The Iranian Ministry of Defense has handed over to the army more than 200 new drones equipped with missile capabilities and electronic warfare systems, according to the official media announced Thursday.

In a televised ceremony, the Minister of Defense, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Qaraei Ashtiani, handed over "200 long-range strategic drones" to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army , Major General Abdul Rahim Mousavi , according to IRNA.

The agency stated that the drones produced by the Ministry of Defense are designed for reconnaissance and strike missions and can be equipped with "air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, and long-range bombs."

The United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Iran over its drone program, accusing it of providing Russia with unmanned aerial vehicles for its war in Ukraine, a charge Tehran denies.

The Israeli occupation authorities released, this evening, Thursday, the prisoner Ahmed Muhammad Hassan Jalamneh from the city of Jenin , after he spent 20 years in the occupation prisons.

The editor, Jalamneh, said that the "Fatah" prisoners in the prisons of the occupation confirm their standing behind President Mahmoud Abbas, who stands firm on the constants and opposes all conspiracies targeting our national project.

He added that the prisoners call on our people and institutions to stand by them and continue activities in support of the family in light of the harsh conditions they live in as a result of the occupation policies, especially the deliberate medical neglect.

He said that the prisoners' message to our people is to unite and close ranks, as it is the only way and the most powerful weapon for our people in confronting the occupation and its crimes against our people.

The occupation authorities released the prisoner, Jalamneh, through Al-Dhahiriya checkpoint in Hebron, from Al-Naqab prison.

On Thursday, the Iraqi Prime Minister , Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, dismissed the security commander of the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, after he escaped from one of its prisons.

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The Prime Minister also ordered the closure of this prison attached to a police station located in the Green Zone.

The Green Zone is a heavily fortified area that houses state institutions, embassies, and the homes of senior political figures.

Saad Kambesh , the former head of the Sunni Endowment, which mainly administered Sunni shrines and mosques and other civilian property, was arrested on March 21 and soon sentenced to “four years in prison” after he was found guilty of “deliberately violating his job duties and causing damage to money.” general".

But the convict escaped from his prison.
Following "this incident and based on the report on the details of the escape," Al-Sudani decided to dismiss the commander of the Special Division, Lieutenant General Hamid Al-Zuhairi, due to the "weak measures" taken in this regard.

The prime minister ordered that "all negligent persons be held accountable and punished legally, and a re-evaluation of the performance of the security services."

On Wednesday, an official at the Ministry of the Interior, on condition of anonymity, said that eight officers and 18 policemen had been arrested in connection with this escape.

Al-Sudani ordered the "closure of the detention center at the Karrada Maryam police station inside the Green Zone, which witnessed the crime of escape, and the transfer of the convicts to the prisons of the Ministry of Justice, and the placement of the senior corrupt detainees in other detention centers, similar to the other wanted persons."

The prime minister also ordered the abolition of "any privacy in dealing with them as was usual, as the crime is one, and it cannot be divided or classified according to position and influence."

Prisoners inside this detention center enjoy a state of prosperity and special treatment, in contrast to overcrowding in other prisons, where the occupancy rate has reached "300 percent," according to the Ministry of Justice.

Iraq, which is rich in oil, is plagued by corruption that has infiltrated all aspects of the state. Condemnations often target junior officials, and rarely reach the very top.

Kempesh was dismissed from his position as head of the Sunni Endowment Diwan in March 2022, and before his arrest he assumed the position of deputy head of the Diwan.

Kambesh fled after a visit from his sister, Asmaa, a member of the Iraqi Parliament, who had breakfast with him that night.

Kempesh was convicted in April of buying a hotel in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, for more than $36 million, "although there was no economic feasibility" for this deal, according to the Integrity Commission.

French police fired tear gas Thursday in a village in southern France where President Emmanuel Macron visited a school, a day after he was booed in protest at a pension reform law.

And after facing angry voters in the Alsace region (east) on Wednesday, the 45-year-old president headed to the southern region of Erroux on Thursday to discuss education.

His visits outside Paris are meant to show his willingness to turn the page on unpopular pension reforms and show he is not trying to alienate voters, many of whom were angry at the way the legislation was passed.

He indicated that he wanted to "appreciate the teachers and increase their wages," saying from a school in the village of Ganj that they would receive an additional 100-230 euros ($110-250) per month after tax from September.

Ahead of his speech, police fired tear gas as hundreds of people chanting "Macron resign!" They blew their whistles, heading toward the school.
Local authorities announced a ban on "portable audio equipment", which a spokesman said targeted loudspeakers.

But the regional director of the Confederation General of Labor (CGT) Mathieu Guy told AFP that the demonstrators were also prevented from entering a safe area near the school, in possession of pots and flutes.
Macron's opponents on the left urged their supporters to knock on the pots during a speech on Monday night.

The pot ban sparked ridicule Thursday, with Communist Party spokesman Ian Brusatte saying he was "impatiently awaiting the legislation under which frying pans would be banned".

Macron stressed on Wednesday that raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years is necessary to help France reduce its public spending in line with its European neighbors.

He signed the legislation into law on Friday evening after getting a green light in this regard from the Constitutional Court.

Other demonstrations took place Thursday, as union members entered the headquarters of the European "Euronext" stock exchange in one of Paris's main commercial districts.

Some railway workers resumed their strike on Thursday, leading to the cancellation of one in five regional trains and some transport services.

On Thursday, the French Foreign Ministry confirmed that Paris "does not have any candidate in Lebanon " for the presidency of the republic, and this came after Lebanese media reported possible French support for former minister Suleiman Franjieh for this vacant position six months ago.

"The Lebanese must choose their leaders," said ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre, referring to the message sent by Paris in recent months.

Lebanon has witnessed a presidential vacancy since the end of President Michel Aoun 's term on October 31, without an agreement among the deeply divided political class over his successor.
This political crisis exacerbated the country's economic stagnation.

The spokeswoman stressed that "the Lebanese authorities must assume their responsibilities and break the political stalemate in order to quickly elect a new president," adding that the vacancy "casts a shadow first on the Lebanese people."

Lebanon is witnessing one of the worst economic crises in the world since 1850, according to World Bank estimates, with a sharp rise in prices, a historic decline in the value of the national currency, unprecedented impoverishment of the people, and a serious shortage of basic commodities.

She added, "The matter is related to electing a new president and forming a government with full powers that will be able to implement the reforms that Lebanon and the Lebanese people urgently need in the face of the serious crisis they are going through."

The ministry indicated that France is in "many contacts with Lebanese political parties."
And calls for the International Monetary Fund to implement the necessary reforms to provide the necessary assistance to the country.

Members of the European Parliament approved rules for cryptocurrencies on Thursday, a first step at a time when numerous regulators around the world are trying to regulate the sector with the aim of combating money laundering and terrorist financing and protecting consumers.

Until now, the transfer of virtual assets, such as bitcoins, has escaped European legislation on financial services.

