Lima - (AFP) - At least 17 people were killed in Juliaca, in southeastern Peru , Monday, in clashes between security forces and anti-President Dina Pollarte demonstrators who tried to storm the city's airport, an official source said.

"We have confirmed the death of 17 people in Puno during clashes that took place today with law enforcement forces in the vicinity of Juliaca Airport," a source in the local ombudsman's office told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Nivardo Enriquez Barrales, coordinator of the city's Ombudsman's office, told AFP earlier in the day that "so far there are 12 dead in the morgue as a result of the clashes in Juliaca."

The demonstrators are calling for the resignation of President Polarte, who was Vice President Pedro Castillo, but Parliament appointed her in his place when he dismissed him in December in response to the socialist president's attempt to dissolve the country's legislative power.

Polwarti is the sixth person to assume the presidency in five years in a country experiencing a chronic political crisis marred by accusations of corruption.

The protesters are calling for Polarti's resignation, the dissolution of parliament and immediate elections.

The authorities partially acquiesced to the demands of the demonstrators, as they decided to move the date of the elections from 2026 to April 2024.

And the Puno border region with Bolivia is the center of protests in the country, as it has been witnessing an open-ended strike since January 4.

Hebron - "Quds" dot com - Students from the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Engineering at Palestine Polytechnic University created a smart application for rapid response to traffic accidents using "drone".

This application was completed by a group of students, they are; Nawal Al-Karaki, Suzan Al-Dagamin, and Muhammad Al-Baba, under the supervision of Dr. Musa Irfaia.

The students participating in the development of the application stated that this project contributes to serving the local community in light of the increasing reliance on modern means of communication and their applications in various fields, the most prominent of which are smart phones and their applications that enable users to carry out various activities in various fields such as doing business or communication. with others or geolocation.

The application is the development of a mobile application for citizens, as it displays an alert message to the user (affirmation or rejection) when he is exposed to a strong shake by sensing the phone’s vibration. A drone equipped with a first aid bag is sent to the accident site and works on filming the accident, which contributes to giving a clear picture of the extent of the accident and providing the required assistance, such as exploring the nature and size of the accident, the number of injured people, and the number of ambulances to be sent to the place.

It is worth noting that the project was nominated to participate in the World Summit on the Information Society Awards competition organized under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in which Palestine participates under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to represent Palestine, where it qualified in the category of the role of governments and all stakeholders in promoting technology Information and communication.

Written by: Dr. Crimean Amani

There are absolutely no indications that the Biden administration intends to put pressure on Israel with regard to urgent Palestinian issues.. On the contrary, it is clear that it decided to deal with the hard-line coalition in Israel comfortably, where Benjamin Netanyahu is the main address for consultations with him in the United States. It all starts and ends with Bibi.

It's okay to give him space and opportunity instead of pressuring him, and there's no need for overt disagreements or collision courses. That's how they think in Washington. All matters can be resolved calmly and carefully personally. The Americans believe that they have influence with Netanyahu on two issues: The first is his strong desire to complete his “historic” achievements through normalization with Saudi Arabia. And no matter how Israel is the entry door to the White House, the Biden administration believes that the White House is the entry door to Saudi Arabia. The second is Iran: Netanyahu needs American support for his ongoing operations deep inside Iran to undermine the regime there. But the most important thing is based on their convictions and years of experience with Netanyahu's rule, which says that pressure on him is of no use and does not fall on deaf ears, and therefore the issue of a clash with him is out of the question at all. The situation is more boiling in the West Bank, and at the same time I also doubt that the Israeli government will follow the meager American recommendations. This is what was revealed by a series of high-level US visits recently, which concluded with the tour of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

It was expected that the Biden years in power would be very traditional with regard to the Palestinian issue specifically, in the sense of a return to the borders of American politics before Trump... But with the progress of time, it seems that it has retreated from traditionalism to become empty and boring. Even the administration figures themselves act slowly like a robot... They move with exaggerated caution and caution... They repeat the same words... The easiest and safest solution, in their view, is to bury one's head in the sand, turn a blind eye to Israel's aggressions, and talk... talk... without explaining how or when. ?

It is not expected that we will get something of political and strategic significance from the Biden administration, because it chose not to put pressure on Netanyahu, due to three main reasons:

1. President Biden's experiences, culture, and firm convictions play the biggest role in this field. Although he is classified as a centrist democrat and may have preferred cooperation with the centrist elite in Israel, his commitment to Israel's security and to the Israeli narrative is a firm belief, which he is infatuated with. Even his method of resolving the differences between them is not public, but is done behind the scenes and quietly.

2. The Biden administration knows that any confrontation with Israel could be through the weapon of conditional aid, which requires time and effort that it is indispensable and outside its current interests that focus on the repercussions of the Russian-American war, the movement of financial markets, and the far moves in East Asia.

3. The last thing Biden wants, in his third year and the country on the verge of election campaigns, is to enter into disputes over Israel between a Republican party that strongly supports it and a Democratic party in which the majority supports it and a progressive minority that pushes to hold it accountable, in addition to confronting AIPAC and evangelical Christians.

In general, the hard-right tsunami in the Israeli government will not be interested in any American pressures / if any / but will be more brazen and daring in challenges and aggressions.

القدس-أقيمت في حديقة الاستقلال في رام الله يوم الجمعة الماضي بطولة رام الله الثانية المفتوحة للجوجيتسو والتي شارك فيها أكثر من مائة لاعب من من عدد من الاندية المحلية وبحضور جماهيري فاعل من قبل الاهالي وعشاق اللعبة .

