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.

Amman - "Jerusalem" dot com - Jordanian security forces arrested an Israeli, who infiltrated from the border area towards the Kingdom, today, Saturday.

According to the Hebrew website, Walla, the Jordanian security has begun to interrogate him, and it is expected that he will be handed over to the Israeli authorities again.

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - Today, Sunday, the national and Islamic forces in occupied Jerusalem announced a comprehensive strike for all schools in Jerusalem, tomorrow, Monday, to reject any form of imposing "Israeli" curricula or the fake curriculum.

In a joint statement with the parents of Jerusalem, the forces affirmed Jerusalemites' adherence to their firm position, with the absolute and complete rejection of attempts to impose a fake or innovative curriculum on our children in all schools, regardless of their academic references, and not to accept anything other than the Palestinian curriculum.

And it held the administration of any school responsible for the national, moral and religious responsibility for deviating from the consensus of the parents and violating the national position, expressing the rejection of all forms of financial extortion practiced by the "Israeli" Ministry of Education and the occupation municipality in the city against school administrations and the policy of overt and veiled threats towards them.

She said, "The Palestinian people have the right to choose the curriculum that is taught to their children," calling on the relevant international institutions to stand up to their responsibilities, curb the occupation and its executive arms, and protect Palestinian educational institutions.

And called on the Palestinian government to provide real alternatives, and to secure the actual needs and resources necessary to protect the Palestinian curriculum away from slogans and loose phrases.

She added, "The national and historical heritage will not be erased by all attempts at falsification and falsification, nor will all methods and behaviors of robbing minds and destroying the national memory of successive generations have suffered and are still suffering from the scourge of policies of repression, forced displacement, and racial discrimination practiced by the occupation government and its municipality in our occupied capital."

GAZA - (Xinhua) - Palestinian artists have finally succeeded in breaking the human isolation experienced by the residents of the Gaza Strip by producing dozens of artworks that reflect the reality of the conditions they live in in the Strip, which has been under a strict Israeli blockade since 2007.

And Sharif Sarhan (47 years old) is among the most prominent Gazan artists who left their mark through his artistic paintings, reflecting through them the bitter reality in the Strip, which is inhabited by more than two million people, half of whom are Palestinian refugees.

Drawing, photography, sculpture and design are among the most prominent tools of Sarhan, who spent 10 years producing his unique artworks that left a clear impact on his audience, not only locally, but also globally.

"It was not easy for us to break the human isolation that was imposed on the Strip due to the blockade and the political and economic instability," Sarhan told Xinhua while he was among a number of his artworks.

Sarhan, who usually holds art exhibitions in the Strip and Arab and European countries, adds to his latest work, "The paintings are among the important works through which the reality in Gaza is translated into the world in light of the complex situation due to the instability of the political and economic conditions in the Palestinian territories."

To achieve this, Sarhan has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Britain, the United States, Jordan, Egypt and the UAE, in addition to dozens of exhibitions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Since the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) took control of the Gaza Strip by force in the summer of 2007, Israel imposed a tight blockade on the Strip, accusing the movement of threatening the security of Israelis.

In addition, both Israel and Hamas have engaged in five large-scale military wars and a number of other limited tensions on the ground, resulting in deaths and destruction of infrastructure on both sides.

In addition, the Palestinian internal division between the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), which runs the West Bank, and (Hamas) led to poor conditions in the Strip, high rates of poverty, unemployment and food insecurity, according to Palestinian and UN institutions.

As a result, Sarhan believes that life in Gaza has become gray, as most works, artistic projects and dreams have not been completed due to the political restrictions that control the entire region.

Last week, Sarhan held his last exhibition for five days at the French Cultural Center (FCC) in Gaza under the title (The Abnormal Act), where he showed dozens of his paintings to the public.

François Tigre, director of the French Cultural Center, told Xinhua that the art exhibition is one of the dozens implemented by Sarhan, who is making incredible efforts to change the stereotype of Gaza as a conflict zone.

Tigger added that the French people and Europeans are confused about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, pointing out that artwork can allow Europeans to learn about the reality in the region and understand how people deal with their lives based on their own circumstances.

As for Assaf Al-Kharti, another artist residing in the Gaza Strip followed in the footsteps of Sarhan to translate the social issues of the world through his artwork by recycling iron waste into forms that embody the problems that the residents of the Strip suffer from.

Al-Kharti, 29, told Xinhua that the artistic sculptures "reflect the reality of the population's problems in the Gaza Strip, such as travel restrictions, education problems and unemployment among young people to the countries of the world."

Al-Kharti complains that "the youth in Gaza suffer because of the Israeli blockade and the Palestinian division from a bad situation that casts a dark shadow on the difficult economic, political, social and living conditions in the Strip."

Reflecting his view of life in Gaza, Al-Kharti participated in many local exhibitions, while he was able to participate remotely in international art events, as he sent his artwork without attending the events.

"We, the people of Gaza, need to recycle our lives, hopes and dreams away from military wars and the imposed blockade so that they can be properly rehabilitated to live a better life," says Al-Kharti.

Many people, analysts, and foreign visitors praised both Sarhan and Al-Kharti, and said that they succeeded in shifting the reality in the Gaza Strip away from the endless conflict with Israel.

