Today, Sunday, the General Authority for Civil Affairs announced in a statement that the body of the martyr Ahmed Yaqoub Taha (39 years old) will be received from the town of Bidya in Salfit Governorate, today morning, by the Authority’s staff and the martyr’s family from the northern entrance to the city of Salfit.

In its statement, the authority indicated that the martyr Taha was killed by the occupation bullets on 04-27-2023, north of the city of Salfit.

The Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Lynn Hastings, said that hundreds of Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem are at risk of forcible eviction.

In a tweet on her official Twitter page, the UN coordinator said, "Today, Sunday, elderly members of the Sub Laban family may be evicted from their home in which they lived since 1954 in the Old City of Jerusalem."

She added, "Hundreds of Palestinians are at risk of forced eviction in East Jerusalem. This devastating practice - which is contrary to international law - must end."

Today, Sunday, the eleventh of June, the Israeli occupation authorities set a deadline for the eviction of the Sub Laban family from their home in favor of the settlers.

And last Thursday, the European Union office said in a tweet it posted on its official page on "Twitter" that "about 150 Palestinian families in East Jerusalem are at risk of eviction and forced displacement" from the Israeli occupation authorities.

The European Union reaffirmed its opposition to the Israeli settlement policy, and the measures taken in this context, including forced evictions.

The house of the Sub Laban family is located in a building in Aqaba al-Khalidiyah in the Old City, directly overlooking the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. It is inhabited by the seventy-year-old Mustafa Sub Laban and his wife Nora. Settlers previously seized an upper part of the building and another part of it several years ago, and the house of the Sub Laban family remained. In the middle of the building, which is surrounded by settlements on all sides.

It is noteworthy that a case was filed against the Sub Laban family in an attempt to forcibly evict them from their home in 1978, and the family entered into a whirlpool of courts and cases with the Israeli occupation and settlers, and fought seven court battles, including in 2000, when the family won the case and stayed at home.

In 2010, the occupation authorities transferred the property to the "Ateret Cohanim" settlement association, which began filing cases against the family in an attempt to forcibly deport them. In 2016, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a decision to prevent the presence of children and grandchildren in the home, with the aim of preventing them from claiming the right to protection as a third generation, while the spouses remain in it.

The Israeli occupation forces arrested, at dawn and Sunday morning, 9 citizens from separate areas in the West Bank.

According to local sources, these forces raided the town of Ya`bad in Jenin, and arrested the injured young man, Ghanem Bassam Hamarsheh, Abboud Jaafar Al-Taher, and the boy, Abd Muhammad Hamarsheh, after raiding the homes of their relatives and tampering with their contents.

These forces also raided many citizens' homes, including the editor Tareq Qabha, amidst clashes with angry youths.

While the Israeli army said that, in addition to Ya`bad, it arrested a number of what it called wanted persons, from Nilin in the Ramallah district, and Husan in Bethlehem, and that it had found weapons during the raids.

A Palestinian was killed, last night, as a result of a murder that took place in Jaljulia, in the occupied Triangle.

This is the second crime that occurred within hours yesterday, after another killing in Qalansawa.

According to the Arabic-speaking Israeli Public Broadcasting Authority, the dead man in Jaljulia is Ashraf Kharroub (49 years old), and he was shot by unknown persons, while his wife and her sister were injured of varying degrees in the same crime.

According to the investigations, the talk is about a revenge operation, as his murdered son was arrested last month on suspicion of involvement in the killing of Mahdi Hariri, the son of one of the leaders of organized crime, but he was released due to lack of sufficient evidence, then he traveled to Turkey.

The Commission indicated that 13 Palestinians were killed in murders since last week, bringing the total number of victims since the beginning of the year to 102.

Last night, a civilian was killed by gunfire in Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank.

According to the police spokesman, Colonel Louay Arziqat, 3 other citizens were injured during a quarrel that occurred inside the camp, indicating that the security services began investigation procedures after they took control of the place and cordoned off the quarrel.

Local sources said that the dead man was the editor, Khalil Mesbah, who was released about a month ago after spending about 20 years in the occupation prisons.

Tens of thousands demonstrated in Tel Aviv, in addition to hundreds in front of the hotel where Netanyahu and Levin are meeting in Caesarea, for the 23rd week in a row.

On Saturday evening, protests against the Netanyahu government and the plan to weaken the judiciary were renewed in Tel Aviv and dozens of towns and main junctions, for the 23rd week in a row.

Tens of thousands demonstrated in the central demonstration on "Kaplan" Street in Tel Aviv, which included a minute of silence for the victims of the murders in the Arab community, after the death toll reached 95 since the beginning of the year until now.

In Caesarea, hundreds demonstrated in front of the hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Justice Yarliv Levin met, amid the presence of reinforced police forces who prevented the demonstrators from approaching the hotel.

The demonstrators called on the Israeli Minister of Justice to come out and listen to them, and they said they chanted, "Levin, here is not Poland."

In Beersheba, more than a thousand people demonstrated, including former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who called for an escalation of protests and civil disobedience.

Barak said, "Netanyahu's project was passed in Poland and Hungary, but it will not pass here because we will continue to protest and we are not afraid of anyone or anything, nor will there be bargaining with anyone who tries to crush democracy."

A shooting crime committed in the city of Qalansawa resulted in the death of a 28-year-old man who succumbed to his critical wounds, bringing the death toll in the Arab community since the beginning of the year to 95.

A 28-year-old man died of his critical wounds in a shooting crime committed in the city of Qalansuwa, while 3 young men were injured in two separate fights in the Negev, on Saturday evening.

According to the information received, the crime was committed in a street near the Magazin cemetery, as the young man was wounded in the upper part of his body.

A medical staff from the "Men of David" provided resuscitation for the injured person, who was suffering from critical wounds in his body, then he was quickly transferred to "Meir" Hospital in Kfar Saba to complete treatment, but his death was confirmed after attempts to save his life failed.

The police arrived at the scene of the crime and began investigating its circumstances. Without reporting the arrest of any suspects.

In the city of Rahat, two young men (31 and 18 years old) were injured, described as moderate, after they were subjected to a shooting crime following a fight that occurred in lane 2.

A medical staff provided initial treatment to the injured, then they were transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba to complete treatment.

In Shaqib al-Salam, a 21-year-old man was wounded in a fight, described as moderate.

The injured person suffered from wounds in his body, and he was transferred to Soroka Hospital to receive treatment after providing him with initial treatments.

Unchecked crimes in the Arab community

Crimes continue in the Arab community on a daily basis, at a time when the Arab community witnessed yesterday, Friday, angry protests denouncing the rampant crime and the inaction of the police, especially after the mass murder that took place in Jaffa Nazareth, in which 5 young men were killed on Thursday.

The crimes also come in light of the police’s failure to carry out its work in combating crime, confronting criminal gangs, and arresting the perpetrators, amid indications of the collusion of the Israeli security services with criminal organizations.

95 dead in the Arab community since the beginning of the year

With this crime, the number of murder victims in the Arab community has risen since the beginning of this year until today, to 95, including 6 women, a young woman and two children.

