The official spokesman for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, acknowledged on Wednesday that the visa exemption program, which his government had announced Israel’s inclusion in early the same day, and which requires that all Americans be treated equally regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, gives Israel an exception because of its special security needs.

Miller said in his response to the questions of Al-Quds correspondent Shukran regarding the Ministry and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s complete conviction that Israel has fully fulfilled all its obligations to join the visa program, “We are convinced that it (Israel has fulfilled the requirements for joining the Visa Waiver Program, and this is the recommendation) Which Secretary Blinken submitted to the Department of Homeland Security, and which was ultimately decided by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.”

Miller added: “Over the past few months, as we have been piloting this program with the government of Israel, we have seen more than a hundred thousand American citizens enter Israel without a visa. This includes tens of thousands of Americans on the Palestinian registry who have traveled to Israel without a visa. However, “We have ongoing monitoring programs that will be implemented for Israel, and as with every other member of the Visa Waiver Program, we will monitor their compliance closely as we move forward.”

When the Al-Quds.com correspondent followed up on the US government’s confirmation that Israel’s behavior towards Palestinian-Americans depends on the standards of conformity with which it deals with Americans of non-Palestinian origins, Miller said: “I said that they met the requirements of the Visa Waiver Program. And as we have discussed many times on this "There are differences, especially with regard to Gaza. We must remember that Gaza is under the control of a foreign terrorist organization. We expect that there will be different procedures," he said, explaining, "We understand that there are different procedures (because of its own security needs), but we looked at the plans and policies that “Israel has put it in place and we have determined that it meets the Visa Waiver Program, but we will continue to monitor their compliance moving forward.”

He did not comment on a question regarding the possibility of Israel abusing the “privacy of its security needs” to impose additional restrictions on Palestinian-American travelers, or whether in this case Washington would remove Israel from the program if these incidents were repeated, saying only, “I do not want to enter into any assumptions.” “Other than saying we monitor ongoing compliance with the program and we have the ability to take steps up to and including excluding people from countries from the program going forward if they fail to remain in compliance.”

In what was considered a major political victory for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who heads the most right-wing and extremist government in the history of Israel, the administration of US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that Israel had been accepted into the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP), after years of efforts to... This was made by the two governments, “which provides a significant boost to bilateral relations,” according to a joint statement by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and National Security.

Instead of waiting several months to apply for and secure a visa, in the future, Israelis will only be required to fill out an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) form several days before embarking on a tourist or business trip to the United States for a period of up to 90 days. .

The United States still needs time to prepare its electronic systems for Israel to join the Visa Waiver Program, but Biden administration officials who briefed reporters on Tuesday before the official announcement said they expect those systems to be ready by November 30, 2023.

Multiple Arab-American groups, including the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), condemned in the strongest terms Wednesday Israel's admission into the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP). This decision, taken by the Departments of Homeland Security and State, does not undermine the rights of Americans of Palestinian and Arab descent. Not only does it make Israel's discriminatory practices part of the American program.

According to the first Arab American human rights organization, “Israel has not shown equal treatment towards American citizens, and the two-month assessment conducted by the United States government is completely inadequate.”

The US administration's decision came in the wake of a lawsuit filed by ADC on Tuesday evening, which states that "DHS is not following the law by redefining the meaning of reciprocity, a basic principle of the Visa Waiver Program that requires participating countries to treat all American citizens equally." ".

Israel announced today (Thursday) the signing of an agreement with Germany under which it sold the Arrow-3 missile defense system for 14 billion shekels (about 3.5 billion US dollars), in the largest military deal in the country’s history.

The agreement was signed by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, in Berlin today, according to a statement by the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

In addition, the two ministers signed a joint statement in which they pledged to strengthen bilateral security relations between their countries.

As part of the deal, Germany agreed to an immediate payment of $600 million that Israel will use to start producing Arrow-3 batteries for Germany, according to the statement.

“Our country has developed a relationship that includes the exchange of sensitive intelligence information, knowledge and military capabilities,” Gallant said in the statement.

He added, "Germany has contributed greatly to Israel's security, and today we are proud to contribute to Germany's security as a leading country in Europe and a strategic ally."

The Arrow missile system is a long-range ballistic missile interceptor system that can confront missiles launched towards Israel from anywhere.

Israeli military industries began developing this missile system since the mid-nineties of the last century, with American funding and support, after missiles were launched for the first time towards Israeli territory during the First Gulf War in 1991, when Iraq launched missiles towards Israel that hit some sites there after the American Patriot system failed to intercept them.

Arrow-3 missiles are considered one of Israel's military interception systems, which include Iron Dome, designed to intercept short-range missiles from Gaza, and David's Sling, which is capable of intercepting medium-range missiles.

Tehran has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Iran following a speech the he made at the UN General Assembly last week

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"Eight years ago, the Western powers promised that if Iran violated the nuclear deal, the sanctions would be snapped back. Well, Iran is violating the deal, but the sanctions have not been snapped back. To stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions, this policy must change. Sanctions must be snapped back," Netanyahu said during his speech.

He warned of acting against Iran if it pursues its nuclear program, which is what prompted Tehran to submit a formal complaint to the UN.

Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, but has never confirmed their existence.

"Above all, Iran must face a credible nuclear threat," Netanyahu continued, adding: "As long as I’m prime minister of Israel, I will do everything in my power to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons."

The Israeli prime minister’s office responded to Iran’s accusations, saying Netanyahu had "misread" the line and should have said a "credible military threat" instead of a "credible nuclear threat."

His office added that the speech was available in a PDF form on the UN General Assembly’s website.

Iran ignored the clarification and strongly condemned Netanyahu’s speech, warning Israel against any military action.

Israel usually keeps silent about its nuclear capabilities but is believed to possess between 80 and 400 nuclear warheads. 

"Considering that nuclear weapons are a threat to the existence of humanity and the planet, the severity of such a threat is incomparable and will cause a great shock to the international community, especially when such a threat comes from a credible forum," said Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani.

"The use or even the mere threat of using nuclear weapons, regardless of the circumstances, by anyone, at any time and in any place, is a clear violation of international laws," he added.

The envoy called on the international community to respond to and deter Israel’s threats against his country, stressing Iran’s right for a "decisive response to any threats and illegal actions caused" by what he called the Israeli regime.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced Thursday that Kiev is “closer than ever to NATO,” during a surprise visit to Ukraine, which has been confronting the Russian invasion since February 2022.

