Dubai - "Jerusalem" dot com - It was announced at the GITEX International Exhibition that Palestine won three awards in the Arab Challenge for the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence for the year 2022.

The results were as follows: The "Smart Air Mattress" project won the first place in the graduation projects category for its owners, Moamen Al-Sammak, Ali Obaid and Walaa Murtaja from the Gaza Strip, and the "Zamakan" project won the best presentation award in the emerging projects category for its owners, Hamza Siraj and Ahmed Salhab. And Issa Kouba from the city of Jerusalem. In addition, the "Gaz Sensor" project for its owner, Spinning the Camel from the suburbs of Jerusalem, won third place in the schools category.

The three projects reaped this victory and deserved success amid strong competition with a large number of nominated projects and startups from eleven Arab countries, namely: Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, the Emirates, Tunisia, Bahrain, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Qatar and Oman.

Engineer Aref Al-Husseini, founder and CEO of Al-Nayzak Foundation for Supportive Education and Scientific Creativity, expressed his pride in the successive achievements of Palestinian youth in various scientific and technological fields, stressing that Palestinian youth each time demonstrates its ability to compete and challenge in regional and international competitions, and presents high scientific levels of excellence. creativity and innovation.

Al-Husseini praised their pioneering role in advancing the Palestinian creative process and putting Palestine's footprint in the projects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, pointing to the remarkable progress and development in terms of quantity and quality in all projects.

It is noteworthy that this achievement is a continuation of the success achieved by the Palestine Challenge for the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence for the year 2022, which was organized by Al-Nayzak Foundation last month, in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Supreme Council for Creativity, the Swedish Diakonia Foundation and Bank of Palestine, and in coordination with eleven universities. Six accelerators and business incubators.

Through it, seven Palestinian technological projects specialized in the field of Internet of Things and artificial intelligence qualified to represent Palestine in the finals of the Arab Challenge in Dubai.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Palestinian Media Forum condemned, on Saturday, in the strongest terms the campaign of the "Zionist lobby" in the Netherlands against the broadcaster and presenter of media programs, Natasja Gibbs, for describing the occupation entity as an apartheid regime, in addition to prosecuting her legally amid other calls to continue targeting and incitement. on her.

In a statement, the Forum considered that this "reflects the extent of intellectual and moral terrorism practiced by the Zionist lobby against all voices supporting Palestinian rights and condemning Israeli criminality, which transgresses all international and humanitarian laws and norms."

The Forum praised the media presenter, Natasja Gibbs, for her bias towards the principles of justice and humanity, and her rejection of the Israeli crime against the Palestinian people, expressing its full and complete solidarity with her, and her absolute rejection of the systematic campaign of the "Zionist lobby" against the media, journalists, and activists who expressed their rejection of the Israeli apartheid regime.

He stressed the need to continue exposing and exposing the ugly face of the Israeli occupation, which violates sanctities, desecrates sanctities, and sheds blood day and night.

The Palestinian Media Forum called on the International Federation of Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and all local and international human rights organizations to support journalist Natasja Gibbs in the face of the campaign of the "Zionist lobby", and not to allow in any way the suppression of freedom of opinion and expression or to restrict the work of the media under flimsy pretexts, in addition to the necessity Prosecuting the "Zionist lobby" in legal and international forums for its practice of intellectual and moral terrorism against the journalist Natashaji Gibbs, especially in light of the Israeli occupation's record of crimes against the Palestinian media with all its components, as the occupation forces destroyed the headquarters of more than 60 media institutions during their blatant aggression on the Gaza Strip in May 2021 In cold blood, 55 journalists have been killed since 2000, the most recent of which was colleague Sherine Abu Aqleh and colleague Ghufran Warasneh, in addition to the arrest and assault of dozens of journalists in various forms and forms.

Today, Tuesday, the Israeli Ministry of Health announced that 27 deaths and 8,492 cases of coronavirus were recorded during the last day, after conducting 35,596 laboratory tests.

According to the ministry, 419 patients are in serious condition, including 88 on ventilators.

She noted that 11,208 Israelis have died since the virus began spreading years ago.

Istanbul - (AFP) - A Turkish appeals court on Wednesday upheld a judicial conviction against a prominent opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was sentenced to life in prison, which has fueled strained relations between Ankara and the West.

In April, Paris-born philanthropist Osman Kavala was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of pardon, for seeking to overthrow the government by financing popular protests in 2013.

In the case, seven other people were sentenced to 18 years in prison each for their contributions to the attempt to overthrow the government headed by Erdogan during what was called the "Gezi Park protests" in Istanbul.

Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported that the appeals court had concluded the April ruling was "in accordance with the law".

Kavala's defense attorneys can appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court.

Kavala's trial extended for many years and negatively affected the strategic, but troubled, ties of Turkey, a member of NATO, with its Western allies since the sudden suspension of the opposition in October 2017.

At the time, Kavala was known as a businessman who spent some of his wealth to promote culture and projects aimed at reconciling Turkey with its arch-rival, Armenia.

However, Erdogan insisted on describing Kavala as a left-wing agent of the Hungarian-born American billionaire George Soros, accusing him of receiving foreign funding to overthrow the government.

Kavala was initially accused of financing the wave of protests in Turkey in 2013, which analysts say was a reaction to Erdogan's more authoritarian tendencies in the second half of his two-decade rule in Turkey.

The court acquitted him and released him in February 2020, but the police returned and arrested him before he could return to his home and wife.

Then another court charged him with involvement in a coup attempt against Erdogan in Turkey in 2016, during which more than 250 people died in Istanbul and Ankara.

In the end, Kavala was charged with both charges, and later the court convicted him of the charge he was acquitted of in 2020.

The United States expressed "grave concern" about Kavala's sentence, while Germany demanded his immediate release.
Turkey ignored a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights demanding Kavala's release.

Kiev ( Ukraine ) (AFP) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday proposed to President Volodymyr Zelensky to cut diplomatic ties with Iran , which has been accused of supplying drones used by Russia for strikes.

"In light of the massive destruction caused by Iranian drones to civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and the deaths and injuries inflicted on our people... I present to the president a proposal to sever diplomatic relations with Iran," Kuleba said in a video posted on Facebook.

The Ukrainian minister said that Tehran has provided Russia with drones "while telling us that it is against war and does not support any party."

In recent days, Kiev has repeatedly said that Russia is using Iranian-made drones — including the Shahed 136 — to strike Ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure.

To justify his proposal, Kuleba emphasized "publishing reports on the possibility of continued arms supplies from Iran to Russia," after press articles indicated the imminent delivery of Iranian surface-to-surface missiles to Moscow.

In the video, he said, "Iran's actions betray evil and are lies that we will not tolerate...Tehran bears full responsibility for destroying relations with Ukraine."