Under the new European legislation, digital asset service providers will have to register and provide accurate identity data if they wish to operate in the EU.

In the future, the “ money travel rule ”, used in traditional finance, will apply to digital asset transfers.

This rule will force digital asset service providers to provide certain information about customers and transactions to the financial institution that receives those transactions.

In order to reduce the high carbon footprint of cryptocurrencies, the largest cryptocurrency providers will have to disclose their energy consumption.

These texts aim to enhance consumer protection and provide guarantees against market manipulation and financial crimes .

However, many considered that these new measures were not sufficient.

"Players in the cryptocurrency space will be able to start applying ground rules for traditional finance," European MP Aurore Laloc said during the debates on Wednesday.

"It's good, it's better than nothing, but is it enough? No!" she added.
Illegal transactions with digital assets doubled in 2022, reaching nearly $21 billion, despite the market shrinking, according to data platform ChainAnalysis.

Setbacks in recent months, including the bankruptcy of banks and platforms such as FTX, have rocked the cryptocurrency world and rekindled debates about regulating the sector.

The candidate of the Turkish opposition alliance for the presidential elections, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, spoke publicly for the first time about his belonging to the Alevi minority, thus breaking one of the main taboos in Turkey.

"I think it's time for me to discuss with you a very special and sensitive issue.... I am an Alevi, I am a sincere Muslim," Kilicdaroglu said in a video posted on Twitter on Wednesday evening.
Alevis were victims of discrimination and massacres in Turkey in the past, and some hardline Sunnis still hold a hostile stance towards them.

Kilicdaroglu, who could become Turkey's first Alevi president, promised, if elected in May, an end to discrimination and "painful sectarian differences" in Turkey's Muslim-majority and secular constitution.

Observers said that Kilicdaroglu, who was born in the historically rebellious Dersim region (later called Tunceli in the east), where Kurds and Alawites make up the majority of its population, will find it difficult to convince conservative Sunni voters.

A number of President Erdogan 's opponents, including conservatives, welcomed Kilicdaroglu's message.
"It is possible to live on these lands without discrimination and in an atmosphere of equality, brotherhood and peace," said Selahattin Demirtas, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, who has been imprisoned since 2016.

"We can put an end to this shady system together by choosing morality, justice and honesty instead of polarization and identity politics," wrote the Felicity Party, which was founded by Necmettin Erbakan, President Erdogan's patron, but moved to the opposition.

But Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu accused the opposition candidate of trying to present himself as a "victim". "It is not we who say that an Alawite cannot be elected... It is not a problem for us. We overcame all of that," he said.

In the past, Erdogan attacked the Alevi minority, accusing its members of "dominance" over judges in Turkey and of creating a "new religion."

During the current election campaign, the head of state did not openly attack his opponent regarding his religious identity. However, in early April he alluded to this point after Kilicdaroglu accidentally stepped on a prayer rug without taking off his shoes.

"Those who do not know the direction of prayer walk with their shoes on the prayer rug. The right direction will be shown to them on May 14," he said at a meeting in Istanbul.

Today, Thursday, the police arrested a woman for her involvement in theft from a house in Hebron .

The media spokesman for the police, Colonel Louay Arziqat, explained that a citizen filed a complaint with the city police station regarding a person entering his home and stealing a large amount of money. Immediately, the police began research and investigation procedures to uncover the circumstances of the incident.

Irzeigat added that the maid working inside the house was suspected, as the police searched the bag in her possession and found inside it the stolen amount, which consisted of 90,000 shekels and 6,000 Jordanian dinars.

Arziqat emphasized the reservation of the suspect to duly complete the necessary legal procedures against her.

The Egyptian army spokesman, Colonel Staff Gharib Abdel Hafez, announced today (Thursday) the return of most of the Egyptian armed forces stationed in Sudan to Cairo and ensuring the arrival of the rest of the soldiers to the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum.

The spokesman said in a statement on his official Facebook page that "in light of the current events in the Sudanese territories and within the framework of close cooperation between all the security services in Egypt and Sudan to secure the return of the Egyptian forces participating in joint training with the Sudanese forces, yesterday, Wednesday, all measures were taken." The necessary coordination with the Sudanese authorities for the landing of three Egyptian military transport planes at an air base in Sudanese territory to carry out the task of evacuating the Egyptian forces under comprehensive security measures for the forces.

The statement indicated that most of the Egyptian forces took off from Sudanese territory through three consecutive flights and returned them to one of the Egyptian military bases in Cairo.

And he added, "This morning, Thursday, and in coordination with the concerned Sudanese authorities, friendly and brotherly countries, and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sudan, the rest of the Egyptian armed forces arrived at the headquarters of the Egyptian embassy (in Khartoum) in preparation for completing the procedures for their evacuation from Sudanese territory as soon as the situation stabilizes and the appropriate security conditions are available for their return." to the homeland.”

The armed forces confirmed the health and safety of all Egyptian personnel who arrived at the homeland, as well as those present at the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum.

For its part, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement the success of the efforts made by Egypt, in coordination and cooperation with the sister country of the United Arab Emirates, to secure the safety of the rest of the Egyptian soldiers present in Sudan with the Rapid Support Forces, and to hand them over to the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum.

Egypt and the UAE expressed their appreciation to the International Red Cross for its efforts in supporting the process of ensuring the safety of Egyptian soldiers.

The Egyptian and Emirati foreign ministries stated that this step comes within the framework of the two countries' stance in support of calm through continuous communication with the Sudanese parties to ensure restraint, stop escalation, and return to the political track.

The two ministries affirmed the commitment of Egypt and the UAE to continue their efforts aimed at stopping the fighting and protecting civilians and civilian facilities, and stressed the importance of intensifying efforts aimed at returning to the political framework and dialogue to resolve all differences and move forward in the transitional phase to reach the desired political and security stability in Sudan.

Sudan has witnessed bloody clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces since April 15, after the Rapid Support Forces pushed about 100 vehicles towards the Marawi base in northern Sudan, which the army considered an illegal mobilization that took place without coordination with it.

On Wednesday, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces announced their commitment to a humanitarian truce for a period of 24 hours, until six o'clock on Thursday evening.

And the Sudan Doctors Syndicate announced in an unofficial statistic that the death toll from the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces has risen to 174.

A Russian woman in New York was sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to kill her American look-alike by poisoning her with cheesecake, before her identity and valuables were stolen, according to what the US judiciary announced.

Victoria Nasyrova, 47, was convicted of attempted murder last February by a New York jury. The verdict was pronounced against her on Wednesday, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

In August 2016, the accused went to the home of her 35-year-old victim and offered her a cheesecake.

At that time, the two women were very similar, and they both spoke Russian, and they also shared skin color, brown hair, and many other physical features.

After eating the sweets, the 30-year-old woman fell ill and passed out.

The next day, one of her friends found her unconscious, with drugs scattered beside her to make it appear that she had attempted suicide, according to the Queens Public Prosecution Office.

