Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organized, on Saturday evening, a mass rally in support of the prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons who are on hunger strike for the fourteenth day in a row, rejecting the policy of administrative detention .

The participants in the march, which started from Palestine Crossroads to the headquarters of the Red Cross, west of Gaza City, raised pictures of the striking prisoners and the Palestinian flag, as well as "coffins" on which pictures of some of the striking prisoners were hung.

Mahmoud al-Ras, a member of the political bureau of the front and the official of its branch in Gaza, said in a speech that this battle that our prisoners are waging today is to overthrow one of the cruelest and most Nazi forms of "Zionist" terrorism, as he put it.

He added, "Our prisoners are struggling to overthrow the administrative detention that the terrorist entity inherited from its sponsor and first partner, which is British colonialism during the mandate."

He continued, "This tool is used by the settlement entity as a holocaust for our Palestinian youth, and as a tool to end the lives of freedom fighters and freedom fighters through health neglect and forced detention."

He stressed that the prisoners are waging a strategic battle whose slogan is (our strike is freedom). You can imagine the amount of pain, deprivation and suffering that the prisoner suffers under the sword of this criminal policy. like he said.

The leader in the Popularity sent several messages, including to the striking prisoners, stressing that all Palestinians stand behind them, directing his message to the occupation, saying: "Every moment of pain, suffering, deprivation and challenge that our brave prisoners are going through, the earth will be filled with noise. The hotbeds of your terror will chase the fire of anger everywhere around the world, and this anger will not stop." Except by removing the last terrorist outpost and demolishing the walls of the last incinerator of terrorism and arrest from our land.”

Al-Ras stressed that the Palestinian resistance is present and will have the decisive word in all fields, calling for expanding the fields of engagement with the occupation, and for the 17th of October to be a day of escalation and the exercise of resistance in all its forms along the lines of engagement and confrontation in support of the prisoners.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - An Israeli soldier was injured, Sunday evening, as a result of being shot by Palestinians near the "Shomron" military base near Nablus .

According to the Hebrew Channel 14, the soldier was slightly wounded in the leg, and was taken to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva for treatment.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, gunfire took place meters away from the same area towards the settlers, after the end of their march near the Itamar settlement, in which they went out to protest the shooting.

The Lions' Den groups announced that their groups fired a barrage of bullets at herds of "settlers" and the occupation soldiers who accompanied them at the Awarta and Hawara checkpoints. As stated in the text of the statement.

Another settler was wounded in the back this morning as a result of a shooting that occurred near the Elon Moreh settlement.

Amman - "Jerusalem" dot com - Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees " UNRWA ", Philip Lazzarini, said that in the absence of any political horizon and a real solution, the future of Palestine refugees stands at a crossroads.

This came during his speech before the high-level ministerial meeting hosted by Jordan and Sweden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

"We are here today, because we all agree that UNRWA plays a distinguished role in advancing the rights and well-being of millions of Palestine refugees, and in recognition of our Agency's vital contribution to regional stability," he said.

"We all believe that in the absence of a real political solution, UNRWA is the indispensable option of the international community for Palestine refugees," he added, noting that the agency has been facing an existential financial threat for a very long time.

The Commissioner-General continued: Today's meeting seeks to define a path that will ultimately achieve the Agency's financial sustainability, which would take into account the three conflicting pressures facing the Agency, which are the General Assembly's expectations of UNRWA to provide many government-like services to those who are the most suffering communities in the region, the chronic lack of adequate funding from Member States, and the inability to change the scope of service delivery due to the deep-seated perception within the communities we serve that weakening UNRWA is further weakening the right of Palestine refugees.

He pointed out that over the past decade, UNRWA has worked on exploring various ways to address the chronic funding shortfall, noting that it has intensified its fund-raising efforts and worked to expand the donor base, and has sought to absorb funding shortfalls through efficient work and through severe austerity measures.

La Zarrini expressed his hope that the meeting would lead to a new initiative to find sustainable solutions to finance the Agency's work, and to translate support for mandate tasks into matching financial resources, which required political will.

The UNRWA Commissioner-General renewed the call for increasing public financial support for UNRWA by assigning international financial institutions, increasing public financial contributions from countries to the United Nations in general, and increasing the sharing of financial burdens.

He said: Today it is crucial that the international community not leave the Palestine refugees alone. It is time to move forward, turn words into action and prove to Palestine refugees what it means that we are committed to protecting and advancing their rights.

Kabul - (AFP) - The Taliban authorities on Tuesday rejected the United Nations accusation of violating women's right to work in Afghanistan, stressing that thousands of them work in the country's public sector.

But director of personnel at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Sharafeddin Sharaf told AFP that many women receive their salaries even though they do not go to work because the offices are not set up for proper gender segregation.

He said, "Mixing in one office is not possible in our Islamic system." His remarks came a day after a UN human rights expert announced a "significant decline" in women's rights since the Taliban returned to power in August last year.

He was unable to specify the number of working women, but confirmed that "none of the female employees were dismissed."

However, many women went out in demonstrations to protest the loss of their jobs and to demand the right to work, and the Taliban authorities broke up some of those demonstrations by force.

Sharaf said that some women go to work "once a week to their offices to sign the attendance sheet and their salaries are paid at home."

This happens in places where "arrangements for segregation of the sexes have not been completed," adding that women work in the ministries of health, education and interior, where they are needed.

Sharaf said it was up to the all-male Taliban leadership to decide "when women can come to the offices they don't go to at the moment."

His remarks came after the announcement of a UN expert in the field of human rights that women's freedoms have declined significantly since the return of the Taliban to power.

"There is no country in the world where women and girls are so quickly deprived of their basic human rights solely because of their gender," Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett said in Geneva.

A spokesman for the Taliban government, Zabihullah Mujahid, said Bennett's report was biased.

"There is no danger to the lives of women in Afghanistan today, or no one insults Afghan women," he said in a statement late Monday, adding that they were still enrolled in public and private universities.

However, most secondary schools across the country have been ordered to close, which means that the current generation of female undergraduates may be the last.

Many Taliban officials say the ban is temporary but also give a range of excuses for the closure, from a lack of funds to a lack of time to reformulate the school curriculum according to Islamic standards.

Local media on Monday quoted the education minister as saying it was a matter of tradition because a large number of rural people did not want their daughters to go to school.

Since returning to power, the Taliban have imposed severe restrictions on girls and women to comply with their strict interpretation of Islam, effectively cutting them off from public life.

The movement quickly closed down the Ministry of Women's Affairs and replaced it with the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.

The hardline Islamist movement has ordered women to wear headscarves outside, preferably the burqa.

Moscow - (AFP) - Today, Saturday, an attack targeted the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Sebastopol region, without leaving any casualties, according to the governor of the Crimean city, Mikhail Razvozgaev.