وأكد غسان ابو مطر رئيس الاتحاد في كلمة الافتتاح ان هذه البطولة جاءت تنشيطية بعد فترة انقطاع كبيرة بسبب جائحة كورونا وهي مقدمة لعدة بطولات محلية ودولية قادمة سينظمها ويشارك بها الاتحاد ، والبطولة القادمة ستكون باسم الشيخ جراح ، واكد الامين العام للاتحاد انور عودة الله ان البطولة حققت الاهداف المطلوبة منها لافتا النظر الى اتساع رقعة المشاركين وهذا ما يتماشى مع رؤية الاتحاد الناشئ بنشر اللعبة .

وبعد تقسيم اللاعبين على حسب الاوزان ، ابتدأت المواجهات بين اللاعبين والتي شهدت ندية كبيرة وبشرت بمواهب قادمة سيكون لها شأن كبير في المستقبل، وقام بتحكيم اللقاءات الحكم وعضو الاتحاد احمد الخفش ومحمد الرويضي، وفي الختام قام ابو مطر وعودة الله وباقي اعضاء الاتحاد بتتويج الفائزين وتوزيع الميداليات على الفائزين ، وتم تقديم درع تقديرية لضابط الاسعاف عبد القادر قدورة ولمدير الحديقة انس الاغبر .
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RAMALLAH, (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Yitzhak Sidr announced today (Thursday) Palestinian endeavors to obtain frequencies of the fourth and fifth generations of wireless communications for mobile phones (4G) and (5G).

Sidr said during a meeting with the Lithuanian ambassador to the Palestinian Territories, Bertas Venkaites, in the city of Ramallah, that the Palestinian side began moving to obtain the frequencies of the fourth and fifth generations, accusing Israel of procrastinating in the file "without justification."

Sidr added that obtaining fourth and fifth generation frequencies is a human right adopted by the international community in all international forums, stressing the quest to obtain continuous international support so that we can obtain our right to access telecommunications services and the Internet to achieve the goals of sustainable development 2030.

The Palestinian declaration came a day after the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2022 adopted, at the end of its work yesterday (Wednesday), Resolution No. 18 regarding Palestine, which calls for providing urgent assistance to Palestine to obtain the required frequency spectrum resources and manage them to operate the fourth and fifth generation networks.

The resolution calls for addressing technical issues and overcoming the challenges of introducing new technologies, enhancing technical assistance provided to Palestine to develop the communications and information technology sector, and the need to implement e-health, education, e-government, and spectrum planning and management projects.

Sidr pointed out that the coronavirus disease crisis revealed an urgent need to obtain fourth and fifth generation services in all sectors, especially educational, health and economic.

He stressed that the Palestinian government, despite the scarcity of capabilities, has moved forward in meeting the needs of citizens and connecting those who are not connected to communication services.

And Palestinians in the West Bank began using the third generation wireless communication system for mobile phones (3G) in January 2018, after waiting for about 12 years of negotiations with Israel.

The (3G) technology allows the use of programs on the phone without the need for wireless Internet service, such as browsers and programs for visual, audio and written conversations from anywhere, provided that there are network frequencies that provide this feature.

Israel, which controls the crossings of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, refuses to grant Palestinian cellular companies the necessary frequencies to provide the third and fourth generations (3G and 4G) of modern communication technologies, or to agree to import equipment to operate them.

Palestinian officials repeatedly accused Israel of using security and economic excuses to continue imposing restrictions on the development of the Palestinian telecommunications sector.

The (Oslo) Interim Peace Agreement signed by the Palestine Liberation Organization with Israel in 1993, under which the Palestinian Authority was established, stipulated that the Palestinian frequency spectrum would remain under Israeli administration during the transitional period that ended in 1999.

In September 2012, the Palestinians had previously obtained a decision from the International Telecommunication Union to send a committee to investigate the problem of Israel's refusal to grant them advanced radio frequencies without this being translated into reality.

New York - (AFP) - UN experts indicated that there is evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Islamic State organization during the period in which it declared its "caliphate" in the areas it had controlled, in a report that is supposed to be discussed by the Security Council on Monday.

The report of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by the Islamic State referred to “the collection of documentary, digital and witness testimonial evidence” related to the use of chemical weapons in Iraq in the “caliphate” of the organization between 2014 and 2019.

In their report, the experts concluded that ISIS "manufactured and produced rockets, chemical mortars, chemical munitions for rocket-propelled grenades, chemical warheads, and improvised chemical explosive devices."

The report focused in particular on evidence "proving that ISIS made financial, logistical and procurement arrangements and links with leadership elements," in reference to the Islamic State.

He also noted a greater understanding of sites "where suspected weapons manufacturing, production and use activities have occurred across Iraq," and "more insight into the ISIL-manufactured materials and delivery systems used."

Investigators focused their efforts in particular on an attack in the Iraqi city of Taza Khurmato on March 8, 2016. They confirmed that they had collected a "large amount of evidence" including "ISIS payroll records and correspondence".

"Evidence related to the payment of martyrdom compensation to the families of ISIS members killed while deploying chemical weapons, and records of ISIS training for key operatives in the use of chemicals as weapons, including chemical dispersal devices," was examined in the report.

The report listed "a range of chemical/biological agents" that the organization has turned into weapons, including "aluminum phosphide, chlorine, cyanide, nicotine, ricin, and thallium sulfate."

