Today, Thursday, settlers cut down a number of olive trees west of Salfit.

Local sources reported that settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation forces, cut down olive trees and vandalized agricultural land located in the "Al-Takweera" area between the towns of Burqin and Kafr Al-Dik, owned by Abdullah Ali Ahmed.

The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission monitored that settlers committed 451 violations last year, which resulted in the uprooting, damage, sabotage and poisoning of a total of 14,212 trees, including 10,459 olive trees.

Hebron topped the governorates in terms of the number of damaged trees, with 3,980 trees, followed by Bethlehem Governorate with 3,791 trees damaged and uprooted, then Nablus Governorate with 2,737 trees damaged and uprooted.

This Thursday afternoon, the Israeli occupation forces shot a young man before arresting him in the city of Nablus.

Security and local sources reported that Israeli special forces, "Musta'ribeen", infiltrated Ibn Rushd Street in the city, and fired bullets at the young man, Qassem Al-Aklik, hitting him in the head, before arresting him.

Today, Thursday, settlers held a provocative "party" to mark the entry into force of two Israeli Knesset laws targeting the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Palestinian territories.

Local sources reported that settlers, headed by the extremist deputy mayor of the occupation, "Ariel King", organized a celebration to close UNRWA and prevent its activities in occupied Jerusalem.

UNRWA provides services to more than 110,000 refugees in Jerusalem. The UN agency has two refugee camps: Shuafat Camp and Qalandia Camp. It runs institutions there such as the Indian Corner Clinic at the entrance to Bab al-Sahira, and schools for boys and girls in Jerusalem, Sur Baher, and the two aforementioned camps.

The Knesset’s decision to ban the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) represents a violation of the United Nations Charter, the provisions of international law, international norms and agreements, and contradicts the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, especially Resolution No. 302, which established UNRWA in 1949 in response to the Palestinian refugee crisis, representing an international commitment to this issue after the failure to implement Security Council Resolution 194, which guarantees their right of return.

Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the homes of Jerusalemite detainees in Silwan and Shuafat in occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources said that the occupation forces raided a number of homes of prisoners included in the lists to be released today, as part of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Among them were the homes of: prisoner Amir Faroukh, prisoner Muhammad Al-Abbasi from the town of Silwan, south of Jerusalem, and Muab Abu Khudair in the Shuafat camp.

The occupation forces summoned a number of families of the Jerusalemite detainees who are scheduled to be released today in the third batch of detainees as part of the ceasefire agreement.

Today, 18 Jerusalemite detainees are scheduled to be released, including prisoner Muhammad Faroukh, who was sentenced to 19 years, and prisoner Abd Duyyat, who was sentenced to 18 years, and who will be deported outside the homeland.

In Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces stormed two homes of detainees in the villages of Madama and Qusra, who are scheduled to be released today, Thursday, as part of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the two villages, raided the homes of the detainees Mustafa Abu Rida in Qasra, and Hussein Nassar in Madama, and threatened their families from celebrating their release.

The sources added that the occupation forces fired gas and sound bombs in Qusra during the raid.

Today, Thursday, huge crowds accompanied the bodies of the ten dead to their final resting place in the town of Tamoun, south of Tubas.

The funeral procession set off from the Turkish government hospital in the city, to the town of Tamoun, where they were bid farewell by their families and loved ones.

The funeral procession toured the town's streets amid angry chants, denouncing the Israeli crime that targeted a group of young men last night.

The participants called for national unity and closing ranks in the face of all Israeli plans aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.

The local community was filled with grief over this crime against our people.

A general strike spread across all aspects of life in Tubas Governorate, in condemnation of the massacre committed by the occupation against the youth in Tamoun.

Shops, government and civil institutions closed their doors, in response to the call of the national forces in the governorate.

Last night, the occupation forces bombed a group of young men who were in the courtyard of a house in the center of the town, killing ten of them and seriously wounding a young man.

The victims are: Abdullah Mahmoud Mohammed Bani Odeh (22 years old), Mohammed Mithqal Fayez Bani Odeh (36 years old), Ibrahim Mithqal Fayez Bani Odeh (33 years old), Osama Marouf Dhiyab Bani Odeh (19 years old), Muntaser Ali Mohammed Bani Matar (25 years old), Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Nimer Khatib (20 years old), Omar Ali Mohammed Basharat (28 years old), Saleh Khader Yousef Bani Matar (19 years old), Suleiman Ahmed Suleiman Basharat (22 years old), and Jihad Nasser Yousef Bani Matar (18 years old).

The bombing of Tamoun comes with the aggression that the occupation has been waging on Jenin for 10 days, which has resulted in the martyrdom of 17 citizens and the wounding of dozens, in addition to the widespread destruction of property and infrastructure, as well as with the aggression that it has been waging on Tulkarm and its camps for the fourth consecutive day, leaving three martyrs and widespread destruction of infrastructure and property, and the displacement of citizens from their homes.

The faculty union at New York City’s public university system, the City University of New York, voted last week to boycott Israeli entities and institutions, putting the 30,000-member union at odds with the American university administration and the New York state government.

The union, the professional faculty conference, has been a battleground for activism against the Israeli occupation and the settlement movement. Some Jewish professors have claimed that the boycott decision was the latest discriminatory action by the union, which represents them, and it has split the union’s Delegates Assembly, the governing body that voted on the measure.

The text of the resolution cites the number of civilian deaths in Gaza as a result of the Israeli war of extermination, and the actions of the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice as reasons for the boycott.

The resolution says the Professional Faculty Conference will withdraw its funds from “investment vehicles that include government stocks and Israeli companies” by the end of January.

The resolution also calls on the Teachers Retirement System, a municipal corporation in New York City, to enact “full divestment from Israel,” and the union will establish a volunteer committee to investigate further divestments. The committee will report to the union’s assembly of delegates by next month, the resolution says.

The union confirmed that the decision was approved by the Public Services Committee Delegates Assembly by a majority of 73 votes to 70 votes on January 23.

“Many PSC delegates oppose the Israeli government’s conduct of the war in Gaza and are concerned about how PSC members’ pension funds and union contributions are invested,” PSC Chairman James Davis said in a press release. “We were elected to protect the rights of PSC members, improve their pay and working conditions, and strengthen their union. It is important to focus on these core responsibilities while engaging in broader struggles for justice and peace.”

For her part, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (Democrat) condemned the measure in a press statement to the Israeli website "The Times of Israel" on Wednesday.

“In my first week as governor, I signed an executive order to withdraw public funds from institutions that participate in the harmful Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement — and that order remains in effect,” Hochul said, according to the website. “I strongly oppose the resolution that the PSC-CUNY delegates narrowly passed and will continue to stand against anti-Semitism and hate in all its forms.”

It should be noted that in 2016, Hochul’s predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, signed an executive order requiring government entities to withdraw public funds from companies or institutions that boycott Israel. Hochul confirmed this order after taking office in 2021. Hochul’s statement did not address the specific actions that might result from a PSC boycott.

In response to the governor's statement, union president Davis said, "The union (PSC) unequivocally condemns all forms of hatred, including anti-Semitism. The divestment resolution was a very close vote (73-70) on an issue on which our members deeply and sincerely disagree."

Two groups representing Jewish and pro-Israel faculty in the CUNY system criticized the decision as discriminatory.

The union's decision has drawn fire from pro-Israel groups, some of whom have filed a complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights against the boycott, noting that New York's anti-discrimination law prohibits labor organizations from excluding or expelling members based on religion or national origin. The complaints allege that the decision discriminates against Jews and Israelis.

The CUNY Coalition for Inclusion, a front for the Israel lobby in New York, claimed the decision "discredits CUNY."

The group's statement used the routine Israeli narrative that Hamas periodically wages wars against Israel, knowing that anti-Zionists will come to its defense and portray Israel as the aggressor.

It is noteworthy that last May, the PSC rejected a similar resolution calling for a boycott of Israel over its bloody war on Gaza, and the rejection at the time was (most likely) linked to union negotiations.

It is noteworthy that last year, amid protests across CUNY, the union condemned a pro-Palestinian strike by its members, but also supported the protesting students in several statements.

The Public Service Commission says it represents 30,000 faculty and staff members at 25 CUNY colleges. CUNY is part of the fabric of New York City, with more than 230,000 students across the five boroughs of New York City.

On Thursday, the Palestinian resistance factions released the Israeli soldier, Agam Berger, near the rubble of Jabalia camp. An hour later, they released Gadi Moses and Arbel Yehud from Khan Yunis. They also released five Thai citizens without any compensation, and confirmed that the Thais were hosted by the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The fighters of the "Al-Quds Brigades" and the "Al-Qassam Brigades" were deployed in the prisoner handover area in Khan Yunis, which is in front of the house of the former head of the Hamas movement, the martyr Yahya Sinwar.

The General Security Service (Shabak) warned the families of Palestinian prisoners scheduled to be released today against celebrating, amid a campaign of arrests.

On the 12th day of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the third batch of the prisoner exchange deal was implemented, according to which the Palestinian resistance factions will release three Israeli prisoners and five Thai workers, in exchange for Israel releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners. At the same time, the flow of thousands of displaced Palestinians continues to return to the central and northern Gaza Strip via Rashid Street.

The spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, announced the release of the Israeli prisoners Arbel Yehud (29 years old), Agam Berger (20 years old), and Gadi Moshe Moses (80 years old), as part of the “Flood of the Free” deal.

In turn, Palestinian institutions concerned with prisoners' affairs said that the third batch of the first phase of the exchange deal includes 110 Palestinian prisoners, including 32 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, 48 prisoners with high sentences, in addition to 30 cub prisoners.

