BERLIN - (Xinhua) Damages caused by extreme weather have cost Germany 145 billion euros (146.5 billion US dollars) since 2000, according to a study published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action on Monday.

Most of the damage, worth 80 billion euros, occurred in the past four years, the study said. Disasters related to floods in July 2021, which destroyed entire villages and killed 186 people, accounted for half of the losses.

"The climate crisis is escalating around the world," said Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck, citing current droughts and bushfires in southern Europe and floods in Australia, Madagascar and Germany.

Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said the study was "a wake-up call that more crisis-prevention efforts are needed" to avoid further heavy losses globally and for the German economy.

While Germany aims to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 65 percent by 2030 from 1990 levels, the government last week postponed presenting concrete measures to achieve the national target.

Due to the imminent gas shortage caused by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Germany recently decided to restart some coal-fired power plants to ensure the security of electricity supply.

"This is an emergency, short-term measure that will not come at the expense of our climate goals," Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the Petersburg Climate Dialogue on Monday, adding that "we should not now think of slipping into a global renaissance of fossil energy, coal in particular."

Schultz reaffirmed the commitment of major Western industrialized nations to provide $100 billion annually in climate finance in poor countries. Germany has announced a contribution of €6 billion by 2025 at the latest.

Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine hopes to resume evacuating civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol on Tuesday, while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will go to the Ukrainian parliament by videoconference, the first such move by a Western official since the war began.

Evacuations are supposed to resume on Tuesday morning, with the support of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in the destroyed city of Mariupol, which is now occupied by the Russians, according to the municipal council of this strategic coastal city located in the southeast of the country. Last weekend witnessed for the first time since A siege was imposed on the city two months ago and the incessant bombing operations, the evacuation of about a hundred civilians who were refugees in the underground floors of the Azovstal steel complex, which is the last pocket of resistance in the strategic city located in the south of Donbass.

But Monday, in Zaporizhia, 200km northwest of Mariupol, a car park converted into a refugee reception site where two armored four-wheel drive vehicles belonging to UNICEF and international NGOs parked did not catch a convoy from Mariupol.

And in the evening, the Azov battalion, participating in the defense of the steel plant, explained, "After a partial evacuation of civilians from the territory of Azovstal, the enemy continues to bomb the factory, including buildings in which civilians are hiding." The city, where AFP headed Friday as part of an organized visit from the Russian army, does not appear to be a confrontation except for the distant sound of explosions emanating regularly from Azovstal. Destroyed. In southwestern Ukraine, coastal Odessa was once again the target of Russian missiles.

On Monday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned a Russian strike that killed a teenager and injured a girl at ten o'clock. "For what? What did these children threaten... the Russian state?" Zelenci asked.

The Ukrainians fear that the city will become one of Russia's targets, especially after the assurances of a Russian general that the Kremlin attack in Ukraine aims to establish a corridor from Russia to the separatist Moldavian region of Transdniestria, passing through Odessa. Western allies are increasing their pressure on Moscow and their support for Kiev, with a speech by the British Prime Minister via video. In front of the Ukrainian Parliament, in the first such gesture by a Western official since the start of the Russian invasion. Your glory."

He will add, "When my country was threatened with invasion during the Second World War, our Parliament, like yours, continued to sit during the conflict, and the British people showed such great unity and determination that we remember our period of great peril as our hour of glory."

According to the statement, the Prime Minister will announce in his speech a new military aid package for Kiev worth 300 million pounds (357 million euros), which includes especially defensive military equipment. So far, Britain has provided Ukraine with 5,000 anti-tank missiles and five air defense missile systems with more than From 100 missiles and 4.5 tons of explosives. The Europeans, for their part, are working to tighten economic sanctions against Moscow. On Tuesday, the European Commission will propose a sixth package of sanctions, which will include a timetable for a gradual cessation of Russian oil imports, which constitute 30% of the European Union's imports in this regard. Immediate effect, especially the imposition of fees on transport by oil tankers, according to a European official.

The new sanctions will also include "the banking sector with the exit of other Russian banks from the SWIFT system," according to what European Union Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said in Panama on Monday. Speculation about how Moscow will present the gains it has made in Ukraine.

And the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense believed on Monday that Moscow might take advantage of these celebrations to raise the issue of annexing separatist "republican" loyal to it in the Donbass to the Russian Federation. Moscow had recognized the independence of these regions prior to its invasion of Ukraine. In Washington, the US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Michael Carpenter, referred to "very reliable" information that Russia intends to organize referendums "around mid-May" in an "attempt to annex" Donetsk and Lugansk in Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.

The governor of Luhansk said that he expected an "intensification of bombing operations" with the approach of May 9. However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denied that Russia was preparing a special military move on this anniversary, in an interview with the Italian "Mediaset" broadcast on Sunday. A sensation caused by Lavrov's remarks, which said that "Jewish blood was flowing through Hitler," which sparked diplomatic tensions with Israel.

On Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid denounced his Russian counterpart's statements and summoned the Russian ambassador to obtain "clarifications".

On the ground in the Donbass region, the Russian forces continued their offensive with fierce battles in the vicinity of Izyum, Liman and Robzhny, which the Russians are trying to "control in preparation for their attack on Severodonetsk," one of the major cities in Donbass that is still under the control of Kiev, according to what the Ukrainian General Staff confirmed. maf/gt/gdMEDIASET SPA

Jerusalem - Pal Sport Agency / The Palestinian hero from the town of Silwan, Jerusalem, Muhammad Essam Abu Sway, won the silver medal and ranked second in the "Mens physique" ... Mr Universe IFB championship, which was held today, Saturday, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

The Jerusalemite sports family congratulated the Jerusalemite champion Abu Sway on this great achievement.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - President Mahmoud Abbas stressed, on Thursday evening, the need to end the division and establish a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and confront the occupation's annexation plans.

This came in a speech he delivered during a mass festival of the "Fatah" movement in Gaza, on the eighteenth anniversary of the martyrdom of the late President Yasser Arafat , in the presence of the leaders of the factions and the national and Islamic forces, in Al-Katiba Square, west of Gaza City.

President Abbas said, "Gaza is the impregnable fortress of our national project with our people in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the diaspora," stressing the continuation of following "the approach of Fatah and the approach of the Liberation Organization, the sole and legitimate representative of our people... the approach of Palestinian nationalism, which was enshrined in the consciousness of this great people."

President Abbas stressed that the Palestinian people will remain invincible to defeat and defeat, in the face of the Zionist narrative that attempts to strip our people from their homeland, land and history.

He reiterated that the "Fatah" movement would not accept the continuation of division, and that there would be no Palestinian state in the West Bank without Gaza, and no state in Gaza without the West Bank and Jerusalem.

President Abbas said: "We will not accept anything less than a Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. This is the trust of President Arafat, and we are committed to achieving it."

He added, "As Abu Ammar repeated: They see it as distant, and we see it as close by the steadfastness of our people."

And he considered that the continuation of the division means the absence of a single geography for the Palestinian state, wondering who benefits from that.

And he continued, "We feel the suffering of our people under the unjust siege, and we try as much as we can to alleviate it for you.. But this pain and torment will not end until the end of the division that has taken our cause steps back and threatens the gains achieved by our people, the price of which was heavy sacrifices of the martyrs and the wounded."

