On Wednesday morning, the Israeli police arrested a young man from the village of Al-Azair in the occupied territories .

According to local sources, the police arrested the young man, Taha Omar, for allegedly "inciting terrorism."

أعلن السفير القطري محمد العمادي، أنه وبالتعاون مع صندوق قطر للتنمية، ستبدأ عملية صرف دفعة شهر مارس من المساعدات النقدية للأسر المستورة والمتعففة في قطاع غزة بدءاً من يوم غدٍ الخميس.

وأوضح العمادي، أن المساعدات النقدية ستقدم لنحو 100 ألف أسرة من الأسر المستورة والمتعففة في محافظات القطاع، بواقع 100 دولار لكل عائلة.

وبين أن عملية التوزيع ستتم من خلال الأمم المتحدة وعبر مراكز التوزيع التي حددتها في محافظات قطاع غزة، والبالغ عددها أكثر من 300 مركز ومحل تجاري.

Today, Wednesday, a group of settlers cut down and broke 170 perennial olive trees, east of Salfit .

According to local sources, the 170 trees, whose ages range between 50-80 years, belong to the brothers Rida, Radi, Najah, and Ahmed Atiyani from the village of Yasouf, and to the citizen Wajih Abu Kamal from the village of Al-Sawiya.

In the context, settlers, under the protection of the occupation forces, closed this morning the entrance to the eastern village of Marada, north of Salfit.

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انتهاكات الاحتلال لا تتوقف في كل انحاء الضفة الغربية والقدس بالمقدمة طبعا، وهم في هذه المرحلة لا يكتفون بالتوسع الاستيطاني وإنما اتخذوا قرارا بالعودة الى المستوطنات السابقة التي انسحبوا منها قبل عدة سنوات في ايام شارون الذي كان رئيس وزراء في غاية التطرف والغطرسة السياسية.

معنى هذه الخطوة انهم يريدون التوسع اكثر وتمزيق الوضع الجغرافي والسكاني الفلسطيني ، ولا يأبهون للرأي العام الدولي الذي يبدو غافلا ومتجاهلا لكل ما يجري، والأسوأ ان البرلمان انتخب اسرائيل عضوا في «لجنة مكافحة الارهاب» وتناسى ان اسرائيل هي دولة احتلال تفرض سيطرتها على أراض فلسطينية وتقاوم حق الشعب الفلسطيني في اقامة دولته في وطنه، وقد رفض شعبنا بالتأكيد هذا القرار واعتبره المجلس الوطني الفلسطيني انتصارا للعنصرية والاحتلال.

ويظل التساؤل الكبير اين العرب واين العالم كله من هذه الممارسات ولماذا لا يقوم احد بأية خطوة ميدانية لردع الاحتلال.. وفي كل الاحوال يظل شعبنا صامدا قويا ومتمسكا بأرضه وحقوقه رغم كل التحديات وهذه الانتهاكات المنافية لكل الحقوق والقوانين الانسانية.

السعودية بدأت تستعيد دورها السياسي

وقعت السعودية وايران اتفاقا ايجابيا في غاية الاهمية بعد سنوات طويلة من الخلافات والعلاقات المقطوعة ، لأن السعودية تمثل اتجاها مختلفا كليا عن ايران التي لها دور في اكثر من دولة بالمنطقة، كما ان هناك خلافات دينية بين الدولتين كانت مصدرا للتوتر وعدم التفاهم بينهما.

وقد أثار هذا الاتفاق قلقا واسعا في اسرائيل كما كانت له تداعيات واسعة في الشرق الاوسط عموما . وتمثل ايران تيارا دينيا مختلفا عما تمثله السعودية وبما هو معروف من ان ايران دولة شيعية والسعودية دولة سنية وبينهما خلافات تمتد الى مناطق ودول اخرى مثل لبنان واليمن وغيرهما.

وقد لوحظ ان السعودية بدأت تستعيد دورها السياسي ليس بالعلاقات مع ايران فقط ولكن بمواقفها السياسية الاخرى، خاصة في ما يتعلق بالصراع الفلسطيني الاسرائيلي ، وقد انعقد في الرياض مؤتمر منظمة السياحة العالمية التابعة للامم المتحدة ، وكانت اسرائيل تستعد للمشاركة في هذا المؤتمر الا ان السعودية رفضت منح تأشيرات دخول للوفد الاسرائيلي.

ان للسعودية مكانة اقليمية ودولية واسعة ومؤثرة بسبب موقعها الديني اولا ومواردها النفطية ثانيا، ولهذا فإن لها دورا كبيرا تستطيع التأثير من خلاله على أطر سياسية كثيرة ومختلفة في المنطقة والعالم.

والمأمول ان تواصل الرياض دورها الريادي خاصة في ما يتعلق بقضيتنا السياسية والاحتلال المدمر الذي يسيطر بغطرسة وعنجهية ولا يحسب حسابا لأحد، رغم انه يعلم تماما ان المستقبل القادم لنا واننا اصحاب ارض وحق ولن نتخلى عن ذلك مهما تكن الصعوبات والمواجهات..!!

بقلم:نبيل عمرو
لأن الفلسطيني... صاحب أطول وأعقد قضية ما تزال بلا حل، فهو يمعن النظر في أي تطور دولي وخصوصا الإقليمي، وعلى نحو تلقائي يطرح سؤالا بسيطا.. اين فلسطين مما يحدث؟
ولقد تجدد هذا السؤال فور اعلان بيكين عن استئناف العلاقات الديبلوماسية بين السعودية وايران، ورغم عدم وجود إجابة صريحة ومباشرة حول هذا الامر، الا ان ارتياحا فلسطينيا ظهر منذ اعلان الاتفاق، غذّاه رد الفعل الإسرائيلي الغاضب والساخط، وكثيرون منا يحددون رأيا في الاحداث من خلال معادلة مفادها ما يزعج إسرائيل يرضينا، وما يرضي إسرائيل يزعجنا، وستظل هذه المعادلة البسيطة والعفوية قائمة، ما دام الاحتلال قائما، وما دامت إسرائيل تجوب العالم كله لجعله دائما وان بأشكال متعددة.
ولوضع نقاط فلسطينية على الحروف الصينية السعودية الإيرانية، فهذه قراءتي لما حدث، بعيدا عن المبالغة في البناء عليه، وبعيدا كذلك عن التهوين منه، ومن مدلولاته القريبة والبعيدة.
التفاهم الاولي الذي تم سيواجه تحديا ذاتيا وهو كيف سيتم نقل ما تم الاتفاق عليه بين الدولتين المختلفتين على أمور كثيرة وكبيرة من الورق الى الأرض.؟ وهل الراعي الصيني يملك النفوذ الكافي لرعاية التنفيذ، وضمان مخرجاته المأمولة.. لقد عالجت اطراف التفاهم هذا الامر بأن منحت نفسها شهرين لاختبار النوايا وحسن الالتزام بالمبادىء العامة التي تم التوصل اليها على مستوى النص المكتوب، فهل نرى خلال هذين الشهرين ما هو ابعد من افتتاح سفارات في العاصمتين، وما هو أوسع من ترميم العلاقات الثنائية التي دمرتها سنوات الاختلاف ان لم نقل الصراع..
كذلك فإن بؤرا مشتعلة كان للسعودية وايران حضورا قويا فيها، مثل لبنان واليمن وسورية، فهل نرى انعكاسات التفاهم الأولي بين البلدين، تقدما ولو نسبيا على صعيد البؤر الثلاثة، فلبنان بحاجة الى التقاط الانفاس بعد الإرهاق الفظيع الذي ابتلي به، ولا جدال في ان للدولتين المتفاهمتين نفوذا أساسيا في لبنان، وبوسعهما توجيه رسالة أولية مهدئة، كالتفاهم على انتخاب رئيس للجمهورية بما يمكن ان يكون فاتحة لمسار تهدئة ربما يتحول الى تسوية، انطلاقا من بديهية ان اللبنانيين يقرون بحقيقة ان الحلول مؤقتة كانت ام دائمة فلابد وأن تأتي من الخارج..
وبالنسبة للملف اليمني، فالوضع الان متجمد عند هدنة مريحة لكل الأطراف فهل نرى مقدمات لعمل جدي متفاهم عليه يحول الهدنة الى انهاء فعلي لازمات ذلك البلد العربي ذي الموقع الهام. فاليمن اضحى شبيها للبنان، اذ لابد وان يأتي الحل من خارجه شريطة ان يشجع النافذون الإقليميون والدوليون في تلك الازمة كافة الأطراف المحلية الى التفاهم والذهاب الى الحلول.
اما الملف السوري الذي هو الأكثر الحاحا في امر تسوية تُخرج هذا البلد العربي بالغ الأهمية من جميع النواحي، فللبلدين المتفاهمين بصورة أولية ايران والسعودية نفوذ كبير في امر الحرب والسلام.. فهل نرى مقدمات إيجابية في هذا الاتجاه فلنراقب ما سيجري خلال شهري الاختبار المتبادل ، وما سيليها من شهور ، صحيح ان تقويم الجدوى ينبغي ان لا يكون كما لو ان حلا سحريا لاح في الأفق، ولكن الصحيح اكثر ان ما نتطلع اليه هو بدايات واعدة تقود الى مسارات اكثر موضوعية وإيجابية.
اعود الى سؤال العنوان، اين فلسطين من كل هذا؟؟
فلسطين ان لم تكن موجودة في النصوص ذات السمة التوفيقية والديبلوماسية فهي موجودة بقوة في الواقع، فأهلها الذين يعدون بالملايين داخل وطنهم وفي العالم كله.. يتحملون المسؤولية الأولى في تزويد الاخرين بمسوغات تبنيهم ودعمهم وتحقيق أهدافهم، وحيال التطورات العديدة التي تحمل في ثناياها امكانات موضوعية وحقيقية للإفادة منها على صعيد الإقليم والعالم وحتى على صعيد إسرائيل ذاتها، فالفرص قائمة وتحتاج الى من يحسن التعامل معها ، وقبل ان نخاطب الثلاثي المتفاهم، الصين – ايران – السعودية، فلنخاطب انفسنا أولا وحين نجيب عن الأسئلة المتعلقة بنا فنكون بذلك وفرنا لداعمينا مناخا افضل لمساعدتنا.

