Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The technical teams emanating from the investigation committee charged with uncovering the circumstances of the "cyber" attack on the Ministry of Health's servers were able to retrieve all the files targeted by hacking, by following special criteria that led to identifying the source, nature and containment of the attack.

The committee revealed, in a statement issued on Friday evening, that the source of the attack was external, not internal, in the context of a cyber attack that targeted the Palestinian “cyber” domain during the past weeks, which led to the exposure of information systems and databases in the Ministry of Health, and a number of public and private institutions to encryption. , with the so-called "ransom virus" known worldwide; However, the protection systems in some of the targeted institutions prevented the hackers from penetrating them.

The committee, which was formed by a decision of the Council of Ministers and headed by the Minister of Interior, Major General Ziyad Hab Al-Rih, affirmed that its technical teams for the cyber security team, consisting of: the police, the Preventive Security, the General Intelligence, the Ministry of Communications, and the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers; Supervised by the Committee’s Rapporteur, Director General of Police, Major General Youssef Al-Helou, it succeeded, after continuous work without interruption, around the clock, by working to create a safe environment, decrypting the target systems, restoring all pirated data, and restarting it 100% until 8/25. It is the day before that data was exposed to a “cyber” attack, by working to develop an immediate plan, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and partner parties, to ensure the continued provision of services to citizens; using an alternative backup system; Within a secure cyber environment, while work was in progress to decrypt the target servers.

The committee confirmed that its investigations will continue to ensure that measures are taken to prevent a recurrence of what happened, and that it will issue its recommendations and conclusions, after completing its investigations in ministries and public institutions, to ensure the safety of storing and preserving the data of those institutions and their application of standards for the protection and safety of their electronic systems.

She expressed her thanks and appreciation to the technical teams of the security services, the Ministry of Health and its technical staff, and everyone who made an effort and contributed to restoring the systems that were hacked, and resuming the provision of services to citizens in record time.

Source: "Wafa"

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - Under pressure from European Union member states worried about the approach of winter, the European Commission on Tuesday presented details of its proposals aimed at controlling energy prices by dealing with price instability in the gas market.

Faced with deep divisions among the bloc's 27 countries over the idea of a price cap, Brussels is introducing measures "subject to maximum unanimity", as the Commission emphasized.

The proposals, which will be unveiled in Strasbourg, will be reviewed Thursday and Friday by heads of state and government at a summit meeting in Brussels before their possible adoption in November.

On Tuesday, the Commission will introduce a reform of the gas market index "TTF", which European operators consider a benchmark for transactions and which, according to it, is fueled by speculation "artificially".

The idea is to replace it within six months with an alternative index that is more representative of real supplies.

Until then, Brussels recommends a "temporary mechanism" to correct gas prices. According to a European source, it would be a "dynamic corridor" (a flexible range in which prices are allowed to fluctuate) to frame transactions in the TTF market, making it possible to mitigate volatility and avoid any sharp rise.

On the other hand, Brussels wants to force member states to agree to joint purchases of gas at the level of the European Union for the next season to fill stocks in order to obtain better prices from "reliable" suppliers (Norway and the United States...) and to prevent the bloc countries from rivalry.

European Union member states gave the go-ahead in March to launch a joint procurement platform, but no deal was concluded through it and countries continued to negotiate unilaterally.

Now, the Commission wants to involve the private sector more through a consortium of importing companies.

The Commission will also propose an enhanced solidarity framework for countries at risk of supply shortages, and additional tools to reduce gas consumption: in the face of different efforts between countries, Germany and the Netherlands have called for "more ambitious and binding targets".

The European economy is suffering badly from Russia cutting its supplies of hydrocarbons, on which the bloc relies heavily.

But the European Union is facing great difficulty in finding a common response, with diverging interests between countries, such as France, which bets on nuclear energy, or Germany, which depends on coal, or countries linked to Russian hydrocarbons in Central Europe.

"The prices are insane: we agree on the diagnosis, but we are still discussing the appropriate treatment," Roberto Chengolani, Italy's Minister of Environmental Transition, summed it up on Wednesday.

In this context, the Commission should not propose capping the price of gas that electricity suppliers buy for their thermal plants, according to the previously mentioned European source.

This system, applied in Portugal and Spain, allows electricity prices to drop automatically.

France supports the idea of expanding it to include the rest of the European Union and has pledged to persuade other member states to adopt it. However, this mechanism raises the mistrust of countries such as Germany and the Netherlands, which reject state intervention in the markets and fear the risks of increasing demand for gas due to the increased appetite of electricity suppliers.

But at their meeting, the 27 countries may agree to "explore" the measure, according to draft conclusions seen by AFP.

On the other hand, it seems that the idea of capping gas import prices, which was mentioned by the Commission in early November and then demanded by 15 member states, including France, has become forgotten.

It is an idea that Berlin has opposed, fearing it could exacerbate tensions in LNG supplies in a tight global market.

During a meeting in Prague in early November, European leaders expressed their concerns about the economic and social consequences of inflation.

"If we don't find a solution, people will end up on the streets, a weak economy, bankruptcy, less popular support for climate policies and aid for Ukraine. This winter will be decisive," Czech Industry Minister Josef Sekela said last week.

Tunisia - (dpa) - The Tunisian Ministry of Defense announced today, Monday, the recovery of the body of a migrant and the rescue of 97 immigrants of several foreign nationalities in three separate interventions by the Army of the Sea.

And the Tunisian navy rescued, in the intervention of the first 68 migrants, who had set off from the Libyan coast on the night between the first and second day of this July, towards the European coast, before their boat broke down and they took refuge in a gas production platform 70 km from the island of Kerkennah in the state of Sfax (center). Tunisia).

Among the surviving migrants , 37 are from Egypt, 13 from Bangladesh, 12 from Syria, 2 from Somalia and 4 from Sudan, according to the ministry's statement.

The naval units also recovered the body of a migrant from a sub-Saharan African country.

In a second phase, the Tunisian navy rescued two boats off the coast of Sfax with 29 Tunisian immigrants on board.

Secret migration boats are more active with the stabilization of the climate in the summer period in the Mediterranean basin.

The rescue operations come in the wake of the sinking of a boat near the coast of the island of Djerba in the south, which led to the death of six migrants and the survival of 11 migrants.

The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights, which deals with migration, counted the death and missing of about 400 immigrants near the Tunisian coast this year until the end of last May.

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - The American researcher, Nelly Lahoud, who worked for years on reviewing and translating documents obtained by the United States, during the raid that killed the former al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, in 2011, revealed that he was planning another target. Greater than just killing Americans in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Lahoud revealed the contents of these documents on the famous "Sixty Minutes" program on CBS on Sunday.

The US Special Forces of the US Navy killed bin Laden in his residential compound in Abbottabad on the first of May 2011 and obtained during the operation thousands of documents containing letters and personal notes.

In 2017, the CIA declassified most of these messages, but they were left without context and unorganized.

During the past years, the Islamic writer and researcher, Nelly Lahoud, who studied at Harvard and Cambridge Universities, spent several years researching and examining these letters carefully.

