毒樣本。科學家分析他們的基因序列,以確定哪些版本的 COVID-19 病毒最豐富。
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CDC 此前報導,在截至 12 月 11 日的一周中,Omicron 在美國的新感染病例比例從前一周的 0.4% 上升至 2.9%。
但 CDC 週二表示,在分析了更多樣本後,他們正在修改一些早期的數字。CDC 官員說,新數據表明,在 12 月 11 日那一周,約有 13% 的感染是 Omicron,而不是 3%。
儘管仍然有很多由 delta 變體引起的新感染,“我預計隨著時間的推移,Delta 將被 Omicron 擠出,”Walensky 說。
Sweeping across America, Omicron now accounts for 73% of all new cases
CDC data shows some 650,000 Omicron cases across US in last week, a six-fold increase in the variant’s share of infections to become dominant strain
By MIKE STOBBEToday, 1:24 am
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Travelers wait for a shuttle but to arrive at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
NEW YORK (AP) — Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the US, accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron’s share of infections in only one week.
In much of the country, omicron’s prevalence is even higher. It’s responsible for an estimated 90% of new infections in the New York area, the Southeast, the industrial Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. The national rate suggests that more than 650,000 omicron infections occurred in the US last week.
Since the end of June, the Delta variant has been the main version causing US infections. As recently as the end of November, more than 99.5% of coronaviruses were delta, according to CDC data.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the new numbers reflect the kind of growth seen in other countries.
“These numbers are stark, but they’re not surprising,” she said.
Scientists in Africa first sounded the alarm about omicron less than a month ago and on Nov. 26 the World Health Organization designated it as a “variant of concern.” The mutant has since shown up in about 90 countries.
Much about the Omicron variant remains unknown, including whether it causes more or less severe illness. Early studies suggest the vaccinated will need a booster shot for the best chance at preventing omicron infection but even without the extra dose, vaccination still should offer strong protection against severe illness and death.
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Becky Gonzalez, left, and her long time friend, Mary Lou Samora, a 71-year-old COVID-19 patient, put their palms together after they shared some encouraging words at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
“All of us have a date with Omicron,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “If you’re going to interact with society, if you’re going to have any type of life, Omicron will be something you encounter, and the best way you can encounter this is to be fully vaccinated.”
Adalja said he was not surprised by the CDC data showing omicron overtaking delta in the US, given what was seen in South Africa, the UK and Denmark. He predicted further spread over the holidays, including breakthrough infections among the vaccinated and serious complications among the unvaccinated that could stress hospitals already burdened by delta.
Dr. Eric Topol, head of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, said other countries had seen omicron’s fast growth, but the US data showed “a remarkable jump in such a short time.”
Topol also said it’s unclear how much milder Omicron really is compared with other variants.
“That’s the big uncertainty now,” Topol said. “We have to count on it being a lot of hospitalizations and a lot severe disease from Omicron.”
City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
CDC’s estimates are based on thousands of coronavirus specimens collected each week through university and commercial laboratories and state and local health departments. Scientists analyze their genetic sequences to determine which versions of the COVID-19 viruses are most abundant.
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In the week that ended Dec. 11, Omicron’s share of new infections in the US increased to 2.9% from 0.4% the week before, the CDC previously reported.
But CDC on Tuesday said they are revising some of the earlier numbers, after analyzing more specimens. The new numbers indicate that about 13% of the infections the week of Dec. 11 were Omicron, and not 3%, CDC officials said.
Though there remain a lot of new infections caused by the delta variant, “I anticipate that over time that Delta will be crowded out by Omicron,” Walensky said.