Written by: Dr. Ahmed Youssef

After the Al-Aqsa Intifada in the year 2000, my conviction was confirmed that the end of this extremist racist entity had approached, and the signs of that are evident not only in what is happening on the ground in terms of injustice and tyranny to which Palestinians are subjected under occupation or the state of racial discrimination (apartheid) suffered by their brothers within this colonial entity. The usurper, but also the high spirit of challenge enjoyed by the youth of the Intifada, and the desires of martyrdom in defense of Al-Aqsa and national dignity, in addition to the nation’s breath and its positive stances in support of the struggles of the Palestinian people. The End of the Jewish State.. A Matter of Time) in English.

I offered the book after the completion of processing it for the printing press to my American Muslim friend d. Robert Crane to write an introduction to the book. After reading it, he advised me not to publish it in the United States. Because that would make me a target for Islamophobia groups and expose me to accusations from the Zionist Jews of "anti-Semitism", especially after the events of September 11, in which the pace of hostility and the atmosphere of hatred for everything that is Islamic increased, let alone if the accused is a Palestinian Islamist!!

As a result of that warning, the book was not published, and I have kept it to this day, although it took more than two years to work on it.

Although the issue of the end of the Jewish state or the demise of Israel is an idea that has not stopped talking or writing about it, either because it is a prophecy that was dealt with in the Torah, the Bible and the Qur’an, and it became a document to which everyone whose convictions grew stronger through his readings of the Sunnahs, the reality of the situation, and the indicators of the field. Whoever witnesses the state of extremism among the Zionist settlers, the brutality of what they are doing against the Palestinians, the deliberate desecration of the sanctities of Muslims and Christians in the Blessed Land, and the reactions of a rising generation from the core of despair (mighty and stubborn), sees himself as an embodiment of the state of resurrection in the promise of the Hereafter, as good tidings. Our servants", where he races to martyrdom and take revenge in the spirit of the confident that this rogue entity is going to disappear.

In the past ten years, the prophecy of "Israel's demise in 2022", about which Sheikh Bassam Jarrar wrote, has dominated the discourse of Islamists, especially in the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, as it gave their cadres reassurance of the imminence of victory and a clear victory.

With the passage of the time of this prophecy without the matter of demise being fulfilled, some returned to clinging to what Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (may God have mercy on him) preached in the eighties, in that this event of the demise of Israel or the shaking of the greatness of its existence will be achieved in the year 2027.

Regardless of what these thinkers and scholars put forward in terms of prophecies with open-ended religious contexts, there are also those who write and analyze in accordance with the fact that the issue is still "a matter of time."

And with all new events in which the confrontations interact to a situation that is closest to the epic of blood and martyrdom, whose heroism is praised by the Palestinian youth, who strike - forcefully and boldly - in the Israeli depth, the crack and erosion in the walls of this Israeli entity that is torn apart by divisions, and weakened by protests and political and economic crises, that afflict Indeed, with the fact that “their hearts are different,” and that they are different from what we think in terms of class unity, unity of vision, stance, and destiny.

And with my conviction that I wrote about two decades ago, many religious and secular Jews still assert that this entity - whose face is being insulted day after day - is on its way to disappearing, and if there is a lack of knowledge of how this happened, the inevitability exists. Although the issue of timing is what the readings and scenes of analysis differ about.

We will not go far in extrapolating the periods of history to understand what the repercussions of the "curse of the Lord" were, and what this threat of "bad torment" means in the course of what is happening today in terms of bloody confrontations, from which the roar of takbeer and the reminder of Khaibar are not absent from the throats of thousands of participants or in marches. Funerals to bid farewell to the heroes of its martyrs.

Returning to the prophecy of demise, which lives with us as an inevitability of the end of this elemental entity, I will mention some of what came from the tongues of even those who established this entity.

In his book (The Jewish Paradox), Nahum Goldman recounts the details of a meeting that took place between him and Ben-Gurion in 1956, which could be described as a frank or dangerous revelation, and his conclusion was that "Israel has no future."

And if this was the prophecy of one of the Founding Fathers, what are the prophecies of others in this generation?

Avi Gil points out; Former Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a senior researcher at the Institute for Jewish Public Policy, in an article he wrote in the Hebrew newspaper (Maariv), entitled “Behind the Palestinian weakness there is a fatal curse: the end of the State of Israel as a Jewish state,” noting that “many Israelis consider that Palestinian weakness is a blessed march, but the shrewdness of history would prove that in the blessing hides a deadly curse, which is the end of Israel as a Jewish state.

As for the retired general, Shaul Arieli; An orientalist who specializes in the Arab-Israeli conflict, he published an article in the newspaper (Haaretz), in which he said: The Zionist movement has failed to realize the dream of establishing a "democratic Israeli state, with a Jewish majority, and that time is not in Israel's favor, and that this theory has fallen."

As for the veteran Israeli analyst Ari Shavit, he wrote an article in the same newspaper that was more pessimistic, in which he said, “We have passed the point of no return, and Israel is breathing its last breath, and there is no taste for living in it, and the Israelis realize since they came to Palestine that they are victims of a lie invented by the Zionist movement, during which it used all The cunning of the Jewish personality, when it inflated the Holocaust and exploited it to convince the world that Palestine is a land without a people, and that the alleged Temple is under Al-Aqsa.” He concluded his article by saying: “It is time to leave for San Francisco or Berlin.”

As for the left-wing Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, he indicated in an article: “We are facing the most difficult people in history, and the process of self-destruction and the Israeli cancerous disease have reached their final stages, and there is no way to treat with iron domes, nor with walls, nor with nuclear bombs.”

Of course, we can also refer to what Netanyahu previously said in a statement attributed to him, saying: "I will strive for Israel to reach its 100th birthday."

And if we take into account what Shlomo Sand concluded; The Israeli historian, in his recently released book entitled (The Invention of the Jewish People), in which he surprised the Zionist circles by refuting all the allegations on which Israel subsists to justify its right to exist on the land of Palestine.

Perhaps what was mentioned by the American Jewish rabbi "Ed Miller" in his book (Abraham's Vision), in terms of the virtue of Islam and Muslims in protecting Jews and Judaism, and a review of history is sufficient as a witness to that.

In short, Israel is a country weaker than a spider's web, and what is taking place today in terms of bloody confrontations in the West Bank, and protests by tens of thousands of Jews within this entity in rejection of its government's policies, are harbingers of the imminent fall of the "cornerstone" upon which Zionism built the pillars of this house. The Jew, whose residents are preparing to leave.

Written by: Malik Wannous
In conjunction with the harm and pain that can be inflicted on the Palestinians by the Israeli settlers, and other extremists whose extremism has been increased by the presence of a fascist government in the leadership of the occupying state, the presence of this government is an opportunity to highlight the cause of the Palestinian people, and to show that their struggle is no longer but a defense of existence in the face of the settlement policy Ethnic cleansing and Israeli erasure. However, many obstacles stand in the way of achieving this, not only because of Israeli extremism, but also because of the existing Palestinian impotence. However, a new understanding and successful tactic of the emerging Palestinian forces from outside the frameworks of the factions can exploit this extremism in its favour, by revealing the true barbaric face of "abhorrent and disgusting." Behind the mask of what they call "Israeli democracy".

After the massacre committed by the Israeli settlers in the Palestinian town of Huwara, on the night of the 26th of last month (February), in response to the killing of two settlers there, the only comment from the Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu, was that the settlers did not have to take revenge with their own hands, hinting that The Israeli army will avenge them. And because he was not satisfied with the manifestations of the destruction in Huwwara, the burning of houses and cars, the killing of a Palestinian and the wounding of others, and his lust for killing did not diminish, Netanyahu sent his soldiers, on the afternoon of March 7, to Nablus and the Jenin camp to arrest the perpetrator of the Huwwara operation, and to complete what the killers did in that Huwwara Tonight, fulfilling his promise of revenge, they inflicted six additional victims, to join the victims of the massacres committed by the Israelis in Nablus, Jenin, and other places in the last two months.

These practices are not surprising for the settlers, nor for the most right-wing government known to the occupying state in its short history, which Netanyahu formed from the poles of the extremist, racist religious movements, in order to increase the militarization and hostility to the Arabs, pass all settlement projects, confiscate lands, demolish Palestinian homes, and obtain approvals to launch War or bloody incursions into Arab neighborhoods without any internal objection. The result was several massacres in less than two months, which claimed the lives of dozens of martyrs and hundreds of wounded, in addition to the demolition of Palestinian homes. As for when one of the Palestinians decided to avenge the martyrs of Nablus and others near the town of Huwara, flocks of settlers attacked the town, burned homes and cars, killed and injured safe people, then one of Netanyahu's most extremist ministers, the Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, came out to call for "wiping Huwara out of existence." And to emphasize the true face of the Israeli government, the fascist religious apartheid government.

The settler attack disturbed the European and American West, and many likened it to the "crystal night" (or crystal) that occurred in the late 1930s, when the German Nazis attacked Jewish homes and broke their windows. No sooner had the fires of dialogue subsided, than Smotrich came out with his call to erase it, disgusting those officials, and forcing the US State Department spokesman to declare in an unprecedented way that that call was “abhorrent, irresponsible and disgusting.” Then it was reported that US officials would boycott Smotrich when he visited the United States. . The Europeans were also forced to come out with a joint French-German Italian-Polish-Spanish-British statement condemning "the indiscriminate violence of settlers against the Palestinians and the destruction of their property".

Why is the West forced to issue these unprecedented condemnations? The aggressive practices of the Israeli government and its targeting of all groups of the Palestinian people on their occupied land, and the destruction of their villages, homes and properties in front of the cameras of international news agencies, in what amounts to a war crime and a fascist ethnic cleansing policy that embarrasses Western officials and makes them unable to condone it, based on the moral stance which they are compelled to appear before their electorate. Nor can they remain silent about it at a time when the former head of the Shin Bet (internal intelligence), Yuval Diskin, said it was “Jewish terrorism,” and Israeli peace activists likened it to the Jewish “pogrom” against the Palestinians, that is, mass attacks that are carried out with the approval or condoning of the authorities against the Palestinians. A national, ethnic or religious minority, inflicting destruction and committing massacres against it, and this was once done against some Jews in Tsarist Russia.