"Ukraine is currently closer to NATO than ever before," Stoltenberg said during a press conference in Kiev with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

For his part, Zelensky stressed that Kiev's accession to the alliance is "a matter of time."

“It is a matter of time before Ukraine becomes a legal member of the alliance,” Zelensky said in a joint press conference with Stoltenberg. “We are doing our best to bring this moment closer.”

Zelensky also asked the alliance for more air defense systems to confront "Russian attacks on energy infrastructure" expected this winter.

On the other hand, Stoltenberg announced that the Ukrainian counterattack on the Russian army was “making gradual progress,” denouncing Moscow’s “imperialist delusions.”

Stoltenberg said, "Today your forces are advancing. They are facing fierce fighting, but they are advancing on the ground gradually."

He added, "Ukrainians are fighting for their families" and "their freedom," and "Moscow is fighting for its imperialist illusions."

On the other hand, the British and French Defense Ministers will visit Kiev on Thursday to discuss providing more military aid to Ukraine, which is seeking to obtain more weapons to enhance its counterattack against Russian forces.

This visit comes ahead of the first Defense Industries Forum in Kiev, where Ukrainian officials are scheduled to meet with representatives of more than 160 defense companies and 26 countries.

Israeli forces arrested a young Palestinian this evening, Thursday, during their storming of the town of Ya`bad, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources said: “The occupation forces stormed the town of Ya`bad in Jenin, while confrontations broke out between young Palestinians and the occupation army in the area.

The sources added: "Israeli occupation army vehicle was damaged by a hand-made bomb, and a young man was arrested during the storming of the town of Ya'bad".

The same sources explained that the detained young Palestinian from  Ya'bad is Muhammad Amin Abu Bakr.

The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday that it will "cease to exist" at the end of the year after it suffered a military defeat from Azerbaijan that forced more than half of its population to flee, thus ending the dream of independence.

The region's separatist leader, Samvel Shahramanyan, issued a decree that he hopes will dissolve all state institutions by the end of the year, saying that Nagorno-Karabakh "will cease to exist" as of January 1, 2024.

The decree was issued minutes after Yerevan announced that more than 65,000 people had fled from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.

The curtain appears to have come down on one of the world's longest-running "frozen conflicts", which seemed so intractable that successive US administrations, like European officials, failed to resolve it in continuous rounds of talks.

However, the announcement exacerbated anger in Yerevan.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday accused Azerbaijan of carrying out a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in Nagorno-Karabakh, stressing that no Armenians would remain in the region "in the coming days."

He said, "This constitutes ethnic cleansing that the international community has warned us about for a long time."

The Azerbaijani lightning attack ended with a truce on September 20 in which the Armenian separatists pledged to surrender their weapons and enter into talks with the aim of “reintegrating” Nagorno-Karabakh.

Two rounds of talks were held as Azerbaijani forces worked methodically with Russian peacekeepers to collect separatist weapons and enter towns that had remained outside Baku's control since the first fighting between the two sides in the region in the 1990s.

Azerbaijani forces began approaching the outskirts of Stepanakert, which the Armenian separatists considered the "capital" of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The decree issued by Shahramanyan of Stepanakert said residents should “familiarize themselves with the reintegration conditions” put forward by Azerbaijan and make an “individual and independent decision” on whether to stay.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced Thursday that he "took note" of the dissolution of the separatist authorities themselves in Nagorno-Karabakh.

On Sunday, Azerbaijan reopened the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, the Lachin Corridor, which is guarded by Russian peacekeeping forces, four days after Armenian separatist forces agreed to lay down their arms and dismantle their army.

Since then, tens of thousands have flocked to Armenia with their belongings and cars.

On Thursday, Pashinyan told members of his government that “the displacement of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh continues.”

He added, "Our analysis shows that there will be no Armenians left in Nagorno-Karabakh. This constitutes ethnic cleansing that the international community has warned us about for a long time."

Armenian government spokeswoman Nazli Bagdasaryan said in a statement that by Thursday morning, “65,036 forcibly displaced people had crossed the border into Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh.”

It is estimated that about 120,000 Armenians lived in the region before the Baku attack.

The Kremlin indicated Thursday that it "sees no reason" for Armenians to flee the region.

On the Armenian side of the border, a refugee group discusses the basic problem faced by people who would accept to live under Azerbaijani control in Nagorno-Karabakh.

“If you have a son, he will have to serve in the Azerbaijani army against Armenia,” says one of them, requesting anonymity for security reasons.

"Only a crazy man would accept that," he added.

This Armenian-majority enclave, which the Soviet authorities annexed to Azerbaijan in 1921, declared its independence unilaterally in 1991.

The region witnessed two wars between the former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia, the first from 1988 to 1994 (30,000 dead) and the other in the fall of 2020 (6,500 dead).

Azerbaijan had agreed to allow the separatists who lay down their weapons to leave for Armenia under a ceasefire agreement reached last Wednesday.

However, an Azerbaijani government source told AFP that border guards are also searching for people accused of “war crimes” who must stand trial.

On Thursday, an Azerbaijani court ordered former separatist leader Ruben Vardanyan to be placed in pretrial detention after he was accused of financing terrorism and committing other crimes.

A court in Baku ruled to arrest Vardanyan, the businessman who led the separatist government in the region from November 2022 until February this year, and place him in pretrial detention for four months, according to the State Security Service in Azerbaijan.

The charges carry a prison sentence of up to 14 years against Vardanyan, who was born in 1986.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Thursday for Vardanyan's rights to be respected after Azerbaijan placed him in pretrial detention.

On Thursday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijani border guards of “carrying out illegal arrests” against Armenians trying to flee Nagorno-Karabakh.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed shtayeh speaks during a reception to mark the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Sept. 26, 2023. 

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed shtayeh on Tuesday praised China for its support of the Palestinian issue based on both international laws and humanitarian principles.

shtayeh made the remarks at a reception held in Ramallah on Tuesday evening by the Office of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the State of Palestine to mark the 74th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.

"China has adopted a balanced and equal policy towards Palestine ... We really appreciate the endless support," he said.

Zeng Jixin, head of the Office of the PRC to the State of Palestine, said during the reception that "China and Palestine are good friends and partners who always trust and support each other."