But Dmytro Kuleba promised to reconsider this proposal "if Iran stops supplying weapons to Russia."

RIYADH (Xinhua) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of "NEOM", announced today (Monday) the designs of the environmentally friendly "The Line" city.

The city centers around people, and represents a leading global model that achieves sustainability and the ideal of living in harmony with nature, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

The designs of the city of "The Line" reflect what urban societies will be like in the future in an environment free of streets, cars and emissions.

It is expected that the city will contribute to preserving 95% of the lands of "NEOM" for nature, and rely on renewable energy by 100%, to make human health and well-being an absolute priority instead of the priority of transportation and infrastructure as in traditional cities.

The announcement of the city's designs came after the Saudi Crown Prince launched the initial idea and vision for the city in January last year.

One of the most important specifications of the city of "The Line" is that it is only 200 meters wide, 170 km long, and 500 meters above sea level.

The city will be built on an area not exceeding 34 square kilometers, and will accommodate about 9 million people, which is completely unprecedented in cities of this size, and this in turn reduces the expansion of infrastructure and enhances the efficiency and sustainability of the city, and its ideal climate throughout the year will ensure residents enjoy By nature when navigating on foot.

The Line provides all residents with access to all facilities and services within 5 minutes, in addition to a high-speed train that connects both ends of the city within 20 minutes.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that upon the launch of "The Line", the concept of urban development was redefined through the development of societies where people are the main focus.

He continued: "Today, The Line achieves the ideal of living and addresses the urgent challenges facing humanity. These exceptional designs illustrate the internal structure of the multi-layered city and address the problems of the traditional flat horizontal cities, thus achieving complete harmony between urban development and preserving nature with all its resources."

He stressed the importance of not ignoring the environmental crisis and the way of life facing the cities of the world.

He stressed the determination to provide new and innovative solutions, including the implementation of the idea of "building to the top", through a team led by "NEOM", in addition to a group of the brightest minds in architecture and construction worldwide.

The city focuses on introducing a new approach to city design that focuses on the concept of "zero gravity", as this means distributing and building the components of the city in the form of vertical layers, allowing people to move in the three directions, which are up and down, as well as horizontally on each side.

In contrast to the concept of high-rise buildings, this idea facilitates the process of moving between the locations of daily needs, from workplaces, schools, gardens, and homes within five minutes.

Both sides of the city are covered with glass surfaces, which are reflective mirrors that give it a unique character, and allow its details to merge with nature.

NEOM will digitally design the entire city, as well as use the latest construction technologies and manufacturing processes.

"NEOM" is one of the most prominent projects of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, as it embodies the Kingdom's strategies and directions towards benefiting from renewable resources, such as solar energy and wind energy, to generate electric power.

It had previously announced the launch of "Exagon", the city of advanced industries, and "Trojina", the global tourist destination that offers the first outdoor skiing experience in the Arabian Gulf, in addition to the launch of two subsidiaries of NEOM, which are the "Inoa" company that deals with innovations and industries. Energy, water and hydrogen, and the digital technology company NEOM.

Kiev ( Ukraine ) - (AFP) - "Intensive" strikes with more than 120 Russian missiles targeted several Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kiev, on Thursday morning, according to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Presidency.

"The enemy is attacking Ukraine on several fronts, with cruise missiles launched from planes and ships," the Air Force wrote on social media.

"More than 120 missiles were launched to destroy basic civilian infrastructure and kill civilians in large numbers," Ukrainian presidential advisor Mikhailo Podolyak said on Twitter, without providing a tally of possible victims.

On Thursday, Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine, was deprived of electricity by 90%, as a result of this new bombing that targeted energy facilities in the dead of winter.

And the mayor of Lviv, Andrei Sadovy, said on "Telegram" that "90 percent of the city is without electricity... Trams and buses no longer run in the city and the water supply may be cut off."

The Kremlin had warned that there would be no truce for the New Year on the ground in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies the attack on Ukraine, which has been going on for more than 10 months and caused very great losses, by saying that the West was exploiting Ukraine to threaten Russia.

Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico's president on Tuesday urged citizens not to be deceived by drug cartels, after footage emerged of suspected gang members distributing toys and Christmas gifts in a major city.

Authorities said they opened an investigation after video footage posted on social media showed alleged criminals in decorated trucks distributing toys to children in Guadalajara.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addressed the citizens during a press conference, saying, "Do not let them manipulate you, even if they give you food. They do not do this with good intentions, but to use you as shields."

He added that the goal of the gangs is to encourage people to alert them "if cocaine is seized, for example, so that residents rush to protect the smugglers."

According to local media, the gift distributors are believed to belong to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the most violent gangs in a country plagued by drug-related crime.

During the outbreak of the Covid epidemic, it was also reported that foodstuffs from the same cartel were distributed in several regions in western Mexico, and gift boxes bearing the image of the notorious drug dealer Joaquín El Chapo Guzman were also spotted in the state of Sinaloa.

Dubai (AFP) - A large screen on the upper deck of a three-story luxury yacht at sea is one of the options available to well-off people to watch the World Cup in Dubai, which is looking forward to reaping profits from the World Cup in neighboring Qatar.

The wealthy emirate relies on the short distance between it and Doha, its developed service sector, its hotels, and its relatively more open social laws in the Gulf, to attract fans who will have to travel and return at every match they want to attend.

At Dubai Harbor, a group of luxury boats and yachts is moored, preparing to receive visitors.

Among these yachts is the "Stardom", which includes a jacuzzi and a drinks bar in addition to luxury rooms, and is available for rent to World Cup fans for $ 20,000 per night. Fans will watch the matches at sea while the boat sails through the landmarks of the Emirate of Dubai, known for its tall buildings and advanced modern facilities.

"We have a chef on board who will prepare dishes (...) from all over the world," Jenny Thacker, marketing officer at Exclusive Yachts, told AFP. The company also provides services on the yacht upon request to customers.

The company offers a range of options for watching the World Cup, according to Thacker, who notes that "the minimum rental (yacht) is $15,000 per night to watch the World Cup at sea."

She adds that the company has so far received 15 reservations, and that the majority of reservations include two or three people.

She describes the people interested in the service as "really VIPs (..), owners of luxury cars, from the elite," explaining that the majority of reservations are for "semi-final and final matches" in the World Cup.

"more liberal"

Away from the beach, it was announced the opening of special areas for fans in various parts of Dubai, including a park for football fans in the Dubai International Financial Center, as well as luxury restaurants.

Many options are available for fans. For example, Dubai Harbor will host a fan festival in an area that broadcasts all matches, and extends over an area of 330 square meters. Tickets can be obtained starting from $21 per person.

But getting a table for eight people costs more than $ 920, while the so-called premium suite, which can accommodate 15 people, is sold for a package of up to $ 3,676, and the service includes serving alcoholic beverages.