The report stresses the "continuing health complications among the residents of Taza Khurmato, which include chronic diseases, cancers, and complications related to reproductive health."

The report also dealt with major crimes, especially sexual violence and persecution of Christians and others in Iraq, as well as the destruction of cultural and religious heritage.

On June 29, 2014, the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" announced the establishment of the "Islamic Caliphate" in the vast areas it controlled in Syria and Iraq.

And after it suffered its first defeat in Iraq in 2017 following battles with the Iraqi forces, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, led by the Kurdish fighters, announced on March 23, 2019, the organization's defeat after battles that lasted for several months, during which its fighters of different nationalities from Europe and countries were besieged. Asian and Arab, and thousands of their family members in Al-Baghouz, on the border with Iraq.

Despite its defeat, the extremist organization, through sleeper cells, continues to carry out attacks, albeit limited ones, in the two countries, especially against the security forces. It also claims attacks in other countries around the world.

Yaoundé (AFP) - At least 11 people were killed Sunday by a landslide during a gathering to honor the dead people in a popular neighborhood in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon , the region's governor told public radio.

An AFP correspondent reported that the police removed four bodies, covered with white sheets, from the popular neighborhood of Damas, on the eastern edge of Yaoundé. The reporter was among hundreds of shocked residents who tried to find their relatives, while ambulance teams were trying to make their way to the scene of the tragedy.

Residents told AFP that several families were under large tents erected on wasteland at the top of a hill, when the ground collapsed under some of those present.

"So far we have 11 bodies. Searches are continuing to find other bodies underground. It was a gathering of people who wanted to cry for members of their families who preceded them to leave. Some of them were sitting under a tent where A landslide occurred in the early evening."

The Joint Technical Committee ( Ministry of Economy , Palestinian Standards and Metrology Institution, Union of Stone and Marble) approved a mechanism for developing the stone and marble sector, and protecting the national product to enhance its export capabilities.

The Joint Technical Committee stated that it is in the process of developing executive procedures, foremost of which is tracking imports of stone, so that they are within the approved quarantine specification, which is considered one of the tools for protecting Palestinian stone, in addition to linking the certificate of origin with the classification of stone.

It confirmed that it will re-evaluate the financial values declared in the process of importing and exporting stone and marble, in addition to designing more programs that would contribute to regulating the stone and marble sector and enhancing its competitiveness in foreign markets.

The President of the General Federation of Stone and Marble, Nassar Nassar, explained that the next stage aims to protect our national product (Palestinian stone), and this requires new steps that will advance this promising sector, and serve the Palestinian factory and exporter of stone and the economy in general.

In turn, the Director General of the General Department of Trade at the Ministry of National Economy, Manal Al-Desouki, appreciated the efforts made by the Ministry of Economy to develop this sector, whose contribution to the industrial sector amounted to about 20%, and 86 companies operating in this sector were able to penetrate about 80 export markets.

She drew attention to the project to enhance the competitiveness of Palestinian building stone products in the markets of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which was implemented with the Palestinian Stone Union.

She indicated that an action plan was signed with the Jordanian Ministry of Trade between the two countries to increase trade exchange to reach $700 million.

El-Desouki called on companies to benefit from entering the Algerian market, as the negative list was canceled, which was a challenge from entering the Algerian market, but now there is a real opportunity that can be exploited in the Algerian market.

She pointed out that it was agreed to exclude containers loaded with Palestinian stone from the Saudi customs decision to prevent the transit of any consignment (transit or transit) that is not loaded inside tightly closed containers, with the exception of goods that cannot be placed in containers.

And it revealed discussions with the Indonesian and Malaysian government to exempt a list of Palestinian products from customs duties when exported to their markets, and among the lists (the stone), in addition to communication with the Iraqi government so that Palestine would obtain an exception from the implementation of Resolution (293) regarding the collection of customs duties on the countries’ exports to the market. Iraqi.

Al-Desouki stressed keenness to participate in specialized international exhibitions in this field, and to expand relations with the various countries with which agreements were signed, which would enhance national exports.

In turn, the Director General of the Palestinian Standards Institution, Haider Hajjah, reviewed the services provided by the institution in favor of protecting the national product and expanding the production base in Palestine, in addition to highlighting the importance of mandatory technical instructions and specifications in protecting the national product and enhancing its competitiveness at the local and international levels.

Hajjah stressed the importance of the international effort led by the corporation to develop national exports, by opening new markets for the national product, by recognizing conformity certificates, in addition to providing the infrastructure to conduct the necessary tests and standards.

The Director General of the Federation also presented the most important economic indicators, which reflect the importance of stone exports, and their contribution to narrowing the gap in the trade balance with the most important markets, as well as clarifying the importance of enhancing the positive impression of the Palestinian product in the development of exports, since this issue is considered a fundamental pillar in the competitiveness of this product.

Los Angeles - (AFP) - In an expected result, James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" continued to lead the box office in North American cinemas last weekend, generating revenues of nearly $45 million, but the surprise came in the movie Horror ranked second after it reaped unexpected revenues.

According to the numbers of the specialized company, "Experience Relations", the new movie "Avatar" maintained the top spot at the box office for the fourth consecutive week. The 20th Century science fiction film has grossed $516.8 million domestically and $1.19 billion globally, making it the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time.

But the horror film "M3GAN", produced by "Universal" and "Plum House", earned $ 30.2 million in the first days of its release, which exceeded the expectations of observers.