美國國家安全顧問將抵達以色列就伊朗問題進行會談
沙利文會見貝內特和以色列同行埃亞爾胡拉塔討論戰略問題,還將會見巴勒斯坦領導人阿巴斯
由雅各布馬吉德和TOI人員今天,上午 8:55
白宮國家安全顧問傑克沙利文於 2021 年 10 月 26 日在華盛頓白宮舉行的每日簡報會上發表講話。(美聯社照片/蘇珊沃爾什)
美國國家安全顧問傑克·沙利文將於週二率領美國代表團抵達以色列,與總理納夫塔利·貝內特和其他高級官員會面。預計雙方將討論伊朗和其他戰略問題。
沙利文還將與以色列同行埃亞爾·胡拉塔一起參加戰略諮詢小組(SCG)的第四次會議。SCG 是一個雙邊組織,旨在合作防止伊朗獲得核武器。
在以色列加入沙利文的還有美國駐中東特使 Brett McGurk 和國務院負責近東事務的代理助理國務卿 Yael Lempert。
在以色列會晤後,沙利文將前往拉馬拉會見巴勒斯坦民族權力機構主席馬哈茂德·阿巴斯。
Lempert 將與 Sullivan 一起參加他的一些會議,並與外交部長 Yair Lapid 舉行會談。她隨後將前往約旦,她將與政府高級官員,包括水利和灌溉部部長穆罕默德·納賈爾和計劃與國際合作部長納賽爾Shraideh滿足,國務院表示,顯然是為了討論最近成交能源約旦和以色列之間和水。
會議召開之際,歐洲外交官警告稱,為確保重返 2015 年與伊朗的核協議而在維也納舉行的核談判“正在迅速走到盡頭”。
對歐洲調解人的打擊是,伊朗要求重新暫停會談,旨在讓美國重返協議並阻止伊朗的核活動。在美國於 2018 年退出該協議後,伊朗公開加強了其核項目。
在伊朗選出新的強硬政府後,談判在中斷五個月後於 11 月底恢復。
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西方的潛在擔憂是擔心伊朗很快會取得足夠的核進展,從而使該協議——根據該協議承諾提供經濟救濟以換取對其核工作的嚴格限制——過時。
2017 年 6 月 7 日,時任美國反伊斯蘭國聯盟全球聯盟特使布雷特·麥格克 (Brett McGurk) 在美國駐伊拉克巴格達大使館舉行的新聞發布會上。 (Hadi Mizban/AP)
本月早些時候,國防部長本尼·甘茨訪問了華盛頓,就伊朗問題進行了討論。他後來告訴記者,他已通知美國官員,他已指示以色列國防軍準備對伊朗發動襲擊。
一位不願透露姓名的高級國防官員表示,甘茨在與美國國防部長勞埃德·奧斯汀和國務卿安東尼·布林肯會晤時提出了可能發生此類襲擊的時間表,但消息人士沒有進一步說明。
甘茨告訴記者,美國和歐洲國家“正在失去耐心”,並意識到伊朗試圖拖延談判,儘管“表現不佳”。
甘茨表示,他已敦促美國加大對伊朗的壓力。
他說:“為了說服伊朗停止對核計劃的幻想,有國際壓力——政治、經濟和軍事壓力——的空間。”
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甘茨說,他會見的政府官員關注以色列的擔憂,並強調伊朗首先是一個全球問題,然後才是以色列的問題。
他說,他在與奧斯汀和布林肯的會晤中同意美國和以色列將進一步發展對德黑蘭的合作。
Jacob Magid 為本報告做出了貢獻。
US national security adviser set to arrive in Israel for talks on Iran
Sullivan to meet with Bennett as well as Israeli counterpart Eyal Hulata to discuss strategic issues, will also meet Palestinian leader Abbas
By JACOB MAGID and TOI STAFFToday, 8:55 am
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Oct. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan was set to arrive in Israel Tuesday at the head of a US delegation for meetings with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other top officials. The sides were expected to discuss Iran and other strategic issues.
Sullivan will also participate in the fourth meeting of the Strategic Consultative Group (SCG) alongside Israeli counterpart Eyal Hulata. The SCG is a bilateral group aimed at collaborating in the effort to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Joining Sullivan in Israel are US envoy to the Middle East Brett McGurk and the State Department’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert.
After his meetings in Israel, Sullivan will travel to Ramallah to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Lempert will join Sullivan in some of his meetings and also hold her own sit-down with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. She will subsequently travel to Jordan where she will meet with senior government officials, including Water and Irrigation Minister Mohammed Al-Najjar and Planning and International Cooperation Minister Nasser Shraideh, the State Department said, apparently to discuss the recent deal between Jordan and Israel on energy and water.
The meetings come as European diplomats warn that nuclear negotiations in Vienna to secure a return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are “rapidly reaching the end of the road.”
