Written by: Ahmed Siam

At this time a year ago, in his speech to the United Nations, President Mahmoud Abbas "Abu Mazen" called for an end to the Israeli occupation and withdrawal from the occupied lands of the State of Palestine, including the city of Jerusalem, within a year, expressing his readiness to demarcate the borders and end all final status issues. Threatening, if this is not achieved, to withdraw recognition of the so-called "State of Israel" and declaring that he will go to the International Court of Justice as the highest body in the international judiciary to take a decision on the legitimacy of the occupation's presence on the land of the State of Palestine and the responsibilities of the United Nations and the countries of the world, stressing the importance of adhering to the results What will be issued by the court in this regard, adding that the acceptance and assistance of the international community to implement this initiative based on international legitimacy may save the region from going to an unknown fate.

In light of all this and amid the state of escalation carried out by the Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and in light of the lack of a political horizon and the occupation’s inclination to military escalation and distancing itself from the path of peace, the signs and burns became clear, as the speech that President Abbas will deliver tomorrow, Friday, before the United Nations in The 77th session of the United Nations, where it is expected that it will be devoid of the letter "S" (we will wait, we will see, we will try, we will work...) and other verbs that have become part of the past tense, so it will move to the present tense and most likely preceded by an order from above A UN body to endorse inalienable Palestinian national rights, including international resolutions, but it is still inside the "drawer". Why?

President Abbas, as it seems, has reached a conviction that has become almost certain that the occupation authorities are not interested in negotiations that will undoubtedly lead to the realization, even if partial - and of course incomplete - of Palestinian rights, even if they do not meet the minimum level of Palestinian aspiration. Nevertheless, the occupation authorities absolutely reject it. It seeks with all its strength and exploitation of what is happening in the world and its investment in order to evade everything that has been agreed upon between all parties, because it does not see the Palestinian side as a partner that enjoys strengths that barricade itself around it and enables it to impose its conditions. International norms, covenants and laws.

And it is entrenched in the terms of agreements that are in its favor while circumventing what is required of it, and this is evident from practices that have recently intensified in the West Bank, where the incursions and assassinations that offer sacrifices to the Israeli elections, and confuse the status of the Palestinian Authority in the areas under its control in form, while implicitly the occupation authorities seek To bring about a state of programmed chaos under control, but it loses what remains of the presence of the Palestinian Authority and strips it of prestige, and the increasing settlement projects that swallow the Palestinian land and lose any hope of establishing a geographically connected Palestinian state and limit the natural growth of the Palestinians.

Perhaps President Abbas departed from the text written in front of him in his last meeting with the German chancellor, where he stopped in response to a question by a journalist about the Jewish Holocaust, and his spontaneous response that Israel is committing fifty holocausts against the Palestinian people, is an explicit expression and conclusive evidence of the president's loss of confidence. On the Israeli side, and to a large extent its supporter without borders, the American side and the international community in general, which uses double standards in its foreign policy, especially when it comes to the so-called "threat to Israel's security" and Palestinian rights, and the absolute disregard for what Israel is doing of practices that threaten the Palestinian, Arab, Islamic, Christian presence in Jerusalem and all of the occupied Palestinian territories.

It seems that President Abbas wants to take advantage of the golden time that is available at present, in terms of an international speech, followed less than two months later by an Arab summit in Algeria, perhaps interspersed with a rapprochement of Palestinian-Palestinian points of view, to announce steps that may be almost fateful and push towards acknowledging Palestinian national rights and limiting indolence with Israeli practices and corner Israel trying to get away from it, and recently enacted laws to kill any idea that might be circulating in the international corridors about canceling past agreements and moving towards "creative" solutions.

And with the blockage of the political horizon, the failure of negotiations until the moment, and the faltering of the two-state solution, which has become almost impossible due to the reality of the situation in which the Palestinian territories live from settlement and Judaization, which may become a Palestinian weapon by which the law of the Jewishness of the state kills, President Abbas may implement his threats and resort to the International Court of Justice to implement The decision to divide Palestine into two Arab and Jewish states, which stipulates the acceptance of Israel’s membership with the establishment of the Arab state, and bears the number 181, and forces Israel to demarcate its borders and gives it about 46 percent of historical Palestine, while the rest is an Arab state, including East Jerusalem.

But is that enough? Will the international community, which is biased towards Israeli politics, deal with double standards with regard to the Palestinian cause? Perhaps the Palestinian leadership, headed by President Abbas, should think seriously this time about a "one-state" solution, not a bi-national state, which I was not enthusiastic about, knowing that Israel absolutely rejects all of the above because it opposes Jewish dreams of expansion, settlement, occupation and substitution. Not to mention the isolationist Jewish culture that refuses to engage with other societies, but the solution of one secular democratic (civil) state in which the Arab peoples (Muslims and Christians) and the Jews coexist under the auspices of a single democratic political system that guarantees equality for all, and the law prevails over all without any regard for religion or color. Or race, etc... It is not a new solution, but it was adopted by the Palestinian revolution since its inception, but it is now considered the most realistic and possible solution to achieve the reality of the situation and the impossible.

Perhaps the two-state solution will bury the Oslo agreement and burn it, preserve the historical unity of Palestine from the sea to the river, and guarantee the return of the displaced refugees from their lands since 1948, thus ending the Israeli dream of a Jewish state and revealing the reality of the Israeli entity based on the policy of apartheid, which is expanding and brutally recently, where a democratic state will be established. One between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, as a state for all its citizens, including Palestinian refugees, in which everyone enjoys equal rights, in addition to freedom and security, and this state is a constitutional democracy, in which the authority to govern and enact laws stems from the will of the people, and all its citizens enjoy equal rights in Electing and running for any position and contributing to the rule of the country.

Belgrade (AFP) - Fifty-one people were poisoned after a train carrying ammonia derailed and its cargo leaked in southeastern Serbia , officials said Sunday.

Vladan Vasic, mayor of the city of Bayreuth, where the accident took place, said that the ammonia leak caused "51 cases of poisoning," adding in a press conference that seven people were taken to hospital for treatment.

And the Ministry of Interior stated in a statement that the train derailed in the evening, which led to "ammonia leakage and the spread of a large amount of gas in the air."

The authorities declared a state of emergency in the affected part of the city, which has a population of 60,000, and called on residents to stay at home.

Officials said the 20-carriage train was transporting toxic substances from neighboring Bulgaria, and no other injuries were reported as a result of the derailment.