He added that the two sides would continue to promote cooperation in building the Belt and Road Initiative and strengthen exchanges and cooperation in all fields.

"China will continue to provide Palestine with humanitarian aid, personnel training programs and scholarships, and achieve more tangible outcomes that benefit the two peoples," he said.

Today, Thursday, the Haifa District Court sentenced the young man, Sabri Salem Amar (23 years old), to 12 years and 8 months in prison, in connection with the “Gift of Dignity” events.

The occupation authorities had arrested the young man, Omar, from his town in Kafr Qara in the occupied interior, on June 6, 2021.

The Israeli court accuses the young man, Omar, of “carrying out an intentional terrorist act and riot, and participating in an attack on a Jewish female driver.”

The Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs Authority reported today, Thursday, that a hearing has been set in the Israeli Supreme Court to consider the petition submitted by the lawyer of the prisoner Kayed Al-Fasfous to consider the appeal submitted against the administrative detention decision against hunger-striking prisoner Kayed Al-Fasfous

The session will be held on 10/2/2023, at the request of the Commission’s lawyer to appeal the administrative detention decision against the prisoner Al-Fasfous.

Prisoner Kayed Al-Fasfous continues his hunger strike for the 57th day in a row, in rejection of the decision to detain him administratively.

1. The US warned Israel that a “significant Palestinian component” would be part of any normalization deal with Saudi Arabia as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded the pending agreement as proof his country could make peace with the Arab world prior to resolving that conflict.
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3. “One of the things... we have communicated... to our Israeli counterparts is that there will have to be a significant Palestinian component of any final agreement,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters in Washington
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5. “We have been flying over Saudi Arabia for several years now, and we are talking about linking infrastructure. All of this sounds imaginary; it is not happening by itself. " Benjamin Netanyahu.
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7. “The Saudi Arabian government has made that clear publicly, they’ve made it clear to us privately,” he stated.

A Russian Finance Ministry document published Thursday said that Moscow will increase the defense budget by about 70% in 2024 while pumping resources into its large-scale offensive in Ukraine.

As a result, the Kremlin considered increasing defense spending “necessary” because of the “hybrid war against Russia.”

Since the start of the war last year, Russia has increased its arms industry and pumped huge amounts of money into its military machinery, despite high inflation and the weak value of the ruble.

The document stated that defense expenditures are expected to rise by more than 68% on an annual basis, to reach 10.8 trillion rubles ($111.15 billion), which constitutes about 6% of the gross domestic product, i.e. more than the spending allocated to social policy.

Defense expenditures are expected to be three times higher than education, environmental protection and healthcare expenditures combined in 2024, figures calculated by Agence France-Presse show.

“The focus of economic policy is shifting from the anti-crisis agenda to promoting national development goals,” the Finance Ministry said in the document.

It added that this includes "strengthening the country's defense capacity" and "integrating" the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow announced its annexation last year - Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhya.

The increase in defense expenditures comes as the Central Bank warned that economic growth is expected to slow in the second half of 2023, with the inflation rate rising above the bank’s target of four percent.

The Chinese Ministry of Defense announced Thursday that Beijing and Riyadh will hold their second-ever joint naval exercises next month, as part of China strengthening its relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Beijing indicated that the exercises known as "Blue Sword 2023" ("Blue Sword 2023") will take place in Guangdong Province in southern China in October.

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said in a press briefing, “This joint training focuses on naval operations to combat terrorism abroad, conducting training on sniper tactics, boat driving, helicopter landing, and joint rescue operations.”

The two countries conducted joint naval exercises for the first time in 2019, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
Wu explained that the two countries "seek to deepen practical and friendly cooperation between the two armies and improve the level of practical training of the forces."

The exercises come at a time when Beijing seeks to deepen its relations with Riyadh and play the role of a peacemaker in the Middle East.

This year, China sponsored an agreement between rival regional powers Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said on Thursday, “Government funding for the agriculture sector has increased by 100%, while the sector’s share in the gross domestic product has tripled since his government took office.”

This came during the laying of the foundation stone for the wheat silos project in the village of Burham, north of Ramallah, in a ceremony attended by the Minister of Economy, Khaled Al-Asili, the Governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Laila Ghannam, representatives of the implementing companies, and a number of officials and businessmen.

Shtayyeh added, “The project is at the core of the government’s strategy to achieve food security,” expressing his hope that the project will be completed “in the shortest possible time.”

He considered that the wheat silos project “reflects the spirit of partnership between the government and the private sector, and is at the core of the government’s work and vision, not only to provide a strategic stock of wheat, but to encourage farmers to return to wheat cultivation.”

Shtayyeh said: “We hope that the financing and implementing companies will complete the project in the shortest possible time,” pledging that the government will provide “everything necessary” to complete the project.”

He added: “The economy is a lever for politics, and it is part of the struggle scene of our people,” stressing that President Mahmoud Abbas attaches great importance to the wheat silo project, and other strategic projects.

For his part, Al-Osaili said, “The wheat silos project is part of a series of strategic projects that the government is working to implement, such as water dams and the rehabilitation of the Wadi Al-Nar road.”

He added: "The government is keen, in this difficult period in which we are living, of siege and weak capabilities, to partner with the private sector, which is a real partnership."

He continued: "In light of the sharp rise in commodity prices, especially in light of the Corona pandemic, the government has taken several measures to alleviate the burden on citizens, such as exempting bakeries and mills from value-added tax for a period of six months, in addition to its contribution to supporting many goods and services such as fuel, water and electricity."

At the beginning of last August, the government signed a contract to establish silos in the “Palestine Silos” Company, which is a coalition of three companies, one of which is a contracting company, the second with experience in the field of wheat, and the third specialized in designing and managing silos and is owned by a Palestinian businessman and headquartered in Dubai, while It will be implemented by a Canadian-based company, also owned by a Palestinian businessman.

The cost of the project amounts to 45-50 million dollars, fully funded by the private sector, and includes facilities in both Ramallah and Hebron, with a storage capacity, divided equally, of 80 thousand tons of wheat, sufficient for the local market for 3 months, rising to 6 months with the stock of merchants taken into account. .

The project will be implemented within 24 months, and the General Manager of the Palestine Silos Company, Ziad Nafi, said that the company will work to complete it in less than two years.

The Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs Authority revealed today, Thursday, that the total number of administrative detention decisions issued by the occupation authorities, from the beginning of this year 2023, until the end of last September, amounted to (2618) new decisions or renewal decisions.