M3GAN tells the story of a fearsome robot originally designed to be the perfect companion for a young orphan girl (Violet McGraw).

said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research said, "Horror movies are not showing any slowdown at the box office," explaining that "young movie fans want to watch these movies with their friends, on the big screen, to get the maximum amount of excitement."

And "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish," which is related to the "Shrek" series, came in third place.

The family movie took in $13.1 million in its final weekend, bringing its total in North America to $87.7 million.

It was followed in fourth place by the movie "Otto", based on the novel "A Man Called Otto" by the Swedish writer Frederik Backman, produced by "Sony", with revenues of $ 4.2 million in its second week.

And in fifth place was the superhero film "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" produced by Disney, with revenues of $ 3.4 million. This brings the film's total domestic revenue to $445.4 million.

Here are the rest of the films, in order:
6. “Whitney Houston: I wanna Dance With Somebody,” $2.4 million.
7. “The Whale,” with $1.5 million.
8- “Babylon” with $1.4 million.
9- “Violent Night” with $740,000.
10- “The Menu” with $713,000.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom said, on Wednesday, that the first test for the new right-wing government that will soon be formed will be the case of the petition submitted to the Supreme Court regarding the evacuation of the Homesh outpost near Nablus .

According to the newspaper, on December 22, the new government must submit its response to the court regarding the evacuation of the outpost, pointing out that the outgoing government presented a position that the outpost will be evacuated, but leaving the freedom to act on that and the issue of timing according to security conditions, but the court You requested an appointment.

The settlers are closely awaiting the position of the new government, which will be presented to the Israeli Supreme Court, and they hope to cancel the laws that prohibit them from entering the evacuated settlements.

If the Israeli government continues to procrastinate, the Supreme Court may issue a decision to evacuate the outpost by specifying a specific time.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - Imad Saadeh - The citizen, Hamada Khaled Hanani (47 years), from the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, was killed in a run-over accident west of the city, Thursday evening.

The media spokesman for the police, Colonel Louay Irzeigat, stated that the governorate police operations room received a report about a run-over accident involving a citizen who was crossing the road in Malhis Street, west of Nablus. After that, he was taken to the hospital and doctors later announced his death.

Arziqat added that the police seized the driver who caused the accident, while the Public Prosecution Office was informed and the investigation was initiated by the traffic police to find out its reasons.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - On Wednesday morning, several Israeli vehicles made a limited incursion into citizens' lands, east of Khan Yunis , in the southern Gaza Strip .

According to eyewitnesses, 4 bulldozers and two machines penetrated the lands located in that area, and carried out razing operations, amid intermittent shooting.

This coincided with shooting at farmers and shepherds in more than one border area, without any injuries reported.

Written by: Nihad Abu Ghosh

There is a debate in many international and local circles about what the government of Israel is pushing for of a total collapse of power, because of its extremist program, its most extreme and brutal behavior, and its clear efforts to resolve the conflict on the ground by armed force, iron, fire, bulldozers, and other measures of Judaization, settlement, oppression, and piracy of Palestinian funds, by unilateral decisions taken by institutions. Occupation without negotiations and in isolation from any international resolutions.

The reality is that the parties to the current Israeli government do not agree on a unified stance towards the PA. There are those who do not mind dissolving and undermining it, as Smotrich and his partner Ben Jvir openly announce, as the former calls in his program to replace the PA with local and regional bodies elected by the Palestinians in proportion to their tribal and clan reality. Because, in his opinion, they do not constitute a people and do not have national rights, but Benjamin Netanyahu and his party (Likud) do not necessarily share all of the extreme right's views, and like the parties to the previous government, they prefer that the Palestinian Authority remain weak and submissive.

The Palestinian National Authority arose as a result of the Oslo Accords on the one hand, and by a decision of the bodies of the Palestine Liberation Organization, specifically the Palestinian Central Council in its session held in Tunis in October 1993, four weeks after the signing of the Oslo Accords. From President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in the presence of US President Bill Clinton and the testimony of the US and Russian foreign ministers.

Although the aforementioned agreement was concluded in extremely bad international and regional circumstances for the Arabs and the Palestinians, and it came immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the first international war on Iraq, the Palestinian leadership found in the agreement at that time an opportunity to establish a foothold on the homeland, and to save the Palestinian cause from erasure and liquidation. It wagered on the existence of a serious Israeli desire for peace and settlement, as evidenced by the results of the Israeli elections in 1992 that brought the Labor Party government.

But Israel, experienced in negotiations, in control of the land and supported absolutely by the victorious United States in the two wars (cold against the Soviet Union and bloody against Iraq) planted the aforementioned agreement with dozens of clear and vague clauses, in addition to mines that can explode at every moment, making it general, loose and wide-ranging. The stronger party, which is Israel, controls its interpretation and implementation, and the Palestinian side - according to the memoirs of a number of those who negotiated the agreement, stood behind it and drafted it - were in the utmost haste, and neglected essential items and points (such as the issues of settlement, prisoners, and the political relationship with Jerusalem and Jerusalemites) and it was possible to achieve achievements And significant breakthroughs in these areas would have occurred if the Palestinian position had held together a bit and showed some firmness, which was also revealed by the memoirs of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres and their aides.

