(AFP) - Polish striker Robert Lewandowski suspended Barcelona striker for three matches in the Spanish Football League after he showed "disrespect" to the referee, and the penalty will take effect when the season resumes after the end of the Qatar World Cup 2022.
The striker was sent off after receiving two yellow cards during the win over Osasuna on November 8 for making a gesture by touching his nose as he left the pitch, which was seen as an offense to referee Jesus Gil Manzano.
The RFEF said in a statement on Wednesday that in addition to the automatic one-match suspension, the striker was imposed two more matches for showing "an attitude of contempt or disrespect" towards the referee.
Lewandowski, the league's top scorer with 13 goals, is set to miss the Catalan derby against Espanyol and the Atletico Madrid and Real Betis matches.
And Lewandowski commented last week at his European Golden Boot award ceremony for his previous season with Bayern Munich, "This is funny, because the gesture was for Xavi (his coach) and not for the referee."
"Last week, I think, we already talked about being careful if I'm given a yellow card, because something like that can happen, and in the end it did. It's my fault, I received two yellow cards, but the gesture was towards (Xavi). ".
And the Catalan club announced in a statement later on Wednesday that it would “raise the matter to the Appeal Committee” of the Spanish Federation.
Barcelona came back from behind to win the match 2-1 and move two points ahead of Real Madrid, the defending champions, who are in the lead after 14 matches.

شيآن - (شينخوا) - ذكرت السلطات المحلية أن 3 مقابر، يُعتقد أنها يرجع تاريخها إلى عهد أسرة تانغ (618 إلى 907)، قد اُكتشفت في مدينة شيآن حاضرة مقاطعة شنشي بشمال غربي الصين.

حسب معهد الآثار بالمقاطعة، تم اكتشاف المقابر الثلاث في حي تشانغآن بالمدينة.

وفي إحدى المقابر، اُكتشف نقش كتابي مكون من 1769 كلمة ومحفوظ بشكل جيد على حجر يبلغ طوله 76.7 سم وعرضه 77.1 سم وارتفاعه 14.5 سم، كتبه ليو قونغ تشوان، وهو خطاط وأديب شهير من عهد أسرة تانغ.

وكان سطح المقبرة، حيث عُثر على النقش الكتابي، على شكل مقبض سكين موضوع في اتجاه الجنوب والشمال. كما اُكتشف في المقبرة غطاء وعاء على شكل برج وتمثالان نصفيان فخاريان وتمثال لكلب من الفخار.

وكتب ليو هذا النقش في السنوات الأخيرة من حياته. وقد تم التنقيب عنه من قبل علماء الآثار وسيقدم مواد مادية مهمة لدراسة فن الخط لليو، حسبما ذكر تشن شيوي وي، باحث متدرب في معهد الآثار بمقاطعة شنشي.

(أ ف ب) -مع حلول أليكس بالدي بدلاً من خوسيه غايا في منتخب إسبانيا، أصبح ناديا برشلونة وبايرن ميونيخ الألماني الأكثر تمثيلاً لدى الأندية في مونديال قطر 2022 في كرة القدم، من خلال تواجد 17 لاعباً لكل منهما.
وكان بايرن ينفرد بالرقم القياسي، برغم اصابة نجمه ساديو مانيه الذي بقي رسمياً في تشكيلة السنغال.
في ما يأتي قائمة الأندية الأكثر تمثيلاً:
1- بايرن ميونيخ الألماني وبرشلونة الإسباني (17 لاعباً)
بايرن ميونيخ: مانيه (السنغال)، ديفيس (كندا)، ستانيشيتش (كرواتيا)، بافار، أوباميكانو، كومان، لوكا هرنانديز (فرنسا)، نوير، كيميش، غوريتسكا، غنابري، مولر، موسيالا، سانيه (ألمانيا)، مزراوي (المغرب)، دي ليخت (هولندا)، تشوبو-موتينغ (الكاميرون)
برشلونة: رافينيا (البرازيل)، كريستنسن (الدنمارك)، كونديه، ديمبيليه (فرنسا)، تير شتيغن (ألمانيا)، ديباي، دي يونغ (برشلونة)، ليفاندوفسكي (بولندا)، إريك غارسيا، بوسكيتس، غافي، فيران توريس، بالدي، ألبا، فاتي، بيدري (إسبانيا)، أراوخو (الأوروغواي)

مانشستر سيتي الإنكليزي (16)، السد القطري (15)، مانشستر يونايتد الإنكليزي (14)، ريال مدريد الإسباني (13)، تشلسي الإنكليزي والهلال السعودي (12)، توتنهام الإنكليزي وباريس سان جرمان الفرنسي وبوروسيا دورتموند الألماني ويوفنتوس الإيطالي وأياكس أمستردام الهولندي (11).

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Minister of National Economy Khaled Osseily, and a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, headed by the Bank's First Vice President, Juergen Rechtrink, discussed today, Wednesday, areas of joint cooperation in developing the national economy and enabling the ministry to implement its projects.

During the meeting, which was held at the ministry's headquarters, the delegation praised the ministry's efforts to improve the legislative environment regulating the national economy, the latest of which was the adoption of a modern corporate law.

The minister stressed, according to a statement by the ministry, the need to support the ministry's projects and programs aimed at enabling the private sector to implement its programs and projects, especially within the framework of small and micro projects, appreciating the support provided by the bank to support the Palestinian economy.

The two sides agreed on continuous coordination and cooperation to advance the national economy.

Gaza - Ahmed Al-Masharawi and Al-Quds Sports Correspondent - The Palestinian Olympic Committee organized the activities of the Integrated Olympic Day entitled "Gaza Olympic Day", within the "Tamkeen 3" project, in partnership and cooperation with the United Nations Development Program in Gaza "UNDP", funded by the Japanese government, at the historic Yarmouk stadium, in the presence of Jamal Al-Saadouni, member of the Executive Office of the Olympic Committee, Alaa Al-Hasani, representative of the United Nations Program, Iyad Shaheen, director of the Tamkeen project, and a large crowd of officials of the Olympic sports federations, sports personalities, and a large number of athletes, fans, and game lovers.

Lighting the torch

The activities of the Olympic Day started early with the preparation of the stadium arenas and its track, the arrival of the delegations of the sports federations participating in the various shows, the preparation of the show rehearsals, the official ceremony, and the entry of the Scouts, followed by the entry of the participants in the form of locomotives towards the designated track, and lining up inside the stadium.

The host of the media ceremony, Mustafa Jabr, started the events by welcoming the participants and the audience, then playing the Palestinian national anthem, followed by lighting the Olympic flame on the Olympic day, in which all countries of the world celebrate the launch of the Olympic movement since ancient times, and this day has become an annual tradition recognized to this day.