When the victim returned to her home after being treated in the hospital, she noticed that her passport and work permit had disappeared, in addition to jewelry and other valuables.

Laboratory tests conducted on the cheesecake revealed that it contained the highly effective analgesic, phenazepam, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Brooklyn resident Victoria Nasirova was also convicted of assault, detention of liberty and robbery.

The American human rights organization "Democracy in the Arab World Now-Don", based in Washington , DC, and founded by the murdered writer Jamal Khashoggi, called for the immediate release of Jamal Al -Nisr, 76, a Palestinian with American citizenship.

Al-Nisr was arrested for the first time by the occupation authorities in 2021 for a period of four months without charge or trial due to his alleged participation in the Palestinian legislative elections, which were scheduled for that year but never took place.

After his release in October 2021, Congressman Tim Ryan, who represents Ohio's Camel Eagle District in the US Congress, attempted to intervene on his behalf and obtained - through the US State Department - "assurances" from the Israeli government that he would be able to return to the states. United.

It is noteworthy that the official spokesman for the US State Department, Vedant Patil, responded to a question from the Jerusalem correspondent regarding the case of Jamal al-Nisr on April 6, by saying that the ministry is aware of his situation, but will not comment on his matter now due to the issue of privacy.

In the middle of the night last August, the Israeli occupation forces raided the home of Jamal Al-Nisr in Ramallah, and arrested him again, without charging him with a crime. His administrative detention order is set to expire on April 22.

"At least 10 Israeli military legal officers played direct roles in the arbitrary detention of Jamal al-Nisr," Dawn said.

"The United States and other responsible governments should sanction these individuals for their role in human rights abuses."

It is reported that after immigrating to the United States in 1967, Al-Nisr established himself, built a family and became the owner of a number of grocery stores and gas stations, and entered the field of real estate development.

Nisr returned to the occupied West Bank after the signing of the Oslo Accords in the 1990s, as Israel has imposed restrictions on his leaving the West Bank since 2011, with the exception of one trip to the United States in 2017.

And Michael Sheffer Omar Mann, director of research for Israel and Palestine at the organization, "At the very least, the Biden administration should work to liberate Jamal the Eagle with the same force and diplomatic influence that it exercises on behalf of prominent Americans, such as Brittney Grenier and Evan Gershkovitch."

And Greiner, an American professional basketball player, was arrested for drug trafficking in Russia last year. Gershkovich is an American journalist who was arrested by the Russian authorities on charges of espionage two weeks ago.

Israel currently holds about 4,900 Palestinians, more than 20 percent of them under administrative detention orders.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend an international conference in India next month, marking the first official visit by a high-ranking Pakistani diplomat to the neighboring country since 2016.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Thursday that the minister will participate in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization from the fourth to the fifth of May.

Islamabad suspended trade and diplomatic relations with India in 2019 when New Delhi imposed direct rule on the Muslim-majority part of Kashmir under its control and imposed a tight security lockdown.

The two countries withdrew their senior diplomats, while a number of consular staff from both sides were expelled or withdrawn in reciprocal actions.

While it was not clear whether Bhutto will hold bilateral meetings with Indian officials on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, analysts believe that the visit is of great importance.

"There is a need for broader confidence-building measures for economic cooperation with India, but this is an important historical turning point in Pakistan-India relations," said Islamabad-based analyst Qamar Cheema.

Relations between the two nuclear-armed countries have been cool at their best since they were established after the division of the Indian continent in 1947.
Their dispute in Kashmir led to the outbreak of three wars and numerous skirmishes.

The last visit by a high-ranking diplomat to India was in 2016 when the Prime Minister's Political Affairs Adviser, Sartaj Aziz, went to New Delhi.

India currently holds the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which was established in 2001 and is a political, economic and security organization competing with Western institutions.

"Our participation in the meeting reflects Pakistan's commitment to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization charter and processes and the importance Pakistan attaches to the region in its foreign policy priorities," Baloch said.

Today, Thursday, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition announced the launch of a new ship from Norway to break the siege on the Gaza Strip , and to publicize the suffering of the Palestinians in the besieged Strip for 16 years.

The coalition said in a statement: "The coalition's new campaign seeks to challenge and end the illegal and inhumane Israeli blockade imposed on more than two million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, and it will focus on showing the suffering of children who are considered the most affected by the blockade."

The organizers named the ship "Handala", which is the most famous character drawn by the Palestinian artist Naji Al-Ali in his caricatures, and represents a ten-year-old boy (the same Omar Naji Al-Ali when he was forced to leave Palestine) turning his back to the reader and holding his hands behind his back since 1973 AD.

The Director General of the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem, Azzam Al-Khatib , said, "More than 4 million worshipers visited Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan , despite the restrictions and restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities."

Al-Khatib added in a statement: "This number is unprecedented compared to previous years, as the endowments managed things very well."

It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation authorities prevented, during the month of Ramadan, male residents of the occupied West Bank, between 12-55 years old, from accessing Al-Aqsa Mosque, while only allowing dozens of residents of the Gaza Strip to reach the mosque to perform prayers.

Despite this, thousands of young men were able to bypass the occupation checkpoints to reach the mosque, especially in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan, to perform i'tikaaf.

The occupation police stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque several times during the second third of Ramadan, coinciding with the Jewish "Passover" holiday.

The Ordinary General Assembly of the Jerusalem Pharmaceutical Group held its annual meeting of shareholders, during which it approved the distribution of cash dividends of 15% of the original share value for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2022.

The meeting, which was held at the group's main headquarters in the city of Al-Bireh, was attended by the Group's Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Muhammad Al-Masrouji, members of the Board and a number of shareholders, in addition to a number of Gaza shareholders who attended via video conferencing technology (visual communication), and representatives of the Companies Controller, the Palestine Stock Exchange, and an auditor The accounts and legal advisor of the group and the general manager of the group, Mr. Rami Kotb, and members of the executive management.

Al-Masrouji welcomed the attendees and congratulated them on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan and on the occasion of the Islamic and Christian holidays, pointing out that the group's performance during the year 2022 was reassuring and better than its predecessors, despite all the obstacles.

The Chairman of the Board reviewed the most important achievements during the past year, noting that the Jerusalem Pharmaceutical Group achieved a net profit of $7 million, compared to $6.2 million for the year 2021, a growth of 13%.

He pointed out that a number of markets have been opened in Africa and Asia, and export operations have been carried out through factories in Palestine and Jordan, which will be the nucleus for increasing sales. He informed the shareholders that the group obtained the Swiss accreditation, which will enable the company to market its medicines in Switzerland, manufacture for Swiss companies, and manufacture Jerusalem medicines as well there.

Al-Masrouji explained that the company is working on a strategic plan for the coming years, during which it will double its sales and profits. Work has been done during the year 2022 to develop distinctive new varieties. As well as the development and establishment of production lines, where the investment in new items and development of production lines exceeded the amount of 3 million US dollars.