CBS website said. In 2012, the CIA declassified the first 17 documents, and Lahoud was asked to analyze those documents.

Over the past five years I have read, analyzed and translated the remaining declassified documents in consultation with US generals and Special Forces commanders.

In her new book, The Bin Laden Papers, the author explained in detail her analysis of the nearly 6,000 pages of these documents that she reviewed.

The researcher explains in two interviews on the "60 Minutes" program that immediately after the attacks of September 11, al-Qaeda did not expect the United States to wage a major war against it, only expecting limited air strikes.

New translations of Osama bin Laden's personal documents show that the purpose of 9/11 was not only to kill Americans, but to incite protests within the United States.

"It was a huge miscalculation," Lahoud said.

A Gallup poll conducted in October 2001 showed that 88 percent of Americans supported military intervention in Afghanistan.

She explains that bin Laden "believed that the American people would take to the streets to repeat the protests against the Vietnam War and would pressure their government to withdraw from Muslim-majority countries."

In a letter from 2010, bin Laden says that direct pressure can be exerted on "the White House, Congress and the Pentagon ... when al Qaeda directly affects the American people."

In the years after 9/11, bin Laden had plans for other attacks aimed at fomenting "popular anger and domestic opposition" on American soil.

The researcher explains in her book that in a speech to the organization in 2005, bin Laden said that priority should be given to attacks in America.

With the difficulty of carrying out good attacks with aircraft, he offered to target American railways by "removing 12 meters of track so that a train could derail and explain the simple set of tools they could use."

But he failed to implement the plan after the organization became "helpless," according to a message from an al-Qaeda field commander.

The message sent by the leader, Bin Laden, says: "We Muslims have been desecrated, our state has been torn apart, our lands have been occupied, and our wealth has been plundered."

Osama bin Laden planned another terrorist attack in 2010 against crude oil tankers and key shipping routes throughout the Middle East and Africa.

But it seems that his final plan of attack was halted by the "Arab Spring" protests, which were confusing and disturbing to him.

Tokyo - (AFP) - Despite their small size, and being smaller than the thickness of a hair, three grains of dust carry a history that extends billions of years to an asteroid , and store many of its secrets.

The three particles from the Itokawa asteroid revealed that this type of space object is much older than previously thought, and is much more solid.

This entails a review of plans in place to avoid a collision with the planet, according to a study published Monday in the "Proceedings" journal of the US National Academy of Sciences.

The three samples were brought in 2005 from the asteroid, when it was about 300 million kilometers from Earth. Five years later, the Japanese space probe "Hayabusa" transported these samples to Earth, along with hundreds of other particles from Itokawa.

Professor at the Faculty of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Australian Curtin University Fred Jordan sought to know the age of Itokawa, a type of asteroid described as having a "loose mass".

It is caused by the aggregation of fragments of a compact asteroid that was shattered by the impact.

It is known that compact asteroids have a lifetime of a few hundred million years, and that they are gradually eroding due to collisions with other asteroids.

Loose-mass asteroids, such as Itokawa, have a very different structure, containing a variety of rocks, dust, pebbles, and even voids, held together by a small effect of gravity.

Professor Jordan likened it to "a giant pillow in space, and pillows are capable of absorbing shocks."

To find out to what degree, the team analyzed the crystal structure of the samples, looking for deformations from the collision that created Itokawa, and dating them.

The researchers concluded that Itokawa was formed after a collision that occurred at least 4.2 billion years ago, which is approximately the age of Earth (4.5 billion years), but more importantly, it is ten times older than the age of homogeneous asteroids of similar size.

Because of the importance of the age of this asteroid, Jordan is convinced that some of his colleagues will not believe him.

The study indicated that the flexibility of this type of space object in the face of collisions leads to the belief that it may be much more than previously thought.

The geochemist said that the result of this is the adaptation of methods of protection from Earth's collision with this type of asteroid.

The "Dart" experiment to deflect an asteroid, which was successfully conducted by the US space agency (NASA) last year, shows that this is possible with an object like Itokawa, according to the scientist. But this would require much greater force to be applied to it, for example with a nuclear warhead, so that "the shock wave would be able to deflect the asteroid from its trajectory".

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ahmad Al-Masharawi - Khadamat Al-Nuseirat Club was crowned the Palestinian Super Cup for the first time in its history, by defeating Azzun Club , the champion of West Bank clubs, in the aggregate of the two matches, with a single goal difference, as a result of 56-55, in the return match that ended in favor of Azzun, with a score of 28-24 between the two teams, at Azzun’s home stadium at Saad Sail Hall in Gaza, sponsored by Jawwal. Azzun needed to win by 5 goals from its rival, Nuseirat, to win the title.

The match and coronation were attended by many legal, official and sports personalities, led by Abdul Salam Haniyeh, Assistant Secretary General of the Supreme Council, Jamal Abu Youssef, President of the Handball Federation, Riyad Salim, President of Azzun Club, Iyad Kulab, President of Nusseirat Services Club, and Iyad Al Maghari, Mayor of Nusseirat Municipality.

And a large crowd of fans who gathered above and outside the hall stands and in front of the gates, which prompted the organizers to put an outdoor screen in front of the fans to follow the match and the coronation.

Khidmat al-Nuseirat won the first-leg match, 32-27, last Thursday in the same hall, where the Handball Federation decided to hold the two matches despite the Israeli army’s ban on 9 Azzun players, which forced it to seek the assistance of three players from Al-Salah Al-Ghazi Association, namely: goalkeeper Wael Al-Hajj. , and Bilal Al-Sabah, and Abdullah Al-Sabah in the upcoming home and away matches, and in a similar step by the Israeli occupation, a number of other Nuseirat services players were prevented from entering the West Bank, which prompted the sports authorities to hold the two matches in the Gaza Strip.

After the referee blew his whistle, the grounds of the hall and the stands turned yellow, the color of the Nuseirat shirts, and the masses entered celebrating the coronation, carrying the team coach and the team players on their necks, and roaming the sides of the stadium, amidst cheers praising the performance of the team and its players, leading to the coronation podium, amid sounding horns. The flutes, the waving of team flags, and the joys carried on buses continued into the evening hours.

The match was strong since its inception in terms of leading the attacks and shooting from outside the area, and Nuseirat advanced until the fourth goal through the distinguished Abdul Qadir Al-Ghussain and Abdulaziz Musleh, while Azzun emerged in a calm and more focused way, to enable him to tie 4-4, through his distinguished star Osaid Jawabreh, and with him Amir Sawalha, and Ahmed Athamneh.

The half remained on its strong start between the two teams, who presented a high technical performance and a distinguished level befitting the Palestine Super Final, to tie again 7-7. Nuseirat counterattacked through Al-Ghoussein, Musleh and Islam Abu Dalal, so the first half ended with Azzoun advancing, with a score of 11-14.