Entering the queues of delegates

After the inauguration, the delegations of federations, games and various sports entered in organized queues successively, accompanied by their coaches and supervisors, namely: federations of athletics, bicycles, karate, judo, taekwondo, chess, weightlifting, gymnastics, arm wrestling, kung fu, sports for all, boxing, jujitsu, Baseball, Techball, in addition to the Scouts and Guides Association, and the Modern School of Distinguished, then a series of interesting artistic performances were launched for cyclists, and they presented an artistic presentation for athletics runners, and 7 combat sports federations and self-defense games presented beautiful sports performances that were distributed simultaneously Around the stadium, it was followed by a series of performances and technical meetings for about 6 other federations: weightlifting, arm wrestling, chess, baseball, sports for all, and tickball.

Closing ceremony

At the closing ceremony, Al-Saadouni delivered the central speech, during which he conveyed the greetings of Lieutenant General Jibril Rajoub, Chairman of the Olympic Committee, and members of its executive office to all participants, and expressed his happiness with the implementation of the Olympic Day activities, and the participation of this large number of federations and players in it, explaining that the organization of the full Olympic Day represents an implementation And in compliance with the recognized international Olympic charters, and a complete similar simulation for the implementation of an integrated Olympic cycle, the United Nations Program thanked the sponsor, the Japanese government for its generous support to our Palestinian people, the municipality of Gaza, the management of the Yarmouk stadium, the sports federations, the participating players, and the sports media for covering it, the scouts, the guides, and the organizing committee. Shaheen confirmed that the Olympic Committee worked hard to organize this day to express the status of the sport, and Majed Abu Marahel, the Palestinian Olympic sprinter, expressed his pride for the wide participation of the athletes.

It is noteworthy that the organizing committee included Iyad Shaheen, Atef Matar, Raed Al-Ajouri, Muhammad Hajjaj, Maher Shehadeh, Hassan Al-Rai, Majid Abu Marahil, Ahmed Al-Durra, Saeed Al-Kilani, Wael Al-Tahan, Bashar Musa, Mahmoud Tamraz, Muhammad Abu Tair, Rashid Al-Masry, Muhammad Ashour, and in conclusion, the sports federations, participating parties and partners, and members of the Organizing Committee were honored, and shields were presented.

Haniyeh declares mourning for the victims of the fire

On the other hand, Abdel Salam Haniyeh, Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, announced mourning in stadiums and halls and the freezing of sports activity in all its forms in solidarity with the families and relatives of the martyrs of the fire, which resulted Thursday evening in the death of more than 21 martyrs, including children and women from the Abu Raya family in Jabalia. Haniyeh conveyed the condolences and solidarity of the sports family in this great injury, which bloodied the hearts of all.

The Football Association stands in solidarity

In turn, the Football Association expressed its solidarity with the families of the victims in northern Gaza, and decided to postpone the tenth last round of the first-leg round in the Premier League and the first division, which was scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and to postpone the matches to a later date. Sports clubs and federations declared public mourning to stop their activities throughout the mourning period for the wide participation in the funeral of the bodies of the martyrs.

In turn, the Qatari Reconstruction Committee decided to cancel the event of the march, which was scheduled to start on Friday afternoon from the Gaza port to the headquarters of the committee on the seashore, in the presence of sports elites and youth personalities, in solidarity with the families of the martyrs, while a video of solidarity from athletes and activists with the people of the Gaza Strip was broadcast from Qatar. .

Two players for the Olympic team

The two players, Ibrahim Abu Omair, defender of Rafah Services, and Ahmed Kullab, midfielder of Ittihad Club in Khan Yunis, accompanied by coach Hani Al-Masdar, left the Gaza Strip via Cairo International Airport to the State of Kuwait to join the delegation of the Olympic Fida’i, who will play two friendly matches against the Kuwait national team on the 19th and 23rd of this month, in preparation for the upcoming matches. . The coaching staff of the Olympic team had decided to summon Abu Omair and Kullab to participate in the two matches as part of the preparations for the qualifiers for the AFC U-23 Cup, and the importance of the duo’s presence in light of their distinguished appearance during the two camps that were held in Algeria and Tunisia at the beginning of this year, in addition to their regular participation with their teams in the league. The Premier League decided to postpone the last round of the Premier League, which will give them the opportunity to participate comfortably and without any pressure affecting them.

New Appeals Committee

The Football Association in the Gaza Strip approved the Appeal Committee, headed by Counselor Muhammad Al-Najjar, and it will include Sherif Odeh, Secretary of the Committee, Mahmoud Al-Talaa, Imad Al-Bayouk, and Basil Al-Rifi. The committee will hold a second meeting chaired by Dr. Al-Najjar, to discuss the case of player Muhammad Abu Riyala, who applied to free him from the restrictions of Al-Radwan Club. The decisions of the Appeals Committee are binding on all, and no one has the right to object to them.

Preparations for the Qatar World Cup

The athletes in the Gaza Strip celebrated the celebration of the Palestinian Independence Day by organizing a friendly match at the Khan Yunis Municipal Stadium, under the supervision of the Wafaa Al-Mohsenin Charitable Foundation, to simulate the opening of the World Cup, and the celebration of the Qatari and Palestinian national peace began. The fans in the stadium raised Qatari flags, and the organizers hung a large banner that read, "I am Palestinian and I support Qatar." Hussein Abu Shamal, one of the athletes in Khan Yunis, said

This symbolic match comes within the framework of many initiatives and various participations stemming from the depth of love and giving and the Palestinian conscience towards Qatar, organized by the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, in solidarity with Qatar, which always supports Gaza.

In this regard, the Supreme Council sent a large sports and media delegation from the Gaza Strip to Doha to participate in the activities of the World Cup with a Qatari invitation as volunteers, and to confirm the participation of our athletes by reporting the facts of the World Cup and covering its activities from the heart of the event, along with an official and satisfied Palestinian delegation represented by President Mahmoud Abbas and Lieutenant General Jibril Rajoub, President The Football Association and a number of officials to attend the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador this Sunday evening.

It is noteworthy that the Peace Band for Palestinian Heritage performed a concert in the Qatari capital, Doha, in preparation for the opening. Many interacted with the band's performance, especially since its show focused on the name of Palestine.

Honoring backgammon heroines

The Sports Department of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the General Administration of Student Activities, the Department of Sports Activities and Scouting, honored the winners of the table tennis championship in the upper basic and secondary school students’ teams at the district level. The female team of the West Gaza Directorate won the second place. In the preparatory stage championship, the female team of the West Gaza Directorate won the first place, and the female team of the North Gaza Directorate won the second place. The supervisors of the subject of physical education and the supervisors of sports activity were honored in the student activities departments.