"The drone was hit over the headquarters of the fleet, fell on the roof and caught fire," Razvozgaev said in a message via Telegram.

The accident did not cause "extreme damage" or injuries, according to what the governor said, holding the Ukrainian forces responsible for the operation.

This attack is the second targeting the headquarters of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea in Sebastopol in less than a month.

On July 31, a drone targeted the headquarters of the Russian fleet, wounding five workers in the place, and all the celebrations scheduled for that day were cancelled.

Ukraine denied its involvement in the attack after Russia held it responsible, considering the Russian accusations "provocative".

The attack coincided with repeated explosions and other attacks targeting Russian military infrastructure in Crimea.

On Thursday night, Russian boats shot down a drone near a drone runway in Sebastopol.

And the explosions took place on Tuesday at a military base and a warehouse containing explosives in Crimea, which Russia described as an act of "sabotage".

In early August, an explosive material intended for the Air Force exploded near a military airstrip in Saki, Crimea, leaving many dead and many wounded.

The governor of the peninsula, Sergei Aksyonov, confirmed that the air defense system was put into operation on Saturday in Evpatoria, in the west.
He explained at the time on the Telegram application that the accident "did not cause any damage or injuries."

In addition, Konstantin Ivashchenko, who was appointed by pro-Russian forces as mayor of the coastal city of Mariupol (southeastern Ukraine), was subjected to an assassination attempt on Saturday, according to Russian news agencies.

The RIA Novosti news agency, quoting a police source, said that an explosion occurred while he was driving his car on a road in front of the municipal zoo. The source confirmed that Ivashchenko "was not hurt."

In the early days of its attack on Ukraine, Russia took control of part of the south of the country, especially the Kherson region, not far from Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

Written by: Attorney Rajeh Abu Asab
The series of heinous murders and the loss of innocent lives continues in Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and within the Green Line. These murders are strange and alien to the conservative Palestinian society, which is known for its adherence to its customs, traditions, morals, and customs that are based on mutual respect, cooperation in good times and bad, and respect for the rights of neighbours, lineage and intermarriage. Reasons defined by Islamic law, and these are not applied through individuals, groups, or clans, but only from the judiciary. And out of the true Islam’s respect for the sanctity of blood, and the preservation of the human soul, God Almighty has forbidden the killing of an innocent soul and the shedding of blood, and has threatened the willful killer with severe punishment. Where he said: “And whoever kills a believer deliberately, his recompense is Hell to abide therein, and God’s wrath and curse are upon him, and He has prepared for him a grievous chastisement.” Surah Al-Nisa, verse 93. This noble verse categorically forbids the believer to kill an innocent person, and threatens whoever does so with divine wrath upon him, expelling him from His mercy, and inflicting great punishment on him on the Day of Resurrection.
God Almighty considered killing an innocent person as killing all people, and on the other hand, he considered whoever saved it as if he saved all people. The revival of the soul is by saving it from the causes of destruction, such as killing, drowning, fire, demolition, famine, epidemic, and so on. In this, there is a warning to the one who kills an innocent person whose blood is impeccable, and a promise to the one who saves a soul from certain destruction. In addition to the many Qur’anic verses that prohibit the killing of an innocent person, and threaten the premeditated murderer with the most severe punishments, there are many noble and authentic hadiths that prohibit killing in all its forms and manifestations, including his saying, peace be upon him: “The first thing that will be decided among people on the Day of Resurrection is in blood." And he said: “The demise of the world is easier with God than killing a Muslim man.” And his saying: Whoever helped kill a Muslim, even with half a word, will come on the Day of Resurrection written between his eyes: He has despaired of God’s mercy. He will not enter Paradise, so what about the one who kills an innocent Muslim whose blood is infallible.Despite all these threats and promises to those who practice premeditated murder, the killings are still continuing, claiming innocent lives, igniting enmities and hatred among the people of the Palestinian society, and leaving behind many tragedies, calamities and sorrows. For example, a young man was killed on the day of his engagement, after he distributed engagement invitation cards to family, friends, and loved ones, so sorrows prevailed instead of joys, and joy turned into a funeral, and the father and mother mourned their eldest son, as they prepared to rejoice in his engagement.

Among the heinous murders, and all murders are heinous and condemnable, is that a young man in his twenties kills his father, then buries him near the house and pours concrete over his body. The killer claimed that he no longer felt the pain and grief of killing his father. Any indiscretions after this?!

In fact, there is absolutely no justification for committing premeditated murder, no matter what the killers invoke for reasons, because killing is not a solution as the killers claim. Rather, it stirs enmity and hatred, and may lead to extremely serious events and calamities, such as taking revenge and burning down shops and homes for the killer’s family and relatives, and of course this Also, behavior that is Islamically and socially rejected, as true Islam says: “And no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another.” That is, an innocent soul is not taken for a crime committed by another. ‏

Murders are also common in the Gaza Strip, especially during family quarrels. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics stated that 29 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of this year due to family quarrels, as well as due to revenge. As for the crimes within the Green Line among the Arab 48 families, they have become daily or almost daily, as victims of men, women and children fall at the hands of organized crime gangs. The Arab 48 website stated that the number of murder victims in Arab towns inside the Green Line in 2021 reached 111, including 16 women. While the death toll from the beginning of the year 2022 until mid-June reached 25.

There is no doubt that the main reason behind the killings is the proliferation of weapons and the ease of obtaining them, especially in Area C, where there is no security presence for the Palestinian Authority, as well as the outbreak of quarrels for trivial reasons, such as quarrels over stopping a car in a certain place. The spread of drugs, organized crime and crime gangs contribute to urging young people to commit murders without considering the consequences of those crimes. In addition, the absence of deterrent penalties against murderers encourages the commission of murders. In this regard, we should not forget the family and clan fanaticism that also plays a role in this.
What is required to stop the murders, or at least put an end to them, is to intensify the punishment for the killers so that they deter them, as God Almighty says: “And you have life in retribution, O people of understanding.” Likewise, the visual, audio and print media, and the preachers of mosques and churches have a role to play in warning against crimes Killing. As for the main role, it falls on the family that has to raise children in a sound way that serves traditions, customs and customs, and above all the teachings of the true religion. God bless. ‏

BEIJING - (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said last Friday that the number of 5G phone users reached 475 million by the end of July this year.

The figure recorded an increase of 120 million people compared to the end of last year.

As of the end of July, China had established nearly 1.97 million 5G base stations, with all cities at the state level, counties and 96 percent of towns provided with 5G network coverage, according to the ministry.

The ministry added that China will continue to advance the construction of information infrastructure facilities including 5G networks and gigabit optical networks, and accelerate the deepening of the deep integration of "double gigabit" networks in various fields.