Tourism is the lifeblood of Dubai's economy, known for its luxury hotels and resorts, and it received about 16 million tourists in 2019, compared to about 5.51 million in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and 7.3 million last year.

James Swanston, economist at Capital Economics, believes that "the luxury of the Dubai market, and to some extent Abu Dhabi, makes them in a better position compared to the Gulf economies, with the exception of Qatar, to benefit from the World Cup."

"Activities supporting tourism such as hospitality, restaurants, retail and wholesale trade are likely to benefit the most," he told AFP.

According to Swanston, the UAE "enjoys a more liberal atmosphere compared to its Gulf counterparts, which makes it conducive to visiting tourists."

Dubai is famous for its skyscrapers and giant real estate and entertainment projects.

And the UAE announced that holders of the “Haya” card, which is intended for World Cup fans, will obtain a visa to enter and stay in the Emirates for a period of up to ninety days for only 100 dirhams ($ 27), with the possibility of extending it for an additional 90 days.

However, due to the economic slowdown and rising global prices, many of those who are not well off in Dubai will be content with a more economical option, such as watching the World Cup without costs.

Lebanese Tony, 36, who is a father of one child, says, "I will subscribe (to the streaming service that transmits the matches on TV) (...) and watch the matches at home."

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem .

According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested the child, Ali Bakr Mustafa (15 years), from the Council Gate in Al-Aqsa Mosque, who is from the town of Al-Issawiya.

In a related context, the Occupation Court renewed the administrative detention of the prisoner Khaled Raed Al-Sheikh from Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem, for an additional four months.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation forces launched, at dawn and this morning, Wednesday, a campaign of arrests and raids in several areas of the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.

According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested the leader of the Hamas movement, the editor Nayef Rajoub, after storming his house in the town of Dura, south of Hebron.

The editor, Kamel Iqtil, and the editor, Ayman Darabei, were arrested from the same town, after their homes were raided and subjected to field investigation. They also raided the house of the editor, Mahmoud Al-Fasfous, and demanded that his family hand him over, threatening to kill him.

In the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, the occupation forces arrested the freedman, Ismail Halabiya, after raiding his house.

While another force handed the journalist Faisal Al-Rifai a report to review its intelligence following the storming of his house in the town of Anna, north of occupied Jerusalem.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Captive Club said, on Thursday, that the occupation forces arrested more than (170) citizens from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, in the first 12 days of this year, and some towns and camps witnessed repeated arrest campaigns. Most notably, the town of Beit Ummar / Hebron, the Dheisheh camp, and the Qalandia camp, which witnessed last night a massive campaign of arrests against (14) citizens, and they are among (25) citizens who were arrested last night, and until this morning, during which Samir Aslan (41 years) was martyred. He is the father of the detainee, the boy Ramzi Aslan, in addition to the arrest of the girl, Saja Abdel Rahman Jaber, from Hebron, where she was arrested a day after the demolition of her family home.

And the Captive Club continued in a statement; The arrests escalated at the military checkpoints during the past few days, as well as the arrests after summons made by the occupation intelligence to a group of citizens, in addition to the arrest of others with the aim of pressuring a family member to turn themselves in.

The Captive Club indicated that the arrests affected all groups, including children, women, the elderly, the sick, in addition to the wounded, and were accompanied by widespread sabotage and abuse.

It is worth mentioning; That 7,000 cases of arrests were recorded during the past year 2022, as arrests constitute one of the most consistent and systematic policies that the Israeli occupation uses on a daily basis, in an attempt to undermine any escalating confrontation against it, and to impose more control and monitoring of citizens, and more measures Systematic abuse.

Brussels - (AFP) - Greek Socialist MP Eva Kaili, one of the vice-presidents of the European Parliament , was arrested Friday evening in Brussels as part of an investigation into suspicions of corruption related to Qatar, according to an informed source told AFP.

Four other people were arrested in the Belgian capital on Friday morning in connection with the same case. The source said that Kylie, who is the companion of one of the four suspects, was "stopped for a hearing" by the police.

For its part, the Greek Socialist Party (Pasok Kinal), to which Kylie belongs, announced in the evening that she had been "dismissed."

The investigation, led by a judge in Brussels, revolves around the actions of a "Gulf country" suspected of "influencing the economic and political decisions of the European Parliament, by paying large sums of money or presenting large gifts," according to the Federal Prosecutor's Office.

As for the recipients of the sums and gifts, they are people who "have political and/or strategic positions" within the European Parliament.

Among the four arrested is a parliamentary aide attached to the Socialists and Democrats bloc, Rafiq Eva Kaili, as well as the former Italian deputy in the European Parliament, Pierre Antonio Panziri, who is also a socialist. The other two are an NGO director and an Italian trade union leader.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office did not name the Gulf state concerned. However, a source familiar with the course of the case confirmed to AFP press reports that said the country was Qatar.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - A citizen was injured, this evening, Wednesday, as a result of a settler attack on his vehicle while it was passing near the Hawara checkpoint, south of Nablus.

According to press sources, a number of settlers gathered near the checkpoint and attacked passing vehicles, injuring a citizen and destroying his vehicle.

Dolina - (AFP) - Russian fighters are fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region (east) within a symbolic corps called "Freedom of Russia", but their exact number is top secret and their locations cannot be accessed and their rhetoric is elaborate.

When their spokesman, Cesar, meets with reporters, he usually leads them to the ruins of an Orthodox monastery in Dolina, in an area recaptured by the Ukrainian army in the fall.

The monastery's golden dome in ruins, the stucco lion in the rubble and religious icons scattered are a perfect example of "showing the world Putin's values".

Cesar, a handsome young man with blue eyes, utters phrases in Russian and sometimes in English. "I am not fighting the motherland, I am fighting Putin's regime and tyranny," he says. He adds, "I am not a traitor. I am a true Russian patriot."

At the beginning of the war, the Russian Fighters Corps formed a closed fist with the words "Freedom" and "Russia" on it, and it is part of the International Volunteer Group within the Ukrainian Army.

The Corps includes, according to Cesar, "hundreds" of Russians who, after receiving two months of training, have been deployed since May in the mining region of Donbass in eastern Ukraine, which Moscow is trying to completely occupy.

Corps elements are deployed in Bakhmut, one of the most hot spots on the eastern front, which has been the scene of fierce battles between Russian and Ukrainian forces for months.

They are mainly subordinate to the Artillery Corps, under the command of Ukrainian officers.

"They are enthusiastic and professional fighters, and they carry out their mission to the fullest," said a Ukrainian officer, who requested anonymity.

The recruits underwent many interviews, psychological tests and even a lie detector in anticipation of any hacking attempt.