Arab society is witnessing an endless series of violent incidents and murders, at a time when the police are failing to carry out their work to curb crime, pursue criminal gangs, and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Street shootings and murders have become commonplace in recent years in Arab society, which finds itself left to its fate and hostage to organized crime.

This comes amid the criminals' feeling of impunity, as the perpetrators of the shooting believe that everything is permissible for them, noting that most of the crimes are related to working in usury, the black market, and settling scores between criminal gangs.

The families of the martyrs whose bodies are being held by the occupation authorities organized, this evening, Saturday, a stand in the city center of Ramallah, to demand the recovery of the bodies of their children, and they also demanded the immediate release of the sick prisoner, Walid Daqqa.

During the stand, the participants chanted against the occupation policies against the prisoners, and raised slogans rejecting the policy of medical negligence, and stressed the need for the international community to move to end the procedures practiced against them.

After the vigil, the participants organized a march from Al-Manara Square to the house of the prisoner Islam Al-Froukh's family in "Ramallah Al-Tahta", which was blown up by the occupation forces two days ago, where several words were delivered in support of his family and an affirmation that our people stand by their side.

It is noteworthy that the prisoner Walid Daqqa, who entered his 38th year in the Israeli occupation prisons, is facing a serious health condition, as a result of his recent serious health symptoms, in addition to his suffering from a rare type of cancer that affects the bone marrow and is known as "myelofibrosis."

On Saturday evening, clashes broke out between young men and the Israeli occupation forces, in the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya.

Local sources reported that settlers from the "Kadumim" settlement, which was established by force on the lands of Kafr Qaddum, gathered near Jabal Al-Kadan, north of the town, under the protection of the occupation soldiers, in an attempt to storm the area. .

Hundreds of students from the "Al-Qastal" school in Nazareth participated in a vigil, today, Saturday, to protest the violence and murders rampant in Palestinian society in the 48 territories, and the failure of the Israeli police to fight it.

During the vigil organized by the school administration, the educational staff and the parents' committee, the students raised banners condemning violence and chanted loudly to stress the need to speak the language of dialogue in society and to reject all forms of violence, killing and intimidation.

The students also raised slogans denouncing violence and crime, and chanted against the "miserable state" that Arab society has reached, including violence, killing, oppression, bullying and other negative behavior.

Last Thursday, the town of Yafa al-Nazareth witnessed one of the bloodiest criminal shootings, in which five young men were killed, one of them a 15-year-old minor, as a result of settling scores between two criminal organizations active in the Arab community.

Dozens of vigils will be organized in Arab towns, against the escalation of violence and the spread of crime, in light of the failure of the Israeli authorities to combat this phenomenon, at the invitation of the Higher Follow-up Movement of the Arab Masses.

Thirteen people were killed and 20 others injured during ethnic clashes in a camp for the protection of civilians of the UN mission in southern Sudan, according to the United Nations Agency for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OSHA) on Friday.

On Thursday, a 14-year-old boy from the Shilluk ethnic group was stabbed to death in Malakal camp, about 520 km north of the capital, Juba, in Upper Nile state.

The UN agency stated in a statement that this incident "caused the outbreak of ethnic violence," speaking of a total of "13 dead and 20 wounded."

This climate of insecurity impedes humanitarian activities, she said, noting the suspension of "the transfer of South Sudanese fleeing the conflict in Sudan from border points towards Malakal."

South Sudan gained its independence in 2011, but two years later it sank into a five-year civil war between rival rivals Riek Machar and Salva Kiir, which left nearly 400,000 dead and millions displaced.

The war officially ended in September 2018 with a peace agreement that stipulates the principle of power-sharing. But this agreement has been largely unimplemented, more than two years after the formation of a national unity government that included Kiir and his archenemy Machar, the current vice president.

The United Nations and the international community accuse South Sudanese leaders of maintaining the status quo, stoking violence, suppressing political freedoms and embezzling public funds.

Zaher Jabareen, a member of the Hamas political bureau and the official in charge of the Martyrs, Wounded, and Prisoners Bureau, said today, Saturday, that the ongoing policy of administrative detention against the Palestinian people is an organized crime committed by the occupation in violation of international norms, and a flagrant violation of all humanitarian charters, through which it practices oppression and persecution. Right of the Palestinian people without censor or accountability.

In a press statement, Jabareen considered that the battle of the open hunger strike, which the administrative prisoners are waging on the eighteenth of this month, will be the title of a new chapter of our battles with the occupation inside and outside prisons.

The official of the Office of Martyrs, Wounded and Prisoners in Hamas explained that the number of administrative prisoners exceeded 1,083, noting that it is a dangerous indicator indicating the occupation’s pervasiveness in robbing the freedom of our people. It contradicts the simplest humanitarian standards with all available means and means. like he said.

Iran has denied a media report that it is "close to reaching an interim nuclear deal" with the United States, saying such a deal does not exist and is not on the agenda, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.

Tasnim news agency reported that Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations on Thursday responded in a statement to a report published by the London-based news outlet Middle East Eye which said that Tehran and Washington were close to reaching an interim agreement, under which Tehran would limit its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

"There is no interim agreement to replace the JCPOA and it is not on the agenda," the Iranian mission said.

A White House National Security Council spokesman also denied the report, saying it was "false and misleading".

Iran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with world powers in July 2015, agreeing to place some restrictions on its nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions on the country. However, the United States withdrew from the agreement in May 2018 and reimposed its unilateral sanctions on Iran, prompting the latter to reduce some of its nuclear obligations under the agreement.

Talks on reviving the JCPOA began in April 2021 in Vienna without any breakthrough after the last round of talks in August 2022.

The Ministry of the Interior in Gaza announced, on Saturday morning, the death of Khaled Muhammad Musleh (22 years), a member of the police force, as a result of a gunshot wound while carrying out an arrest mission against a citizen in the Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Several arrest warrants were issued against him in different cases.

In a brief statement, the ministry indicated that an urgent investigation had been opened into the incident, noting that the police forces had arrested the shooter.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is an old and good friend of the Chinese people, and the first Arab head of state hosted by China this year, which says a lot about the high-level friendly relations between China and Palestine."

His remarks came during a press conference held today, Saturday, in response to the official visit that President Mahmoud Abbas will pay to the People's Republic of China, next Tuesday, at the kind invitation of Chinese President Xi Jiping.

"China and Palestine enjoy traditional friendship, and China is one of the first countries to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization and the State of Palestine," Wang said.

He added that over the past years, thanks to the personal guidance of President Xi and President Abbas, China-Palestinian relations have maintained a good momentum of growth with stronger political mutual trust and deeper friendship between the peoples of the two countries, noting that "China is ready to work with Palestine to follow the common understandings between the two heads of state." the two countries, and elevate the traditional friendship between China and Palestine to new levels.

He said, "The Palestinian issue is at the heart of the Middle East issue, and is important for peace and stability in the region, fairness, and justice in the world," adding that "China firmly and permanently supports the just cause of the Palestinian people represented in restoring their legitimate national rights."