In the absence of an inclusive Palestinian national project, there is a need to search for new ways, or to activate existing ways, peaceful or even military, that are presented as a response to the brutality of the occupiers. As the Israeli crimes were accompanied by the demonstrations of the Israeli opponents, Netanyahu’s efforts to limit the powers of the judiciary, which the protesters consider an attack on internal democracy, destabilizing the stability, and a motive for creating a centrifugal environment for capitals for the possibility of changing the entity’s credit rating. This reality will confirm the calls for the boycott movement, the imposition of sanctions and the withdrawal of Investments (BDS), which have been launched for many years, call for an understanding of the reality of this racist entity and the necessity of boycotting it. It is an opportunity for this movement to re-present its goals, especially after it was targeted in America, and after the occupation government classified it as the greatest threat facing the occupying state because of its exposure of the brutal Israeli dealings with the Palestinian people. With the emergence of Israeli brutality evident in front of everyone's eyes, it will be easy for the movement to make its voice heard to all officials and owners of companies, and to make them understand that their continued support for the entity and their continued investments in it will increase the criminality of the Israelis, and will hold them morally responsible, because this would be tantamount to condoning the evident crimes of the Israelis.

It has become clear that Israeli society is in great turmoil, will continue, and may interact more, because Netanyahu's continued presence in the government has become for him a matter of fate, and his future can only be determined by implementing the changes in the judiciary that he needs to prevent his trial. His presence in the government is also conditioned on the presence of the ultra-fascist right-wing extremists at his side in its ministries. Therefore, it is possible that we will witness a major security escalation, which will be accompanied by a media and verbal escalation similar to Smotrich's, exposing the nature of this entity, and providing an opportunity for the Palestinians and their supporters in the world to dedicate its true image to world leaders and peoples, to highlight the brutal face of the occupiers and their injustice against the Palestinians. It is an opportunity that if the benefit from it is few these times, it will not continue in the coming days.

Written by: Dr. Omar Rahal

After the end of Western colonialism, Israel, the occupying state, may be the only country in the world that holds the bodies of the martyrs, as a systematic policy based on racist foundations that reflect moral decline, values, and an inhumane position that shames the forehead. The occupying power is still detaining the bodies of the fedayeen and prisoners since the early seventies of the last century, such as the fedayeen Shamekh Ezz El-Din, Hamdan Raafat, Dalal Al-Maghribi, and the prisoners Anis Doula, Bassam Al-Sayeh, Kamal Abu Waar, Nasser Abu Hamid, and dozens of Palestinian and Arab fedayeen.

In order to implement this racist and inhumane policy, the occupation prepared number cemeteries and refrigerators for the dead to hold the bodies of those who were martyred while carrying out commando operations against Israeli targets, or who were martyred in captivity inside the occupation prisons, or who were assassinated by the occupation forces.

The occupying state maintains four cemeteries of numbers in which Palestinian and Arab martyrs are buried. They are the cemetery of numbers adjacent to the "Daughters of Jacob" bridge and located in a military zone, at the confluence of the Palestinian-Syrian-Lebanese borders, most of whom were martyred in the 1982 war and beyond. The cemetery of numbers is located in the closed military zone between the city of Jericho and Damieh Bridge in the Ghor, and it is surrounded by a wall, above which hangs a large sign that reads in Hebrew: "A cemetery for the victims of the enemy." And the "Revidim" cemetery, located in the valley. The cemetery of "Shehita" is located in the village of Wadi al-Hamam, north of the city of Tiberias, between Mount Arbil and Lake Tiberias. Most of the bodies in it are for the martyrs of the Jordan Valley battles between 1965-1975.

Detaining the bodies of the martyrs amounts to an international crime according to international humanitarian law, human rights law, and relevant international treaties and agreements. These agreements oblige the occupation to hand over the bodies to their families immediately, based on Article (17) of the First Geneva Convention, which obliges the parties to the conflict to verify that The dead were buried respectfully and according to the rituals of their religion, and in tombs that were respected and maintained permanently. And Article (120) of the Third Geneva Convention, and Article (16) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, those articles that explicitly affirm the need to respect the dignity of the deceased, and to observe their religious rituals during burials by handing them over to their families, as well as the decisions of the United Nations Committee against Torture. Nevertheless, the occupying power is still turning its back on international law by detaining (389) bodies of Palestinian and Arab martyrs, of which (256) bodies have been held since 1967 in what is known as the number graves. It has also detained (133) youth, women and children in morgues since 2015, from West Bank, Gaza Strip and occupied Jerusalem.

The Palestinians did not stop demanding the occupation authorities to hand over the bodies of the martyrs to their families. In 2010, the national campaign to recover the bodies of the martyrs succeeded in recovering the body of the martyr, Mashhour Al-Arouri, after years of legal struggle before the courts, after a 34-year detention in the number cemetery. The body of the martyr Hafez Abu Zant after (35) years of detention, and he was a companion of the martyr Al-Arouri, and in 2013 and 2014, the bodies of some Palestinian martyrs were handed over prior to the resumption of negotiations with the Palestinian Authority at the time.

And as part of its racist policies towards the Palestinians, the occupying state has violated international law, when the Supreme Court of Occupation issued a decision in September 2019 authorizing the Israeli military commander to detain the bodies of Palestinian martyrs and bury them (temporarily) for the purpose of using them as future negotiating cards, according to Article 133 (3). to Israeli emergency systems. This decision contradicts a previous decision of the same court issued in December 2017, which stated that it is not permissible to detain the bodies. The decision of the Supreme Court issued in 2019 reaffirms that the judicial authority in the occupying state is a partner to the executive authority in its crimes.

By continuing to detain the bodies of the martyrs in their cemeteries and refrigerators, the occupying power aims to achieve a number of political (gains), not the least of which is to put pressure on the Palestinians in general, and on the families of the martyrs in particular, and also as an attempt to deter the Palestinians from resisting it, and using the bodies as a bargaining chip. In any exchange of prisoners between the resistance and the occupation, this is in addition to achieving gains on the ground by including the issue of the bodies in the negotiation file and adopting it as a bargaining chip and pressure on the Palestinian negotiator to force him to make more concessions. It is also a form of collective punishment, taking revenge on the martyrs after their death, punishing their relatives and their families and multiplying their pain, with more oppression, and depriving their relatives of their honor and burial according to Sharia. That is, it is a form of psychological torture for the living.

The matter does not stop at detaining the bodies of the martyrs only, but there is also the theft of their organs, and their bodies are subjected to medical experiments, whether by medical students in the universities of the occupation, or by new doctors who serve in the ranks of the occupation army. In many cases, the occupation uses the dead bodies of the martyrs (as a gesture of goodwill) towards us, and this requires all Palestinians not to deal with this policy except with rejection, and not to accept the idea from its foundations.

In the face of this Israeli arrogance and the gross violation of international law by the occupying state, and in order to confront this fascism, the moral and ethical degradation and disgraceful behavior practiced by the occupying state towards the bodies of the martyrs and their families, it is required of all Palestinians a national plan so that this issue remains alive and raised at the various official, popular and media levels locally, regionally, and internationally.

As for human rights and international law, this file must be present on the table of the Security Council, the United Nations General Assembly, the Human Rights Council, and all relevant intergovernmental organizations. This is in addition to calling on the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to shoulder their responsibilities towards the occupying state's violation of international humanitarian law, given that the occupying state is a party to the Geneva Conventions.

The Palestinian National Authority can resort to the international judiciary, foremost of which is the International Court of Justice in The Hague, in order to obtain a preliminary decision from the court regarding the legality of the detention of the bodies of the martyrs by the occupying state, based on international law, in addition to prosecuting the military and politicians in the state Occupation is before the international courts, and also before the national courts whenever the matter allows in the countries whose laws allow it.

Palestinian human rights institutions can also raise this issue before international non-governmental coalitions, networks and human rights federations, in order for these international organizations to raise the issue before their governments and parliaments to put pressure on the occupying power.

In parallel with this, starting a media campaign by raising this issue at the level of global public opinion, whether through conferences, seminars, photo exhibitions, and articles to build an international public opinion supportive of us, which is matched by an official Palestinian diplomatic campaign at the international, regional, and Arab levels.

On the other hand, and in order for the national efforts to recover the bodies of the martyrs to succeed, we must think aloud about the need to build on the achievements of the national campaign to recover the bodies of the martyrs, by institutionalizing this campaign through a national institution affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization, with financial and administrative independence, and a board of directors. From the official, human rights, media and academic institutions, and with a plan and strategy based on not only exposing the practices of the occupation and its racist policies, but also in (arming) the world to put pressure on the occupation to hand over the bodies of the martyrs to their families.

In conclusion, mercy to the soul of the fighter Salem Khalat Abu Ziyad, who led the national campaign to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs ably and with self-denial until his last breath, and thanks, gratitude and high appreciation to colleagues at the Jerusalem Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights for their great efforts, and for carrying this national file on a voluntary basis Unparalleled professionalism.

Written by: Dr. Youssef Makki
On the tenth of this month, March 2023, a statement was issued on the restoration of relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran in the People's Republic of China, which played the role of mediator between the two countries. The statement indicated that the discussions to achieve this step lasted for nearly two years, and took place in Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman. .

The announcement of the return of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran was described as an earthquake, and as a major shift in the course of events in the Middle East. Observers and political analysts scrambled to explain what happened, based on the available facts and data.

The event in itself was not surprising. For more than a year, there have been reports of meetings taking place between representatives of the leadership of the two neighboring countries, and of serious attempts to narrow the differences between the Kingdom and the Islamic Republic. Despite the depth of the distance, and the apparent intractability of practical solutions to the differences between the two countries, since they directly affect the private interests and national security of both, reaching common consensus on these issues was not impossible.