And he continued: "Arafat left a great national legacy that we must preserve... They wanted to divide us and believed that they succeeded in 1948, but we opened our renaissance and our people rose with us despite their massacres and blurred our identity and our cause, and we revived it and crucified its promise... Yasser Arafat handed us the national constants and we adhere to them and will not We give it up, and we said in his farewell, the covenant is the covenant, and the oath is the oath.. We have to be ready for the next stage and thwart the annexation schemes, as we failed them before, and as we thwarted the deal of the century, and we firmly confront attempts to prevent the leadership of the Palestinian state in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.

He added: "We tell them that we are here to stay and we will not leave, and we will remain adherent to our constants, our independent national decision and the decisions of international legitimacy, and we will continue to reject any dictates from anyone. We will remain together as one hand until we end the division and occupation, and we have nothing but this option and the path, and we will follow it until Jerusalem and raise the flags of Palestine." on our sanctities.

President Abbas concluded his speech: "We will continue the march until we achieve the goal of freedom, independence and an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, the jewel of our crown and the spirit of our patriotism."

The commissioner of the "Fatah" movement in Gaza, and a member of the Central Committee of the movement, Ahmed Helles, delivered a speech in which he said that Gaza was subjected to aggression and siege, but it did not bow its head and remained and will remain proud, and that the late President Yasser Arafat deserves this fulfillment from it, as he was present in every arena, field and event. National.

Hellas added, "Yasser Arafat is the bomber of the revolution and the sponsor of national unity. He paid a price with his life in order to preserve his brothers and fellow fighters."

And he emphasized that our people are united in the face of plans to obliterate our identity and our rights, and that those who think they are alternatives to our people are destined to disappear.

The Fatah leader said, "The time has come for Gaza to be seen for what it deserves. Gaza has paid all the prices and has never given up on its national project. It has never abandoned its role and has never been late in any of our people's battles. Gaza, which represents the pride of the Palestinian people, has no right to It is not permissible for anyone to neglect Gaza and to remain a single martyr whose relatives search for his rights.. The time has come to do justice to all the families of our martyrs, as they are not political classifications, and they are the martyrs of Palestine, all of Palestine.

Hellas added, "There should not be any form of discrimination on the basis of geography, between one place and another, and between one employee and another. All of our people deserve to enjoy the same status. Gaza has the right to take its rights. Gaza does not barter its rights for its national belonging." It cannot barter over its national cause and its sanctities. Gaza has not and will not barter, but it has the right to raise its voice and extract its right.”

He continued, "Everyone should devote themselves to the greatest danger represented by the occupation that targets our land, our people, and our sanctities."

He pointed out that President Abbas made decisions for implementation, but these decisions are up to the parties that are supposed to implement them, and they are decisions related to justice for the people of Gaza, its employees and its martyrs, and they must be implemented.

Hellas stressed the need to end the division by heading for comprehensive elections to turn the page on the division.

He called for the necessity of serious and effective action in order to rekindle hope in future generations, in light of what the current generation is going through, which goes abroad without returning.

Brussels - (AFP) - The European Union on Saturday condemned the Taliban's ban on women working in non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan , announcing that it was assessing the repercussions of this on the issue of providing aid to the country.

"The European Union strongly condemns the Taliban's recent decision to ban women from working in national and international NGOs... We are assessing the situation and its impact on our provision of aid on the ground," a spokeswoman for the European Union's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, told AFP in a statement.

The Taliban has ordered NGOs operating in the country to prevent female employees from working for them.

A notice sent to all NGOs stated that the decision came as a result of "non-compliance of women" working for NGOs with the "veil".

It is not yet clear whether the new directives include foreign women working in non-governmental organizations, knowing that two international non-governmental organizations working in Afghanistan confirmed to France Press that they had received the notice.

The European Union is one of the most prominent funders of relief organizations working in Afghanistan, but it does not officially recognize the Taliban government.

"Our main concern remains the well-being, rights and freedoms of the Afghan people," Borrell's spokeswoman, Nabila Masrali, said.

She stressed that banning women from working in non-governmental organizations "is yet another severe limitation on the ability of women in Afghanistan to exercise their basic rights and freedoms and represents a clear violation of humanitarian principles."

Written by: Wissam Zaghbar

The global food security crisis is no longer far from the territories of the Palestinian Authority, but has affected it and affected the poor and marginalized groups without the government agencies in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip taking urgent and serious measures and measures to save the poor, the needy and those with limited income and to support the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their land in the face of the colonial settler occupation The Israeli apartheid system

The global food security crisis prompted five international organizations to take urgent measures to reduce it, which coincided with US President Joe Biden's announcement of one billion dollars in aid to support food security in the Middle East and North Africa, while the Russian Foreign Ministry held Western countries and the United States responsible for the exacerbation of "security." World Food »as a result of imposing sanctions on it, and in return, decision-makers in Gaza and the West Bank contributed, with limited measures, to protecting the poor and low-income people without improving their standard of living.

The fears of the food security crisis announced by the five international organizations (the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, the World Food Program, and the World Trade Organization) are due to the disruption of food, fuel and fertilizer markets as a result of the Corona pandemic, and the interruption of supply chains. International supply, the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, remains in place, which negatively affected people who suffer from severe food insecurity to the extent that their lives and livelihoods have become at risk, and their number reached 345 million people in 82 countries, according to the World Food Program.

Perhaps the situation in Palestine seems different from other countries in the region, especially as it suffers under the Israeli occupation that controls resources and crossings, which impedes the creation of any sustainable development, in addition to the linkage of the Palestinian economy with its Israeli counterpart (according to the Paris Economic Agreement) and the irregular transformation of Israel Customs revenues (clearance), which makes it difficult for citizens to be able to coexist with the global food security crisis and the wave of high prices. While the average per capita income in the occupying state is more than 10 times that of the Palestinian Authority, which makes the Palestinian economy hostage to the customs envelope and undermines its ability to develop, grow, and compete as well. ‏

And if we look at the reality of the situation in the territories of the Palestinian Authority, and I mean the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian West Bank, we find that there is a large difference between the average income of a citizen in the West Bank and his income in Gaza. This is evident in the unemployment rate among the labor force (47%) in Gaza compared to (14%) in the West Bank, while the poverty rate in Gaza exceeds the barrier of (60%), and food insecurity is (62%) for more than (80%) of the population depend on humanitarian aid, and what made matters worse was the delay in the disbursement of social affairs allocations, who number about (115) thousand, of whom nearly (85) thousand have been in the Gaza Strip for more than a year, which has exacerbated the rates of poverty, unemployment and insecurity It made the life of the Palestinians, especially in the Gaza Strip, bad and increased their suffering

The high-price crisis did not stop at secondary commodities only, but rather it affected the citizen's food security and affected the basic commodities that are considered food for the poor without any interference from government agencies to stop the high-price bleeding. Imposing it on those with high incomes only, in addition to doubling duties, taxes and import permits, and without providing facilities and tax exemptions for national production to support agriculture, industry and marine fishing.

Statistical numbers and astronomical rates of oppression, hunger and suffering speak for themselves in the territories of the Palestinian Authority, whose successive governments have fallen into the temptation to rely on imports in order to increase (customs) revenues, and not to develop the potentials inherent in the economy in terms of agriculture, industry and trade.