A picture taken in the year 1952 in the city of Jerusalem of the Palestinian boxing champion and its founder, the late great Adeeb Al-Desouki, owner of the golden paws, who was displaced by the Nakba from his city Jaffa, "the bride of the Mediterranean" to the Palestinian capital, the city of Jerusalem, in which he settled. After the Nakba, he moved to Kuwait in search of livelihood, and there he worked as a coach. For the Kuwaiti military team, and in Kuwait and Jordan, he spread this game as he spread it in Palestine, and the last club he trained in in the city of Jerusalem was the Muslim Brotherhood Club.

And in the days of the beautiful time of boxing, Al-Dasouki was the champion of the game for the Middle East, and Al-Dasouki accompanied a number of Palestinian boxing stars and trained with him and at his hands. We mention among them: the able boxer Ibn Al-Quds Shaban Al-Salaymeh, and the late Muhammad Al-Zarqa “Abu Hamza”, Yunis Ashour, the late Fayez Abu Dalo, the late Mahmoud Al-Maslouhi, the late Jalal Hamo, the late Zaid Ghoneim, Shehada Edkidek "Abu Steef", and among his most prominent students in Jordan was the hero of the Kingdom of Jordan Fahd Al-Tanbour.

The history and legacy of this able boxer was preserved by his son Youssef Al-Desouki, who trained boxing in Jordan, as well as his students who came after him.

** Within a series of Palestinian sports archives (Pal Sport Agency)

London - (AFP) - Relief organizations ChristianAid and ActionAid announced Monday they were suspending their activities in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered a ban on women working in non-governmental organisations, bringing the total to six organizations that have taken a similar step.

ChristianAid's head of international programs, Ray Hassan, said in a statement that the organization was "urgently seeking clarification on this announcement and urging the authorities to rescind the ban. ... While we do, we are unfortunately suspending the operation of our programmes."

Hassan warned that "millions in Afghanistan are on the brink of starvation."

"Reports of families so desperate that they are forced to sell their children to buy food is heartbreaking," he added, adding that banning women from working in humanitarian organizations will only "impede our ability to provide aid to the growing number of people in need." ".

In turn, ActionAid announced that preventing women from working in it "impedes reaching half of the population who are already suffering from hunger."

"ActionAid has made the difficult decision to pause most of its programming in Afghanistan until the picture becomes clear," it said in a statement.

On Sunday, a similar joint statement was issued by Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE.

The International Relief Committee, which provides emergency services in the areas of health, education and others, and employs 3,000 women, also announced that it would suspend its activities throughout Afghanistan.

Banning women from working in organizations is the latest blow by the Taliban to women's rights in Afghanistan since they regained power last year.

Less than a week ago, hardline Islamists banned women from studying at universities, sparking outrage around the world and protests in some Afghan cities.
For its part, France denounced the Taliban's decision on Monday, describing the ban as the latest attack on women that threatens the delivery of aid.
The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Paris "condemns in the strongest terms" the embargo, which "will seriously hinder the delivery of humanitarian aid, to the detriment of the Afghan people ... at a time when the country is going through a serious economic and humanitarian crisis."

Moscow - (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that his country's army will find a "counter" weapon to counter the Patriot air defense system, which the United States will give to Ukraine, which is under intense Russian bombing.

"As for the Patriot system, it is a very old system. It does not work like (our Russian system) S-300. Our opponents consider it a defensive weapon. Well, we will take that into account. There is always a counter (weapon), so what does it do?" Putin told a news conference. These will not work, as it only prolongs the conflict, and that is all there is to it.”

"Our goal is not to prolong the conflict indefinitely, but on the contrary, to end this war, and we hope for that," the Russian president added.

"All armed conflicts end with talks. The sooner Kiev understands this, the better."

Putin again defended the attack in Ukraine at the end of February, saying he had "no other choice" to "defend the people" in that country.

And he added, "The roots between the peoples of Russia and Ukraine are stronger than those who are trying to divide us."

He accused Russia's opponents, led by the United States, of having "always" tried to divide the "Russian world", which, according to the Kremlin, brings together all Russian speakers.

"Our potential enemies, our opponents, have always dreamed of this... They tried to divide us and rule us into separate blocs," Vladimir Putin added.

برلين – (د ب أ)- أعلن معهد “روبرت كوخ” الألماني لمكافحة الأمراض المعدية وغير المعدية صباح اليوم الأربعاء أن عدد الإصابات الجديدة بفيروس كورونا المستجد التي تم تسجيلها في البلاد خلال الساعات الأربع والعشرين الماضية، بلغ ألفا و40 إصابة، استنادا إلى بيانات الإدارات الصحية المحلية.
وبلغ عدد الإصابات الجديدة يوم الأربعاء الماضي 14 ألفا و909 إصابات.
وسجل المعهد 284 حالة وفاة جديدة جراء الفيروس في غضون 24 ساعة، مقابل 268 حالة وفاة جديدة يوم الأربعاء الماضي.
وسجلت ألمانيا أعلى عدد إصابات يومية حتى الآن يوم 18 كانون أول/ديسمبر الماضي، بواقع 33 ألفا و777 إصابة، منها 3500 إصابة تم إضافتها على نحو متأخر. كما سجلت أعلى عدد وفيات يومية جراء الفيروس حتى الآن في 14كانون ثان/يناير الماضي بواقع 1244 حالة.
وبلغ معدل انتشار المرض بين كل مئة ألف نسمة في غضون سبعة أيام اليوم الأربعاء 8ر72 إصابة (5ر79 إصابة أمس الثلاثاء). وتم تسجيل أعلى معدل في 22 كانون أول/ديسمبر الماضي بواقع 6ر197 إصابة.
وبحسب بيانات المعهد، يصل بذلك إجمالي عدد حالات الإصابة المؤكدة بالفيروس في ألمانيا إلى 3 ملايين و614 ألفا و95 حالة.
وبلغ إجمالي الوفيات الناجمة عن الإصابة بالفيروس 86 ألفا و665 حالة، بينما بلغ عدد المتعافين 3 ملايين و340 ألفا و400 شخص.
وبحسب بيانات المعهد، بلغ معدل الاستنساخ حتى أمس الثلاثاء 73ر0، ما يعني أن كل مئة مصاب قد ينقلون العدوى إلى 73 فردا آخرين في المتوسط. ويعكس معدل الاستنساخ وضع انتشار المرض قبل أسبوع ونصف أسبوع تقريبا.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said today, Sunday, that Israel must find better alternatives than occupying Gaza, or engaging in endless rounds of fighting.