The Federal Reserve ( the US central bank ) announced that lending has slowed in several parts of the United States in recent weeks, amid turmoil in the financial sector sparked by the collapse of the "Silicon Valley" bank.

The Federal Reserve announced in its periodic report on economic conditions that "the volume of lending and the demand for loans in general declined in all types of consumer and corporate loans."

"Several provinces have indicated that several banks have tightened lending standards amid increasing uncertainty and concerns about liquidity," he added.

According to the report, the situation in the financial sector in New York "has deteriorated sharply, coinciding with the recent pressures on the banking sector."

The collapse of “Silicon Valley Bank” on the tenth of March, after many depositors withdrew their money as a result of raising interest rates, which caused an increase in the cost of loans, in addition to the difficulties faced by the technology sector itself, to a series of repercussions in financial markets that crossed the United States to Europe.

And to "Silicon Valley", "Signature Bank" collapsed, and the Swiss banking sector also faced a crisis after "Credit Suisse" became the most prominent victim of the crisis in Europe, which prompted the Swiss authorities to persuade its competitor "UBS" to acquire it in exchange for guarantees.

Regulators of the banking sector in the United States and Europe rushed to take measures to curb deposit withdrawals after doubts prevailed about the strength of the sector.

A month later, these measures seem to have borne fruit, as volatility is much lower than it was in the aftermath of the Silicon Valley bank collapse, according to the Vix volatility index.

The Fed noted that the high employment growth seen in recent months is beginning to moderate, and county Fed branches reported slower growth, while wages remained high.

Prices rose moderately, according to the Federal Reserve, which noted though that "the rate of price increases appears to be slowing".

Inflation remains well above the Fed's long-term 2% target, despite a major monetary tightening campaign that has raised interest rates to a level not seen since the global financial crisis.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen confirmed, in a speech that she is supposed to deliver Thursday, and the text of it was published in advance, that the United States wants a "constructive and fair economic relationship" with China , while Washington adheres to its position in defending its national security.

The speech, which Yellen will deliver at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, comes as tensions remain high between the world's two largest economies.

Last month, China's new foreign minister, Qin Gang, accused Washington of fomenting tension between the two powers, warning of "conflict and confrontation".

However, Yellen affirmed the United States' adherence to its conviction represented in defending its values and national security. "In this context, we seek a constructive and fair economic relationship with China," she said.

She also stressed the need for countries to be able to "discuss difficult issues openly" and work together if possible.

Stressing that "correct economic competition" must be fair to be sustainable, Yellen said, "We will continue to partner with our allies in response to China's unfair economic practices."

It added that China had expanded its support for state-owned enterprises and domestic private companies in order to "dominate foreign competitors".

The Tunisian Islamic Renaissance Movement announced that the investigative judge of the Court of First Instance in Tunis, at dawn today (Thursday), ordered the imprisonment of its president , Rashid Ghannouchi, after interrogating him for several hours.

In a statement published on its official Facebook page, the movement denounced this decision, which came "in light of an intervention made by Rashid Ghannouchi during a Ramadan rally organized by the opposition National Salvation Front last Saturday evening," she said.

She described this decision as "unjust" and "political par excellence, intended to cover up the abject failure to improve the social, economic and living conditions of citizens, and the inability to address the suffocating financial crisis in the country."

For his part, lawyer Samir Dilo, a member of the Ghannouchi Defense Authority, confirmed in a post he posted this morning on his official Facebook page, that the investigating judge "issued a prison deposit card against the head of the Ennahda Movement, Rashid Ghannouchi, today, Thursday, at 5:30." From this morning."

And before that, the official Tunisian News Agency, quoting lawyer Monia Bouali, stated that the investigative judge of the Court of First Instance in Tunis, yesterday evening, began investigating Rashid Ghannouchi and those arrested with him, on charges related to “conspiracy against internal state security and planning an assault intended to replace state body".

Last Monday evening, the Tunisian security authorities arrested Rashid Ghannouchi (82 years old), as Brigadier General Hossam El-Din Jababli, the official spokesman for the General Administration of the National Guard (Gendarmerie), confirmed that Ghannouchi’s arrest came after the issuance of an arrest warrant from the Public Prosecution Office of the Court of First Instance in Tunisia.

He explained that the Fifth Central Division for Combating Information and Communication Technology Crimes was assigned to conduct research and take the necessary measures, following statements made by the head of the Ennahda Movement, which "fall under criminal acts related to the assault intended to change the state's body or cause the population to attack each other with weapons and stir up chaos, murder and plunder." .

Rached Ghannouchi had made statements last Saturday evening in which he warned of a civil war in the country in the form of excluding "political Islam", the left, or any other political party, saying that "Tunisia without political Islam or the left is a civil war project... This is a crime." .

Rashid Ghannouchi is pursuing many accusations and has been facing a number of cases before Tunisian courts for some time, including financial corruption, money laundering, terrorism, assassinations, the transfer of terrorists to hotbeds of tension and intelligence on the security of the Tunisian state.

Today, Thursday, the Ofer Military Court extended the detention of the injured young woman, Fatima Shaheen, for 8 days, under the pretext of completing the investigation, noting that the court session was held without her due to her health condition.

The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs explained through its lawyer, Karim Ajwa, that the injured Shaheen had been arrested several days ago, after the occupation army shot and wounded her in the abdomen, north of Al-Aroub camp in Hebron, after which she was transferred to Shaare Zedek Hospital.

It should be noted that the injured Fatima Shaheen, 33 years old, is from Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and she is married and a mother of one child.

Today, Thursday, the "Israeli Salem" court decided to postpone the issuance of a decision in the bail request for the prisoner, Khader Adnan , who is on hunger strike, for the 75th day in a row, in rejection of his arbitrary arrest, until next Sunday, 4/23/2023 AD.

According to the "Mahjat al-Quds" Foundation, the court postponed the decision, under the pretext of bringing a new medical report on his condition in light of the seriousness of his health condition.

Today, Thursday, the police arrested a suspect in the armed robbery of a "mall" in the Nuweima area, north of Jericho , which occurred 3 days ago.

The Department of Public Relations and Information in the police stated that the General Investigation Branch in the governorate police, with research, investigation and diligent follow-up, and with the support of the relevant police branches and security services, managed to arrest a main suspect in carrying out the armed robbery at the mall, and the vehicle and tools that were used during that were seized, in addition to To seize suspected narcotics of the type of hashish during the legal inspection of the used vehicle, as well as the homes of the suspects.

She confirmed the reservation on the suspect until he was referred to the competent authority to follow up on the legal requirements against him duly.

The police added that work and follow-up are underway to arrest two other suspects of carrying out the armed robbery at the mall.

Gunfire and explosions continue Thursday, the eve of Eid al-Fitr, in Khartoum, as the international community tries to extract a cease-fire from the leaders of the army and the Rapid Support Forces in their struggle for power in Sudan.