In front of these dangerous data, the responsibility lies with decision makers and policy makers by setting plans, programs and budgets. To provide the foundations for resilience and social protection; To reduce poverty, hunger and oppression in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, which is facing a tragic reality, which requires greater effort from the PA government and the de facto authority to stop the terrible deterioration in all aspects of life. Therefore, an effective and rapid response is necessary to support poor and extremely poor families. And support them by supporting them to obtain their daily sustenance

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The main characteristic for government agencies, whether in Gaza or the West Bank, is to support basic consumer goods, through tax exemption, reduction of customs duties, and control of their prices. investment

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In addition, the responsibility rests with the Palestinian Authority government and the de facto authority, the need to achieve sustainable development goals and move away from patchwork solutions, through short and long-term measures, which include providing immediate support to vulnerable groups and enhancing their food security in order to expand effective and comprehensive social protection systems to ensure livelihood Al-Karim, and following an alternative economic policy, the main axis of which is the transition from a profitable rentier economy to a system of economic policies that depend on local resources and labor and increasing sustainable food production through measures to encourage investment in agriculture and marine fishing. This in itself requires disengagement from economic dependence on the occupation in all its tax, customs and monetary forms.

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The responsibility also rests with trade unions, people's federations, and civil society organizations to raise their voice in the face of the outrageous price hikes, especially with basic commodities, and pressure the government to find serious mechanisms to protect the poor from the negative effects of that.

In conclusion, all the solutions proposed by the two authorities in Gaza and Ramallah will not meet the requirements of the struggle phase that our people are going through, as a phase of national liberation. Therefore, practical steps are required to end the division and rebuild the Palestinian political system by launching a comprehensive national dialogue workshop to reach understandings. National elections to hold comprehensive elections based on democratic, fair and transparent foundations that guarantee the rebuilding of national institutions, enabling us to develop a national strategy that preserves the steadfastness and sacrifices of the people in the face of settler colonial occupation and “apartheid.”

* Palestinian journalist and trade unionist / Gaza Strip

Paris - (AFP) - The twenty-seven countries of the European Union have adopted a mechanism to set a ceiling for gas prices in the bloc, but the effects of this decision on the energy bill for companies and individuals will be limited, according to experts who fear negative repercussions on the ability of Europeans to supply gas next winter.

Gas is bought and sold on exchange platforms at a wholesale price through intermediaries and sometimes directly from industrialists.

On Wednesday, wholesale contracts for gas were exchanged over a month (ie with delivery in the following month) at 99.35 euros / megawatt hour in the euro market for the reference "TTF" index, which serves as the "gas exchange" in the Netherlands and whose prices are a reference for exchanges in Europe. In August, these prices rose to 345 euros for a short period.

The European ceiling is activated in two cases, either when this price for the monthly contract exceeds 180 euros/megawatt-hour in three consecutive days, or if it is 35 euros higher than the international price of LNG delivered by ships. The protection mechanism permission is not resorted to unless natural gas prices in the European continent exceed those of liquefied natural gas.

The roofing mechanism shall remain in operation for twenty days.

It is automatically invalidated if the price falls for three consecutive days below 180 euros or a state of emergency is declared for EU supplies.

Since the mechanism relies on a double restriction of very high prices (180 euros/megawatt-hour) that may occur only in rare cases, "the final effect is very uncertain," according to Simone Tagliapietra of the Bruegel Institute.

And in the event that tensions prevail over the global gas supply, especially in the face of increasing demand from China, “every supply problem, cold wave and insufficient decrease in European demand may lead to the availability of the conditions” necessary to activate the mechanism, according to Katia Yafimava of the Oxford Energy Institute.

However, in any case, "this ceiling aims to avoid extreme fluctuations and not to reduce energy prices in general." What is ultimately required is to avoid the record levels recorded in 2022.

Thierry Bros, an analyst specializing in oil and gas affairs, confirms that "there is no impact at all on individuals, and the impact is very small on industrialists."

He explains, "There is no necessarily direct relationship between the wholesale price and the price paid for electricity or gas... Governments intervened 18 months ago and spent 700 billion euros to limit price increases and avoid repercussions" on the consumer.

The effects of reducing the wholesale price are limited to the limited number of industrialists who buy directly from the wholesale market.

Simone Tagliapietra considers that "the main danger lies in undermining the mechanism, the possibility of securing supplies (and filling gas stocks during the year 2023). But in this case, the system is simply nullified."

The biggest risk is that consensual deals take place outside regulated markets to avoid capping, which makes exchanges "less transparent" and more risky for financial stability, according to Tagliapietra.

As for Thierry Bruce, he is more pessimistic and believes that "it will have negative repercussions, as supplies are usually guaranteed at high prices. Low prices do not guarantee anything."

In his view, the problem lies in creating a precedent for intervention in the market, and "some operators may believe that politics can now intervene at any moment."

Norway, a major supplier to the European Union, does not hide its concern in this regard. Taliapietra considers that "negotiating with them by mutual consent gives better results than setting a price ceiling."

It was recommended that "the EU decouple the price of gas from electricity, which is a means of decarbonising the system and lowering electricity prices", according to Thierry Brosse.

Simone Tagliapietra concludes, "This crisis will not be resolved unless we maximize alternative supplies of Russian gas, including renewable energy sources, and reduce demand. It is also the only way to radically reduce energy prices."

Paris, (AFP) - Afghanistan has lost more than half of its journalists, especially women, since the Taliban seized power a year ago, according to a study prepared by Reporters Without Borders on Friday.

According to the organization's estimates, "there were 11,857 journalists before the Taliban came to power, and today only 4,759 of them remain." The organization indicated that "76.19 percent of female journalists have lost their jobs."

The study, published by the organization on its website, showed that "on August 15, 2021, the country had 547 media outlets, and after a year, 219 of them stopped working." In contrast, four new media outlets appeared.

The organization stressed that "in some regions, a number of institutions were forced to stop broadcasting due to the replacement of music programs and news bulletins with religious programs."

The organization also explained the closure of some media institutions with "new economic difficulties, such as the cessation of international and national aid and the decline in advertising revenues in light of a severe economic crisis."

There were "before the arrival of the two students to power, 2,756 women were working as journalists in media organizations or cooperating with them, but their number is now limited to 656, the majority of them in the capital, Kabul."

There are no female journalists in 11 of the 34 states.

A journalist working in Kabul said, "The living and working conditions of women in Afghanistan were and still are difficult, but today we live in an unprecedented situation."

At least 80 Afghan journalists have been arrested over the past year, and three are currently imprisoned, according to the organization.

Afghanistan ranks 156th in the World Press Freedom Index issued by Reporters Without Borders.

Brasilia - (AFP) - Outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree pardoning security men convicted of crimes more than 30 years ago, and it applies, according to legal experts, to the perpetrators of a massacre in a prison in 1992.

According to an official document, this traditional Christmas action, which comes nine days before Bolsonaro leaves office, involves officers and personnel for "not very serious" crimes committed in the line of duty more than three decades ago.

This decree thus absolves 74 policemen convicted of the massacre in the Carandero prison in São Paulo on October 2, 1992, when 111 prisoners were killed in a riot-control military police intervention, according to specialists.

While the prosecution said at the time that the prisoners were executed, the defense asserted that the military police were acting in self-defence.
Carandero prison was closed immediately after the incident.

Although the security men involved were prosecuted and sentenced, they remained out of prison thanks to repeated appeals, according to the Brazilian press.