Manila (AFP) - The death toll from floods in the Philippines has risen to 25, officials said Wednesday, as more rain is expected over the worst-hit areas in the south and center of the country.

Tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes as torrential rains drenched rural villages, towns and highways on Christmas Day, disrupting festivities on the Catholic country's most important holiday.

At least 13 people have died, most of them from drowning, in the province of Misamis Occidental on the southern island of Mindanao, according to the national disaster agency in its latest update on the toll.

Twenty-six people are still missing, and nine were injured.

The official Meteorological Authority stated that moderate to heavy rains are likely to fall across the central and southern regions of the country on Wednesday and Thursday, due to a low pressure area off the coast that could develop into a tropical depression.

"Flooding and landslides caused by rain are likely, especially in areas exposed or highly exposed to this type of risk," the weather office said.

The disaster agency stated that rescue efforts are underway to help people residing in the areas most affected by the floods, while more than 81,000 people have taken refuge in evacuation centers.

On Wednesday, officials will conduct aerial reconnaissance over Misamis Occidental to assess the extent of the damage.
The weather turned sour over the weekend as the disaster-prone country of 110 million people prepared for a long Christmas holiday.

The Philippines is ranked among the countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, while scientists have warned that storms are becoming more intense as global temperatures rise.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Major Criminal Commission in the Gaza Strip issued a life sentence and a fine of twenty thousand dinars, or imprisonment for two years instead, against a defendant who was convicted of two counts of possession of narcotic substances with the intent of trafficking and with the intent to abuse, based on the articles of the Palestinian law.

The Criminal Commission convicted the accused (A, R) of the charges ascribed to him in the indictment, which is possession of narcotics of the type (hashish) with the intent of trafficking, according to the articles of the Palestinian Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law No. 7 of 2013 AD.

Seoul - (AFP) - South Korea on Monday accused North Korea of sending a number of drones that crossed its borders, prompting Seoul to deploy warplanes and fire warning shots to repel them.

"Our military first detected a North Korean aerial vehicle marching around Gimpo airspace at 10:25" (01:25 GMT), the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said in a statement.

She added that "a number of North Korean drones invaded our airspace" in the border areas around Gyeonggi Province.

According to the South Korean news agency (Yonhap) that the incursion led to the firing of warning shots and published chases and combat helicopters, South Korea.

It added that one of the warplanes, a KA-1 fighter jet, later crashed in Huengseong.

According to Yonhap, quoting an official at the South Korean Ministry of Transportation, flights were temporarily suspended at Gimpo and Incheon International Airports near the capital for about an hour at the request of the military.

This is the first time in five years that North Korean drones have flown into South Korean airspace.

The incursion comes amid heightened tensions, with Pyongyang conducting an unprecedented series of weapons tests this year.

Beirut - (AFP) - The Syrian Democratic Forces announced Thursday the launch of an operation against the Islamic State in cooperation with the US-led international coalition, three days after an attack that claimed the lives of Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.

On Monday, the Islamic State launched an attack in the city of Raqqa, which was considered its stronghold in Syria before its defeat in 2019, targeting security centers, before the Syrian Democratic Forces thwarted it and prevented the attackers from storming a nearby prison containing hundreds of jihadists.

The Raqqa Civil Council of the Kurdish Autonomous Administration in northern and northeastern Syria quickly declared a state of emergency and a curfew in the city, which the Syrian Democratic Forces regained control of in 2017, following fierce battles with the extremist organization.

"Saeqa Al-Jazeera" was launched at dawn on Thursday, December 29, "with the participation of the Internal Security Forces of northern and eastern Syria and the international coalition forces," according to a statement on the SDF's media website.

Its aim is to "eliminate ISIS terrorist cells and purify the areas where terrorist outposts are located," according to the same source.
The international coalition did not immediately confirm its participation in the operation.

Among the justifications provided for launching the "Saeqa al-Jazeera" attack was the recent attack on a prison holding members of the Islamic State "in the city of Raqqa and a center for the internal security forces charged with protecting the area, as well as eight attempts to attack al-Hawl camp and areas in Deir ez-Zor and Hasakah" (northeast Syria). .

The recent Raqqa attack is considered the largest against a prison since the attack launched by dozens of ISIS fighters on Ghweran prison in the city of Hasakah in January 2022, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds on both sides.

The Raqqa attack targeted a security square that includes several security and military centers, as well as a prison for the intelligence of the Syrian Democratic Forces, whose backbone the Kurds are.

The Kurdish security forces reinforce their deployment during the holidays every year, for fear of attacks by the Islamic State.

Since the announcement of the elimination of the "caliphate" in 2019, the Syrian Democratic Forces, with the support of the international coalition led by Washington, have pursued the organization's leaders and members who are still carrying out attacks with explosive devices, assassinations, or armed attacks in Kurdish-controlled areas in the north and northeast of the country.

On Monday, the Islamic State said that it wanted revenge for its members imprisoned by the Kurds.

In September, Kurdish forces announced the arrest of more than 200 jihadists in the al-Hol refugee camp as part of an operation they launched in late August.

Manila (AFP) - The Philippine authorities announced Monday that 11 people were killed in a storm and floods caused by heavy monsoon rains on Christmas Day, which forced about 46,000 people to flee their homes.

In an update on previous figures, the Philippine authorities said Monday that 11 people were killed and 19 others were missing after a week of heavy rains in the south and east of the country.

The floods hit the south of the country on Sunday, the day Christmas was celebrated, the most important holiday in this country, which is predominantly Catholic.

The governor of Misamis Occidental province told state radio that rivers had burst their banks, inundating rural villages and highways, as well as the cities of Ozamiz and Oroquita.

And about the provincial capital, Oroquita, with a population of 72,000, he explained that "water flooded the heart of the city, including the market, and cut off electricity, and there was no signal" for telephone communications.

"We have seen floods before, but this is the worst rainfall and water flow ever," he added.

"The water rose up to chest level in some areas, but the rain stopped today," said civil defense official Robinson Laker, speaking to AFP from the city of Jingog.

Of the 45,700 people evacuated from their homes, 33,000 were residents of Jingog.

Coast Guard teams confirmed that they had rescued more than twenty families in the cities of Claren and Ozamiz at the height of the floods.

Pictures released by the Coast Guard showed rescuers in orange jumpsuits cradling children after they were pulled out of their homes at night, in waist-high flood waters.