In the second half, Azzun took control of the match, and led attacks from both sides and the depth with the launch of Al-Sawalha, Jawabreh and Ahmed Radwan, with his intention to come out winning the half and make the difference with the first match, and Nuseirat responded, who tended to play defensively, and changed his goalkeeper Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh to reduce the danger of his opponent and emerge victorious on aggregate. And the match remained a record, and the progress was in favor of Azzun by scoring goals, and this appeared in the results 15-11, 17-14, 20-15, 23-19, 24-22, 26-22, 27-23, and Ahmed Abu Naji emerged in the reduction of the Nuseirat, In the midst of Azzun’s keenness to advance and increase the difference, the second half ended with a score of 28-24 in favor of Azzun, and Khidmat al-Nuseirat won the title on aggregate in the two matches, and was crowned with the title.

The referee of the meeting: the two referees from the West Bank, Awad Badir, and Ghaith Nassif for the arena, Mikati Muhammad Jaber, and the recorder Khaled Haroun, and commented on the match, the journalist Muhammad Ali Al-Ajlah.

United Nations (United States) - (AFP) - The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday requiring the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to justify their use of vetoes, in a rare reform that drew applause and was revived by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The measure, which directly targets the United States, China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom, the five countries that alone have veto power, was proposed by Liechtenstein to make them "pay a higher political price" when they use their vetoes, said an ambassador from a country that does not have veto power, who requested anonymity. .

However, will the reform prompt the five permanent members to reduce the use of the veto stipulated in the United Nations Charter, or will it have an incentive effect to increase the use of it to stop the passage of unacceptable texts?

Only the future can answer this question. Some countries may push the United States to veto texts on Israel. On the other hand, Washington can put forward a draft resolution to tighten sanctions on North Korea, which has been under discussion for several weeks, for a vote in the Security Council, despite knowing that Moscow and Beijing will veto it.

The reform, which was presented for the first time two and a half years ago, stipulates that the General Assembly convene "within ten working days after the opposition of one or more permanent members of the Security Council to discuss the situation that prompted it to use the veto."

Nearly 100 countries have joined Liechtenstein to sponsor this text, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and all European Union member states.

Russia and China did not join the parties that presented the text, which would further contribute to the "division" of the United Nations, said a Russian diplomat who requested anonymity before adopting it.

The Ambassador of Liechtenstein, Christian Wenawesser, confirmed that the project "does not target anyone," stressing that it is "not directed against Russia," while voting on it after fruitless attempts for more than two years coincides with the paralysis of the Security Council to stop the Russian invasion due to Moscow's right of veto.

As for the United States, Russia has been taking advantage of its veto power for two decades, and the approved text makes it possible to address this matter.

Christian Wenawesser said the resolution aims to "strengthen the role of the United Nations, multilateralism and the voices of all of us who do not have the right of veto and are not represented in the Security Council on matters of international peace and security."
The text is non-binding and nothing prevents a state that used the right of veto from not appearing to justify it before the General Assembly. An ambassador said, on condition of anonymity, that its immediate application would "shed light" on the use of this right and on the "obstruction processes" in the Security Council.
In addition to the five permanent members of the Security Council, the Council also includes ten members who are elected for two-year terms that do not have veto power.

Among the sponsors of the resolution, in addition to Ukraine, are Japan and Germany, two countries that aspire to obtain permanent membership in the event that the Security Council is expanded - an expansion that has reached a dead end for years - to better represent today's world.

But neither Brazil, which indicated on Tuesday that its veto power could be useful in securing peace, nor India, the other country seeking permanent membership, are on the list of sponsors obtained by AFP.

Since the first veto used by the Soviet Union in 1946 in the Syrian and Lebanese files, Russia has resorted to it 143 times, while the United States has used it only 86 times, the United Kingdom 30 times, and China and France each 18 times.

رام الله – “القدس” دوت كوم – أعلنت وزيرة الصحة مي الكيلة، تسجيل حالة وفاة، و170 إصابة جديدة بفيروس “كورونا”، و428 حالة تعافٍ خلال الـ 24 ساعة الماضية.

وقالت الكيلة في التقرير اليومي للحالة الوبائية في فلسطين، اليوم الخميس، إن الوفاة الجديدة سجلت في قطاع غزة.

وأضافت أن الإصابات الجديدة سجلت على النحو التالي: نابلس (14)، جنين (2)، بيت لحم (1)، رام الله والبيرة (1)، قطاع غزة (152).، لافتة إلى أنه تم إجراء 2296 فحصا.

وأكدت أن حالات التعافي الجديدة توزعت حسب التالي: نابلس (14)، جنين (5)، رام الله والبيرة (6)، طولكرم (1)، الخليل (2)، طوباس (2)، قطاع غزة (398).

واشارت الكيلة إلى أن نسبة التعافي من فيروس “كورونا” في فلسطين بلغت 97.8%، فيما بلغت نسبة الإصابات النشطة 1.1%، ونسبة الوفيات 1.1% من مجمل الإصابات.

ولفتت إلى وجود 9 مرضى في غرف العناية المكثفة، بينهم مريضان على أجهزة التنفس الاصطناعي، فيما يعالج في مراكز وأقسام “كورونا” في مستشفيات الضفة 15 مريضا.

وفيما يخص المواطنين الذين تلقوا الطعومات المضادة لفيروس “كورونا”، فقد بلغ عددهم الإجمالي في الضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة 436,275، بينهم 260,713 تلقوا الجرعتين من اللقاح.

Stockholm - "Jerusalem" dot com - Skyline International for Human Rights has expressed its deep concern about the escalation of violations against Palestinian content on social media, which are constantly monitored, stressing that the policy of restriction and prosecution pursued by those sites must be ended immediately.

The organization said in a statement issued today, Saturday, that it considers with great seriousness the shocking numbers of documented violations against Palestinian content through social media, in conjunction with the International Social Media Day, which falls on June 30 of each year, calling on those sites to respect Relevant international conventions and human rights rules for companies that guarantee freedom of publication and participation without restrictions or conditions.

And "Skyline" indicated that the "Journalist Support Committee" recorded more than 98 violations during the first half of this year 2022, as social media companies deleted, blocked and restricted many news sites and channels through "YouTube" and "Instagram" and " Facebook".

The committee stated, in a statement issued by it, that “among the violations, the Meta company deleted news groups affiliated with Al-Aqsa satellite channel via the WhatsApp application, as the number of deleted groups reached 20 news groups, and the YouTube administration also deleted several episodes of a series it produced.” The Middle Town Company, in cooperation with Al-Quds Al-Youm channel in the Gaza Strip, is broadcast by several Palestinian and Arab channels.

In its statement, the committee pointed out that “Facebook” deleted several pages of the “Quds Press” agency, and the “Encyclopedia of Palestinian Camps” page, which is the largest Palestinian documentation page on social media, while the “Tik Tok” platform and Facebook banned the Al-Qastal network. Al-Akhbariya from publishing, which is the network specialized in covering the events of Jerusalem, under the pretext of violating the standards and conditions of service.

The international organization indicated that the escalation of violations against Palestinian content coincided with the beginning of the popular and electronic movement that was launched by Palestinian activists in May of last year, which expanded to reach most countries of the world against the backdrop of Israeli violations against Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the events of Jerusalem and the Israeli aggression. On Gaza, confirming that the Israeli authorities - at the same time - submitted dozens of requests to social networking sites in order to restrict Palestinian content.