صادقت سلطات الاحتلال في التاسع من آب الحالي على مخطط استيطاني يقضي باقامة مستوطنة جديدة على اراضي بلدة دير استيا في محافظة سلفيت على مساحة لا تقل عن 260 دونما.

وينص هذا المخطط على اقامة 381 وحدة استيطانية بالاضافة الى مبان عامة، وشوارع لربط المستوطنة الجديدة في محيطها الاوسع وذلك في اطار مخطط يستهدف ضم هذه المنطقة الى داخل حدود اسرائيل، ولا سيما مع بناء جدار الفصل العنصري بالضفة وحرمان اصحاب هذه الاراضي المصادرة من استغلالها والاستفادة منها.

ان الاستيطان لا يتوقف سواء في هذه المحافظة او غيرها واكبر شاهد على ذلك ما يحدث في منطقة الاغوار، وهم يبحثون عن الاراضي قليلة السكان لكي تكون المصادرة سهلة وغيرمعقدة لا في حينه ولا في المستقبل.

لكن الاحتلال في غطرسته هذه يتعامى عن حقيقة وجودنا الفعلي وازدياد اعدادنا وتمسكنا بحقوقنا سواء في هذه المرحلة او المستقبل القريب الذي هو لنا بالتأكيد رغم انف الاحتلال ومطامعه التوسعية.

حتى الاطفال لا يسلمون من جرائم الاحتلال

استشهدت الطفلة ليان الشاعر وعمرها عشر سنوات قبل ايام قليلة جراء اصابتها بجروح خطيرة خلال العدوان الاخير على قطاع غزة، وقد انتقلت الى رحمته تعالى في مستشفى المقاصد بالقدس واعيد جثمانها الى القطاع حيث شيعته جماهير غفيرة، وبذلك يرتفع عدد شهداء العدوان الى 48 ونحو 20 منهم اطفال.

وقد استشهد الاسبوع الماضي فقط 19 طفلا، ما اثار الاستياء والغضب الدولي حيث اعربت مفوضة الأمم المتحدة السامية لحقوق الانسان ميشيل باسليه عن قلقها ازاء عدد الاطفال الذين قتلهم الاحتلال في الايام الاخيرة، وقالت ان العدد الكبير من الاطفال الذين استشهدوا او اصيبوا بالجراح هذا العام غير مقبول ويثير القلق، وان الكلفة المدنية للتصعيد الاسرائيلي الاخير كانت باهظة.

وقال مكتب هذه المفوضة انه تحقق ان من بين الشهداء الفلسطينيين بالتصعيد الاخير من 5 الى 7 آب، ما لا يقل عن 20 طفلا واربع نساء ونحو 22 مدنيا.

ان الاحتلال لا يراعي اية حقوق للاطفال وهو يمارس اعتداءاته بدون اي حسيب او رقيب، ولا يعير انتقادات او ادانات المؤسسات الدولية اي اهتمام او اعتبار، مما يستدعي ان تتحول هذه الانتقادات والادانات الى مواقف عملية ضد الاحتلال لكي تجعله يهتم ويعيد النظر في مواقفه المنافية لكل القوانين والحقوق الانسانية.

BANDAR ABBAS, Iran - (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Consulate General in Bandar Abbas, capital of Hormozgan Province on Iran's southern coast, was officially opened on Wednesday, marking the establishment of China's first consulate general in Iran.

Speaking on the occasion of the official opening of the Consulate General, Chinese Ambassador to Iran Zhang Hua hailed the opening of the Consulate General in Bandar Abbas as "a new historical moment in China-Iran relations."

He added that this step will deepen mutually beneficial cooperation between China and southern Iran, and will bear more fruits of China-Iran friendship.

Zhang noted that Chinese diplomatic missions in Iran are willing to work with the Iranian side to seize the opening of the Consulate General as an opportunity to effectively implement the comprehensive cooperation plans between the two countries, make joint efforts to support the Belt and Road Initiative, and achieve more results of cooperation.

On the other hand, Adel Shahrazad, deputy governor of Hormozgan, said during his speech that the southern Iranian provinces are looking forward to cooperation with China, adding that the opening of the Chinese Consulate General will play an important role in developing bilateral relations and promoting exchanges in various fields.

The area of responsibility of the Consulate General of China in Bandar Abbas includes eight Iranian provinces in the south.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned what was revealed by the Hebrew media regarding a letter of authorization from former US President Donald Trump to former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the occupied West Bank, stressing that the content of this colonial message fell with the fall of Deal of the century .

In a statement issued today, Monday, it affirmed that this message, and behind it the miserable “deal of the century” that is hostile to peace, has no legal validity, and will not confer any legitimacy on the crowded annexation of the occupied West Bank, and is considered a flagrant aggression against international law, resolutions of international legitimacy and agreements. signed.

The State Department considered this message an official piracy and an extension of the so-called "deal of the century" and an integral part of the previous US administration's adoption and its absolute support for the occupation and its racist expansionist colonial projects.

Washington - (AFP) - An Arizona judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Carrie Lake, the Republican supporter of Donald Trump , to challenge the gubernatorial election result in the southwestern state.

Judge Peter Thompson said in his decision, seen by AFP, that the court found "no clear and convincing evidence of irregularities" alleged by Lake that would affect the outcome of the November midterm elections.

But Lake, the 53-year-old former TV news anchor, was quick to respond via Twitter Saturday, saying, "In order to restore confidence and integrity in our elections, I will appeal his ruling."

After losing to Democrat Katie Hobbs by 17,117 votes, Lake claimed that the problems with ballot printing in Maricopa County, Arizona's most populous, were intended to defeat her.

Judge Thompson, who also confirmed Hobbes' victory, added that the court could not accept speculation or conjectures instead of clear and convincing evidence.

Lake supporters took advantage of some of the malfunctions in Maricopa voting machines and the formation of lines in front of them during the November elections to promote their theories about fraud.

Election officials denied that any legal votes had been excluded and campaigned on social media to refute the lies being circulated online.

Arizona has been under intense scrutiny for the two years since Joe Biden narrowly won the state against Trump while he was president, and Maricopa County has become the focal point for deniers of the presidential election result.

And Lake made denying Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election a centerpiece of her campaign, and said that she would not have endorsed his victory if she had been in the position of governor at the time.

(أ ف ب) -أعلنت رابطة الدوري الفرنسي لكرة القدم الأربعاء أن لجنتها التأديبية أوقفت قطب الدفاع الإسباني لنادي باريس سان جرمان سيرجيو راموس ثلاث مباريات بينها واحدة مع وقف التنفيذ.

وأدانت اللجنة القائد المخضرم السابق لنادي ريال مدريد (36 عاما) بتوجيه كلمات نابية الحكم بيار غايوست في المباراة ضد المضيف رينس السبت في المرحلة العاشرة من الدوري عندما طرد في الدقيقة 42 وذلك للمرة الـ28 في مسيرته الاحترافية.

وسيغيب راموس عن الكلاسيكو ضد مرسيليا الأحد في ملعب بارك دي برانس، والرحلة إلى أجاكسيو في 21 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر الحالي.
ويشكل إيقاف راموس ضربة موجعة لمدرب سان جرمان كريستوف غالتييه المحروم من خدمات بريسنل كيمبيمبي والظهير الأيسر البرتغالي نونو مينديش بسبب الإصابة.

TUNIS - (Xinhua) - Statistical data published by the National Observatory for Traffic Safety of the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior showed today (Sunday) that the traffic accidents that Tunisia witnessed from the beginning of the year until December 23, caused the death of 1,014 people and the injury of 7,736.