And he added, "For ten consecutive years, President Xi has sent congratulatory messages to the special commemorative meeting to celebrate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, and more than once put forward China's proposals for resolving the Palestinian issue, stressing the need to resolutely advance the political settlement, based on the two-state solution, and intensify International efforts for peace.

He added that China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, will continue to work with the international community to find a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue at an early date.

It is indescribable that the Israeli army forces, stationed at the "Rantis" military checkpoint, shot the young man, Mahdi Samir Muhammad Bayadsa, 29, to a martyr's death, on the pretext that he was driving a stolen vehicle and wanted to carry out an operation with it. The Israeli government of extremism, and the pretext is ready, as usual, which is that it threatened the security and lives of the soldiers!! .

The ease of squeezing the trigger means, beyond any doubt, that the life of a Palestinian is not worth a “peel of garlic,” as a Hebrew newspaper said yesterday, in its commentary on the killing of “6 Palestinians from within the Green Line, by the bullets of criminal gangs, to whom the Israeli security forces turn a blind eye because they are only Palestinians, if this blood was Jewish, the matter would be completely different.

The occupation government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, considers the Palestinians a mere superfluous human mass and works to liquidate them in various ways, foremost of which is physical liquidation, whether at death checkpoints spread throughout the West Bank or through settler militias who have unleashed their hand in the Palestinian territories to wage war against their sons. Our defenseless people, or through the continuous settlement and Judaization operations, especially in the city of Jerusalem, in which everything that is Palestinian and everything that is sacred is violated and permitted, without the world that claims humanity and justice moving to deter Israel from its crimes that violate all international norms and laws. This means that the conflict in the region will remain open on all fronts and axes.

Not only that, but the US administration, through its Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, is content with rebuking Netanyahu, who said openly during the day that settlements, Jerusalem and its sanctities do not constitute an obstacle to achieving peace, in order to justify his reckless move to return settlers to the "Homesh" settlement, which has become a thorn in the throat of the Palestinians and a bomb. ticking can explode at any moment.

Israel defies the world, led by the United States of America, and does not value any international law or legitimacy. Rather, it tramples on it with the soles of its soldiers every day when it kills Palestinians, children, adults, and young men. The pretext is always ready, which is the threat to Israeli security. The question here is: What is the threat posed by the two-year-old “martyr Muhammad al-Tamimi” from the peaceful village of the Prophet Saleh, who ascended in his father’s lap without any guilt or crime, so that this tragedy, with all its details, remains in the soul of the bereaved father until God decides something that was in effect.

In the face of all this, what is required on the Palestinian front is to unite the ranks and reach consensus and common denominators to face all this challenge facing the Palestinian people. It is with it as a state above the law and does not respect it, but rather violates it without shame or fear of being held accountable. As for internationally, the public, led by America, should not suffice with "rebuke". This is a broken record that the Palestinian people are tired of, and it is time for this world to say a word of truth, even for once. If enough is enough Shedding the blood of the Palestinians who only want to live in peace and security in an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, like the rest of the peoples of the earth.

Monopolizing hegemony over the region as an area of ​​American influence in the framework of the struggle for global influence with other major powers is what has characterized the foreign policy of the United States over the past decades, despite a number of challenges, as the Russians were able to penetrate this influence in some previous periods of time in a number of countries. Such as Syria, Iraq, South Yemen, Libya, Algeria and Egypt in a specific period.

Russian influence is expanding today, not only in those countries, even after the changes that took place in them with varying causes and results, and in a way that was compatible with the American vision for building the new Middle East, which they talked about a quarter of a century ago.

Now, the Russian role is expanding due to the failure of the objectives of the so-called Arab Spring, specifically in Syria, and the plans for the new Middle East that was being planned under the leadership of the occupying power, in addition to the movement of the changes taking place in the international system, not only in those countries that were considered allies of the former Soviet Union, but also in New Arab countries were counted entirely on the Western camp. There are also countries that have succeeded in getting out of the sphere of American influence, such as Iran after the revolution, which today has become a player not only in the Middle East, but also in the international level of the existing conflict and imposes its conditions in the course of negotiations regarding its nuclear file, as happened during the past two days of reaching an agreement. The framework of an agreement and the release of part of the Iranian money withheld, and what it has acquired from the capabilities of military industrialization and as part of new alliances that impose positions on regional and international balances.

Also, despite its membership in NATO, Turkey is the executive tool for the expansionist foreign policies of the United States, but it has now adopted a somewhat independent policy, and it has succeeded, especially in the past two decades, in limiting the tools of American and Western influence on it after its success in developing its economic and military capabilities and its international relations. Specifically with Russia and its emergence as a major regional player that maintains its interests despite what we agree or disagree with this country, especially regarding its dreams of restoring the glories of its empire.

This is in addition to what we are witnessing today of the clarity of the Saudi vision of its role and its impact on the positions of a number of Gulf countries, and its desire for Arab reunification, which has brought matters closer to the United States in a different way from what relations were previously, and is now reading emerging international equations wisely and dealing with With it on the basis of its supposed weight, which prompts the Americans to realize that Saudi Arabia is well accommodating the next stage in the world, and the American administration has become afraid of a new positioning of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that puts it against the Western camp.

It should also be noted that, in the last decade, the Americans have given greater priority to confronting the Chinese rise, to competing across the Pacific Ocean, and also to confronting Russia, especially in the Eurasian region, to prevent its further expansion and in order to stop the steps of transformation towards the multipolar international system, and for this reason its war was fabricated by proxy. Against Russia in Ukraine, as well as weakening the independent European role so that it remains in the American orbit, which is witnessing great opposition from the peoples of the European continent.

This may have weakened in a limited way the degree of American focus on the Middle East, but it did not affect the essence of the same policy that the United States desires to continue, in which the region and its people have taken to wars and destruction. On the conflict and maintain hotbeds of tension so that it remains able to impose the role of the occupying power with the equations it wants in the region.

However, on the other hand, it seems that the United States has become aware of the reality of the new positions and policies in our region, especially with a deep crisis taking place in Israeli society, the exposure of the apartheid regime in it, and the widespread criticism of that by American public opinion and by progressive and even Jewish circles in America. It has also become aware of the approaches that have come to distinguish Its relations with many Arab countries are no longer what they were in the past when the American administrations dictated what they wanted from them.

In front of that, there are changes in the US policy, linked to the policies, procedures and tools that it uses in taking care of its interests and enforcing the constants of its policies. Here, a group of factors related to intellectual political backgrounds and tendencies intervene, especially with different idealistic and realistic concepts in managing their policies and culture for the American president and his ruling team, American economic conditions, which are in a deep crisis today, globalization, the degree of feeling external risks, and dealing with international competition and major powers, especially China, Russia, and a number of coalition countries. The other "BRICS" and the countries of the Latin continent and their political, military and economic behavior that may affect American interests or crowd them out in their spheres of influence.

