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一 |     Israeli officials are planning to ask US President Joe Biden for his formal blessing to provide an Iron Beam laser-based air defense system to Gulf Arab states including the United Arab Emirates and possibly Saudi Arabia, Israel’s Channel 12 has reported.,The unsourced Hebrew-language report, cited by the Times of Israel, indicated the delivery of the system to the Gulf countries would assist with the US-led push to ramp up air defense cooperation between Tel Aviv and a loose regional coalition including Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.,The Jewish State does not have formal diplomatic relations with the latter two country, and Riyadh has repeatedly stated that it would not establish formal ties with Israel until the Palestinian question and the creation of a Palestinian state was settled.,On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing US and Middle Eastern sources, that the Pentagon had organized a hush-hush meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in March to discuss ways to improve air defense cooperation against Iranian ballistic missiles and drones. The meeting was said to have been chaired by then-US Central Command chief Frank McKenzie, and attended by top military commanders from Israel and the Arab countries who were invited.,Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who announced the formation of a regional anti-Iranian air defense alliance last week, appeared to signal the veracity of WSJ’s reporting on Monday, saying Israel was “building” a “wide partnership with additional countries in the region to ensure a secure, stable and prosperous Middle East,” and that “among other things, this also includes aerial defense.”,Israel Creating 'Middle East Air Defense Alliance' Under US' Wing, Defense Minister Says20 June, 11:03 GMT,“We will strengthen this, as a stable Middle East is an international, regional and Israeli interest of the highest order,” Gantz said.,Iran’s military also appeared to issue an indirect response to WSJ’s report, with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri warning Monday that Tehran “will not tolerate” the threats posed by Israel and its cooperation with CENTCOM, and “will definitely react to them.”,Israel has long touted the purported advanced capabilities of its so-called ‘Iron Beam’ laser-based air defense system, a prototype of which was unveiled last year. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the “game-changer” weapon would shift the balance in Israel’s favor, with the estimated $2 in electricity required per burst to intercept enemy rockets just a drop in the bucket compared to the tens of thousands of dollars a rocket might cost. Bennett expressed hope that the system would come online by 2023.,‘Iron Beam’: Israel’s New Laser Air Defence System ‘Will Bankrupt Enemies’, Bennett Says1 June, 11:44 GMT,Last week, Breaking Defense reported that Israel would ask Biden for more money Iron Beam’s development, on top of the $3.3 billion in annual US subsidies already received by the Israeli military and defense establishment. The outlet’s sources indicated that Israel will likely ask the US president to shell out about $300 million in additional cash.,“The relations between the US and Israel are solid. The issues that will be on the table during the visit are of utmost importance to both the US and Israel. I’m confident that the talks will be fruitful to both sides,” a senior defense source told the outlet.,During his trip to the Middle East next month, Biden is expected to tour an Israeli airbase and get a firsthand look at the prototype laser weapons being developed by Israeli defense giants Rafael and Elbit Systems.,Lasers for use against aircraft, missiles, drones, ships, and ground equipment have been on the drawing board of weapons developers since the Cold War, with engineers spending decades mulling over the prospects of replacing conventional missile and shell projectiles with the futuristic beam pulse. But energy-directed weapons have long faced what have previously been deemed unsolvable issues, such as the immense amounts of power required to operate them, as well as interaction between combat lasers and natural phenomena such as rain, fog, smog or dust, all of which dissipates their strength.,Last month, US weapons maker Raytheon reported that its own laser weapon, fitted aboard an Army Stryker vehicle, had successfully downed incoming mortar rounds in testing.,Raytheon Laser Weapon on Stryker Vehicle Succeeds at Shooting Down Incoming Mortar Shells19 May, 22:19 GMT。

二 |     德国女外长贝尔伯克被叙利亚实际控制者艾哈迈德·沙拉拒绝握手的一幕传遍世界，这是她本人的尴尬、也让德国挺没面子。如果说是女性拒绝同男性握手，被拒者还有较大诙谐自嘲的空间。但这是反过来的，而且是贝尔伯克与法国外长巴罗一起“上赶着”跑去大马士革见对方，贝尔伯克主动笑着伸出手，却遭了拒绝。

三 | 难怪德国《焦点》周刊说贝尔伯克受到了“双重蔑视”。尽管贝尔伯克事后表示“当我来到这里时，我很清楚，不会有正常的握手”，但是这显然是她为挽回一些面子的自我开脱，因为如果她完全清楚对方将做出拒绝的反应，她就不会主动笑吟吟地伸出手了。遭拒绝握手肯定是外交尴尬，但又不止于此。虽然贝尔伯克是德国外交部长，她当时是以这一身份出面的，但她同时毕竟还是女性，这样的尴尬会被很多人看成对她人格的羞辱。伊斯兰教最保守的规定禁止没有亲密关系的异性握手，但是在比较开明的伊斯兰世界，男女握手，尤其是公职人员礼节性握手，已经司空见惯。很多非穆斯林男性都有在伊斯兰国家与女性公职人员握手的经历，在巴沙尔时期的叙利亚，这也不是个问题。▲1月3日，德国外长贝尔伯克（左一）、法国外长巴罗（右一）与“叙利亚沙姆解放武装”领导人艾哈迈德·沙拉（中）在大马士革举行会晤。（图源：外媒）德国和法国都在淡化贝尔伯克被拒握手的尴尬，这可以理解，因为与叙利亚新政权合作已经成为西方的主流选择。不过这件事情预示了叙利亚新政权可能与西方发生的潜在冲突。西方与伊斯兰国家被亨廷顿视为“文明冲突”，不过西方现在完全用地缘政治思维考量哪个叙利亚政权对他们更有利，所以出女外长被当地政权首领拒绝握手的尴尬，在今后可能就不是孤立的，他们之间的摩擦或许刚刚开始。

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