On social networks - Telegram, Twitter, Instagram ... - the "Freedom of Russia" corps mainly publishes propaganda videos and claims to have received thousands of applications.

"They are taking part in the war, but their influence is not great because of their limited number," says Ukrainian military expert Oleg Zhdanov. "Their importance is political. It is good for Ukraine to be able to prove that there are Russians who support democracy and freedom and fight on the right side," he added.

It is difficult to find out exactly who the "Russian patriots" who make up the Legion and their motives are. For Tykhi, a worker who hails from Russia's auto capital Tolyatti, 800 kilometers southeast of Moscow, their motives are more personal than political.

This young man in his forties belongs to a mixed family, as his wife, whom he met in Russia, is Ukrainian.

"You wouldn't understand if we stayed in Russia," says the father-of-two, who was visiting family in Kiev when he started. They never returned to Russia and joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Army within the Legion.

He has cut off almost all contact with his family in Russia, which does not understand his choice. "They have been brainwashed. But I know they are worried about me."

He cut ties with his friends. "They are sitting on their couch in Russia and repeating, 'We will liberate Ukraine,'" he added sarcastically.
Without remorse, he says he considers Russian soldiers to be "enemies" and "will blow himself up with a grenade in order to be captured" by Moscow's forces.

Tychy applied for Ukrainian citizenship but would not be able to obtain it until the war was over. "At the moment I still have the enemy's passport," he explains.

Cesar, the spokesperson, for his part, hails from St. Petersburg, where he was a physiotherapist. He says he is politically motivated and presents himself as a "right-wing nationalist" who believes that Vladimir Putin's regime can only be overthrown by force.

He doesn't trust dissidents - "they are all puppets", he says - and believes his countrymen "don't want to see or hear anything".

Suddenly he gets excited, saying, "Russia is dying. Go to the villages and you will find drunks, drug addicts and criminals. The people are suffering."
He says, "It is the result of Putin's rule for twenty years. His system, government and deputies are nonsense. They are losers, corrupt and thieves who only think about making money and living happily. This is not a way to run a country."

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 was the spark that prompted him to take his wife and four children and move to Kiev.

"They also live in fear of the bombing and the cold, but they support my choices," says Cesar. He speaks without hiding his face since his family is now "safe" in Ukraine.

Washington – “Al Quds” dot com – Saeed Erekat – Investigative journalist Jack Murphy reported, citing unnamed former US intelligence and military officials, that the CIA has been using the intelligence services of a European country in NATO to carry out subversive attacks inside Russia since Invasion of Ukraine in February.

The report, which was posted on Murphy's own website, said there were no US personnel on the ground in Russia, but the operations were being directed by the CIA. According to the report, the United States is using allied intelligence services to add an additional layer of plausible deniability, and a former US Special Operations official told Murphy that this layer was a major factor in US President Joe Biden's approval of the attacks.

Murphy says he did not name the NATO country whose intelligence services are used in the report because "doing so could jeopardize the operational security of cells still operating inside Russia."

In a note at the end of the article, Murphy explained why he did not publish this article in a well-known media outlet, choosing instead to publish the article on his own site, saying, "While working with editors at major publications, I have been asked to do things that are illegal and immoral in one instance, and in Another case I felt was that a senior CIA official was able to edit my article by making off-the-record statements, before leaking the report to the New York Times to undermine this (journalistic) piece.

According to the report, the covert campaign inside Russia was years in the making, with two former military officials saying that the (unnamed) NATO country's spy services hid a cache of explosives and equipment in Russia more than a decade ago, and some of the equipment was used recently.

As a former U.S. Special Operations official and an American person familiar with the campaign said, the CIA did not become involved in NATO country operations inside Russia until 2014, the first time sleeper cells entered Russia at the direction of the CIA while a NATO ally was engaged in espionage service (in Russia) in 2016, and more entered the country in the following years," according to Murphy's article.

Murphy explains, "The NATO ally provided the undercover agents with stories and alibis to explain their presence in Russia and documents to support these claims." And they were ready to give orders as to which targets to hit."

It is not clear how many attacks the sleeper cells were responsible for, but there have been a series of mysterious explosions at Russian military facilities, power plants and railways since the invasion. The report indicated that saboteurs may have been behind a fire last April at the Research Institute of the Russian Air Defense Forces, which killed more than 20 people.

The report indicates that "disruptive" operations supervised by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) require presidential approval, and that former US President Barack Obama signed a conclusion before leaving office that allowed covert action against Russia due to allegations that Moscow interfered in the 2016 elections, a claim. It has never been proven.

According to the Washington Post, Obama's "conclusion" allows "the implantation of electronic weapons in Russia's infrastructure, (the digital equivalent of bombs) that can be detonated if the United States finds itself in an escalating exchange with Moscow." Murphy cited a former CIA official who said the finding also allows for disruptive operations against Russia, though other former officials he spoke with said existing operations would have required a modification or an entirely new outcome.

According to the report, a CIA spokesperson denied the allegations in the report, but Murphy noted that the spy agency could legally deny the existence of its covert operations.

Experts warn that directing the CIA's subversion inside Russia risks a major escalation between NATO and Russia and could lead to a nuclear escalation.

Ukraine has recently escalated its attacks inside Russian territory, and according to The Times, the Pentagon tacitly supported the recent drone strikes that hit air bases deep in Russian territory, raising the risk of escalation.

It is noteworthy that Murphy said in his report that he published this story to inform the public, as he believes that, in fact, the Russian government knows very well who is sponsoring these sabotage strikes, as well as the American intelligence services know that, "and that the only party left in the dark is the public in general, who He was left unaware of the shadow war going on behind the scenes."

Murphy said the article "underwent a rigorous fact-checking process, and was deemed newsworthy as strategic bombings in Laos and Cambodia (during the Vietnam War) or the CIA's covert drone campaign in Pakistan."

London - (AFP) - The euro's exchange rate hit its lowest level against the dollar in five years on Wednesday, at a time when the US currency is benefiting from its status as a safe haven amid economic turmoil and the US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates.

The exchange rate of the single European currency fell to $1.0588, its lowest level since April 2017.

Moscow - (AFP) - Russia announced that 384 Japanese deputies were banned from entering its territory in response to the sanctions imposed by Japan on Russian deputies in the midst of the attack on Ukraine.

And the Russian Foreign Ministry, which published the list of deputies on its website, accuses them of "adopting an unfriendly and anti-Russian position by expressing groundless accusations against our country in connection with the special military operation in Ukraine."

Since the beginning of Russia's attack on Ukraine, Japan has joined in harsh Western sanctions against Moscow.

For its part, Russia issued a decree on July 1 to transfer to a Russian company the rights to the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project located in the far east of Russia, in which Japanese groups participate. The LNG produced by the project was mainly delivered to Japan.