And "Skyline" stressed that the shocking numbers and unjustified practices that are continuously monitored by social networking sites constitute a clear violation of the legal rules that guarantee freedom of opinion, expression and publication, stressing that the competent international bodies must exercise their role in monitoring the work of these sites. .

The organization highlighted the importance of the "integrity and oversight committees" on social media taking concrete decisions against dozens of complaints that are sent on a daily basis by thousands of individuals whose accounts are subjected to unjustified harassment and restrictions.

Skyline concluded its statement by emphasizing that companies that own social media are required to respect the rules of international law and legal principles that guarantee in their various texts freedom of opinion and expression, and to reject any practice that would prejudice those rights or restrict individuals in their enjoyment of them, stressing that any infringement or The derogation of these rights constitutes a legal violation that requires accountability.

Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Moscow on Tuesday that he still had "hope" in talks with Ukraine to end the war between the two countries.

"Despite the fact that the military operation continues, we still hope that we will be able to reach a positive result" from the negotiations, Putin added to Guterres.

Putin made it clear, as he sat opposite Guterres at a long table in the Kremlin, that efforts in talks with Ukraine had faltered due to accusations leveled by Kiev against his forces of committing atrocities in the town of Bucha, near Kiev.

He continued, "There was a provocation in the village of Bucha that the Russian army had nothing to do with. We know who was behind this provocation, by what means and what kind of people participated in it."

Putin told Guterres that he understood his concerns "about the Russian military operation" in Ukraine and was ready to discuss it, but he attributed the unrest in his neighbor to an "anti-state coup" that overthrew its pro-Russian president in 2014.

For his part, Guterres renewed his call on both Moscow and Kiev to work together with the United Nations to establish humanitarian corridors in Ukraine to deliver aid and evacuate civilians.

Moscow (AFP) - At least four people, including two children, were killed when a man opened fire Tuesday in a kindergarten in the Ulyanovsk region in central Russia, Russian news agencies reported.

"According to preliminary information, a shooting took place in a kindergarten. As a result, two children, a teacher, and the attacker were killed," Dmitry Kemal, the head of the information service in the Ulyanovsk region, told AFP.

He confirmed the start of the investigation at the scene of the accident. The age of the two children is not known, but they are probably between three and six years old, according to Kamal.
A law enforcement source told the state-run Tass news agency that the shooting may have been caused by a "family dispute".

According to the Baza channel on the Telegram platform, whose sources are known to Russian law enforcement agencies, the man entered the kindergarten during siesta with an Izh-27 double-barreled rifle. No guard was present at the time.

Deputy Sergei Morozov, the former governor of the region, said that a young teacher was killed and another injured in the attack, while RIA Novosti agency reported that the two dead children were born in 2016 and 2018.

Morozov confirmed that the attacker committed suicide.

In 2021, Russia witnessed two bloody shootings, one at a school in Kazan and the other at a university in Perm, which led to tougher gun possession laws.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom said, on Wednesday, that the wave of continuous attacks from the West Bank , especially Nablus, does not seem to end soon, despite its decline in the last week as a result of the Israeli army's operations that it is carrying out deep in the Palestinian territories and in broad daylight. .

The newspaper says that despite this understanding of the Israeli army, the truth is that "Israel is facing the peak of a wave of terrorism, the end of which does not appear at this moment with any clear horizon."

And the newspaper adds in a report by its military correspondent, Lillach Shoval: "In the security apparatus, they are currently consoling themselves that terrorism does not include all cities in the West Bank and is concentrated only in its north, especially Jenin, where the Palestinian Authority has completely lost control."

She points out that the Palestinian Authority began to show greater effectiveness in Nablus after the United States put pressure on it, while the south of the West Bank is the least active, because the Authority effectively controls the field.

And she considered that the Palestinian casualties, which have reached 100 since the beginning of the year, which is the largest number since 2015, increases the desire for revenge among the Palestinians, and every successful operation will lead to additional operations with its inspiration, and therefore it is not possible to say with certainty the possibility of success in breaking the currently emerging circle.

She drew attention to the talk about the possibility of carrying out Operation Defensive Wall 2, which the security services and the Israeli army, which does not want to stay for a long time in the Palestinian Authority areas, exclude, while some are calling for tightening measures against the Palestinians through closures, imposing a security cordon, withdrawing work permits, and others, with the aim of Putting pressure on the population there, while the Israeli political left is pushing for the political process, but it is an illogical option in light of the current reality. As Shoval says in her report.

It indicates that Israel, on the eve of the elections, takes measures, including flooding the field with its forces, arresting potential perpetrators of operations based on intelligence information, and pressuring the authority to work more, while the security establishment hopes that the perpetrators of the operation will despair at this stage on their own, so they hide the wave of attacks alone, as it was in years. precedent.

NANNING -- (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday sent a message of sympathy to Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over the suffering caused by the floods in Pakistan.

In his message, Wang said he was shocked to learn that massive floods had hit many parts of Pakistan, resulting in a large number of casualties and property losses. He also expressed deep condolences to the victims and sincere sympathy to the bereaved families, the injured and the residents of the affected areas.

He said that the Chinese government and people will always stand with the government and people of Pakistan, expressing his belief that under the leadership of the Pakistani government, the Pakistani people will surely overcome the disaster and resume normal work and life at an early date.

Written by: Dr. Hani Al-Akkad

The Palestinian mother is great and her greatness is that she educates her children on the love of the homeland and devotion for its honor and dignity and martyrdom for its freedom. Yes, Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa. Like other mothers, she worries if one of them is absent for a long time. The occupation does not leave a Palestinian without arrest or execution, and often arrests him and releases him, and after a while he executes him. The Palestinian mother took up the gun a few days after her labor to protect her children and defend her home. Today, the Palestinian mother is a fighter guerrilla Patience and revolution are made as the real supplies to continue the struggle for liberation and independence.

Difficult for the Palestinian mother and almost unacceptable if her son was martyred. Weeping, wailing and wailing. It is difficult for all the mothers of Palestinian martyrs to mourn or to show that they are broken and sad for the loss of their sons and their departure as martyrs. Confirmation of staying on the covenant of the martyrs that no one throws a gun so that the confrontation with this brutal occupier continues. Their pride in their children as martyrs is something that baffled psychologists, strategic experts, and scholars of research into the nature of man and methods of psychological warfare. They did not imagine how a mother would lose her young son, mourn him as a martyr, and send him to his funeral on her shoulders like men. With a mastermind, something that may be a revolutionary myth, but it is a reality that happens every day in the West Bank and with the rise of every martyr.

It is not a phenomenon that may be repeated in the fields of struggle against the occupier anywhere in the world except in Palestine. The Palestinian mother is the mother of the martyr, the prisoner, and the wounded in many cases. Her home is demolished and her children and husband are arrested. She defies the occupation by building a new home and does not break down to continue patiently steadfast in her home, waiting for the freedom of her husband and children. Mothers often complete National roles are not in patience, but in strengthening all paths and forms of revolution and the daily struggle to defeat the occupation. The Palestinian mother weeps for her son while she smiles, her heads above all people, her head in the sky because her son is a martyr overcoming the occupier, and she, with her smile and pride, also defeats the occupier, who believes that the mother of the martyr will be broken at the separation of her son and grieve She may die out of grief for him. The Palestinian mother often receives her son’s gun after his martyrdom and hands it over to his companions in order to continue their struggle mission. She often shoots, vowing to his companions to continue the struggle and fight the occupier as long as he remains on the soil of Palestine. The mothers of the martyrs in this third intifada, as every intifada is a title of patience and revolution, protectors of the intifada to continue and intensify the confrontation with the occupier. Every day they celebrate the wedding of their martyr sons and receive them with their rifles decorated with their blood. .