During the aforementioned period, Tunisia recorded 5,353 traffic accidents, an increase of 7.43 percent compared to the results recorded during the same period last year.

The causes of these accidents, according to the Observatory’s data, are due to inattention and inattention to 2,180 accidents that left 259 deaths and 2,590 injured, then speeding to 747 accidents that resulted in 265 deaths and 1,319 injuries recorded, then lack of respect for priority in 441 traffic accidents that caused 50 cases to be recorded. death and 686 injured.

The governorate of Tunis ranked first in the number of accidents with 890 traffic accidents, resulting in 92 deaths and 1,220 injuries, followed by the governorate of Ben Arous with 422 accidents, then the governorate of Nabeul with 420 accidents, then the governorate of Mahdia with 312 traffic accidents, and the governorate of Sfax with 282 accidents. .

Tunisia is considered one of the countries in which traffic accidents abound, as official reports indicate that the rate of traffic accidents reaches 30 accidents per day, killing at least 3 people and injuring 40, which is equivalent to one death every 8 hours, in addition to material losses.

لشكر كاه، أفغانستان - (شينخوا) تأكد مقتل طفل واحد وإصابة ستة آخرين جراء انفجار عبوة ناسفة في ناحية جيرشك بمقاطعة هلمند جنوبي أفغانستان الثلاثاء، حسبما أعلن حافظ رشيد مدير هيئة المعلومات والثقافة بالمقاطعة اليوم (الأربعاء).

وفي حديثه للصحفيين، قال رشيد إن الانفجار وقع بعد أن عثر الأطفال المنكوبون على عبوة تشبه اللعبة وبدأوا اللعب بها قبل انفجارها بشكل مفاجئ، ما أدى إلى مصرع طفل على الفور وإصابة ستة آخرين، بعضهم في حالة حرجة.

وأضاف المسؤول أن أفغانستان تعد واحدة من أكثر الدول التي تحتوي على ألغام في العالم، حيث إن عددا لا يحصى من العبوات غير المنفجرة التي خلفتها عقود الحرب الماضية، تودي بحياة أفغان معظمهم من الأطفال الأبرياء.

Written by: Dr. Khaled Maali

Throughout history, it has become known in all revolutions or peoples whose lands were occupied, wise men and wise men hasten to cool and freeze internal contradictions, whatever their strength and unity, because by liberating them, stimulating or strengthening them, creative energies are wasted, and years are set back, which is correct and morally unacceptable. And mentally.

shooting d. Nasir al-Din al-Shaer and his injury in the legs, and the failure of the killing operation - Attaf Allah - do not understand, except that the main contradiction is satisfied with it, because in this way the energies and the compass are directed to a wrong direction, as a matter of dividing and conquering.

Someone might say that what happened is contradictions between Hamas and Fatah, and it is not correct to comment everything on the pretext of the occupation, and that the issue is within this context, but this is inaccurate. Always occupied, and nothing else.

So who did this?! one might ask? Whoever did this act did not read the Palestinian map well, otherwise how do we explain that everyone condemned and denounced it, including Fatah, the PA and all the other forces? Through a national unity based on struggle foundations, that prevents resorting to such actions in the future, so that our people remain in the circle of security and safety in terms of security and civil peace, and devote themselves to fighting the occupation, not fighting each other and draining our energies.

At the level of individuals and families, or institutions and powers, and even great countries and civilizations, there have always been those who do not like the situation, not to develop it, but to confuse and try to stop the progress of the train, and instead of going to the ballot boxes, they resort to bullet boxes because they know that the train has missed, or is about to miss it.

Immediately after what happened, Dr. The poet is on national unity while he is bleeding, so he knows and understands the Palestinian situation and reads it well, unlike those who shot him. It can only be solved by law and dialogue, not by bullet boxes.

Someone might say: What is the solution after what happened?! Does any Palestinian accept that the solution is to go towards self-suicide, with general chaos, loss of security and safety, exaltation of internal contradictions, and making the occupation watch and laugh at us and waste our energies for free?!

From the above, it is necessary to strengthen and glorify the comprehensive internal unity, and here it is not right for the honorable, the free and the wise from Fatah and the forces of the Palestinian people to remain in the circle of silence, as it is their turn to say their word: there is no alternative to national unity, and to utter everything that disrupts and confuses it, and let us learn from the parties and forces The occupation, despite its manyness and contradictions, does not resort to weapons and violence at all, but rather a regulatory law that governs them all, and they agree on our people, so who has the right to unity?! Are we the owners of the right?! Or are they the owners of falsehood, injustice and occupation of the Palestinian people?!

Paris - (AFP) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have arrested prominent lawyer Mostafa Nili, one of more than a dozen lawyers arrested during the crackdown on protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, his sister announced.

Fatima Nili wrote on Twitter that members of the Revolutionary Guards intelligence arrested Nili at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on Monday evening, before raiding his mother's house and confiscating personal belongings.

Saeed Dehghan, another prominent lawyer believed to be abroad, confirmed Nili's arrest in a Twitter post.

Dehghan said Nili was one of the "few hopes of citizens against a political system that is an enemy of lawyers" and also against the Revolutionary Guards, which "considers itself the law."

Security forces have launched a campaign of mass arrests of artists, dissidents, journalists and lawyers since protests erupted over Amini's death on September 16.

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, died three days after she was arrested in Tehran by the morality police for violating the Islamic Republic's strict dress code.

Security forces, including the Revolutionary Guards, have killed at least 186 people during the crackdown on the women-led protest movement, according to the Norway-based Human Rights Organization in Iran.

A total of 118 people have been killed in separate demonstrations since September 30 in Sistan-Baluchestan, a predominantly Sunni province on the southeastern border between Iran and Pakistan.

Thousands of people have been arrested in the crackdown, including more than a dozen lawyers who were working to defend those arrested before they too were taken into custody.

Tokyo (dpa) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumi Kishida said he had ordered the restart of about nine nuclear reactors to help calm concerns about a potential energy crisis.

"There are concerns about a power shortage this winter," Kishida was quoted by Bloomberg news agency as saying in a press conference today, adding, "We have to prevent such a situation from occurring."

It is noteworthy that Japan suffers from limited electricity supplies due to severe weather, the outage of older power stations from service, and the delay in restarting nuclear reactors that were closed after the Fukushima disaster in 2011.

Jenin - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ali Samoudi - As he enters the nineteenth year in the occupation prisons , the patient seventy-year-old Kawthar Hammami, "Umm Muhammad", has nothing but the weapon of patience and supplication to the Lord of the Worlds, to extend her life so that she can live the joy of life with seeing him that was stolen by the occupation Since the arrest of her imprisoned son, Muhammad Zakaria Muhammad Hamami, 42 years old, she says: "Free without restrictions, I hold him in my arms that I miss hugging him so much, and our joys are complete with his long-awaited wedding, despite the husband of my grandchildren, and the presence of 19 grandchildren around me, joy will not enter our home and our lives, as long as Far from us and captive."

In the city of Nablus, Muhammad al-Nour was born in 1978, to be the third in his family of 4 members, whose life the occupation made difficult by repeating his arrests. His sister, Nihad Um Raafat, told Al-Quds.com: “He was born, raised, and raised in his city, Nablus. He learned in its schools, but The occupation arrested him for the first time in 2000, before he took his high school exams, and he spent two years behind bars.