The Palestinian Authority, and the Palestinian people in general, remained subject to the pressure and blackmail of the Israeli governments, which used all their tools and strengths to subdue the Palestinians and demand them to make political concessions. In this context, Israel's control over the Palestinian funds that were supplied to the Palestinian treasury through clearing, was the easiest and most effective weapon. Even used to punish the authority for its domestic and international political stances, such as the formation of the tenth government headed by Ismail Haniyeh, then the national unity government, through joining the Rome Protocol and the International Criminal Court, and insisting on paying the salaries of martyrs and prisoners, up to the recent draft resolution in the United Nations for the International Court of Justice referendum. regarding the occupation and its practices. In addition to hacking clearing funds.

Israel also used the issues of prisoners and mass arrests, control of water, crossings, import and export, and even invasions of areas classified (A) and its control of the main roads and entrances to cities and villages, and access to VIP cards as tools to blackmail the authority.

Israel rejects the PA being the nucleus of a national project that aims for freedom and independence. It does not recognize the Palestinians as a people with political rights, but as a population with subsistence rights only. Therefore, the occupying state fights any manifestation of actual sovereignty, such as control over land, water, airspace, borders, and the electromagnetic field. Of course, it does not care about the manifestations of sovereignty and formal splendor that our officials are keen on, such as honorary titles, privileges, and escorts. At the same time, Israel and its main currents do not favor the collapse of the Authority because its survival brings Israel a number of benefits, most notably the exemption of the occupying state from any responsibility towards more than five million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza, and the occupation is not interested in returning to managing the traffic system in the streets of Palestinian cities, nor to managing Education and health. The occupation aspires to reduce the PA's role in the security and economic functions, in a way that contributes to protecting Israel's security. Prior to that, the occupying state is concerned with continuing to mislead the world and make it believe that there is an ongoing political process. ), and that everything must be resolved through negotiations, not through the United Nations or international courts, and this is exactly the flimsy argument used by the United States and its Western allies to support the Israeli position and always vote for it.

So Israel wants the authority to remain, but it wants it to be submissive and weak, and unable to take decisive national decisions, just like a patient who continues his life depending on means of resuscitation and injections. Changing the functions of the authority and confining it to the service side, instead of this weak authority swallowing up the Liberation Organization and with it the factions of the Palestinian national movement.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation forces launched, at dawn and Wednesday morning, a massive campaign of arrests among citizens, from separate areas in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem .

In the latest field developments, two young men were slightly injured, as the occupation forces stormed this morning the Old City of Nablus, and some of its neighboring areas.

The area witnessed violent clashes amidst a house besieged, several shells were fired at it, while news was received of the arrest of a wanted person inside.

According to the Red Crescent, a young man was wounded superficially in the head, and another with shrapnel. He was treated in the field.

In Hebron, the occupation forces arrested the deputy in the Legislative Council, Bassem Al-Za’arir, from the leadership of the movement, who is a resident of the town of Al-Samou’, in addition to the editor, Ayman Abu Awwad, from the same town.

In Bethlehem, 4 of the freedmen were arrested, Ibrahim Abdullah, Issa Al-Arouj, Munir Al-Arouj, and Ahmed Asakreh, along with the young Musa Abu Mufreh from Tuqu'.

In occupied Jerusalem, Qassem Muhammad Daoud, Muhammad Ahmad Daoud, Saeed Mustafa Daoud, Moamen Mustafa Murar, Mazhar Mashhour Daoud, and Karim Rayan, all from Beit Duqqu, northwest of Jerusalem, were arrested.

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Islamabad will ask the supreme leader of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan to mediate with the Pakistani Taliban after an attack on a mosque in Peshawar Monday that killed 84 people, officials said Saturday.

Since the return of the Taliban to power in Kabul, Pakistan has witnessed a sharp escalation of attacks in the border areas with Afghanistan, where the ruggedness of the place allows the militants not to be spotted.

Police attributed Monday's attack to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a more extreme faction of the Pakistani Taliban, which denied responsibility for the attack.

The Pakistani Taliban have common goals with the Afghan Taliban, led by Hebatullah Akhundzada, who runs the country from Kandahar (south), the stronghold of the hardline Islamist movement.

Faisal Karim Kundy, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's special adviser, said Saturday that delegations will be sent to Tehran and Kabul "to ask them to ensure that terrorists do not use their lands against Pakistan."

A Pakistani police official in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where Monday's attack took place, told AFP that the Kabul delegation would meet "very high-level personalities".

"When we talk about a very high-ranking figure, we mean ... the Afghan leader Hebatullah Akhundzada," added the official, who preferred to remain anonymous.

Afghan officials did not immediately respond to AFP's requests for comment.

On Wednesday, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottaki warned that Pakistan should not "blame others".

During the two-decade American intervention in Afghanistan, Islamabad was accused of secretly supporting the Afghan Taliban, despite its military alliance with the United States.

But since the return of the Taliban to power in Kabul in 2021, relations have deteriorated, especially after the return of the Pakistani Taliban.

Founded by Pakistani jihadists allied with al Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban have killed tens of thousands of Pakistani civilians and security forces in less than a decade. A military operation launched in 2014 drove the militants towards the mountainous border with Afghanistan.

A report issued by the UN Security Council in May 2022 indicated that the Pakistani Taliban, which attempted to assassinate Pakistani Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is one of the most foreign militant groups in Afghanistan "benefiting from the return of the Taliban to power."

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Egyptian authorities decided today, Tuesday, to close the Rafah crossing in both directions with the Gaza Strip , next Thursday.

According to the Crossings and Borders Authority of the Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza, the closure will take place due to an official holiday on the Egyptian side.

She indicated that the crossing will be closed on Friday and Saturday due to the weekly holiday.