Seven people were killed - most of them drowned - in Clarín and the neighboring southern cities of Jimenez and Tudela.

The Manila Civil Defense Office said that heavy monsoon rains Sunday caused flooding in 14 towns in Mindanao.

On the other hand, the coast guard said that strong winds and high waves led to the sinking of a fishing boat on Christmas Day off the central island of Leyte, killing two crew members while six others were rescued.

The Civil Defense Department said that two people, including a child, died in the eastern cities of Libmanan and Tinambak, after being swept away by water days before Christmas.

The coast guard said it also rescued 23 fishermen on two boats that capsized when they were hit by big waves off the southern city of Zamboanga on Sunday.

And 19 people are still missing, most of them fishermen on the country's Pacific coast, who had set sail to work despite the harsh conditions.

The bad weather came as the Christmas holidays began in this archipelago of 110 million people.

At this time of the year, millions of Filipinos return to their hometowns to meet their families, taking advantage of the long holidays.

The archipelago is constantly experiencing natural disasters.

In October 2022, severe tropical storm Nalgai triggered landslides and floods across the country that claimed at least 150 lives.

The Philippines is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Scientists warn that the storms will only get stronger as the Earth's temperature rises.

(AFP) - From the huge rise in prices to widespread fires, through the reign of Queen Elizabeth II... the year 2022 is in ten records:

Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24 caused a skyrocketing energy and food price. In March, the food price index of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reached an unprecedented level, similar to European gas prices.

This was reflected in an increase in the inflation rate throughout the year, with 10.6 percent in October over a year in the euro area, which is the largest rise since the adoption of this indicator in 1997.

The war in Ukraine led to the largest influx of refugees into Europe since the end of World War II. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated in May that more than six million people have gone to Ukraine's neighbors, while the number of internally displaced persons has reached eight million. At the global level, the number of refugees has crossed the 100 million mark for the first time.

During the year, records were recorded in terms of climate. Europe witnessed the hottest summer season, while fires destroyed more than 600,000 hectares, which is unprecedented. Worldwide, fossil-source carbon dioxide emissions are at record levels.

In response to the largest joint air exercises conducted by South Korea and the United States, North Korea launched a record number of missiles in the Sea of Japan in November, including 23 missiles within 24 hours on November 2nd.

Queen Elizabeth's reign spanned 70 years, seven years more than that of her cousin Victoria. The life of this queen, who died on the eighth of September at the age of 96, was out of the ordinary, as well as her funeral in London. Crowds of about 250,000 people came and stood in long lines to take a farewell look at her resting body in Westminster Cathedral in the British capital.

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, with a fortune estimated by Forbes magazine at more than $ 199 billion at the end of 2022, was known in 2022 to return from several decisions regarding the Twitter service that he eventually bought in October at a price of $ 44 billion and harsh measures, as he dismissed half of the network’s employees This social networking also witnessed a series of resignations.

The art collection owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sold at auction in November for a record total of $1.62 billion, with paintings by artists such as Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh and Gustav Klimt. In another indication of the vitality of the art market, a portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol became in May the most expensive piece of art completed in the twentieth century, selling for $ 195 million.

By winning the French Open tennis tournament Roland Garros for the fourteenth time, Spaniard Rafael Nadal improved his record for the number of titles achieved by men in major tournaments with 22 Grand Slam tournaments, ahead of Serbian Novak Djokovic (21 titles) and Swiss Roger Federer (20 titles), who He retired from playing in September.
As for the American player Serena Williams, who also retired in September, she won 23 titles from the Grand Slam tournaments.

The release of American singer Taylor Swift's tenth album, "Midnights", in October caused disruptions to the streaming platform "Spotify" and broke the record for the most "listened to in one day" album. The American singer also won the title of "world's most polluting celebrity of the year" because of her many flights in a private jet, according to the "Yard" marketing agency.

The world's population exceeded eight billion in mid-November, according to what the United Nations said was "unprecedented growth," while the number was 2.5 billion in 1950.

Lima - (AFP) - The tourism sector in Peru has lost $6.54 million per day in recent months due to the political crisis afflicting the country, according to the Peruvian Ministry of Commerce and Tourism.

Tourism Minister Luis Fernando Helguero said in a press statement that between June 2022 and the end of January, the losses amounted to "25 million Peruvian soles per day ($6.54 million) in the tourism sector alone."

Interim President Dina Pollarte has led Peru since Parliament impeached former elected President Pedro Castillo on December 7, sparking violent demonstrations that claimed at least 46 lives.

The protesters are calling for the departure of President Polwarti and bringing the elections closer. Polarti's term was originally scheduled to last until 2026.

Five airports in the south of the country were closed, including Cusco Airport, which provides access to the famous tourist site of Machu Picchu in Peru.

Most of the hotels and restaurants in Cusco have closed their doors, affected by the shortage of fuel and some foodstuffs caused by the blocking of roads across the country.

A large number of tourists were stuck for several days in the vicinity of Machu Picchu. The Minister of Tourism indicated that 85% of travel offers were cancelled.

Polwarti said, "Let the elections be brought closer" to get the country "out of the quagmire we are in," noting that her government supports the opposition's initiative to bring the presidential and legislative elections closer to December 2023.

Wuhan (Xinhua) - British company Lotus Cars, which specializes in the manufacture of sports and racing cars, has completed construction work for its new factory in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province in central China .

The factory, covering an area of about 100 hectares, is located in Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, an auto cluster in China.

According to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, a Chinese automaker that bought Lotus Cars in 2017, the total investment in the plant was 8 billion yuan (about 1.2 billion US dollars).

According to Geely, the new plant will produce three models of electric vehicles, with a designed annual production capacity of 150,000 units.

The Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone has more than 10 auto manufacturers and about 500 auto parts companies.

The region produces nearly 1 million vehicles each year, with an annual industrial output of more than 320 billion yuan.

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - The Washington Times published today, Tuesday, a report under the title "Veterans of the Israeli Air Force : The next government poses a fundamental danger", noting at its outset that more than 1,000 veterans of the Israeli Air Force The Israeli air force, including the former Israeli chief of staff, on Monday (26/12/22) urged the country's top legal officials to stand firm against the incoming government.

According to the Washington Times, "In a letter to the chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court and other senior officials, they said that the alliance of religious and ultra-nationalist parties threatens the future of Israel."