The Commission explained that last September, the Israeli military courts issued 296 administrative detention orders, including (176) new detention orders and (120) renewal orders.

The Commission indicated that the number of appeal files submitted by the Commission against administrative detention decisions, which were considered, amounted to (42) appeal files, which the occupation courts rejected without any legal reasons.

It is noteworthy that administrative detention is detention without charge or trial, and without allowing the detainee or his lawyer to inspect the evidentiary materials, as the occupation authorities use the excuse that administrative detainees have secret files that can never be revealed.

Today, Thursday, the “Rebel Youth” announced the cessation of marches on the Gaza Strip borders, for a period of 24 hours.

The halting of the marches comes pending the outcome of the efforts of the mediators after the announcement tonight of the opening of the Erez crossing.

It is expected that future steps will be taken to calm the situation in the Gaza Strip.

Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces removed the main water network of the village of Susya, east of Yatta, south of Hebron.

According to local sources, these forces removed the water network lines connecting to the village of Susiya, which delivers water to the village from the town of Al-Samou, south of Hebron, and confiscated all the pipes.

On the other hand, sheep shepherds in the Al-Fakhit area in Musafer Yatta found occupation remnants and bombs.

Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a citizen on the road linking the Nablus and Jenin governorates.

According to local sources, the citizen, whose identity is still unknown, was driving his vehicle on a road leading to the town of Deir Sharaf, northwest of Nablus, before an Israeli military force intercepted and stopped him.

The sources indicated that the citizen was tied up and forced to enter a nearby military barracks.

The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said on Thursday that estimates in Israel regarding the Hamas movement, that economic facilitation would lead to long-term calm, were wrong, after renewed marches on the Gaza Strip border.

According to the newspaper, Hamas is the one controlling matters in Gaza, although it was careful not to appear publicly behind the marches that took place on the border.

 pointed out that these marches were not just a popular protest, but witnessed armed operations with shooting from several tens of meters from the border towards the soldiers, and explosive devices were used, one of which caused the death of 5 Palestinians. If they had been used against Israeli soldiers and their military vehicles, it would have caused injuries even if they were protected. .

It  indicated that the marches on the border aim to strengthen Hamas’ position on the Palestinian arena, and to achieve its demands from Qatar and Israel to transfer all Qatari funds and increase the number of workers. The movement is also exploiting the political situation in Israel and therefore believes that it can attempt to maneuver in a limited manner, especially since the government is in Tel Aviv. It will find it difficult to mobilize support to carry out a military operation in Gaza, but Hamas may be wrong when it discovers that military friction will serve Benjamin Netanyahu's government in light of internal crises.

It pointed out that all of this comes as Hamas continues to incite attacks from the West Bank, transfer money and issue instructions to its cells there, and has not stopped accumulating its military power in Gaza.

Haaretz pointed out that this coincides with attempts by other parties, including Iran and Hezbollah, to ignite the situation, in addition to the expected unrest with the settlers’ intentions to storm Al-Aqsa during Jewish "Sukkot" holiday in the coming days, noting that in recent days there have been major talks between Hamas and Israel under the auspices of mediators. Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations to calm the escalation in Gaza, as well as to prevent renewed tension in Jerusalem.

It indicated that Israel is in the process of adopting new facilities, by increasing the number of workers allowed to enter from Gaza to the Green Line, by about 20,000 workers, according to a plan prepared by the security establishment a few months ago.

The newspaper says: What the government and the security apparatus are avoiding doing, is reconsidering the policy towards Gaza, and it can be said, with a great deal of justice, that in light of the dangers present in other arenas (the internal crisis, the Lebanese border, the West Bank), the goal is to calm the situation in Gaza strip.

The scene of Palestinian workers at the entrance to the Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing, waiting to be allowed to enter to work after 14 consecutive days of demonstrations on the border and fires that broke out due to incendiary balloons.

The Israeli army bombed resistance sites on the border and killed 7 Palestinians, to pressure the occupying state to lift the stifling siege and collective punishment that the occupying state has been practicing for many years and has affected all aspects of Palestinian life.

The policy of the occupying state towards the Gaza Strip and the pressure on the Palestinians and the Hamas movement, the ruling authority in the Strip, is the same policy that it uses against the authority in the West Bank by various means by stealing the clearance funds, weakening the authority and pressuring it to act as a security agent to maintain the security of the occupation and the settlers, and following a facilitation policy to facilitate... The lives of Palestinians are based on a trickle-down method, which is a criminal policy of collective punishment while continuing to deny the rights of Palestinians.

This Thursday morning, the occupying state announced the opening of the Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing to workers after it had been closed since the Jewish New Year.

During the past two weeks, mediations to stop resistance activities on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip did not stop, and Egypt, Qatar, and the United Nations intervened and contacts were made with Hamas and the occupying state to end the current escalation and return to the situation that preceded the demonstrations on the border.

After the reopening of the Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing, the continuing fact confirms that the occupying state is practicing a policy of siege and collective punishment, which are war crimes committed for decades against the Palestinians. Despite this policy and preventing workers from working inside Palestine, which the occupying state is following, it will affect the economy of the sector. Gaza. It is a policy that has not succeeded, and the claims that 18,500 workers or even 50,000 will work to improve people’s lives is not true. It may affect partial improvement because the conditions in the Gaza Strip are disastrous and people’s lives are unbearable. This policy is like one who gives painkillers and ointments to a person sick with a disease. It is dangerous and there is no cure. The imposed Israeli siege is not only related to increasing the number of workers, but rather it has affected the lifeblood and economic and social conditions of the besieged Palestinians, who are deprived of freedom of movement and travel, the right to work, and the search for new opportunities outside the walls of the besieged Strip.

Following the reopening of the Beit Hanoun crossing, the Israeli media and journalists continued to incite against the Palestinians and criticize the Israeli government and army for not directing strong strikes against the resistance. The news of indirect contacts between Israel and Hamas to calm the situation is discussed, and that if calm returns to the Gaza borders, Israel has expressed its willingness to provide additional facilities to the Gaza Strip, such as increasing the number of permits for Palestinian workers who will be able to work in Israel to twenty thousand instead of the current number. 18500.