Ottawa (AFP) - Canada's gross domestic product rose 2.9 percent in the third quarter, beating analysts' expectations, Statistics Canada announced Tuesday.

The fifth consecutive increase in GDP was mainly due to the growth in exports of crude oil and bitumen (+2.1 percent) and a large build-up of inventories for the second consecutive quarter.

On the other hand, the Canadian Institute of Statistics reduced the growth rate of the Canadian economy slightly for the second quarter, from 3.3 to 3.2 percent.

Inventories in the manufacturing and wholesale and retail sectors rose to a "record level," according to Statistics Canada.

However, this increase was decreased due to the decline in investment in real estate for the second quarter in a row and the decline in household spending, which led to an increase in the abundance of their returns.

Professionally, the wages of Canadian workers continued to rise in the third quarter, but at a slower pace, to be the lowest increase recorded since mid-2020, according to the government institute.

"The strong growth recorded in the third quarter does not, in fact, reflect the underlying strength of the Canadian economy," said Royce Mendez, an analyst at Desjardins Bank, noting that "a large part of the increase comes from external demand and from volatile categories."

Economist Nathan Janzen said, "Some indications indicate that inflationary pressures have begun to recede and (...) a slowdown in domestic demand, which means that the Bank of Canada may soon reach the end of its current cycle by raising current interest rates."

Many analysts agree that the Bank of Canada should not raise the key interest rate next week by more than 0.25 points.

At the end of October, he raised interest rates for the sixth time in a row, from 0.25 percent in January to 3.75 percent, with the aim of slowing inflation.

The inflation rate remained stable in October at 6.9 percent, after reaching a record peak of 8.1 percent in June.

The government said in its latest budget update that GDP growth, estimated at 3.9 percent for 2022, is expected to drop to 0.7 percent in 2023.

A translation of "Jerusalem" dot com - The number of Palestinian women who have been killed in the occupied territories since the beginning of this year has risen to 7, after the killing of teacher Rabab Abu Siam, a mother of three children, yesterday in the city of Lod.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, 62 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the year in murders inside the occupied territories.

The site pointed out that, of the seven murders, the police were able to solve only two cases.

He pointed out that Abu Siam was killed when her baby was in her hands, and from a very close distance.

Berlin - (dpa) - Notes at work come from all directions, whether one asks for it or not. Either he receives a negative note from his boss, or a comment from a colleague.

However, helpful and constructive feedback is rare, says Theresa McInner, motivational coach and author of the books.
Most importantly, it is natural for the comments one hears to have an impact on how one sees and judges oneself. But if the other person does not call it a "commentary", and presents it as absolute information according to what is said on it, then it will lose its significance.

Comments like this usually don't help, whether they're exaggerated praise or a personal attack.

So what are the best ways to deal with such comments? It's entirely up to the person who receives it, McSinner says, adding that only we can decide whether or not to accept such feedback.

Geneva - (AFP) - The new president of the Swiss Confederation, Alain Berset, on Sunday called for openness and accommodation to face the difficulties resulting from the war in Ukraine, primarily inflation and the energy crisis.

Bersier, whose 2023 wishes from the National Museum in Zurich coincided with his one-year tenure, expressed "some concern" because "the final stages have been difficult".

He referred to the Covid pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, "which negatively affects our daily lives, whether in terms of energy or inflation."

He added, "We know how to come together when necessary," and "we have learned that our institutions, our social security, our health system, and our public funds are solid," stressing that "we are able to adapt."

"We will not be able to solve all the problems. But we can contribute to solving them. Solidarity is openness. Extroversion is the opposite of introversion. It is the realization that sooner or later other people's problems will become our own," Berset added.

He continued, "In difficult times, we must stop and think carefully (...) and review ourselves."

He also said, "The problems are many. But we are many in Switzerland and around the world that we want to address. This is enough to maintain optimism and look to the future with confidence."

And the Swiss president is the first among his peers in the seven-member Federal Council, which represents the country abroad.

Bersih, 50, who belongs to the Socialist Party, retains the post of Minister of the Interior, which he has held since joining the parliament in 2012.

As health officer, he has played a key role in Switzerland's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He assumed the presidency in 2018.

The first change in four years is that two new personalities have joined the Federal Council this year.

The ministers decided that the outgoing President, Ignacio Cassis, would remain in charge of foreign affairs and Viola Amherd, the defense issues, given the unstable international framework.

While Switzerland remains militarily neutral, Russia has applied economic sanctions imposed by the European Union after its invasion of Ukraine at the end of February.

Sao Sebastiao - (AFP) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the affected areas in the state of Sao Paulo (southeast), where floods and landslides caused by heavy rains left 40 people dead.

After flying by helicopter over the affected areas, Lula held a press conference during which he said, "It is important that we work together (...) We have to pray for the victims, and also for the rain to stop so that we can start rebuilding."

The National Institute of Meteorology issued a warning of more heavy rains in the region over the next few days.

In São Sebastião, a city located about 200 km from São Paulo, the country's economic capital, a landslide swept away about fifty homes.

And 39 of the 40 dead were in this coastal city with a population of 90,000.

The authorities warned that the death toll is likely to rise, as 40 more people are still missing.

"So far, about 40 people have not been found," Michele Cesar, chief of the fire department in Sao Paulo, told CNN Brazil.

As for the only victim who fell outside the city of Sao Sebastiao, she was a little girl who died in the coastal city of Ubatuba, to the north.