However, the United States, in my opinion, has returned to our region from another angle of vision represented yesterday by the joint statement issued by the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries with the American Secretary Blinken, who was forced to make a U-turn on the previous American positions, especially regarding the positions on Syria, Yemen, and the agreement. The Saudi-Iranian also has nothing to do with the borders of the two-state solution that the statement referred to yesterday.

It is clear that Saudi Arabia adheres to the Arab initiative and the two-state solution based on the 1967 borders and not to be dragged into normalization relations with the occupying state without a price and without resolving the Palestinian issue first, as stated by its foreign minister, in addition to its insistence on reducing oil production and not yielding to the American vision regarding that and with regard to Russia's membership in OPEC Moreover, the expansion of relations with China has prompted the Americans to turn around and review their positions.
However, the margin of change in American policy towards the Middle East remains, in my opinion, limited in the way of managing the constants, foremost of which is the protection of the Israeli colonial state on the one hand, and the tactical and flexible dealing with developments on the other hand, in a way that serves its interests in an attempt to thwart the transition to a multipolar international system. In any case, it will not stand by our Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation, but it may deal with realism and pragmatism when people succeed in imposing their will, or when things do not go in their interest. However, it quickly repositions itself to serve the implementation of its policy through the support of what is left of its "allies", or by various means of failure and overthrow to re-adjust the political system in accordance with its interest.
But countries and their peoples, when they make up their minds and insist on achieving their independence, are able to impose their will and follow the paths of their renaissance, whether they like America or hate it.

Surprised, shocked, oppressed by the Islamic silence on what is happening in Jerusalem, the holy Arab Islamic city, just as Mecca and Medina are.

The daily storming of the mosque of Muslims: Al-Aqsa, which is for Muslims, and for Muslims only, its sanctity is desecrated, its sanctity is violated, its high value and noble status are violated, and yet there is no protest, nor a soul from the Arab and Islamic capitals, no action from them or some of them deserves stopping and attention, but with all Insolence is celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of the colony and the occupation of Palestine.

They celebrate in some capitals, and do not remember, do not understand, and forget that the colony was established on the land of Palestine, after the displacement of half of its people, expelling them and denying them the right to return to their country, and insisting on not reclaiming their properties in Lydda, Ramla, Jaffa, Haifa, Acre, Safed, Bisan and Beersheba, and it is still being suppressed. And oppressed the other half who remained a steadfast resident on the land of his homeland.
A bill is being drafted by a Likud Knesset member to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque, the mosque of Muslims, their first qiblah, the path of our master Muhammad and his ascension, and there is no protest to prevent division, the division of Al-Aqsa between Muslims and Jews.

I am surprised, amazed, and shocked by the silence of the Islamic capitals, whether those that have a relationship of normalization with the colony, or those that have nothing to do with it, I am surprised by the Islamic silence, I do not exclude anyone from being blamed and held responsible, and losing a sense of concern, protest, or expression It is about non-acceptance and lack of consent, and that is why the colony persists and does what it wants, whatever it wants, while it does not receive or hear anything that prevents it or what deters it from continuing its criminal, immoral, and inhumane actions in Palestine against its people and its sanctities.

Jerusalem needs the call, to respond to the call, to raise the spirit, to move, to express an opinion, and to practice the practical and tangible protest towards Jerusalem and for Jerusalem, towards Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it has the right to preserve its dignity and sanctity as a mosque for Muslims and Muslims only.

I keep saying, and I will continue to say, that the Jerusalem Endowment Council, which is devoted to serving Al-Aqsa, is required to move towards visiting the capitals, because their valued role in their homeland is not enough, but rather they need supportive levers, which requires the formation of mobilizing groups on their part, to visit the Arab and Islamic capitals in Asia and Africa, And meeting with governments, parties, parliaments, and civil society institutions, and mobilizing Muslim public opinion across borders, in order to show solidarity with Jerusalem and its far reaches, so will they do it?

The Arab and Islamic initiatives related to Jerusalem and Palestine constituted an important approach in supporting steadfastness, struggle, and just peace, in addition to being a material and moral value in preserving the Palestinian identity, including preserving it before public opinion as a global humanitarian issue whose tragic details are known to all, including what is exposed to Today and continuously, he has committed the crime of apartheid, and Zionism aims through its implementation to erase the historical and legitimate Palestinian existence. Hence, the initiative in support of Palestine in its various fields is truly a strategic model that must unite efforts to support it.

The Arab Organization for Communication and Information Technology, during the 26th session of the Council of Arab Ministers for Communications and Information, held on December 23, 2022, took its decision to declare "Jerusalem the Arab Digital Capital for the year 2023", and this initiative enhances efforts to develop this important sector, as we are experiencing today a renaissance Tremendous knowledge characterized by technological diversity and great discoveries and inventions, including the emergence of many social media platforms, which took upon itself to deliver information and news to public opinion at all times and places without obstacles, so we, especially the young generations who mastered the skill of technological knowledge, quickly browse digital newspapers and websites, and we do not I am exaggerating if I say that every page or website has become a source of news, bearing in mind that the paper newspaper has its important documentary and media value due to the professionalism and culture of its management and editorial staff. From here, the choice of Jerusalem constitutes a high symbolic digital capital, which redirects the world to the practiced Israeli crimes that target freedom of communication, communication, and technology in Palestine and Jerusalem. Closing institutions, controlling and monitoring communication networks, deleting Palestinian content that reveals the crimes and violations of the occupation, and the emergence of what can be called Zionist technological colonialism that promotes the false Talmudic narrative and fights everything that is Palestinian and Jerusalemite.

The Royal Jordanian Committee for Jerusalem Affairs, while appreciating every initiative that enhances Palestinian and Jerusalemite steadfastness, preserves its identity, and strengthens efforts to support brothers in Palestine and Jerusalem, stresses that the supposed plan to implement the initiatives and their realization programs constitutes a basis for measuring their success, especially since the Palestinian situation has its own specificity in terms of the war being practiced. A ferocious Israeli government that targets people, land, sanctities, Palestinian institutions and infrastructure, and in a planned manner that enters into the methodology of Judaization, Israelization and Hebraism practiced by Israel under the leadership of the right-wing government and religious parties.

The Royal Commission for Jerusalem Affairs, and based on the Hashemite Custodianship over the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, affirms the stability of the Jordanian position and the diversity of its fields of activity, which will remain a shield that protects Palestine and Jerusalem, whatever the price and the amount of sacrifices, especially at a difficult time when the Israeli media and its affiliated institutions are spending millions to fight Every media platform explains the Palestinian tragedy and transmits the voice of the screams of the innocent Palestinian children to the world, which makes it a sacred duty for every media person, intellectual, and information technology expert to support the brothers in Palestine by all known scientific means.
* Secretary General of the Royal Jordanian Commission for Jerusalem Affairs

In our article that we published last Saturday under the title “Revolutionary Doctrine,” we had stressed the inevitable necessity for a true revolutionary awakening that includes a conscious and responsible self-review that would bring about a radical change in the mechanisms and management of revolutionary action, and is capable of dealing and addressing urgent, crucial and emergency issues in a methodical manner that serves The Palestinian cause and its fruitful and positive benefit at the level of liberation and getting rid of colonialism and its heavy burdens and remnants.