This exceptional batch was approved under Israel's pretext of not releasing the Israeli prisoner Yehud in the previous batch, in an attempt to obstruct the return of displaced Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip.

With the implementation of the third batch of the exchange deal, 82 Israelis will remain in captivity with the resistance factions in the Gaza Strip, while the concerned parties continue negotiations to complete the implementation of the agreement in its three stages.

Another exchange is scheduled to take place on the specified date, next Saturday, under the ceasefire agreement reached by Qatari-Egyptian-American mediation to end the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said three living men held by Hamas were due to be released in a fourth round of exchange scheduled for Saturday. Families will be notified of the names of those to be released on Friday.

The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp for the tenth consecutive day, leaving 17 martyrs, dozens of injuries, and arrests, amid widespread destruction of property and infrastructure.

The burning, demolition and bulldozing of citizens' homes and properties in the camp's alleys and neighborhoods continues.

Jenin Mayor Muhammad Jarar said that the occupation demolished a large number of citizens' homes in Jenin camp and in nearby neighborhoods. The aggression on the camp and the city also caused a complete power outage in the camp, and a severe shortage of water, as water was cut off from about 35% of the city's neighborhoods and the camp due to damage to the Al-Saada well, which is the main well in the city.

He added that the occupation deliberately destroyed citizens' property and shops, and that food supplies began to run out in a number of the city's neighborhoods.

Jarar said that the occupation is still completely besieging Jenin camp and parts of the city, especially around the camp.

Citizen Yaish Rabaya was also injured after being severely beaten by the occupation forces during the raid on the town of Meithalun, east of Jenin, while the occupation forces arrested his son, Muhammad Rabaya, after raiding his home in the town.

The occupation forces stormed the village of Bir al-Basha, south of Jenin, and surrounded the house of the young man, Ihab Ghawadra, and arrested him from inside the house, as well as two other young men from the house.

The withdrawal of some occupation vehicles from neighborhoods in Jenin camp and its surroundings revealed massive destruction to citizens’ homes and properties, infrastructure, and the electricity network. Destruction was evident in the Al-Aloub, Al-Hadaf, and Al-Damj neighborhoods. The occupation also bulldozed the Jouret Al-Dhahab neighborhood and opened a street in it.

The occupation continues to obstruct the ambulance from reaching Jenin Governmental Hospital. The occupation prevented a sick woman from reaching the hospital, and the occupation soldiers interrogated her and prevented the Red Crescent crews from reaching her on the hospital street, which led to her losing consciousness.

The occupation also continues to send military reinforcements from the Jalameh checkpoint to the city and the camp's surroundings, while the occupation soldiers blew up new homes in the Al-Bashar neighborhood in the camp.

The Director of the Palestinian Post, Muhammad Al-Ahmad, said in a statement that in light of the ongoing closures in the city of Jenin, the post office continues to provide stamp services related to passports, IDs, travel permits, and postal services provided in the offices of Araba, Qabatiya, and Barta’a, in addition to providing postal services in the offices spread throughout the governorate.

In the early hours of Thursday morning, the Israeli occupation army prevented the management and crews of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Tulkarm from being present in front of the society’s headquarters, and forced them to leave immediately and not return to the place.

According to local sources, the occupation soldiers raided the association's yard and asked its crews to remove their vehicles parked in front of the headquarters, leave the place and go to their homes under threat of arms.

She added that the occupation forces refused to allow any of the association's staff to remain in the place, despite being told that inside the headquarters there is a section for orphaned children with their nannies, and it is difficult to leave them at this time while they are asleep.

The sources indicated that they were forced to leave the headquarters and close its doors, under the threat of the occupation, and its disregard for the nature of the humanitarian work carried out by the association and their need to respond to emergency situations resulting from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the city and its camp.

In addition, the occupation forces continue their aggression on the city and camp of Tulkarm for the fourth day, amidst raids on citizens’ homes and residential and commercial buildings and turning them into military barracks, accompanied by sabotage and destruction of infrastructure and public and private property.

Today, Thursday, two Israeli Knesset laws targeting the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Palestinian territories will come into effect, meaning that tens of thousands of refugees will be deprived of services including education and health care.

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the agency must cease all its activities in occupied Jerusalem and vacate its buildings by Thursday.

The first law prohibits UNRWA activity within “areas under Israeli sovereignty,” including the operation of representative offices and the provision of services, while the other law prohibits any contact with the agency.

For the agency, the severance of contact would effectively end coordination to ensure safe movement for UNRWA Palestinian staff, impose dangerous working conditions on them, and prevent its international staff from obtaining entry and work visas in the occupied Palestinian territory.

The law will also put obstacles in the way of UNRWA’s dealings with Israeli banks, obtaining financial transfers, paying salaries, and settling its dues.

For the occupation government, the term “Israeli sovereign areas” in the first law relates to occupied East Jerusalem, where the temporary headquarters of UNRWA is located, specifically in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, which has been subject in recent months to a wave of terrorist acts and exclusionary decisions.

In May 2024, the agency's management was forced to close the headquarters under the pressure of attacks by settlers, which reached the point of setting fire to its buildings twice within one week.

In the same month, the Legal Advisor for the Jerusalem District of the Israel Land Authority notified UNRWA that it must vacate its headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah, on the grounds that it was being built illegally on 36 dunams of land that had been seized in 2006 and annexed as a neighborhood of the Ma'ale Dafna settlement.

The notice included a demand that the agency pay an amount exceeding 27 million shekels due to the illegal use of the land.

On October 10, 2024, the Israel Land Authority announced the seizure of the land on which the UNRWA headquarters was located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, and the transformation of the site into a settlement outpost containing 1,440 housing units.

The occupation also targeted the Qalandia Training College, with the “Israel Land Authority” issuing a decision on January 14, 2024, demanding that “UNRWA” evacuate it and pay its occupancy fees retroactively in the amount of 17 million shekels, under the pretext of constructing and using buildings without a permit.

UNRWA provides services to more than 110,000 refugees in Jerusalem. The UN agency has two refugee camps: Shuafat Camp and Qalandia Camp. It runs institutions there such as the Indian Corner Clinic at the entrance to Bab al-Sahira, and schools for boys and girls in Jerusalem, Sur Baher, and the two aforementioned camps.

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, had previously confirmed that there was no alternative to the agency in the occupied Palestinian territories if Israel implemented the decisions banning its activities.

He said that there is no alternative plan within the United Nations, because there is no other institution capable of providing the same activities. No other UN agency can replace UNRWA, because no UN agency is capable of providing education and health services like UNRWA, which has accumulated experience over 7 decades, enabling it to build logistical and human capabilities that cannot be matched.

The Knesset’s decision to ban the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) represents a violation of the United Nations Charter, the provisions of international law, international norms and agreements, and contradicts the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, especially Resolution No. 302, which established UNRWA in 1949 in response to the Palestinian refugee crisis, which represents an international commitment to this issue after the failure to implement Security Council Resolution 194, which guarantees their right of return.

The cessation of UNRWA activities, and the resulting denial of essential aid to refugees, especially in Gaza, may be classified as a war crime under the Rome Statute, which criminalizes the deliberate use of starvation as a method of warfare.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said yesterday that Israel has officially declared war on refugee camps in the West Bank, during his storming of the Jenin camp, which Israel has been attacking since January 21.

Katz's statements announcing the launch of a war on what he called Palestinian "terrorism", and his claim that the large-scale military operation in the West Bank aims to defeat activists and militants funded by Iran, are pure fabrications. The goals that Israel is monitoring are much greater than a military campaign, because we are talking here about a systematic war, waged by Israel with the motive of destroying all the components of life for Palestinians in the camps and displacing and expelling them. This is what is actually happening on the ground, through decisions to expel dozens of families from their homes, demolishing and burning about 100 homes, assassinating 20 citizens, and injuring and arresting dozens. This leads us to say that Israel's goals are moving towards more extremism in its policy of dealing with the Palestinian camps and trying to completely eliminate the right of return.

The Palestinian camps have always been centers of radiation for broadcasting and spreading national awareness, amidst feelings of belonging, despite the flames of wars waged by Israel against the pioneers of thought and struggle, who emerged from the heart of the camps and their stories and studied in the schools of the Relief Agency, and formed a thick wall that preserved the camps and their secrets, and drew pictures bearing witness to the shrines of the martyrs, amidst a modest social life in which there is much love, sacrifice, loyalty, memories and nostalgia.

This life that followed the Palestinian Nakba in 1948, and the subsequent catastrophes in 1967 and the successive Israeli wars, the last of which was the sinful aggression on the Gaza Strip, which caused successive catastrophes, in which the refugees experienced the bitterness of displacement, exclusion, evacuation and deportation, and lived in tents whose pegs were torn away by the winds and drowned in the rains of winter, and whose inhabitants were tormented by the heat in the summer, did not please Israel, which sees the camps as centers of “terrorism,” so it decided to impose displacement and loss on the people of these camps, and this is what its features began to appear in the Jenin camp for the tenth consecutive day and the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps for the fourth consecutive day.

It seems that the Israeli campaign is targeting the entire West Bank, after last night's bombing in Tamoun, which led to the martyrdom of ten people, in a major Israeli crime that is added to its series of crimes full of horrific massacres against the Palestinians. The goals are undoubtedly topped by the goal of killing Palestinians, destroying their lives, displacing them, expelling them, and ending the Palestinian cause that is deeply rooted in people's minds forever. Evidence of this is Katz's statement in which he said that the occupation army will remain in Jenin even after the end of Operation Iron Wall, which means a new occupation of Jenin.