Not only mothers, but sisters, wives and children, even the youngest of them. How many wives promised their martyr husband to continue on the path of raising their children as men who do not fear death and who do not know fear? How many sisters recommended to all the women who came to bid farewell to the martyr not to cry, but to say goodbye to him with revolutionary songs and ululations.

The newspapers often wrote and the reports of international and Arab satellite channels talked about the mothers of the martyrs and they conveyed the ceremonies of their reception and farewell to their martyr sons in scenes that only happen in Palestine and cannot happen in any place other than Palestine. The world knew that the Palestinian mother suffers, grieves, and cries like a mother, but her grief and crying remain imprisoned, and no one sees her except her smile, and no one hears except the words of satisfaction for her martyred son, and his last words about the love of the country and his commandments to men like him. Yes, she cries and suffers, but in her loneliness, her patience is signs and lessons for all women. The world, all those who came to congratulate her on the martyrdom of her son, chanted in a revolutionary voice, "I wish my mother would replace you, O mother of the martyr, your happiness." They make patience and revolution, and the revolution grows with their patience and patience.

Their pride in their martyr sons and their preservation of the era of the revolution and the pursuit of liberation prompted them to form a gathering of the mothers of the martyrs, the mothers of all the martyrs of the confrontations and commando operations and the martyrs of confronting the occupying forces storming the cities and villages in an image that is the pride of every Palestinian on the face of the earth. They all go to the martyr’s wedding house and they all sit with the martyr’s mother The whole council is made up of the mothers of the martyrs, so she hopes that one of her children would not be martyred. The gathering of the mothers of the Palestinian martyrs in the West Bank is the strongest revolutionary gathering that the revolution has known until today. It is not as a political party or a women’s faction, but it is an insistence on resistance and the overthrow of the occupation. Every day it grows as the crimes escalate. The occupation, and it is well known that the crimes of the occupation will not stop except with the ferocity of the resistance and the continuation of the revolution. This assembly greatly confuses the calculations of the occupier to prove to him time after time that every army force and every weapon of his military establishment will not break the steadfastness and pride of the mothers of the martyrs who make patience and strengthen the revolution only by believing that their children are nothing but the For the freedom, dignity and pride of this country, the overthrow of the occupation and the establishment of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

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Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Tuesday, the Israeli Occupation Court postponed the session (two-thirds of the period) to consider the request for the early release of the prisoners , Nourhan Awwad, Malak Suleiman, and Israa Jaabis.

According to the Prisoners' Club, the occupation postponed the request for the early release of the three female prisoners until the 20th of next December, which was held today in Nazareth.

It is noteworthy that the captive, Malak Suleiman, from Jerusalem, was arrested in 2016, when she was 16 years old at the time, and the occupation sentenced her to ten years in prison, which was later reduced to nine years, and the captive, Nourhan Awad, from Qalandia camp, was arrested in 2015, and she suffered several injuries. She was a child at the time, and the occupation sentenced her to 13 and a half years in prison. Her sentence was reduced by ten years.

The prisoner, Israa Ja’abis, from Jerusalem, who is one of the most difficult health cases in the occupation prisons, was arrested in 2015, after the occupation soldiers opened fire on her vehicle near a military checkpoint, which led to it exploding and catching fire. 60%, and she lost her fingers, and suffered deformities in the face and back.

The occupation court later issued a prison sentence of 11 years against her, noting that she is the mother of a son and faces very difficult health conditions, and she needs intensive treatment and surgeries, and the occupation has so far been procrastinating in performing them.

Beni, (AFP) - Four policemen were killed Friday at an important commercial crossroads in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ) during a demonstration against insecurity, a military source told AFP.

Colonel Mozibo i Pap told AFP that during the demonstration, armed men emerged from the crowd near the Kangute district of Butembo (North Kivu in the east) and fired at the police who were accompanying the demonstrators.

While he was hearing gunfire throughout the city, the colonel, whose men came to support the police, said, "The initial outcome indicates that 4 policemen were killed by those attackers who were among the demonstrators, and 3 four-wheel drive vehicles were burned."

For its part, the "Security Barometer in Kivu" program, which has experts in this city, stated that "the security forces have been under attack since the morning in Butembo. At least two policemen were killed, including the deputy (police) commander."

"The situation is dangerous at the moment. It seems that an armed group whose origin we don't know is invading Butembo from the Kangute region," Mathi Senan, head of civil society in Butembo, told AFP.

Four peacekeepers were killed in Butembo on July 26 during demonstrations against the United Nations.

The situation has been tense in Butembo since the beginning of the week.

Two policemen were killed Wednesday in an attack on the Butembo prison by members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which Islamic State says is its Central African branch.

The ADF is accused of killing thousands of civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of launching jihadist attacks in neighboring Uganda.

Since the end of November 2021, the Congolese and Ugandan armies have been carrying out joint operations in an attempt to eliminate the Allied Democratic Forces, but they have so far failed to put an end to the massacres and violence.

Written by: Dr. Dalal Saeb Erekat

Yesterday, a conference was held on the national framework for UN Resolution 2250, and the reality of Palestinian youth under occupation was addressed.

The conference was organized by the Union of Young Women's Christian Associations in Palestine, YWCA Palestine, in cooperation with the United Nations Population Organization and other partner institutions.

Before talking about the reality of Palestinian youth, there is a set of international agreements and covenants that emphasize the importance of the role of youth around the world, including:

- International Youth Day, which came with a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly 12/8/1999. The twelfth of August every year reminds us that youth are essential partners in change, and the need to raise awareness and shed light on the challenges and problems facing young people all over the world. The general goal approved by the United Nations on this occasion is the importance of improving and developing youth participation and work at the local, national and global levels, as well as drawing lessons and lessons to enhance their representation and participation in various social, economic and political issues.

- Security Council Resolution 2250 of 2015. An international resolution on youth, peace and security.

The resolution recognizes the positive and important role youth play in maintaining and promoting international peace and security. It calls for strengthening the responsibility of youth in decision-making at the local, national, regional and international levels and considering the establishment of mechanisms that would enable youth to participate meaningfully in peace processes, with a primary focus on five main pillars: participation, protection, prevention, partnerships, and disengagement and reintegration.

- The Global Program of Action, developed by the United Nations in 1995, includes general directives for taking the necessary actions and measures at the national level to improve the conditions of youth, and focuses on the importance of promoting development opportunities that maximize the presence of youth at all levels of social and political participation.

- National plans for the European Charter on Youth Participation in Domestic Life, which demanded that young people have the right to social, legal and economic protection, and their right to provide training and empowerment and protect them from exploitation and violence, and promote their political participation.