Tokyo has announced that it wants to remain within this strategic project as a country that relies heavily on fossil fuel imports. About 8% of the liquefied natural gas that Japan imports comes from Russia.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation forces demolished, today, Wednesday, two houses in the village of Birin, south of Hebron .

According to local sources, the occupation forces, accompanied by bulldozers, raided Khallet Al-Furn area and demolished a 100-square-meter house for Saber Burqan, which housed his eight-member family.

The Israeli bulldozers also demolished a 60-square-meter house under construction for the citizen, Jasser Burqan, in the same area, under the pretext of being built in Area C.

The death toll from house demolitions in the governorate rose within hours to four.

In the context, a group of settlers attacked the citizens' lands and destroyed their agricultural crops in the "Aqwis" community in Masafer Yatta.

According to local sources, the settlers attacked the lands of the people, and grazed their livestock on the crops of wheat, barley, and olive trees, which caused damage to a large part of the crops, and the olive trees were broken.

In the northern Jordan Valley , the Israeli occupation forces confiscated an agricultural tractor and a cart from al-Ras al-Ahmar belonging to Ahmed Diab Abu Khaizran, while he was working on some agricultural lands.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Hamas said today, Thursday, that the so-called " Jerusalem Declaration " document is "nothing but a new chapter of the chapters perpetuating the occupation and strengthening joint American-Zionist terrorism directed against our land, people, and sanctities, like other acts of terrorism." Void covenants and treaties, which our people experienced throughout their history of struggle, and were able, thanks to their steadfastness and resistance, to thwart and thwart them.

In a statement, Hamas warned of "the danger of what is stated in this document to the present, future, security and stability of our Arab and Islamic nation and its peoples, by trying to integrate this strange occupying entity into its body."

Hamas called for the mobilization of all forces in the nation towards rejecting the so-called "Jerusalem Declaration" and not giving in to American dictates, which sponsor the interests of the occupation at the expense of the interests of the Arab and Islamic peoples and the cause of the nation of Palestine.

It also called on the Palestinian people, factions and forces to declare their rejection of this document, and to move forward on the path of struggle with comprehensive resistance until the fulfillment of the aspirations of our people for liberation and return.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation authorities released, Thursday evening, two prisoners from the Gaza Strip , and deported one of them to the West Bank.

According to the prisoners' institutions, the occupation released the prisoner, Ahmed Rizk Al-Zahar, and deported him to the West Bank, after he spent 20 years in the occupation prisons .

The prisoner, Awad Zaki Al-Saedi, was released from Nuseirat, in the central sector, after an arrest that lasted 19 years.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Bar Association announced this evening, Wednesday, escalating steps, freezing participation, canceling any understandings with the government regarding the framing of legal aid, stopping talking about it with any party, and limiting work with it to the Bar Association in accordance with the Association's regulations in effect, under penalty of disqualification. Each colleague submits it without the permission of the Bar Council from the practicing lawyers register.

The secretary of the Bar Association, Dawood Darawi, told Al-Quds: "It has become clear that the characteristic of the government's relationship with the unions in general and the Bar Association in particular is lack of endorsement and lack of respect for the understandings that were signed with the unions. Since the beginning of the movement, we have been avoiding any collision process." Which disrupts the interests of the people, but the government was supposed to issue a decision in the cabinet session yesterday, Monday, regarding the understandings, but the government turned its back and evaded its role.

Darawi continued, "The government and the Judicial Council met to break the Bar Association, with regard to its financial resources, and then the government came to confirm its negative relationship with the unions," noting that these escalating steps by the Bar Association came as a result of that, and the government evaded its obligations.

In order to confront what it called "the siege imposed on the job opportunities available to lawyers, according to the work of the legal profession, including the regulation of notarial documents," the Council of the Bar decided, in a press statement, to offer to stop accepting new trainees in the Bar to the General Assembly at its next regular meeting in April of this year.

The Bar Association decided to suspend work before the civil and military criminal courts, the civil and military criminal appeals courts, before the Corruption Crimes Court, and juvenile courts of all levels, starting tomorrow morning, Thursday, and until the end of working hours on Thursday (the nineteenth of this month), with the exception of the suspension of releases. Procedures for cutting legal deadlines.

The Syndicate also decided to suspend the comprehensive work before all regular, military and administrative courts and settlement courts of all levels and before the civil and military prosecutions and official institutions without any exceptions throughout next Monday, with the central sit-in next Monday, inside and in front of the Supreme Judicial Council in Ramallah, starting at eleven o’clock. Ten in the morning.

The Bar Association noted that it will hold a press conference at four o'clock in the afternoon next Monday, in front of the Palestinian Supreme Judicial Council in Ramallah and invite all media outlets to cover the proceedings of the press conference.

In a statement, the Bar Association indicated that its steps come in the face of the failure of all means of rational dialogue and the government’s disavowal of the understandings that the Bar Association signed with the Minister of Justice as a representative of the government and in charge of dialogue with the Bar Association, regarding notarial documents and regarding the framing of legal aid in accordance with the vision presented by the Bar and the amendments. that have been agreed upon regarding the schedule of court fees.

The statement stated that the union council prevailed over the principle of partnership and integration to reach a state in which justice is stabilized and everyone avoids the consequences of union escalation.

The statement indicated that its escalation comes in the face of the Supreme Judicial Council’s insistence on punishing the union for its recent movement and its continuous endeavor to subjugate the will of the union and its arm by drying up its financial resources by stopping the enforcement of the notarial bonds regulations issued by the union and applied since 2009 after it was published in the Official Gazette according to the governing law. of the Bar Association issued by the elected Legislative Council in 1999.

The Syndicate said: “As for the battle to recover the acquired rights of the Bar Association based on the legislation in force, it was imposed on us, a battle that the Council of the Syndicate sought to avoid, allowing all opportunities for the language of reason to prevail, but to no avail or resonance, and in the face of these reasons and in the face of the existential danger that threatens the continuity and ability of the Syndicate. To fulfill its obligations to its deserving colleagues, male and female colleagues, male and female employees, and since the Council of the Union has no choice but to go to the maximum union escalation in defense of the Union’s gains, continuity and dignity, and the belief of the Council of the Union in the latent energy of our general body to triumph for its survival and dignity.

Madrid - Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti , held a press conference for the international media, before facing Mexican Club America, as part of the royal team's preparatory tour.

Ancelotti spoke, during the conference, about the possibility of using his Belgian player, Eden Hazard, as a fake striker, saying: “We have many options for this position .. Benzema is the number 1 striker, but we have to understand that it will be a strange and different season, as it will include the World Cup, and we have to To see different options.

He added, "My idea is to try to see Eden on this site.. Given the quality he has and his qualities, it might be good for us to test him there.. It's a similar case for Asensio."