In the city of more than five million people, families are rushing onto the roads to flee air strikes, gunfire and street battles that have killed more than 270 civilians since Saturday and are concentrated in Khartoum and Darfur in the west.

Dozens of kilometers away from the capital, life continues as normal, and houses open to receive the displaced, who arrive in a state of shock, in their cars or on foot for hours, as the price of petrol has risen to ten dollars per liter in one of the poorest countries in the world.

In order to reach a safe place, they were subjected to questions and searches by men stationed at control points of the Rapid Support Forces of Lieutenant General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hamidti, and the army led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the de facto leader of Sudan since the coup led by the two men in 2021.

In particular, they had to advance in their march amid corpses on the outskirts of the road, armored vehicles and small vehicles charred after being burned in battles with heavy weapons, and avoid the most dangerous areas that could be monitored from afar from the thick black smoke columns.
Since the power struggle that has been lurking for weeks between the two parties turned into a fierce battle on Saturday, the situation seems ambiguous for the 45 million Sudanese.

And the two parties do not stop making promises of truces that have not been fulfilled.

Officials from the United Nations, the African Union, the League of Arab States and other regional organizations will meet again Thursday to call for a ceasefire as Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Friday or Saturday.

In the rubble-strewn streets, it is impossible to tell who actually controls the country's key institutions.
Both sides make declarations of victories and accusations against the other. But no one can check what is being circulated on social networks because the risk is there.

Witness doctors stated that the Air Force, which targets the bases and sites of the Rapid Support Forces deployed in populated areas in Khartoum, does not hesitate to drop bombs on hospitals sometimes.

The independent Sudan Doctors Syndicate said that within five days, "seventy percent of 74 hospitals in Khartoum and areas affected by the fighting have ceased service" because they were bombed, lack medical supplies and staff, or because fighters took control of them and expelled paramedics and the wounded.

Most humanitarian organizations have had to suspend aid, which is essential in a country where more than one in three people go hungry in normal times.

Since Saturday in Khartoum, many families have exhausted their last supplies and are wondering when supply trucks will be able to enter the city.

Three WFP staff were killed in Darfur at the start of the fighting. The United Nations no longer counts the "looting and attacks" on its stocks and staff, and condemns "sexual violence against humanitarian workers".

The people of Khartoum had to choose one of two evils: either to stay in a city where there was no electricity and running water and at any moment a stray bullet could penetrate a wall or a window, or to leave amidst gunfire and expect their homes to be taken over and everything they could not carry looted.

This comes while the Sudanese have not forgotten the battles and atrocities that cost former tyrannical President Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown in 2019, two arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court on charges of committing "war crimes", "crimes against humanity" and "genocide" in Darfur.

During the Darfur war that broke out in 2003, Bashir Dagalo authorized the scorched earth policy while Al-Burhan was one of his army commanders.
The Rapid Support Forces, established in 2013, includes thousands of former Janjaweed and Arab militants recruited by Omar al-Bashir to fight this war.

Amid this chaos, Egypt managed to evacuate 177 of its soldiers who were captured by the Rapid Support Forces while they were participating in training with the army at a military base in northern Sudan.

They left Sudan on Wednesday evening in "four Egyptian military planes," according to the Sudanese army. On Thursday evening, the Egyptian army did not confirm their departure or arrival.

At dawn today, Thursday, the Jerusalem Police arrested a large merchant in possession of a firearm and quantities of drugs in the town of Qatanna, northwest of Jerusalem, after an elaborate ambush that lasted for 7 continuous hours.

The media spokesman for the police , Colonel Louay Irzeigat , stated that confirmed information was received by the Anti-Narcotics Branch in the Jerusalem Suburbs Police about the movements of a drug dealer who has been wanted for several years and has been sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison. He carries it openly while selling these illegal substances and vehicles. Immediately, a force from the branch moved and set up an elaborate ambush for him, which lasted for 7 continuous hours. Upon his arrival, the force stopped the vehicle, and he tried to shoot at the force from his weapon, but it controlled him.

Colonel Erzigat added that during the search of the vehicle he was traveling in, 7 pieces of a suspected drug of hashish, 36 suspected ecstasy pills, ammunition and a firearm were seized.

He confirmed that the materials and weapons were seized, the illegal vehicle was seized, and the person was arrested until the necessary legal procedures against him were duly completed.

The Mishkat Holy Quran Club affiliated to the Student Activities Department at Qatar University concluded the Mishkat National Quranic Competition for Universities, which is organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, sponsored by Urid and supported by Padel In. This competition aims to encourage students to memorize the Book of God Almighty. 250 male and female students from various universities participated in it, 127 from the girls’ category, and 95 from the boys’ category.

The closing ceremony was attended by: His Excellency Dr. Hassan bin Rashid Al-Derham, President of Qatar University, Dr. Iman Mustafawi, Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Mohamed Diab, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, a number of officials in the student affairs sector, and some officials in The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Mr. Sabah Al-Kuwari, Director of Public Relations Department at Urid Company, and a large number of students and professors from Qatar University.

In his speech on this occasion, Abdullah Hamed Al-Mulla, Director of Student Activities Department, said: This competition was an opportunity for our male and female students at the level of Qatar who are keen to memorize the Qur’an, reflect on it and memorize its meanings, and who competed with each other and qualified for the final rounds. On this occasion, I would like to express my great admiration for all the participants.

And he stressed that preserving the Holy Qur’an is one of the greatest acts of worship that a person can perform, calling on them to continue this great work, and to cooperate in providing qualitative student initiatives that help preserve our social, cultural and religious heritage.

For his part, student Muhammad Abdul Karim Al-Adaimi, President of Mishkat Club for the Holy Qur’an, said: It is God’s grace that the Mishkat National Qur’anic Competition for Qatar Universities was at the beginning of this year an idea, and today we see it as a reality, but today we are at the end of this competition. Blessed and honored with the people of the Qur’an wherever they are and travel, and God is proud of honoring and crowning them, and that is nothing but an honor for what they carry in their chests, but I say that the real winner is not the one who won and reaped the prizes, but the one who rose in this Qur’an.

The winners of the boys’ category were honored in the two-part category. The student Amer Abdulaziz won the first place, while the student Mubarak Abdul Hameed won the second place, and the student Abdul Rahman Ali won the third place. In the 10-part category, the student Asa Saleh Al-Zanki won. In the second place, the student Muhammad Abu Al-Fotouh, while the student Abdulaziz Al-Awar won the third place. As for the category of 20 parts, Abu Al-Hassan Abdul-Khaleq, the first winner of the Mishkat competition, won the first place, and the student Nasir Hafez Maulana won the second place, and the student Moamen Al-Hasani came in the third place. The outstanding performance was won by the student Muhammad Baligh Al-Din, and the winning students will be honored in a separate ceremony after the blessed Eid Al-Fitr holiday. The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and the co-custodians of the Ministry of Awqaf were also honored, and the sponsors and supporters of the competition were honored, and prizes were drawn at the end of the ceremony.