Lapid claimed in a speech during a ceremony to commemorate Operation Protective Edge / Gaza aggression 2014, that his army has the power to operate freely in Gaza, and that this force also gives him the freedom to operate within economic and political options.

Lapid described that operation as "difficult" in the war against Hamas, which he described as a "murderous and brutal terrorist organization."

He said, "We are not only right and owners of a just cause, but we are also strong, and the army is the strongest in the Middle East, and we have advanced technology, in addition to our political and economic power, which is a guarantee of our security."

He pointed out that the Israeli government last year adopted a policy of impatience with "terrorism from Gaza," and "any hostile activity received a strong response that carried a message that we cannot be messed with, and this policy was very successful and prevented incendiary balloons and the transfer of dollar bags once and for all." .

He added, "In order to prevent a recurrence of Protective Edge, the State of Israel must abide by two principles: the first is to have no patience with terror, and not to allow Israelis to be shot or harmed. Those who try to kill us must be killed. The civilian in Gaza knows that it is possible." To live differently, and to put pressure on Hamas to stop firing at Israel. To this end, we have expanded work permits in Israel, and we continue to promote the principle of economy in exchange for security.. These are the broad lines on which we work.

He continued, "Fighting terrorism is not a political issue. On the battlefield and in the cemetery, there is no right or left, no matter how secular, religious, Druze, or Jewish, we stand together against Hamas, and the best way to remember them is to remember the purpose for which they sacrificed their lives: security for all." Citizen, and the great, strong, united State of Israel... Our enemies need to know that we stand against them together."

He affirmed Israel's commitment to return Israelis held by Hamas, including the bodies of soldiers, for burial.

For his part, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that the operation that began eight years ago is still working with the same purpose to strike Hamas and deliver clear messages to it that the price they will pay if they continue to try to threaten us, claiming that his forces worked to destroy Hamas' infrastructure and hit many of its targets. objectives, and that Israel also paid a heavy price after losing its soldiers.

He stressed that Israel is still working for the return of Israeli soldiers and civilians to Hamas, as he put it.

Gantz said, "We will not allow the rehabilitation of the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip without their return. We have nothing against the people of Gaza. We want them to prosper, but away from terrorism and what Hamas is doing against them." according to his expression.

He added, "Israel continues to strengthen the moderate elements and weaken Hamas with various actions - political, economic and military - some overt and some secret."

For his part, Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy said that Israel will continue its efforts to return the Israelis to Hamas, warning the latter against firing rockets again.

Beirut - "Jerusalem" dot com - An Israeli drone crashed today, Tuesday, in southern Lebanon .

According to Lebanese media, the plane crashed in the Wazzani area, without disclosing further details.

The occupation army did not comment on the event.

Istanbul - (AFP) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday that banning Afghan women from attending universities by a decision by the Taliban movement "is neither a Muslim nor a humane decision."

"This ban is neither a Muslim nor a humane decision. We reject this ban and do not consider it fair. We hope, God willing, that they will abandon this decision," the Turkish minister said during a press conference.

Cavusoglu asked, "How does the education of women harm humanity?"

Turkey is the only country in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that has kept its embassy open in Kabul since the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021.

And the Taliban government announced on Tuesday that Afghan universities are banned indefinitely for females who were originally deprived of secondary education since the extremist movement came to power.

Rabat (AFP) - Moroccan firefighting services made progress Sunday in containing forest fires that have been ravaging forest areas in five northern provinces since Wednesday, local authorities told AFP.

In the province of Larache, "70 percent" of a large fire that destroyed about 5,300 hectares has been brought under control, while elements are working to extinguish five smaller fires, according to local sources.

A total of 1,331 families distributed in 20 roundabouts (villages) were evacuated and about 170 houses were destroyed in this area, in which one person was killed.

In the neighboring region of Wazzan, rescue teams are on their way to surround an active fire that has destroyed 400 hectares of pine and fruit trees.

Firefighters and soldiers succeeded in controlling fires in areas that are usually difficult to reach in Chefchaouen, Tetouan and Taza.

The fire was fueled by very high temperatures, approaching 40 degrees, and by violent winds.

According to the authorities, the causes of these fires are still unknown, but the human factor is not excluded.

And Al-Akhbar newspaper wrote in its Sunday issue that the forest fires in Larache proved once again that there is a major failure in terms of implementing the integrated disaster risk management program and the ability to confront it.

In an attempt to stop the spread of the fires, four Air Force Canadir aircraft and four other "Turbo Thrash" aircraft are carrying out sorties, in parallel with the deployment of hundreds of water, forest and civil protection personnel, auxiliary forces, the Royal Armed Forces, national recovery agents and volunteers. .