It is true that the relationship between the Kingdom and Iran has been characterized mostly by tension, since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, but this did not prevent the establishment of normal relations between them, which reached their climax during Hashemi Rafsanjani's presidency, and also during the presidency of Ahmadinejad and Hassan Rouhani. During that period, a relationship prevailed between the two countries that was described as good, to say the least. Even when the rivalry between the two countries seemed clear, due to the delinquency of the Iranian policy of expansion, north and south of the Kingdom, Saudi policy did not abandon its hopes for water to return to its normal course, for everyone to respect the principle of good neighborliness, and for mutual recognition of the national interests of the various parties.

So, there is no surprise in the return of the relationship between the two countries. This conclusion seems natural and self-evident, when one does not take into account the stage in which it took place, the method of announcing it, and the active international element in it.

The announcement of the return of this relationship came amid tension in the relationship between America and Iran, and an Israeli threat to launch war on Tehran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear technology. The Arab Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, openly expressed their fear of Iran's possession of weapons of mass destruction and the production of nuclear weapons. It is unlikely that these concerns would be far from the atmosphere of the talks between the two countries.

The timing of announcing the return of relations between the two countries is a courageous position that is calculated for the Saudi leadership, as it has taken a decision that is within its full sovereign right as a free and independent country, but the West, led by successive American administrations, does not deal with these matters from the perspective of respect for independence and sovereignty and operative. international law; Rather, through its position in the conflict between adults; Therefore, the Saudi step, in this context, is tantamount to an explicit assertion of the right to sovereignty and the independence of decision-making.

What doubles the importance of this step is that it comes amid the intensification of the conflict between the People's Republic of China and the United States over the issue of Taiwan. The announcement of the restoration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran came on the day Xi Jinping was crowned President of China for a third presidential term, and also amid escalating US accusations against China of supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine and providing it with lethal weapons. America is aware of the meaning of Chinese mediation for the restoration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

China is not satisfied with affirming that Taiwan is a red line, and that it is an integral part of its territory and national security, and declares its readiness to confront any possible American threat to its security. It goes much further than that. It is deepening its relationship with the warm waters of the Gulf, specifically with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the country that occupies a leading position in the export of oil energy. Where the Chinese president came and met with Arab leaders, in the capital, Riyadh, and the relations between the two countries took a strategic direction, and mediated the return of relations between Riyadh and Tehran, at a time when the cold war was escalating, between China and Russia on the one hand, and the West led by the United States on the other.

The return of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a natural matter, when it is placed in the category of relations between states, but it is not like that, when it is placed in the balance of the major transformations that are taking place in the international arena, which indicate the imminent emergence of a new international order, on the ruins of the system that emerged after the war The second cosmic, and according to the realities of the new power. In agreement with the Gulf

بقلم:حمادة فراعنة
صفعة سياسية مزدوجة وجهتها العربية السعودية للمستعمرة وسياساتها وتطلعاتها.
الصفعة الأولى فشل الجهود الأميركية الضاغطة نحو تطبيع العلاقات السعودية مع المستعمرة، والصفعة الثانية عودة العلاقات السعودية الإيرانية، فالفشل والإحباط هو عنوان فعل الرياض نحو رهانات المستعمرة التي كانت تتوهم أن الأبواب باتت مفتوحة لها نحو العالمين العربي والإسلامي، وأن المشكلة تكمن في عامل الوقت فقط وليس بالمواقف أو الشروط المطلوب تحقيقها من قبل المستعمرة، حتى يستقيم حضورها، مع أنه غير شرعي، غير قانوني، غير أخلاقي، لسببين جوهريين: أولهما أنها احتلت أرض فلسطين وأقامت مستعمرة على كامل أرضها، ومارست كل أنواع القهر والتسلط والتطهير ضد الشعب الفلسطيني وصادرت حقوقه ومست كرامته ولا تزال، وتتطاول على حرمات المقدسات الإسلامية والمسيحية، ترفض كافة قرارات الأمم المتحدة، مع أن الأمم المتحدة هي التي منحتها الشرعية وقبلت عضويتها، بدون أن تلتزم المستعمرة بأي من قراراتها وخاصة قرار التقسيم 181 وقرار حق اللاجئين بالعودة 194، وهي لم تسمح لهذا الوقت عودة اللاجئين إلى بيوتهم في اللد والرملة ويافا وحيفا وعكا وصفد وبئر السبع، واستعادة ممتلكاتهم منها وفيها وعليها، وأبقت قضية اللاجئين مفتوحة، في مخيماتهم ومعاناتهم وتشردهم.
ثانيهما أنها تحتل أراضي سوريا ولبنان، وقامت بضم الجولان السوري إلى خارطة توسعاتها الاحتلالية الاستعمارية، إضافة إلى تطاولها على العديد من البلدان العربية وتستبيح سيادتها بشكل مختلف.
العربية السعودية بادرت لصياغة مبادرة السلام العربية التي تم إقرارها من قمة بيروت العربية ، وهي لا زالت متمسكة وملتزمة بهذه المبادرة إلى هذا الوقت وهي تشترط أولاً الإنسحاب الإسرائيلي من كافة الأراضي العربية المحتلة، ومن ثم تكون الخطوة أو الخطوات اللاحقة.
الخلل الجوهري في عوامل الاعتراف والتطبيع مع المستعمرة، أن الذين تورطوا في هذا التوجه والقرار، لم يسألوا عن حدود المستعمرة حتى يعترفوا بها، أي حدود للمستعمرة؟؟ هل هي حدود قرار التقسيم الصادر يوم 29/11/1947، 54 بالمائة من مساحة فلسطين؟؟ أم حدود الاحتلال والتوسع والنكبة عام 1948 حيث تمكنت من احتلال 78 بالمائة من مساحة فلسطين؟؟ أم حدود الاحتلال والتوسع الثاني عام 1967، كامل خارطة فلسطين؟؟ أم حدود الجدار الذي فرضه شارون بإعادة احتلال المدن التي سبق وانحسر عنها الاحتلال في عهد حكومة رابين على خلفية اتفاق أوسلو؟؟
لا يوجد حدود للمستعمرة الإسرائيلية، ولا يوجد دستور لها حتى لا تحدد حدود سيادتها السياسية القانونية وبقيت مفتوحة إلى الآن وفق قدرات جيش المستعمرة وإمكانياته.
صفعة سياسية تمكنت من فعلها العربية السعودية إلى المستعمرة الإسرائيلية، مترافقة مع ما يجري داخل المستعمرة نفسها من تناقضات وصراعات سياسية تجتاح مجتمعها على خلفية الانقلاب القانوني القضائي والتحول العميق الكامن داخل مساماتها، وهو مبشر بمستجدات قد تكون عاصفة إذا واصلت الاحتجاجات وإنحياز الشرائع المختلفة لهذه الاحتجاجات.

Written by: Younis Al-Amouri

All the cities of the poor lived in it, and lived through its details, and if their names were associated with it and its name was associated with them, they grew up through it and rose when they were expressing its details and the details of its love. And the biggest of them is that I turn to you directly, knowing that your soul is still fluttering with its sky. I write these words after I crossed soon to your doorstep in the Arab Studies Association / Orient House, and the Orient House / Arab Studies Association, an institution that was controversially linked to the modern history of Jerusalem, this institution that formed a basic building block of the components of Jerusalemite society, and had a lot It is one of the influential and affected stations of Jerusalem, and it used to transcend through it, and it is the one that you built with your comrades on your path, the founders, and it formed the incubator for researchers and workers for the sake of Arab Jerusalem, the capital of the Palestinian dream. I underestimate the decision of the occupation authorities to order the military closure of the institution, but the closure decision was not only responsible for the absence of that institution, and here I find myself asking a lot of questions and inquiries about the reality of the plan to get rid of the master and president of the Association of Arab Studies and the truth of this approach and what the conditions of an institution of such size have become. The Arab Studies Association has many imprints on Palestinian society in general and Jerusalemites in particular, which raises question marks and exclamations about the reality of blurring and “tafas” c. With Arab studies and its fact that it has become on the margins of Jerusalemite society to the point that it has vanished, and is the responsibility here vested in the occupation closure decision only..?? Or are there other partners to do marginalization and absenteeism..??
The orientation here has to do with solving the mystery of your absence and concealment, and I may say killing you. I still believe that your death, sir, was not natural and did not come within the normal framework, and I may say that there is no conviction in the natural causes of death with my absolute belief in fate and destiny, and in this context and after all this absence and by reviewing the repercussions of your absence and killing on the Jerusalem scene, I come out with one result: no It does not mean that killing you was an act of occupation par excellence, as what happened to Jerusalem and what is happening in the current circumstance would not have happened except after a series of procedures and preparations were taken to pave the way for the events in Jerusalem to receive, therefore, the implementation of the plans that we are witnessing these days and these procedures, and the preparation of the scene of events began first with the necessity of your absence From the arena and suppressing your voice, activity, and movement, and thus closing the institution through which you were moving and in the name of which is the House of Jerusalemites, whose tracks were built by the arms of men, men, guardians of the dreams of Jerusalem, and its closure would not have been except through your absence and your forced absence from the scene of events, and if we follow the rest of the chapters of the story, we notice that all Institutions linked in one way or another to the Orient House Foundation were also closed, pursued, and pursued by their heads and employees, so that the work was done in a programmed manner and according to well-studied plans to empty Jerusalem of its contents. Its patriotism is through the act of forced displacement of institutions at times, and the closure of what remains of them at other times, and through some collusion, intended or unintended, there is no difference, and the result is the same, that Jerusalem has been emptied of its institutions, and the way has become paved for the start of the policies of demolishing homes, withdrawing identities, and intensifying settlement activity The confiscation of lands, the construction of the apartheid wall, the isolation of Jerusalem from its surroundings and its Arab continuity, the implementation of hit-and-run towards Al-Aqsa, the direct threat to it directly, and the actual and public declaration of the occupation’s intention to demolish it and build their alleged structure, as if these scenarios had been linked to their implementation, openness and work on them with your absence.
The most important thing, in my opinion, is what the national movement witnessed and is still witnessing in Jerusalem after you, sir, where the laxity to the point of fading of the framed and programmed national action, which is necessary to serve the Palestinian orientations in general, and everyone around Jerusalem has voluntarily and the situation has become completely different. Its role becomes marginal after your killing, and everything becomes permissible in this context, and the people of Jerusalem turned in all possible directions. Its shroud and the scene of events are still preparing to implement what is greater and greater to eventually transfer Jerusalem to a Biblical Davidic city according to their vision, and the declaration of that has become public. Indeed, plans and pictures of the future vision of what is called their city have become within reach, and blackness covers the corners of our Arab homes after it has become in every alley of alleys. Jerusalem is a house that raises the flag of Judah and dominates the scene, and the entrances to Jerusalem have become threatened. The Gate of the Colonnade, which you crossed every Thursday on your usual tour of the old town of Sieg He met soon to implement the most comprehensive and largest plan in the history of the act of Judaization and Israelization.... And those tours that I fully mention were the most beautiful in the Jerusalem scene, where meeting, joking, talking, listening to complaints, trying to find solutions, guidance, and listening to advice, and all of this was done directly and through direct sensory communication as well... You were noticeably affected, and a sense of absolute responsibility dominated you, and all issues became as if they were your personal and private issues, and they are.
Once again, sir, we are trying to answer the biggest question: Was your absence normal, or was it premeditated murder? In fact, I think the answer is crystal clear after reviewing the indications of the events in Jerusalem in its current circumstances.
Were you killed because you crossed their red lines... after your rebellion against the Oslo laws and their imposed considerations in Jerusalem? Having gone to address the world from Tehran? And after you volunteered the dispute with the princes of Kuwait to start a reconciliation in favor of Jerusalem? Or was it because you decided to go to Baghdad to meet the rebel leader at the time? Or did it annoy them that I fought them so much for the sake of Jerusalem and put the rock of rejection in front of them for any possible settlement that ignores the equation of Jerusalem being the actual capital of the future state... Or because you once said that if you look towards the east, we will also look towards the west of Jerusalem... Or is it because of imposition The de-facto policy for Arabs and Palestinians in Jerusalem, which has borne fruit and cast a positive shadow over the laws of the conflict equation....
Sir Faisal... A few days ago, he brought us the new news that the leader of those who robbed the ancient, stole and plundered its history in an attempt to adapt it according to their desires, and he said in the presence of the lights emanating from the mirage of their delusions that for him there is no difference between Ma'aleh Adumim and Tel Aviv and he does not pay attention to solutions The proposal is within the framework of the so-called international solution that is on the table, and which stipulates two states for two peoples. All this bravado came as a natural and actual result of the absence of leaders, and you are one of them...