During the past two weeks, Hamas movement was strongly criticized regarding the demonstrations and popular resistance actions that took place, as a result of the experience of the March of Return, which some Palestinians consider to have achieved nothing but a significant increase in the number of martyrs, wounded, and people with disabilities as a result of crimes committed by the Israeli army forces. However, during the past few days, the Hamas movement has continued to support the youth to fight the occupation in order to pressure the occupying state to ease the siege and increase the number of workers. Hamas realizes that by exerting pressure it will exact a price from the occupation for adhering to what it pledged during the past years to ease the siege and increase the number of workers.

As a result, the occupying state responded under pressure. It is true that the price paid by the Palestinians is great, and this requires new Palestinian thinking about dealing with the crises in Gaza, which will not end as long as the occupation, siege, and division remain.

The announcement of the opening of the Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing at midnight last night, according to Israeli analysts, is due to fear of public criticism in the occupying state, and talk that the army and security services prefer to focus on the West Bank, which has become a major challenge facing the occupation.

The occupying state's response and lifting of the closure may be for various reasons. Among them is what is happening in the occupied West Bank, and the successive and rapid events of the American-Saudi-Israeli movement, which is in the interest of Israel and has become a priority for it, and it wants to focus on the issue of normalization with Saudi Arabia, which is progressing rapidly and rapidly, as well as improving relations with the American administration, and there are positive steps towards Netanyahu, and this affects The protests of the Israeli opposition, which felt disappointed, after the Biden-Netanyahu meeting, which is also under pressure from what is happening in the West Bank and the intense pressure on it from the settlers and the opening of more than one front will affect Netanyahu and his government from the extreme right-wing crowd.

What Israeli analysts are reporting is that the West Bank is exhausting the Israeli army, and that any escalation or military operation against Gaza will not end the resistance. This does not mean that Gaza has emerged from the circle of targeting and pressure.

Despite promises to provide new facilities within the policy that has been in place for a decade and a half, this needs serious thinking, and the occupying state is continuing aggressively in its aggression and policy against the Palestinians, and is trying to populate an area and cool it down in order to pay attention to another area within the Israeli dismantling policy, and to complete the project to annex the West Bank. The Palestinians are immersed in researching the details of their daily lives and living, and all that is provided by economic facilities has become a humanitarian situation just as the world deals with the Palestinian issue.

Hamas may be able to exert pressure through demonstrations on the border, and to disturb and confuse the occupying state as well, but these are temporary solutions and painkillers, for a period of time, and Gaza will not get rid of its crises with these solutions, and this is linked to the state of disintegration that the Palestinians practice against themselves and their party, and the search for immediate individual solutions. Without realizing what is going on and confronting it without evasion and fear, especially in the Saudi-Israeli normalization file.

The Israeli occupation forces bulldozed 40 dunums of land in the town of Kafr al-Dik, west of Salfit, and uprooted about 300 olive, grape, and fig trees belonging to the heirs of the sons of Hajj Izzat Nimr Saeed.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the western area of the town called Khallet al-Thieves, uprooted and destroyed more than 300 olive trees and other perennial trees, such as grapes and figs, removed stone chains and destroyed an internal road.

Today, Thursday, settlers uprooted and destroyed approximately 35 olive trees owned by citizen Khaled Akl from the town of Haris, west of Salfit.

According to local sources, the settlers of the “Netafim” settlement, which was established on the lands of citizens of the towns of Derastiya, Qarawat Bani Hassan, and Hares, uprooted a number of olive trees and stole them.

They also broke down another number of trees that were more than 10 years old in the area called “Airplanes” west of Haris.

We are facing a hateful occupation that seeks and is constantly working to seize the largest area of land and the smallest number of people. This is a clear policy that we suffer from constantly and without stopping. One of the strongest and most important means of resisting this occupation is the presence of a cohesive and unified society that stands together to confront all challenges, and when this society is weakened, Whatever the form of this weakness, the only beneficiary is the occupation, and the only loser is our people, their national cause, and their future.

Without mentioning any names, we affirm that what happened in one of our major cities constitutes an element of societal division and contributes to creating more dangerous developments and expanding the scope of disagreements and internal fighting, such that - God forbid - society becomes without any power or influence and turns into a center of weakness in the face of... The ambitions of the occupation that occupies our land and threatens our future and our existence.

Many national institutions and influential political figures have called for the necessity and importance of stopping these cases completely because their continuation means the dismemberment of society and its entry into a state of darkness and unknown fate, and this is the greatest service to the occupation that seeks to seize the future and displace the people of this land.

There is a law that protects the right and its holders, and any disputes whose holders must go to these legal departments to find fair, logical solutions to them.

Civil society organizations have condemned all forms of attacks, especially what happened in Hebron. Many other institutions have also called for the necessity of creating a national code of honor that considers this type of violence and the use of weapons as crimes that must not be repeated, and this charter must be issued as soon as possible.

Our entire society hopes and demands strong and unified action to stop this type of social corruption, because peaceful solutions can certainly be found for any disputes, and this internal fighting and violence only leads to more divisions, disputes, and bloodshed.

We appeal to those with influence and effective forces in society to immediately work with official authorities to find solutions and laws that put an end to these models of behavior and punish all those who commit them..!!

Over the course of three days, from the 22nd to the 24th of this month, the “Palestine Writes” festival was held at the University of Pennsylvania in the American city of Philadelphia, organized by Palestinian intellectuals and academics, and foreign activists from many countries, with support, funding, and donations from Palestinian and American institutions, organizations, and unions, and representatives of the Palestinian community in America, individuals.

This national cultural event was an overwhelming success, as it enjoyed massive participation from dozens of Palestinian and foreign writers, writers, intellectuals, and artists, from Palestine, America, and the diaspora countries, who presented their interventions, and more than 1,400 attended the events, directly inside the halls, other than those attending via social networks, so that tickets were sold out. Exactly, the activities were not limited to literature in the fields of novels, poetry, and stories through seminars and lectures, but rather varied to include photography exhibitions, discussion panels, music workshops, programs for children and family, traditional Palestinian food, theatrical performances, and Dabkeh.

Attendance at the events exceeded expectations, according to the festival’s organizers, to the point that it required booking additional halls within the university. This was a blow to the Zionist incitement campaign against the festival, its activities, and its participants, which reached the point of hysteria, and escalated as they failed, despite pressure, to push the university administration to cancel the festival on campus. Of course, the Zionists only had the ready-made accusation, which was always ridiculous and trivial, and which now arouses ridicule. We mean the accusation of anti-Semitism, as a ready-made accusation against any activity that denounces the occupation practices and Zionist racism that is steeped in its fascism, propaganda based on lies that are the essence of the Zionist movement.