The truce, the 60-day period of which ended on the 27th of this month, is the truce to which the Lebanese resistance and the party committed, in compliance with the position of the Lebanese state and government, even though they did not agree with it, and which Israel continued to violate during the 60 days by killing, wounding, destroying, blowing up, exploding, penetrating, and violating Lebanese sovereignty, and which, as Sheikh Naim al-Qassem said in his speech on Monday 1-27-2025, we respected that truce despite the feeling of humiliation and acts of revenge, and those breaches reached more than 1350 breaches.

There are conflicting official Lebanese statements and statements from the Lebanese resistance regarding it. The American asked his Israeli partner to extend until the 28th of next month, and when the Lebanese rejected the request, he said the extension until the 18th of next month. When the Lebanese also rejected the request, he said that there are five overlooking hills that the Israeli army needs to remain in, and his request was also rejected. What is noteworthy is that the caretaker Prime Minister Mikati said that he accepted the extension until the 18th of next month in consultation with the American, and to negotiate the file of Lebanese prisoners held by the Israelis. He also consulted with the President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, and with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. Berri said that he stipulated for the extension the cessation of killing and destruction, and since the occupation did not abide by that, the truce fell. Meanwhile, the Secretary-General of the party, Sheikh Naim Qassem, said that the truce has ended and there is no extension for a single day, and the resistance determines the form, nature and timing of the confrontation, and the extension is an Israeli-American understanding that is not binding on it. It is clear that there is official Lebanese fluidity in the position on the calm, while there is a decisive position on it from the party, and this reflects the ambiguity of the Lebanese position, which is supposed to To be clear, firm and solid, the Lebanese popular masses who marched to return to their occupied border villages, and faced Israeli bullets and tanks from point zero, and paid the price of their steadfastness and march with martyrs and wounded, more than 25 martyrs and 128 wounded, their positions were more advanced than the positions of the government and the army, and those who say from the Americans and Zionists inside Lebanon, that the regional and international circumstances have changed, and that the army is now capable of defending Lebanon, and that the resistance’s weapons have become a burden on the southerners, what is happening in southern Lebanon and Israel’s procrastination and delay in implementing the terms of the truce, says what Sheikh Naim Qassem said that the trilogy of “the people, the army and the resistance” is the trilogy that protects Lebanon’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, security and stability. The return and mass march of the Palestinian and Lebanese masses to the northern Gaza Strip and to the villages of southern Lebanon, dropped the strategic goals of the Israeli war on both fronts, those goals that Netanyahu and his War Council had set. With the beginning of the ground war on the villages of southern Lebanon, in which the Israeli army used five divisions and two brigades, in order to achieve a victory that would enable it to impose its conditions and dictates on the Lebanese resistance, Israel raised the ceiling of its security and military demands, no withdrawal without disarming the resistance, maintaining a security zone in southern Lebanon decided by Israel, freedom of movement for its army in southern Lebanon, and continued violation of Lebanese airspace. However, with the deepening and expansion of the ground war, the Lebanese and Palestinian resistances called for an immediate ceasefire, and emphasized the comprehensive Israeli withdrawal, in a way that would prevent Israel from achieving any security and political gains. With the failure of the Israeli army to achieve any serious breakthrough in the villages and towns of southern Lebanon, it began to lower the ceiling of its demands, to negotiate under fire, and replace the disarmament of the resistance with its withdrawal beyond the Litani, considering this an item of Resolution (1701). On the Gaza Strip front, the Israeli response was not an absolute withdrawal, but with the resistance dragging his army into a long battle and war of attrition, and entering a phase of exhaustion, fatigue, and a decline in fighting spirit and morale, he began to talk about a withdrawal conditional on ensuring security control over strategic points and axes, as he claims, necessary for his security, the Netzarim and Philadelphi axes, and he accompanied this demand with a demand to eliminate the Palestinian resistance, and when he began to confirm the impossibility of achieving the goal, he linked the ceasefire to a prisoner exchange truce that he did not commit to ending the war in, inventing the theory of the day after the end of the war, and its axis is finding an alternative government for Hamas in Gaza, and to "bury" the scenes of the handover of Israeli prisoners in the first and second batches of the first stage of the prisoner exchange deal, Netanyahu's dreams of what is called a strategic victory and the elimination of Hamas militarily and its civil rule, and for the Israeli press, military commentators, and security leaders to make him a "mockery" by saying that these scenes speak of a strategic defeat, surrender, and strategic victory for Hamas. The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip had major repercussions on Netanyahu's government and Israeli society. The war government was threatened with collapse due to Ben Gvir and his party's withdrawal from the government and coalition. He described what happened with scenes and pictures of the exchange deals, not only as a strategic victory for Hamas and a threat to Israeli national security, but also as a "national" insult to every Israeli. The military establishment was not spared from these repercussions, as there is a "massacre" of resignations, which was opened by Aharon Haliva, the head of the internal military intelligence "Aman", as well as Herzi Halevi, the Chief of Staff and the commander of the 8200 spy unit and the commander of the Southern Division, the commander of the Northern Gaza Brigade, the commander of the Air Force and the commander of the Navy, all the way to Gonen Bar, the head of the General Security Service "Shabak". Pictures of the tears of the Israeli soldiers withdrawing from the Netzarim axis, and the statements of the head of the Metula settlement, David Azoulay, about what is known as the overwhelming victory, this victory was achieved in the popular return of the residents of the Lebanese town of Houla facing the settlements of Margaliot and Metula, and one of the leaders of the Israeli army told the Hebrew Channel 12 that the settlers in the north did not have the motivation and drive to return, as was the case with the residents of the southern Lebanese villages who returned and crawled to their villages under the fire of the Israeli army, and therefore the tears of the Israeli soldiers withdrawing from the Netzarim axis and the blood that prompted the Lebanese in Maroun al-Ras to return to the southern villages, say who won and who was defeated on The two fronts. The return of hundreds of thousands of Gazans to their destroyed homes in the north, on foot, sends a clear message to Israel that this is a rehearsal for the coming great return, and there will be no further displacement, no generals’ plan to separate the north of the Strip from its south, no return to settlement in the Gaza Strip, and no geographical “engineering” of it, as the extremist Smotrich dreams of, to reduce the population of Gaza by half in the next two years by encouraging voluntary migration as well as forced migration, and there will be no success for Trump’s project to displace our Palestinian people to many countries, most notably Egypt and Jordan, which categorically rejected Trump’s project and plan, as the land of the Gaza Strip is not a tempting commercial deal for speculation and making profits, but rather the land of a people with a cause and political national rights, and part of a future Palestinian state. These projects and plans are now behind the backs of the Palestinian people, and the crying over the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and saying that it has become an uninhabitable land, the goal is not to build and reconstruct Gaza, and serve the Palestinian people, but rather to have buffer zones in the Gaza Strip, and in southern Lebanon, to protect Israel’s security.

In a scene that embodies the will to live in its most beautiful form, and after fifteen months of seeking refuge in the south, where there is no roof to protect from the rain, nor warmth to dispel the cold that devours the bones and creeps up on the little ones at night, the mothers try to cover them with what they can, while the men sit on the edges of the tents, looking to the distant north, as if they draw strength from it to endure another day, they all lived between longing and groaning, they lost many loved ones; they lost a father or mother here, a brother or sister there, families separated by an unjust war, but it could not tear apart their longing for the north, as they longed for their homeland.

When the war intensified, they had no choice. The shells were falling on their heads like “rain,” the walls were collapsing on top of them, and the ground was shaking beneath them. They were forced to leave the north, where they lived their memories, their joys and their sorrows. They knew that the occupier wanted to sever what connected them to the north, but they carried the north in their hearts, in the looks of their children and their constant longing. They settled in the south, or so it seemed. The tents were like small shelters, with no privacy or warmth.

When the news came, the road to the north was opened, none of them needed to think twice, the tents were folded, the bags were carried, and the hands were trembling, not only from the cold, but from the intensity of the longing to go “over there”. They carried their burdens on their backs, and the weight of their hearts in their chests, and ran, as if they were in a race. They knew that the north was no longer what it was, and that destruction surrounded everything, the houses were razed to the ground, and the fields became barren, but they chose the rubble over “exile”. They chose to return to their destroyed cities and neighborhoods. The return was not just a spatial transfer, but rather a journey full of pain and hope, redrawing the meanings of legendary steadfastness.

On the road, the scene was majestic, caravans of people walking as if they were returning from absence, women dressed in black, men carrying on their shoulders the burdens of loss, fathers carrying pictures of sons who had not returned, or would not return, children running barefoot, as if they were searching for the warmth of an absent embrace, the faces were pale, but the eyes shone with a glimmer of hope that would not be broken, the path was not easy, but it was the only way to dignity.

On their way north, they passed by the "Netzarim" axis, a fortress built by the occupier at night like thieves, to be a symbol of his power. He paved the roads and prepared it with "care", until the weak-willed thought it would remain, and that it had established its feet in the heart of the earth, but it fell, as fortresses and walls had fallen before it, and as always, if its beginning was linked to destruction, its end is inevitable ruin. On a night full of moons, as if it were from the repeated pages of history, he demolished everything, carried it and left, and in doing so he did nothing but confirm what the Palestinian knows well, he is only "good" at killing and displacement, but nothing can stand in the way of the Palestinian's will, the fortresses have been built, but his steadfastness is stronger.

They reached the north, there were no houses, only a few, just ruins and rubble, they did not feel defeated, they knew that the land was theirs, and that returning was the first step towards rebuilding, and the children began to play amidst the rubble, as if they were drawing a new future, while the adults were busy collecting what remained of their memories.