In a blow to European mediators, Iran requested a new pause in the talks, which aim to bring the United States back into the agreement and roll back Iran’s nuclear activities. The Islamic Republic publicly stepped up its nuclear projects after the US withdrawal from the deal in 2018.
The talks had resumed in late November after a five-month break following the election of a new hardline government in Iran.
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Underlying Western concerns are fears that Iran will soon make enough nuclear progress to render the accord — under which it was promised economic relief in return for drastic curbs on its nuclear work — obsolete.
Brett McGurk, then-US envoy for the global coalition against Islamic State, at a news conference at the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, June 7, 2017. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
Earlier this month, Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited Washington for discussions on Iran. He later told reporters he’d notified US officials that he had instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for a strike against Iran.
A senior defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, indicated that Gantz had presented a timeline for when such an attack might take place during his meetings with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but the source did not specify further.
Gantz told reporters that the US and European countries “are losing patience” and are realizing that Iran is trying to drag out the negotiations, despite “playing a bad hand.”
Gantz said he has urged the US to step up the pressure against Iran.
“There is room for international pressure — political, economic and also military — in order to convince Iran to stop its fantasies about a nuclear program,” he said.
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Gantz said the administration officials he met with were attentive to Israel’s concerns, and that he emphasized that Iran is first and foremost a global problem, before it is an Israeli one.
He said he agreed during meetings with Austin and Blinken that the US and Israel would further develop their cooperation against Tehran.
Jacob Magid contributed to this report.
專家稱,伊朗與西方不同,對核談判持樂觀態度
隨著歐洲和美國失去耐心,德黑蘭認為通過確保在下一輪會談中討論解除制裁,德黑蘭已經在維也納取得了分數
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伊朗首席核談判代表阿里·巴蓋里·卡尼 (Ali Bagheri Kani) 於 2021 年 12 月 17 日抵達旨在恢復伊朗核協議的聯合全面行動計劃 (JCPOA) 會議地點科堡宮。 (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
德黑蘭(法新社)——專家說,伊朗認為,它在維也納會談中取得了分數,該會談旨在通過設法將製裁救濟納入下一輪的討論文件中來重振其破爛不堪的 2015 年核協議。
解除當時的美國總統唐納德特朗普在 2018 年將華盛頓從該協議中撤出時施加的懲罰性制裁制度一直是德黑蘭的首要任務。
歐洲大國對維也納會談迄今缺乏進展表示失望,他們的外交官週五警告說,會談“正在迅速走到盡頭”。
但伊朗官員和來自伊朗伊斯蘭共和國和國外的政治分析人士表示,從德黑蘭的角度來看,已經取得了進展。
伊朗外交部發言人賽義德·哈蒂布扎德週一表示:“雙方已就兩份新文本達成一致,這是最近幾天在維也納進行的激烈討論的結果。”
“這些文件考慮到了伊朗的立場……我們可以在此基礎上繼續進行未來的討論。”
法國伊朗問題專家伯納德·霍爾卡德 (Bernard Hourcade) 表示,德黑蘭“在本屆會議上成功地說服了他們的對話者,必須優先解決制裁問題,因為這將為核部件的技術解決鋪平道路。”
他說,伊朗經常強調它“一直尊重”最初的 2015 年協議,稱為聯合綜合行動計劃(JCPOA),並且“要由蔑視其榮譽的美國來修復損害。 ”
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歐洲對外行動署 (EEAS) 副秘書長恩里克·莫拉 (Enrique Mora) 於 2021 年 12 月 17 日在維也納舉行的聯合綜合行動計劃 (JCPOA) 會議後向記者發表講話。 (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
Hourcade 補充說,伊朗“知道力量平衡對其有利,因為它現在處於門檻,它可以在短期內像世界上其他大約 30 個國家一樣,如果願意的話,可以製造原子彈。它可以隨時濃縮鈾。”
準備“替代品”
2015 年與伊朗達成協議的各方——英國、中國、法國、德國、俄羅斯和美國——認為這是阻止其發展核武器能力的最佳方式,而德黑蘭一直否認追求這一目標。
伊朗承諾減少其由國際原子能機構監測的核活動,以換取當時對其實施的製裁救濟。
當特朗普退出該協議時,他實施了更加痛苦和全面的製裁制度,包括美國單方面禁止伊朗至關重要的石油銷售,導致伊朗再次加強其核活動。
在美國總統喬拜登接替特朗普後,恢復協議的談判重新開始。他們在伊朗 6 月總統大選前停止,然後在 11 月 29 日恢復。
德黑蘭極端保守的新政府表示,如果西方認真考慮取消制裁併停止製造“威脅”,協議可以“迅速”達成。
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伊朗拒絕與美國直接接觸,因此華盛頓間接參與。