The report of the right-wing newspaper, known for its historical support for Israel and the Likud party, notes that that message was delivered a few days before the new government assumed its duties, and that the letter stated: “We belong to all classes of society, and from different political spectrums... The common denominator between us today is fear that the democratic state of Israel is in danger and that "the letter called legal officials the 'last line of defense' and appealed to them to 'do everything in their power to stop this catastrophe that may affect the country'."

The report indicates that among the 1,200 signatories, Dan Halutz, who served as army chief during the period between 2005 and 2007; Avihu Bin Noun, former commander of the Air Force; and Amos Yadlin, former head of military intelligence. All three are former fighter pilots. It is noteworthy that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his partners from the hard-line and far-right captured the parliamentary majority in last November's elections.

And while "they have yet to complete the ruling coalition negotiations, Netanyahu has struck a series of deals that would give his far-right partners power over the national police force and settlement building in the occupied West Bank," according to the report.

According to the newspaper, "they are expected to promote a series of changes in the legal system that critics say will weaken the judiciary and may dismiss criminal charges against Netanyahu, and this is expected that Netanyahu will return to his position as head of his new government next Thursday."

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished, on Monday morning, a commercial facility under construction in the Jabal Al Mukaber town in occupied Jerusalem .

According to local sources, large forces stormed the town, accompanied by a bulldozer, and began the process of demolishing the facility that belonged to Makdisi Akram Shuqairat.

The occupation authorities claim that the facility is being built without a permit.

This comes within the framework of a campaign carried out by the extreme right-wing government to demolish dozens of homes and facilities in occupied East Jerusalem.

Algeria - "Al Quds" dot com - The Algerian National Liberation Front and the National Building Movement condemned today, Saturday, the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and called for international action to stop it.

The party held the Israeli occupation state fully responsible for this escalation, expressing its condemnation of the brutal and cowardly attacks on the Gaza Strip, in a flagrant violation of the lives of safe people.

The party pointed out that these serious attacks, which have become periodic, constitute a clear violation of international human rights covenants, civil rights, international resolutions, and the United Nations.

He called on the international community and the Security Council to intervene urgently to stop this cowardly and criminal aggression against the defenseless Palestinian people, and to impose respect for international legitimacy and the right of the Palestinian people, which does not fall under statute of limitations, to establish their independent state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.

He also affirmed his firm position on the justice of the Palestinian cause and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, just like other peoples who enjoy freedom and independence.

For its part, Al-Binaa Al-Watani condemned this aggression, strongly denouncing the Israeli calls for large-scale storming of Al-Aqsa tomorrow, in conjunction with the continuation of this cowardly military operation against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

The head of the party, Abd al-Qadir bin Qurainah, considered this attack a new crime added to the repeated crimes of the occupying state against innocent Palestinians, in light of the failure of some Arab countries to assume their responsibilities and deal with the grave violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinians, especially in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

He called on the international community to clearly and explicitly condemn this aggression, and to take swift action to stop it.

He said: In view of this escalation in aggression against a dear part of our beloved Palestine, we express our full solidarity with the Palestinian brothers, and affirm the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to self-defense.

He pointed out that brotherly Palestine will always find the Algerian nation as a people and an authority at its side, and it is the one that has never failed in supporting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, and in striving to establish their independent state, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, and it is continuing, in word and deed, to strengthen the Palestinian cohesion.

MOSCOW, (Xinhua) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the West's policy of containing Russia is a very serious issue fraught with the risk of a direct armed clash between the nuclear powers.

Lavrov said in an interview with Russia's Tass news agency on Tuesday that "irresponsible speculation" that Russia is about to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine is constantly unfolding in the West.

"We are talking about something completely different: the comprehensive containment policy pursued by the West against our country is very dangerous, as it risks sliding into a direct armed clash between the nuclear powers," the Russian foreign minister continued.

Lavrov explained that Moscow has repeatedly expressed that there can be no winners in the event of a nuclear war, which should never be unleashed.

Lavrov noted that Western politicians are increasing their rhetoric on the issue of a nuclear war, saying that they are the ones who should be asked whether this issue will continue in 2023.

The Russian Foreign Minister expressed his "deep concern about the loud propaganda" in the United States and Western countries in general about nuclear weapons.

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Six lions have been killed after escaping from a hunting reserve in South Africa and terrorizing residents living nearby, wildlife authorities said Monday.

The authorities said that guards in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal killed the lions on Friday after residents protested their inability to walk safely at night.

"Anger was building as there were fears that lions were no longer afraid of humans," Musa Mntambo, spokesman for the Izimvelo KZN wildlife sanctuary, said in a statement.

He added that the lions had killed at least six cows and no longer ran away when they saw humans, instead walking towards them.
Globally, the number of lions living in the wild is decreasing, but in South Africa its numbers are growing and have reached 3,500 lions, according to wildlife associations.

Tehran - (dpa) - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, in a phone call to his Emirati counterpart, Abdullah bin Zayed, that Israel's presence in the region "causes insecurity and stability."

And the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA) reported today, Sunday, that the Emirati minister stressed that his country will not allow any subversive acts from its lands against its neighboring countries, and always takes into account the security of its neighbors.

The Iranian Foreign Minister stressed the importance of increasing bilateral meetings and consultations between the officials of the two countries, and considered it a ground for developing and expanding relations between them.

Amir Abdullahian added, "The Islamic Republic of Iran wants to maintain security and progress for its neighbors and the region, and it believes that the intervention and presence of foreigners harms the security of the region."

The Iranian foreign minister invited his Emirati counterpart to visit Tehran.

Jenin - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ali Samoudi - Last night, Jewish extremists attacked worker Ahmed Muhammad Qabha, a resident of the village of Tura in Jenin, while he was in Haifa , northern occupied Palestine.

And family sources told Al-Quds.com that the young man, Qabha, was critically injured, as a result of this attack, and was transferred to Jenin Governmental Hospital for treatment.

And she indicated that Qabha was surprised by a group of masked Jews blocking his way from his workplace in Haifa, and pepper gas was sprayed on his face, then they attacked him with knives and injured him.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - "Al-Haq" Foundation confirmed this evening, Saturday, that the decisions by laws that were issued in the judicial matter seriously affected the guarantees of a fair trial, and the presumption of innocence attached to the human being.