Gaza - Ahmed Al-Masharawi - The Supreme Council for Youth and Sports handed over the third-division clubs in the Gaza Strip the financial grant for the new football season 2022-2023, at a value of 40 thousand dollars. With the anniversary of the martyrdom of Commander Ahmed Al-Ja’bari, one of the supporters of sports and clubs, in the presence of representatives of third-division clubs and each of the general directors of the Council, Saeed Abu Sultan, Nabil Awaja, and a number of officials. Jaber Ayyash welcomed the audience and conveyed the greetings of Abd al-Salam Haniyeh, and confirmed that the council is providing support today to complement what was provided to the clubs of the first, first and second division, and wished success to the third division clubs with the imminent launch of the league, and indicated that the council will continue to stand by the clubs and provide material and moral support to ensure Continuation of sports activity.

Qatari Foreign Ministry

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Gaza Strip Reconstruction Committee, in coordination with the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, decided to place a huge screen in the Saad Sail Hall in the Palestine Sports Complex in front of the media and the masses to follow the launch ceremony of the World Cup activities hosted by the State of Qatar, as well as the opening match between the Qatari host team and the Ecuadorian national team. And that is next Sunday, the 20th of this month, at four in the afternoon, and the Reconstruction Committee called on all media, sports fans, and citizens to attend this event, which is being hosted by an Arab and Middle Eastern country for the first time in its history, where the place will be secured and the audience will be seated.

Middle Girls are tabletop champions

The team of the Directorate of Education in Al-Wusta Governorate won the first place cup in the Table Tennis Championship organized by the Ministry of Education for secondary school students at the level of the seven districts, entitled “Jerusalem, Pride and Dignity”, in the presence of Abdul Ghani Al-Sheikh, Director of Sports Activity in the Ministry, and Maryam Abu Jazar, Supervisor of Physical Education in Al-Wusta and Salwa Kurds supervisor scouting and sports activity.

The tournament witnessed strong competition among the participating teams, and the victory was won by the female students of the Middle Education Directorate, represented by the students of Mariam Bint Omran Secondary School for Girls. At the end of the tournament, cups and medals were distributed to the students and winning teams, and the middle team won the first place cup and medals. The middle class was represented by the winning players Iman Muhammad Mahdi, Saja Jamal Mahdi, and May Al-Nabris. It is noteworthy that the directorates of the Gaza Strip include: North Gaza, East Gaza, West Gaza, Central, East Khan Yunis, West Khan Yunis, and Rafah.

Five-bud championship

The Competitions Committee of the Football Association announced the dates for the second round of the Al-Baraem five-ball tournament, born in 2009. Next Friday, Jabalia Youth, Jabalia Services, Namaa and Beit Hanoun Al-Ahly will meet at Ahli Beit Hanoun Stadium. , Al-Shams and Arboretum, Friendship and Palestine at the YMCA Stadium, Professional Academy and Al-Tuffah at Al-Radwan Stadium, Khadamat Al-Nuseirat and Ahly Al-Bureij, Al-Rabat and Al-Aqsa at King Sport Stadium, Khadamat Al-Bureij and Shabab Al-Zawaida, Ahly Al-Nuseirat and Khadamat Al-Maghazi at Ittihad Deir Al-Balah Stadium, Castle Academy and Ittihad Khan Yunis And Shabab Ma’an and Al-Awda at Shabab Ma’an Stadium, and Score Academy and Rafah Services at Shabab Rafah Stadium.

Research launching a mobile league for the aircraft

The Palestinian Volleyball Federation in the Gaza Strip announced the start of preparations for the start of the new sports season 2022-2023, sponsored by Jawwal, and called on the clubs to prepare strongly and appropriately for the launch of the partial professional league in all technical, physical and administrative aspects. This came during the meeting held by the Federation with the participation of the General Assembly of Volleyball Clubs in the Thai Hall in the city, sponsored by the Palestinian Olympic Committee and the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, in the presence of Ihab Kahil, member of the Federation and Chairman of the Competitions Committee, Maher Shehadeh, representative of the Palestinian Olympic Committee, and Saadallah Abu Eita, Secretary General of the Federation. Jamal Hassouna, head of the Referees Committee, heads of volleyball clubs, team representatives, and a number of game experts and stars of the beautiful time.

Abu Eita welcomed the audience after reading what was available from the Holy Quran, and conveyed to the members of the General Assembly, the greetings of Abdel Salam Haniyeh, Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council, and Vice President of the Palestinian Volleyball Federation.

Attention to age groups

In a speech over the phone, Hamza Radhi, President of the Federation, talked about the Federation's achievement of the agenda last season, and wished the clubs a new distinguished season in all tournaments, stressing the importance of the clubs' interest in the age groups, to be the best tributary for the buds and youth teams, which will have external participations during this season. Kahil reviewed the federation's agenda for the new season, and wished the clubs a distinguished season in the partial professional league, the Premier League, and the beach and junior championships that the federation will launch during the year.

In turn, Kahil stressed the need for all clubs and technical bodies to adhere to what was agreed upon with club representatives during the meeting, in order for volleyball activity to appear in its best form. Abu Aita opened the door to inquiries from members of the General Assembly about the mechanism for organizing the new season with all its competitions, stressing the Federation's patience and full readiness to listen to any criticisms and suggestions that would advance and develop volleyball.

The members of the association discussed a set of new ideas and suggestions, and it was agreed to hold other meetings for the clubs of each tournament separately, to prepare well and review the legal regulations for each competition.

Al-Masdar is a trainer for Deir Al-Balah

Ittihad Deir al-Balah club, one of the clubs in the center of the Gaza Strip, reached an agreement with coach Hani Al-Masdar, Najm Al-Ameed, Gaza Sports Club, Gaza Strip and Football Club, to return to coach the football team, in the second leg of the second division championship for the “Central and South” branch, to succeed the resigned Tawfiq Indian. The club is looking forward to competing vigorously to snatch the only promotion card to the First Division, which it is losing for the third season in a row in the last round of the competition. Al-Masdar led the Olympic team as an assistant coach, and the Al-Masdar club last season, and achieved remarkable results with him, and lost the promotion ticket by a point difference from hope, as the team won under his leadership in 10 out of 11 matches in which he was on the technical crossbar. The team currently has 15 points in third place, just 3 points behind leader Khadamat Al-Maghazi

الدكتور المتوكل طه:

شكّل الاحتلال الإنجليزي في أعقاب ثورة البراق وأحداث العام 1929 محكمة عسكرية، بدعوى محاكمة العرب واليهود الذين اشتركوا في الأحداث، وأصدرت حكماً بإعدام ثلاثة من الفلسطينيين هم: محمد جمجوم وفؤاد حجازي وعطا الزير. وقال فؤاد حجازي لزائريه: “إذا كان إعدامنا نحن الثلاثة يزعزع شيئاً من كابوس الإنجليز عن الأمة العربية الكريمة، فليحل الإعدام في عشرات الألوف مثلنا كي يزول هذا الكابوس عنا تماماً”. وقد نفذ فيهم حكم الإعدام، ولم يكترث الإنجليز بالوساطات العربية لتخفيف حكم الإعدام.