History will remember, as we remember now, that they returned in spite of the occupier, and that their steadfastness is unparalleled. History will write about a will that was not broken, and about a love that made them rise from under the rubble, time after time. History will immortalize in its pages that the will to live made them bring life back to a land that the occupier thought - mistakenly - had died. Running towards the rubble was not just a return, but a statement of victory, saying in its first words that the Palestinian will remain the owner of the land, cultivating it during the day, and hiding his dreams in it at night, until one day they become reality.

Do not ask about the psychological state that the distressed Palestinian suffers from between grief and pain, lack of understanding from some relatives and many strangers! And between the calamities that surround him from all sides, whether in his personal situation, or in his surroundings and the reflections of that in his memory, soul and spirit.

Don't just ask about the lack of food and drink, friends are gone and everything is related to the lack!

Have the Palestinians achieved the miracle of patience after the great loss, or are they forced to do so?!

Don't just ask about the repeated displacement or the killing of loved ones before your eyes, and don't ask about the lack of security in the north and south of Palestine, and the lack of capabilities to the point of running daily in a miserable attempt to obtain the most basic needs that refuse to appear to you or your child with his eyes that are frozen with tears!

The daily needs of any normal life for the Palestinian in Gaza have turned into mere dreams that emerge from among piles of settled memories and lost hope!

I was thinking like this while I was riding the taxi (a seven-passenger Ford) with Brother Dr. Al-Mutawakkil Taha, on our way to a cultural event in the city of Jericho, and also about a book by Brother Muhammad Qarout, signed by the Military Training Authority headed by Brother Major General Mahmoud Haroun.

Between the overwhelming sadness, the deep anxiety, the brain’s warning signals, and the events that no one outside the rampant tragedy can comprehend, the shattered and scattered soul’s directions and decisions interact!

It is a free and constrained soul at the same time, torn between duty and possibility, between necessity and ability, between what exists and what is hoped for, and many, many contradictions that your eyes catch on the sides of the short-long road between Ramallah and Jericho, which is full of settlements that have eaten away at the meaning of splendor and light from the Palestinian West Bank, and have achieved for the Palestinian resistance by steadfastness on his land the instability of survival in the shadow of the absurdity of the miserable Palestinian scene and the helpless Arab one!

Between the tears of the eyes, the throbbing of the heart, and the suffocation of the breath, and between the destruction of the soul that no longer has anything to heal, the repercussions continue in your heart and soul like a torrent of hard stones!

The mind finds nothing among the rainless black clouds except falling into the depths of despair sometimes, then you find that with your position or understanding of your role you try to retreat from this fall, into this deep psychological abyss, so you succeed sometimes and fail at other times... To all of that, remember that you are a human being and not a stone.

You can say that, that is, you can feel others and say and think and breathe with the breath of the steadfast! Then write while sitting in an elegant chair and a comfortable desk!... May God bless you.

But what should my friend in Gaza, who I spent many years at university with and who is now between heaven and earth, say? And his entire family, huddled together from hunger, shriveled from the cold, and afraid of a Zionist bombardment whose goal is only understood by the love of death among the tents! Or the one who trained with me when he was moving between the West Bank and Gaza, or my brother whom I do not know and who is suffering physically, psychologically and mentally! It is a tragedy that no mind can bear, so how can the human soul bear it?

We are a mighty, steadfast, steadfast and very strong people?

Technically, the people of the Rabat and Jihad mean all of the Levant or all of the Muslim nation with its solidarity and jihad in all forms, and they, i.e. the ones outside Palestine, have placed the task on us alone!

Go to your inevitable fate according to the rule that they are sitting where they are! And behind their cell phones they are fighters! And even victorious!

Do we entertain ourselves - especially those away from the field - with these ideas to prove to the world and to ourselves that we are heroes? Or are we in fact ordinary people, not historical heroes, not legends, not cartoon heroes? Or like those lies and mental confusions where the (white) hero flies to save a child from the rubble or a drowning cat, or a cow whose foot slipped in the mud! Or pounces on a thousand fighters, which crowns the Hollywood (movies) tapes!

Are our brothers the ones who killed us? Like the occupier is killing us, or are we pessimistic or lost in our own misguidance?!

The crowds, excited and emotional to the point of triviality, are necessarily irrational in their instincts, in what they seek, in what they dream of, or in what they assume, as they applaud the scenes in the tapes (films) that we have described, and in addition to that they applaud their stupidity and helplessness on the one hand, and their refusal to do anything, on the other hand!

As if the role of the common people or the “followers” of the masses has settled between playing with the mobile phone, eating fatty food, the bedroom, and rosy dreams, sir!

Foreign youth in Europe and America do not stop their actual struggle for Palestine. Why don’t you follow their example and come out of your cocoon, your stupidity, your laziness, and your delicious dreams?!

We are tired and fed up with the programmed inflation that paints itself gigantic on our backs, and on the remains of our people in the biggest epic of genocide in history when time stops and turns to the color red only! Despite all the world's satellites (cameras) that monitor every bloodstain, child's cry, or young man's call who knows that no one will answer.

How can you not get angry?! How can you not be crushed by the tragedy of "brotherly" abandonment, and by the empty idea of glorification or exaggeration that surrounds you from your distant brothers who hope that you will die today before tomorrow, for what?

For the sake of an empty idea that has nested in their minds that your duty is to die!

The free death of those who only have their own hands is nothing but a departure from the idea of work, giving and succession that God has granted to humans. They work, communicate and build, and they do not die without any price or any reason for what others try to bestow upon you, not out of honor and love for you, but rather to relieve or abdicate their own responsibilities.

No, we are not death lovers, as they try to make us out to be. Rather, we love life.

Yes, we are a people who love life because living is a divine duty and a duty of creation.

Palestine is our land and it will not be developed except by our hands.

If it is necessary to sacrifice, then the sacrifice is not of the people, but for the people, the leaders and vanguards of the people from the fedayeen, that is, for the sake of the people.

Woe to me when the people are divided between what the misleading, seditious media seeks, and the opposing faction, abandoning two-thirds of the UNRWA division, and keeping all the factors of its own survival on the necks of the people who fall daily into an endless gap!

Between the contradictions of understanding and the suffering of the soul, and between the lies of the factions and the monopoly of the divine self or the monopoly of the exaggerated method of struggle in light of the current lack of actual material power in the face of the deadly American-Zionist monster, you are lost!

You cannot understand and you cannot get out of the cocoon of your endlessly overwhelming thoughts.

And back to your community, which is full of dog love and frequents cafes around Palestine, and they also do that every day, assuming that their only greatest duty is to criticize any move you make, here in Palestine! You are forbidden to complain and you are forbidden to groan, because you are a hero and you are great! You are a fighter and you are a martyr, so shut up and only say what we want!

They tell you with their mouths, their eyes, and their fooling around on Facebook: You are a constant, non-stop, combative guard?! You do not get any rest, you are forbidden from shouting or even saying “brother”, and in addition to that, the mouths of the wise are gagged because they are definitely either outside the religion or connected to the enemy!

Worrying and complaining are forbidden, but the groans of the bewildered and the bereaved are rejected in the first place!

As if your most beloved duty is to die, and their duty is to eat Mansaf daily, so they do not give up on the meat of the Italians (plural of young lamb) and the beef pulled in a McDonald's sandwich or other, which is only boycotted on "social media" virtually! And would a person who is a huge consumer with a big belly boycott his belly? God forbid.

In the Ford that took us from Ramallah to Jericho, thoughts multiply in your mind. Some grab your neck until you almost suffocate. You see scenes of the occupation checkpoints, the colonies (settlements), and the widespread image of the Israeli soldier holding his weapon, frowning or smiling. All of these are provocative manifestations, no less provocative than those who look away from supporting their brothers in Gaza with some money! They say: This is my pocket and it is only for me, and for my enjoyment!

They substitute the fact of supporting their brothers by passing on the bad before the good, and passing it on and sharing it with the courage of the great "Facebook" or "tactical" resistance fighter, and by cursing the authority and prostituting all Palestinians who disagree with them! And for those who love them, they can only pray for their quick death, so that they can boast about them that they are Palestinians?

The distance between Ramallah and Jericho, in the worst case, takes half an hour, but in our case described, it took nearly two hours of rough, winding roads between villages and destroyed streets, between checkpoints and congestion, and between the hand of the Israeli soldier who might put it in his nostril or anywhere else, but he rarely signals the vehicle to move except when he is tired of just standing still!

The soul is panting after hope, any hope, and perhaps it and the soul are two equals or enemies, intertwined with the mind that reads, sees, understands, and finds that its brothers are its killers, in addition to the eternal occupier and oppressor!

Have we reached Jericho or not yet?

The ceasefire in Gaza represents a critical milestone, but it is no more than a temporary junction in a long path of war of extermination. The current reality in the Gaza Strip is witnessing intertwined crises resulting from an organized war of extermination, and requires a response managed with political and practical realism that goes beyond idealistic slogans and concepts. What is required now is not to stop at the state of calm, but to move forward with calculated steps aimed at achieving a somewhat permanent stability on new foundations.

The sustainability of the ceasefire must be based on arrangements that ensure a balance of power on the ground that obliges the aggressor party to refrain from repeating its actions. To achieve this, an independent international committee must be established to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire, which will document any Israeli violations. The international community, represented by the Security Council, must also adopt a resolution that internationalizes the ceasefire and makes it legally binding, which will place Israel directly responsible for any violations and prevent it from returning to war, as some on the Israeli right would like.