- All of the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the fourth, including a focus on quality, comprehensive and quality education for the year 2030.

On the Palestinian national level, we have many charters that emphasize the importance of the role of youth, including:

The national agenda and policies according to the requirements of Resolution 2250 of 2015

The agendas 2017-2020 and 2021-2023 emphasized the importance of enhancing youth participation in decision-making levels, integrating them into public policy-making, and involving them in maintaining peace and security.

- The amended Palestinian Basic Law of 2003, and the Declaration of Independence 1988, which we celebrate on 11/15 every year, constitute an important reference for the local legal framework through which official and civil institutions worked to build their interventions in the youth sector, based on the assertion that the Basic Law guaranteed a set of rights rights enjoyed by the citizen and thus implicitly included the youth category, including civil, political, health, social, cultural, educational, housing and work rights.

The national agenda departs from the government and stresses, without exception, the importance of developing sectors to provide quality services to young people, and to create the necessary jobs in the labor market, to achieve their aspirations and desires, and to enhance their integration and political participation, in implementation of Security Resolution 2250. General Policy No. 21 also came, explicitly on the importance of empowering Youth, through the government's commitment as one of the main employers in Palestine, and the government's pledge to sponsor and support entrepreneurial projects for youth, and to enhance their participation in public life, which reflects what was stated in the decision on the need to include youth groups in sectoral plans. The National Strategic Plan for Youth in its versions 2017-2020 and 2021-2023 included the importance of community participation, and activating the levels of political and civic participation of youth groups. It is worth noting that the national policy agendas do not rise to the level of strategic plans, as they include goals without performance measurement tools, without review, without evaluation, and this is what Makes goals like dreams.

The year 2020, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh, announced that it will be the year of youth. In fact, Palestinian youth represent a fifth of Palestinian society, or 22% of the total population, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, which defines young people as being between the ages of (18-29) years. Although 68% of the Palestinian people are under 30 years old, and the percentage of youth in Palestine is high, youth reflects a state of political marginalization, unemployment and lack of integration. If we look at decision-making positions, we see, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, that youth representation does not exceed 1% in decision-making positions. Young people are completely absent and marginalized in decision-making positions, especially in the formation of governments, PLO committees, senior positions in the factions and governorates, and diplomatic representation.

Observers of Palestinian affairs are fully aware of the deterioration of the political situation at various levels, the most important of which is the internal division and open and free Arab normalization without coordination with the Palestinians! He is aware of the danger of settlers and the facts on the ground regarding Jerusalem, settlements, refugees, annexation plans, land confiscation, increasing racist policies, forced displacement of indigenous people, and field executions among young people in particular. He is aware of the departure of the Palestinian cause from the list of priorities for countries near and far.

The occupation is the first and last obstacle in the life of any Palestinian, and the statistics indicate that the occupation is targeting the youth group intensively, whether in field executions in captivity, in persecution or racist policies, in light of the targeting of youth by the occupation, we must rearrange our internal home and elevate this category to reflect the role of and youth rights.
Observers are aware of the need of the Palestinian leadership today to renew its legitimacy through democratic means, and in the absence of elections, there must be a political will to integrate youth, just as women are in appointments. At the national and legislative levels, the percentage of youth representation is almost non-existent. It is necessary to raise awareness about Security Council Resolution No. 2250, which strengthens the role of youth, and establish mechanisms that help youth lead and support. The dream of youth participation in the Palestinian political system will not be achieved without a political decision that will be reflected in the representation of 68% of the society, and this can be translated into a special quota for youth, similar to women, even in a temporary transitional manner, or in the absence of elections. A political decision must be made to integrate youth in appointments at different levels. .

We hope that the message reaches deaf ears and is reflected in decision-making.

- Dalal Erekat : Professor of Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Arab American University.

جنيف-“القدس”دوت كوم- ذكر مكتب الأمم المتحدة لتنسیق المساعدات الإنسانیة (أوتشا) الیوم الجمعة أن الأعمال العدائیة تؤثر في الوصول لخدمات المیاه الصالحة للشرب والصرف الصحي والتعلیم والرعایة الصحیة والاستجابة لفیروس (كورونا المستجد -كوفید 19 (في قطاع غزة الذي یقطنھ ما یقدر بنحو ملیوني فلسطیني.
وقال المتحدث الإعلامي باسم (أوتشا) ینس لیركھ في مؤتمر صحفي عبر الاتصال المرئي من جنیف إن ثمة “أضرارا جسیمة للممتلكات المدنیة في المناطق المكتظة بالسكان في جمیع أنحاء غزة مع تدمیر وتضرر أكثر من 200 وحدة سكنیة بشدة”.
وأضاف أن الشركاء في العمل الإنساني یساعدون في إیواء العائلات النازحة ودعمھا نقدا وبمواد غیر غذائیة في ظل تقاریر تفید أن مئات الأشخاص وكثیر منھم من مخیمات اللاجئین في غزة یبحثون عن مأوى في المدارس التي تدیرھا وكالة الأمم المتحدة لإغاثة وتشغیل اللاجئین الفلسطینیین (أونروا) وخاصة في الجزء الشمالي من القطاع.
وأشار لیركھ إلى أن لدى (أونروا) خبرة في تحویل مدارسھا بسرعة إلى ملاجئ “لكن التحدي یكمن في جائحة (كورونا) وخطر ازدحام الناس وانتشار الفیروس”.
في الوقت ذاتھ لفت لیركھ إلى أن العملیات العدائیة في قطاع غزة منذ 10 مایو الجاري أثرت على 31 مرفقا تعلیمیا من بینھا مدارس ومراكز تدریب مھني ومرافق للتعلیم العالي.
وأوضح أن محطة تحلیة میاه البحر في شمال غزة لا تزال خارج الخدمة ما یؤثر على حصول ربع ملیون إنسان على میاه الشرب النظیفة فضلا عن وجود 230 ألفا آخرین من مدینتي غزة وخان یونس لا یحصلون إلا على كمیات محدودة من المیاه المنقولة بالأنابیب بسبب زیادة انقطاع التیار الكھربائي والأضرار التي لحقت بالشبكات.
فضلا عن ذلك تشیر (أوتشا) إلى تضرر حوالي 700 متر من شبكات الصرف الصحي في مدن بیت لاھیا وغزة وخان یونس ما أدى إلى تدفق میاه الصرف الصحي في الشوارع.
وقال إنھ نظرا لمحدودیة احتیاطیات الوقود فإن محطة تولید الكھرباء الوحیدة في غزة تعمل على اثنین فقط من توربیناتھا الأربعة ما یؤدي إلى انقطاع التیار الكھربائي یومیا لمدة تتراوح بین 8 ساعات و12 ساعة مع استمرار حظر جمیع أنشطة الصید.

Jerusalem - Pal Sport Agency / Palestinian wrestling champion Rabih Khalia, who resides in Germany, continues to record victories and win successively, in the German tournament between Lunen Club, which he plays for, and Herdecke Club on Lunen land.