Footage from Sao Sebastiao, broadcast by local television channels and shared by accounts on social media, showed entire neighborhoods flooded, homes destroyed by landslides, highways cut off by dust, mud torrents, and cars with fallen trees and electricity poles.

The authorities declared a state of emergency in five coastal cities where landslides swept away the main road networks, making access extremely difficult.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation authorities handed citizens notifications in Bethlehem and Hebron .

In Bethlehem, the occupation forces were notified of the removal of the fence surrounding the 100 dunums of land in the town of Al-Khader, which had been reclaimed some time ago, and belonged to the families of Sobeih, Mousa, Issa, and Salah.

In Hebron, the occupation forces notified Ayed al-Hamamdeh of the removal of a caravan, and Ahmed Makhamreh of the demolition of a shantytown house, east of Yatta.

The settlers of "Jacob Talia" pursued farmers while plowing their lands in the village of LeSaifer in Masafer Yatta, and threw stones at them.

KIEV (Xinhua) -- Adviser to Ukrainian President Oleksiy Aristovich on Monday described the Ukrainian military operation in the main cities of the eastern Luhansk region as "successful."

"The defense of Lysichansk-Severodonetsk is a successful military operation," Aristovich wrote on Facebook.

He added that Ukraine carried out all four main tasks of the defensive operation, including intercepting the main enemy forces, inflicting losses on enemy forces, buying time to receive weapons, and creating conditions for offensive operations in other sectors of the front line.

Aristovich said that Ukraine is currently conducting counter-offensive operations in the eastern Donetsk region and in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia.

On Sunday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin of taking control of the Lugansk region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky late Sunday confirmed the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Lysychansk, a major city in Luhansk, but vowed that Ukrainian forces would "come back".

Abu Dhabi - "Al Quds" dot com - The Palestinian Business Council in Abu Dhabi held a reception at the Abu Dhabi Intercontinental Hotel, attended by Council members and their wives, and a gathering of the Palestinian community in Abu Dhabi, within the framework of the events and activities that the Council is keen to organize.

Engineer Jamal Abu Bakr, Chairman of the Palestinian Business Council, welcomed the attendees, wishing them a pleasant meeting in the framework of the Palestinian spirit that unites the Palestinian community residing in Abu Dhabi and the UAE.

Abu Bakr said: The Council is keen on such periodic meetings on an ongoing basis to strengthen the bonds of cooperation between the members of the Council and the Palestinian community in Abu Dhabi.

The meeting included a presentation of a number of Palestinian handicrafts and presentation of examples of the Palestinian national heritage and popular Palestinian dishes. This effectiveness.

The attendees also expressed their appreciation to the UAE for hosting the Palestinian community, and for providing all the requirements that ensure an effective and kind presence in the country, with its distinguished meanings of hospitality on its blessed land for all residents of its good land.

DOHA (Xinhua) - Qatar Stock Exchange said (Tuesday) that the Qatar Investment Authority, the country's sovereign wealth fund, launched the Market Industry Initiative to enhance liquidity on the Qatar Stock Exchange, in a move that comes in the context of its commitment to support the local economy and support the liquidity of stocks listed on the stock exchange.

The stock exchange added, in a statement on its website, that under this initiative, licensed market makers will be able to access part of the holdings of shares owned by the Qatar Investment Authority and incentive programs, in order to support the liquidity of shares listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange.

The statement quoted the CEO of the Authority, Mansour bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, as saying that this step comes in the context of the Qatar Investment Authority’s commitment to deepening the capital market, which contributes to attracting foreign asset managers to invest in Qatar on the one hand, and stimulates the participation of individuals that will help diversify and expand the market on the one hand. other.

Al Mahmoud added that the launch of the Market Industry Initiative is only a first step to reach the desired goal and to help develop the Qatari financial markets, especially since Qatar enjoys a unique position that allows it to open capital markets to foreign issuers.

In turn, the Acting CEO of the Qatar Stock Exchange, Abdulaziz Al-Emadi, said that the initiative will contribute to supporting liquidity and attracting investors to the market, especially with the consequences of improving price discovery mechanisms and enhancing investor confidence in the shares of companies listed on the stock exchange.

Al-Emadi added that the Qatar Stock Exchange witnessed this year the largest foreign investment inflows in its history due to its renewed focus on liquidity, pointing out that the launch of the market-making initiative will support the continuation of this trend.

According to the statement, the Qatar Stock Exchange, in the context of its strategy, is working on a number of initiatives to enhance liquidity and is cooperating closely with the Qatar Financial Markets Authority and the Qatar Central Securities Depository Company to achieve this important goal.

The exchange is also working to attract more listings and introduce more exchange traded funds and derivatives, to help investors diversify their investment portfolios and better manage their investment risks.

The exchange encourages various stakeholders to increase the free float shares available for trading in the market.

The recent announcements by major companies regarding increasing the limits of foreign ownership in them are part of a comprehensive plan to enhance the access of foreign investors, and supporting and developing the asset management sector is part of the strategy of the Qatar Stock Exchange, according to the statement.

Ramallah – “Jerusalem” dot com – The occupation army rejected an appeal submitted by the residents of the “Avitar” settlement outpost built on citizens’ lands in Jabal Sobeih.

The mountain is located between 3 villages: Qablan, Yatma and Beita, south of Nablus.

According to the Arabic-language Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, the occupation army assured the petitioners that it would proceed with its plan to remove the outpost.