Morocco has been exposed to a heat wave for several days, with the temperature approaching 45 degrees Celsius, at a time when the country is suffering from exceptional drought and water stress.

On the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar, fires are burning in southern Europe, from Portugal to Greece, through Spain and France.

Colombo - (Xinhua) - Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday announced the official resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Sri Lankan President, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in as acting president.

In a press conference, the Speaker of Parliament said that he had received the President's letter of resignation, and since then the President has legally resigned from his legal duties and responsibilities.

"Under these circumstances, the constitutional procedure for appointing a new president will now be activated. Until this constitutional procedure ends, in accordance with the constitution, the prime minister will exercise his duties as president and oversee the functions, duties and powers of the office of the president," the parliament speaker stated.

The speaker added that the parliament will convene on July 16, and asked all deputies to attend the parliament sessions on that day.

He called on all party leaders, state officials and security forces to show maximum cooperation for the democratic process of electing a new President and Government, and made a special appeal to the people of Sri Lanka to create a peaceful environment that allows all legislators to attend parliament freely.

In this environment, with the help of all the officials, the Speaker said he intended to complete the process of electing a new Speaker within a short period of seven days.

Sri Lanka has been experiencing severe economic turmoil for months, leading to shortages of basic supplies such as food, petrol and fuel.

London, (AFP) - The pace of inflation accelerated in the United Kingdom in June, reaching 9.4 percent at an annual rate, the highest level in forty years, fueled by fuel and food prices, against the backdrop of a crisis in the cost of living.

The inflation rate in May was 9.1 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics in its monthly report released on Wednesday.

"The countries of the world are facing a rise in prices, and I am well aware of the difficulty that people in the United Kingdom are experiencing, so we are working alongside the Bank of England to reduce them," said Minister of Economy and Finance Nazim Al-Zahawi.

The Bank of England believes that inflation may exceed 11% at the end of this year due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the large rise in gas prices as a result of that and tensions in the labor market.

Bank Governor Andrew Bailey warned on Tuesday that the British central bank may accelerate the pace of raising interest rates by increasing them by 50 basis points during its scheduled meeting in August in an attempt to curb the huge rise in prices.

“Inflation hit a level not seen in several decades in June,” said Anna Leech, economist at CBI, the UK’s largest employers’ organisation. “The labor market remains tense, global price pressures are strong and we expect a further hike in tariffs.” electricity".

"As a result, inflation is likely to remain high for the rest of the year, further eroding household income," he added.

CHICAGO (Xinhua) -- A shooting in a shopping mall in the US Midwestern state of Indiana on Sunday evening left four people dead, including the shooter, and two injured.

The shooting took place at the dining corner of the Greenwood Park Mall, south of Indianapolis, the Indiana capital, at around 6 p.m. local time (2200 GMT).

A man with a rifle and several magazines entered the dining area and started shooting.

Greenwood Police Chief James Eason told a news conference that three people were killed and two wounded.

Police believe an armed bystander killed the gunman at the scene.

The gunman's motive remains unknown.

Indianapolis Police Department Assistant Chief Christopher Bailey said there were "no immediate public safety concerns" for people in the area, according to local media.

Built in 1965, Greenwood Park Mall is the second largest indoor mall in Indiana with about 150 tenants.

Shootings occur frequently in the United States. The Armed Violence Archive's database indicates that there have been 320 mass shootings across the country since the beginning of this year, with nearly 22,500 gun violence deaths recorded.

Written by: Dr. Nagy Sadeq Sharab

The recent statement of the Prime Minister of Israel in the interim transitional government, Yair Lapid, about

His support for the two-state solution and that the establishment of a peaceful Palestinian state is in the interest of the two peoples and the security of Israel. This statement was made by Netanyahu before that. The irony is also that Naftali Bennett, in his speech before the General Assembly at its previous “seventy-sixth” session, did not mention the Palestinian issue at all, as if it was not It exists in Zionist thought, but it really does not exist.

Lapid's statement does not mean first of all his belief in the Palestinian state, but rather his goal was to achieve some electoral goals, including his support first of the administration of President Biden, who really praised him, and to win the support of internal Arabs in the upcoming elections and absorb the escalating state of violence in the Palestinian territories. This state is not what some believe, as it is subject to Israeli and Zionist standards. It is not subject to the criteria of the state in the traditional concept in the political literature about the state with its three or four pillars: the continuous geographical territory known for its borders, and defining the borders is an important matter for the availability of the second pillar of sovereignty, without these borders there is no meaning of sovereignty. The third element is the people with their national and national identities, and the fourth is the government and authority.

The two important elements are territory and sovereignty in the Hobbesian sense: absolute, complete, indivisible, and universal. These two elements are not available in Zionist thought, nor in the vision of Lapid himself. As for the element of the people, which imposed and imposes on the leaders of Israel the approach of the state or the talk of a two-state solution in a solution to deal with the element that constitutes a great force, we have the equivalent of the same population with Israel from the river to the sea. Today, the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are nearly six million. Israel, for its part, does not want to return to the option of taking responsibility for them. As for the choice of power, it did not achieve its goal, and therefore Israel has no choice but to hint at the option and the two-state solution from time to time.