The Qatar Charity office in Jordan organized a series of Ramadan activities for orphans and beneficiaries of its services from the local community and refugees in the Kingdom, as the activities targeted 55,000 beneficiaries.

The office said in a statement, yesterday, Wednesday, that it organized, as part of the activities of the month of Ramadan, Ramadan Iftars for the orphans it sponsored and their families in the governorates of Madaba, Zarqa and Amman, indicating that the Iftars included the distribution of 5 thousand meals for the fasting people of the local community during the holy month, in cooperation with the Jordanian Hashemite Charitable Organization. .

The statement indicated that Qatar Charity implemented, as part of its Ramadan campaign projects, "Ramadan Impact", a campaign to distribute Ramadan charity parcels and vouchers, which included a set of basic food and ration items and purchasing vouchers, as the number of beneficiaries reached 44,000.

The statement indicated that, in preparation for the advent of Eid Al-Fitr, Qatar Charity distributed, within the framework of the "Eid Clothing" programme, vouchers for clothing, as the number of beneficiaries reached about 4,100.

The Emir of Al- Madinah Al-Munawwarah Region, Chairman of the Council for the Development of the Region, His Highness Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz , inaugurated the modern wings of the International Museum of the Prophet’s Biography, at the museum’s headquarters, next to the Prophet’s Mosque, in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, and Chairman of the Board of Exhibitions And international museums of the Prophet’s biography, Sheikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Essa.

The Emir of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah was briefed on the new sections of the exhibition, which include the section on evidence of prophecy and miracles of the message, which is considered an encyclopedic, scientific and creative work that includes more than 25 thousand evidence and prophetic miracles, in addition to the new “cinema” section, to present shows with the latest standards and technologies, along with a section The new creative technology, the “interactive immersive room”, as well as the section of the souvenir shop that offers more than 200 creative scientific publications of the Prophet’s biography, along with the greetings section to God Almighty and the section of the prophets, peace be upon them, as if you see them.

Prince Faisal bin Salman also inaugurated the "descriptive" panorama of the honorable Prophet's Chambers and the homes of the Companions, may God be pleased with them, and the section of the Prophet's Mosque and the Noble Minbar, as well as the Encyclopedia of Chambers, which consists of 7 authentic scientific publications.

During His Highness's tour of the museum, the creative and technical pavilion was inaugurated to introduce the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in serving the Holy Qur'an, the Noble Sunnah, the Two Holy Mosques, and the guests of Rahman, and its global efforts and international actions to serve Islam and Muslims, and to show the tolerance of Islam in the light of its great message that came as a mercy to the worlds.

For his part, Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Al-Issa expressed his great thanks and gratitude to His Highness, the Emir of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah Region, for his support for the International Exhibition and Museum of the Biography of the Prophet and Islamic Civilization, which is a distinguished Islamic work in introducing the Holy Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and publishing the details of his honorable biography, including the sublime Islamic values it bears. Its correct sources for all - Muslims and non-Muslims - around the world, embodying, by living witness, the true victory of our noble Prophet through sustainable work that is not dependent on temporary events only.

Dr. Al-Issa expressed the pride of the Muslim World League, with the interest and support of this great Islamic achievement, the position of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Trustworthy Crown Prince - may God preserve them - in light of the Islamic weight of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and its pioneering merit, especially as it is the incubator of the Two Holy Mosques. It is honored to serve them and take care of their destinations, especially since the Kingdom possesses the documentary source for the most important chapters of Islamic history.

It is noteworthy that the International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Biography and Islamic Civilization, located south of the Prophet’s Mosque, which is supervised and operated by the Muslim World League with the support and empowerment of the Region Development Authority, aims to enrich the experience of visitors and residents by creating an attractive cultural environment that displays the Islamic historical heritage around the world, starting from The correct prophetic approach and the fragrant biography of the Mustafa; To demonstrate the tolerance and moderation of the true religion.

At least 85 people were killed and hundreds were injured during a stampede incident during the distribution of financial aid in Sana'a, in a new tragedy that came after optimism that the conflict in Yemen would soon be on the way to a solution.

The incident occurred just before Eid al-Fitr, during a period during which sums of money are often distributed to the poor in a country where about two-thirds of the 30 million population depend on aid to survive.

And video recordings showed that hundreds of people gathered in a narrow and crowded place to obtain financial assistance, which was estimated at about eight dollars per person, in a school in the old area of Sana'a, before the stampede began.

A recording published by the Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah TV showed dozens of people jostling in a confined space, while some of them shouted, "Go back, go back."

A Houthi security official told AFP, "85 people were killed and more than 322 were wounded, including 50 in critical condition" in the stampede, while the Houthi authorities stated that 78 died and 77 were injured.

A medical official confirmed the toll reported by the security official to France Press, saying that the victims were distributed among three hospitals.

The security official said, on condition of anonymity, that "among the dead were women and children."

This is one of the largest mass incidents in Yemen, the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula, which has been mired in a war since 2014 between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who control Sanaa, and pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led military coalition.

The war has killed hundreds of thousands directly or as a result of its repercussions, while the threat of famine threatens millions of the population, and thousands need urgent medical treatment that is not available in the country whose infrastructure has been destroyed.

The incident occurred at a time when there was optimism about the possibility of putting the conflict on the path to a solution, after talks that Saudi Arabia held with the Houthis in Sana'a recently and a prisoner exchange between the government and the rebels that included about 900 prisoners.

An AFP correspondent said that the incident took place inside Maeen's school. Pictures published by Houthi-affiliated media showed dozens of shoes and pieces of clothing piled on top of each other at the entrances to the school.

According to eyewitness accounts, gunfire led to the stampede, but Agence France-Presse was unable to confirm this information.
The Houthis did not reveal the cause of the stampede. However, the Houthi news agency "Saba" quoted the spokesman for the "Ministry" of the Interior in the internationally unrecognized government, Brigadier General Abd al-Khaliq al-Ajri, as saying that the incident occurred "due to a stampede of citizens during the random distribution of sums of money by some merchants."

He added, "The tragic and painful accident (...) claimed dozens of lives," noting that "the dead and injured were transferred to hospitals, and two of the merchants in charge of the matter were arrested."

For his part, a member of the "Supreme Political Council" Muhammad Ali al-Houthi wrote on Twitter that the stampede occurred due to overcrowding and the narrowness of the street in which crowds gathered.

In front of Al-Thawra Hospital, a large number of the victims' families gathered, trying to enter, but the security men were preventing them from doing so, at a time when officials visited the hospital, according to an AFP correspondent.

Hospital beds were filled with the wounded, including children, according to video footage broadcast by Houthi media.

The Houthi security forces imposed a security cordon around Maeen School at Bab al-Yaman in Old Sana'a, where the incident took place, and prevented entry to the place and filming it.