伊朗的敵人以色列不是談判的一方,但如果外交失敗則威脅使用武力,美國也表示正在準備“替代方案”。
2021 年 12 月 17 日,在奧地利維也納,國際原子能機構 (IAEA) 大樓前飄揚的伊朗國旗。(美聯社照片 / Michael Gruber)
'不人道的製裁'
拜登的國家安全顧問傑克·沙利文 (Jake Sullivan) 對會談表示失望,幾天前表示,“從某種意義上說,我們還沒有回到 JCPOA 的道路上,情況並不順利。”
沙利文原定於週二晚些時候抵達以色列進行會談,白宮官員表示,會談將部分關注伊朗和圍繞核會談的“非常嚴重的局勢”,他們稱會談是“不穩定的”。
觀察人士表示,在正在進行的談判中,伊朗尋求依賴其盟友中國和俄羅斯,並希望從最近同意更換一個核設施的 IAEA 監控攝像頭的善意姿態中受益。
伊朗政治學家侯賽因·卡納尼-莫加達姆說,德黑蘭認為現在有兩個文本是“重要的一步”——一個是關於解除制裁,另一個是關於伊朗核活動。
德黑蘭的首席談判代表阿里·巴格里 (Ali Bagheri) 將這兩份文件作為對其改革派前任談判內容的“補充”。
巴蓋里——一位極端保守主義者,對最初的交易持嚴厲批評態度——堅持認為首要任務是“完全取消不公正和不人道的製裁”。
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Kanani-Moghaddam 相信,他現在認為事情會朝著伊朗的方向發展。
他說:“伊朗似乎希望得出一個明確的結論,無論是最終退出還是全面加入 JCPOA。”
“無論如何,目標是擺脫這種不確定的局面。”
Iran, unlike West, is upbeat about nuclear talks, experts say
As Europe and US lose patience, Tehran believes it has scored points in Vienna by ensuring discussion of sanctions relief takes place in next round of talks
By SAMMY KETZToday, 3:24 pm
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at the Coburg Palais, venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meeting aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna on December 17, 2021. (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran believes it has scored points in the Vienna talks meant to revive its tattered 2015 nuclear deal by managing to include sanctions relief in discussion documents for the next round, experts say.
The lifting of the punishing sanctions regime then-US president Donald Trump imposed when he pulled Washington out of the agreement in 2018 has been Tehran’s top priority.
European powers have voiced frustration at a lack of progress so far in the Vienna talks, which their diplomats warned Friday are “rapidly reaching the end of the road.”
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But from Tehran’s perspective, there has been progress, say Iranian officials and political analysts from the Islamic Republic and abroad.
“The parties have agreed on two new texts, the result of intense discussions in recent days in Vienna,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Monday.
“These are documents in which Iran’s position has been taken into account… and on the basis of which we can continue future discussions.”
Bernard Hourcade, a French expert on Iran, said Tehran had “succeeded in this session in convincing their interlocutors that the sanctions must be settled as a priority, because this will pave the way for technical settlement of the nuclear component.”
He said Iran regularly stresses that it has “always respected” the original 2015 deal, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and “that it is up to the United States, which has flouted its honor, to repair the damage.”
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Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora speaks to journalists after a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on December 17, 2021. (ALEX HALADA / AFP)
Iran, Hourcade added, “knows the balance of power is to its advantage because it is now at the threshold, that it is able in the short term, like about 30 other countries in the world, to manufacture an atomic bomb if it wishes. It can enrich uranium whenever it wants.”
Preparing ‘alternatives’
The parties to the 2015 deal with Iran — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States — saw it as the best way to stop it from developing a nuclear weapons capability, a goal Tehran has always denied pursuing.
Iran pledged to reduce its nuclear activities, which are monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, in exchange for relief from sanctions then in force against it.