In a position paper issued by Al-Haq, Al-Haq affirmed that these decrees by laws transferred detention procedures from precautionary measures that have their origins and philosophy in international law and standards to a prior punishment for the accused through the possibility of extending the detention for a period that reaches the sentence prescribed for the crime, and leads to depriving citizens of Their right to appear before their natural judge expeditiously by allowing the extension of detention without being brought to court under vague headings represented in force majeure, which lead to prejudice the principle of two-level litigation and public trial on which our judicial system is based by examining appeals carefully.

And she continued, “It also vests the accused with the authority to bring defense witnesses, which is the responsibility of law enforcement officials, and considers him incapable of providing evidence in the event that the witness does not appear to testify before the court, and requires prior written permission from the Attorney General or one of his assistants for the possibility of prosecuting the public employee or members of the police force.” This may lead to immunization from prosecution and punishment, imposing fines on lawyers and citizens in unjustified cases, and violating notification procedures in a way that threatens legal rights and guarantees, in addition to raising court fees exponentially in a manner that constitutes a gross violation of the principle of free litigation and the right to access justice. Leads to a threat to civil peace.

Al-Haq confirmed that the demands announced by the Palestinian Bar Association , and the ongoing activities led by the association, calling for halting the enforcement of decisions by laws affecting judicial affairs and canceling their effects; Legitimate and consistent with the principle of the rule of law and international standards, and based on the inherent role of the Bar Association in defending public rights and freedoms, and requires support from civil society institutions.

Al-Haq stresses the need to rescind decisions by laws affecting judicial affairs, without delay, due to the absence of the necessity that does not tolerate delay in issuing them contrary to the provisions of the Constitution, and because they involve grave violations of constitutional principles and values, guarantees of a fair trial, and others.

Al-Haq said: "The continuous deterioration in the judicial affairs is due to unconstitutional interference that violates international conventions and standards in the judiciary and justice affairs, and not the judicial legislation itself, which has led to a decline in citizens' confidence in the judiciary, and wasted the principle of the rule of law and the separation of powers, including It warns of the reluctance of citizens to resort to the judiciary, and to fulfill the right in particular, which threatens civil and societal peace, which requires an immediate cessation of interference in the judicial matter, especially the legislation regulating it.

Al-Haq stressed the need to unite and intensify all efforts towards holding general legislative and presidential elections as a suitable ground for unifying and reforming the judiciary in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in a way that restores respect for the institutions of the Palestinian political system, and respect for the principle of separation of powers and the principle of the rule of law as a basis for good and rational governance.

Al-Haq called for organizing a general conference in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to follow up on the state of deterioration and continuous bleeding in the Palestinian judiciary, in order to unify the societal effort on effective methodology and tools to unify and reform the judiciary and maintain the principle of the rule of law and the pillars of good governance, on the basis of respect for the Basic Law. Amendment (constitution) and agreements to which the State of Palestine has joined.

SHIJIAZHUANG (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan said the country's latest COVID-19 response protocols require higher precision in implementing prevention and control measures and fixing loopholes, not complacency and laxity.

Sun, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks when she was visiting Hebei Province from Monday to Tuesday to check on the province's epidemic prevention and control measures.

Sun reaffirmed China's firm adherence to the dynamic "zero-COVID" policy, and stressed rapid response to deal with outbreaks in the shortest time and at the lowest cost, to ensure epidemic control, economic stability and safe development.

She spoke highly of Hebei Province's achievement of being completely infection-free at the community level for a relatively long time, and asked local authorities to remain vigilant and eliminate any outbreaks at the community level in a timely and resolute manner.

Written by: Hamdi Farrag
The news said that three Hamas jihadist leadership meetings were held in Gaza, Beirut and Tehran prior to the launch of the latest aggression on Gaza. The news did not say what happened between the two communities, but the events said. This is a hypothetical scenario:

Hamas for Jihad: Israel has informed Egypt and Egypt has told us that it cannot wait any longer than today (Saturday 6-8) imposing a movement ban on the residents of the settlements around the periphery. They began to clamor and demonstrate and leave for Tel Aviv.

Jihad: We will not change our position to release Al-Saadi and Awadeh.

Hamas: Awadeh will not be renewed for him again, and Al-Saadi is fine and was not injured in gunfire or anything else. There is no need for us to fight a war that is imposed on us and on the entire people in an ordinary and daily issue.

Jihad: We consider this to be two fundamental issues, and we will not give them up.

Hamas: There are issues that are more principled than what you say and remember. Apart from sparing Gaza and its people the scourge of destruction and war, we are not adequately prepared for it.

Jihad: We are ready, and we insist, even if we are forced to fight it without you.

Hamas: We will not prevent you, but we will not participate with you, and we will inform the Egyptians to raise our hand (withdraw our hand) on this issue.

Jihad: We appreciate your position that you will not try to prevent us.

Hamas: We hope that you will also appreciate that we, through the Egyptian mediator, have opened advanced discussions on a number of thorny and intractable files, and we have made some progress.

Jihad: You mean the exchange file?

Hamas: exchange and non-exchange. Crossings, workers and goods. Here you see that the crossings were closed, and workers were prevented from going to their work, and the electricity was about to be cut off.

Jihad: Israel has been manipulating us for the past 15 years, and has been manipulating the Palestinian Authority for 30 years.

Hamas: That's right. Today, however, we possess an arsenal of weapons and missiles that make it compelled to reconsider its calculations and priorities, and it has discovered that the path of war and confrontation does not lead it anywhere, and that there must be another path.

Jihad: It is clear that you are betting on that.

Hamas: It is clear that you reduce the struggle and jihad to the surviving faction or to the sons of the tribe. Saadi and Awadeh.

The hypothetical dialogue ended, the confrontation ended, and about fifty Palestinians were killed between a leader, a resistance fighter, a citizen, a child and a woman, and a real, non-hypothetical dialogue began between Hamas and the Jihad and the rest of the components of the people, through a difficult and humiliating path that the PLO followed 30 years ago, fearing that Hamas will worship it with the Jihad or without it again.

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As for the writer of "Haaretz", who said that the Israeli channels talked extensively about the dog that was killed in Jenin and did not mention the five-year-old Alaa, who was killed in the bombing, we should ask him about the age of the dog.

نابلس- “القدس” دوت كوم- عماد سعادة– مساء التاسع من حزيران 2006، كان الشاب حمزة صالح الطقطوق (22 عاماً) من بلدة نابلس القديمة واحداً من بين ملايين البشر الذين شاهدوا عبر الفضائيات تلك الفتاة الغَزِّيَّة المفجوعة هدى غالية، ابنة العشر سنوات التي كانت تبكي، وأبكت معها حتى بحر غزة، وهي تتفقد أشلاء وجثامين أفراد عائلتها السبعة الذين قتلتهم قذائف بوارج الاحتلال بينما كانوا يلهون عند شاطئ غزة.