وقال الشهيد فؤاد حجازي في وصيته التي كتبها بخط يده، وبعث بها إلى صحيفة اليرموك يوم 18/ 6/ 1930:
“إذا كان لديَّ ما أقوله وأنا على أبواب الأبديّة فإنِّي أوجز القول قبل أن أقضي:

أخويَّ العزيزين يوسف وأحمد وفّقكما الله، رجائي إليكما أن تفعلا بما أُوصيكما به، أوصيكما بالتعاضد والمحبَّة الأخوية، والعمل بجدٍّ واجتهاد على مكافحة شقاء الدنيا لإحراز السّبق في مضمار هذه الحياة التي ستقضونها – إن شاء الله – بالعزِّ والهناء.

ورجائي إليك يا يوسف.. يا حبيبي أن تلجأَ إلى الهدوء والسكينة، وأن لا تأتي بعمل تكون عاقبته وخيمة، عليك أن لا تتأثر لمصرع فؤاد، لأنَّ فؤاد لم يخلق إلاّ لهذه الساعة، وله الشرف الأعلى بأن يقضي في سبيل القضية العربية الفلسطينية.

عليك بطاعة والدتك وشقيقك يوسف.

أحمد.. السكينة السكينة، الهدوء الهدوء، ملابسي تحفظ شهراً ثم تُغسل، ممنوع قطعياً تنزيل أي طقم عليَّ سوى اللباس والفنيلّة والكفن داخل تابوت.

البكاء، الشخار، التصويت، هذا ممنوع قطعياً، لأنَّني لم أكن أرضاها في حياتي، خاصة تمزيق الثياب. يجب الزغردة والغناء، واعلموا أن فؤاداً ليس بميت، بل هو عريس ليس إلاَّ.

يجب الاستعلام بواسطة الدلّال عما إذا كان يوجد لأحد شيء بذمة فؤاد وسداده فوراً، وأعود فأوصيكم بطاعة الوالدة.

إنّ الضريح سيشيّد على نفقة لجنة الإسعاف العربية بالقدس، فلتعمل جنينة عند ضريحي بداربزين على الدّاير.

عليك أن ترفع رأسك بين أقرانك وأنت لا تدع للحزن سبيلاً إلى قلبك، وأن ترتدي دائماً الملابس الجديدة، وأن تحلق يومياً، عليك أن تذهب للنزهة والأفراح كعادتك، بل أكثر.

عليك بالسّهر على مستقبلك، فإذا كان الله قضى بذلك عَلَيَّ فما عليك أنت إلاّ الاطمئنان لحكمه تعالى، إنَّني من جهتي أسامح كل من شهد عَلَيّ، خاصةً سعيد العسكري، وغداً يوم الحشر سأقابله وأطلب حقِّي منه من الله سبحانه وتعالى، وعليك أن لا تضمر لأحد سوءاً، كما أوصيك بطاعة الوالدة واحترامها.

حبيبي أحمد:
أمّا أنت يا أحمد، فعليك العناية بدروسك والاجتهاد فيها، وأن لا تجعل القلق يستولي عليك.
تأثَّرت من قولك حين زيارتك لي إنَّك ستأخذ بثأري، فهذا يا حبيبي لا يعنيك أنت لأنَّني لستُ بأخيك وحدك، بل أنا قد أصبحت أخا الأمة العربية، وابن الأمة جمعاء.

يا والدتي:
أُوصيك وصيَّة، والوصية –كما قيل– غالية:
أن لا تذهبي إلى قبري إلاَّ مرَّة في الأسبوع على الأكثر، ولا تجعلي عملك الوحيد الذهاب إلى المقبرة.

إنَّ يوم شنقي يجب أن يكون يوم سرور وابتهاج، وكذلك يجب إقامة الفرح والسرور في يوم 17/ 6 من كل سنة، إنَّ هذا اليوم يجب أن يكون يوماً تاريخياً تُلقى فيه الخُطب، وتُنشد الأناشيد على ذكرى دمائنا المهراقة في سبيل فلسطين والقضية العربية”.

وحكمت المحكمة على 800 من العرب بالسجن سنوات مختلفة، أما اليهود فقد اكتفت بالحكم بإعدام يهودي واحد هو خانكيز، وهو شرطي يهودي قتل عائلة فلسطينية عربية كاملة في بيتها في يافا، ولكن الإنجليز خففوا عنه حكم الإعدام إلى السجن عشر سنوات، قضى بعضها في السجن، ثم أطلق سراحه.

وقام الفلسطينيون بالاحتجاج على حكم المحكمة الجائر والمتحيز لليهود، ثم قاموا بتشكيل لجان إغاثة لتقديم العون والمساعدة لعائلات الشهداء والجرحى.

وقد هز إعدام الشهداء الثلاثة على يد الإنجليز مشاعر الفلسطينيين، في الداخل والخارج، إلا أن الإنجليز لم يأبهوا وأعدموهم. وقال عز الدين القسام عقب إعدامهم في خطبة نارية: “يا أهل حيفا .. يا مسلمون، ألا تعرفون فؤاد حجازي؟ ألم يكن فؤاد حجازي وعطا الزير ومحمد جمجوم إخوانكم؟ ألم يجلسوا معكم في دروس جامع الاستقلال؟ إنهم الآن على المشانق.. حكم عليهم الإنجليز بالإعدام من أجل اليهود”.

وتابع القسام قائلاً: “أيها المؤمنون: أين نخوتكم؟ أين إيمانكم؟ وأين هي مروءتكم؟ … إن الصليبية الغربية الإنجليزية، والصهيونية الفاجرة اليهودية، تريد ذبحكم كما ذبح الهنود الحمر في أميركا، تريد إبادتكم أيها المسلمون، حتى يحتلوا أرضكم من الفرات إلى النيل، ويأخذوا القدس، ويستولوا على المدينة المنورة، ويحرقوا قبر الرسول .. إنهم يريدون اللعب بأمهاتكم وبناتكم وأخواتكم وتحويلهن إلى خدم لهم وسبايا”.

وكان تنفيذ حكم الإعدام بحق الشبان الثلاثة قد بدأ في الساعة الثامنة، حيث نفذ الحكم في الشهيد فؤاد حجازي، وفي التاسعة نفذ في الشهيد عطا الزير، وفي العاشرة نفذ في الشهيد محمد جمجوم، ووصف الشاعر إبراهيم طوقان هذه الساعات الثلاث في قصيدته “الثلاثاء الحمراء”.