As for embarking on reconstruction, it is not merely a matter of rebuilding what was destroyed by the war, but rather another battle against attempts to empty the place of its human and economic content. Reconstruction must be an entry point to restoring the social and economic strength of the Palestinians, as no stability can be imagined without a solid foundation of basic services and infrastructure. What is required here is not only funding, but also conscious management that moves the sector from a state of exhaustion to a state of recovery. The reconstruction process must be accompanied by the creation of broad job opportunities that contribute to strengthening the local economy and achieving economic independence. International and local organizations must be involved in developing a comprehensive development plan that relies on building infrastructure, from water and electricity networks to schools and hospitals. This must include rehabilitating vital sectors such as agriculture, fishing, and industry in order to restore economic life to normal and prevent excessive dependence on foreign aid.

Keeping the charge of genocide alive against Israel is not an option that can be bypassed, but rather a necessity to ensure that what happened in Gaza is not forgotten in the pages of international oblivion. These crimes require systematic and accurate documentation that includes all the details of the aggression, so that this documentation can be a weapon in an open battle that extends from international courts to the arenas of world public opinion. Highlighting the crimes of genocide also means working to change the political equations that allowed them to happen, by exposing the system that manages this aggression and provides it with protection. To achieve this, teams must be established to collect evidence and conduct field investigations that document the crimes in detail and accurately. This evidence must also be used to prepare strong legal files to be submitted to the International Criminal Court and other judicial forums. In addition, media and diplomatic efforts must be intensified to keep Israeli crimes in the spotlight, which contributes to mobilizing world public opinion and pressuring governments that support Israel.

In this context, the importance of Palestinian unity emerges as an inevitable condition for managing this stage and the ones that follow. The continuation of the Palestinian division gives the occupation additional space to continue its policies without deterrence. Unity here is not a matter of slogans, but rather a necessity for political survival, as a Palestinian working system must be built that deals with the new reality without paying attention to narrow factional calculations. A national unity government with a flexible political program and strong administration will be able to lead the reconstruction process and achieve field and diplomatic achievements. There must be a comprehensive national dialogue that leads to a unified vision that strengthens the Palestinian position in international forums. This unity must focus on rebuilding trust between the factions through practical steps such as forming joint committees to oversee major national issues and unify political and field efforts.

The ceasefire in Gaza is a test, and an opportunity to reshape the rules of the game in a way that serves the interests of the Palestinians. If this opportunity is not translated into real steps that bring about change on the ground, the scene will remain stuck in a vicious cycle of escalation and temporary calm. What is required now is to work consciously and insistently to create a new reality that places Gaza in a different position, not as a recurring victim. This requires a long-term strategy based on a strong will and a realistic vision that addresses all the effects of the war, and paves the way for a future that provides the Palestinians with the elements of the decent life they deserve.

The former and current US President Trump has previously provided important political services that respond to the Israeli colony’s project of expansion, annexation and annexation, namely:

1- Recognizing the united Jerusalem as the capital of the colony, 2- Transferring the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, 3- Recognizing the annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights to the map of the colony, 4- Stopping American financial aid to UNRWA and demonizing it, in response to Israeli incitement with the aim of eliminating the issue of Palestinian refugees, who represent half of the Palestinian people in number, with the aim of eliminating their right to return and depriving them of recovering their properties in the cities and villages from which they were previously expelled and displaced as a result of the crimes and ethnic cleansing operations carried out by the factions of the colony in 1948.

It is expected that US President Trump will respond to Netanyahu’s aspirations for annexation, annexation and expansion in the Palestinian West Bank in one of two ways:

1- Recognizing and annexing the entire Palestinian West Bank to the map of the colony, as it did with Palestinian Arab Jerusalem on 12-6-2017, when it recognized it as the unified capital of the colony.

2- That the annexation be limited to the settlements established on the land of the Palestinian West Bank with the Palestinian countryside, in response and implementation of what he called: the deal of the century that he announced on 1/28/2020, and this announced deal of the century includes a set of titles represented by the following:

1- Including the Israeli settlements in the West Bank in the expansionist colony map.

2- The Jordan Valley, which the colony says is important for its security, will be under Israeli sovereignty.

3- Jerusalem is not divided as the capital of the colony.

4- Access to the holy places in Jerusalem is allowed for all religions, and Al-Aqsa Mosque will remain under Jordanian guardianship.

5- The future capital of the Palestinians will be in an area located to the east and north of the wall surrounding parts of Jerusalem, and it can be called Jerusalem or any other name determined by the future Palestinian state.

6- Disarming Hamas and demilitarizing Gaza and the rest of the future Palestinian state.

7- Establishing a rapid transportation link between the West Bank and Gaza that passes over or under the territories under Israeli control.

8- The two parties recognize the Palestinian state as the state of the Palestinian people, and the Israeli state as the state of the Jewish people.

9- No new settlements shall be built in the areas under the control of the colony according to this plan for a period of 4 years.

The speech of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, before the Security Council on Tuesday 28-1-2025, is a document condemning the behavior of the colony against the Palestinian people, and against UNRWA services dedicated to serving Palestinian refugees, in addition to being a practical program to provide health services to millions of Palestinians, and education to hundreds of thousands of children.

Lazzarini pointed out that the colony invests large resources to vote the agency as a terrorist organization, and its employees as terrorists or sympathizers of terrorism. Recently, billboards accusing UNRWA of terrorism have appeared in major cities around the world, the costs of which were covered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, covered by the government budget to the tune of $150 million.

Lazzarini concludes with a very important conclusion: “The political attacks on UNRWA are motivated by the desire to strip the Palestinians of their refugee status and thus unilaterally change the established parameters of the political solution. The goal is to deny the Palestinian refugees the right to self-determination and erase their history and identity.”

The political battle after the war on Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank is no less heated than the fierce attack of the colony on the Palestinian people, and Lazzarini's clear positive speech in favor of the Palestinian people is a qualitative addition in confronting the positions of the United States and the Israeli colony.

On the 12th day of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the third batch of the prisoner exchange deal will be implemented on Thursday, according to which the Palestinian resistance factions will release three Israeli prisoners and five Thai workers, in exchange for Israel releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners.

At the same time, thousands of displaced Palestinians continue to flow back to the central and northern Gaza Strip via Rashid Street.

The spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, announced the release of the Israeli prisoners Arbel Yehud (29 years old), Agam Berger (20 years old), and Gadi Moshe Moses (80 years old), as part of the “Flood of the Free” deal.

In turn, Palestinian institutions concerned with prisoners' affairs said that the third batch of the first phase of the exchange deal includes 110 Palestinian prisoners, including 32 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, 48 prisoners with high sentences, in addition to 30 cub prisoners.

This exceptional batch was approved under Israel's pretext of not releasing the Israeli prisoner Yehud in the previous batch, in an attempt to obstruct the return of displaced Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip.

With the implementation of the third batch of the exchange deal, 82 Israelis will remain in captivity with the resistance factions in the Gaza Strip, while the concerned parties continue negotiations to complete the implementation of the agreement in its three stages.

Another exchange is scheduled to take place on the specified date, next Saturday, under the ceasefire agreement reached by Qatari-Egyptian-American mediation to end the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 7, 2023.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said three living men held by Hamas were due to be released in a fourth round of exchange scheduled for Saturday. Families will be notified of the names of those to be released on Friday.

Dr. Dalal Erekat: I hope that the Palestinian position will be clear in rejecting any economic solutions proposed as an alternative to the political solution

Dr. Hassan Ayoub: Pressure is currently increasing to force the Authority to accept a political deal that cannot achieve the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people

Oraib Al-Rantawi: Any Arab retreat will lead to transferring the conflict from its Palestinian-Israeli framework to internal conflicts in each Arab country separately

Raed Al-Dabai: Sheikh Boitkov's meeting indicates that Washington has no reservations about dealing with the PLO and the Authority despite the ambiguity of the American path

The region is witnessing intensive diplomatic movements within the framework of the US administration’s attempts to revive the so-called “Deal of the Century” or push forward the path of the “Abraham Accords” in their two new versions, amid questions about the extent of the success of these efforts in achieving a diplomatic breakthrough in terms of Arab-Israeli normalization, an attempt to exploit the Palestinian issue in favor of achieving these agreements.

In separate interviews with “I,” writers, political analysts, specialists, and university professors believe that Saudi Arabia is emerging as a pivotal element in these efforts, as Washington is trying to convince it to conclude a normalization agreement with Israel, in exchange for making promises related to the Palestinian issue. However, the official Saudi position still insists on the necessity of a “clear path” to establishing a Palestinian state.

Writers, analysts, specialists and university professors believe that while pressure is increasing on the Palestinian Authority to engage in these efforts, the Palestinian leadership faces challenges by rejecting any economic solutions proposed as an alternative to a political solution to the Palestinian issue, amid concerns about the “Gaza State” scenario.

Displacement scenarios are rejected and have proven their failure on the ground

Dr. Dalal Erekat, Professor of Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution at the Arab American University, confirms that attempts to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan have not succeeded since the beginning of the war and will not succeed in the future, stressing that these scenarios are not only unacceptable, but have also proven their failure on the ground.

Erekat believes that the proposals put forward by the Donald Trump administration in this context were "trial balloons," but they were not accepted by the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which categorically rejected any project aimed at emptying the Gaza Strip of its population.

Erekat points out that despite the presence of about 1.9 million Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, especially in Al-Mawasi and on the border with Rafah during the first months of the war, the Egyptian borders were not opened to a scenario of forced displacement. On the contrary, Egypt sought to preserve the steadfastness of the Palestinians in their lands in service of the Palestinian cause.

In the context of talking about the recent diplomatic moves of the United States of America, Erekat considers that they come within the framework of the "second season" of what is known as the "Deal of the Century", or what can be called the "renewed Abraham Accords", through which the US administration aims to complete a normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Erekat explains that Saudi Arabia has so far maintained its position in support of Palestinian rights, especially with regard to the establishment of a Palestinian state, but Erekat warns of changes in political discourse, noting that the language used recently has focused on a “roadmap to establish a Palestinian state” rather than an immediate demand for statehood as a precondition for normalization.