The audience in this confrontation was larger in number because everyone knows that whoever wins in this confrontation occupies the first place in this role, and we as ten players in different weights were aware of the seriousness of this confrontation. And Lunen Club shaped the strategy of players at the appropriate weights so that we could defeat Herdecke Club.

Rabie says: I had to wrestle against a player named Sadiq, but I do not know his nationality, and this player was so violent that throughout the confrontation, the referee warned him several times not to hold fingers and hit his head on my head, and to stop arguing with the referee because all these things are prohibited in the wrestling game , and I won it with the result of the points difference that I got. Unfortunately, he hit me again with his head on my head, and the referee paid attention to this act, and his reaction was to expel the player, Sadiq Bakrt Ahmar, from the wrestling mat. And this player would have caused a dispute between the two rival clubs because of this unnecessary act that he committed, especially since he caused the loss of 5 points that I got after the expulsion, and if he had controlled his nerves, I would have got only 3 points.

After the spirits calmed down, the game continued, and my colleagues collected points after another, and we won this confrontation with a score of 15-28 in favor of Lunen Club.

Club members, coaches and the team are very happy with this result and the victory in this way, because we showed ourselves and the competitors how strong and cohesive Lunen Club is, and we deserve to be ranked first.

Rabih adds: I am very satisfied with this club, the management and the coaches are satisfied with my performance and I am very understanding with my colleagues, most of whom are from different countries and national team players in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey and of course me as a Palestinian.

He concluded his speech to the PAL Sport Network and Agency, saying: From my point of view, the club knew how to bring us professionals in the wrestling game together with one team in order to achieve the goal of Lunen Club, which is to obtain the title of West German Club Champion, and not only in order to obtain our salaries and material rewards.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - 30 administrative detainees in the Israeli occupation prisons continue, for the nineteenth day in a row, to engage in an open hunger strike, in protest against the policy of administrative detention against them.

5 days ago, 20 prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons joined them for the same strike.

The detainees, who are cadres, members and supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, demand an end to administrative detention.

The Front in Prisons organization indicated that the occupation tried to pounce on this step by communicating with some administrative detainees in order to make an offer to them, but they clung to their position, which calls for ending the administrative detention against them.

According to the organization's statement, more detainees will join their comrades in batches until their demands are met.

Beijing - (dpa) - The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong has suspended its Human Rights Journalism Awards for the first time in 26 years, due to potential legal issues related to the controversial national security law.

"Over the past two years, journalists in Hong Kong have been operating under new red lines on what is and is not allowed, but there are still many aspects shrouded in mystery that we would not inadvertently like," club president Keith Richbourg said on the organisation's website. in violation of the law."

"This is the context in which we decided to suspend the awards," he added.

He continued: "The Club intends to continue to promote press freedom in Hong Kong, recognizing that recent developments may also require changes in our approach."

The controversial security law was enacted by Beijing's communist leadership nearly two years ago, following repeated demonstrations and calls for more democracy in Hong Kong.

The broadly worded law allows the prosecution of activities that China deems subversive, separatist, terrorist or conspiratorial.

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - In his new book, "Breaking History: White House Memoirs," Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump , and his first adviser in the White House, who gave him the responsibility of liquidating the Palestinian cause, claims that at the beginning of 2020 David Friedman, then US ambassador to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , promised that the Trump administration would quickly support Israel in annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, without informing the White House.

According to the American Axios website, a major crisis erupted over Netanyahu's sudden announcement of the annexation of vast occupied lands, which was considered a watershed moment in the relationship between former President Trump and Netanyahu, and also created a major conflict in terms of domestic politics within Trump's inner circle.

It is noteworthy that bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, who became Trump's ambassador to Israel, and now resides in a settlement in the occupied West Bank, during the past year, denied such accounts published in the American and Israeli media, and according to the book of Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, "Peace Trump", that He may have acted on the Israeli annexation plans behind the back of the White House, and Kushner refutes it in his new book, which will be published on the market on August 23.

It is noteworthy that Trump, in a speech he delivered on January 28, 2020, announced the " deal of the century ", his plan to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in which he (Trump) also announced that the United States would support Israel in annexing areas of the West Bank as part of the implementation of the plan, without specifying a period. time for that.

It is noteworthy that Friedman said, in response to journalists' questions at the White House, immediately after the end of the unveiling ceremony of the "deal of the century", that "Israel can begin annexation plans immediately." Shortly after that, Netanyahu announced that he would pass a decision in his government regarding annexation within five days.

Kushner claims in his book, parts of which were published in the United States, in the context of promoting the book that he (Kushner) and Trump were surprised by Netanyahu's announcement, just as they were surprised by what Friedman told reporters, which prompted Trump and Kushner to state that the annexation could not happen immediately.

According to Axios, Kushner describes how it happened in his book: “As it turned out, Friedman assured Bibi (Netanyahu) that he would persuade the White House to support annexation immediately. He did not convey it to me (Kushner) or to anyone on my team.”

Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser adds that he confronted Friedman, who then claims to have presented Trump's plan accurately. In the world. You know that's not what we agreed on."

According to Axios, Friedman eventually agreed to withdraw his earlier statement and tell Netanyahu that he could not move forward with annexation.

According to Axios, Kushner says that "behind the scenes, our relationship with the Israeli government was at its lowest point yet, and I felt like I was trying to push the Israelis forward and build partnerships with the wider world while they were stuck in domestic politics."

It is noteworthy that in his book, "The Hammer", Friedman downplayed the importance of the efforts he made with Netanyahu to press for a quick annexation step and said that everything he did was in coordination with Kushner, and portrayed what happened as a misunderstanding between him and Kushner, Netanyahu and the Israeli prime minister's advisors.

The site says that Friedman told Axios this week that he sticks to his memory of the events as stated in his memoirs, saying, "Jared (Kushner) had a misunderstanding about the timing of the sovereignty deal (the annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank) with Israel and not its substance. We had some heated discussions that It fit the pressures of the moment. But in the end, we resolved our differences in a way that best served the interests of the United States and Israel."

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

According to local sources, these forces arrested the two brothers, Youssef and Mujahid Hasasneh, from Al-Ubaidiyah, east of Bethlehem.

While Nasser Al-Kilani was arrested from the town of Ya`bad in Jenin.

In the Qalandia camp, north of Jerusalem, Youssef Ratib Al-Saraawi, Youssef Jumaa, Laith Ammar, Jawdat Ammar, Ahmed Ammar and Islam Awwad were arrested.

Cairo - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Arab Republic of Egypt condemned the developments of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank and in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque over the past days, and the continuous Israeli attacks and provocations, and the dangerous escalation in the intensity and pace of violence.

Egypt called, in a statement today, Thursday, for an immediate end to the vicious cycle of violence, attacks and provocations, and for the provision of protection for civilians whose lives and capabilities are at risk day after day.

The Arab Republic of Egypt also urged the major international powers, and the historic partners and sponsors of the peace process, to take responsibility for stopping the violence and taking urgent action to calm the situation and to resume the peace process.

A translation of "Jerusalem" dot com - An Israeli Air Force plane belonging to the El Al company flew this morning, Friday, over the airspace of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , for the first time since it was allowed to open the airspace in front of it.