And she added that China will make efforts to gradually expand the coverage of high-quality networks to rural areas, and expand the application of new modes of work in these areas.

Jenin - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ali Samoudi - The national and Islamic forces in Jenin camp organized, on Friday evening, a memorial festival on the occasion of the first anniversary of the martyrs whose bodies are withheld: Saleh Ahmed Ammar, Amjad Iyad Husseiniya, Nur al-Din Abdullah Jarrar, Raed Ziyad Abu Saif Diaa Al-Sabarini, and Dirar Al-Kafrini, who were shot dead by the Israeli occupation on August 16 of last year at the entrance to Jenin camp, with the participation of the families of the martyrs whose bodies are being held by the occupation from the governorates of Jenin and Nablus.

The participants in the festival demanded that the bodies of the martyrs detained by the occupation authorities be handed over, including the body of the martyr Jamil Al-Amouri, who was martyred on June 10, 2021.

The festival began with a military parade of armed men from the resistance factions, during which they carried symbolic coffins bearing pictures of the martyrs whose bodies are kept in the graves of numbers.

The participants lined up in the festival square, which was decorated with Palestinian flags and their pictures, in addition to pictures of the prisoners and martyrs of the Islamic Jihad leaders who were assassinated by the occupation in Gaza.

They denounced the silence of the international community towards the aggression, crimes and massacres committed by the occupation, the latest of which was in the Gaza Strip, in addition to the crime of holding the bodies of the martyrs, stressing that our people will continue their struggle to prosecute and defeat Israel and liberate the bodies of the martyrs and prisoners and every grain of soil from Palestine.

For his part, Fathi Khazem, the father of the martyr Raad, delivered a speech on the resistance, during which he saluted the martyrs and their families, stressing that the resistance will continue to carry the gun and fight on their path and covenant until the occupation is defeated, which will not undermine the determination and will of our people who insist on completing their path and struggle regardless of the challenges and conspiracies, stressing on The need to strengthen national unity, empower the home front, and close ranks to stand up to the plans of the occupation.

His father, the martyr Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, also delivered a speech in which she called on everyone to follow in the footsteps of the martyrs, carry their flag, preserve their blood, and confront the occupation.

The speakers called on the international community and all free people in the world to intervene to put an end to the occupation's crimes committed against our people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

At the end of the festival, the mothers and families of the martyrs, whose bodies are being held, were honored from the Jenin and Nablus governorates.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Hussein Al-Sheikh , Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, called on international institutions to intervene immediately in order to guarantee the rights of prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons.

In a tweet on Twitter, the sheikh accused the Israeli authorities of renouncing all the understandings that were agreed upon before last Ramadan with the Palestinian prisoners , and tightening the steps to harass them.

Al-Sheikh called on all international bodies and institutions to intervene immediately before the prisoners take major protest steps.

The Sheikh called for the formation of the broadest case of solidarity with the prisoners.

Paris, (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed during a phone call Tuesday to "work together to end the war" in Ukraine , Paris announced.

The French presidency said in a statement that Macron and Modi discussed in their phone call "the war waged by Russia in Ukraine and its destabilizing repercussions for the rest of the world."

The Elysee Palace added in its statement that Macron, who received Modi in Paris in May, confirmed during the conversation "France's determination to continue its support for Ukraine."

India refrained from publicly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, nor did it participate in the United Nations vote on a text to this effect.

However, in June, New Delhi co-signed a statement issued by the Group of Seven major industrialized countries stressing "respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries."

In the face of the food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, the French president reaffirmed "the importance of the international community acting in a coordinated manner," according to the Elysee statement.

Macron and Modi also touched, according to the statement, "challenges in the Indo-Pacific region as well as the situation in Sri Lanka."

And on Tuesday morning, a Chinese research ship docked in the Chinese-run port of Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka, despite the fears of India and the United States that this ship was involved in espionage activities for Beijing.

India has grown increasingly concerned about the growing Chinese influence in Sri Lanka, which is suffering from exorbitant debts that it borrowed from Beijing over the past years to develop huge infrastructure projects.

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - More than 50 human rights organizations have called for an end to the "pressure attacks" by the United States and Israel on the United Nations commission investigating racial discrimination and Israeli oppression against the Palestinian people.

Last year, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) established an "ongoing" international commission of inquiry to investigate Israeli violations of international humanitarian law.

Rights groups, many of which represent and act on behalf of the Palestinians, pledged their "full support" to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine, which it said was facing "escalating attacks" led by Israel.

The letter says the UN commission is facing a smear campaign and baseless accusations that its members are anti-Semitic and are calling for its "dissolution".

She adds, "The intensified attacks (on the commission) come in light of the unique and historic mandate of the current commission, which is the first permanent UN investigative body with a comprehensive mandate covering colonized Palestine."

Israel and Egypt have sought to stifle the committee's work by denying entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to carry out its mandate.

Middle East Eye attributes to Professor Norman Finkelstein, author of several books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict including his famous book “The Holocaust Trade” that, “There is nothing new here. Israel, with the support of the United States, has always sought to undermine or sabotage committees United Nations investigation.

"The most famous example was the Goldstone Report, which Israel and the United States worked so hard to kill," Finkelstein added.

"The challenge with these reports is that they lack enforcement power," he said. What is also needed besides these committees is “a political movement and political leadership that can use those tools to galvanize public opinion.”

The greatest challenge facing the Palestinians, Finkelstein warns, is that while they have achieved many "paper victories" with UN resolutions, human rights reports and other international rulings, they have found it difficult to translate these victories into facts on the ground.

"Israel always takes advantage of opportunities," he says. "Now it sees an opportunity to weaken the committee. Right now, you see that the media is preoccupied with Ukraine and Taiwan - why not kill a Palestinian leader and mow the lawn again in Gaza?"

Finkelstein notes that "Israel does not miss the opportunity to kill Palestinians, and the Palestinian cause is weak at the moment and there is little regional support."

It is reported that the current intense pressure campaign on the committee comes after Commissioner Milon Kothari gave an interview in which he spoke condemning Israel for not cooperating with the UN investigation, adding that if Israel wants to be part of the UN, it must abide by its rules.

"I would go so far as to raise the question of why they are even members of the United Nations, because the Israeli government does not honor its obligations as a member state of the United Nations. They are in fact consistently, either directly or through the United States have tried to undermine the mechanisms of the United Nations," Kothari said. ".

It is mentioned that the committee’s mandate is not limited in time or subject to renewal, which prevents its closure due to specific deals between countries or through pressures on specific countries. The investigation was not limited to the immediate circumstances that led to its formation, namely the suppression of peaceful Palestinian protests and the subsequent Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip in May 2021, and the killing of 256 Palestinian civilians, but rather issued explicit instructions to take the time it needs and examine the "root causes underlying the recurring tensions." in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.