The festival can be considered an important national cultural event for many reasons, perhaps the most important of which is that it constitutes a contribution to strengthening the components of identity in the fields of culture in general, and literary and poetic production in particular, in addition to displaying and promoting basic symbols of those components such as dabke, music, types of food, folk stories, and photography.

The importance of demonstrating and strengthening these components of identity acquires exceptional importance because it is directed primarily to two groups that I believe are in dire need of this effort, the first of which is the Palestinian/American community, especially the youth age groups, and the need to strengthen their affiliation and role in the national struggle in their locations, and through mechanisms and means that they introduce that are compatible with The privacy of its location and the audience it targets. The second is the Americans, among whom the propaganda and media role must be escalated to gain their position against the Zionist entity, its fascist practices against our people, and against its extensions of lobbies organized into Zionist federations and blocs, which are hostile with increasing hysteria to any Palestinian activity inside America. The propaganda and media role must escalate in the face of propaganda. These lobbyists distort the struggle of our people.

It was not surprising the amount of hostility and hysterical incitement carried out by the Zionist lobbies, especially in light of the new reality that has indicated for years the increase in Jewish youth circles, especially in universities, which take a critical stance on Zionist racist practices, despite the different starting points and motives among the various youth blocs. This development has become disturbing to Zionists, whether in the Zionist entity, or activists in the Zionist lobbies in America and various European countries, especially with the successes that the BDS movement has achieved and continues to achieve. The holding of the festival and its success in this manner, despite the hysterical incitement from the Zionists, confirms the centrality and importance of this event, such that this event became a message and a lesson at the same time. A message to the Zionists on the one hand that you cannot silence the voice of truth, the voice of Palestine, and Palestine will continue to write and will not be intimidated by your racist incitement, and a lesson for Palestinian activists and foreign solidarity activists, that it is possible, with perseverance, determination and challenge, to succeed in organizing various solidarity activities with our people and against the racist practices of the Zionists, despite the incitement. The hysterical Zionist.

It was a festival called (Palestine Writes), and it actually wrote, and it will continue to write and nothing will stop it, until our people can write the last page in their history, the page of liberation and return.

Normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia may not happen soon because the path to this agreement is still complicated and there are things that the Israeli occupying state does not want to give up, the first of which is the brutal occupation of Palestinian land and granting them the right to self-determination, and the second is getting rid of the complex of hostility towards the Arabs and that the Arab world will one day turn into countries that are hostile to Israel. Again, because this complex is built on a real basis, which is that the occupying state does not want to accept a comprehensive and just solution to the conflict in the Middle East, with the establishment of a Palestinian state with full sovereignty over the Palestinian land, with Jerusalem as its capital. Prince (Mohammed bin Salman), the Saudi Crown Prince, said to the American station Fox News, “We are getting closer every day to normalization with Israel, but the Palestinian issue remains important for negotiations towards this rapprochement.” This means that any normalization agreement depends on the extent of Israel’s acceptance of resolving the conflict on the basis of the principle of the two-state solution. The Arab Peace Initiative is a basic reference for any Arab-Israeli relations, and in a report by the Hebrew newspaper The Times of Israel, it was stated that Prince Mohammed bin Salman told his aides that he is not ready to fully normalize relations with Israel and that he is not seeking to reach an agreement with the hard-line government led by Netanyahu.

The Biden administration is trying with all its relations with Saudi Arabia to reach a normalization agreement before next March and is trying to find compromise solutions for all matters that hinder normalization. What concerns it here is not resolving the conflict, nor Saudi Arabia obtaining a civilian nuclear reactor, nor arming Saudi Arabia and supplying it with advanced weapons, but rather what concerns it. Reaching a tripartite normalization deal in which the Democratic Party will be strengthened in the upcoming elections, hindering the formation of a political axis and a Saudi-Iranian-Chinese-Russian security alliance, and changing the map of the Middle East on the basis of creating a new Middle East. This is the map that Netanyahu reviewed before the United Nations General Assembly at its 78th session, and what he talked about about Israeli deployment in the countries surrounding Israel, which was colored green and included Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. He drew in red pen the corridor that connects Asia to Europe, passing through the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Israel, considering This corridor will create a new Middle East in which global trade lines will be facilitated and shortened, and energy and oil lines will extend to reach Europe at a lower cost. The benefit, of course, will accrue primarily to Israel and not to the countries of the Arab region.

The occupying state does not want to give up the military occupation of Palestine, does not want to return the land it occupied in 1967 to the Palestinians at least, does not want the Americans to give an independent nuclear reactor to Saudi Arabia, does not want Washington to raise the level of Saudi Arabia’s armament so that Saudi Arabia does not outperform Israel, and does not want Israel on the one hand. Another is to stop the movement to change the historical reality in Jerusalem and the holy sites, and does not want to recognize the Arab Peace Initiative as a legitimate reference for resolving the conflict. At the same time, it wants it and the United States to draw a map of new relations in the Middle East through which a new Middle East will be created in which the occupying state is a politically acceptable state. Popularly, it is integrated into large security alliances with countries in the Arab region. The Saudi Foreign Minister did not comment on the issue of the new Middle East in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly, but he said, “Security in the Middle East requires accelerating the search for a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian problem on the basis of international law and the Arab Peace Initiative in a way that guarantees the right of the Palestinian people to establish their state.” "The Independent Authority on the borders of June 4, 1967 said that Saudi Arabia rejects any obstacles to resolving the Palestinian issue."

It is clear that the Biden administration does not want to put pressure on Israel to respond to Saudi demands regarding the Palestinian conflict, and does not want the conflict to end with the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Otherwise, it would have done so and pressured Israel to complete the Oslo Accords, which is now only in name, and the United States does not trust it. Also in enabling Saudi Arabia to possess a nuclear reactor, it therefore proposes that America and American experts undertake uranium enrichment on Saudi soil through an American nuclear reactor to serve civilian goals. The question that arises is: Is there a relationship between the tripartite normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia, America and Israel and the map of the new Middle East? We say yes, and Saudi Arabia may not allow the use of its lands, at least in the first stage, except after an agreement in which Saudi Arabia fulfills all its demands. With this complexity, the conflict remains the final word in achieving the plans of America, Israel, and the UAE for a new Middle East in which Israel takes the lead in a new defense and security alliance. I do not believe that the new Middle East project will be achieved from the perspective that Israel sees and that Netanyahu spoke about in the context of these givens.

Resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in a just way that achieves security and stability is the true gateway to any new Middle East, and the Palestinians obtaining their full rights is the criterion for the success of this plan, and without the Palestinians obtaining their political rights, the occupying state acknowledges ending the occupation and recognizes the principle of the two-state solution, the Arab Peace Initiative, and international legitimacy resolutions. As a basis for negotiations to end the conflict, there will be no new Middle East. If the occupying state and its strategic partner, the United States, try to reduce this solution to temporary solutions that do not give the Palestinians their political rights, then attempts to create a new Middle East will remain mere political fantasies because any new Middle East is the criterion for the acceptance and conviction of the peoples. By transforming the occupying state into a state of true peace that lives in security and stability alongside a Palestinian state in which the Palestinian people enjoy freedom, security, and equal peace, and other than that, the new Middle East will be nothing but an imaginary plan, and its implementation on the ground will not change the nature of the Arab nation and its orientations towards Israel in any way, because Israel has not changed its hostile tendencies towards the Palestinian Arab people or Palestinian rights at all, and the Palestinian issue will remain the gateway to all positive change and the address of the new Middle East.

German police carried out raids across the country on Wednesday after banning the activity of a far-right group, which they described as a "sect-like, racist and anti-Semitic organization" that seeks to indoctrinate children with Nazi ideology.

The police stormed 26 apartments owned by 39 members of the “Artgemannschaft” network in 12 states, including Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg.

The Interior Ministry said that the organization includes about 150 members and has links to several right-wing extremist groups.
The ministry said it was using the cover of a "false Germanic belief in God to spread its worldview that violates human dignity."

Using Nazi-era literature, the organization sought to persuade young people to embrace its racial theories.

It also ran an online library that sought to spread extremism and attract new members.

"This is another blow to right-wing extremism and to the intellectual agitators who continue to spread Nazi ideologies," German Interior Minister Nancy Weiser said.

“This far-right group attempted to mobilize new enemies of the Constitution through disgusting indoctrination of children and youth,” she added.

Germany has banned a range of far-right organizations in recent months.

Last week, it banned the local chapter of the US-headquartered neo-Nazi group Hammerskins, which is known for organizing white supremacist rock concerts.

About 38,800 people belonged to the far-right spectrum in Germany in 2022, according to a report submitted by the Federal Internal Intelligence Agency in June, up from 33,900 in 2021.

The number of those considered violent also increased from 13,500 to 14,000.

The Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission said on Thursday that it had monitored more than 135,000 arrests since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada on this day in 2000, and that these arrests affected all groups and segments of Palestinian society, males and females, young and old.

She added in a report she issued on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada: Among those cases, nearly (21) thousand arrests of minor children were recorded, and the arrest of half the members of the Legislative Council (the Palestinian Parliament) in its last session, a number of ministers, and hundreds of Academics, journalists, and workers in civil society organizations and international institutions.

The Commission indicated in its report that more than 2,600 Palestinian girls and women were arrested. Among them were (4) women, each of whom gave birth in prison under harsh and difficult conditions. They were: Mervat Taha (21 years old) from Jerusalem, who was arrested in 2002 and gave birth to her firstborn, “Wael,” on 2/8/2003. Manal Ghanem (32 years old) from Tulkarm, who was arrested on April 17, 2003 from her home in Tulkarm. She is a mother of four children and gave birth to her baby, “Nour,” on October 10, 2003. Samar Subeih (22 years old) from Jabalia Camp in the northern Gaza Strip, who was arrested while she was three months pregnant, on 9/29/2005, and gave birth to her firstborn, Baraa, on 4/30/2006. Fatima Al-Zaq (40 years old) from Gaza City. She was arrested while she was in her second month of pregnancy on 5/20/2007 through the Beit Hanoun checkpoint. She is a mother of eight children and gave birth to her child, “Youssef,” on 1/17/2008.

The Commission explained that there is a remarkable increase in the volume of administrative detention decisions, as it monitored the Israeli occupation authorities issuing more than (32) thousand administrative detention decisions, between a new decision and the renewal of administrative detention, since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada.

The Commission stated that torture did not stop in Israeli prisons, and that killings and slow executions through so-called medical negligence also did not stop. While the state of oppression, abuse and racist incitement against prisoners has escalated significantly in recent years, and a set of laws were approved to legitimize the crime, and it escalated further after the formation of the extreme right-wing government and Itamar Ben Gvir assuming the Ministry of National Security, which led to many detainees becoming martyrs, as Since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada on September 28, 2000, about (114) martyrs have joined the list of martyrs of the Captive National Movement, as a result of torture, premeditated killing, and medical negligence, the last of whom was the prisoner Khader Adnan, which raised the list of martyrs of the Captive National Movement to (237). A martyr. This is in addition to many others who became martyrs after their release from prison, affected by the diseases that befell them during their imprisonment.

The occupation authorities are still detaining about (5,200) Palestinian prisoners in their prisons and detention centers, including (38) female prisoners and about (170) children, and more than (1,250) administrative detainees and (700) prisoners suffering from various diseases, including (24) prisoners suffering from illness. The most dangerous of them is the prisoner, Commander Walid Daqqa.

It is noteworthy that on September 28, 2023, the Al-Aqsa Intifada broke out in response to the provocative visit made by the right-wing Israeli opposition leader at the time, Ariel Sharon, to the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque, with the protection of two thousand Israeli soldiers and border guards. This incident was the spark that ignited the Palestinian territories with a series of confrontations. The bloodshed extended to include Palestinian cities and towns and the Green Line areas.

After two days of confrontations, on the 30th of the same month, the Palestinian child, “Muhammad Al-Durra” (11 years old) from the Gaza Strip, was martyred after being surrounded by Israeli fire while he was in the hands of his father and in front of television cameras. His image shook the world, revealing the ugliness of the occupation, and he became a symbol of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. The image of the martyr, Fares Odeh, who was unarmed and facing the Israeli tank with a stone, became a symbol of the Palestinian challenge and insistence on confronting the occupier in order to defeat the occupation and achieve freedom.