Doha University of Science and Technology organized its annual on-campus Festival of Cultures to celebrate the multiculturalism and diversity of the university community, which consists of more than 70 nationalities, in the presence of ambassadors and representatives from various embassies along with Doha University of Science and Technology students, faculty, staff and their families.

The number of visitors to the festival reached nearly 10,000 over the course of two days in the main courtyard of the university campus, as the place was transformed into an exhibition of arts and culture.

The university allowed the participating students to decorate their pavilion in a way that perfectly represents the values and traditions of their countries. The attendees were also encouraged to come dressed in their traditional clothes and enjoy the various artistic and cultural activities offered by the students of the countries represented: Qatar, Bangladesh, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, and Iran. , Iraq, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, the Philippines, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey and Yemen.

(AFP) - The Norwegian genie Erling Haaland woke up from his bottle and scored five goals in his English team Manchester City's 7-0 victory over Leipzig, and the passage to the quarter-finals of the Champions League competition on Tuesday, while the Italian Inter lured Porto to a tie. Negative to qualify at his expense.
The “hurricane” hit Haaland hard by scoring five goals (22 penalty kicks, 24, 45 + 2, 54, and 57), and the German Ilkay Gundogan (49) and the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (90 + 2) added the other two goals to qualify for City at the expense of Leipzig. with an 8–1 aggregate victory.
Haaland described the match as "wonderful and the best I've played in my career at this level. I've previously scored nine goals in one match."
He continued, "Of course, I would have preferred to play more minutes (he came out in the 63rd minute), but there are other players."
With his five goals, Haaland became the third player to score five goals in one match in the Champions League, after Brazilian Luis Adriano with Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk in October 2014, and Argentine Lionel Messi with Barcelona in March 2012. He also raised his tally to 33 goals. In 25 matches he played over four seasons in the continental competition.
Algerian Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring for the England champions in Germany, first-leg, before Leipzig responded a third of an hour before the end with the goal of Croatian defender Josko Gvardiol, who presented his credentials to the world in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Guardiola's team has not lost in its last nine matches in all competitions, with seven wins and two draws.
City is still panting behind its first Champions League title, and flirted with it when it reached the final for the first time in 2021 and fell to Chelsea. As for last season, it was eliminated in the semi-finals by Real Madrid, with a crazy confrontation that ended 6-5 on aggregate.
The England champion four times in the last five seasons realizes that the struggle for the “Premier League” will be difficult this season, as it is five points behind leaders Arsenal 11 stages before the end.
In today's match, City started the match with a pressing attack, in which the play was limited to the German guest side.
With this pressure, Citizens won a penalty kick in the twenty-first minute, which Halland successfully translated to the left of the goalkeeper (22).
And soon the Norwegian added the second goal, after De Bruyne, who missed the first leg due to injury three weeks ago, hit a missile ball that hit the club, and Haaland followed it up with his head into the net (24).
Haaland signed the “hat-trick” before the end of the first half, after a dribble in front of the goal (45 + 2).
With the opening of the second half, Gundogan scored the fourth goal with a creeping ground shot (49), before Haaland easily added the fifth (54).
Haaland scored his fifth goal for City in the 57th minute, after he followed a shot from Swiss Manuel Akinji, which was blocked by the goalkeeper.
De Bruyne concluded City's goal festival with a wonderful shot from outside the penalty area, to sign the seventh goal (90 + 2).


Inter also reached the quarter-finals for the first time in 12 years, by snatching a goalless draw from Porto, Portugal, on Tuesday, at the latter’s home, the Dragao Stadium.
Inter won 1-0 in the first leg last month.
The last appearance of the Nerazzurri in this role dates back to the 2010-2011 season, when it came out in a surprising way against Schalke 04, just a year after winning the title at the expense of Bayern, led by Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, when he scored the hat-trick to add him to two more titles in 1964 and 1965.
Porto, the champion of the competition in 1987 and 2004, fought in the absence of his 40-year-old Portuguese veteran defense pole at the last minute, while his teammate Ottavio missed the match because he was sent off in the gold meeting between the two teams in the last quarter of an hour.
On the other hand, Inter coach Simone Inzaghi decided to involve the veteran Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko mainly, as he did in the first leg at the expense of the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, who replaced him in the first match and scored the only goal of the match, and played alongside Dzeko, Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez.
Porto started the match pressing in an attempt to adjust the first-leg result, and Colombian Mateus Uribe hit a powerful ball from 25 meters, which was parried by Cameroonian Inter goalkeeper Andre Onana brilliantly with his fingertips after 3 minutes.
Dzeko responded with a creeping shot, which was hit by Porto goalkeeper Diego Costa (23).
The rhythm of the game calmed down in the twenty minutes of the first half, without any real danger to the two teams' goal.
The second half scenario was similar: pressure from Porto and desperate defense from Inter, with its reliance on counter-attacks.
Lukaku participated in the 70th minute instead of Dzeko.
Onana intervened again to deny Serbian Marco Groic a goal after a creeping left-footed shot (76).
In the last quarter of an hour, Inter succeeded in leading the match to safety and qualifying.
It is noteworthy that Inter's neighbor, Milan, also succeeded in reaching the quarter-finals by displacing Tottenham in the same way, by defeating it in the first leg 1-0 and drawing it negatively in the second leg.

The meeting between Hilal Jericho and Tulkarem Center ended in a positive tie with two goals, in the match that took place at Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium, within the penultimate round of the First Division, so that Al-Hilal came fourth with 35 points, and Tulkarem Center 34 points fifth.

The advantage and possession of the ball tended in favor of the Tulkarem center throughout the first half periods, so Muhammad Anbar hit the ball next to the post, and in the 22nd minute the center’s attacks culminated with the goal of the lead, Fadi Salim received a ball on the edge of the penalty and fired it powerfully into the net.

In the 30th minute, the Tulkarem center strengthened its lead with the second goal, when goalkeeper Malik Al-Abbasi removed a wrong ball that settled at Tariq Anbar, and he hit it directly into the goal, and in the last minute of the half, Hilal Jericho reduced the difference, from the first attack, the ball reached Ayham Zaben, who hit a ground ball into the net. .

In the second half, Al-Hilal players rushed, so that Al-Hilal player Yasser Ismail missed the opportunity to adjust. He faced the goal and hit the ball that goalkeeper Kamal Salem shone in blocking it, and in the 73rd minute the center played with ten players, after the referee declared the red card Al-Sarhan Sheikh Ali, and in extra time Al-Hilal managed to realize The equalizer, from a free ball that was executed in front of the goal, followed by Ibrahim Elias with his head in the net.

Gaza - Ahmed Al-Masharawi and Al-Quds Sports Correspondent

The delegation of the national beach soccer team arrived in the State of Thailand, starting its journey from Cairo International Airport in the Egyptian capital, to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates before landing in the host country, with the conclusion of its preparations, which began two months ago in the Gaza Strip to participate in a championship The tenth AFC Beach Soccer Cup 2023, from March 16 to March 26 for a period of 10 days, at the stadium of the Egyptian Arab star Mohamed Abu Trika at the Nama Association Club, under the supervision of the technical staff of the national beach soccer team led by coach Sami Salem, who is in his training mission for the first time. Once, succeeding coach Imad Hashem, who led the national team's training for 12 years, and followed up with the National Teams Committee of the Palestinian Football Association.

The national team will compete in Group D alongside the teams of Oman, Kuwait and Kyrgyzstan, and will meet the brotherly Kuwaiti Arab team next Friday.