When Trump pulled out of the deal, he imposed an even more painful and sweeping sanctions regime, including a unilateral US ban on Iran’s crucial oil sales, leading Iran to step up its nuclear activities again.
After US President Joe Biden replaced Trump, talks to revive the accord resumed. They stopped before Iran’s June presidential election, then resumed on November 29.
Tehran’s new ultraconservative government has said agreement could be reached “quickly” if the West is serious about lifting sanctions and stops making “threats.”
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Iran refuses to engage directly with the US, so Washington is participating indirectly.
Iran’s foe Israel is not a party to the talks but has threatened force if diplomacy fails, and the US has also said it is preparing “alternatives.”
A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, December 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber)
‘Inhumane sanctions’
Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, has voiced frustration with the talks, saying days ago that “it’s not going well in the sense that we do not yet have a pathway back into the JCPOA.”
Sullivan was due to arrive in Israel later Tuesday for talks, which White House officials said would focus partly on Iran and the “very serious situation” around the nuclear talks, which they described as “fluid.”
In the ongoing talks, say observers, Iran has sought to rely on its allies China and Russia, and also hoped to benefit from the goodwill gesture of recently agreeing to replace IAEA monitoring cameras at one nuclear site.
Iranian political scientist Hossein Kanani-Moghaddam said Tehran saw as an “important step” the fact that there are now two texts — one on lifting sanctions, the other on Iran’s nuclear activities.
Tehran’s chief negotiator Ali Bagheri presented the two documents as “supplementary points” to what had been negotiated by his reformist predecessors.
Bagheri — an ultraconservative, and a harsh critic of the original deal — has insisted the main priority is “the complete lifting of unjust and inhumane sanctions.”
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He now sees things going Iran’s way, Kanani-Moghaddam believes.
“It appears that the Islamic Republic wants to reach a definitive conclusion, whether it be final withdrawal or total membership of the JCPOA,” he said.
“In any case, the objective is to get out of this uncertain situation.”
內塔尼亞胡再次因誹謗案未能出庭,被罰款 2,000 新謝克爾
由於前總理的律師為兒子帶來病假,會議推遲;原告的律師:“我希望他在我們的下一次會議上足夠強大,我們最終會到達那裡”
通過TOI人員今天,下午 2:43
2021 年 3 月 10 日,時任總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡的兒子亞伊爾·內塔尼亞胡抵達特拉維夫地方法院參加法庭聽證會。 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
週二,前總理本傑明·內塔尼亞胡的兒子亞伊爾·內塔尼亞胡因在誹謗訴訟中未能出庭而被勒令支付 2,000 新謝克爾(630 美元)。開庭日期推遲到 1 月 27 日,內塔尼亞胡警告說他下次必須出席。
內塔尼亞胡的律師約西·科恩 (Yossi Cohen) 向 Kfar Saba 地方法院提交了一份醫生證明,稱他的當事人生病了。這是內塔尼亞胡第二次錯過此案的開庭日期。
原告的律師羅恩·洛文塔爾 (Ron Lowenthal) 在諷刺的言論中說:“我們只能祝愿亞伊爾·內塔尼亞胡身體健康,並在今天的會議之前從昨晚折磨他的突如其來的疾病中康復。我希望他在我們的下一次會議中足夠強大,因為我們想處理這個案子……與出現並在社交媒體上解釋他們的評論的人一起進行。
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“有很多延誤和疾病,但我們最終會到達那裡。”
去年,達娜·卡西迪( Dana Cassidy)在網上發布了她的照片和詳細信息後,對內塔尼亞胡提起了訴訟,導致內塔尼亞胡家族的支持者對其進行了騷擾。
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這張照片是卡西迪與藍白黨主席本尼·甘茨(Benny Gantz)拍的一張舊自拍照。與此同時,內塔尼亞胡寫道:“有人知道這是誰嗎?” 他是在發布有關甘茨據稱有過的事情的未經證實的指控後這樣做的。
一個支持利庫德集團的推特賬戶發布了卡西迪和甘茨的照片,並附上了標題:“他邀請我喝茶,這讓我很興奮。” 卡西迪說她從來沒有寫過這樣的東西。
去年,達娜·卡西迪(Dana Cassidy)在網上發布了她的照片和詳細信息,導致內塔尼亞胡家族的支持者對其進行騷擾。
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這些帖子導致卡西迪遭受網上騷擾,並聲稱她與甘茨發生了性侵犯。然後她以誹謗罪起訴內塔尼亞胡。