In a letter in defense of Kothari, Navi Pillay, chair of the UN commission, highlighted Israel's refusal to cooperate with the commission and "adhere to its international obligations to end the occupation and fulfill the Palestinian right to self-determination."

Human rights organizations warned in their letter to defend the UN committee against the attacks that Israel has a record of not cooperating with UN investigative and fact-finding bodies.

The tactic used by Israel includes "denying entry to Palestine, leading organized lobbying efforts against these bodies, and carrying out defamation campaigns accusing the bodies of bias and 'anti-Semitism'."

The letter warned, "The latest attack on the Commission of Inquiry's mandate is a continuation of Israel's systematic efforts to shut down internationally mandated accountability mechanisms."

A few weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid demanded, in a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "the immediate removal of all three members of the investigation committee charged with investigating Israel, and the dissolution of the investigation committee."

The United States has also worked closely with its longtime ally Israel and last June pressured 21 other countries to say the committee was giving Israel "disproportionate" attention.

Beijing - (AFP) - China 's Sichuan Province, a center for lithium production, has decided to ration electricity supplies to factories until Saturday, according to state media, at a time when a heat wave is increasing demand and depleting water in tanks.

Temperatures in the province of about 84 million people have exceeded 42 degrees Celsius since last week, according to data from the China Meteorological Administration, which has increased demand for the use of air conditioners.

The region relies on dams to generate 80 percent of its electricity needs, but its rivers dried up this summer, according to the Ministry of Water Resources in Beijing.

The province, located in southwest China, produces half of the lithium produced nationwide and used in electric cars and hydropower projects.

But the local government decided to prioritize energy resources for residents and ordered industrial users in 19 of the province's 21 cities to suspend production until Saturday, according to a notice issued Sunday.

Several companies, including aluminum producer Henan Zhongfu Industrial Co. and fertilizer producer Sichuan Meifeng Chemical Co., announced in statements on the stock exchange website that they would suspend production.

And the Central Taipei News Agency reported that a factory in the province belonging to the Taiwanese giant “Foxconn”, which provides supplies to “Apple”, had suspended production.

Some companies will be allowed to operate with limited capabilities based on their production needs.

"Sources estimate that at least 1,200 tons of lithium production will be cut due to operational disruption during these five days," Susan Zhou, an analyst at Rystad Energy, told AFP, noting that lithium carbonate prices have risen since Monday.

Several major Chinese cities recorded record temperatures this summer.

And the Chinese National Observatory again issued an alert for the highest (red) level of high temperatures on Monday, according to the official media, with temperatures rising to more than forty degrees in various parts of the country.

Provinces including Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui, which rely on energy from western China, have restricted electricity to industrial consumers to ensure that households have enough supplies, according to local media reports.

Scientists report that extreme weather conditions around the world are becoming more frequent due to climate change, and are likely to become more severe as temperatures rise around the world.

Written by: Attorney Ali Abu Hilal

The violations of the Israeli occupation did not stop at the rights of a specific group of the Palestinian people, and were not limited to the Palestinians who resided in the occupied Palestinian territories in 1967. Elders and seniors...

Last Friday, 8/12/2022, Sheikh Yusef Al-Baz, the imam of the Great Mosque in Lod, was transferred to Soroka Hospital (in Beersheba) after a serious deterioration in his health, one day after he embarked on a hunger and water strike in Al-Ramon prison in the Negev, in protest against the decision of the Central Court in the city of Lod, to keep him in detention until the end of the judicial procedures in the alleged case against him. ‏

Sheikh Youssef Al-Baz has been detained since April 30, in a file accusing him of incitement against its forces by the Israeli occupation authorities, and his support for acts of "disturbing order", following the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan.

It is noteworthy that Sheikh Youssef Al-Baz, 64 years old, is a heart patient and several other diseases, and he is a father of 7 children. He went on strike for food and water, to demand his release, after the occupation court in the city of Rishon Lezion decided to refuse to release him, and an appeal was made. On the decision, he was refused release in the Central Court in the city of Lod. ‏

Lawyer Khaled Al-Zabarqa, one of Sheikh Al-Baz’s defenders, said, “The court decision indicates that we are facing a judicial system that practices the apartheid system. The Gift of Dignity We are in a new phase under Israeli military rule, but it is hidden. They apply military rule with civilian tools, the courts, police, municipalities and banks.

Sheikh Al-Baz was previously arrested after the events that took place in the city of Lod during the "Gift of Dignity" last year, and he has been suffering from the occupation's pursuit of him for years because of his stances. Sheikh Al-Baz is also undergoing another trial, after the Israeli occupation authorities accused him of incitement to violence during the uprising. Al-Baz is a prominent leader in the Islamic movement banned by the cabinet decision since November 2015, and is known for his positions defending and advocating for Arab rights in Lod for many years.

A few days ago, calls were launched in the occupied interior for the broadest campaign of support for the captive Sheikh Youssef Al-Baz, who is on hunger and water strike. By the decision of the occupation authorities and its unjust courts, which requires keeping the imam of the Great Mosque in Lod, Sheikh Al-Baz, under arrest, until the end of the so-called judicial procedures against him. To demand his release from prison

The continued detention of the elderly Sheikh Youssef Al-Baz and the continuation of arbitrary repressive measures against him in prison contradicts the rights guaranteed to him under international human rights conventions, which guarantee his right and freedom to express his opinion, bearing in mind that Sheikh Al-Baz did not violate the law in everything he said or said. He writes it, and that he is subjected to malicious and arbitrary arrests, aimed at silencing the voices that expose the truth of the policies of the occupation authorities, and the truth of their practices against our people and their legitimate national rights, because expressing an opinion and declaring a political position is not a crime, but rather a right guaranteed by all laws, laws and charters. international. ‏

The deterioration of Sheikh Al-Baz’s health after announcing a strike not taking food and water since last Thursday, 11/8/2022, at a time when he suffers from serious diseases, including weak heart muscle and other chronic diseases, in addition to being an elderly person, which puts his life at risk. , and makes the continuation of his detention and the tightening of the measures of repression and abuse against him, tantamount to sentencing him to a slow death without any regard for preserving his life, and the need to provide him with adequate and appropriate health treatment outside the prison, and in the care of his family and his family.
In this regard, the campaign of solidarity and support for him by the masses of our people inside occupied Palestine in 1948 and throughout the occupied Palestinian territories should be developed and expanded. We also call on all institutions and bodies concerned with defending prisoners and detainees, and all international human rights organizations to raise their voice in order to ensure their release To release him as soon as possible, to provide him with adequate health treatment, and to save him from the policy of medical negligence against him that may endanger his life.
* Lawyer and university lecturer in international law

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- Official data showed that China 's major furniture manufacturers reported an increase in profits in the first half of this year.