Salem was one of the most prominent beach soccer players, and he played in its ranks for several years. He also won two bronze medals before and worked as an assistant coach for the national team last year. Fidai Beach seeks to achieve strong results that guarantee his qualification for the World Cup with the team having strong experiences and achieving positive results in previous tournaments. And winning two bronze medals. It is noteworthy that the team intensified its training last week and is looking forward to an honorable appearance and achieving satisfactory results commensurate with the Palestinian sacrifices and the aspirations of the masses, to ensure its qualification for the World Cup.

Shore mission begins exercises

The mission is headed by Salah Abu al-Ata, a member of the Football Association, Basil Awkal as administrative director, Rami al-Jojo a therapist, Sami Salem a coach, and Talaat al-Nims a coach for goalkeepers. Afana, Fadi Al-Arawi, Maysara Al-Bawab, Thaer Abu Ubaidah, Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad Al-Qadi, Islam Abu Ubaidah, and Muhammad Al-Sududi. The delegation began training, led by Salem, in preparation for the upcoming opening match against Kuwait, and focused on aspects of physical fitness and technical skills.

Signing the volleyball cup agreement

Abdel Salam Haniyeh, Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports , signed an agreement to sponsor the Volleyball Cup Championship for Gaza governorate clubs with the Board of Directors of the Federation at a value of $3,000. The signing of the agreement was attended by the General Managers of the Council, Jaber Ayyash and Nazem Jaber, and members of the Board of Directors of the Volleyball Association. Haniyeh stressed the importance of implementing official tournaments in sports federations, and the council's readiness to provide the sponsorship that is provided every year for cup tournaments in team games. Ihab Kahil, a member of the Volleyball Association, thanked Abdel Salam Haniyeh for his efforts in supporting sports and developing infrastructure, and praised his efforts in supporting the Volleyball Association and achieving achievements locally and abroad.

Signing a sponsorship agreement

Abd al-Salam Haniyeh also signed an agreement to sponsor the Basketball Cup Championship for Gaza governorate clubs with Khalil Abu Shamala, Vice President of the Federation, at a value of $3,000. The tournament will bear the name of the late Adel Asmari (former Commissioner General of the Basketball Federation). In turn, Khalil Abu Shamala thanked Haniyeh's efforts in supporting sports and supporting the cup championship, and confirmed the federation's readiness to implement tournaments and pay attention to all age groups.

Olympic honors Abu Salim

And the generosity of Dr. Asaad Al-Majdalawi, Vice President of the Palestinian Olympic Committee and Vice President of the Football Association, who submitted his resignation from his position after 15 years of giving, accompanied by the Board of Directors of the Federation on the occasion of their completion of the 2022-2023 sports season, in the presence of Jamil Al-Saadouni, a member of the Olympic Committee, and its Assistant Secretary General, Muhammad Al-Amsi. Al-Majdalawi praised the efforts made by the federation, its committees and cadres in the last season, and its achievement at the same time as the federation in the West Bank. In turn, Abu Salim thanked the generous gesture of the Olympic Committee, and thanked everyone who contributed to the completion of the season, and in conclusion, Abu Salim was honored in appreciation and gratitude for his great efforts in the service of football.

Universities Volleyball Championship

The Department of Sports for All - the Sports Unit of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, drew the universities and colleges volleyball tournament, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

The draw was attended by the head of the student activities department at the Ministry of Higher Education, Khaled Al-Jarjawi, and from the Department of Sports for All in the Supreme Council, Ahmed Al-Khatib and Iyad Al-Jaish. In the second group, Al-Israa University, Rabat College, and the Arab College of Applied Sciences.

List of league champions

The Competitions Committee of the Palestinian Football Association announced the list of league champions, and it came as follows: Season 1980/1981 Palestinian Al-Ahly Club led by the late coach Saeed Al-Husseini, Season 1983-1984 Khadamat Club

Al-Shati’ was led by coach Nimr Abu Al-Mezza, and Services Rafah achieved the title (7 times) as follows: season 1995-1996, season 1997-1998 with the late coach Nayef Abdel-Hadi Al-Hajj, and 2005-2006, led by coach Mahmoud Al-Muzayen, 2015-2016 led by coach Mahmoud Al-Muzayen And the 2018-2019 season, and the 2019-2020 season led by coach Islam Abu Arida, and finally 2022-2023 led by Coach Abu Arida.

The Rafah Youth Club achieved the title 4 times, in the 2012-2013 seasons led by Coach Raafat Khalfa, the 2013-2014 season led by Coach Jamal Al-Houli, the 2020-2021 season led by Coach Raafat Khalifa, the 2021-2022 season led by Coach Khaled Abu Kwaik, and the 2014-2015 season. Ittihad Al-Shujaia Club, led by Naeem Al-Swerki,

The 2016-2017 season, Al-Sadaqa Club, led by Coach Imad Hashem, and the 2017-2018 season, Khan Yunis Youth Club, led by Coach Muhammad Abu Habib.

Journalism session

Today, Wednesday, the Palestinian Media Union is organizing a comprehensive sports journalist course, which includes television reporting and writing for the photo, radio report and radio writing, and professional ethics, which will be held in the halls of the Palestine International Stadium, affiliated to the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, and will last for 5 days until next Monday. Alaa Salama, the radio presenter Bass Khalaf, and Abdullah Sharshara, and called on the participants to adhere to the deadlines.

Gaza - Ahmed Al-Masharawi

Khadamat Al-Bureij Club moved away at the top of the Premier Basketball League in the championship that is being sponsored by Jawwal, by defeating its counterpart and its rivals, Khadamat Rafah, with a score of 86-52, at the Hall of the Late Behind the Wheel in Al-Bureij Camp, within the competitions of the eighth round of the championship for the sector clubs, for the season 2022-2023. And the champion, Al-Bureij – the holder of the title, raised its score to 14 points, and Al-Khadamat remained with 8 points in fourth place.

The match was full of strong opportunities and technical and exciting highlights. Al-Bureij decided the results of its quarters, and Rafah stood firmly against the defending champion. Free, the hero responded again with a hat-trick from Ibrahim Musleh and Thaer Issa by scoring 5 points, including a hat-trick, and a brace for Eid Al-Shaer, to end the quarter 17-12 for Al-Bureij.

In the second quarter, Al-Bureij relied on three-pointers, so Thaer scored two and a double, and a triple for Rahal, and 6 points for Mahdi, and Rafah narrowed, so Mahmoud Abu Shaar scored 8 points, and two points each for Ahmed Salah, Ali Abu Harba, and Ahmed Saud, to end the quarter with a score of 25-18 for Al-Bureij. In the third quarter, Saud opened the scoring for Rafah with a brace. Al-Bureij responded through Mahdi, and Al-Bureij returned, scoring 7 points as a knife, and two hat-tricks for Issa, Jalal, and Rafah Abdel-Rahman, and two points for Ahmed Salah, and the same for Abu Harba, to end the quarter 24-11 for Al-Bureij.

In the last quarter, Al-Bureij entered strongly, and Issa scored two hat-tricks, 6 points from Al-Buhaisi, another 4 from Jalal, and a brace for Taha Jabr and Ramy Al-Jamal, to end the 2011 quarter for Al-Bureij. The referee of the match: Saed Hamid, international, Basil Kron, Musa Ghannam for the arena, Mohamed Salahat, the timekeeper for the match, Mohamed Al-Aloul, the timekeeper for 24 seconds.

Al-Bureij youth - Deir Al-Balah services

Al-Bureij youth defeated the services of Deir Al-Balah with a score of 80-71. The match was strong, and the youth scored Osama Musa 5 points, another 5 for Ahmed Al-Najjar, and 3 points for Abdul Rahman Al-Amsi, and Wasim Aqilan from Deir Al-Balah 8 points, and each of Omar Al-Muslimi, Hassan Al-Tahrawi and Muhammad Al-Namla. To end the quarter 17-14 for the tower. In the second quarter, Deir Al-Balah advanced, as Abdulaziz Maher Musleh scored 14 points, including two hat-tricks, 5 points for Abu Ghazal, 4 points for Al-Saidi, 3 points for Al-Najjar, Deir Al-Balah Aqilan 6 points, and 4 points for Muslims, to end the quarter 26-15 for Al-Bureij.

In the third quarter, Al-Bureij youth continued their superiority, and Aziz Maher scored 14 points, including two hat-tricks, and two points each for Al-Hindi and Al-Saidi. In the last quarter, Deir Al-Balah improved, and managed to score 12 points through Al-Muslimi, 7 points for Al-Tahrawi, including a hat-trick, 6 points for Aqilan, Al-Bureij Al-Najjar 10 points, and 3 points for Ghazal, and the quarter ended 25-15 for Deir Al-Balah.

Deir al-Balah youth raised its score to 10 points in second place, and Deir al-Balah services remained fifth with 7 points.

The meeting was led by Basil Kroun, Ahmed Al-Qadi, Tamer Qeshta, for the square, Mohamed Al-Salahat, the scorer of the match, Moamen Al-Jarba, the 24-second timekeeper, the international Ahmed Zorob.

Marwan Issa , the deputy of Muhammad al-Deif , the commander-in-chief of the resistance and the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said that the resistance will defend its people with all force when direct intervention is required.

Issa, who was elected as a member of the political bureau of the "Hamas" movement in the last election cycle, indicated that "providing opportunities for the resistance in the West Bank does not mean abandoning it, nor does it mean that Gaza will remain silent, and we will defend our people with all force when direct intervention is required." like he said.

He added, in an interview with Al-Aqsa TV, which is affiliated with the "Hamas" movement: "We make room and give opportunities to the resistance in the West Bank and Jerusalem, because they are arenas of action and strategic influence at the current stage."

And he continued: "The martyrdom spirit of our people in the West Bank is unprecedented, and our people and our resistance in the West Bank are a thousand good at the level of awareness of the correctness of the resistance project and national unity in the face of the occupation."

He stressed the necessity of igniting the resistance action in all the arenas of Palestine and supporting it financially, morally and in the media, and this does not mean leaving it alone.

He stressed that any change in the status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque would turn the region into an earthquake.

He said, "The political project in the West Bank has ended, and the enemy has ended Oslo, and the coming days are full of events."

He pointed to the continuation of accumulating strength and building a resistance strategy that leads us to liberation and defense of our people at every opportunity that requires direct intervention. like he said.