Erekat points out that this change may carry political implications that require careful reading by the Palestinian side, especially since any future agreement may be contingent on shifts in priorities and demands.

In this context, Erekat stresses the importance of the Palestinian role in these movements, affirming that the Palestinian issue cannot be reduced to economic or security dimensions, but must remain a political issue at its core.

"I hope that Palestinian officials who meet with American or Arab officials express the true Palestinian position, based on deep-rooted political rights, not just economic rights or improved living conditions," Erekat said.

Erekat stressed that any political track discussed with the American or regional side must first focus on ending the Israeli military occupation, defining the borders of the State of Israel, and affirming the concept of Palestinian sovereignty, stressing that security and stability in the region will not be achieved without a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue.

Warning of the danger of the scenario of establishing the "State of Gaza"

Regarding talk about the scenario of establishing a “Gaza State,” Erekat warns of the danger of this proposal, noting that “it must be completely rejected,” because it contradicts the unity of the Palestinian land, which includes the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem.

It stresses that any attempts to separate Gaza from the West Bank threaten the Palestinian national project and serve the Israeli vision aimed at undermining the two-state solution.

Erekat expressed her concerns about attempts to weaken the West Bank by strengthening the economic situation separately from political solutions, explaining that there is a trend to pump more money into the institutions of the Palestinian National Authority under titles such as supporting civil society or improving economic conditions, which may reproduce previous scenarios that did not achieve any real political progress during the past decades.

She hopes that the Palestinian position will be clear in rejecting any economic solutions proposed as an alternative to the political solution.

Erekat says: “The Palestinian issue is not just a humanitarian issue, despite the priority that should be given to humanitarian aid, but it is a political issue par excellence, and no economic initiatives can compensate for Palestinian national rights.”

It stresses the importance of adopting a firm Palestinian national position in any future negotiations, so that the discussion is not reduced to issues such as clearance funds or salaries, but rather focuses on achieving the legitimate political rights of the Palestinians as an integral part of any future agreement, and that “any solution that does not guarantee justice for the Palestinians will remain temporary and vulnerable to collapse.”

The genocide continues by other means.

Dr. Hassan Ayoub, a professor of political science at An-Najah National University and a specialist in American affairs, considers the Arab position rejecting what is happening in the Gaza Strip to be a “classic” position since the beginning of the Israeli aggression, explaining that the primary Israeli goal is still to displace the residents of Gaza, and that the danger after the truce still exists, noting that “the genocide continues by other means,” indicating that this context should be the framework through which the repeated American statements regarding the future of the Strip are understood.

Ayoub believes that Arab regimes suffer from “fragility and weakness in the face of American hegemony,” especially after the Arab Spring revolutions and the political changes that followed in the region.

Ayoub points out that the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria and the open possibilities for change in the region have pushed these regimes to cling more to their alliance with the United States, seeking financial, political and diplomatic support.

Ayoub points out that the current Arab position "has not yet risen to the level of actually confronting Washington's positions," but is still within the framework of formal statements and positions.

Regarding the latest political developments, Ayoub sheds light on the meeting between the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein al-Sheikh, and the US President’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Riyadh, noting that this meeting coincides with repeated statements from the new Israeli ambassador in Washington, and the new US President’s contact with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, all of which are aimed at reviving the Arab-Israeli normalization process.

He asks: "What is the meaning of justifying the continuation of normalization by the existence of a reliable path - according to the American and Saudi expression - towards a Palestinian state? This is just talk that has no real value, and states either exist or they do not exist, and therefore the pressures are currently increasing to force the Palestinian Authority to accept a political deal that cannot achieve the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, whether in establishing an independent state or in self-determination and liberation from the occupation."

Ayoub points out that the US administration may try to push in this direction, although it will be much less than the understandings presented in the “Deal of the Century,” explaining that this scenario requires “an ethnic cleansing operation in the Gaza Strip,” where the demographic issue remains the “cornerstone” of the conflict.

Regarding the Jordanian position, Ayoub explains that the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan paid a “heavy price” during Donald Trump’s first term in office, due to its lack of enthusiasm for the normalization agreements, as it did not participate in the signing ceremony of the “Abraham Accords,” which prompted the Trump administration to ignore Jordan and exert economic pressure on it, including reducing American aid to it.

Ayoub points out that today there are Jordanian voices saying that the kingdom "will not pay this price again," and therefore it has not expressed any objection to the continuation of the normalization agreements, as long as this guarantees the continuation of its relationship with the new American administration.

Ayoub stresses that Jordan, like Egypt, is suffering from economic crises and increasing pressures, which may make it more inclined to make concessions in order to maintain its internal stability and the continuation of American support.

Ayoub explains that Arab leaders have not yet realized that Washington is “willing to gamble with the stability of their countries and political systems if it serves Israel’s interests or serves the agenda of Christian Zionists in America, who embrace a biblical vision of the conflict.”

Ayyoub points out that the current talk about a “mini Palestinian state” is something that was not officially proposed, explaining that talk about establishing a “mini state in Gaza” that extends to the West Bank is an old idea that was proposed since the era that accompanied the establishment of the Palestinian Authority under the leadership of the late President Yasser Arafat, but that was completely rejected, because it meant establishing a “temporary state in Gaza forever.”

Ayoub points out that the current scenario is “worse than that,” as there is no longer any idea of a Palestinian state in Gaza or the West Bank, because Israel and the United States “do not want any political entity for the Palestinians,” but rather focus on “fighting the Palestinian national identity and eliminating any chance for the Palestinians to remain committed to their legitimate rights.”

Ayoub says: “In light of these facts, continuing to talk about a Palestinian state, a two-state solution, or exchanging normalization for a political path is just throwing dust in the eyes, as there is no serious project on the table that achieves Palestinian rights, most importantly ending the occupation.”

Trump administration moves toward new version of 'deal of the century'

Director of the Jerusalem Center for Political Studies, Oraib al-Rantawi, believes that the administration of US President Donald Trump has not yet completed a clear vision for the so-called “comprehensive deal” for the Middle East, but it has defined its basic features, most notably establishing a path of normalization between Israel and Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia.

Al-Rantawi explains that Riyadh is stipulating progress on the Palestinian track as part of this deal, to ensure that any normalization steps are marketed to Saudi and Arab public opinion, while preserving its regional and international position, especially with the growth of its role in the Syrian and Lebanese arenas.

Al-Rantawi points out that the ongoing consultations led by US envoy Steve Witkoff aim to explore what is possible and impossible in the Palestinian file, explaining that his visit to Saudi Arabia, in addition to the shuttle meetings between Cairo and Doha, play a decisive role in shaping the US vision for the next deal.

He points out that the upcoming visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington will contribute to crystallizing the final vision of this plan.

Rantawi asserts that the Trump administration is not seeking an ambitious project to resolve the conflict, but rather is moving towards a new version of the “Deal of the Century,” which is more generous in favor of Israel.

Rantawi explains that the series of steps taken by Trump since taking office show his complete bias towards the Israeli far right, as he believes that his team in the White House shares the same visions and perceptions about the conflict with his counterpart in the Kirya (the headquarters of the Israeli Ministry of War).

Al-Rantawi points out that since the first day of his term, Trump has adopted policies that are in line with the extremist Israeli approach, including removing settlers from the US sanctions lists, resuming the supply of heavy bombs to Israel, and exempting it from the decision to freeze foreign aid, considering that these steps indicate the US administration’s tendency towards escalation rather than political solutions.

Rantawi points out that Trump views Gaza as a key focus of this deal, but he is not seeking to establish an “emirate” there, but rather a solution that is consistent with what the US administration calls “the questions of the day after.”

It is believed that Trump's plan is based on an attempt to empty Gaza of its population, in light of the increasing talk about major investment projects led by the United States and Israel in cooperation with Gulf states, targeting the region after displacing a large part of its population, and keeping only those it needs as cheap labor to serve these projects.

Regarding the Arab position, Rantawi points out that Trump seems confident that the Arab countries will respond to his vision regarding the displacement of the people of Gaza, which raises questions about the source of this confidence.

Al-Rantawi points out that the issue is no longer related only to traditional support for the Palestinian cause, but extends to the effects of this deal on security and stability in Egypt and Jordan, in addition to the risks that threaten the national and political identity of the two countries.

Al-Rantawi stresses that any Arab acceptance of the proposed displacement projects and settlements will cause great harm to the interests of the countries concerned, pointing out that Jordan, for example, had previously gone through a stifling siege during the Second Gulf War, but was able to overcome it without making strategic concessions.

Al-Rantawi stresses that Arab countries should not be subject to the logic of barter, as there are sovereign issues related to national and ethnic identity that cannot be linked to financial deals or economic aid.

He warns that any Arab retreat will lead to the conflict being transferred from its Palestinian-Israeli framework to internal conflicts in each Arab country separately, which is what Washington and Tel Aviv are seeking.

At the internal Palestinian level, Rantawi asserts that the failure to build a national consensus around a Palestinian unity government or a unifying leadership reference within the framework of the PLO has led to the Egyptian “community support” initiative remaining the only option.

Al-Rantawi points out that this initiative, despite its emphasis on the unity of the West Bank and Gaza, will in fact lead to the establishment of a de facto separation, as each will be managed separately.

Rantawi asserts that Trump and Kushner view Gaza as a real estate project, not as an independent political entity, as they seek to implement huge economic projects in the region in cooperation with Israel and the Gulf states, with a focus on displacing a large number of the Strip’s residents, and keeping those who can be employed in these projects.