وإذا كان الحكم البريطاني قاسياً بحق المواطنين العرب، فإن أسباب اندلاع ثورة البراق لم تؤخذ بالحسبان، ما يؤكد أن اليهود قد أشعلوا فتيل المعركة تلك، وأن البريطانيين قد ساعدوهم من خلال إيقاع أحكام قاسية بحق المواطنين العرب، لمنعهم من الإقدام على التصدي لليهود، ومنع أنشطتهم العدائية مستقبلاً.

لقد كانت التظاهرة الضخمة لليهود في 14 آب 1929 في تل أبيب، والتي جاءت لمناسبة ذكرى تدمير ما يسمى “هيكل سليمان” المزعوم، ثم نظموا تظاهرة ثانية في اليوم التالي في شوارع مدينة القدس، وتوجهوا نحو جدار الأقصى الغربي، جدار البراق أو “حائط المبكى” كما يحلو لليهود أن يسموه، وهناك رفعوا العلم الإسرائيلي، وأنشدوا “الهتكفا” (النشيد القومي الصهيوني)، وهاتان التظاهرتان كانتا الشرارة التي أشعلت فتيل ثورة البراق، إذ تجمع المسلمون في اليوم التالي لهذه الحادثة، وكان يوم جمعة وذكرى المولد النبوي الشريف، في باحة المسجد الأقصى المبارك، وساروا بعد الصلاة في تظاهرة كبيرة حطموا خلالها منضدة لليهود على رصيف حائظ البراق، وأحرقوا أوراق الصلوات اليهوية الموضوعة في ثقوب الحائط.

وتوالت الاشتباكات الدموية حتى حصل الانفجار يوم 23 آب/ أغسطس، الذي يعرف تاريخياً بـ”ثورة البراق”، حيث هجم العرب بأعداد كبيرة على اليهود، وتدخل “البوليس” البريطاني بعنف، مستخدماً الأسلحة المختلفة، بما في ذلك الطائرات الحربية، وعاشت فلسطين للمرة الأولى أسبوعاً دموياً بين العرب واليهود، بعدما امتدت الاشتباكات إلى المدن الأخرى والقرى المختلفة.

وكانت نتيجة ذلك عشرات القتلى والجرحى من الجانبين، وسيطر القلق والتوتر على أجواء البلاد، وزاد من أجواء التوتر ذلك المنشور الذي أصدره المندوب السامي الثالث (تشانسلور) في أول أيلول، إثر عودته إلى البلاد من لندن، فهو لم يكن متسرعاً ومنحازاً لليهود فحسب، بل كاذب في افتراءاته على العرب، ووقح جداً في تعابيره.

ونقتطع مما جاء في بيانه الذي أعلنه تعليقاً على تلك الأحداث: “عدت من المملكة المتحدة فوجدت بمزيد من الأسى أن البلاد في حالة اضطراب، وأصبحت فريسة لأعمال العنف غير المشروعة، وقد راعني ما عملته من الأعمال الفظيعة التي اقترفتها جماعات من الأشرار سفاكـي الدماء، عديمي الرأفة وأعمال القتل الوحشية التي ارتكبت بحق أفراد الشعب اليهودي، الذين خلوا من وسائل الدفاع بقطع النظر عن عمرهم، وعما إذا كانوا ذكوراً أو إناثاً، والتي صحبتها كما وقع في الخليل أعمال همجية لا توصف، وحرق للمزارع والمنازل في المدن وفي القرى، ونهب وتدمير الأملاك. إن هذه الجرائم أنزلت على فاعليها لعنات جميع الشعوب المتمدنة في أنحاء العالم قاطبة، فواجبي الأول أن أعيد النظام إلى نصابه في البلاد، وأوقع القصاص الصارم بأولئك الذين سوف يثبت عليهم أنهم ارتكبوا أعمال عنف وستتخذ جميع التدابير الضرورية لإنجاز هاتين الغايتين”.

لقد كانت ثورة البراق مفصلاً مهماً في تاريخ النضال الفلسطيني، أثبتت عدوانية اليهود ونواياهم المبيتة لأرض فلسطين وشعبها، كما كانت وصمة دامغة في تاريخ القضاء البريطاني، ولعل التضحية بالذات في سبيل المجموع قد تجلت بأنصع صورها من خلال تسابق الشهداء الثلاثة إلى حبل المشنقة، حيث أراد كل واحد منهم أن يسبق زميليه إلى الحبل الرهيب، في محاولة لإيصال رسالة واضحة إلى الجلاد البريطاني، وقد وصلت الرسالة بالفعل.

وفي هذا الصدد، تصف فدوى طوقان اليوم الذي تم فيه تنفيذ حكم الإعدام بالقول: “وفي نهاية الثلاثاء السابع عشر من حزيران من عام 1930، كان التكبير على المآذن وقرع النواقيس في الكنائس يتجاوب صداها في أرجاء فلسطين قاطبة، إذ في ذلك النهار نفذ حكم الإعدام بالشهداء الثلاثة، في ثلاث ساعات متوالية، فكان أولهم فؤاد حجازي، وثانيهم محمد جمجوم، و ثالثهم عطا الزير، وكان من المقرر رسمياً أن يكون الشهيد عطا الزير ثانيهم، ولكن جمجوم حطم قيده و زاحم رفيقه على الدور حتى فاز ببغيته”.

وهنا يأخذ الشاعر ريشته ليصور هذا اليوم المخضب بالدماء، وليسجل في سفر الشعر الوطني الخالد مصارع أولئك الشهداء فتكون قصيدة إبراهيم طوقان “الثلاثاء الحمراء”.

وفي الحفلة السنوية لمدرسة النجاح بمدينة نابلس، ولم يكن قد مضى على تنفيذ حكم الإعدام سوى عشرة أيام، ألقى الشاعر إبراهيم طوقان قصيدته أمام الجمهور الذي كان لا يزال مستفـزاً ومستثاراً، وعواطفه لم تبرد بعد، وما أن ألقى الشاعر قصيدته حتى فقد السامعون كل رباطة جأش وكل هدوء، فكأنما خرج الناس من لحومهم ودمائهم، فما إن انتهى الشاعر من إلقاء قصيدته حتى كان بكاء الناس ونشيجهم يملأ ساحة المدرسة، ثم اندفعوا خارج المدرسة في تظاهرة شديدة وعارمة، حتى قيل يومها: “لو أن إبراهيم ألقى قصيدته في بلد فيها يهود لوقع ما لا يحمد عقباه”.