There are many questions about the Palestinian state, the most important of which is why a state was not established historically and according to the mandate system? Returning to the first Zionist conference, which stipulated the establishment of a national home for the Jews and the Balfour Declaration, does that mean preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state? What is the purpose of the Jewish National Law? What does land mean in Zionist thought? Answering all the questions together makes it clear to us historically that the goal is to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state that was intended and planned, since the Balfour Declaration, as neither Britain nor its foreign minister has the right to grant Zionism land that is not theirs and under occupation, and the most dangerous thing in the promise is the explicit text on the establishment of the Jewish homeland. And the homeland carries the meaning of a state, and this country was not specified. The Palestinian people, who are historically rooted and did not come from abroad, were dealt with as mere minorities with some rights. And Palestine was deliberately placed under the British Mandate to implement the promise and translate it on the land at times by encouraging Jewish immigration, at another time by facilitating the transfer of land and its ownership to the Jews, and at a third time by encouraging the arming of Jewish groups and building institutions, leading to the UN resolution presented by Britain after it confirmed its issuance. And do not forget that the United Nations was European in composition and influence. The borders of this state, which Ben-Gurion considered as a step in occupying all the land, were not defined, and this was achieved in the 1948 war, in which Israel added more than 25 percent of its area, according to Resolution 181, and to complete this area with the 1967 war, to begin the process of settlement, Judaization, and all This is under the auspices of the United Nations, the sponsorship of the United States, and the use of the "veto" in the Security Council to prevent the imposition of any sanctions on Israel, so that legitimacy remains without force and the concept of the Palestinian state remains empty of all its sovereign implications, and the most we have reached is an observer state without the right to vote or membership. The important point in this Zionist thinking is the association of Palestine with Zionist narratives such as a land without a people for a people without a land. The promised land is all linked to the right of the Jew to settle all of Palestine. This is confirmed by the settlement map today, which swallowed all the land allocated to the Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, which is considered a historic concession that did not convince Israel that it is an occupying state, and this is the major problem of refusing to recognize that it is an occupying state.

The problem that faced this thought was the Palestinian people’s preservation of their existence on their land, even inside Israel, their preservation of their identity, their success in building their national institutions, national values and symbols, and their success in extracting the recognition of the Palestinian state by more than 120 countries.

These facts on the ground imposed on Lapid and before him Netanyahu and others that there is no alternative to the establishment of the state, but it is a state by the standards of Israel, a state without borders and without an army and without land, sea and air windows and a state without sovereignty, it is a protocol state that is higher than the authority of self-rule and less than a state And a country whose citizens do not have the right to return to it, and a country without a capital and without the return of refugees... a country that bears the name only, a country in the heart of a country that has full control over the land and security. This is what Lapid and others mean
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Kiev ( Ukraine ) - (AFP) - A Ukrainian official told AFP on Friday that the country's grain harvest had fallen by about 40 percent year-on-year due to the Russian invasion.

"We expect a grain harvest of 65-66 million tons" by the end of the year, after a record harvest of 106 million tons last year, said Sergei Ivashchenko, head of the Ukrainian Grain Association.

He added that "the main reason is the war," which led to a shortage of fuel and impeded sowing.

Ukraine is a major grain exporter, but the Russian invasion that began on February 24 disrupted exports, with 20 million tons of grain stuck in the country's ports.

"The ports were closed ... that cycle was broken," Ivashchenko said, by cutting off farmers' source of income.

"That, and the war of course, means that farmers did not have enough money to buy fertilizers as their yields decreased," he explained.

A landmark agreement in July brokered by the United Nations and Turkey created a safe passage for cargo ships, allowing exports to resume.

The head of the Ukrainian Grain Association confirmed that "the occupation of several regions, the battles in the fields and the destruction of the infrastructure" are all factors that are still hindering production.

And he added, "We usually grow grain in more than 25 million hectares. This year we harvested only 18 to 19 million hectares."

The historic agreement was extended for 120 days in November after intense negotiations with Russia, which temporarily withdrew from the agreement.

In total, 580 ships carrying about 15 million tons of grain have left Ukrainian ports since the deal was concluded, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Washington (AFP) - The Libyan accused of making the bomb used to blow up a US airliner over Scotland in 1988, in an operation that killed 270 people, has arrived in the United States and will appear in court on Monday, Justice Department officials said.

The United States brought charges against Abu Ageila Muhammad Masoud two years ago in connection with the Lockerbie bombing, in which most of the victims were Americans.

After his arrival in the United States, he was transferred to a Department of Justice facility in Alexandria, Virginia, to complete the initial stages of processing his case.

On Monday afternoon at 13:00 (18:00 GMT), he will appear in federal court in Washington for a first hearing.
And on Sunday, Scottish prosecutors announced that he was being held by the US authorities, but without giving details of how he was transferred from Libya.

Massoud was previously detained in Libya on suspicion of his involvement in the 1986 attack on a Berlin nightclub.

One person has so far been convicted of the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 on December 21, 1988, in the bloodiest terrorist attack on British soil.

The plane, which was bound for New York, exploded 38 minutes after taking off from London, causing its structure to fall in the town of Lockerbie, while the wreckage was scattered over a wide area.

The bombing killed 259 people, including 190 Americans on board the flight, in addition to 11 people on the ground.
Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdel Basset al-Megrahi spent seven years in a Scottish prison after being convicted in this case in 2001, and died in Libya in 2012. Al-Megrahi has always pleaded not guilty.

Moscow - (AFP) - Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian mercenary group "Wagner", praised the effectiveness of his forces in Ukraine, where they are often active in competition with the Russian army, stressing their "independence" and their submission to "fierce discipline".