And she adds: "We were almost happy with his freedom and his return to us, when the occupation chased him, and he was arrested again during the second intifada. He was among the resistance fighters in Nablus who were besieged in the Hosh al-Atout area, and after a clash with the occupation, they were all arrested, and he spent 9 months in prison."

After his liberation, Muhammad resumed his life, and began planning for his life and future. He was one of the first young men to open a center for computers and games, in addition to his work and his affiliation with the National Authority. He worked a lot in the field of construction before joining the intelligence service, but the occupation was waiting for him, as his sister tells. Um Raafat, on 11/15/2004, he was arrested in Al-Bathan area, after the occupation forces besieged him in one of the houses, which dozens of soldiers raided and arrested him.

And she adds: "They immediately transferred him to the cellars for investigation, but there was no news of him, and we were unable to reach him and visit him, due to the circumstances, closures, and the invasion of West Bank cities and checkpoints."

She added: "We used to see him in the court sessions in Salem until they sentenced him to life imprisonment, and he moved between all prisons, suffered from punishments, and his health condition was affected due to the conditions of investigation and prisons, and he became suffering from stomach ulcers, and the administration neglected his treatment, which caused him complications." .

Muhammad adapted and got involved in the reality of the captive movement, and participated in the battles of empty stomachs, and challenged, as his sister explains, the prison and the jailer by education. He presented high school 3 times and obtained it successfully, and joined Al-Quds Open University and obtained a bachelor’s degree, and is currently pursuing postgraduate studies and studying for a master’s degree, as well He invested the period of his detention by memorizing the Noble Qur’an, and he took courses in calligraphy and intonation, and he loves to read continuously and continuously.

Despite her pains and illnesses, her mother, Kawthar, continued to visit her beloved in all prisons, and his sister says: "My mother did not sleep on the night of the visit, preparing for it as if it were a feast, for her relationship with Muhammad was strong and distinguished, as well as with all of us. He has a big heart, he meets our needs, and he rejoices to draw a smile in our hearts, but the occupation deprived us of him.”

And she adds: "His absence was a great pain and pain for us on all occasions when we miss him, on holidays and Ramadan, and even in marriage. There was no joy and my mother was looking for him and crying about his absence, and even after she had 16 grandchildren, she was still sad because she wanted to see her grandchildren as children." Mohammed".

And she continues: "When we used to gather at the Ramadan table, my mother would not stop crying and his place was empty, so we spend time praying with her for his freedom and all the prisoners and their salvation from the prisons of injustice."

On the anniversary of independence, Muhammad was arrested and entered a new year behind bars, and his sister says: "We are in pain and sorrow, and the occupation is stealing the flower of their youth and practicing slow killing against them. The fragrance of freedom, and they continue to live in dignity, establish homes, have children, and live like the rest of the people in bliss and dignity.”

And she adds, "Our hope is in the Lord of the Worlds, and we are relying on Him, to honor us with their near freedom, God willing."

Dubai - (AFP) - Large areas of the UAE were hit Sunday by a new dust storm that caused a significant decrease in visibility, prompting the authorities to ask drivers to exercise caution on the roads and warn of expected heavy rain.

Clouds of yellow dust and soil covered the main monuments and homes in large cities, and horizontal visibility was minimal to the minimum in the latest wave of a series of suffocating dust storms that struck the Middle East during the past few months.

On Saturday, the Abu Dhabi Media Office recommended on Twitter that drivers "use the car when necessary" while "driving safely while taking caution."

Horizontal visibility was less than a kilometer in Abu Dhabi and Dubai on Sunday.

The warnings of unusual rains in the extremely hot summer in the desert country came after seven people were killed as a result of sudden torrential rains that hit the country last month.

The National Authority for Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management announced at the time that it had received hundreds of requests for assistance, as flood waters flooded the streets of the coastal city of Fujairah, in particular, and other areas in the east of the country.

A series of severe dust storms, believed to be exacerbated by climate change, hit Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran during the first months of this year, causing the closure of airports, ports and schools. Thousands of people have been hospitalized for breathing problems.

The UAE is highly vulnerable to global warming, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, with its exposure to rising temperatures, decreasing rainfall and increasing the frequency of dust storms, while rising sea levels threaten its low-lying coasts.

Paris (AFP) - Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch filed a defamation lawsuit in Paris against former French European MP Jose Buffet, who claimed the kingdom tried to bribe him on the sidelines of negotiations for a trade deal in the early 2000s, according to documents seen by AFP.

Bovet told France Inter radio on Friday that when he was rapporteur of the Foreign Trade Commission "in the years 2009-2014", he opposed the "harmful" free trade agreement relating to fruit and vegetable trade between the European Union and Morocco.

He said, "The Minister of Agriculture (at the time, Aziz Akhannouch) could not bear my opposition to this project, and offered to bring me a gift in Montpellier, in a quiet café." Asked by the journalist whether it was about money, Buffet replied, "What else do you want it to be?"
Buffet said he made an appointment for him at his lawyer's office and "it (the case) stopped there."

"When there are huge economic interests at stake, these countries exert pressure and some deputies, whom I describe as fraudsters, took advantage of this," he said.

Akhannouch says in the lawsuit, which he filed on Tuesday and which was seen by Agence France-Presse, that these are "unacceptable false accusations" and "reflect buried hatred."
Olivier Baratelli's lawyer said, "Jose Buffet is clearly and unfairly trying to take advantage of the judicial developments related to the European Parliament to produce old and unfounded stories."

Buffet's accusations came at the height of what was described as a corruption scandal in which Qatar is suspected of involvement in the European Parliament, especially affecting the Vice-President of the European Foundation, Eva Cayley.

Beirut - (AFP) - At a time when the economic crisis in which Lebanon is plunging prevented many from buying books, which affected the two most prominent activities in this sector, the sea carried to the Lebanese on Friday "the largest floating book fair" from which it can be purchased at reduced prices. .
This exhibition is on board the "Logos Hope" ship, which is run by the German "DBI Ships" organization, and will remain anchored in the port of Beirut for about two weeks.
The ship's visitors on Friday, including the Lebanese Minister of Culture, Muhammad Mortada, received a warm welcome from the ship's crew, who number about 400 volunteers from about 65 countries. Some of them wore their traditional national dress, and made sure to shake hands with everyone.
The volunteers spend about a year or more on board the ship, and their goal, according to the media statement, is "to share knowledge, help and hope with people all over the world."