ملايين البشر الذين شاهدوا الجريمة وتأثروا بها، ذهب كل منهم في اليوم التالي إلى عمله أو انشغل بهمومه، لكن الأمر كان مختلفاً بالنسبة للفتى الطقطوق، الذي كانت هذه الحادثة كفيلة بتغيير مسار حياته، إذ إنه تأثر حد النخاع، وسرت الحميَّةُ في عروقه، فقرر الانتصار لابنة شعبه هدى غالية، ولعائلتها على طريقته الخاصة.

القصة الكاملة للطقطوق، الذي انتهى به المطاف أسيراً خلف قضبان سجون الاحتلال ومحكوماً بالسجن المؤبد مرتين، يرويها والده صالح الطقطوق (أبو العبد) من محله الصغير المتواضع في نهاية زقاق يطل على “خان التجار” الشهير في قلب نابلس القديمة.

ويقول (أبو العبد) إن نجله حمزة كان فتى في السادسة عشر من عمره عندما اندلعت الانتفاضة الثانية (انتفاضة الأقصى).

ولمّا كانت بلدة نابلس القديمة، من أهم المسارح في هذه الانتفاضة، فقد انخرط نجله حمزة في الأنشطة النضالية والوطنية التي تناسب عمره وارتبط بعلاقات وثيقة مع المقاومين والمطلوبين في البلدة القديمة، وكان يقدم المساعدة لهم.

وخلال فترة الاجتياح الكبير لبلدة نابلس القديمة في نيسان 2002، أُصيب الأخ الأكبر لحمزة بإحدى قذائف الاحتلال، ما أدى إلى بتر يده، وهذه الحادثة كانت بمثابة الحافز النضالي الإضافي لحمزة كي ينخرط أكثر في العمل الوطني حتى بات أصغر مطلوب في نابلس للاحتلال بعمر (18 عاماً).

ويضيف (أبو العبد): إن حمزة ظل مطلوباً للاحتلال عدة سنوات دون أن يتمكن جيش الاحتلال من اعتقاله. وعندما برزت معالم تسوية بين الحكومة الفلسطينية والجانب الإسرائيلي بخصوص إنهاء ملف المطلوبين لقوات الاحتلال، تم تفريغ حمزة للعمل في أحد الأجهزة الأمنية الفلسطينية، وانتقل إلى مقر أمني في مدينة رام الله، وظل مدة طويلة هناك، وكان من المحظور عليه أن يخرج خارج المقر خوفاً من اعتقاله من قبل قوات الاحتلال.

الانتقام لعائلة غالية
وبالعودة إلى جريمة شاطئ غزة بحق عائلة غالية، فقد بدأ حمزة التخطيط للانتقام لهذه الجريمة بينما كان موجوداً في المقر الأمني الذي كان يعمل فيه في مدينة رام الله، ووضع مع زميلين له في المقر، وهما أيهم الكممجي من قرية كفر دان في محافظة جنين، وبسام اكتيع من قطاع غزة، المحكومين حالياً بمثل حكم حمزة، بنود وتفاصيل عملية الانتقام التي أطلقوا عليها اسم “غضب الفرسان”.

وتشير التفاصيل، التي اتضحت لاحقاً وتم نشرها، إلى أنه في الخامس والعشرين من حزيران 2006، أي بعد نحو أُسبوعين من جريمة شاطئ غزة، خرج حمزة مع زميليه في سيارة تحمل لوحة صفراء (إسرائيلية)، وتمكنوا من خطف المستوطن “إلياهو اشيري” وهو من مستوطنة “ايتمار” جنوب نابلس بينما كان يوجد في منطقة غرب رام الله، ومن ثم قاموا بتصفيته ودفنه في أحد الحقول بالقرب من بلدة بيتونيا في رام الله.

سارع منفذو العملية إلى إرسال (فاكس) إلى لجان المقاومة الشعبية/ ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين في غزة، يعلنون فيه عن عملية خطف المستوطن، وتضمن (الفاكس) المُرسَل صورة هوية المستوطن المخطوف. وبدورها أعلنت لجان المقاومة الشعبية بتاريخ 28/ 6/ 2007 عن هذه العملية، وقامت بعرض صورة هوية المستوطن على وسائل الإعلام، مهددة في الوقت ذاته بقتل المستوطن في حال لم يوقف الاحتلال عمليته العسكرية في غزة التي كان قد أطلقها منذ أيام في غزة رداً على خطف الجندي الإسرائيلي “جلعاد شاليط”.

واتضح فيما بعد أن مخابرات الاحتلال تمكنت من تتبع مكان إرسال الفاكس من مدينة رام الله، وبالتالي التعرف على منفذي العملية، وتمكنت فجر اليوم التالي من الوصول إلى جثة المستوطن “اشيري” المدفونة في رام الله.

وبعد عدة أيام، وتحديداً بتاريخ 4/ 7/ 2004، تمكنت قوات الاحتلال من أسر المقاومين الثلاثة الطقطوق وكممجي واكتيع بعد محاصرتهم في مقر للشرطة الفلسطينية في رام الله، ومن ثم جرى تقديمهم للمحاكمة والحكم عليهم بالمؤبد.

إلى هنا أُغلق ملف خطف المستوطن باعتقال منفذي العملية ومحاكمتهم، ولكن بالنسبة لوالد حمزة (أبو العبد) فقد بدأت مرحلة مظلمة في حياة العائلة.

بعد 9 سنوات من اعتقاله، تمكن (أبو العبد) للمرة الأولى من زيارة نجله حمزة في سجنه، وكان ذلك في 2015، مشيراً إلى أنه وجده في معنويات تطال السماء وأنه مؤمن بما فعل، ومن ثم توالت الزيارات له، وتمكن حمزة الذي كان قد ترك مدرسته من الصف التاسع من الحصول على شهادة التوجيهي وهو في الأسر، ثم التحق بجامعة القدس المفتوحة، وحصل منها على درجة البكالوريوس في العلوم السياسية.

ويقول الوالد: إن حمزة قد تعرض للتعذيب النفسي والجسدي خلال سنوات اعتقاله، وتعرض للعزل المنفرد، وخاض الإضراب الشهير عن الطعام الذي قاده الأسير القائد مروان البرغوثي.