According to the Hebrew Channel 7, the plane headed to Johannesburg in South Africa, which led to a shortening of the flight time.

She pointed out that the Israeli airlines are still awaiting final approval to fly in the airspace of the Sultanate of Oman, which will significantly reduce flight hours to many destinations.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Hussein Al-Sheikh , welcomed the presidential statement of the Security Council , which condemned the unilateral Israeli measures , and called on them to stop them and abide by the agreements signed between the two parties and international legitimacy.

In a statement, today, Tuesday, the sheikh thanked the member states of the Security Council, especially the Arab group headed by the UAE.

Tunis , (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund announced on Tuesday that a delegation of its experts concluded a visit to Tunisia on Monday within the framework of negotiations conducted by the international financial institution with the crisis country to grant it an aid program, noting that the talks between the two sides had made "good progress."

"The Tunisian authorities and IMF experts have made good progress in defining the main parameters of the authorities' policies and reforms that a program with the IMF could support," the fund said in a statement.

"Discussions will continue over the coming weeks," he added.

In its statement, the Fund welcomed the Tunisian authorities' continued "advancement in its economic reform agenda in order to maintain macroeconomic stability, support inclusive growth, and strengthen social safety nets, as well as tax justice."

He also welcomed "the openness of the government and the social partners towards constructive dialogue regarding the implementation of a reform program that takes into account social considerations and supports growth."

"Discussions were fruitful on a new agreement under the Extended Fund Facility to support the authorities' economic policies and reforms," the statement quoted mission chief Bjorn Rutter as saying.

He added that IMF staff and Tunisian officials "will continue discussions over the coming weeks with the aim of reaching an agreement at the expert level."

"As always, final agreement on a new programmatic arrangement will be subject to approval by the Fund's Executive Board," said Piotr.

The statement also affirmed that Tunisia "is making significant progress in its economic agenda, taking into account good coordination between ministries and agencies on the basis of a sound common vision. It is now necessary to accelerate the pace of its implementation."

Negotiations between Tunisia and the IMF focus on the reform program proposed by the government headed by Naglaa Boudin. The fund stipulates that the loan be accompanied by the implementation of radical reforms.

Experts estimate that the loan amount is about two billion euros.

Tunisia requested this loan to help it deal with an acute financial crisis that worsened after President Kais Saied monopolized the executive and legislative powers in July 2021.

The government proposed to the International Monetary Fund a reform plan that provides for freezing the salaries of public sector employees, reducing subsidies for basic commodities, and restructuring public companies.

However, the Tunisian General Labor Union rejected the government reform plan demanded by the International Monetary Fund.

The IMF had referred to the "major structural challenges" facing Tunisia in light of "deep macroeconomic imbalances, very weak growth despite its strong potential, a very high unemployment rate, very weak investment, and social inequalities."

Added to these major difficulties was the impact of the war in Ukraine, which caused an increase in the prices of agricultural products. Ukraine and Russia are traditionally the main suppliers of wheat to the Maghreb countries.

In its statement issued on Tuesday, the IMF confirmed that the repercussions of the invasion of Ukraine and the Covid pandemic “constitute pressures that increase the basic structural weaknesses” that the Tunisian economy suffers from.

The statement warned of "challenges surrounding the near-term prospects, as growth is likely to slow while rising international prices for energy and food lead to an increase in already high inflation and an increase in the fiscal and external deficit, as well as debt."

The statement stressed the need to "take urgent measures in order to reduce these imbalances in a socially sustainable manner."

As for the IMF, "broad support will be necessary to accomplish the urgent task of reducing macroeconomic imbalances, promoting stability and supporting job-creating growth, which is a prerequisite for activating the enormous potential of the Tunisian economy in the interest of all citizens."

In its statement, the Fund appealed to "the international community to play an important role in facilitating the authorities' program by expediting the disbursement of the required funding," stressing that "this is indispensable to ensure the success of the authorities' efforts in terms of policies and reforms."

Warsaw - (AFP) - The Polish company for oil and gas mining announced Wednesday that the Russian energy group Gazprom has "completely stopped" gas supplies to Poland through the "Yamal" pipeline.

Gazprom announced earlier the suspension of gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, which relies heavily on Russian energy, after not receiving payments in rubles from the two countries, members of the European Union.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, is facing systematic arrest operations that have recently escalated with the escalation of the confrontation with the occupation in the town, and the martyrdom of the boy Muhammad Abdullah Hamed by the occupation bullets on the twenty-fifth of June 2022, and the arrest campaigns have prolonged Within less than a month, about 45 arrest cases, including more than 30 cases that were arrested on the 6th of July 2022, a group of them were released, while nine of them were transferred to administrative detention, and some of them are still under investigation in Ofer until now. Today, some of them have been issued with an order banning them from meeting with a lawyer.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement today, Sunday, that the arrests were accompanied by abuse, intimidation and high violence against the detainees and their families, as part of the crime of collective punishment pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities, as a fixed policy, pointing out that the size of the loss that resulted from the vandalism that took place It affected the homes and facilities in the town, amounting to about a quarter of a million shekels (this percentage is estimated based on the accounts of the families).

The Captive Club was able to monitor testimonies of a group of families who were subjected to abuse during and after the arrest campaign that was carried out on July 6, 2022.

BEIRUT - (Xinhua) - The Lebanese Army Command announced today (Friday) the receipt of the first batch of a financial donation of $60 million, provided by the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as a contribution to support the salaries of army personnel.

And the leadership said in a statement that he "received the first batch of the Qatari financial donation and began distributing it equally to all the military," without details.

The Armed Forces Commander, General Joseph Aoun, expressed, according to the statement, his thanks to Qatar for this initiative and praised its support for Lebanon and its army "in light of the challenges it faces as a result of the repercussions of the deteriorating economic situation."

Last June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar announced a financial contribution of $60 million to support the Lebanese army, just as Qatar announced in July 2021 that it would provide 70 tons of monthly food aid to the Lebanese army for a year.

The Lebanese army commander had warned in June 2021 during an international conference to support the army, which was held at the invitation of France, the United Nations and Italy, against the collapse of institutions, including the military, in the event of the continued deterioration of the economic and financial situation in the country.

The army commander requested assistance by providing the army with spare parts for its equipment, providing food and in-kind aid, and supporting the military health care system.

In the past months, the Lebanese army has received financial assistance from Germany, aid, medical equipment and foodstuffs from the Egyptian armed forces, Morocco, Jordan, the Sultanate of Oman, Turkey, Spain, Greece and Serbia.

Since the end of 2009, Lebanon has been witnessing a severe financial and economic crisis, which the World Bank classified as one of the worst crises in the world since the middle of the last century.

Lebanon suffers from political, economic, living and health crises, which were embodied in the government's failure to pay foreign and internal debts, the scarcity of foreign currency and the collapse of the value of the Lebanese pound, amid banks imposing harsh restrictions on deposit withdrawals.
The repercussions of the interlocking crises led to a rise in the poverty rate in the country to 82%, an increase in unemployment, inflation, and a shortage of fuel, medicines and infant formula.