In this context, the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, announced "the formation of a committee of the Interior, Security, Intelligence, Judiciary and Prosecution Office to investigate the stampede," Saba reported.

A security official in Sana'a said that the authorities "arrested three merchants in connection with the incident."

This is considered one of the largest stampede incidents in the world in the last ten years, according to a tally of this type of accident compiled by AFP.

Many government employees in Houthi-controlled areas suffer as a result of not receiving salaries for years.

The United Nations says more than 21.7 million people (two-thirds of the population) need humanitarian aid in Yemen this year.
In early October, a truce mediated by the United Nations ended in April 2022, without the parties to the conflict reaching an agreement to extend it. But the situation remained relatively calm on the ground.

On Monday, the United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, considered that the country mired in war had not witnessed such a "serious opportunity" for peace in eight years, stressing at the same time that there was still much work to be done in this regard.

And on Monday, three planes transported about 100 prisoners who were being held by the coalition led by Riyadh to Yemen, as part of a wide prisoner exchange that lasted for three days and included about 900 prisoners from both sides of the Yemeni conflict, which revives hopes for a near truce.

The recent exchange process coincided with diplomatic efforts resulting from the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement, aimed at consolidating a long-term ceasefire and putting the bloody war in the impoverished country on the path to a solution.

Commenting on the stampede incident, the Yemeni government's information minister, Muammar al-Iryani, said on Twitter, "We hold the criminal killers (...) who brought the situation to this tragic point, and turned the lives of millions of Yemenis into hell, fully responsible for this crime," referring to Houthis.

The Saudi movement on the Arab and Islamic levels deserves respect and appreciation, especially in light of the current international situation, which indicates that the year is on the verge of multipolarity, and that the one pole that the United States has dominated for several decades, i.e. since the collapse of the Soviet Union, is on its way to completion, after the successes it has achieved. The People's State of China has achieved it at all levels and its solution to many crises in the world through its policies based on creating an international community based on justice and equality among all countries and peoples of the world and not exploiting the major countries of developing countries, but rather working to help and develop them to reach a great level and catch up with the world.

Saudi Arabia developed its conditions internally through a broad renaissance in all political, economic and social fields, which led to its openness and non-closure to many countries of the world, with the exception of some countries with which relations proved to be a major loss for Saudi Arabia, which prompted it to recalculate. Work on development internally and externally for the benefit of Saudi Arabia and the Arab and Islamic world.

On the external level, Saudi Arabia is interested in Arab and Islamic issues, foremost of which is the Palestinian issue, as Jeddah and Riyadh witnessed a series of meetings in this regard, the most prominent of which was the invitation of President Mahmoud Abbas to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who focused on Saudi Arabia's clear and evident support for the cause. The Palestinian state, which is on the kingdom's list of priorities, will be a priority during the Arab summit to be held in Saudi Arabia next May.

Saudi Arabia has also restored its relations with Tehran through Chinese mediation, as well as working for the return of Syria to the Arab League, and working to end the fighting in Yemen through a historic reconciliation, returning to this country its past that it used to sing of, which is the happy Yemen, in addition to its attempts to end the conflicts in Libya And Iraq in cooperation with other Arab countries.

This matter, and these matters, put the Arab and Islamic world on the path of unification in facing the challenges of the next stage, in order to develop, advance, and contribute to the service of the global community, as it had a role in the past, as it contributed with Islamic countries to the advancement of the civilization of the West, which is currently ignoring the Arabs and Muslims and in the forefront His denial of the Palestinian cause, especially by countries with a colonial past and present, which had a prominent and major role in establishing the occupation entity on the ruins of our people, half of whom were displaced abroad, and for which these Western countries bear responsibility, as well as the United States of America, which supports the occupying state.

We are with the Saudi movement, heart and soul, in order to restore respect for the Palestinian cause and the issues of the entire Arab nation.

Recently, many videos spread on social networking sites run by the occupation army that show dangerous content showing Israeli occupation soldiers at military checkpoints providing first aid to some Palestinian citizens who wanted to perform I'tikaaf in Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Night of Power, and other videos showing occupation soldiers distributing water to them and others shaking hands with them. And many others, it is nothing more than pictures, many of which are exaggerated to beautify the occupation and its ugly face in front of the real pictures that have spread extensively of the brutal attacks of the occupation army on Muslim worshipers in the Al-Qibli Mosque, breaking doors and windows and arresting worshipers, followed by other horrific scenes of beating and dragging Christian worshipers in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in The occasion of "Saturday of Light" and preventing them from entering the church. Intentional scenes reported by the Hebrew media do not change reality, nor do they beautify the image of the heavily armed occupation soldiers, nor can they refute the fact that Muslims and Christians are subjected to systematic religious persecution by the occupying power, nor can they cover up the difficulties faced by the Palestinians in the West Bank through dozens of military checkpoints to reach Jerusalem, in addition to To completely prevent the people of Gaza from secluding themselves and establishing the Night of Power in Al-Aqsa. The occupation police had issued a decision to limit the number of Christians celebrating the "Sabbath of Light" celebration, which angered the church leaders, who considered it part of what they describe as continuous Israeli efforts to restrict the rights, freedoms and worship of Christians in the Holy City. Jerusalem, as is well known, prevents Christians from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank from reaching Jerusalem, not on the occasion of "Light Saturday", but on every Christian celebration in return. Prevention is an occupational method used to reduce the number of Muslim and Christian worshipers in their sanctities in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Resurrection. It is a systematic racist method adopted by the occupation to reduce the number of Muslim worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the number of Christian worshipers in the Church of the Resurrection, not for security reasons, but rather a systematic occupation policy to impose Israeli sovereignty over the holy places in the Holy City.

This is not a new policy pursued by the government of Netanyahu Ben Gvir, but it is old even during the previous governments, and it has come to mean the refusal of the occupation authorities that Muslims or Christians have any authority over their holy sites. As a prelude to resolving the overall Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Everyone is aware that this may lead to a complex religious war, but the occupation government does not care about this and does not care about the confusion of the scene as a result of the practice of more occupation measures that harass Muslims and Christians alike, because the Arab world and the international community did not express its rejection of these practices except by denunciation, denunciation and concern about such behaviors Occupation is nothing more, and it is known that the occupation does not care about denunciation and denunciation as long as its interests are not harmed, and it does not care about the international community's expression of concern as a result of these measures, which are based on measures that rise to religious persecution and assault on religious sanctities and worshipers, Muslims and Christians.

The truth is that the occupation is practicing a systematic policy to de-Palestineize the Holy City and turn it into a city of Jewish character, with nothing in it suggesting that it was once an Arab, Islamic, Palestinian city. The occupation realizes that it cannot get rid of the Islamic and Christian holy places in Jerusalem in a short time, and no occupying government can do that. Israeli sovereignty by force over everything related to Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Resurrection, and thus changed the historical situation in Al-Aqsa Mosque by dividing it temporally and spatially and establishing the alleged temple in place of the tribal worshiper and in front of the Mughrabi Gate.