During the period, the total profits of major Chinese furniture companies reached 17.48 billion yuan (about 2.6 billion US dollars), up 2.6 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

The data showed that the combined operating income of those companies fell 4 percent from last year to 360.4 billion yuan.

The largest furniture manufacturers are those with annual operating income of at least 20 million yuan.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz reported today, Sunday, that an international conference to commemorate the second anniversary of the Abraham Accords, which was supposed to be held in Israel next month, has been canceled.

According to the newspaper, this came after the representatives of the countries that were invited to participate in the conference refused because of the approaching Israeli elections .

The newspaper pointed out that recently, officials who were invited to the conference in Israel conveyed a message that they feared that their participation in it would be portrayed as interference in the elections, pointing out that it was decided later in Israel to suspend the move.

The Minister of Regional Cooperation, Issawi Freij, confirmed the news, telling Haaretz: "Unfortunately, we had to postpone the conference because of the elections and in order not to involve our partners in the campaign," noting that his office is now trying to hold an alternative conference after the upcoming elections in November. next.

Paris (AFP) - Although the fire season is not over yet, the initial toll of fires is worsening in the European Union, with fires burning more than 660,000 hectares since January, a record number for this period of the year since records began. Satellite data in the year 2006.

Since the beginning of January, fires have destroyed 662,776 hectares of forests in the European Union, according to data updated Sunday by the European Information System on Forest Fires , which has been keeping comparable statistics since 2006 thanks to satellite imagery of the European Copernicus programme.

France experienced worse years in the 1970s, before the consolidated European data. But 2022 is the most dangerous year in 16 years according to these numbers, largely because of two back-to-back major fires in the Gironde, in the southwest of the country, where German, Polish and Austrian firefighters arrived this week to provide firefighting support.

The situation is also exceptional in Central Europe , where it took firefighters more than ten days in July to control the largest blaze in Slovenia's modern history, with the help of residents who mobilized themselves so much that the government had to ask residents to stop donating to the firefighters.

And Slovenia, which does not have aircraft specialized in fighting fire, requested the help of Croatia, which sent a plane ... before retrieving it to extinguish its own fires. The Slovenian government is considering buying its first sea bomber.

In the German capital, Berlin, a large fire broke out last week from a police ammunition depot in a drought-stricken forest, and it was quickly brought under control. Until now, the capital has been spared from such fires, but it is increasingly threatened due to its vast forested areas.

But the region hardest hit by the fires is the Iberian Peninsula. Spain, which was dominated by drought like France due to several heat waves this summer, witnessed the destruction of 245,278 hectares as a result of fires, especially in Galicia in the northwest. However, the situation improved as the temperatures dropped.

Likewise, Portugal has been fighting a fire for more than a week in the global geological reserve recognized by UNESCO in the Serra da Estrela mountain area, which has a peak height of about two thousand meters.

Spain records the largest area of burned land, followed by Romania (150,528 hectares), Portugal (75,277 hectares) and France (61,289 hectares).

"2022 is already a record year" when it comes to the summer period alone, Jesus San Miguel, coordinator of the European Forest Fire Information System, told AFP. The previous record in Europe dates back to 2017, when fires destroyed 420,913 hectares on August 13, and 988,087 hectares in one year.

"I hope we will not see a month like October of that year," when 400,000 hectares were destroyed across Europe in one month, he added.

What contributes to the outbreak of fires is the exceptional drought in Europe, in addition to heat waves.

Extremely dry conditions were often observed in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, but Jesús San Miguel noted that "this is exactly what happened in Central Europe" which had hitherto been untouched by these weather phenomena.

For example, the Czech Republic experienced a fire that destroyed more than 1,000 hectares, which is small compared to other countries, but 158 times higher than the average between 2006 and 2021 when fires were negligible.

In Central Europe, the areas burned are still small compared to tens of thousands of hectares in Spain, France or Portugal. Besides the fires in Croatia, there were only three fires in Slovenia and five in Austria. However, the continuation of global warming in Europe as a whole will contribute to the escalation of this trend.

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - The Israeli occupation forces launched, at dawn today, a massive campaign of arrests in the town of Silwan , south of Al-Aqsa Mosque .

According to local sources, the occupation forces surrounded the town, preventing entry or exit from it, and stormed a large group of houses, subjecting its residents to a field investigation.

It indicated that those forces arrested a large group of citizens, especially among the young men, on suspicion that the perpetrator of the shooting attack in Jerusalem, which resulted in the injury of 8 settlers, was a resident of the town.

Among the detainees, the Jerusalemite stationed, were Asmaa Al-Shyoukhi, her daughter, and 3 of her young sons.

Beijing - (AFP) - Five Chinese companies , including two of the country's largest oil groups, announced their withdrawal from the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.

Sinopec and PetroChina - one of the largest energy groups in the world - said in separate statements that they would apply for a "voluntary withdrawal" from the US financial market.

Similar announcements were made by the Chinese aluminum company "Chalco", "China Life" and a branch of Sinopec based in Shanghai.

A law passed in 2020 by the US Congress requires any company listed in the United States to obtain certification of its accounts by a company accredited by the Independent Accounting Organization.

In the event of non-compliance with the legislation, the companies face the risk of deregistration starting from 2024. In this context, the five companies announced their decision to withdraw.

It justified its decision by the cost associated with maintaining the registration in the United States as well as the burden of complying with audit obligations.
The five groups are on the list of companies ordered by the US Market Regulatory Authority to comply with the imposed accounting obligations and were essentially threatened with expulsion from the New York Stock Exchange.

A translation of Al-Quds.com - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said today, Thursday, that Israel will continue to work against Iran's proxies, with its partners in the region.

Gantz accused the Islamic Jihad of working for Iran, which transfers tens of millions of dollars to Iran through the Revolutionary Guards every year.

During a press conference with Cypriot Defense Minister Charalamos Petrides, who is visiting Tel Aviv, Gantz indicated that the Islamic Jihad movement launched about 1,000 rockets during the last round, claiming that they were launched towards Israeli and other residential communities.

He accused Iran of supporting Islamic Jihad and standing behind its attacks, and of being implicated in what happened, stressing that Israel would work with its partners in the region against Iran's proxies.

Doha - "Al Quds" dot com - Ismail Haniyeh , head of the political bureau of Hamas, and Ziyad al-Nakhala , Secretary General of Islamic Jihad, confirmed during a call between them yesterday evening, Monday, the failure of the occupation's strategy to break the will of the Palestinian people, and the unity of the resistance in the face of the occupation.

Haniyeh and Al-Nakhala have mercy on the souls of the martyrs of the leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades and all the Palestinian people who rose during the treacherous Israeli aggression in the past days, stressing that this blood will remain a beacon on the path of liberation. According to the text of Haniyeh's office statement.