The director of the ship and the Malaysian crew, Edward David, explained that the aim of the ship's arrival to Beirut from Cyprus and the opening of its floating exhibition, which will last until December 31, is to "share knowledge, hope and hope with the Lebanese." The ship leaves for Egypt in the first week of January, and it is commanded by the British James Perry.
The Lebanese Minister of Culture, Muhammad Mortada, praised the name of the ship, "Logos Hope", meaning the word and hope.
Mortada added, "The message that this ship sends is that battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines are not what make civilization (...) because they carry (...) the tools of killing and death. As for the book, it only carries life," describing the ship as "a bridge." friendship between peoples.
The floating book fair includes about 5,000 books in Arabic and English. These publications are classified in an organized manner, in which they are specialized in the worlds of women and men. There are scientific and motivational books, a group of religious books, and the largest part of the exhibition is devoted to children's books.
These books are offered for sale at reduced prices, while visitors pay a symbolic fee of 20,000 Lebanese pounds, or less than half a dollar, to enter the ship.
Buying imported books is no longer within the reach of most Lebanese, due to the economic and living hardship their country is witnessing.
This was a reason to divert attention this year from holding the Francophone Book Fair in Beirut in one fixed location, as was the practice until 2018, and replacing it with a group of free, mobile cultural activities in several regions in which more than 100 multinational writers participated last October. Under the title of the International Francophone "Beirut Book Festival", bookselling was not an essential element in it.
A few days ago, the sixty-fourth session of the Beirut International Arab Book Fair was concluded, in which 124 publishing houses participated, while the number was 240 in 2019, before the crisis.
The director of the floating library, Mike Ngwaro, who has been working on the ship for six years, explained that this initiative is symbolic in encouraging people and an entire society to read and culture. "We have a large collection of various books for adults and children," the Zimbabwean told AFP.
"We try to get as many recent publications as possible," he added, noting that visitors to the ship are usually interested in literary books in general and children's books.

To date, the ship has had stops in 150 countries and territories and has hosted 49 million visitors on board.
David called on the Lebanese to visit the ship and interact with its crew, saying, "It is not only a ship and a book fair, but it is more than that, as it represents a vision that makes a difference and contributes to human development and advances knowledge through the displayed books."
During the ship's stay in Beirut, its management will send a team to visit a hospital, and will hold many initiatives on board, including "artistic and educational activities for young people that spread the meaning of friendship and carry values," according to what Port Liaison Director Nidine Sebastian told AFP.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the Israeli government approved the proposal of its President, Yair Lapid, and Minister of Regional Cooperation, Issawi Freij, regarding the implementation of the " Jordan Gate" project, which aims to establish a joint industrial zone with the Hashemite Kingdom.

According to the Hebrew Channel 7, the project appeared as an idea in the peace agreement talks in 1994, and it was decided to promote the establishment and operation of the region with the aim of deepening cooperation with the Kingdom.

Lapid said that relations with neighboring countries, especially with the two countries, are developing, and this is another step forward.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Yahya Sinwar , leader of the Hamas movement in Gaza, revealed today, Wednesday, rounds of negotiation that took place indirectly with the occupation prior to the recent elections to complete a prisoner exchange deal.

Sinwar said in a speech during the 35th launching ceremony of the "Hamas" movement in Al-Katiba Square in Gaza, in the presence of a large crowd, that the negotiations stopped with the start of the Israeli elections, accusing the occupation of prevarication in this file.

He stressed that if the file is not moved again within a specified time, the resistance will work to bury it and find another way to liberate the prisoners.

And he indicated that during the secret tours that took place, Hamas presented its demands, which were represented in the release of the Shalit deal detainees, women prisoners, children, and the sick, headed by the captive leader Nasser Abu Hamid and the captive commander Walid Daqqa, and the detained bodies in exchange for handing over to the occupation Mengistu and Al-Sayed, and two black boxes, either the bodies of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, or evidence Their lives, to be later proceeding on the way the Shalit deal.

Sinwar warned the next Israeli government of the consequences of its violation of sanctities and the Palestinian land, stressing that the resistance and the Palestinian people will fail its plans.

He stressed that Hamas is in full agreement with everyone who carries the gun, and that it did not disagree with Fatah when it was carrying the banner of the armed struggle, but its disagreement with it was due to the path of settlement and coordination.

He called on the leadership of the authority to implement the decisions of the Central Council, especially the immediate cessation of security coordination and political arrests.

He reiterated his movement's reaffirmation of its refusal to abide by the resolutions of legitimacy and the Quartet, considering it decisions that do not do justice to the Palestinian people and their cause.

The leader of the Hamas movement in Gaza called on the people of Jerusalem to be patient and continue in Rabat. He also called on the people of the interior to close ranks and unite the front to confront the fascism of the occupation.

Al-Sinwar stressed that the issue of the prisoners is the subject of a national consensus among all, calling on them to prepare for any battle they will wage, and that the resistance will stand behind them.

He pointed out that the resistance, with all its military wings, is working all the time to build the liberation force and the Army of Return, noting that Hamas, according to its estimates, gave the resistance in the West Bank an opportunity to ignite.

And he sent a message to the leaders of the occupation, in which he said: "We do not fear you, nor do we fear your policies, and we have brought down your governments and are able to bring down more, and we buried their leaders, and you did not fail to resist us or our people."

He added: "We say to the occupation, we will bring you a roaring flood, unlimited missiles and soldiers without limit, and we will bring you millions of our nation, wave after wave."

After the speech, two members of the shadow unit of the Al-Qassam Brigades prisoners from the occupation army appeared, and offered a piece of weapon to the Israeli officer Hadar Goldin, whose traces were lost in the 2014 war.

San Salvador - (AFP) - More than a thousand soldiers cordoned off a San Salvador neighborhood on Saturday, as part of President Najib Bukela's war on gangs, the second operation of its kind within a month in this violence-torn Central American country.

Since Saturday morning, the Totonisapa region has been "completely" cordoned off, El Salvador's president wrote on Twitter. He said that "more than a thousand soldiers and 130 policemen will arrest criminals" in this area "known for drug trafficking."

And on December 3, the army massed about 10,000 soldiers in the town of Soyapango, adjacent to San Salvador, where about 500 suspected gang members were arrested, according to the latest government tally.

In Totonishaba, the authorities announced that they had carried out the first six arrests of "criminals", without specifying whether they were members of gangs or involved in drug trafficking.

"All terrorists, drug dealers and gangsters will be expelled from this neighborhood, which until a few months ago was a hotbed of crime. Honest citizens have nothing to fear and can carry on with their normal lives," Najib Bukele said in another tweet.

On March 27, Congress, at the request of the President of El Salvador, decreed an emergency regime to combat the escalation of gang violence.

This war on gangs has led to the arrest of more than 60,000 people since March for alleged links to criminal organizations, according to official figures.

PalSport Agency/ Member of the Board of Directors of Hilal Al-Quds Club, Iyad Al-Qawasmi, stated that the club's board of directors set, during its regular meeting, next week, a date for announcing the deals concluded by the club for the football team in preparation for the next season.

Al-Qawasmi confirmed that the board of directors concluded several special deals in different centers according to the team's needs and at the request of the team's coach, Ammar Salman, and compensation for the members who left the team at the end of the last season.

And Al-Qawasmi indicated that the board of directors worked to attract players for more than one season, so that there would be more stability and harmony, and to reach satisfactory results for the fans of Hilal Al-Quds.

Al-Qawasmi explained that the board of directors worked to arrange the ranks of the first team in preparation for the next season and to end all matters related to the registration of players with the Palestinian Football Association.

Al-Qawasmi indicated that the board of directors worked on the idea launched by the club’s president, lawyer Diaa Al-Shweiki, to set a higher ceiling for salaries, and that the selection of players came within this vision, which aims to continue and adhere to the players’ contracts. Thank God, the group of new contracts was distinguished and prominent, and it will have a clear imprint in the next season.

Al-Qawasmi concluded that the announcement of the new deals and renewal will be in the presence of the board of directors and the players in a special ceremony.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Council of the Bar Association decided to suspend work before all regular and military courts, settlement courts and public prosecutions, tomorrow, Thursday.