وعرف يوم استشهادهم بيوم “الثلاثاء الحمراء”، وهو عنوان قصيدة كتبها الشاعر الفلسطيني الراحل إبراهيم طوقان، في وصف إعدام ملهبي ثورة البراق (1929)، على يد سلطات الانتداب البريطاني، في 17 حزيران 1930: محمد جمجوم، وفؤاد حجازي، وعطا الزير .. ومطلعها:

لمَّــا تَعَرَّضَ نَجْمُـك المنحوسُ
وترَّنحت بعُرى الحبالِ رؤوسُ
ناح الأَذانُ وأعولَ النــاقوسُ
فالليل أكدرُ، والنَّهارُ عَبوسُ

Istanbul - (AFP) - Fishermen on the banks of the Bosphorus Strait put down their fishing rods and crossed their hands, with frustration evident on their faces as they looked at a fishing boat hauling its huge nets in the water with a large winch.

“Come on, get out of here!” one of them shouts, as he waits impatiently for the boat to depart so that he can once again practice fishing in the Bosphorus waters.

"I've been here since six in the morning, but this boat threw its fishing net in front of us, which prevented us from carrying out our activities," said Mehmet Dogan, who only caught one 40-centimetre bonito fish.

This period is the season for bonito fish, one of the famous types of tuna, in the waters of the Bosphorus.

Ships cast nets of more than 1,000 meters across the strait, limiting the opportunity for amateur fishermen like Muhammad to catch fish.

"This place is the entry path for fish that will not have enough time just to lay their eggs," says Murat Ayhanoglu from Kirchburnu Bay, where a ship docks from which the sound of its crew can be heard pulling the heavy fishing net.

"When these ships are here, it is certain that we will catch very little," the man in his fifties adds with displeasure, pointing to fish species that are witnessing a decline in their numbers and becoming rare, such as shakhura, anchovies, bonito and blue fish. He stresses that "the authorities must find a solution to this issue."

Saadat Karakulak, a professor at the Faculty of Aquatic Sciences in Istanbul, points out that the volume of fishing in the Bosphorus decreased over a few years from about 500 or 600 thousand tons annually to 328 thousand tons, which constitutes "evidence of a decrease in the number of fish."

As for the authorities, they resorted to a strange idea, proposing at the beginning of the month to close the Bosphorus to traffic for half a day, with the aim of allocating its waters to fishing vessels and industrial ones.

The Ministry of Transport reversed its decision after protests from scientists and NGOs denouncing what it called a "fishing race in a vital corridor" of great importance.

Bayram Ozturk, director of the Department of Marine Biology at Istanbul University and the TODAF Foundation, which specializes in marine research, sneers, saying, "On November 6, killing was permitted."

"This cannot be done now, as the numbers of fish are in danger, and some of them have touched very low levels, such as sturgeon and swordfish," he added, adding, "We should think about how to preserve and sustain them."

He considers that the time has come to restrict the fishing of certain types of fish to certain proportions.

This year, anchovies are in danger because the bonito, which is present in large quantities, is feeding on them. Ozturk explains that the high bonito numbers are attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which the fishermen were quarantined.

He points to other threats to fish, including plastic waste, urban pollution and heavy marine traffic.

The Bosporus is one of the most active straits in the world, with more than two hundred cargo ships and tankers passing through it daily from the Caspian Sea, in addition to dry bulk carriers such as those carrying grain from Ukraine.

Ozturk explains that "the width of the strait at its narrowest point does not exceed 760 meters," calling for "management of the situation at the regional level, as the fish spawns on the Ukrainian side and swims towards Turkey and the Mediterranean," and is eaten in Greece.

Serkan Karadeniz, whose boat is anchored in the port, is waiting for the bay to be emptied of ships to start fishing. And the captain followed the bonito from the Black Sea.

Karadeniz, who comes from Samsun on the Black Sea (north), resides in Canakkale, which borders the Aegean Sea.

The fisherman, who switched this year to bonito fishing while he usually fished anchovies, notes that "the competition is strong, with more than 300 fishing vessels."

Erdogan Kartal, 60, explains that "the months of October and November record a large migration towards the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean," noting that he has been fishing since his childhood. And being the head of a guild that includes 34 entities, he deals with two thousand fishermen.

"The fish have decreased in size and are getting smaller and smaller," he says. "We catch fish that haven't spawned yet, which is dangerous."

"We no longer see the beautiful mackerel that existed in the past," he continues.

In his opinion, restrictions should be placed on catching certain sizes of fish and determining the numbers that are allowed to be caught. "We have to make some sacrifices, and if we let the fish pass, it will return," he says.

Jordan - "Jerusalem" dot com - The legal advisor of the Environmental Quality Authority, Prof. Murad Al-Madani, representative of the head of the Environmental Quality Authority, Dr. Nisreen Al-Tamimi with the Chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs in the Occupied Territories, Mr. Peter Mojhan Maithre Peiris, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York.

During the meeting, which was held in Jordan, Al-Madani presented a comprehensive and detailed report on the Israeli violations of the Palestinian environment, appreciating the role of the committee in its important work in documenting Israeli violations.

The report included violations related to attacking agricultural lands, forests, and forests by burning and razing, and violations related to turning Palestinian lands into a landfill for Israeli waste.

The report touched on settlement industrial zones, especially those that the occupation authorities intend to establish in the Palestinian territories, violations of control over areas and natural reserves, assaults on springs and water springs, either by control or sabotage and pollution, violations related to settlement wastewater, violations of theft of Palestinian stone and sand, violations of the Dead Sea and theft of natural resources and exposure to drought.

The report focused on the garbage dump in the town of Rantis, west of Ramallah, and the violations related to the failure of the Palestinian institution to establish environmental infrastructure facilities such as waste water treatment plants, landfills, and transfer stations, and the failure to enable law enforcement agencies to reach the sites of environmental violations.

In turn, the Chairman of the Committee appreciated the role of the Environmental Quality Authority in presenting a comprehensive and detailed report on Israeli violations of the Palestinian environment, indicating that he had received data, information and facts that are very important to the work of the Committee and the report that the Committee is preparing.

The Chairman of the Committee thanked the Environmental Quality Authority for this constructive cooperation with the Committee, indicating that what came in the report is a warning of a real danger that threatens life in the Palestinian territories, exposes human rights there to direct danger, nullifies opportunities for sustainable development, and prevents the achievement of its goals.

Doha - "Jerusalem" dot com - Qatar's national team will open tomorrow evening, Sunday, its campaign in the World Cup, which will be held for the first time in the Middle East and the Arab world, when it will face Ecuador .

The meeting will take place at six o'clock in the evening, Palestine time, and will be held at Al-Bayt Stadium in the northern city of Al-Khor, and it is one of the six stadiums that will host the championship matches.

FIFA decided to appoint Italian Daniele Orsato to officially manage the first matches of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The Annabi team is seeking to avoid the scenario of South Africa, which hosted the tournament in 2010, as it was the only host country that was deposited from the group stage.

Although it ranked third in South America, Ecuador ranks 44th in the FIFA rankings, only six places higher than Qatar.