Today, through this article, and in order to initiate that desired change, which is a necessity and an urgent duty, we see that it is inevitable for us to carry out a process of rehabilitation and a process of renewal of the revolutionary theory “practiced” on the battlefield and the other paths that resulted from it for more than half a century, but it did not lead or reach Let us refer to the original goal for which it revolted, which is to liberate the country from the yoke of colonialism. Rather, in addition to its inability to achieve this, it was afflicted with pathogenic defects and paralysis that were left behind by various and different reasons, the most severe of which are: division over itself over the “sacred” it has, defining its content and understanding its meanings, in addition to The factor of time that went on and on until despair penetrated into the hearts of its supporters and sons, due to the lack of seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the dark tunnel in whose corridors the Palestinian revolution sank due to the many defects it experienced at all levels, and due to the closure of political horizons, the faltering course of liberation, and the divergence of methods and concepts of resistance in the Palestinian mind the one ; Things that had no foreseeable solutions in front of a solution colonial colonialism that worked and is still working to create a complex and complex political reality and a more complex and intertwined reality at the level of geography, and we see it striving to do so at the level of demography in order to complete and tighten its collar and make it firm and solid facts on the ground that would be very difficult Or with the time of dismantling or overcoming it - according to him - and it becomes impossible for partial and immediate solutions to the issue to find its spaces and opportunities even on paper instead of land and geography, and thus he has struck in the presentation of history every possibility of a case of building a Palestinian state, that is, a Palestinian state ..! And any possibility of a state of coexistence within one state for two peoples, as it is raised in the corridors of politics from time to time by unofficial circles on the main Palestinian and Zionist levels.

In the face of this rapid and simplified diagnosis, and through probing the revolutionary and health situation and diagnosing its diseases and ailments, and in front of our reading and follow-up of the colonial occupation approach and the development of its policies and extremism and the advancement and superiority of its tools, and in front of its octopus settlement expansion and its practice of the policy of soft annexation of land and control over it by the biblical colonizers and in light of its invasion of the Arab and Islamic world by way of Normalization tools And its balloons, which foreshadows an inevitable catastrophe that will exceed the catastrophe of the Nakba in 1948. What the reality foreshadows will be a collective and comprehensive “transfer” and the ethnic and historical cleansing of the land and the indigenous (Palestinian) human being. Confronting it is a Palestinian because the revolutionary split and divided conceptually, values ​​and programmatically cannot confront a "unified" and biblical and colonialist reconciled with itself.
Here it is necessary to wake up and awaken, directly and quickly, from the slumber and blindness of the long-standing and intractable state (flagginess, brokenness, division, and fragmentation), and to stand with courage and heroism on the balcony of frankness and self-honesty, and to recognize the revolutionary failure, to exclude its causes and causes, and to turn a blind eye to the “stick of justice” at the present time to create and mobilize A new and healthy Palestinian revolutionary situation in all its material and moral components, and this can only be achieved through several contents, the most important of which are:

1- Inviting the Palestinians to convene a conference that includes all the Palestinian geography, the areas of the diaspora, and the immigrants from them in the corners of the earth.

2- Carrying out an in-depth and accurate research study of the rationale and methodology of the Palestinian revolution, tracking its path of resistance, standing at all its turns, and examining the reasons for its failure to achieve its goals despite the continuous work and effort.

3- Removing all areas of disagreement and sparing them from the arena of action, even until the time of “liberation” and rallying around the Palestinian “common” between all the formations and frameworks of the Palestinian people. One of the merits of the Palestinian cause over its children is that it possesses the “common” that neither argues nor butts over as a scapegoat, which is the “holy” Represented by the inclusive "homeland" and the requirement to liberate it from occupation as an inevitable duty of patriotism, religion, history, the human right to live and the reasons for existence.

4- It is very important to stay away from the fundamentalist ideological references, whether religious, secular, national or socialist, as they are totalitarian and radical, which rely on “dogmatism” as an arbitrator in seeking and implementing their interests, which makes them an area of ​​contention between partners and holders of different ideologies among the Palestinian people. What is not expected to be, at the very least, before complete and comprehensive liberation.

Hence, it becomes necessary to formulate a comprehensive revolutionary theory whose common axis is “sacred” in the revolutionary understanding, and whose revolutionary and resistance creed is “comprehensive and complete liberation and the removal of the colonialists” similar to the modern global revolutions of Vietnam, Algeria, Libya, etc.., and is driven by the undivided goal that is far from fairness and quarter solutions and their tactics Phaseism, in other words (distancing from the experiment whose failure has been proven and its ruin and destruction in the body of the people, their revolution and their cause).

5- Building an inclusive structure for the Palestinian house away from factional and narrow partisan quotas and dividing the imaginary spoils.. Here we must emphasize the necessity of renewing and rehabilitating the PLO in the event that it is agreed to keep the name among the participants in the Great Palestinian Conference, knowing that it is healthy to look for A new name that serves as a new start that gives confidence to the souls who have despaired of the flabbiness, or even the extinction, of the foundations, components and machines of that “organisation”. Marawi is responsible towards this sacred cause that needs real heroes who accept change and renewal that are in the interest of the cause and move away or completely abolish the taboos and tomatoes (plural of Tamtam) created by the soft, flabby and retreating state of the Palestinian revolution over the decades of painstaking time.

It is necessary to impose new rules and a new and warm structure that gathers around the “common” and excludes everything that calls for division and stunting, and new mechanisms and work tools must be devised capable of facing a complex reality that is getting more difficult every hour and every day, and only with this can all Palestinians be re-enlisted around The original goal and then it is possible to mobilize the Arab world that has abandoned the cause because of its division against itself and because of the stagnation of its revolution and its sheikh, and then the distant world will come with the rule of unity of word, firmness of stance and clarity of vision, which in turn will together give true impressions and impose new realities, and will push the colonizer on the other hand to restore His calculations and the work of political reviews will have positive effects in favor of the Palestinian cause and its revolution..!
* Nafha prison

Official Palestinian media and the religious opposition are promoting that the next war with the occupation will be a religious war, which can be translated into an Islamic-Jewish war, and Palestinian analysts and sheikhs are divulging in declaring that it is a war of a billion Muslims against five million Jews, and I personally do not think that any of them uses this understanding to maneuver or for psychological warfare, but rather their belief that this is the essence of the Arab-Israeli conflict; Islam and Muslims against Judaism and Jews. And at this we stop and refute the following points:

First: Islam as a religion, and specifically the Qur’an of God, is not against Judaism. Rather, there are dozens of noble verses that praise it, rely on it, and quote from its Torah, Psalms, stories, and prophets. This is why the names of their prophets spread among us, Moses, Jacob, Aaron, Isaac Yunus, Joseph, and David...etc. But before Islam, such names were not, and none of the companions of the Prophet bore their names: Omar, Ali, Othman, Saad, Khaled, Abbas, Hamza, Sufyan, Jaafar, Talha...etc).