The two sides discussed the recent confrontation with the occupation and its repercussions, and ways to enhance resistance action and joint coordination, praising the complementarity of resistance action in the field, praising the steadfastness and resistance of the Palestinian people and the political efforts made at the national, regional and international levels.

The two sides agreed to hold a meeting soon at the leadership level of the two movements to discuss political and field developments, and to fortify the strategic path for the future of the resistance project.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ghassan Al-Katkout / Deanship of Saadeh - 3 young men were killed, and 40 civilians were injured, including 4 seriously and critically, this morning, Tuesday, during the Israeli occupation forces' storming of the Old City of Nablus.

Among the persecuted martyrs was Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, who was pulled from the scene of the operation in critical condition, while the other was Islam Sobouh and Hussein Jamal Taha.

The occupation army had announced the assassination of Nabulsi after besieging him inside a house in the town, before it became clear that he was in a very critical condition, and doctors at Rafidia Hospital tried to save his life, but he died.

The occupation forces fired several missiles at the house in which al-Nabulsi was, who refused to surrender to the occupation, amid clashes with those forces, which resulted in his critical injury.

The occupation forces have been chasing al-Nabulsi for months, accusing him of standing behind shooting operations towards Joseph's Tomb for weeks, which led to the injury of an Israeli officer and settlers.

According to the Hebrew Channel 13, a force from the Special Yamam Unit arrived at the house and surrounded it, and another force of snipers was placed on the nearby rooftops, where he asked Al-Nabulsi to surrender, but he initiated shooting and throwing hand grenades, while the soldiers responded by firing 3 to 4 Matador missiles. Before the fire stopped, that force entered the house.

According to the channel, the one who led the operation to eliminate Nabulsi was the commander of the Shimron Brigade, Roy Zweig, who was shot by Nabulsi himself during a shooting attack he carried out in the Tomb of Joseph weeks ago.

Al-Quds.com correspondents reported that a special Israeli force infiltrated the Habala neighborhood and clashed with a group of Palestinian resistance fighters, before large military reinforcements arrived in the area, which were attacked by young men with Molotov cocktails and stones.

Our correspondents indicated that the occupation forces surrounded a house in the Old City, and prevented ambulance crews from providing treatment to an injured woman.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the Israeli army is besieging the wanted Ibrahim al-Nabulsi.

They pointed out that the occupation forces opened fire indiscriminately at citizens who were in the area, wounding a large number of citizens, indicating that he heard the sounds of explosions in the area.

DOHA - (Xinhua) - Qatar stressed its stance in support of the "one-China" principle and the importance of respecting the principle of state sovereignty, stressing China's pivotal role in maintaining global security and stability.

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement posted on its website Thursday evening that the State of Qatar is following the developments in Taiwan , and stresses the position of the State of Qatar in support of the one-China principle.

The statement added that the ministry also stresses the need to respect the principles of international law, including the principle of state sovereignty and friendly relations between them.

He stressed the important and pivotal role of the People's Republic of China and the United States of America in maintaining regional and global security and stability.

He called for avoiding escalation and relying on international legitimacy and relevant United Nations resolutions.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited China's Taiwan region last Tuesday, ignoring China's strong opposition and official protests.

The international community criticized the visit for grossly violating China's sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity, and expressed support for the one-China principle and all necessary measures taken by the Chinese side to safeguard national sovereignty, territorial integrity and integrity.

Washington - (AFP) - The labor market in the United States witnessed dynamism on an unexpected level, restoring to pre-pandemic levels at a time when it was feared that the measures taken against inflation would cause an economic recession, in good news that President Joe Biden praised.

The unemployment rate and the total number of jobs in the country have returned to the level of February 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic dealt a severe blow to the economy.

The unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 point to 3.5%, as it was in February 2020 when it fell to its lowest level in fifty years, according to what the Ministry of Labor revealed.

US President Joe Biden praised "the progress made for working families."

"More people are working than ever before... which provides dignity and peace of mind to millions of families thanks to the wages they receive," he said in a statement.

He emphasized that this result is "the fruit of my economic plan. I ran into the presidency to advance the middle class."

528,000 jobs were created, twice more than expected.

The Ministry of Labor stated in its statement that "the growth of work included all sectors, driven by new opportunities in the fields of entertainment, hotels, professional and commercial services, and health care."

Job creation between May and June was more than expected, by 386,000 and 398,000 respectively, 28,000 more jobs than expected.

The eye is currently on the labor market in the United States, as its deterioration leads to measures to contain inflation and may herald an imminent economic recession.

The US economy has contracted over the last two quarters.

However, several economists and the White House administration assert that it has not yet entered a recession.

The Federal Reserve is working to curb the rise in prices, which reached 9.1 percent in a year in June, a record level not recorded since 1981. The Central Bank raises key interest rates, which affects commercial banks in the interest rates they offer to customers willing to borrow. the money.

If interest rates on loans rise, purchases and corporate investments will decline and pressure on prices will decrease. However, this induced slowdown could cause an economic recession.

Los Angeles - (AFP) - US police announced that they have arrested a man suspected of shooting a Lady Gaga employee to steal the star's dogs, four months after his release due to an administrative error.

In a statement released Wednesday, detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and the US Marshals unit responsible for pursuing the fugitives announced that they had arrested James Howard Jackson in Palmdale, an hour from Los Angeles.

The 19-year-old was released on April 6 as a result of an administrative error, and the Marshals Unit offered up to five thousand dollars as a reward for anyone who provides it with any information that might lead to the arrest of the young man.

Howard Jackson is suspected of being one of the three gang members accused of kidnapping Lady Gaga's dogs after they shot employee Ryan Fisher while he was walking French Bulldogs in Hollywood in February 2021.

Howard Jackson's arrest comes at a time when another suspect, Gaylen Kishon White, 20, was sentenced to four years in prison in Los Angeles after pleading guilty.

Surveillance cameras showed two men getting out of a car near the employee before he was shot and wounded in the chest. The two men then snatched two of the three dogs, Koji and Gustav, and fled, leaving Ryan Fisher bleeding on the floor.

As for the third dog, "Miss Age", he escaped before returning later to Fisher.

The owner of the songs "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance" offered a reward of half a million dollars to whoever could return her two dogs to her.
A woman returned the two dogs to the singer, claiming to have found them tied to a pole, before she was arrested by the police, who said the woman had an affair with the father of one of the suspects.

In April 2021, charges of attempted murder and robbery against the three men were dropped.

This case showed the importance of French bulldogs to the stars on the one hand, and the criminals who take advantage of the small size of this type and its high price to sell it on the black market on the other hand.

Lady Gaga is very attached to her dogs, who often accompany her during events, and the singer publishes pictures of her on social media.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested the freed prisoner, Montaser Salameh, north of Ramallah.