The reasons for the decision stated, “This outpost was established illegally on non-princely lands that do not belong to the ‘state’, and that there is no legal basis for the arguments put forward in the appeal to regulate the legal status of the outpost.”

According to the decision, the establishment of the outpost led to destabilizing security in the region, which calls for the mobilization of large forces of the army and police, instead of performing their duties in other places.

According to the authority, the outpost's settlers intend to file a petition with the High Court in order to buy time to delay the eviction order.

TEHRAN - (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Saturday that Iran had given a "limited number" of drones to Russia months before the start of the conflict in Ukraine.

The official Iranian News Agency (IRNA) quoted Amir Abdollahian as saying, on the sidelines of the first meeting of the national coordinators of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, which kicked off in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Saturday, "The drones we provided to Russia date back to months." Before the war in Ukraine, and if it is proven to us that Russia used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine, we will not remain without a reaction.

"We agreed with the Ukrainian foreign minister that if they have any documents showing that Russia has used Iranian drones in Ukraine, they should provide it to us," said Iran's top diplomat.

The Iranian foreign minister's remarks came after Ukraine and Western countries such as the United States accused Tehran in recent weeks of exporting suicide drones to Moscow for use in the conflict in Ukraine.

On Saturday, Amir Abdollahian also rejected the Western "media fuss" about the delivery of Iranian missiles to Russia, saying that "what they said about the missiles is completely wrong."

Amir Abdollahian renewed Iran's position on resolving the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and called for political dialogue between the concerned countries.

It should be noted that the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, which was established in March 2021, consists of 19 countries with the aim of preserving, promoting and defending the Charter of the United Nations.

Madrid (AFP) - Real Madrid club president Florentino Perez, who won the Champions League after beating Liverpool 1-0 in the final on Saturday, appealed to his team's players to turn their attention to winning the Continental Cup for the fifteenth time, during the royal club's coronation celebrations. With thousands of his supporters Sunday in the capital, Madrid.

Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior won the title in favor of Real Madrid by scoring the match's only goal in the 59th minute, extending his team's record in the number of continental titles to 14. Real Madrid players boarded an open-top bus around the city to celebrate, and it stopped at Almudena Cathedral, the seat of government and the city's municipality, and Plaça Cibeles. Finally, the club's Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Peres addressed the club's supporters, saying, "Real Madrid has made history once again, and here we are crowning the fourteenth European Cup and the thirty-fifth championship in the Spanish League." He added, "This European cup that we won by defeating a legendary club like Liverpool is one of the greatest trophies in the history of the Champions League. "The legend of this club is growing bigger and bigger.

We have defeated four of the best teams in Europe by always fighting and believing until the end," referring to Paris Saint-Germain (the final price), Chelsea (the quarter-finals), Manchester City (the semi-finals) and Liverpool. "It was a great season," he said. And it was achieved in one of the most beautiful and difficult times in our history. Five Champions Leagues in eight years is something very hard to forget for football fans from all over the world. Madrid is eternal. And now, let's win the fifteenth title.”Peres praised the Italian coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, who became the first coach to win the Champions League four times (twice with AC Milan and twice with Real Madrid) and the first coach to win all five major European championships after his team won the Spanish League title. "He embodies Real Madrid," he said in this regard.

Real players wore black suits, white shirts and black ties, and raised the two cups (the domestic league and the Champions League) while they were signing shirts, presenting signatures, and taking memorial photos with their supporters. Frenchman Karim Benzema and Brazilian Marcelo participated in carrying the Champions League Cup, while Croatian Luka Modric and Nacho carried "I didn't sleep much, I had so much adrenaline that I couldn't sleep," said Real Madrid's Belgian international goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who was named the best player in the final. "I still can't believe what happened, it's an incredible feeling. It's a great honor for me to play for Real Madrid and I hope I can help the team win more titles."

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported, in a report, the complaints of a number of detainees and details of their suffering from the living and detention conditions inside Al-Ma'bar section of "Al-Ramla" prison.

The Commission stated that many prisoners suffer greatly when they are transferred from prisons and detention centers to the Mabar section in Ramleh, where they are held for long hours in narrow cages, very cold in winter and extremely hot in summer.

She added that the crossing section can accommodate only eight people, but the prison administration deliberately puts more than 20 prisoners in that limited space, without taking into account the sick and elderly prisoners, which forces the prisoners to divide themselves into two parts and take turns standing and sitting according to the available space, and the bathroom is in that. The section is very dirty, and there is no clean place to perform prayers inside the terminal station due to overcrowding and bad smells, knowing that this section is designated for holding both arrested and convicted prisoners.

The Commission called on international and humanitarian institutions to find out what the prisoners are subjected to in terms of multiple violations, including their imprisonment in poor living conditions, and to make efforts to pressure the occupation authorities to provide decent living conditions for the prisoners in accordance with the rights guaranteed by international conventions and norms for them as prisoners of liberation movements.

The Jordan Valley - "Jerusalem" dot com - An official of one of the settlement outposts in the Jordan Valley stormed this morning, Saturday, Khirbet Khallet Makhoul in the northern Jordan Valley .

According to press sources, the official of one of the settlement outposts in the Jordan Valley stormed the village and drove his vehicle in front of the residents' tents.

The settlers have been carrying out acts of orgy and provocation against the residents of the Khirbet for days. It is reported that the settlers chased the shepherds while grazing in the Khirbet, yesterday, Friday, after which the occupation forces stormed the tents belonging to the citizen, Burhan Bisharat.