Second: Israel, which was established on our land seventy-five years ago, is not a religious state, and the two major parties that ruled it throughout its life, “Marach and Likud,” are not religious, and about a fifth of its population are Muslims who struggle against its occupation, and some enlist in its army and fight their Palestinian brothers. Of course, this does not preclude the existence of purely religious parties that have their weight and status and try to impose "Sharia" on aspects of life, such as pork, entering the Sabbath, and veiling women, and this is also present with us in varying proportions.

Third: Al-Aqsa Mosque, which today is trying to divide and Judaize it, is an integral part of Jerusalem, which was occupied fifty-six years ago, along with the rest of the cities of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. So do we exchange it, with its sacred importance, for the rest of the cities, in the sense that they give it to us purely in exchange for giving up Jenin or Bethlehem? And whoever says that the human right to life, liberty, and decent living is less sacred than Al-Aqsa. And who said that our next state will be a religious state on the model of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Pope in the Vatican.

Fourth: There is no country in the world that implements Islamic law, including Iran, which is called by name, as it, like others, does not cut off the hand of thieves, does not stone adulterers, does not impose prayers, does not charge five, and allies itself with the “infidels” in China and Venezuela, and in the last decade it confronted ISIS and al-Nusra. And even to Shiite factions such as the People's Mujahedin. While a Muslim country like Turkey has been ruled over the last two decades by an Islamic man, who maintains distinguished relations with the "Jewish state", and many Arab countries have established their own reconciliation with this country.

Fifth: This, of course, does not preclude the use of religion by some in wars, such as President Saddam Hussein, who, on the eve of the American invasion, placed the phrase "God is greatest" in the center of the Iraqi flag. And Hitler, in his global war against his brothers in Christianity, did not forget to draw the swastika as an emblem of war.

The persistence of the occupier in legitimizing the settlements, the theft of thousands of dunums of land, killings and orgies in all cities, towns, villages and camps of the West Bank, the demolition of thousands of homes, and the continuous attacks on our sanctities, in return for the astonishing silence of America and Europe, and an Arab League that does not implement any decision issued by it. An authority that cannot stop this increasing orgy, especially the daily executions of our people, in addition to the attacks on prisoners in its prisons and detention centers, makes it impossible to live with this Zionist occupier.

The only solution is to support our national unity and amend our policy with the occupation, America and Europe, and we turn to countries that support us in deed and not in words, so that our policy is far from condemnation and intimidation.

We have to restore work and arrange conditions in the diaspora camps, and this requires financial support from all countries that support our national project and choose the right time and time to recover our national rights.

President Mahmoud Abbas did and is doing the impossible to end this occupation and raised to the world not only an olive branch but an olive tree that is thousands of years old. Despite this, there was no answer. Unfortunately, it proves to everyone that this occupation does not understand the language of force and does not care about international resolutions and does not respect its signatures. Therefore, It is necessary to change our peaceful policy and work to restore the homeland, especially that America and Europe are condemning and doing nothing to stop this farce, after it was confirmed to us that the Western world only cares about a country, and this is what we see in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

For the sake of Ukraine, America went bankrupt and could no longer pay its debts because of an endless war. As for the people of Palestine, no one cares about them, and here the racism of America and Western countries is evident.

It is true that the countries of the ring were defeated by the Zionist gangs and a permanent truce was signed without setting the condition of return, but the Palestinian people did not sign any document of surrender, and gave the PLO the full mandate to make peace with the aggressor, but this cancerous entity, neither it nor its supporters, did what they signed. Therefore, now the Palestinian people are demanding all the land of historical Palestine, not just 22 percent of Palestine.
Also, the return of Syria to the Arab embrace, and the Russian and Chinese position, makes Syria militarily strong and works seriously to restore the Golan to it, because the Syrians under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad are impossible to abandon the Arab Golan, no matter how long it takes.

The persistence of the occupier in attacking the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza, and the continuous attacks on Syria, makes even the normalizers stand as one bloc against the occupier.

If we look today at the political map, we find that the occupier is at its lowest levels, and even the Zionist Biden is dissatisfied with the actions of the Netanyahu government, just as Saudi Arabia sets its conditions to normalize with the occupier, which is the implementation of international resolutions, including withdrawal from the Syrian Golan, so we see the occupier sending his delegates to America to put pressure on Saudi Arabia, for two reasons. The first is to tell its colonial people that it is the only one who can normalize with the rest of the Arab countries, and this has now become a fantasy.

The Saudi-Iranian agreement also paves the way for reconciliation in Yemen, and Yemen returns to the Arab embrace, because Houthi is a Yemeni Arab and not Iranian, meaning that Houthi is an important part of the Yemeni structure, and this reconciliation, if it takes place, God willing, will serve Saudi Arabia and Iran, and this is all strong support for Syria And Palestine, meaning that stopping the fighting in any Arab country is support for Syria and Palestine, and a strong weakness and retreat for Israeli and American policy.

The occupier's home front has also suffered from a major rift since 1948.

As for the military map, it is in a miserable state, because the Zionist people are accustomed to victory in a few days, and this is no longer the case now.

Syria has a military missile force to be reckoned with, add to it the power of Hezbollah, which will fight from Syrian territory, given the Lebanese situation, which is torn sectarianly and financially.

The Palestinian front is not to be underestimated, especially in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and its factions, before engaging in any battle, must reconsider the interest of the people in the Gaza Strip because Hamas or Jihad missiles are currently doing more harm than good. They must change this policy by training all young people in the Strip and in Ring countries, whether in Gaza or outside it, to be on alert.

The occupier is a coward, especially since he cannot bear a battle that lasts for a month or two, and we will see the Zionists fleeing from Palestine, no matter how superior their weapons are to the Arab weapons, and the reason is known, because his land is outside Palestine, so the Zionist cannot give up his original nationality, as for the Palestinian, A known land, which is Palestine.

Therefore, we Palestinians must be one hand, that is, there is no Fatah or Hamas, but only a Palestinian. God is the helper.

* Member of the National Council

The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that, 40 days after the martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan, the occupation continues its crime by detaining his body, along with (11) prisoners from among the martyrs of the captive movement, and dozens of martyrs.

The martyr Sheikh Khader Adnan, who is from the town of Arraba / Jenin, rose after a decision by the Israeli occupation to assassinate him premeditatedly through medical neglect, and left him in his cell for 86 days of a hunger strike that he waged in rejection of his arbitrary arrest.

The occupation forces arrested him on February 5, 2023, and he announced his hunger strike from the moment of his arrest, and he rose on May 2, 2023.

The martyr Adnan was the most prominent person who faced the occupation with his empty stomachs over the years, as he carried out (6) strikes, most of which were in refusal of his administrative detention.

This was his will: "If it is my testimony, do not allow the occupiers to dissect my body, imprison me near my father, and write on my grave here, the poor Abdullah Khader Adnan, your prayers for him, his parents and the Muslims."

The Captive Club called for the need to strive seriously to develop a comprehensive national plan that would lead to the liberation of the bodies of the martyrs, and we affirm our demand for the need to put pressure on the occupation to stop this ongoing crime against our martyrs and their families.