According to local sources, the force stormed a shop in the village of Turmusaya, arrested Salama and took him to an unknown destination.

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - The European Union , in cooperation with Finland and Italy, announced today, Tuesday, the provision of financial support in the amount of 15.678 million euros to the Palestinian Authority, to support the payment of medical referrals to East Jerusalem hospitals .

The European Union (13 million euros), the Government of Finland (1.678 million euros) and the Government of Italy (1 million euros) provided.

A statement by the European Union stated that this support provided to East Jerusalem hospitals, which is provided through the Palestinian Authority, will help hospitals provide the required services for Palestinian patients coming from Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

The statement indicated that since 2012, the European Union and its member states have supported the Palestinian Authority with regular contributions to cover medical referrals to East Jerusalem hospitals, and those contributions amounted to more than 141 million euros, and these hospitals are an integral part of the Palestinian health care system as they provide specialized services. It cannot be found anywhere else in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

EU Deputy Representative Maria Velasco said: “Through the support of the European Union and its Member States today, we reaffirm our commitment to maintaining access to specialized medical services for all Palestinians, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. East Jerusalem hospitals are among the last The Palestinian institutions that are still operating in the city... Their presence helps preserve the Palestinian character of the city and ensure the provision of high-quality medical services to Palestinian citizens. This contribution indicates our strong and unwavering commitment to the Palestinians and their aspiration for an independent Palestinian state in the future."

In turn, Consul General of Italy in Jerusalem Giuseppe Fidel said, “Italy has always supported East Jerusalem hospitals, in line with its multiple efforts to increase access to quality health services for all Palestinians. East Jerusalem hospitals also play a crucial role in this regard, being the main providers of specialized treatments that It is not yet available in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and through this contribution, we intend to immediately support the Palestinian Authority's ability to pay for the treatment of referred patients, and to encourage broader reform aimed at strengthening the resilience and sustainability of the Palestinian health system."

For her part, the representative of Finland, Ambassador Paeve Peltokoski, said: “Finland, together with the European Union and other Member States, continues to support East Jerusalem hospitals to ensure that they provide high-quality health care to Palestinian patients from East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank. Our direct financial support through PEGASE creates stability It eases the lives of Palestinian families who need specialized health services.

Baghdad - (AFP) - In the garden of the Iraqi parliament, demonstrators prepare tea on a primitive stove, while others distribute watermelons. Here, Mahdi's mother came with her four children, determined to stay in the place until Muqtada al-Sadr asked the protesters to return to their homes.

On Saturday, thousands of demonstrators once again filled parliament, their only goal: to remain "obedient" to the influential Shiite leader.

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is waging a campaign of pressure on his political opponents, rejecting their candidate to head the government.

His supporters, who began demonstrating on Saturday and intend to spend their night in Parliament, dream of social justice, denouncing chronic corruption and lack of public services, in a country that suffers from a deteriorating infrastructure, although it is rich in oil.

Umm Mahdi says, "When Muqtada al-Sadr decides, we go. When he says 'you go', we go." The woman covered her face with a black veil while wearing a traditional abaya, and carried her infant daughter in her hand, while her eldest son, who is 9 years old, stood beside her.

Her three female relatives also came with her. And the woman adds, "Obedience to the master is the most important thing for us in life," referring to Muqtada al-Sadr.

At the entrances to parliament, demonstrators set up a military-style tent, while crates of water were scattered around them. The demonstrators roamed freely around the place, surrounded by security men who dealt with the matter normally, as witnessed by a journalist in France Press.

With the onset of the night hours, about ten small trucks loaded with water, which were placed in coolers, and watermelons arrived, which some cut and distributed to the demonstrators. Others distributed rice with meat.

Nearby, at one of the sidewalks parallel to the garden, some demonstrators gathered around a primitive stove, on which they placed a copper teapot. A tall young man stood on the sidewalk and started selling cigarettes to the protesters.

The demonstrators reject the name of Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, who was nominated by al-Sadr's political opponents for the position of prime minister within the coordination framework that includes Shiite blocs, most notably the State of Law led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Fatah bloc, which represents the pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization factions.

On the ground floor of the parliament building, demonstrators chanted religious slogans related to Ashura, coinciding with the start of the holy month of Muharram on Sunday, in which they commemorate Imam Hussein.

At sunset, dozens of men prayed, some of whom brought their own carpets.

"I left my home and my family," says Zainab Hussein from inside Parliament, as she dons the traditional black abaya and puts a white shroud on her shoulders to participate in the sit-in.

Women repeat the reasons that make them upset, reasons shared by 42 million Iraqis. "Water, electricity, schools, hospitals," she says.

And she adds, "Why is there no electricity in Iraq? Where do the oil resources go?"

Inside Parliament, some demonstrators sat on luxurious black sofas, while others chose to sit at wooden tables, and some spread blue and red carpets that covered the floor. Some of them passed the time by browsing their phone, and some of them took a nap.

In the streets around Parliament in the heavily fortified Green Zone, demonstrators sat on the grass, or some took a walk to pass the time.

The demonstrators see Muqtada al-Sadr as an opposition figure and an anti-corruption figure, condemning other parties that have taken power since 2003, that is, after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Note that many of his loyalists hold important positions in the ministries.

Sayed Haider, 35, comes from the popular Sadr City neighborhood in the capital, saying, "Corruption pervades all departments of the state."
He added, "Any simple poor person cannot reach the state or the ministry unless he is linked to a political party."
He, in turn, affirms "obedience" to Muqtada al-Sadr, and stresses that he is participating in the sit-in awaiting "instructions." He added, "He tells us 'withdraw', we withdraw. We will return if he tells us to return, even if it is at midnight."
He believes that Muqtada al-Sadr is "the only person who defends the poor today in Iraq."

Ramallah - exclusive to "Al Quds" dot com - The Union of Ambulance and Emergency Services in the Palestine Red Crescent Society confirmed, today, Saturday, its resumption of its sit-in in front of the headquarters of the General Administration of the Crescent Society in the city of Al-Bireh, as well as the resumption of its protest steps again, to demand the management of the Society for its "rights." Since the start of tomorrow, Sunday.

A spokesman for the Union of Ambulance and Emergency Services in the Red Crescent Society, Osama Sweiti, told Al-Quds.com, “The union suspended its protest steps and sit-in, and held dialogue sessions with the Society’s administration, and the Society’s management refused to sit in another dialogue session today, as the Syndicate saw the existence of procrastination.” By the association’s management to give the union its rights, which prompted us to go back to the escalation.”

Sweiti confirmed that the union will return to resume the sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Crescent administration, and will study possible escalatory steps, and perhaps announce them during the sit-in, and all options will be open, including the option of handing over the ambulance charge to the Presidency.

