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据英国《金融时报》报道，美国驻土耳其大使兼叙利亚问题特使汤姆·巴拉克（Tom Barrack）表示，以色列本周空袭叙利亚一座空军基地，可能是一场出于国内政治考量的行动，意在今年秋季大选前“诱使土耳其卷入冲突”。    While Germany's producer prices observe the biggest rise since records began in 1949, the index has also shown the biggest month-on-month increase, leaping 5.3% from June to July.,"The outlook for the further development [of the economy] is currently noticeably gloomy," and marked by "a high degree of uncertainty," Germany's Finance Ministry said in its August monthly report, quoted by Reuters.,"We have something like a tsunami coming," said Florian Josef Hoffmann, former president of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce East Thuringia and author of "Occupy Economics." "It’s calm water, everything goes slowly down. For example, furniture retail has completely stopped and other things are going down, too. Everything goes slower step by step. But the disaster comes, as I told you, in autumn. And that will be very bad. I can't imagine that this economy can easily survive this really critical situation.",Germans have been experiencing some pre-existing domestic problems as the government turned down nuclear and coal plants in order to switch over to gas and renewables, he noted. However, anti-Russian sanctions which included a sweeping energy embargo "create a real huge problem for the economy because it is based on the cheap Russian gas and now it's cut down by the own will of the government," according to Hoffmann.,"They cut down the gas import [from Russia]," he explained. "So the whole strategy of the past is ruined, and that's the problem. And that makes for great uncertainty because more or less the ship runs against the ice mountain. It's more than uncertainty; I see even the crash coming along for the German economy, not only because of these sanctions, but because of the consequences of the sanctions.",Energy Crisis in EuropeEU Will Not Replace Russian Gas in Full If Nord Stream 1 Remains Shut, Expert Says19 July, 18:20 GMT,The Russo-German chill started with Berlin suspending the Nord Stream 2 project on February 22, 2022. Moscow launched a special military operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine two days later, after the US, NATO and the EU defied Russia's draft security agreements envisaging ending the transatlantic military alliance's expansion and deployment in Ukraine.,In the aftermath of the operation, the US and its NATO allies have introduced several packages of sanctions. The EU pledged to end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels before 2030, following in Washington and London's footsteps. In April, Brussels laid out targets to slash its demand for Russian natural gas by two-thirds by the end of 2022.,Western sanctions also complicated Gazprom's maintenance of the existing Nord Stream 1 infrastructure. The Russian company was forced to reduce shipments via the network in mid-June over delays in the repair of a Siemens-built high-pressure gas pumping turbine in Canada. Ottawa deliberately delayed the return of the turbine, which had undergone maintenance work, back to Europe, citing anti-Russian sanctions. To make matters worse, the Canadian side did not provide proper documentation for the turbine which resulted in further delays. In late July, Gazprom said that it had to stop the operation of another Siemens gas turbine engine for maintenance, which prompted western press to groundlessly claim that Russia was deliberately cutting gas supplies to Europe.,Berlin's energy policy is dictated from Washington for the detriment of the people of Germany, according to Dr. Christian Blex, an AfD lawmaker from the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.,"The sanctions that the hypermoral German government in particular is repeatedly demanding are therefore particularly bad for our country," he said. "Any responsible government would base its actions on the well-being of its own people rather than acting as a vassal of the US.",Energy Crisis in EuropeGermany Should Immediately Launch Nord Stream 2, Bundestag Vice Speaker Says08:42 GMT,Biggest Problems Coming in Autumn, Winter,As of yet, the negative impact of sanctions is not particularly felt by ordinary Germans, according to the observers.,"At the moment we don't feel anything. Big bills are only announced and haven't yet reached the consumers," said Hoffmann. "But the announcements are that the energy prices will go up three to five fold, for many people [this will be] simply unpayable. That’s what is going to come in autumn. Ordinary people prepare by buying canned food or wood or gas stoves. What I also know is, for instance, that not only the ordinary people, but also the cities are preparing. The city of Dusseldorf is cutting down the heating of all gangways in their administration facilities. They are cutting the temperature down from 21 degrees centigrade to 19 or even 17, closing saunas and heating outside swimming pools. They are cutting down lights on public buildings.",While the people are not yet in panic, the German authorities are, according to Hoffmann.,"The government is talking about reducing the turnover tax for gas from 19% to 7% and they are trying to reduce the tax load for pensioners and other instruments to calm down the people," he noted. "But it's ridiculous what they plan when you look at the task of breaking a huge breakdown of the economy. It's only peanuts.",Meanwhile, businesses are expecting climbing power prices, and they are already thinking about how to compensate for that, according to him.,"The German economy looks to the future with serious concerns," echoed Blex. "In contrast to many citizens, business knows exactly what the energy crisis will bring. In public, however, criticism is heard only hesitantly. Fear of green politics and the media is still very great. As the suffering increases, the criticism will become louder… The biggest problems are coming up for the ordinary people with the inflation of food prices and extremely with the power costs. It will hit the poor, the low income class, those who will have to pay not 40, 50 or 60 euros per month for their power, but 200, 400 or even 500. That will make them not only hungry but upset.",WorldGerman Craftsmen Urge Chancellor Scholz to Scrap Sanctions Against Russia13:40 GMT,The AfD lawmaker expects a worsening recession with industrial production falling noticeably in Germany. He forecasts that short-time work will be reintroduced, adding that retailers are already noticing that more and more Germans are making significant savings. After all, the German national debt will continue to rise rapidly, according to him.,For his part, Hoffmann does not rule out that the people will eventually take to the streets en masse, stressing that the German government has already been preparing for this scenario.,"Our Ministry of Defense is preparing a special task force of 1900 soldiers, which have to keep peace within the country," he said. "This is an incredible decision. Our Bundeswehr is an army solely for defense against attacks from the outside. This basic rule is now broken, which means we are now in a totalitarian regime which has no respect for laws and our Constitution. They simply do what they want including censorship. And as one can see, they are preparing for a revolution.",Hoffmann cites German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as saying that the country's forces won't shoot at the people. However, the author expresses skepticism about Scholz' pledge: "It is like 'nobody wants to build a wall' in 1961 and then it was built some weeks later. So, the situation is disastrous," he concluded.。这是迄今美国官方对以军此次行动最严厉的公开批评。