And the Council announced, in a statement issued tonight, that the name of Uday Al-Tamimi has been named for the upcoming practice exam, in honor of his soul, and in mourning for Palestine’s loss of the martyr, Uday Al-Tamimi.

New Delhi (AFP) - Sixteen soldiers were killed Friday in northeastern India when their truck crashed after it veered off a steep slope, the Indian army said.

A statement issued by the army stated that "an ambulance was dispatched immediately and evacuated four injured soldiers by air," with confirmation of the death of 3 officers and 13 soldiers who succumbed to their injuries after the accident.

The roads in Sikkim state, where the accident occurred, are among the highest and most dangerous in India, especially those along the isolated border with Tibet in the Himalayas.

Accidents involving army vehicles near the vast borders with China and Pakistan claim the lives of a large number of soldiers every year.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Muhammad Abu Khdeir - Aler Grubbs, Director of USAID USAID, reviewed the mission's projects during the years 2021 and 2022, and those that were recently approved after US President Joe Biden's visit to the occupied Palestinian territories.

During a meeting with a number of representatives of the Palestinian press yesterday afternoon, Grubbs said: USAID's work is part of the United States' commitments, which are administered equally between Palestinians and Israelis, according to the vision of the two-state solution, noting that the assistance provided by the agency, which it will provide during the remaining months of the year 2022 and 2023 are new, important and tangible for the Palestinians.

She stressed that the goal is to improve the lives of the Palestinian people to create conditions for a viable two-state solution between Palestinians and Israelis, adding: USAID deals with the economic and development aspirations of the Palestinian people.

She added that the agency is working to promote development led by the private sector. through improved access to basic services such as health care and clean water; increasing opportunities for young people; support for civil society and vulnerable populations; and providing life-saving humanitarian assistance.

She said: The agency works to promote peacebuilding and conflict resolution between Israelis and Palestinians, and these efforts work together to enhance freedom, security, and prosperity for Palestinians, Israelis, and their neighbors.

She indicated that the agency supports dialogue and meetings between Palestinians and Israelis to meet on issues of common interest to build trust and strengthen the conditions for peace, and that the agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs bring together individuals from different backgrounds in peace-building activities between individuals, and these activities provide opportunities to address issues, reconcile differences and enhance understanding. and mutual trust by working on common goals such as economic development, cooperation, environment, health, education, sports, music and information technology.

Groups said that the process of supporting and building peace comes in accordance with the enactment by Congress of the Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA), to provide up to $ 250 million over five years to promote peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians to enable a sustainable two-state solution, and MEPPA promotes economic cooperation between the two sides.

She added: Support for peacebuilding takes place in accordance with the Partnership Initiative in the Middle East - and the promotion of conditions conducive to peace, noting that USAID's work during the year 2021 resulted in the disbursement of $100 million, and an amount of $150 million was allocated for the coming months of the current year 2022, as allocated for the year Next 2023, the amount of 270 million dollars.

She revealed that this aid comes as part of larger and broader projects for the United States, estimated at about half a billion dollars.

She said that the grants provided by the Agency for Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM) support Israelis, Palestinians, and citizens to address issues of common concern, and the US Agency for International Development / West Bank and Gaza, and the US State Department jointly manage these grants, while CMM activities provide opportunities to develop solutions and conciliation between differences and foster greater understanding and mutual trust by working on common goals such as economic development, the environment, health, education, sports, music and information technology.

She added: The Nita M. Lowey Partnership for Peace in the Middle East Act (MEPPA) promotes economic cooperation, people-to-people peacebuilding programs, and advances shared community building, peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. To achieve these goals, MEPPA established two funds and authorizes With up to $250 million over five years, starting with $50 million in fiscal year 2021 funding, MEPPA designates USAID and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to implement the funds.

She stated that the Partnership Fund supports the two parties for peace within the framework of MEPPA, Israeli-Palestinian partnerships that build on a proven record of solving joint economic and social development challenges through two major initiatives, and it encourages building joint societies by promoting mutual understanding, trust and cooperation through Israeli and Palestinian partnerships. that addresses common social development challenges, within two funding tracks: the Partnership for People for Peace Fund Grant Opportunity and the Regional Economic Bridges (BREB) activity.

In response to a question about democracy and civil society organizations, she said that we consider civil society organizations - including community groups, religious groups, human rights defenders, journalists and others - important to the development of society and the mitigation of conflicts in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

She added: The agency provides capacity-building assistance and grants to civil society organizations to implement social and community development projects and improve government response to citizens' needs. The agency also supports training and peer learning opportunities in civil society organizations to increase the organizations' effectiveness and advocacy.

She said that the agency is currently doing this through the following activities:
Civic and Community Engagement Activity (CPCE)
$5 Million • Implemented by FHI Development 360 LLC • 2021-2023

She said: The civic engagement and community engagement (CPCE) activity enhances governance and builds the capacities of civil society organizations in addition to increasing the development of participatory society and civic engagement. CPCE helps civil society organizations better advocate for and serve citizens, which will lead to increased citizen engagement and participation.

She pointed out that the agency supports the urgent needs of the most vulnerable populations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including by providing essential food assistance, essential non-food items such as hygiene kits and medical supplies, access to clean water and health care, and psychosocial support. For children affected by conflict and economic opportunities to improve the quality of life of Palestinians.

She indicated that the agency is doing this through the following activities:

Helping the vulnerable in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
$20.2 million • Implemented by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) • 2021-2022 In partnership with the World Food Program, USAID's "Assistance to Vulnerable Groups in the West Bank and Gaza" project addresses food security, enhances food consumption, It increases dietary diversity for the most vulnerable and food-insecure non-refugee population. In addition, WFP connects the Palestinian private sector (including shopkeepers, farms and factories) to produce and deliver assistance.

Imagine Gaza 2020
$50 million • Implemented by Catholic Relief Services • 2016-2023

Envision Gaza supports vulnerable individuals and their families in Gaza to deal with ongoing stresses and unexpected shocks. Envision Gaza provides emergency assistance to vulnerable people through appropriate and timely humanitarian aid for the purchase of food and other essential life-saving household items and training for local NGOs to enable rapid response to crises. In addition, Envision Gaza supports a range of livelihood opportunities for the most vulnerable. job readiness training for young people who have recently graduated from university or vocational training; Small capital grants to existing companies to help them restart, stabilize or grow. The activity prioritizes those most affected by shocks, such as COVID-19 or the May 2021 conflict in Gaza.

In addition, the Agency supports vulnerable populations through humanitarian aid, and provides life-saving assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip through its Humanitarian Assistance Office.

She indicated that the agency increases opportunities for youth, including vulnerable and marginalized youth, and helps them to engage effectively in their communities. The agency provides youth with the necessary psychosocial support, life skills and leadership opportunities, in addition to referrals to technical training and other forms of support to build skills and generate income.

She said that the agency is currently carrying out the following activity:

Youth positive participation activity
$25 million • Done by Mercy Corps • 2021-2026
Positive Youth Engagement (PYE) is a five-year multi-sectoral youth activity designed to address issues core to Palestinian youth development, PYE supports 50,000 vulnerable and marginalized youth between the ages of 10-19 with services that improve education, health, access to employment opportunities and community participation Through: (i) psychosocial and vocational guidance, life skills, and civic education activities; (ii) Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs, internships, and entrepreneurship support; and (iii) youth-led clubs and councils, community advocacy and social media campaigns, and mentorship opportunities.