內塔尼亞胡以其經常好戰的社交媒體帖子而聞名,這些帖子多次讓他陷入困境。
今年早些時候,法院短暫命令內塔尼亞胡在誹謗訴訟中向原告支付 500,000 新謝克爾(154,000 美元),因為他未能出庭為自己辯護。
法院後來接受了內塔尼亞胡的上訴,因為他聲稱他從未收到過針對他的通知,並同意繼續審查此案。但當時內塔尼亞胡被命令向卡西迪支付 4,500 新謝克爾(1,384 美元)以支付辯護費。
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卡西迪說,對內塔尼亞胡在社交媒體上的帖子的反應是一種“大規模性騷擾”,海報多次提到她和她與甘茨的關係。
她說她後來被媒體的“大量”電話淹沒,要求她對她與這位政客的所謂戀情發表評論。
另外,內塔尼亞胡在夏天被命令在另一起誹謗案中支付約 280,000 新謝克爾(90,000 美元)的賠償和法律費用。
內塔尼亞胡被前 Walla 新聞網站編輯 Avi Alkalay 起訴,因為他在社交媒體上分享了一些帖子,聲稱該編輯是與國家檢方一起針對其父親的“種植鼴鼠”,並指控他與國家檢察官勾結。前瓦拉編輯是本傑明內塔尼亞胡正在進行的腐敗審判的核心證人之一。
內塔尼亞胡後來試圖推遲支付,聲稱他沒有資金,但法院駁回了他的主張,稱文件顯示他有大約 100 萬新謝克爾的流動資產。
Yair Netanyahu again fails to show up in court for libel case, is fined NIS 2,000
Session delayed as former PM’s lawyer brings sick note for son; plaintiff’s attorney: ‘I hope he is strong enough for our next session, we’ll get there in the end’
By TOI STAFFToday, 2:43 pm
Yair Netanyahu, son of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on March 10, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Yair Netanyahu, the son of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was ordered to pay NIS 2,000 ($630) on Tuesday for failing to show up to court in a libel suit against him. The court date was postponed to January 27, with Netanyahu warned he must attend next time.
Netanyahu’s attorney Yossi Cohen had brought a doctor’s note to the Kfar Saba Magistrate’s Court, saying his client was sick. This was Netanyahu’s second time missing a court date in the case.
In wry remarks, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Ron Lowenthal, said: “We can only wish good health to Yair Netanyahu and recovery from his sudden illness that afflicted him last night, ahead of today’s session. I hope he is strong enough for our next session, because we’d like to conduct this case… with people who show up and explain their comments on social media.
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“There are lots of delays and illnesses, but we’ll get there in the end.”
The cause against Netanyahu was filed by Dana Cassidy last year after he posted her photo and details online, leading to harassment by supporters of the Netanyahu family.
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The photo was an old selfie Cassidy had taken with Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz. Alongside it, Netanyahu wrote, “Does anyone know who this is?” He did so after posting unsubstantiated allegations about affairs Gantz had supposedly had.
A pro-Likud Twitter account posted the image of Cassidy with Gantz, with the superimposed caption: “He invited me for tea and it turned me on.” Cassidy said she never wrote anything of the sort.
Dana Cassidy last year after he posted her photo and details online, leading to harassment by supporters of the Netanyahu family.
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The posts led to Cassidy suffering online harassment and claims of her supposed sexual exploits with Gantz. She then sued Netanyahu for libel.
Netanyahu is known for his often belligerent social media posts, which have landed him in trouble on multiple occasions.
Earlier this year Netanyahu was briefly ordered by the court to pay the plaintiff NIS 500,000 ($154,000) in the libel suit after he failed to come to court to defend himself.
The court later accepted Netanyahu’s appeal, as he claimed he had never received the notice against him, and agreed to continue to review the case. But Netanyahu was ordered at the time to pay Cassidy NIS 4,500 ($1,384) to cover defense fees.