Inside a health center where he works as a volunteer, medical student Muhammad Hassan Shashu browses through books in the German language and video clips on the Internet to verify how to pronounce words, hoping that he will reach a level that enables him to travel to Germany to complete his studies and work.

With the outbreak of the conflict, which is approaching the start of its twelfth year, Germany in particular has become the dream of hundreds of students of medical specialties to enter the labor market in it, which explains the increase in the number of educational centers that teach its language in Syria from one center before the outbreak of the conflict in 2011 to more than eighty centers today.

"The German language is very difficult, especially since it is not taught in Syria by native speakers," Shashu, 23, a sixth-year student at the Faculty of Medicine in Damascus, told AFP.

And he adds, while sitting near Bahra, in the middle of the health center located in a traditional Arab house, that learning this language "is worth the effort and fatigue that will vanish with the first step I take in Germany."

During the years of conflict, Syrians found themselves facing closed doors in terms of obtaining travel visas to most countries of the world, especially European ones, with the start of the influx of refugees fleeing battles and bombings.

However, doctors constituted an exception when they were able to obtain travel visas, especially to Germany, according to certain conditions that could be achieved, most notably mastering a relatively high level of the German language. Those wishing to obtain a visa to Germany should go to its diplomatic missions in Lebanon, Jordan or Erbil due to the absence of German representation in Syria.

Shashu and his college classmate, Jaafar Mustafa, take advantage of their free time to review their lessons in German.

They try to speak it all the time in order to practice pronunciation, and to memorize vocabulary quickly.

"All of my friends I know have either traveled, are preparing to travel, or are studying the decision to travel," Mustafa told AFP, in light of the difficult economic and social conditions in the country, which has been exhausted by years of war and exhausted its capabilities.

The young man continues, "Why Germany? Because it is the easiest and safest destination," considering that "its degree is strong and there are a large number of Syrians in it, so I will not feel alienated."

At the Arab Center Institute, one of the oldest institutes for teaching foreign languages in Damascus, more than a thousand students are registered in 2022 to learn the German language, about seventy percent of them from medical specialties, according to what the director of the institute, Abdullah Saleh, explains to AFP.

He explains that before the outbreak of the conflict, students were focused on learning French and English, but this has changed successively since 2013.

He explains, "The Goethe Institute in Damascus was the only one specialized in teaching the German language and fully met the need. Today, there are more than eighty centers and institutes, and students need early registration to reserve their seats."

Inside one of the halls of the institute, teacher Omar Fattouh, a graduate student in German literature from the University of Damascus, is following a new lesson with his students, and is training a number of them on specialized medical words.

Fattouh, who spends his day moving from one institute to another, and meets about 100 students daily, notes that the learners are distributed "between those seeking family reunification and students, most of whom are in medical specializations."

About 924,000 Syrians currently live in Germany, compared to 118,000 at the end of 2014, according to the Office of Immigration and Refugees, which has registered more than 700,000 asylum requests from Syrians in Germany since 2015.

In 2020, Germany granted facilities for the arrival of "qualified" foreign workers to its lands in response to the shortage of skilled labor.

According to the annual report issued in 2022 by the Expert Council of German Institutions for Integration and Migration, there is "a special need for skilled workers in the health and social care sector."

At the end of 2021, about 5,404 Syrian doctors practiced in Germany, and they constituted the largest group of foreign doctors practicing in the country, according to the Federal Medical Association, outperforming Romania, then Greece and Austria.

In Syria, the authorities have never previously announced statistics on the number of students who emigrate annually, but officials and trade unionists talk in press interviews about a drop in the number of doctors, whether fresh graduates or practitioners with high-paying job opportunities abroad.

Assistant Minister of Higher Education Fadia Deeb said in an interview with a local radio in May 2022 that the emigration of doctors is "a fait accompli and real, as a result of the economic conditions the country is going through."

And she talked about "specialties that have become missing and rare, such as oncology, physical therapy, radiology and anesthesia."

Regarding the bleeding that occurred, the feelings of the former dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University, Dr. Nabugh Al-Awa (69 years old), are mixed between concern about the future of medicine in Syria and his sadness at the departure of the new generation of doctors and nurses.

"It saddens me that we lose our students and our children, as they are supposed to receive the banner that we carried," said the professor at the college for three decades.

He adds, "I see my students start learning German from their early school years, and this is the first warning I receive from them, and the first sign that they are on their way to travel."

ذكرت قناة 12 العبرية، الليلة الماضية، أن رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو، أصدر تعليمات لوزرائه بعدم السفر إلى الولايات المتحدة، طالما أنه لم يزورها حتى الآن.

وبحسب القناة، فإن نتنياهو كان يتوقع أن يتلقى في الوقت القريب دعوة رسمية لزيارة البيت الأبيض إلا أنها لم تصل بعد، ولذلك من غير المتوقع أن يكون هناك لقاء قريب بينه وبين جو بايدن.

وكان رؤساء وزراء آخرين تلقوا دعوات زيارة رسمية للبيت الأبيض بعد شهر واحد فقط من توليهم مناصبهم، ومن بينهم نتنياهو في ولايات سابقة.

ووفقًا للقناة، فإن نتنياهو فقط سمح للوزير رون ديرمر الذي يعمل بمثابة رسول بالنيابة عنه في العديد من الملفات.

وبحسب القناة العبرية، فإنه في الأسابيع الأخيرة كان هناك محادثات من أجل ترتيب زيارة نتنياهو، لدولة الإمارات، وكان هناك تاريخ محدد، إلا أنها تأجلت مرة أخرى بطلب إماراتي إلى ما بعد شهر رمضان بسبب توقيت الزيارة.

وسيتوجه نتنياهو اليوم إلى برلين بعد زياراته الأخيرة لباريس وروما، والأسبوع المقبل إلى لندن.

وسيحاول المحتجون على سياسة حكومته بشأن الإصلاحات القضائية تعطيل سفره.

The Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, called on Washington , Wednesday, to stop "hostile" overflights near the Russian border, after Russian pursuit planes intercepted American drones in the Black Sea.

"We proceed from the principle that the United States will refrain from making subsequent speculations through the media and will stop overflights near the Russian borders," Antonov said in a statement via Telegram.

On Tuesday, a Russian fighter dropped fuel on an American drone that was flying over the Black Sea and shocked it, which led to its crash, according to what the US military said, describing what happened as "reckless."

The European Command in the US Army said that two Sukhoi fighters (Su-27) intercepted the march "M-Q-9 Reaper" over international waters, and one of them hit its propeller.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it had sent fighter jets after spotting an American drone over the Black Sea, but denied that it had caused its crash.

It explained that it had spotted the march "over the waters of the Black Sea in the Crimea region" and heading "towards the borders of the Russian state."

Astronomers finally discovered an asteroid the size of an Olympic swimming pool that might collide with Earth in the year 2046 on Valentine's Day, but the very low chances of a collision diminished even more on Tuesday.

The orb, dubbed 2023 DW, was spotted with a diameter of 50 meters for the first time on February 26 by a small observatory in Chile.

And soon the US space agencies (NASA) and the European (ESA) classified it at the top of the list of potentially dangerous objects, as its theoretical path passes near Earth at a distance close enough to pose a danger.

In the event that this happens, the calculations predict the date of the possible collision on February 14, 2046, Valentine's Day. This news topped the headlines of some newspapers, which advised the lovers to cancel their plans on this date.

At the end of February, the probability of the asteroid colliding with Earth was one in 847... But Sunday, the probability increased to one in 432, according to the list of risks drawn up by the European Space Agency. NASA estimates also point in the same direction.

However, the head of the European Space Agency's Planetary Defense Office, Richard Moesel, told AFP that the probability dropped overnight to one from 1,584 on Tuesday.

He added that the probability will decrease "with each monitoring process until it reaches zero within a few days at the latest."

His counterpart at NASA, Lindley Johnson, echoed this, saying, "At this point, nobody should worry."

According to him, it is common for collision expectations to increase for a short period in the days following the discovery of a new asteroid, before declining afterwards.

The Earth is initially located in a "zone of uncertainty" about the asteroid's path, which justifies the temporary increase in risk, before new observations are recorded that lead to the exclusion of the Earth's presence on this prospective path.

But what if the "DW 2023" asteroid collided with us, after all? Experts point out that the extent of the damage will depend on the composition of this orb.

If it was a pile of debris, the scenario might resemble the "Tunguska event" in Siberia in 1908, a large explosion attributed to the fall of an asteroid, said David Farnocchia, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The celestial body, similar to DW 2023, exploded in the atmosphere over a sparsely populated region, flattening trees over an area of nearly 2,000 square kilometres.

The asteroid may also be a "solid piece of iron", such as the one that created the massive Barringer crater in the US state of Arizona 50,000 years ago, according to Richard Moisel.

In both cases, due to its size, the asteroid "2023 DW" will only cause "local damage", without a significant impact on the rest of the planet, the expert asserts.

The object, which orbits the sun, passed near Earth on February 18, a week before it was observed. And then it was at a distance of nearly nine million kilometers.

If it collides with our planet in 2046, its speed will be 15 kilometers per second, or 54,000 kilometers per hour, according to estimates.

There would be about a 70% chance that it would land in the Pacific Ocean, but the potential collision area would also include the United States, Australia or Southeast Asia.

However, experts point out that the world is no longer helpless in the face of such a threat. Last year, NASA's Dart spacecraft was deliberately smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, about 11 million kilometers from Earth, allowing its trajectory to be diverted.

And David Farnokia reassures, saying, "The Dart mission gives us a guarantee that such a mission will succeed" in confronting the asteroid "2023 DW."

Moisel concludes that there is "plenty of time," 23 years to be exact, to prepare for this.

The World Bank's Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, Farid Belhaj, expressed (Tuesday) the bank's readiness to finance important projects in Lebanon at a value of $500 million this year, and that there is a possibility for more amounts in the coming years in several sectors.

This came in a statement made by Belhadj after his meeting with a delegation from the bank with the head of the Lebanese caretaker government, Najib Mikati.

He indicated that he met during his visit to Lebanon with Mikati and the ministers of finance, economy, energy, environment, agriculture and industry.