Despite the challenges facing the Palestinians, Rantawi stresses that Gaza and the Palestinian resistance have proven their commitment to the unity of the Palestinian land and the Palestinian people, pointing out that the recent waves of mass displacement witnessed by the Strip were a popular referendum on rejecting displacement and separation from the West Bank.

Al-Rantawi believes that the war on the Gaza Strip is not over yet, as the resistance was able to manage the military battle efficiently, despite the heavy losses, but the political battle is still ongoing, and it requires popular support and a strong Palestinian leadership capable of facing the challenges.

Al-Rantawi stresses that the priority now must be to rebuild the PLO and restore its leadership role through radical reforms in the institutional structure to enable the Palestinian leadership to deal effectively with the upcoming strategic challenges, stressing that the stage requires a real Palestinian consensus, not just formal understandings.

Sheikh-Wittkov meeting.. political implications

Raed Al-Dabai, head of the Political Science Department at An-Najah National University, believes that choosing Riyadh to host the meeting between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Hussein Al-Sheikh carries clear political implications, as it reflects an American desire to grant Saudi Arabia an increasing leadership role in the region, especially in light of its potential involvement in the US project based on normalization with Israel.

Al-Dabai explains that holding this meeting in itself indicates that the United States has no reservations about dealing with the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, even though the American path towards the Palestinian Authority is still unclear.

Al-Dabai says: “At a time when US President Donald Trump is announcing his rejection of the return of Hamas to the administration of the Gaza Strip, reports indicate that Witkov met with a minister from the Hamas leadership through Qatari mediation, which reflects a new American approach based on direct interests rather than comprehensive political solutions.”

Al-Dabai points out that the absence of Ramallah from the agenda of Witkoff's visit, which began today, in contrast to his visit to Gaza and his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his previous visit to the Auschwitz camp in Poland, where he met with the families of Israeli detainees held by Hamas, reflects the priority of the security file in American policy, especially with regard to the release of Israeli prisoners, without a clear vision for a two-state solution.

Al-Dabai asserts that “this approach indicates a shift in American priorities, as Washington appears to be focusing on urgent security issues instead of proposing major political initiatives,” noting that the American proposals being floated to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict appear disastrous and cannot be accepted by the Palestinians.

Al-Dabai explains that the Arab position is facing increasing pressures, especially after Trump’s call for Egypt and Jordan to receive the residents of the Gaza Strip, in a move that would put the two countries before major political and security challenges.

Al-Dabai says: “Accepting this step may mean placing responsibility on Egypt and Jordan for Gaza on behalf of Israel, which has serious implications for their internal stability.”

Al-Dabai points out that these pressures come in the context of the US administration’s use of the weapon of financial and political blackmail to impose its vision on the region, which increases the difficulty of maintaining a unified Arab position on the Palestinian issue.

Al-Dabai believes that regional transformations, Palestinian division, and the results of the recent war on Gaza have put the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas in a weak negotiating position.

Al-Dabai says: “It is no longer possible to manage the Palestinian division using the same mechanisms as before. The US administration seeks to reshape the centers of power in the Middle East through intense political and economic pressures, and does not hesitate to use the threat of economic sanctions, which reduces the Palestinians’ options in confronting this new reality.”

Al-Dabai asserts that talk about establishing a Palestinian state has become closer to fantasy, given the political reality on both the Israeli and American levels.

Al-Dabai says: “The Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu includes extreme right-wing components that do not believe in the two-state solution, and seek to perpetuate the occupation and strengthen settlements, which makes any proposal to establish a Palestinian state unrealistic.”

Al-Dabai explains that the formation of the current American administration reflects a trend that does not support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Rather, it seems that American policy is moving towards resolving the conflict according to the Israeli vision based on ensuring a Jewish majority and reducing the number of Arabs in the areas under Israeli control.

Al-Dabai points out that one of the indicators of this trend is that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque accompanied by a group of extremist settlers, in a move that reflects his support for the hardline right-wing positions that are in line with the Israeli vision based on Judaizing Jerusalem and strengthening control over the Palestinian territories.

He points out that the positions of the new US ambassador to Israel and the Secretary of State also reflect this trend, which confirms that the management of the conflict is proceeding according to a purely Israeli agenda.

Al-Dabai stresses that Israel is not seeking in any way to establish a Palestinian state, whether in the West Bank or Gaza, but rather is working to perpetuate the Palestinian division and destroy any foundations of national unity.

Al-Dabai says: “The Israeli strategy is based on keeping the Palestinians in a state of geographic and political division between the West Bank and Gaza, where the Palestinian Authority is kept under constant economic and security pressures, while work is underway to decide the future of the Gaza Strip with arrangements that ensure that the Palestinian political system is not unified.”

He points out that Israel may support proposals such as forming an administrative committee or any other scenario that ensures the continuation of the division, even if that is through Hamas returning to rule Gaza within understandings with the new American administration.

Al-Dabai explains that this policy aims to weaken any possibility of the emergence of a unified Palestinian leadership capable of imposing negotiating conditions or forming a cohesive political entity.

Al-Dabai believes that “the most likely scenario in the near future is not the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, but rather the strengthening of the reality of separation between Gaza and the West Bank, which perpetuates the Palestinian division and gives Israel more time to consolidate its control over the Palestinian territories.”

Like a boulder that was brought down by a torrent from above, the dealmaker and real estate dealer returns to his first life, in which he led his policies with tweets, threats, and signatures on blank checks. This is the policy that shaped the features of his personality, with which he changes his positions, just as he changes his clothes.

The eccentric man has no regard for his victims, whether women, heads of state or treaties, as he attacks them with excessive roughness to the point of tears.

He drools over the wealth of the country and its people, so he threatens and intimidates to melt and dissolve the maps, to make them easier for him to digest, without the slightest regard for customs, laws, rights, and facts.

In the biography of the one who has returned to the White House again, with a popular incubator that resembles him, it is correct to recall the popular saying “nature has overcome acculturation” and normalization as well, which he is trying in vain to buy at the lowest prices.

Like an attack squad reconnoitering with fire, Trump is waving his threat to achieve, within six days of his term, the plans for uprooting and displacing those whose homes and lives his predecessor destroyed.

The most dangerous thing that can happen to individuals is what is called “adult ignorance” or late adolescence, and its danger increases if it happens to leaders who hold the keys to the universe, when their appetite opens up to swallowing countries, as they swallow a “hamburger.”

The Israeli occupation forces launched a wide-scale arrest campaign in various areas of the West Bank at dawn and this morning, Thursday.

In Jenin, the occupation forces stormed the village of Bir al-Basha, surrounded the house of the young man Ihab Ghawadra and arrested him, and also arrested two other young men from inside the house.

In Tulkarm, the occupation forces arrested five young men from the town of Qaffin, north of Tulkarm, after raiding their homes. They are: Abdullah Osama Katana, Amr Yousef Katana, Marwan Adel Sabah, Saeed Biqawi, and Hamoud Al-Fadl Taama.

The occupation forces also arrested the young man Muhammad Salim Abdul Daim from his home in the town of Anabta, east of Tulkarm, and Mahmoud Nabil Adwan after raiding his home in Faroun, south of the governorate, and Yazan Al-Thaher from his home in the eastern neighborhood of the city.

In Bethlehem, the occupation forces stormed the town of Al-Ubeidiya to the east and arrested: Amin Daoud and Daida, Nasser Hassan Musa Al-Issawi, Izz Salama Shamaytah, Ibrahim Daoud Radaideh, Sand Yaqoub Al-Asa, Muin Mahmoud Al-Asa, Munir Shanaytah, Mujahid Muhammad Al-Asa, Othman Muhammad Atta Shanaytah, Yahya Muhammad Radaideh, Ali Shafiq Radaideh, and Moaz Muhammad Al-Asa.

In Deheishe camp, they arrested: Ibrahim Muhammad Al-Dakas, Saif Al-Islam Yassin Khalil Jabr, and Raghad Raed Abdul Hadi Shamroukh.

In Nablus, an occupation force stormed the village of Rojib, raided a house, and arrested citizen Dalal Fawaz Halabi, after searching her house and wreaking havoc on it.

Occupation jeeps and a military bulldozer also stormed Asira al-Shamaliya and demolished commercial warehouses belonging to citizen Ihab Awad al-Shouli.

In Hebron, the occupation forces arrested the citizens: Musab Al-Sayed, Omar Anwar Al-Haimouni, from the city of Hebron, and Walid Suleiman Sabarna from the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, after storming them at dawn.

The occupation forces also intensified their aggressive measures against the city of Hebron, its villages and camp, by closing its entrances with iron gates, military checkpoints and continuous raids. They also tightened their grip on the old city of Hebron through military checkpoints and electronic gates.

The Israeli occupation forces blew up a house in Qalqilya city at dawn on Thursday.

According to local sources, these forces blew up a house belonging to the family of the martyr "Jamal Abu Haniya" in Qalqilya, which consists of three floors and an area of no less than 100 square meters.

The sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the city of Qalqilya from its eastern entrance at dawn and deployed on Street 22 in the Islamic College area. The occupation soldiers began digging with heavy machinery near the homes of the two martyrs, Ali Khalil Abu Bakr and Jamal Abu Haniya. The excavations then concentrated on Abu Haniya’s home, and the occupation forced the citizens living in the area to evacuate their homes until the excavations were completed. Then the occupation completely blew up the house.

Abu Haniya was martyred in August of last year in a bombing operation carried out by the occupation on a vehicle on the Zeita-Attil road north of Tulkarm, which led to the vehicle catching fire and his martyrdom. He was accompanied by the martyr Ali Khalil Abu Bakr.