Regarding summer transfers, he said: "I can't talk about contracts..but I already say that everything is over. We will not sign with anyone..we are fine in this way."

Regarding Real Madrid's preparatory period, the Italian coach said: "We have an important preparatory period. We always feel good here in the United States, and we will compete with strong teams... Club America is one of them."

And he added, "The match against Barcelona will never be friendly, it is the team that we respect the most, and that enjoys the greatest amount of competition ... it will be a very competitive match."

Regarding the two new Real Madrid players, Antonio Rudiger and Aurelien Choameni, Ancelotti said: "The signings bring great quality to the team..they are in their positions the best that can be found in the market."

And he continued, "Rudiger is a great central defender, and Tchoameni is very young, and he has a lot of expectations. He is already an international player with France. We will work during this (preparatory) round to integrate them into our squad."

Salfit - "Jerusalem" dot com - Rawan Al-Asaad - was able to reach success and creativity by practicing work that is considered one of her hobbies, and out of her belief that passion and love of work are the basis for creativity and success, Dunya Zuhd continued with her project, which she dreams of one day being bigger than just a small project He comes to it with an average income, perhaps or less than the average.

Donia, 28 years old, says about her beginnings: I love sweets, and I always made sweets for my family, friends, and relatives, who made my own hands. They always said that my sweets are wonderful, so why don't you make a project to make homemade sweets? Hence the idea came to me, so I bought tools and started from scratch in 2014 until now, although I studied accounting, job opportunities are very scarce, and after I gave birth to my two daughters, it was necessary to take care of them and create a job opportunity and a distinctive creative idea in what I love and can do from home So I started with my project.

the beginning of the story,,

Her story was simply an old passion and love for the sweets industry and creativity with it to come out with a beautiful flavor that the eye tastes before the mouth, and fate wanted her to follow her passion and set out to work in this field and launch her project page to market it through social media 8 years ago, and indeed with the presence of relatives, acquaintances and friends, Dunia was able to Expansion, and everyone knows it, and the project began to grow, and its beginning was beautiful, despite the fatigue.

Donia speaks with enthusiasm: I have always loved the creative field in any work we love, and in my opinion, talent alone is not enough, as it is necessary to continue to develop, study, and learn to always reach unprecedented success that is accompanied by distinction from everyone, especially since home food and sweets projects are widely spread in Society, so we must strive continuously and diligently so that we can pave our way and build a name in this field while maintaining success. Creativity and passion are always the key to success, coupled with continuous work and tireless pursuit.

more creativity,

She added: Therefore, it was necessary to develop in my work. After my simple beginnings were preparing cups of sweets of different tastes and types, from poppies to tiramisu and cheesecake of all kinds, I decided to move to the second step after two years, which is to expand my field of work by joining a specialized course in making Cake and sweets so that I can arm myself with them and gain more experience and skills and my work will be more professional, and I will use my time and skill to open my own project on the ground and I will have a shop where I make and sell delicious sweets. I was able to open it in 2016 and called it “Talia Sweets” after my daughter .

Secrets of excellence and success

When passion combines with skill and learning, the result is more than wonderful. When Donia joined cake-making courses in professional ways and joined various workshops, she added something new and different to her. She was able to move from her warm home and her humble tools to work in her place in preparing the most delicious desserts with a delicious flavor, deliciousness, arrangement and elegance. To increase duties and demands on them.

Where she said: One of the most important secrets of success is the love of work, and then the other ingredients come from choosing good materials of high quality and freshness, superior cleanliness and good flavor, in addition to the beautiful and elaborate shape that reflects art so that we can eat it by eye before tasting its taste. These are the most important keys to success that make customers accept Demand, whoever tries the taste once comes back with other customers, in addition to the appropriate price as well.

obstacles,,

The beginning is not always paved with roses, it is an idea that is born from boundless ambition to reach success, and any home project is a step to launch and a goal for a larger project, and this is what Dunya sought from the beginning, as she said: Beginnings are always simple, but the ambition is great and the goal is greater, so the journey of the mile begins One step at a time, and the first step was to work from my home despite the obstacles that began with my children. I am a mother and I have two daughters, the eldest of whom is currently three years old and two years old. Therefore, the responsibilities and duties of the house are great in addition to the social ones, so it was necessary to reconcile them and wait until my children sleep in order to start working. orders, especially since they were smaller at the start of the project.

She added: Among the difficulties also is marketing on social media pages, as I made a very great effort until I was able to establish a name for myself, in addition to the fact that the price is different from the market, especially since I was initially not buying at a wholesale price, and the materials that I use are priced high because I choose the same quality. However, some still consider that my prices are somewhat high, although the prices of materials have risen a lot more than before, and yet I was able to overcome all obstacles and succeed.

development and support,

Because creativity has no limits, many projects started from home and then developed into projects on the ground. Donia was able, through the support of her father, to transform her project from selling online to an existing store in which she works, and this is what she told us by saying: After working at home, it was My father, may God have mercy on him and my role model in life, has a great merit, whether through financial or moral support. He helped me to join the courses that benefited me from a practical point of view, and supported my project to open my own shop for me, and the support was very positive from my mother, sisters and acquaintances, and I was never subjected to any negative criticism And this is what constituted an impetus for me to do more and develop more, but with the increase in work pressure, the abundance of work, and the long time that I spend on it, I closed it after six months, especially with my two children, and the option of working from home was the most appropriate, especially since I prepare all kinds of cakes Cold and hot, in addition to Kunafa and Basbousa. I also make occasional cakes of all kinds, regular ones made with sugar dough. I have now joined a specialized course for making pastries.

ambition,

When a person has the determination to achieve success, he has the incentive to achieve the strength that drives him to gain the ability to exert greater effort and achieve what he wants, which is the beginning and starting point towards promoting his dreams, and this is the case of Dunya, who was not satisfied with what she learned and the courses she joined, but also sought to join With more of them, especially since she aspires to open her shop again with a new look and a variety of additions that were not before, and she also seeks to excel more through specialized courses so that she can in the future give different courses in making what she loves, and to have multiple branches so that everyone can enjoy tasting what she produces.

message and advice,
Donia concluded her speech by saying: The real unemployment is limited thinking, not starting out, striving to give and work, and creating our own opportunity for success without giving up until we achieve what we want. She wants, and certainly her family will support her, and this is what gives her an incentive and pushes her to continue.

And we must always move forward, even if the beginnings are simple and humble, as it is the beginning of achieving the great goal that we aspire to, and the woman must be pioneering and create an opportunity for her to empower herself and achieve her being and herself because of its positive impact that is reflected in herself and her family and her surroundings to be a role model to follow, stressing Her ambition to continue her work with her own project will not stop at anyone, and she will strive to make her products known everywhere, people demand them from all sides.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - A young man died and two were moderately injured, Monday evening, as a result of a traffic accident east of occupied Jerusalem .