China issued a white paper on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 outlining its theoretical base, practices and development for a global community with a shared future. The document presents China's vision for human development and seeks to counter the hegemonic thinking of some countries that aim for supremacy.

The white paper, titled "A Global Community with a Shared Future: China's Proposals and Actions," provides the background for China's introduction of this concept. It highlights the unprecedented challenges facing human society amidst major global changes. The paper asserts that the zero-sum game approach is doomed to failure. However, some countries still cling to this mentality, seeking absolute security and monopoly advantages. Such an attitude not only hinders its long-term development, but also poses a great threat to the world.

The White Paper asserts that the obsession with superior power and the zero-sum mentality are inconsistent with the needs of our time. He believes that the new era calls for new ideas.

The goal of building a global community with a shared future, as set out in the White Paper, is to pursue openness, inclusion, mutual benefit, fairness and justice. It does not seek to replace one system or civilization with another. Instead, it aims to promote cooperation between countries with shared social systems, ideologies, histories, rights, and responsibilities in global affairs.

According to the White Paper, the vision of a global community with a shared future is in line with the path of human progress and stands on the right side of history. It offers a new approach to international relations, presents innovative ideas for global governance, opens new horizons for international exchanges, and offers a blueprint for a better world.

The concept of a global community with a shared future is deeply rooted in China's cultural heritage and draws on its unique experience of modernization. The White Paper highlights that it draws on Chinese diplomatic traditions and incorporates the achievements of other civilizations. It reflects China's historical traditions, the characteristics of the present era, and a wealth of human values.

The White Paper also sets the direction and plan for building a global community with a shared future. It calls for promoting a new kind of economic globalization that opposes protectionism, fences, barriers, unilateral sanctions, and maximum pressure tactics. The goal is to connect economies and jointly build an open global economy. The white paper warns against countries seeking to decouple from China, because they believe that such measures will ultimately backfire.

The direction and plan also emphasize peaceful development, promoting a new type of international relations, practicing true multilateralism, and promoting common human values.

China has actively contributed to building a global community with a shared future over the past decade. The White Paper cites examples such as the Belt and Road Initiative, where the majority of the world's countries and more than 30 international organizations have signed cooperation agreements with China. The Belt and Road Initiative is presented as an initiative for economic cooperation and not as a geopolitical or military alliance. It is a comprehensive process that does not target or exclude any party.

One notable project under the Belt and Road Initiative is the China-Laos railway, which became operational in December 2021. The construction of the railway has created many local jobs and facilitated the development of roads and canals, benefiting local communities along its route.

Apart from the Belt and Road Initiative, China's Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative have become crucial building blocks for a global community with a shared future. These initiatives offer China's solutions to major challenges related to peace and development.

The White Paper highlights China's commitment to fulfilling its role as a responsible major power. It mentions China's efforts to resolve international and regional hotbeds of tension, including the Korean Peninsula, Palestine, the Iranian nuclear issue, Syria, and Afghanistan. China also played a mediating role in achieving the historic reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, setting an example for resolving conflicts peacefully in the Middle East.

China has proposed various regional and bilateral initiatives to build communities with a shared future and enhance cooperation. It has actively promoted international cooperation in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing cyberspace governance issues, and addressing the global climate challenge.

The White Paper concludes by noting that the vision of a global community with a shared future has gained broader support over the past decade. It confirms that more countries and peoples realize the common interests they serve and the popular calls they represent for peace, justice and progress. The White Paper believes that this vision can create strong synergy between countries to build a better world.

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On Thursday morning, the Israeli army fortified several bypass roads leading to settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip.

According to the Hebrew Kan radio, against the backdrop of security tensions with the Gaza Strip and the increase in shooting attempts during the marches, very high protective concrete walls were placed near the bypass roads leading to the settlements.

She indicated that this step aims to prevent the launching of anti-tank missiles from Gaza towards Israeli vehicles.

On Thursday morning, Israeli police arrested several demonstrators, among dozens who demonstrated in front of the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in occupied Jerusalem.

The Israeli police claimed that the demonstrators violated public order during the demonstration in front of Netanyahu's house.

The demonstration was organized shortly before the start of the Israeli Supreme Court, its second session, to consider petitions submitted by several parties against the “immunization” law approved by the Knesset, with the aim of preventing harm to Netanyahu by imprisoning him under any charge by the Supreme Court itself.

11 judges will participate in the expanded session, including President Esther Hayut.

The court issued a conditional order, in which it ordered the Israeli government to prevent the law from being postponed until the next session of the Knesset.

On Thursday, the Hamas movement stressed that “comprehensive resistance is the strategic choice for our people to seize rights and liberate the land and the holy sites, with Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque at its heart.”

Hamas said in a statement, on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the second Al-Aqsa Intifada, “Our people will move forward united, embracing their resistance and uniting with it, adhering to their principles and identity, until the land, the prisoners, and the prisoners are liberated.”

She added: “The Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque was and will remain a purely Islamic endowment. The occupation and its fascist government have no legitimacy or sovereignty over an inch of it, and the reasons for the outbreak of the spark of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000 AD are strong today, as a result of the Zionist encroachment and aggression and its provocative attempts to storm and desecrate Al-Aqsa. Our people will remain.” A rising station, and a protective shield for the first qibla of Muslims, and he will protect him with joy and souls.” According to the text of its statement.

She continued: “The Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000 AD was a prominent landmark in the unity and steadfastness of our people on the ground, in defense of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, and a true example that reveals the sources of strength and struggle among the masses of our people of all shades, and that we are capable, with our national unity and comprehensive resistance, to confront the occupation and defeat it from our land.” . According to the text of the statement.

She continued: “The path of normalizing relations with the Zionist enemy that some of our Arab brothers have adopted, in light of the escalating crimes of the occupation and its fascist government against our land, our people, our prisoners, and our sanctities, is an approach that only serves the occupation’s settlement and Judaization projects, and constitutes a cover for the continuation and escalation of its war against our defenseless people and their sanctities.” Calling for a retreat from this wrong path, justice for our people, and support for their legitimate struggle until they achieve their aspirations for liberation and return. As stated in the statement.

Hamas called on the Palestinian masses to continue their journey to Al-Aqsa and thwart the occupation’s plans, calling on the Arab and Islamic nation to take urgent and serious action in developing sustainable programs and plans to support the steadfastness of the people of Jerusalem.