The Local Planning and Building Committee in the occupation municipality has scheduled a session for next Wednesday to discuss the "Wadi Al-Joz Hi-Tech" plan, or known as the "Silicon Valley" settlement, which aims to strengthen control and annexation of occupied East Jerusalem.

On the seventh of last February, the occupation municipality posted advertisements aimed at evacuating commercial and service establishments and workshops, on the shops and streets in the Wadi al-Jouz industrial zone, as a step and preparation for the implementation of the so-called "Silicon Valley" plan to establish a technology zone or complex in the region.

At the beginning of June 2020, the occupation municipality announced plans to build a technology park inspired by Silicon Valley in the United States called "Silicon Valley" to replace the industrial zone located in the Palestinian neighborhood of Wadi al-Jouz.

The local Planning and Building Committee approved the master plan, paving the way for detailed plans for its implementation under the pretext of “serving the indigenous population” of Jerusalem, in complete disregard for the needs of the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem.

Today, Wadi Al-Jouz is considered an economic and industrial center for the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, where there are more than two hundred establishments, including car repair shops, mechanics, shops, and other services.

The Civil Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem notes that during the past 56 years of Israeli occupation and annexation, Israel has been implementing systematic and discriminatory planned policies and practices of colonialism and discrimination with the aim of controlling Palestinian lands and transferring the indigenous Palestinian population from their lands, in parallel, Israel’s expansion Israeli Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem and transfer their residents to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

The coalition confirmed that after the rise of the extreme right, led by Netanyahu, the attack became stronger and stronger, and Israel used local law and urban planning to “Judaize” Jerusalem. , and 22% are designated as green areas and public infrastructure.

Thus in East Jerusalem, home to most Palestinian Jerusalemites, 87% of the land is not available for Palestinian construction, and only 13% of the land is designated for Palestinian use, even though most of these areas are already built-up and overcrowded.

The coalition said: “The Jerusalem municipality designated Wadi al-Joz as a ‘green area’, and these ‘parks’ were developed by the municipality to further its own political agenda, more precisely to ensure a Jewish majority in Jerusalem.

Another thousand square meters divided between "commerce" and "hotels", in complete disregard of the needs of the indigenous population.
On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, the Local Planning and Building Committee approved a plan to "develop" Wadi al-Joz in East Jerusalem, including through the development of the high-tech "Silicon Valley" area. About 40 business owners in the area have already received eviction orders.

The implementation of this project will lead to the confiscation of 2,000 dunams of Palestinian-owned land and the demolition of about 200 car repair facilities, restaurants, and other services.

The Coalition affirmed that the planned settlement activity in Jerusalem is a clear violation of international laws and norms, in particular international humanitarian law, including the forced displacement and transfer of indigenous people and the prohibition of population transfer by the occupying power, in accordance with Article 49 (1) and (6) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which It recently states that "the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies."

The Coalition called on the international community, the European Union and the United Nations to assume responsibility and fulfill its obligations towards the protected persons under occupation in Jerusalem, and to stop the illegal Israeli annexation of the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem and the continuous demolition and displacement policies in Wadi al-Jouz and other neighborhoods in Jerusalem are an integral part of the policy of ethnic cleansing. The silent elder.

He stressed that the international community's position should not be limited to timid condemnation statements, but rather take appropriate and effective measures by calling for imposing sanctions on Israel and obligating it to dozens of stalled international resolutions related to the Palestinian cause and occupied Jerusalem in particular.

The death toll among the Palestinians inside Israel since the beginning of this year has risen to 100, after the announcement of the death of another young man this morning.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, a 21-year-old man from Bedouin villages was killed by foreign workers after a fight between them in the city of Ofakim, south of occupied Palestine.

According to the site, the Israeli police arrested those involved in the incident.

Last night, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 3 young men from Jenin while they were passing through the Hawara checkpoint in Nablus.

According to local sources, the young men are Muhammad Rahal, Muhammad Hantoli and Muhammad Faisal.

She indicated that the occupation forces at the checkpoint stopped the three young men and interrogated them on the ground before arresting them and taking them to an unknown destination.

In the context, the occupation forces renewed their raid into the town of Beita, south of Nablus, amid raids and searches of many homes.

These forces forced the owners of some shops near the main street of the town to open them to confiscate the camera recordings under the pretext of searching for the perpetrators of the recent shootings in the area.

On Friday evening, the Israeli occupation forces assaulted a young man at the Hawara checkpoint, south of Nablus.

The Red Crescent reported that its crews transferred a 23-year-old man from Yatta, who was beaten by the occupation forces, to Rafidia Hospital.

Meanwhile, similar forces arrested the young man, Baraa Ramadan Kamel Arafa, from Izbat Shufa, southeast of Tulkarm, while he was passing through the Surra checkpoint near Nablus.

The two parties to the conflict in Sudan agreed on Friday to a new, short truce, according to what was announced by the Saudi-American mediation, while the Secretary-General of the United Nations affirmed his adherence to his envoy to Sudan, despite the government's declaration that he had become persona non grata.

Since the start of the conflict on April 15 between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the two sides concluded cease-fire agreements, which were quickly broken.

Riyadh and Washington announced the agreement of the army and support forces to a “ceasefire agreement in all parts of Sudan for a period of 24 hours, starting from six in the morning on June 10, 2023” (4 am GMT), according to the Saudi Foreign Ministry.

Riyadh and Washington, who are leading a mediation that included talks in the city of Jeddah, reflected their disappointment at the failure of all attempts at calm.

They affirmed that they "share with the Sudanese people the state of frustration over non-compliance with the previous truces," and that the new agreement aims to "reach humanitarian aid, break the state of violence, and contribute to strengthening confidence-building measures between the two parties, which allows for the resumption of the Jeddah talks."

Last week, the two mediators announced the suspension of the talks after the army withdrew from them, but they urged the two sides to a new truce, and confirmed that the representatives of the two parties would remain in Jeddah despite the suspension of direct negotiations.

Friday's statement warned that "if the two sides do not abide by this truce, the two leaders will be forced to postpone the Jeddah talks."

Both sides confirmed their intention to respect the armistice.

The army said it approved it "taking into account the humanitarian aspects that our people suffer from as a result of the ongoing operations," stressing that it reserves "the right to deal with any violations that the rebels may commit" during it.

The support forces also pledged to "fully" abide by the agreement by fire "to serve the purposes of the truce," hoping that the army would fulfill its pledges "and not to impede humanitarian aid efforts to alleviate the suffering of citizens."

The announcement of the truce comes after the visit of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Riyadh, where his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, acknowledged that efforts to stop the conflict had not achieved "complete success," stressing its continuation.

The conflict has claimed more than 1,800 lives, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). However, the actual number of victims may be much higher, according to aid agencies and organizations.

According to the International Organization for Migration, the conflict has caused the displacement of about two million people, including more than 476,000 to neighboring countries.

On Friday, the spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations refused to consider the Sudanese envoy to the organization, German Volker Peretz, persona non grata.

Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for Antonio Guterres, said the measure announced by Khartoum "contradicts" UN principles and "cannot be applied".