Twelve years after it was granted the right to host the 2022 World Cup in football, the hour of truth has come for Qatar, which raises the curtain on Sunday for the first World Cup in the Middle East and the Arab world.

The tournament, which is held once every four years, opens with the host Qatar, participating for the first time, against Ecuador at Al Bayt Stadium at 7:00 pm local time (16:00 GMT).

Qatar, which is home to about 3 million people, 90% of whom are foreigners, expects more than a million fans to come to the country during the World Cup over the course of the 29-day tournament.

The tournament hosts six stadiums with a capacity of about forty thousand spectators, which are Khalifa, 974 (formerly Ras Bu Abboud), Ahmed bin Ali (Al-Rayyan), Al-Janoub (formerly Al-Wakra), Al-Thumama and Education City, in exchange for sixty thousand spectators for Al-Bayt Stadium and more than eighty thousand for Lusail Stadium, which It will host the final match on December 18, Qatar National Day, and is expected to be watched by a billion spectators around the world.

Unlike the previous editions of the World Cup, which began in 1930 in Uruguay, the competition moved from the summer to the onset of winter, due to the summer temperatures in the Gulf, which aroused the ire of the major European championships, which forced them to freeze their competitions for at least a month.

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Washington - (AFP) - Immunization against measles, a potentially fatal disease, has been declining worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic, putting tens of millions of children at risk, an international report warns.

"For three years we have been sounding the alarm about declining vaccination rates and increasing risks to children's health around the world," Ephrem Tekle Limangu, in charge of vaccination programs at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), said in a statement.

"We have a narrow window to make up for" missed vaccination doses, he added.

In turn, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, "immunization programs have been seriously affected."

"Behind every statistic in this report is a child at risk of contracting a preventable disease," he added.

According to the joint report issued by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2021, about 40 million children missed a dose of the measles vaccine (25 million missed the first dose and 14.7 million missed the second dose).

As a result, global coverage of first-dose measles vaccination has fallen to its lowest level since 2008.

Among the countries with the largest number of unvaccinated children against measles are Nigeria, India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Indonesia.

According to the report, it is estimated that the number of people infected with measles in 2021 reached nine million, of whom 128,000 died.
Last year, measles outbreaks spread to 22 countries, most of them in the Middle East and Africa.

In April, the World Health Organization warned that reported measles cases increased by nearly 80% in the first two months of 2022 compared to the same period last year.

"There is no time to lose," said Elizabeth Cousins, chair of the United Nations Foundation. "We must act urgently to ensure that these life-saving vaccines reach every child."

Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that has no cure but can be prevented with two vaccine doses.

Measles causes a high fever and rash, and is contagious over a four-day period before and after symptoms appear.

Although the symptoms of this disease are often benign, they can be dangerous at other times, as they may lead to complications in the respiratory (pneumonia) and nervous (encephalitis) systems, especially in people who suffer from poor health.

القدس - إعلام اللجنة الأولمبية: أكد الفريق جبريل الرجوب، رئيس اللجنة الأولمبية، على ضرورة بناء خطة استراتيجية وطنية تستهدف تطوير قطاعيّ الرياضة المدرسية والجامعية، وفق آليات وأهداف واضحة من أجل بناء خط انتاج لاعب وفنيّ وإداري ونشر الثقافة الرياضية وقيمها في المدارس والجامعات.
جاء ذلك خلال ورشة العمل التي عقدتها اللجنة الأولمبية في أكاديمية جوزيف بلاتر بالبيرة، بحضور بصري صالح، وكيل وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي، والوزير عصام القدومي، أمين عام المجلس الأعلى للشباب والرياضة، وعبد المجيد حجة، أمين عام اللجنة الأولمبية، وممثلين عن الاتحاديّن المدرسي والجامعي ومديريات التربية والتعليم والجامعات.
وقال الرجوب إن اللاعب الفلسطيني أصبح أحد أصولنا ورموزنا الوطنية بمفهوم العالم، مشيراً إلى أن الرياضة الفلسطينية منبر لتقديم معاناة هذا اللاعب للعالم وكذلك وإصراره وصموده لإدراك أهمية الرياضة في المشروع الوطني، وأهمية أن تبقى الرياضة بعيدة عن الفيروسات السياسية والجهوية والجغرافية.
وأوضح أن البناء يبدأ من المدرسة لصناعة اللاعب واكتشاف موهبته منذ الصغر وتشكيل الوعي عند كل الفئات العمرية بأهمية دور الرياضة وأهميتها في المشروع الوطني وحماية الانسان بالمعنى النفسي والاجتماعي والصحي والإنساني.
ولفت إلى أن ضرورة أن تؤسس هذه الورشة لحالة تقييم لها علاقة بالتكامل والشراكة ما بين المنظومة الرياضية والمؤسسة الرسمية، وذلك وفق القوانين والأنظمة التي تحكم العمل الرياضي محلياً وقارياً ودولياً، وذلك من أجل تقديم نموذج رياضي أخلاقي لإدارة الشأن هذا القطاع.
ودعا إلى تشكيل لجنة تضم المجلس الأعلى للشباب والرياضة واللجنة الأولمبية ووزارة التربية والتعليم، والتعليم العالي، تعمل على مأسسة الإشراف بمنطق الإدارة والمتابعة والرقابة ما بين الأطراف ذات العلاقة، وتضم القطاع الخاص والأندية مستقبلاً للوصول إلى بناء الاستراتيجية الرياضية الوطنية بأهدافها الواضحة.
وأشار إلى أن هذه اللجنة ستعمل على عقد اجتماعات مستمرة مع الجامعات والكوادر التعليمية، لصياغة الاستراتيجية التي ستشكل خارطة الطريق لتطوير القطاع الرياضي في المدارس والجامعات، وتحقيق المخرجات المتعلقة بالإدارة والمنشآت والتمويل والتسويق.
بدوره، أشار بصري صالح وكيل وزارة التعليم العالي إلى عدد من المحاور الخاصة بالرياضة الجامعية وهي توسيع قاعدة المشاركة في الاتحاد الرياضي الجامعي ومشاركة كل المؤسسات الأكاديمية الجامعة في المحافظات الشمالية والجنوبية، وتطوير العلاقة مع كافة الاتحادات ومراجعة قوانين وأنظمة الاتحاد الجامعي بالتعاون مع اللجنة الأولمبية.
وأكد الأمين العام حجة على محورية الرياضة المدرسية والجامعية والتي تستوجب المتابعة لتأهيل الكوادر الرياضية العاملة في المؤسسات الأكاديمية بالجوانب الإدارية والفنية والقانونية، وصولاً لتقاطع عملها مع الأهداف المنشودة للجنة الأولمبية.
وخلال الجلسة تحدث الحضور عن التحديات والمعوقات التي تواجه الرياضة المدرسية والجامعية وجرى مناقشة سبل التغلب عليها.