美国大使汤姆·巴拉克美联社本周二，以色列空袭了叙利亚西北部伊德利卜省的阿布·杜胡尔空军基地。袭击后，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡称，以方担忧土耳其将在该基地建立军事设施，从而威胁以色列国家安全。以色列一些分析人士进一步猜测，土方计划在那里部署防空雷达和攻击型无人机。但巴拉克22日在一场网络访谈中驳斥了这一说法。“这些说法毫无根据。那里没有任何土耳其军事资产，安卡拉也没有打算进驻这座基地。”他还提出一种更具争议的判断：鉴于内塔尼亚胡目前在民调中落后，以色列可能是在10月大选前采取一种“极具攻击性、但在选举中颇受欢迎”的策略，试图“诱饵式挑动土耳其”。

造袭的阿布·杜胡尔空军基地路透社巴拉克透露，空袭发生后，土耳其原本完全可以起飞战斗机拦截以军战机，而这将造成“一场没有必要的升级”。他进一步警告称：“那可能演变成第三次世界大战。”他还提出另一种可能性，即此次空袭源于内塔尼亚胡办公室、以色列国防军（IDF）与摩萨德之间的“沟通失误”。巴拉克的言论很快遭到以色列国防部长伊斯雷尔·卡茨反驳。值得注意的是，卡茨选择在犹太教安息日发布声明，这在以色列政坛较为罕见。卡茨称，以军是依据“明确情报”多次建议打击阿布·杜胡尔基地，因为土耳其计划在那里开展军事行动。他还表示：已向叙利亚政府发出“直接警告”，美国也在行动前获悉相关信息。

B | 这一说法遭巴拉克否认。卡茨还讽刺称：“埃尔多安被抓了个现行，只能被迫后退。”他同时批评巴拉克将戈兰高地称作“被占领的叙利亚土地”，强调特朗普在第一任期内已承认以色列对戈兰高地的主权。2024年以来，加沙战争导致土耳其与以色列关系急剧降温，土耳其暂停了两国双边贸易。

C | 此后，双方矛盾进一步扩大，叙利亚成为最主要的摩擦点。今年6月，以军扩大对叙利亚和黎巴嫩的军事行动时，埃尔多安曾公开表示：“土耳其的安全，始于阿勒颇，始于大马士革，也始于贝鲁特。我们绝不会对针对兄弟的任何攻击视而不见。”随着土耳其地区影响力不断扩大，以色列国内越来越多政界人士和战略分析人士开始将其视作新的安全挑战，甚至有人将土耳其称为“新的伊朗”。