Prigozhin explained in a video released by his media on Saturday evening the reasons that allowed his fighters to take control of the city of Solidar in eastern Ukraine, which Kiev still denies its fall.

Prigozhin confirmed that his fighters are experienced in combat and "achieve all their goals independently" because they have their own planes, artillery and armored vehicles.

"The most important thing is the leadership system, which has been fully developed," he said, stressing that " the Wagner Group listens to everyone, and everyone can express his opinion."

But "after a decision is made, all missions are carried out, no one can turn back. What gives us this possibility is the fiercest discipline," he explained in the video, in which he appears in a spotted suit with a man identified as Wagner's commander in the Battle of Solidar. .

Prigozhin's comments appear to be a new veiled criticism of Russia's top military leadership at a time when it faces accusations, including from some supporters of President Vladimir Putin, of a lack of coordination and detachment from the reality on the ground.

Prigozhin repeatedly criticized the leaders of the Russian forces over the past months, especially when Ukraine achieved military victories in the regions of Kharkiv (east) and Kherson (south).

On Friday, the Russian army announced the control of the city of Solidar, without mentioning the Wagner fighters in the first stage, which prompted Prigozhin to denounce, through his media, the "continuous attempts to rob the victories" of his group.

In a rare gesture, the Russian Ministry of Defense later published a statement praising the "courage" of Wagner's operatives in Solidar.

The Wagner Group, founded in 2014, has recruited thousands of prisoners to fight in Russia in exchange for reduced sentences.

In an indication of his escalating influence, Prigozhin, 61, admitted in September that he is the founder of Wagner, after he had denied it for years. He regularly visits the Ukrainian Front and makes statements actively through his media.

Johannesburg - (AFP) - The death toll from a liquefied gas tanker explosion in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, has risen to 15, South Africa's health minister said Sunday morning.

Joe Bala said in an interview with reporters at a hospital near the scene of the explosion, "The death toll was 10 dead yesterday, and this morning (Sunday) it has become 15."

William Ntlady, a spokesman for the emergency department in this region, told AFP on Saturday night that the death toll rose on Saturday evening to ten dead and about forty wounded.

He explained that half of the wounded were in serious condition, and 15 others were seriously injured, but in stable condition, while six firefighters sustained minor injuries.

Early Sunday, the truck was stuck under a bridge near a hospital and homes in a residential neighborhood.

"We got a call around 07:50 and the firefighters went out to put out the start of a fire, but then the truck exploded unfortunately," said Ntlady.

In amateur videos posted on social media, a huge fireball is seen exploding under the bridge. It seems that the height of the tanker truck did not allow it to cross the place.

The spokesman added that the tank was filled with 60,000 liters of liquefied gas, used mainly in stoves, and arrived from the southeast of the country, explaining that the truck driver was injured and taken to hospital.

Jean-Marie Boysen heard an explosion early Sunday morning, shortly after 06:30. "It's a very sad day for our little suburb," she told AFP, about 40 kilometers east of Johannesburg.

The 60-year-old blonde woman, who was a few steps away from the scientific police combing the site of the disaster, added that "a huge tremor occurred," explaining that "I grew up here and immediately said to myself: 'This has nothing to do with mining activity'." It is more like a 6.5-magnitude tremor. degrees on the Richter scale.

"I went upstairs and saw flames and thought the house was on fire. I called the fire department and they assured me they were on their way," she said.

Then came the bad news in the morning.

She noted that "on the other side of the road were two children, a teenager and a young man of about 25 who came to mow the lawn in my garden" regularly. "There is not one of them left, they are all dead," she added.

William, who did not want to reveal his last name, was hundreds of meters away from the explosion. He said that "a large number of us were injured by burns on our backs and by stones" that were thrown from a train station close to the site of the explosion.

"You can see it there on the ground," said the black man in his forties, pointing to the road covered in debris.

Johannesburg (AFP) - Nine people were killed and about 40 injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Boksburg, about 40 km east of Johannesburg, fire services said Saturday.

The truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas got stuck under a bridge near a hospital and homes on Saturday morning.

"We received a call around 7:50 am. Our personnel intervened to put out the fire, but unfortunately the truck exploded," said William Ntlady, a spokesman for the fire services in the area.

Videos circulating on social media show a huge fireball erupting from the truck under the bridge. It is possible that the truck is too high to cross this bridge.

The spokesman added that the tank was transporting 60,000 liters of liquefied petroleum gas, which is used mainly in ovens and stoves, and that the truck came from the southeast of the country, explaining that its injured driver was taken to hospital.

Ntlady said that of the 40 injured, 19 are in serious condition, 15 others are seriously injured but are in stable condition, while six firefighters sustained minor injuries.

Sydney (AFP) - A "shocking" government report revealed Tuesday that Australia 's unique flora and fauna are at greater risk than ever from bushfires, drought, human activity and global warming.

The scientific report presented a grim picture of the great damage to the country's wildlife. Since the turn of the 20th century, the average global temperature in Australia has increased by 1.4°C due to warming, which has accelerated the decline of flora and fauna.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersk described the report's findings as "shocking". "It tells a story of crisis and deterioration in the Australian environment," she said.

The 2019-2020 fires destroyed more than eight million hectares of vegetation and killed or displaced between one and three billion animals in the country, according to the report's main findings.

Also, ocean heat waves led to severe coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef in 2016, 2017 and 2020. Since then, a government report released in March concluded that the coral reefs had again suffered massive bleaching.