According to local sources, the deceased young man is Raafat Sabah from Bethlehem, where the accident occurred on the "Anata-Al-Za'im" road .

America - (AFP) - British writer Salman Rushdie , whose bloodshed was issued by the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989 for his novel "The Satanic Verses", is in hospital, where he was put on a respirator after a man stabbed him in the neck and stomach during A conference in New York State was later suspended, sparking a series of international condemnations.

No information was disclosed about the development of the health status of the writer, who is connected to a respirator in a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, on the shore of a lake bearing the same name as the city separating the United States and Canada.

The attack sparked international condemnation, with the White House calling it a "horrific act of violence".

The satirical French newspaper "Charlie Hebdo", which targeted an attack in which almost all members of its editorial staff were executed in 2015, declared that "nothing justifies a fatwa, nothing justifies a death sentence."

The attacker was arrested immediately and is under investigation. The police pointed out that his name is Hadi Matar, 24 years old, and lives in Fairfield, New Jersey.

Ali Qassem Tuhfa, mayor of the village of Yaroun in southern Lebanon, indicated that Hadi Matar is "of Lebanese origin."

He continued, in an interview with Agence France-Presse, "He was born and raised in the United States, and his father and mother are from Yaron."

Iran's ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper on Saturday congratulated the attacker. "Congratulations to this brave, duty-conscious man who attacked the apostate and evil Salman Rushdie," wrote the newspaper, whose president is appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "Let us kiss the hand of the one who tore the neck of the enemy of God with a knife," she added.

In the book market in Tehran on Saturday, everyone is aware of the attack on British writer Salman Rushdie in the United States, but only supporters of the operation express their opinions.

"I was very pleased to hear the news," said Mehrab Begdali, who introduces himself as a devout Shiite. "Whoever carried out the attack, I kiss his hand (...) May God curse Salman Rushdie."

Immediately after the assault on Salman Rushdie and his interlocutor took place in a lecture hall at a cultural center in Chautauqua, northwest New York, the writer was taken by helicopter to the nearest hospital, where he underwent urgent surgery, New York State Police Major Eugene Staniszewski told reporters.

And the police had announced before 11:00 (15:00 GMT) that a man "rushed into the theater (the amphitheater) and attacked Salman Rushdie and his interlocutor," explaining that he "stabbed" the writer "in the neck" and "in the stomach."

"The news is not good," Andrew Wiley's agent told the New York Times Friday night.

He said that Salman Rushdie, 75, "will likely lose one of his eyes, the nerves in his arm were cut off, and his liver was stabbed and damaged," noting that the writer is connected to a respirator.

As for the interviewer, Ralph Henry Reese (73 years old), he suffered "minor injuries in the face," according to the same source, and was released from the hospital.
Carl Levan, a professor of political science who was in the hall, said in a telephone conversation with Agence France-Presse that a man rushed to the stage where Rushdie was sitting and stabbed him violently several times, "trying to kill him."

Salman Rushdie was born on June 19, 1947 in Bombay, two months before India gained independence, and grew up in a family of wealthy and progressive Muslim intellectuals. He angered the Islamic world with his novel "The Satanic Verses," prompting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death.

The novelist has since had to go into hiding, living in secrecy under police protection.

He suffered severe isolation, which worsened with his separation from his wife, American novelist Marian Wiggins, to whom he dedicated his book "The Satanic Verses."

He has been living for years out of sight in New York, where he has gradually resumed an almost normal life, continuing to defend in his books freedom of sarcasm and disrespect for religions.

However, the "fatwa" was not revoked, and the attacks targeted many of the translators of his book, wounding some of them and killing others, such as the Japanese Hitoshi Igarashi, who was stabbed several times in 1991.

On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in a tweet, "For 33 years, Salman Rushdie has embodied freedom and the fight against obscurantism (...) His struggle is our struggle, and it is a global struggle. Today, we stand by him more than ever."

In turn, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the "horrific" attack, stressing that "violence can in no way be a response to words."
A similar condemnation was issued by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.

Lisbon, (AFP) - A sweltering heat wave continued in part of Western Europe on Saturday, sparking devastating forest fires .

Meteorologists expect temperatures to break records early next week.

In southwestern France, the level of preparedness of firefighters to put out fires on Saturday did not diminish, especially in the Gironde, where fires broke out in about 10,000 hectares of forest since Tuesday, in the context of a widespread heat wave where temperatures could reach 40 degrees Celsius locally, according to the report. French Meteorology.

In the Arcachon tourist basin, on the Atlantic side, efforts have slowed the fire's expansion.

"We are still at 3,150 hectares of scorched land, and this is a matter of relief, but the fire has not yet been brought under control," a state spokesperson said, praising the "massive and intensive mobilization" of firefighting personnel.

And repeated fires broke out in the last hours in terms of nearby beaches.

Inside, fires continue to advance in two small towns, with "more than 7,000 hectares" burned, according to the authorities.

The fires, which a thousand firefighters have been working to extinguish since Tuesday, have led to the evacuation of more than 12,000 people.

Portugal is relatively quiet, with only one major fire still active on Saturday, in the north of the country.

"We expect the fire to be contained during the day," said Civil Protection Commander Andre Fernandez.

Agence France-Presse journalists said it appeared the fire had lost its intensity in the early afternoon.

And while the firefighters were unable to reach the wooded hill from which white smoke was rising, a firefighting helicopter worked to limit the expansion of the fire.

The day before, a water bomber plane that was fighting a forest fire crashed in the Garda region (north), killing the pilot, its only passenger.

According to a report issued by the Portuguese Civil Protection, the fires last week left two dead and about sixty injured.

According to his estimates, since the beginning of the heat wave, the fires have destroyed between 12,000 and 15,000 hectares of forests and trees.

In Spain, dozens of fires are still burning from the north to the south of the country.

In the region of Estremadour (west), which borders Portugal, a section of the A5 motorway, which connects Madrid to the Portuguese border, has reopened to traffic after being closed for more than twelve hours due to a fire.

A fire near Malaga, in the far south of Andalusia, prompted the precautionary evacuation of more than 3,000 people, according to Andalusian emergency services.

In Greece, firefighters continued to fight an outbreak of a fire that broke out on Friday morning and caused a precautionary evacuation of seven villages in a rural area in the Rethymno Prefecture on the island of Crete.

Spain's Meteorological Agency has kept almost the entire country under various alert levels due to the high temperatures on Saturday, which topped 40°C in many areas and reached 44°C in some places.

In Portugal, only the southern Algarve region was not on high alert.

In the rest of the country, the Meteorological Institute predicted Saturday that temperatures could reach 42 degrees Celsius in some places.