ومع احتمالات الإعلان عن صفقات تبادل أسرى بين المقاومة وسلطات الاحتلال، يوجه والد حمزة الطقطوق رسالة للمقاومة بأن أصحاب المؤبدات يجب أن يكونوا في مقدمة من يتم الإفراج عنهم في الصفقة، فهذه فرصتهم التي قد يصعب أن تتكرر، ومن دونها سيقضون ما تبقى من حياتهم خلف القضبان. كما يوجه رسالته لأبناء الشعب الفلسطيني وللقيادة وللفصائل وعموم المؤسسات بأن يضعوا قضية الأسرى فوق كل اعتبار، وأن لا يتركوهم وحدهم في معركتهم.

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - Samir Awni Harbi Aslan (41 years old) was killed, at dawn Thursday, as a result of being shot by the Israeli occupation forces during their storming of the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.

According to the Ministry of Health, the martyr Aslan was hit by a bullet that penetrated his chest and he died as a result.

According to Jerusalemite sources, Aslan was targeted by the occupation soldiers after he tried to defend his son Ramzi during his barbaric arrest during a massive campaign of arrests and raids that took place in the camp.

She pointed out that the occupation forces detained Aslan for a while while he was bleeding, and prevented the people from giving him first aid.

He announced a comprehensive strike in the camp to mourn the martyr's soul.

During the massive storming of the camp, the occupation forces arrested about 14 citizens, including freed prisoners, who are: the editor Osama Hamad, the editor Shafiq Awwad and his brother Moatasem, the freedmen Karim and Ihab Abu Latifa, the boy Adam Badran, Adham Awwad, Ramzi Aslan, Iyad Mutair, Ahmed Mutair, And Kamal Abu Ghuwaila, Ali Zayed, Mustafa Al-Juri and his brother Muhammad.

Moscow - (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused the West of seeking to "divide" what he described as "historic Russia" that includes Ukraine, more than ten months after the Kremlin's military offensive against the neighboring country.

"Everything is based on the policy of our geopolitical opponents who aim to divide Russia, historical Russia," Putin said in an interview broadcast on Russian television, stressing that Moscow's "goal is completely different, which is to unite the Russian people."

Putin used the concept of "historical Russia" to say that Ukrainians and Russians are one people, which undermines Kiev's sovereignty and justifies his ten-month-old attack on Ukraine.

"We are acting in the right direction, we are protecting our national interests, the interests of our citizens and our people," Putin said.
The Russian president repeated his statements that Moscow is "ready to negotiate with all participants in this process (to find) an acceptable solution" to the conflict.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on his first trip outside Ukraine since the offensive began in February, had strong pledges of support from US President Joe Biden, including the Pentagon's most advanced air defense system.
Referring to the Patriot missile systems that Zelensky had promised, Putin said, "Of course, we will destroy them 100 percent."

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh announced, on Monday morning, the date for announcing the results of the high school diploma in Palestine.

Shtayyeh made it clear, in a statement at the start of his government's weekly session, that the results will be next Saturday.

Habash (Iraq) - (AFP) - In the Iraqi dialect, the word "mako" means "nothing". Issa repeats it a lot by saying, "There is no electricity, there is no house." Eight years after the fierce battles with the Islamic State, the reconstruction process is still stagnating in his village in northern Iraq.
Issa Al-Zamzoum lives in the agricultural village of Habash, 180 km north of the capital, Baghdad. The man, his wife Umm Warda, and their five children live in a house made of cement, part of which collapsed during the war in 2014, but it was not separated from the other parts of the building.
In one room, a hen watches her chicks, and in another, she has piled old sleeping mats against a wall.
Issa's main home was destroyed and the place he now resides in has been given to him. "There is nothing here, no electricity, no work, nothing," says the 42-year-old, adding, "Since the war until now, we have not seen construction or services."
An advisor in Salah al-Din governorate, to which the village of Habash belongs, who preferred not to reveal his identity, justifies the delay in reconstruction work due to the extent of the governorate's "wideness". "We cannot yet arrange things 100 percent," he told AFP.
In the village of Habash, the destroyed or semi-destroyed houses are in the dozens, as if the war had just ended. The village is paying the heavy price of the siege imposed by the Islamic State in the summer of 2014 on the city of Amerli, located about 10 kilometers from the village of Habash.
At the time, the jihadists controlled the city of Mosul and other lands in northern Iraq. They advanced south and besieged Amerli. In late August of the same year, the Iraqi army, the Popular Mobilization Forces, and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces broke the siege of Amerli, the village of Habash, and the neighboring villages that the jihadists used as bases.
In late 2017, the Iraqi government and the Iraqi army, with the support of the international coalition, declared "victory" over the organization.
But the story did not end with the end of the battles.
According to Human Rights Watch, after the 2014 siege, and during the raids, "militias, volunteer fighters and members of the Iraqi security forces looted the property of civilians who fled the fighting during the attack on Amerli."
"They burned the homes and shops of the Sunnis who lived in the villages and used explosives and heavy equipment to destroy buildings owned by individuals or entire villages," she added.
Today, "the humanitarian needs are enormous" in the Tuz Khurmato district where Habash is located, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council. The non-governmental organization added, in a statement to Agence France-Presse, that about "20,000 displaced people live" in the district, speaking of "urgent" needs for water and electricity.
Some people also lack identity papers, according to the organization, as to obtain them, some residents face "problems in clearing their profile of any security suspicions" due to suspicions of their affiliation with the Islamic State.
Like Issa al-Zamzoum and his neighbor Abd al-Karim Nuri, the majority of Habash's residents are Sunni Arabs.
"This life of ours is not life. I have no job. I have five sheep to live on," says Nuri. He added, addressing one of the region's deputies, "He said he would carry out reconstruction, but he did nothing."
Nouri, however, does not talk about his sectarian affiliation, nor about sectarianism, which has become a sensitive issue in Iraq, in which tens of thousands of people were killed during the sectarian conflict between 2006 and 2008.
However, four and a half years after the fall of the self-proclaimed "caliphate" of the Islamic State, some Sunnis say they are still subject to harassment and discrimination.
A report by the US State Department published in 2021 stated that Sunni officials denounced the "forced displacement of Sunnis" at the hands of the Popular Mobilization Forces, and the "arbitrary arrests" of members of their sect "suspected of being linked to the Islamic State."
Without mentioning the Islamic State, the official in Salah al-Din governorate spoke of "security concerns" that are also delaying reconstruction work.
While Habash got rid of the Islamic State, the ghost of its cells still roams about 15 kilometers in the areas to the north.
Along the road leading to the village of Bir Ahmed, the Popular Mobilization Forces, an alliance of Shiite armed factions that have become integrated into the Iraqi official forces, deployed security barriers and raised the alert level.
"The situation in Bir Ahmed is out of our control and that of the army," said one of the officers.
"If you want, go in, but I can't guarantee whether you will come back," he added.