Sweiti said, "The management of the Red Crescent Society does not realize the seriousness of what is happening, and we have seen it procrastinating, after promises to implement what was agreed upon, which prompted the union to return to escalation."

The Ambulance and Emergency Union confirmed in a statement, this evening, Saturday, that it had responded to the invitation of the President of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, through his office manager, to sit down in order to contain the crisis and end the existing conflict in a way that meets the rights and demands of ambulance and emergency workers within the directives of the President of the Society, Dr. Younis Al-Khatib. .

And the union continued, "After all that the union has done, the association has not even committed itself to setting a date for a dialogue session or an assurance from it to stop its arbitrary measures taken against employees or to meet any of the union's demands."

The union confirmed the resumption of the escalation program and the completion of its steps, starting with the central sit-in for all ambulance officers with their families at the headquarters of the Red Crescent Society tomorrow, Sunday, while the administrative body of the Ambulance and Emergency Services Union confirmed that it is one of the most important trade unions operating under the umbrella of the General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions, and that its reference It belongs to the General Secretariat of the Union, and it adheres to its directives to serve the interests of workers, preserve their rights and meet their demands.

Last Sunday, the Ambulance Services Union confirmed through its spokesman, Osama Sweiti, to Al-Quds.com, that it is in the process of handing over the ambulance charge to the Palestinian Presidency, in order to return the ambulance services to the one who commissioned the association to provide ambulance services in Palestine, but the step was postponed due to the presence of dialogue sessions. .

Sweiti stressed that the decision of the Ambulance and Emergency Services Union to hand over the ambulance covenant to the Presidency institution, comes as a response to the assignment to its owner when the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, President Yasser Arafat, in 1996, assigned the Red Crescent Society to provide ambulance service in Palestine, in order to emphasize the need for everyone to stand In fulfilling his responsibilities to provide the ambulance service to the fullest.

The union stopped the administrative disobedience step on the twenty-first of this month, in compliance with the law, after the management of the Red Crescent Society obtained an urgent decision from the Administrative Court in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, to stop the implementation of the decision to declare complete and comprehensive administrative disobedience by the Ambulance and Emergency Syndicate, since The strike affects the public interest and the lives of citizens. The union stopped the hunger strike, but continued to sit inside the headquarters of the General Administration of the Red Crescent Society for about a week, until it entered into another dialogue with the management of the Red Crescent Society.

The Syndicate of Ambulance and Emergency Services in the Red Crescent Society confirmed that the declaration of complete and comprehensive administrative disobedience, which it started on the twentieth of this month for a day after it was suspended by a judicial decision, as it excluded from disobedience only very urgent cases, including security incidents and injuries resulting from the occupation, as a continuation. announced escalatory steps.

The union accuses the association’s management of refusing to discuss its demands, and its failure to abide by the terms of the agreement signed between them on May 24, 2022, noting that a dialogue session was held on the eighth of this month, in which no solution was reached to the conflict and the failure of the dialogue, which forced it to return again to the escalatory steps, However, the official spokesman for the Red Crescent Society, Mamoun Al-Abbasi, confirmed to Al-Quds.com earlier that “there are some issues that were agreed upon, and controversial issues remained, and we did not reach a dead end in which escalatory measures are announced, as some issues need discussion and dialogue.” enough."

The Ambulance and Emergency Services Syndicate is calling for several union issues, the reopening of reduced ambulance and emergency centers, the provision of ambulances as was the case before 2018, the abolition of all repressive measures, and the abolition of leave, dismissal and transportation.
The Syndicate of Ambulance and Emergency Services carried out an open sit-in on the day of the signing of the last agreement, inside the general headquarters of the Crescent Society, after an administrative disobedience, and refraining from providing ambulance services, for two days.

Washington - (AFP) - Donald Trump , who has returned to Washington for the first time since leaving the White House after his failed attempt to overturn the election in which he lost to Joe Biden, gave a campaign speech punctuated by strong hints that he might run for a new term in 2024.

At the invitation of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank run by his allies, the 76-year-old billionaire presented a plan of action to "the Republican president who returns to the White House in 2024."

For more than an hour and a half, Trump talked about his favorite topics, especially the fight against immigration and crime, while he fiercely attacked his successor, Joe Biden, accusing him of "bringing the United States to his knees."

After drawing a bleak picture of the country, he said, "The story is not over yet, and we are preparing for an amazing comeback. We have no other choice."

Trump appeared publicly in a city that witnessed weeks of sessions held by a committee of the Democratic-dominated House of Representatives, regarding the events of January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed Congress in an attempt to prevent the election results from being approved.

In response to a question on the same day on NBC, Attorney General Merrick Garland did not rule out the possibility of prosecuting Donald Trump and said, "We intend to hold accountable everyone who bears criminal responsibility for (his role) in the events of January 6, and for any attempt to interfere with it." The legal transfer of power from one administration to another.

Donald Trump responded in his speech that the committee was made up of "thieves and hackers". "They want to get to me so I can't work for you anymore, but I don't think it will work," he added.

Contrary to all his speeches in which he recalls "electoral fraud" and "theft of the election" when he was defeated by Biden, Trump did not talk about it, but said, "I ran the presidential race the first time and won, then I ran it a second time and won more votes," before adding, "I might do that." for the third time!" They promised additional "details" in the coming weeks.

Washington (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund announced on Tuesday that it expects the Russian economy not to be affected much this year by international sanctions, adding that European countries, on the other hand, are suffering more than expected.

The IMF expects Russia's GDP growth to contract by 6.0% in 2022, much less than the 8.5% decline it bet on in its previous forecast published in April.

The Fund stated in its report that it is expected that "the Russian economy will contract less than it was assumed in the second quarter of the year, and exports of crude oil and non-energy products were better than expected."

"In addition, it seems that domestic demand is showing some resilience, thanks to the containment of the impact of sanctions on the local financial sector and the decline in the labor market in a way that is weaker than expected," he explained.

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Western countries have imposed a series of sanctions against Russia to strangle it financially and economically.

On the other hand, the effects of these sanctions will be more than expected in 2023, the year in which the International Monetary Fund expects a recession in the Russian economy by 3.5 percent, which is 1.2 points less than its previous forecast.

On the other hand, the International Monetary Fund indicated that "the effects of the war on the main European economies were more negative than expected."

Economic growth forecasts for 2022 have been cut for Germany (-0.9 points at 1.2%), France (-0.6 points at 2.3%) and Spain (-0.8 points at 4.0%).

The IMF stated that these consequences are stronger due to "high energy prices, as well as a decline in consumer confidence, a slowdown in manufacturing activity resulting from continued supply chain disruptions, and an increase in the cost of raw materials."

A complete halt to Russian gas exports will "significantly" reduce the growth of the eurozone in 2022 and 2023. This would force European countries to ration energy, which would affect the main industrial sectors.