In the United Kingdom, a crisis committee made up of British government ministers was due to meet on Saturday after the National Meteorological Agency issued its first "red" alert for extreme heat, warning of a "risk to life".

The Met Office said temperatures in southern England could reach 40 degrees Celsius for the first time on Monday or Tuesday, breaking the record of 38.7 degrees Celsius set in 2019.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has advised the city's residents not to use public transport these days except in cases of "extreme necessity".

Railway companies have also urged travelers to avoid travel.

Some schools in the south of England have told parents they will remain closed early next week.

This heat wave is the second in a month in Europe.

The increase in heat waves is a direct result of global warming, according to scientists, and greenhouse gas emissions increase their intensity, duration, and frequency.

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the international community to come to consensus on promoting development, creating an enabling environment and consolidating new driving forces for global development to jointly work for a global development partnership.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in a congratulatory message on Friday to the International Civil Society Solidarity Conference on the Global Development Initiative.

Xi pointed out that the global economy is currently affected by several factors, which have hampered the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Faced with difficulties and challenges, the Chinese president said that only when all parties join forces with firm confidence to combat COVID-19, promote development with concerted efforts, and earnestly implement the 2030 Agenda, can people in all countries live a better life and the human community see a brighter future.

"I believe that international civil societies will help consolidate and strengthen public support to ensure the implementation of the Global Development Initiative," he added.

Xi said that China is willing to cooperate with all parties to facilitate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, so as to contribute more to building a community with a shared future for mankind and usher in a new era of prosperity and development.

Governorates - "Al-Quds" dot com - Official Palestinian authorities and factions condemned, on Thursday, the ongoing occupation crimes against the Palestinian people, the latest of which was the martyrdom of Samir Aslan (41 years) in Qalandia camp, north of Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh called on international humanitarian organizations to intervene urgently to stop the systematic executions practiced by the occupation soldiers against our people.

Shtayyeh sent condolences to the family of the martyr.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates also condemned the recent series of crimes that led to the death of 3 citizens in the past 24 hours.

The ministry considered that these crimes committed by the occupation forces are an integral part of the daily series of killings against our people, with the cover and approval of the Israeli political level.

The Ministry held the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for these crimes, calling on the international community to provide international protection for our people, calling on the International Criminal Court to quickly complete its investigations into the crimes of the occupation and its settlers.

For his part, Munther al-Hayek, spokesman for the "Fatah" movement, said that the fascist government of terror is studying the policy of killing and field executions in full view of the world, realizing that no one can deter it, but the Palestinian people will hold it accountable in the field and at the International Court of Justice and will continue to defend its land. and sanctities..

Hamas also mourned the martyrs killed by the occupation forces, calling on our people to escalate the confrontation and strike the occupation and its settlers.

Hamas said in a statement: "The occupation's crimes and its continuous aggression against our people and our sanctities will increase our determination and determination to resist until it is removed from our land and our sanctities, and to achieve the aspirations of our people for freedom and independence."

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine also mourned the three martyrs, calling for the escalation of resistance against the occupation in all its forms.

The Front called on the Palestinian Authority to form a political incubator for the resistance fighters, to meet with them in the field, and to completely abandon the agreements with the occupation, calling on the factions and forces to unite in confronting the occupation.

Written by: Tamara Haddad

In the year 2018, the Israelis voted to choose mayors and members of city councils, amid an almost complete boycott by more than 320,000 Jerusalemites of the occupation municipal elections in Jerusalem. At that time, the secretary of the Fatah movement in Jabal Mukaber, one of the movement's cadres, and the head of the students' parents committee, were arrested for their refusal. Putting ballot boxes in the Jabal Al Mukaber area in response to the national and popular position in Jerusalem to boycott the occupation municipal elections.

And now the days are passing towards upcoming municipal elections in Jerusalem, but with the presence of Arab individuals who wish to enter the elections, despite the continuation of the national position refusing to run for these elections, which has been a fixed position since 1967, given that the occupation municipality is an arm of the occupation authorities that practices oppression, abuse, daily arrests, educational families, and a policy of demolition Houses, changing the features of the city, and emptying it of its citizens, whether through voluntary or forced displacement, and continuing the process of Judaizing Jerusalem in its eastern and western parts. From this standpoint, the boycott came as a national, moral and religious duty, by "boycotting as a candidate and an election."

The religious and national powers, bodies, and authorities are still committed to the same position, stressing their absolute refusal to participate in these elections, as they give the occupation legitimacy for its presence in the Holy City, and for the ethnic policies it practices against the Palestinian people.

The position of Jerusalemites from the boycott:
Although the Palestinians in Jerusalem constitute about 30% of the city's population, they boycott the past local elections by constantly saying that voting would constitute recognition of Israeli control over Jerusalem, although the occupation municipality tried to attract as many Jerusalemites as possible in the Arab neighborhoods of the Old City and in Silwan, Beit Hanina, and Shuafat refugee camp.
And they have another position on participating in the elections for the municipality of Jerusalem, saying that the municipality will not change their situation in the economic-social demand issues, and the occupier robs all the rights of the people in the city of Jerusalem and enacts more laws and legislation that confiscate these rights in the city, including the Zionist National Basic Law and others.

Some positions indicate that the behavior of the occupation municipality continues to contribute to demolishing homes, leaking real estate, and not issuing licenses to the people of the Holy City, so this matter makes it an addition to the boycott of participation by Jerusalemites.

The aim of the occupation is to encourage:
The occupation wants to beautify its image and show the city that it is unified and for all its citizens, but the Jerusalem municipality cannot approve any decision related to the security, social and economic dimensions related to the Arabs except through the central Israeli government. What we are witnessing during this period is that governments are moving from the right to the extreme right against Jerusalemites.

The occupation is also very interested in the Jerusalem municipal elections because any mayor of the "municipality" pays attention to its elections because it is the gateway to the prime minister in Israel or an active member in the Knesset.

The position of some Jerusalemites:

Some of those who want to run in the elections claim that their entry comes in order to stop demolishing homes, granting building permits, stopping discrimination in education, investing more money in the city, and improving infrastructure, but the one who gives the real decision to support these decisions is the Israeli government, not the mayor.

National position:
In the end, Jerusalem is purely Arab and Palestinian, and the elections that take place in East Jerusalem are null and void, which violate international legitimacy resolutions and defy the resolutions of the United Nations in its General Assembly and the Security Council, especially Resolution 67/19, which granted observer membership to the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital on the borders of June 4, 1967. Therefore, the elections in East Jerusalem are invalid, and adhering to the boycott means a commitment to the national position.

a summary:
Not participating in the municipal elections for Jerusalem is a commitment to the Palestinian identity and an affirmation of the Arabism of the city of Jerusalem, and the process of participation means an affirmation of the occupation's sovereignty over all of Jerusalem.