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Cassidy said the reactions to Netanyahu’s post on social media were a form of “mass sexual harassment,” with posters making numerous sexual references to her and her supposed relationship with Gantz.
She said she was later inundated with “a flood” of calls from the media asking her for comment on her purported affair with the politician.
Separately, Netanyahu was ordered over the summer to pay some NIS 280,000 ($90,000) in compensation and legal fees in another libel case.
Netanyahu was sued by former Walla news site editor Avi Alkalay over posts he shared on social media claiming the editor was “a planted mole” working with the state prosecution against his father, and accused him of being in cahoots with the state prosecutor. The former Walla editor is one of the central witnesses in the ongoing corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu later attempted to delay the payout, claiming he did not have the funds, but the court rejected his assertion, saying documents showed he had some NIS 1 million in liquid assets.
環保組織稱每年浪費1億立方米雨水
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環境倡導組織 Adam Teva V'Din 警告說,每年冬天約有 1 億立方米的雨水被浪費掉,相當於以色列家庭一年用水量的十分之一,因為沒有政府政策來管理它。警告成為頭條新聞。
該組織表示,這一數量也等於海水淡化設施一年生產的飲用水量,這一過程向大氣排放了約 75,000 噸全球變暖氣體。
“主要是,1億立方米的水是我們非常需要的水,用於飲用、農業、恢復地下水和溪流,以及近幾十年來一直在枯竭的所有天然水源。”
該組織表示,它正在與地方和國家政府合作,試圖就長期、預算合理的全國風暴準備計劃達成協議,作為應對氣候變化影響的更廣泛準備工作的一部分。
Omicron 可能會放棄兩種針對 COVID-19 的領先藥物
由AP和TOI 工作人員提供
美國醫生用來對抗 COVID-19 感染的兩種標準藥物可能對新的 Omicron 菌株無效。
一年多來,再生元和禮來的抗體藥物一直是早期 COVID-19 的首選治療方法,這要歸功於它們能夠預防嚴重疾病並使患者遠離醫院。
但兩家製藥商最近警告說,實驗室測試表明,他們的療法對 Omicron 的效力要低得多,Omicron 含有數十種突變,使抗體更難攻擊病毒。雖然這些公司表示他們可以快速開發新的 Omicron 靶向抗體,但預計這些抗體至少需要幾個月的時間才能推出。
英國製藥商葛蘭素史克的第三種抗體似乎最適合對抗 Omicron。
2021 年 8 月 19 日,在佛羅里達州勞德代爾堡的一家醫院看到了 Regeneron 單克隆抗體輸液袋。(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP,文件)
福奇說 Omicron 的變種“正在全球肆虐”
通過AP
白宮最高醫療顧問說,COVID-19 Omicron 變種“正在全球肆虐”,美國總統喬·拜登正計劃對未接種疫苗的美國人“發出嚴酷的警告,說明冬天的情況”。
該縣領先的傳染病專家安東尼·福奇博士告訴 NBC 的“與媒體見面”,美國醫院系統的“真正問題”是“我們這個國家有很多有資格接種疫苗但沒有接種疫苗的人”。還沒打過疫苗。”
拜登在大約 10 個月前預測的樂觀情緒與因冠狀病毒感染浪潮而寒冷的冬天的前景大相徑庭,當時他在 CNN 市政廳建議該國將在今年聖誕節前恢復正常。拜登一直小心翼翼地不許諾言,但人們對這個國家的信心卻受到了持續不斷的 COVID-19 突變和變異浪潮的打擊,這讓許多美國人情緒疲憊、沮喪和擔心感染。
德國國防部長支持對俄羅斯實施更嚴厲制裁
通過AFP
德國國防部長克里斯汀·蘭布雷希特(Christine Lambrecht)呼籲對俄羅斯在烏克蘭邊境部署部隊採取更嚴厲的製裁,因為她將訪問立陶宛視察北約軍隊。
對任何侵略負責的人都必鬚麵臨“個人後果”,蘭布雷希特告訴德國每週圖片報,並補充說德國及其盟國應該將俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾普京及其隨行人員置於“我們的視線”。
“我們必須用盡所有外交和經濟制裁的可能性。所有進一步的步驟都應該得到我們的盟友的同意,”社會民主黨說。
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