Millions of hectares of virgin forests have been destroyed since 1990.

The same fate befell more than seven million hectares of habitat for endangered species between 2000 and 2017, according to the report.

In five years, more than 200 plant and animal species of national importance have been added to the list of threatened species under Australian environmental laws.

The report pointed out that "Australia has lost more species of mammals than any other continent," as the number of new species classified as threatened increased by 8% in five years.

Likewise, Australian cities are growing rapidly, according to the report, which leads to increased heat, pollution and urban waste, with pressure on water and energy resources.

The report stated that "Sydney has lost more than 70% of its original vegetation due to" urban development.

"The findings of this report are heartbreaking, and the management failure that led to losses of this magnitude is devastating," said Rachel Lowry, Acting Director-General of WWF Australia.

And she warned that "if we ignore the warnings contained in this report, famous species such as koalas in eastern Australia (...) will disappear forever."

According to the WWF, the report should mark a "turning point" that leads to greater investment and tougher laws to protect wildlife in Australia.

The country is particularly affected by climate change, as it is regularly exposed to droughts and devastating forest fires, in addition to frequent and increasingly dangerous floods.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz reported today, Tuesday, that the family of journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh opposed the move of the Palestinian Authority , the bullet that killed Sherine, to the American side .

According to the newspaper, the family believed that an action plan should be adopted according to which only the International Court of Justice could be approached to investigate the incident and not any US administration, whether Democratic or Republican.

The family believes that when it comes to the treatment of Palestinians, the White House is the same regardless of who lives in it.

According to the newspaper, there is an erosion in the Palestinian public's confidence in the leadership of the Palestinian Authority, noting that the residents expressed their anger on social networks at the step of handing over the bullet and the subsequent biased American report to Israel, especially after it became clear that the bullet was originally examined by Israeli officers.

The newspaper said: The Palestinian public views the cooperation and agreement to hand over the bullet to Israel as surrender to American and Israeli dictates and a naive belief that the Biden administration will do justice to Abu Aqel.

Algiers - (AFP) - Algerian security forces arrested journalist Ihsane El-Kady, director of "Radio M" and the news site "Maghreb Emargon", which were closed, according to the radio's website on Saturday evening, while an AFP reporter verified the matter.

Radio M's website wrote, "This evening, security services in civilian clothes raided the headquarters of Interfas Media, publisher of Radio M and Magrab Imagjon, in the presence of the director of the two sites and their founder, journalist Ihsan al-Qadi, who was handcuffed."

An AFP correspondent went to the headquarters of the two media outlets in the center of the Algerian capital, where the doors were closed while some journalists gathered.

Radio M published on its Facebook page that "the headquarters was waxed and the equipment" in it was seized.

According to the radio, Ihsan Al-Qadi was arrested at midnight on Friday-Saturday at his home in Boumerdes, east of the Algerian capital, and no news was known about him until he was taken to his workplace to attend the execution of a search warrant.

The director of "Radio M" and the "Morocco Imargon" news website is awaiting the decision of the Court of Appeal in the sentence issued against him in June to six months in prison with enforcement and a fine of 50,000 dinars (322 euros).

The case relates to a complaint filed by the Ministry of Communication against Ihsan al-Qadi after he published an article in March 2021 on the website of the online radio station Radio M, in which he defended Rashad's "right to participate in the popular movement" to demand democracy.

The Rashad movement is an Islamic organization that operates from outside Algeria, and the authorities classified it as a terrorist organization in May 2021.

Chicago (AFP) - The United States celebrates Christmas under a "historic" storm that has left 1.5 million homes without power and, this travel season, has led to more than 5,000 flight cancellations, highway closures and fatal crashes.

This storm, which the US meteorological agencies described as "historic", was punctuated by heavy snowfall, polar winds and a drop in temperatures to 48 degrees below zero in some places.

As of Friday morning, warnings and advisories have been issued to more than 240 million people, or 70 percent of Americans in the United States.

This phenomenon led to chaos in the transportation sector, while millions of Americans invaded roads and airports to travel in the end-of-year holiday season.

In New York State, movement is prohibited in Erie County. "We stay at home (...) I can't see the other side of the street" because of the snow, Jennifer Orlando, who resides in the city of Hamburg in the same district, told AFP.

She added that she was deprived of electricity for about four hours due to a car crashing into an electricity pole.

About 1.5 million homes were deprived of electricity on Friday, especially in North Carolina, Maine and Virginia, according to the specialized website "Power-Autig.us". As of Friday evening, about a million of these homes were without electricity.

The storm hit a wide area extending from the Canadian border in the north to the Mexican border in the south.

And in El Paso, Texas, shelters have been opened so that immigrants from Mexico can protect themselves from the danger of the cold as temperatures drop. Volunteer Rosa Falcone, 56, told AFP that many are reluctant to accept the offer and some of them "simply sleep wrapped in blankets."

On Friday evening, the specialized site "Flight-Aware" reported the cancellation of 5,500 flights in the United States, explaining that the most affected airports are those in Seattle, New York, Chicago and Detroit.

To get to Los Angeles, Christine LeRouzin was unable to fly from Vancouver, Canada, and had to convince her brother to drive to Seattle and catch another flight, with a stopover in Denver. "My flight from Seattle was delayed, my flight from Denver was delayed, and now they've lost my luggage," she told ABC 7 on Friday night.