Translation of "Jerusalem" dot com - Last night, Iranian hackers published new documents and photos of the head of the Israeli Mossad , David Barnea, after his phone was hacked.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, one of the photos was taken of Barnea during his presence in the European Youth Judo Championship that was held in Tel Aviv in 2016, and documents of comprehensive medical examinations that he apparently conducted that year, confirming that all the photos and documents are old years before he assumed the presidency of the apparatus.

Israel believes that the materials published on Barnea since last March were obtained by hacking his wife's phone.

The publication of the new photos comes hours before the head of the Mossad heads to the United States to hold important meetings on the Iranian nuclear file.

Jerusalem - Media of the Olympic Committee/ The Diaspora Athletes Committee recently held a meeting at the Olympic Committee headquarters in Sidon, to discuss preparations for reviving the activities of the National Olympic Week, which will be held during the period from 23 to 30 June.

The meeting was attended by a member of the Executive Office of the Olympic Committee, Dr. Nizar Talib, and representatives of federations in the diaspora, where the importance of the event, which is held on the occasion of the Olympic Day and includes many national sporting events, was emphasized.

During the meeting, a program of events for the various sports federations was set for the Olympic week, which will be held in conjunction with its organization at home in the northern and southern governorates. Dr. thanked He asked the representatives of the sports federations for their cooperation in making this central event a success, which aims to spread the Olympic culture and its values in society through sports and academic activities targeting various groups of society.

Ciudad Juarez - (AFP) - Migrants stranded in Ciudad Juarez, a city in northern Mexico bordering the United States, condemned the construction of a new barrier of containers on the border with the US state of Texas, days after announcing the dismantling of a similar facility in Arizona.

These containers were placed on the American bank of the Rio Grande River, which forms the border separating the United States and Mexico and is known as the Rio Bravo to the Mexicans, according to AFP correspondents at the site.

A similar barrier consisting of 915 containers was erected along the border by the decision of the Arizona authorities, distorting the Coronado National Forest, which is a natural area protected at the federal level, but the judiciary ordered its dismantling before the fourth of January.

"The situation at the border is getting more complicated every day, with fences, soldiers and now containers," said Moses Carrillo, a 31-year-old Venezuelan who arrived in Ciudad Juarez after a four-month journey.

Joseph Diaz, another 24-year-old Venezuelan, declared, "It is racism. There is no equality. They think they are superior to us, but we are all human beings in the eyes of God."

The number of undocumented migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border is now at record levels, with more than 200,000 people arrested in November alone.

The US Supreme Court ruled this week to uphold a measure taken during the Covid-19 pandemic that allows for the expulsion of immigrants at the border.

And in March 2020, the government of former President Donald Trump activated this health mechanism in order to be able to immediately expel immigrants without official residence papers in their possession and who were arrested at the land borders, including potential asylum seekers.

This measure, known as "Article 42", is immediate in effect and does not allow any judicial appeal or automatic return to the country of origin.

Since the activation of the mechanism in March 2020 until last September, the US authorities at the country's southern borders have returned 2.3 million asylum seekers and immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, according to official data.

Beirut - (AFP) - Unidentified planes targeted, on Sunday night, refrigerated trucks in eastern Syria , upon entering from neighboring Iraq , which led to their destruction, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, pointing out that they were transporting Iranian weapons.

The Observatory stated that "six refrigeration trucks were targeted by unknown aircraft in the countryside of the border city of Al-Bukamal, after crossing from Iraq," without being able to identify the party that targeted them.
According to the Observatory, the strikes destroyed the trucks and killed and injured those inside, without specifying the number of victims.

"The trucks were transporting Iranian weapons," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

He reported that at least two similar convoys entered this week from Iraq. They unloaded their cargo in the city of Al-Mayadeen, and it is likely that they transported "advanced weapons" to groups loyal to Tehran.

The region is exposed from time to time to similar blows, specifically affecting the movements of pro-Tehran groups.

The province of Deir ez-Zor is divided between several parties, as the regime forces and Iranian fighters and groups loyal to them control the area west of the Euphrates River, which divides the province into two parts, while the Syrian Democratic Forces, which are Kurdish and Arab factions supported by the international coalition led by Washington, control the areas located at its eastern banks.

Iranian and Iraqi forces and pro-Tehran groups, including the Lebanese Hezbollah, are deployed in a wide area in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, especially between the cities of Al-Bukamal and Al-Mayadeen. The Observatory estimates the number of members of these groups to be about 15,000 fighters.

The international coalition has repeatedly acknowledged carrying out strikes in the region, targeting pro-Tehran fighters.

Pro-regime fighters were repeatedly targeted in the region, as 55 of them, Syrians and Iraqis, were killed in June 2018 in strikes that an American official said was behind Israel, but the latter refused to comment.

Since 2011, Syria has been witnessing a bloody conflict with many sides, which, since its outbreak in 2011, has caused the death of about half a million people, massive destruction of infrastructure, and the displacement of more than half of the population inside and outside the country.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - Spontaneous marches were launched in various governorates of the West Bank , on Wednesday evening, in appreciation and tribute to the spirit of the martyr Uday al-Tamimi , who was martyred this evening when he carried out a shooting attack at the entrance to the "Ma'ale Adumim" settlement in occupied Jerusalem.

Dozens of young men took to the center of Ramallah, coinciding with similar marches in several other areas of the governorate, including Silwad, Kober, and others, to salute the spirit of the martyr Tamimi.

A march also took place in Jenin camp with the participation of a group of resistance fighters who raised their guns and chanted slogans saluting the martyr Tamimi.

Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem witnessed a similar march.

The participants chanted slogans praising the march of the martyr Al-Tamimi, the perpetrator of the Shuafat operation, which led to the killing of a female soldier, before he was martyred tonight after 10 days of persecution.