He stressed that "the character of Mr. Peretz has not changed at present, and the position of the Secretary-General remains as he expressed it before the Security Council last week," referring to the "absolute confidence" that Guterres has repeatedly shown regarding his envoy to Sudan.

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday night that the government had notified the Secretary-General of declaring Peretz "persona non grata."

This came after Al-Burhan asked Guterres in late May to replace Peretz, on the grounds that he was accused of fueling the conflict.

A Sudanese government source told AFP that Peretz "sided with specific political parties," and given Guterres' failure to respond to Al-Burhan's request, "the Sudanese government found no choice but to take this decision."

Ali Faraji, a researcher at the Swedish University of Gothenburg, considered that Al-Burhan follows in the footsteps of Omar Al-Bashir by expelling UN envoy Jan Pronk in 2006.

"Focusing on Peretz is ultimately a distraction from the broader picture," he told AFP, which is what the United Nations can do in the face of "what might be an existential crisis for Sudan?"

And he considered that "trying to preserve Peretz's position will not help much in resolving the larger issues that Sudan is facing now."

In early June, the UN Security Council extended for six months the mission of the United Nations Integrated Transitional Support Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), led by Peretz.

The mission was established in June 2020 to support the democratic transition in Sudan after the overthrow of the Al-Bashir regime. It extended its mandate annually for one year.

On the ground, battles continued on Friday in several areas, especially in Khartoum.

According to AFP witnesses, "the sounds of clashes were heard near the Yarmouk factory" for defense industries, which the Rapid Support Forces announced on Wednesday that they had taken control of it.

The complex, located in the south of the capital, is the most prominent military manufacturing facility in the country. In October 2012, he was subjected to an air strike, which Khartoum accused Israel of being behind.

Clashes have been taking place in the vicinity of the complex since Wednesday, which was accompanied by the outbreak of a fire as a result of the explosion of one of the oil storage tanks in the neighboring Al-Shajara oil and gas facility.

Witnesses confirmed Friday that the smoke cloud resulting from the fire is still visible.

In eastern Khartoum, residents reported air strikes from the army, and the sound of heavy anti-aircraft guns.

In the suburb of Omdurman, north of the capital, residents reported artillery shelling and clashes.

Humanitarian organizations repeatedly warn of the seriousness of the humanitarian situation in Sudan, especially in Khartoum and the Darfur region (west), where the battles are most intense.

The outgoing head of the Red Cross mission, Alfonso Ferdo Perez, warned that the health situation "is liable to collapse at any time," despite the efforts made.

"In Khartoum, we estimate that 20 percent of health facilities are still functioning. They are facing severe shortages of water, electricity, food, and basic medical supplies are running out," he told reporters in Geneva.

He pointed out that the health situation "is also critical in many areas of Darfur," a region that has witnessed a bloody conflict for two decades.

According to medical sources, three quarters of the hospitals in combat zones are out of service. It is feared that the crisis will worsen with the approach of the rainy season, which threatens the spread of malaria again, food insecurity and child malnutrition.

The United Nations estimates that 25 million out of 45 million people in the country need aid.

Lebanese demonstrators suffocated today, Friday, as the Israeli army fired smoke and tear gas canisters to disperse them during protests against Israeli actions at a border point in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese security sources.

Sources in the Internal Security Forces, the Lebanese Army Intelligence, and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that hundreds of Lebanese gathered today along the border line in the Kfar Shuba axis, to protest against Israeli bulldozers carrying out dredging, creating trenches, and installing barbed wire at the Barakat Baathiel point in the outskirts of the town of Kfar Shuba. border in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese side considers this point within a disputed border area, while Israel considers it within its side of the border line, according to the sources.

And she added that the Israeli army fired dozens of smoke, sound and tear gas canisters at the protesters, who tried several times to enter the other side of the border line, which resulted in the injury of about 12 Lebanese people who suffocated before they could be treated.

The sources added that the protesters managed to remove about 20 meters of barbed wire.

Subsequently, members of the United Nations forces operating in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL), in coordination with the Lebanese army, worked to build a human dam along the barbed wire fence, and prevented the Lebanese protesters from storming the border line.

A state of tension prevailed between the Lebanese and Israeli armies in the region, as the Lebanese army deployed dozens of soldiers equipped with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, while the Israeli army pushed an armored force that included tanks and armored personnel carriers, which took up combat positions in the hills overlooking the border line.

The Mufti of Hasbaya, Marjeyoun, Sheikh Hassan Dallah, delivered a speech on behalf of the protesters, in which he called on UNIFIL to work to prevent Israeli attacks and stop the dredging that changes the features of the region.

Dallah said in his speech, "This land is Lebanese, and its owners have owned title deeds for a long time. What is happening by the Israeli army is an unjustified occupation, and we will not allow it, regardless of the sacrifices."

The protesters held Friday prayers along the border fence in this axis.

Commenting on what is happening in Kfar Shuba, UNIFIL Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti stated, "UNIFIL peacekeepers are on the ground, and have been on the ground since the beginning to ensure the continuation of the cessation of hostilities, to establish calm and to help ease tensions."

He urged "the parties to use UNIFIL's coordination mechanisms effectively to prevent misunderstandings and violations, and to contribute to maintaining stability in the region."

The border line separating Lebanon and Israel, which is about 120 kilometers long, witnesses from time to time cases of alert and tension exchanges, which UNIFIL is working to curb.

The American Axios website reported, on Friday, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to postpone the meeting scheduled for next week regarding the very sensitive settlement plan in the E1 area in the occupied West Bank, and that this came as a result of pressure from the administration of US President Joe Biden, two Israeli officials told the site.

According to the site, the E1 area located between Jerusalem and the Ma'ale Adumim settlement is the most diplomatically sensitive and internationally volatile area in the West Bank. Building an Israeli settlement there would prevent Palestinian geographic contiguity between the northern and southern parts of the West Bank, which would make it very difficult to establish a Palestinian state in the future.

For more than 20 years, several Democratic and Republican US administrations have pressured Israel not to build a settlement in the area.

It is noteworthy that the official spokesperson for the US State Department, Vedant Patel, said Wednesday, in response to a question from the correspondent of "Al Quds" dot com, regarding this issue, that the US government strongly opposes these measures.

The decision comes as Netanyahu appears to be trying to calm tensions with the Biden administration, hoping that this will lead to an invitation to meet with Biden at the White House. This will be his first invitation to the White House since taking office more than five months ago.

It is noteworthy that President Biden said last March that Netanyahu would not receive an invitation "in the near term" to visit the White House.

According to Axios: “US officials have previously said that they want to know where the negotiations will go regarding Netanyahu’s controversial judicial reform plan before deciding whether to invite Netanyahu to meet with Biden.”

Israeli and American officials say that in the past two weeks, the Biden administration and several European countries have expressed concern to Netanyahu and his aides about the intention to hold a meeting on the E1 plan and demanded its cancellation, according to the website.

Israeli officials told Axios that Israel informed the United States on Thursday of the decision to postpone the meeting.