He said that the World Bank's Board of Directors will conduct, in the coming months, two projects for Lebanon, namely the social coverage project and the agricultural sector support project.

He pointed out that the social coverage project is an important project with an amount of about 300 million dollars to support groups that have touched the level of poverty in an unprecedented way, and the project will also develop an information base that enables avoiding corruption and change in the financing destination.

He said that the second project with the Lebanese government is dedicated to supporting the agricultural sector, especially in the field of communication between the public and private sectors, and its value is about $200 million.

He pointed to other projects centered on renewable energy, noting that the World Bank is ready to enter into projects at the level of 100 and 150 million dollars allocated to this sector.

On the World Bank's financing of the gas and electricity delivery file to Lebanon from Egypt and Jordan via Syria, Belhaj said that the World Bank has been a partner with successive Lebanese governments since 2002, pointing to important reforms that the Lebanese state must take.

He indicated that he had informed the Prime Minister and the Minister of Energy of the conditions that the government must follow, namely conducting a financial audit of the government's "Electricity of Lebanon" and establishing the "regulatory authority for the electricity sector" according to what was approved by the government, in addition to correcting cost-recovery prices in electricity production.

He added, "These reforms can open the door for the World Bank or other partners to support the electricity sector in Lebanon."

He stressed that "the World Bank is dealing positively with the Lebanese government, and we are available for every technical or financing support, but there must be a level of understanding and credibility to move forward with these projects."

Since 2019, Lebanon has been suffering an economic collapse, which the World Bank ranked among the worst in the world in 150 years, as it is witnessing political, economic, living and health crises that were embodied in the scarcity of foreign currency and the collapse of the Lebanese pound and its loss of 98.5 of its value, in addition to the rise in the poverty rate in the country to 82. % and increased unemployment and inflation and a shortage of fuel, medicine and infant formula.

The official in charge of the settlement file in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, said on Wednesday morning that the size of the material losses caused by the settlers , following their attack on the town of Hawara , south of Nablus , is estimated at about 4 million shekels.

In an interview with the official "Voice of Palestine" radio, Douglas said that tomorrow the stage of counting the damages and material losses left by those attacks will end.

He indicated that the report will be handed over to the Council of Ministers to compensate all affected citizens.

Algeria will host the Arab Sports Games next July, according to what was announced by the Federation of Arab National Olympic Committees after its thirty-eighth executive office meeting in Jeddah, headed by Saudi Sports Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal.

After hosting the Mediterranean Games in Oran last summer, and the African Cup of Nations for local football (Al-Shan), which concluded last month, Algeria is preparing to host the Arab Games for the second time in its history, 19 years after it hosted the tenth session in 2004.

Algerian Khair El-Din Barbari, a member of the Executive Office of the Federation of Arab Olympic Committees, said that Algeria won the bid after its request was accepted by all members of the Executive Office of the Federation.

"The request submitted by Algeria to host the tournament was studied, as everyone agreed unanimously, and this is good news and embodies a great upward dynamic for Algeria in hosting international sporting events," Berbari added in televised statements.

Barbari confirmed that a delegation from the Union of Arab Olympic Committees will visit Algeria to study all technical and organizational matters with the higher authorities in Algeria, which attaches great importance to hosting this event.

Qatar hosted the last edition of the Arab tournament in late 2011, before the Arab Sports Association, which was launched from the city of Alexandria in Egypt in 1953, was absent due to the political differences and security events that followed the Arab Spring revolutions.

Lebanon apologized for hosting the thirteenth edition in 2015 at its request for security reasons, before it was transferred to the Kingdom of Morocco, which in turn apologized.

The 2019 edition was also scheduled to be held in Iraq, but it was postponed several times before the Federation of Arab Olympic Committees decided to hold it in Algeria next summer.

Egypt excels in the number of hosts for the Arab Sports Association three times, the last of which was in 2007, and the Egyptian athletes dominated the medal standings in most of the tournaments.

At least seven people died and eight others fell ill after eating sea turtle meat on Tanzania 's Indian Ocean island of Mafia on Saturday night, an official said late Monday.

In this context, Juma Khatibu, head of the village of Buene on Mafia Island, the third largest island in Tanzania's oceanic lands, said that the victims had bought sea turtle meat, suspected of being poisonous, from fishermen on Saturday evening, and ate it at night.

He added that the eight patients were transferred to the hospital, while their condition was described as stable.

Notably, the Tanzanian government has banned the consumption of turtle meat for protection reasons, but some unscrupulous poachers sell it illegally. Some turtles are poisonous.

Last October, at least 3 people died and 74 others became ill after eating turtle meat suspected of being poisonous in the Lindi region in the south of the country.

The European Commission on Tuesday adopted reforms aimed at enhancing energy security and reducing the dependence of consumer bills on volatile fossil fuel prices

The reforms come in light of the huge rise in energy prices in 2022, during the European Union's attempt to move away from Russian fossil fuels in the context of the conflict in Ukraine.

"We propose expanding the role of long-term instruments, introducing market-strengthening measures for PPAs, and strengthening the resilience of the electricity system through storage and demand-response measures," European Energy Commissioner Cadre Simson said Tuesday at a press conference.

Consumer protection will be improved, through the right to multiple contracts, the right to share renewable energy with neighboring countries and improved information on offers.

Meanwhile, vulnerable consumers will be protected from power outages, EU member states will commit to creating suppliers of last resort, and access to regulated retail prices will be guaranteed during the crisis.

EU industry must also become more competitive, as companies will be given better access to more stable and longer-term contracts and markets.

In addition, the reforms will accelerate the deployment of renewable energy sources. “We will require Member States to use two-way contracts for teams when awarding subsidies for new investments aimed at promoting low-carbon renewable energy generation,” said the Commissioner.

The proposed reforms will now be discussed by the European Parliament and the European Council before they are adopted.

The head of the " Silicon Valley Bridge Bank ", which was newly established by the US banking authorities and transferred to him all the deposits of the collapsed "Silicon Valley Bank", on Tuesday, urged all customers to return with their withdrawn money at a time when large banks are witnessing an influx of deposits.

Silicon Valley Bank, the main lender to startups in the United States since the 1980s, collapsed after a sudden rush to withdraw deposits, prompting regulators to seize it on Friday.

"The number one thing you can do to support the future of this institution is to help us rebuild our deposit base," Tim Myopoulos, CEO of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, said in a statement. Deposits that were withdrawn during the past days.

"We are doing everything we can to rebuild, earn your trust again, and continue to support the innovation economy," he added.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation confirmed that it will cover all depositors in the "Silicon Valley Bank", even over the limit of $ 250,000 in the protected deposit.

Myopoulos noted that Bridge Bank offers "new loans and fully respects existing credit facilities."

The bankruptcy of “Silicon Valley Bank” on Friday, the largest collapse of an American bank since 2008, was preceded by the liquidation of “Silvergate” Bank on Wednesday, the bank preferred by the cryptocurrency community.

On Sunday, the US authorities forced Signature Bank, which ranks 21st in size, to close.

Large banks such as JPMorgan and Bank of America are witnessing an influx of deposits, according to two sources close to the banking world.

One of them added that while large institutions do not seek out potential clients fleeing closed banks, they do accept deposits, which are now large sums.

Clients of small and medium-sized banks may also have transferred all or part of their money "to major players who think the government will in no way accept to let them down," said Alexander Yocum, a banking analyst at research firm CFRA.

Yokom added that the size of the transfers would likely only be known when the banks publish their quarterly results from April, or if they publish interim reports before then.

Standard & Poor's, a credit ratings agency, said in a note that it "saw no evidence that uncontrollable deposit outflows that occurred in a small number of banks spread widely" to other banks.

In a joint statement Sunday, the US Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the US Treasury said that depositors in the “Silicon Valley Bank” will be able to access “all their funds” starting from Monday.

The Federal Reserve also announced that it will provide additional funding to banks to help them meet the needs of depositors.

Standard & Poor's added that it believed the Fed's actions "provided banks with additional sources of liquidity if needed, and may have also reduced the likelihood that highly sensitive confidence issues would reach more banks."

The death toll from the sinking of an "unregistered" boat off the coast of northwestern Madagascar on Saturday night has risen to 34, an official said Tuesday.

"In all, 11 bodies were recovered on Tuesday during the (search) operation, bringing the number of passengers on board to 58 people, from Among them are 24 survivors and 34 dead."

The authorities are still investigating the cause of the accident.

The boat, which was heading to the French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, sank on Saturday evening in the sea off Ankazomborona in northwest Madagascar. On Monday, the Ministry of Transportation and Meteorology said 47 passengers were on the boat.

Randrianarivoni stated that the Maritime and River Ports Agency had decided to put forward measures to avoid such incidents, including strengthening the monitoring of standards required for the manufacture and maintenance of marine vessels, as well as the professionalization of marine mechanics.

A pair of white cranes has been spotted in a national nature reserve in north China's Hebei Province, according to the local resource protection bureau on Tuesday.

Two white cranes, a species under first-class national protection in China, were seen flying over Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve. One of them landed on the surface of the water, while the other flew away without stopping, according to Huo Heng Mao, a photographer who took pictures of the two rare birds in the reserve.

As migratory birds attracted by the good ecological environment and abundant food, white cranes stop at the reserve on their way to the north, said Zhang Yuguang of the reserve's resource protection office.

Zhang added that there are only about 5,000 white cranes left in China.

Since the start of the spring migration season, other endangered bird species including Bayer Bouchard, eastern white stork, squawking pelican and white spoonbill have also been spotted in the reserve.

Hengshui Lake, located in Hengshui City, is the only national reserve in the northern plains of China that maintains a complete wetland ecosystem consisting of swamps, waters, mudflats, meadows and forests.

Pakistani police said that two people were killed and eight others were injured when a bomb exploded in Khuzdar district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday.

Fahad Khosa, Chief Inspector of Khuzdar Police, told the media that a car carrying a merchant was targeted with a bomb in Khuzdar Market area on Tuesday.

He added that a large police unit arrived at the site, and an investigation was opened to find out the circumstances of the accident.

The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.