Several states declared states of emergency, including New York, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Georgia and North Carolina. Visibility was almost non-existent, while the roads became very dangerous due to frost and ice.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear told CNN, warning that "we must stay at home and not take risks on the roads." "Your family wants to see you home for Christmas, but most of all they want to see you alive," he added.
He confirmed that three people died on the roads of Kentucky.

In Oklahoma, at least two people have died on a road, according to the agency responsible for emergency management in that state.
In Ohio, a massive collision of about fifty vehicles on a highway killed at least one person, according to local media.

In Michigan, traffic was cut off on a highway Friday morning due to an accident involving nine locomotives.
This storm, rare in its intensity, was caused by the collision of two air masses, one very cold from the Arctic and the other tropical from the Gulf of Mexico, exacerbated by a very rapid decrease in atmospheric pressure in less than 24 hours.

The Buffalo Department of Meteorology said this type of storm occurs "only once in a generation."

In Chicago, where the temperature dropped to around minus 20 degrees Celsius during the day on Friday, the "Night Ministry" organization to help the homeless was concerned about the number of beds the city provided, saying that it was not enough.

"Some of the people we're taking in have become homeless this year," Major Caleb Senn, an official with the Salvation Army in Chicago, told AFP. "Some are afraid because this is the first time they are at the mercy of nature with nowhere to go," he added.

Canada also faces this phenomenon with warnings of hail, storms and even snow storms in most of the country's territory.

But the freezing temperatures didn't stop Jennifer Campbell from doing her last-minute Christmas shopping in downtown Toronto.

"We have big storms regularly and we adapt," said the tourist from Ontario. "We're Canadian, it's our way of doing it."

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Student Loan Fund for Higher Education Institutions in Palestine announced today, Wednesday, the end of screening applications submitted by students in higher education institutions to obtain study loans for the first semester of the year 2022-2023.

The fund stated that students can apply for loans; Log in to their accounts on the Fund’s electronic services website (https://eservices.iqrad.edu.ps) to check the value of the loans they obtained and confirm their desire for them, and then go to the designated place in their educational institutions to sign the financial documents to complete obtaining the loans.

He pointed out that the signing of the promissory notes starts from Sunday 01/08/2023, until the amount allocated to each educational institution runs out, and no later than Sunday 5/2/2023.

Istanbul - "Jerusalem" dot com - Musa Abu Marzouk, a member of the political bureau of Hamas , said today, Sunday, that his movement is keen to communicate with the regimes in the region and with the nation with all its currents, sects, races and components of parties, bodies and institutions.

In statements distributed by Hamas, Abu Marzouk confirmed his movement's keenness to deepen its relations with its Arab and Islamic incubators, stressing that it is not hostile to any of the countries and components.

He referred to the visit made by the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, to Lebanon and Algeria, describing it as fruitful, and that it had direct repercussions on the Palestinian people and their sacred cause, and came as a continuation of our continuous and permanent communication with various Arab countries, and many Islamic countries. like he said.

He added, "It is important to note that what happened in the past decade in the various countries of the region had a great impact on the positioning of the movement among these countries, because we are considered part of the Islamic resistance movements in the region, which left its impact on us directly and significantly."

The Hamas leader continued: "We are trying hard to restore the relations we have lost, and we will continue to try, and we will try not to lose anyone."

Abu Marzouk pointed out that the rule through which Hamas operates is for each to work according to his ability, not to interfere in the affairs of others, not to line up with blocs against another, and not to be hostile to any of the parties in the region.

He said: "Our central enemy is the Zionist occupation, the liberation of our land, the return of our people is our goal, and the nation is our main incubator. We are confronting the fiercest project the region has ever known, and we need everyone's help, and everyone who has been occupied looks forward to someone who supports his struggle and supports his jihad."

Regarding Hamas's policy towards alliances and axes, the member of Hamas's political bureau said: "It lies in the fact that it refuses to be part of any alliance or axis due to a number of reasons, the most important of which is that it seeks support from all parties for the rights of our Palestinian people and their just cause from various countries in the region." And its peoples, including printing countries, but in different forms, forms, and degrees, which makes joining the movement to any party turns the other party into an opponent, and makes our Palestinian people pay the price, and the second Gulf War of 1991 constituted an unforgettable example.

Abu Marzouk considered that the movement's participation in any alliance or cooperation that does not address Jerusalem, Palestine and the resistance, will constitute a factor of tearing the nation apart and a disagreement over dealing with the Palestinian issue.

He said: Iran is the most supportive of our resistance, and coincides with our policy towards Palestine, noting that the movement cooperates with it in all vital areas of resistance.

(AFP) - Republican Representative Nikki Haley announced her candidacy for the US presidential elections in 2024, becoming the first prominent candidate to compete with Donald Trump.

"I am a presidential candidate," said the former US ambassador to the United Nations, who was appointed by Trump in 2017, in a video clip in which she addressed her supporters.

It had been expected for weeks that Nikki Haley, 51, would announce her candidacy for the 2024 presidential election.

"Even in our darkest days, we are so blessed to live in America," Hayley said in the video. But she considered that Democratic President Joe Biden and the “administration” in Washington had a “terrible” record.

On Wednesday, she promised her supporters a "special announcement" in Charleston, South Carolina, the state where she was governor.

In her letter, Haley called for a "new generation of leaders," criticizing Republicans in the recent election in which Donald Trump, 76, interfered.

Trump did not immediately respond to Haley's announcement.

Hayley is the daughter of an Indian immigrant couple, who grew up in a small town in South Carolina, before becoming governor of this state.