This is a systematic religious persecution practiced by the occupation government and has to do with the Zionist political project based on an entity with one nationality and one religion. This is why Netanyahu's extremist religious government insists on denying the right of the Palestinian people to their sanctities and their right to their historical land and does not recognize the existence of other religions in Palestine other than the Jewish Zionist religion. Perhaps this persecution has become It requires real intervention from the international community and protection for Muslims, Christians and all Palestinian people in all areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem. The truth is that the Netanyahu government does not seek to open Jerusalem to all religions and turn it into a holy city in which the freedom of worship of the three religions is respected, but it seeks to prove that the owners of the Jewish religion only are the vast majority in the holy city, and therefore the Israeli government has the right to impose Israeli sovereignty over every holy place that follows the Islamic and Christian religions from In order to protect the Jews and their sanctities, which history has proven that they do not have any historical sanctities in Jerusalem, and the "Wailing" wall, which is the Palestinian Al-Buraq Wall, is nothing but a place where the Jews wanted to practice their religious rituals, as it is part of Al-Aqsa Mosque and nothing more.

The religious persecution practiced against Muslims and Christians is not minor or on specific occasions such as holidays and the blessed month of Ramadan. Rather, it is a systematic occupation policy throughout the year that seems focused on holidays, not to make Muslims miserable and provoke them, but rather to make them feel that Al-Aqsa Mosque is not only for them, but the Jews are also partners in it, and this is more dangerous than the provocation itself. . The silence of the world, UNESCO and the United Nations on such heinous religious persecution would expose the region to a fierce religious war that confuses the entire region and sows chaos and instability everywhere, so it has become a duty for all international bodies and central countries in the world, the Human Rights Council, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the League of Arab States and the Vatican The real and serious endeavor to provide international protection for Muslims and Christians alike, especially since those historical sanctities are located within the borders of June 4, 1967, and all the laws of the occupied land apply to them, which require the protection of the historical and religious heritage, both Islamic and Christian, from the abuse of the occupation authorities.

Global anxiety and alertness has been escalating, by the superpowers, led by the United States of America and the European Union, since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war in February 2022, and the fear of the growing power of the Russian bear in the world, and its victory in Ukraine. Western reactions were not satisfied with mere statements and condemnation, but rather reached to providing all forms of military and material support to Ukraine, and supplying it with the latest weapons such as missile launchers, tanks, drones, and air defense systems by NATO countries. The Polish president even pledged to send his country's remaining fleet of MiG-29s to Ukraine. In addition to imposing various severe sanctions on Russia, starting with the strict economic sanctions against it, the "Swift system" and freezing more than half of the reserves of the Russian Central Bank, in addition to measures against its ally, Belarus, which facilitates Russia's attack on Ukraine.

The 27 member states of the European Union have ratified a set of legal measures and actions outlined by the European Commission against Russia. Other than that, official delegations of state leaders and foreign ministers were sent to Kiev in order to carry messages of support and support for Ukraine on the one hand. And other delegations to China, to try to convince the Chinese president to change his country's stance on the war and stop supporting President Putin.

What worries these countries is not the destruction, devastation, and blood of innocents wasted in war, but rather the protection of their interests and their political, military, and economic influence, which are threatened by Russia and its ally, China.

What is happening in the international arena in terms of exchange of statements and threats, and the exertion of all efforts by those in control of the existing world order to change the parameters of the war, and put pressure on Russia and China to stop it, shows the extent of double standards and schism in the positions of the world system, and the lack of respect for the sovereignty and rights of oppressed and weak peoples, and openness By adopting blatant and crude double standards in front of the whole world, if what the leaders of the Western world considered that this war was really a flagrant assault on the sovereignty of Ukraine and its people and on the world order, as described by the leaders of the United States of America and its allies from European countries, and as summarized by Josep Borrell, the Supreme Representative of the Union The European Council for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, when it described the Russian attack as an attack on the sovereignty of Ukraine and its people, and that the annexation of Crimea is an illegal measure by Russia. And that what Russia has done, as he described it, is a violation of the United Nations Charter and all its principles, and that defending Ukraine is tantamount to defending international law and the security of the European continent. Rather, he also considered that Ukraine's defense of itself and its lands is a heroic resistance against what he called the Russian invasion.

It is unfortunate that those countries that claim to defend Ukraine and its sovereignty, and consider what Russia is doing as an illegal occupation of another country, are the same countries that have been silent for seventy-five years on Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people, and they are the ones that support Israel in its occupation of Palestine and its violation of its territorial sovereignty. and the rights of its people. Britain, which describes the Russian attack and China's position as a challenge to the world order, and vows to send tanks to protect Ukraine, is the same one that gave the Zionist movement the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and adopted the Zionist project and worked all its efforts to empower the Zionist movement and support it in suppressing the Palestinian people and establishing a usurper entity on its land at the expense of His national rights and aspirations for freedom and independence.

The United States of America was the first to recognize Israel, and the European countries followed suit, after the Nakba, on the ruins of the depopulated villages, after more than 800,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and more than seventy massacres were committed.

The United Nations, in its General Assembly, which today condemns the war on Ukraine, is the same one that issued Resolution No. 273 in 1949, accepting Israel's membership in the United Nations. The State of Palestine, and its right to defend itself against the Israeli occupation, and until this moment, the Israeli occupation persists in its aggression and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people and their land, including settlements, displacement, killings, field executions, arrests, collective punishment, and successive wars on the Gaza Strip , land confiscation, and settlement building without taking a single action against Israel. And justifying this by protecting its security, and denying the right of the Palestinian people to defend themselves. On the contrary, it is no secret to anyone the American support for Israel in all its forms and the strong relations and close cooperation between European countries and Israel at the expense of the Palestinian people, their rights and their blood.

And if the European countries mobilized to protect the European continent, as their leaders put it, from the Russian threat, shouldn't the Arab countries be concerned about their security and stability, from the brutal Israeli occupation in the heart of the Arab world, and Israel's attempt to control the entire land of Palestine and its resources?

The time has come for the Arab world to wake up and realize that the real wager today is on Arab unity, and on peoples' awareness of the issues of the Arab nation, and the issue of Palestine is the first and central issue.

There is no doubt that the Russian-Ukrainian war has revealed to the whole world that all the slogans about democracy, international justice, the sovereignty of states and the rights of peoples, which were called for by international covenants, international law and international humanitarian law, which those countries detailed according to their size, are nothing but glamorous slogans used by the colonial countries to pass Its ambitions and the preservation of its interests, and in the face of this scene that reveals the falsity of the world and the absence of integrity and justice, in dealing with the issues of peoples and international conflicts, we must rely on our capabilities starting with stopping the Palestinian division and achieving national unity so that it is the shield that protects the rights of our Palestinian people, and the unifying for all struggles and sacrifices, The compass is directed toward Jerusalem.