In this context, the Israeli occupation authorities continue to tighten their military measures, including raids and military checkpoints at the entrances to villages and towns in the governorate, and deliberately obstruct the movement of citizens by stopping their vehicles and searching them thoroughly at the checkpoints at the entrances to the villages of “Al-Funduq, Wamatin, and Nabi Elias.”

The United Nations announced on Wednesday that more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians who were displaced by Israel have returned to the northern Gaza Strip after the opening of the Netzarim corridor.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said during his daily press conference that based on information he received from his colleagues in the region, it is expected that the number of people who have returned to northern Gaza since the opening of the Netzarim crossing on January 27 has exceeded 423,000 people.

Dujarric noted that humanitarian workers are trying to provide support to people on the move, by providing water, food and hygiene supplies.

He stressed that the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is distributing identity bracelets to children to maintain contact with their families and ensure their safety.

He also pointed out that there were unaccompanied children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities and chronic diseases in need of medical support among the returnees.

On the other hand, Dujarric said that the humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank is deteriorating rapidly, as attacks on civilian infrastructure continue, disrupting basic services.

He pointed out that access to water and electricity in Tulkarm city has become difficult, and about 1,000 people have been displaced from the area.

In parallel with the genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers expanded their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the martyrdom of 882 Palestinians, the injury of about 6,700, and the arrest of 14,300 others, according to official Palestinian data.

Ten citizens were killed and others were injured, on Wednesday evening, in an Israeli occupation bombing of the town of Tamoun, southeast of Tubas.

The Ministry of Health reported, in a brief statement, that ten dead and a number of wounded people arrived at Tubas Governmental Hospital as a result of the occupation's bombing of the town of Tamoun.

The Commission of Prisoners' Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, and the Prisoners' Media Office announced the names of the Palestinian prisoners released in the third batch of the exchange deal in the first phase, which includes 110 prisoners.

Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced the names of the detainees who will be released as part of the third batch of prisoner exchange on Thursday.

Abu Obeida said that the detainees Arbil Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moshe Moses will be released as part of the exchange deal.

Hebrew media revealed the number of Palestinian prisoners who will be released from occupation prisons on Thursday, as part of the third batch of the exchange.

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Channel 12 reported that 30 Palestinian prisoners were sentenced to life imprisonment, in addition to 20 other prisoners sentenced to various prison terms, in exchange for soldier Agam Berger.

30 Palestinian minors and women prisoners will also be released in exchange for the detainee, Arbel Yehud.

A number of citizens suffered from suffocation, on Wednesday evening, during the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of the town of Qusra, south of Nablus.

According to local sources, the occupation forces stormed the town, firing live ammunition, sound bombs and tear gas, which led to clashes, during which a number of citizens suffered from suffocation.

The town witnesses almost daily raids by the occupation forces, which include confrontations, arrests, and suffocation injuries.

The government media office in Gaza called on Wednesday on mediators between the Palestinian factions and Israel to pressure the latter to bring in tents and caravans to house more than a quarter of a million families displaced by the genocide and whose homes were destroyed over the course of more than 15 months.

In its statement, the office stressed the need for the parties and mediators (Egypt, Qatar and Washington) to pressure Israel to implement its pledges and accelerate the implementation of the "humanitarian protocol" to ensure the entry of relief and shelter materials without restrictions.

He added: "Opening the crossings completely has become an urgent necessity to bring in tents and caravans to house more than a quarter of a million Palestinian families displaced by the occupation after the systematic destruction of the housing sector."

On Wednesday, the governor of North Sinai, Khaled Megawer, said that the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip will open within days, with a European-Palestinian presence.

In his statements, Mujawar explained that he inspected "the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, which is located within the borders of the North Sinai border governorate, and it has been 100 percent ready for some time, and there is no problem."

The government media official stressed the urgent need to bring in civil defense vehicles and equipment to retrieve the bodies of Palestinian dead from under the rubble and destroyed homes.

He stressed the need to introduce infrastructure maintenance requirements, such as the power station and water networks, to ensure the continuity of basic services.

He pointed out that "the occupation's obstruction of these needs exacerbates the humanitarian crisis and puts the lives of millions at risk."

He added that "the humanitarian crisis is worsening with the return of half a million displaced persons from the south and center to Gaza and the north during the past 72 hours."

Since May 24th until the ceasefire, very little aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing, after the Israeli army took control of the Rafah crossing (south), and destroyed and burned parts of it as part of an operation it began in the city on the 7th of the same month.

The displaced Palestinians returning to the Gaza and North Governorates are spending their lives in tragic conditions, with some sleeping in the open, while others have been forced to take refuge in the remains of destroyed mosques and schools.

On Monday, tens of thousands of displaced people began returning to the Gaza and North governorates, passing through the Netzarim checkpoint via Rashid coastal streets for pedestrians, and Salah al-Din streets for vehicles, after undergoing a security inspection.

For the third day, the flow of displaced Palestinians continues to return to Gaza and the north, despite the great extent of the destruction that has befallen them, which the government media office estimated at more than 90 percent.

This step came within the framework of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip that was reached through the mediation of the United States, Egypt and Qatar, and entered into force on January 19.

The first phase of the agreement will last for 42 days, during which negotiations will take place to begin a second and third phase, leading to an end to the war of extermination.

A White House official said US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to combat "anti-Semitism" and threaten to deport non-US college students and other foreign residents who have taken part in pro-Palestinian protests.

A list of the most important provisions of the order states that Trump will order the Justice Department to “aggressively pursue terrorist threats, arson, vandalism and violence against American Jews.”

“To all foreign residents who have joined pro-jihadist protests, we warn you: In 2025... we will find you and deport you,” Trump said in the order. “I will also revoke the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on campus, which has become infested with extremism like never before.”

Last year, American universities witnessed student protests to denounce the war on Gaza, with a number of camps being set up in universities including Columbia and Yale.

The students were demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, and the divestment of universities from arms suppliers and other companies profiting from the war.

University administrators and law enforcement authorities have cracked down on the protests.

The occupation government said on Wednesday that eight prisoners, including three Israelis and five Thais, will be released from Gaza on Thursday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the three Israelis were Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses.

He added that five Thai citizens held in Gaza would also be released.

Jordan's King Abdullah II stressed on Wednesday the necessity of consolidating the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and for the Palestinians to remain on their land and obtain their legitimate rights.

This came during his meetings with European officials, as part of an official working visit of undisclosed duration that he has been conducting to Belgium since Tuesday, according to a statement by the Royal Court, which reached Anadolu Agency.

The Royal Court said that King Abdullah held separate meetings with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, and European Council President Antonio Costa.

The meetings discussed regional developments, as King Abdullah stressed the "necessity of consolidating and sustaining the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, in a way that contributes to enhancing security and stability in the region."

He pointed out "the importance of the European Union's role in advancing peace efforts."

He stressed "the importance of intensifying the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza," emphasizing "the continuation of Jordanian relief efforts by all possible means."

The King of Jordan warned of "the danger of the (Israeli) escalation in the (occupied) West Bank, and the violations of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem."

In parallel with the genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers expanded their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the killing of 882 Palestinians, the injury of about 6,700, and the arrest of 14,300 others, according to official Palestinian data.

Between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, Israel, with American support, committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, leaving about 159,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

In this context, King Abdullah stressed during his meetings, "Jordan's firm position on the necessity of establishing the Palestinians on their land and obtaining their legitimate rights, in accordance with the two-state solution (Palestinian and Israeli)," according to the same source.

On Saturday, US President Donald Trump suggested transferring Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan, citing the "lack of habitable places in the Gaza Strip" as a result of the Israeli genocide that has continued for more than 15 months.

Amman and Cairo rejected this proposal through official statements and declarations issued by a number of their officials.

Regarding the situation in Syria, after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime, the King of Jordan reiterated "Jordan's support for Syria's unity, security and stability."

On December 8, 2024, Syrian factions took control of the capital, Damascus, after other cities, ending 61 years of the bloody Baath Party regime and 53 years of rule by the Assad family.

The next day, Al-Shara announced that Mohamed Al-Bashir had been assigned to form a government to manage the transitional phase.

This evening, Wednesday, an elderly man was injured by Israeli occupation army bullets in Tulkarm camp.

The Red Crescent Society in the governorate stated that its crews dealt with a live bullet injury to an elderly man (70 years old) in the feet, from the Al-Akasha neighborhood in the camp.

It added that the occupation forces detained the injured man while he was being transported with the medical staff to the entrance of the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital.

This afternoon, two citizens were injured by the occupation snipers’ bullets in the camp. One of them was a 54-year-old man who was shot with live bullet shrapnel in the head, and the other was a 52-year-old man who was shot in the abdomen. They were transported by Red Crescent ambulances to the hospital.

During the ongoing aggression on the city and camp of Tulkarm for three days, 15 citizens were injured by occupation bullets and shrapnel, concentrated in the lower limbs. The most serious injury was to a child who was shot in the chest in the western neighborhood of the city. He was transferred to Nablus hospitals to complete treatment.

The occupation forces continue to impose a tight siege on the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and the Israa Specialized Hospital, and turn their surroundings into closed military zones, after seizing citizens’ homes and turning them into military barracks. Soldiers also distributed threatening and inciting leaflets inside the emergency yards of the two hospitals.

Our correspondent said that the occupation forces obstructed the work of ambulances and their crews, stopped them, searched them, checked the identities of their passengers, both crews and patients, and investigated those who wanted to enter or leave hospitals, as well as physically searched them.

The occupation forces continue their aggression on Tulkarm camp, besieging all its neighborhoods and deploying foot patrols in the streets and alleys, with snipers deployed inside homes, who fire directly at citizens, while destroying the infrastructure and public and private property in it, and forcing citizens to leave it by force.