The Teachers' Movement announced, Thursday evening, the continuation of the strike and protest activities, and the call for a central sit-in in front of the Council of Ministers in Ramallah next week, despite Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh's announcement of the government's commitment to the agreements signed with the unions that demand their rights and carry out protests.

The Unified Teachers Movement confirmed in a press release that the events previously announced in its statements will be on time, so that next Monday, a central sit-in will be held in front of the Council of Ministers in Ramallah. To confirm the rejection of penalties in all its forms, especially the method of deduction from their salaries, while the “movement” stressed the continuation of the open strike (with going to schools) and leaving after proof of attendance, and without giving any quota for all stages, including the Tawjihi, and the “teachers’ movement” refused to monitor the Employment exam in all provinces.

The movement said: "The government's speech did not bring any qualitative addition to what was presented previously, and it did not contain points that would change the current position of the movement, as it did not refer to the implementation of the detailed provisions of the institutions' initiative that the government signed on last May, and this is what we consider A fundamental defect in the government's speech today, Thursday, as postponing all or part of items kills any solutions that could have resolved the crisis." The "mobility movement" stressed that the implementation of the salary deduction is a dangerous turn of events.

For his part, a source from the striking teachers, who preferred not to be named, said in an interview with Al-Quds.com: “The refusal of what the Prime Minister announced came because there were discounts on the striking teachers after the February salary was paid today, Thursday, which amounted to More than a thousand shekels, which fueled the crisis, which requires the government to quickly resolve this issue.

According to the same source, there is a discussion taking place among the teachers about whether or not the strike will continue, and next week will be decisive regarding the continuation of the strike and protests. He represents them, as they were forced to strike outside the ranks of the union, which requires accelerating the democratization of the union.

For his part, teacher Faisal Jadallah from the Nablus Education Directorate, and one of the observers of the agreement concluded with teachers last year, told Al-Quds.com, "The announcement of the continuation of the teachers' strike and protest activities, since the Prime Minister's speech did not refer to the agreement that was concluded, And that what is being talked about by the government does not implement the terms of the agreement, and the speech ignored not only the initiative, but also the teachers.

On the other hand, Jadallah said: "The deductions that were implemented on last month's salary, and it became clear after disbursing it today, that there were deductions that amounted to more than a thousand shekels for some teachers, came in the context of the aggravation of the crisis."

Jadallah stressed that teachers want to implement the agreement, which is the minimum of teachers' demands and aspirations, and the government is supposed to abide by it, since everyone signed it, while stressing that the teachers' demand to "democratize the union" does not mean its abolition.

For about a month, teachers carried out sit-ins in front of the headquarters of the education directorates in the West Bank in response to the "teachers' movement", amid the teachers' insistence on demanding their rights until the implementation of an agreement concluded, in May 2022, between the Palestinian government, the General Union of Palestinian Teachers and the "mobility". Teachers”, sponsored by many institutions and personalities, and the strike stopped after that.

The agreement included 5 items, namely: returning discounts to teachers, professionalizing education, issuing a teacher protection law, working to “democratize the union”, and depositing a 15% bonus for the nature of work on the salary slip, starting from the first month of the new year 2023.

Singapore - (AFP) - Singapore on Wednesday carried out the death penalty against a Malaysian with a mental disability, according to what his sister announced, after a long legal battle and despite a great international mobilization to support him.

It was Naganthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for smuggling a small amount of heroin upon entering Singapore, which has among the world's most stringent anti-drug laws, and was sentenced to death the following year.

This decision sparked widespread criticism due to concerns about his intellectual disability.

Calls for clemency for the convict multiplied, from the European Union to the British billionaire Richard Branson.

The long legal battle, which lasted more than ten years, ended last month with the rejection of a final appeal, after the judges rejected the defense's argument that the execution of a mentally handicapped man violated international law.

His sister, Sarmila Dharmalingam, who is in Malaysia, told AFP that Naganthran, 34, was executed early in the morning, condemning "Singapore's implementation of the death penalty (...) despite international calls for clemency for him."

"We are very saddened by the execution of our brother and the family is shocked," she added.
The anti-execution NGO Reprieve said Naganthran was "the victim of a tragic miscarriage of justice".
The director of the organization, Maya Foa, said that the execution of a man with an intellectual disability was "unjustified and represents a flagrant violation of international law, which Singapore has chosen to adhere to."

The death penalty for Naganthran was scheduled for November but was postponed after an appeal was filed on the grounds that the execution of a person with an intellectual disability was against international law.

His sympathizers assert that he has an IQ of 69, a level that classifies his owners as mentally handicapped, and they say he was coerced to commit this crime.

However, the authorities justified the punishment against him by saying that the court rulings showed that he knew what he was doing at the time of the crime.

British businessman Richard Branson, speaking to Agence France-Presse on Tuesday, called on Singapore President Halimah Yacob to pardon Naganthran, describing the death penalty as "inhumane".

After a hiatus of more than two years, Singapore resumed executions last month with the hanging of another drug trafficker.
Death penalty opponents fear that the authorities will embark on a series of executions, as appeals from a large number of death row prisoners have recently been rejected.

Colombo , (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president was flown to a military base near the main international airport Monday, officials said, prompting speculation he may be heading into exile abroad.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had fled the presidential palace in Colombo with a security escort from the Navy on Saturday, shortly before thousands of protesters stormed the presidential compound.

Hours later, the Speaker of Parliament announced that Rajapaksa would resign Wednesday to make way for a "peaceful transition of power".

The 73-year-old president had sought refuge at a naval facility, a senior defense official told AFP, before he was transferred to the Katunayake base, which shares a common fence with Bandaranaike International Airport.

"Rajapaksa and his entourage were flown back to Colombo on two Bell-412 helicopters," the official said.

There was no official statement from the president's office regarding his whereabouts, but several local media reports speculated that he might head to Dubai later on Monday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office had said that Rajapaksa had officially informed him of his intention to resign, without specifying a date.

Earlier Monday, protesters handed a Sri Lankan court the millions of rupees Rajapaksa left behind when he fled his official residence, police said.

Official sources stated that a bag full of documents was found in the luxurious home.

Rajapaksa moved to live in the building, which was built two hundred years ago, after he was forced to flee his private home on March 31, as a result of an attempt by demonstrators to storm it.

In the event of Rajapaksa's resignation, Wickremesinghe will automatically assume the position of acting president, until parliament elects a deputy to complete the term, which ends in November 2024.

But Wickremesinghe himself declared his desire to step down if it was agreed to form a unity government.

The process of naming a successor can last from three days (which is the minimum possible period for parliament to convene) to the maximum 30 days allowed under the Basic Law.

The main opposition party, Smaghi Jana Balawijaya (SJB), is holding talks with smaller political groups on Monday to secure support for its leader, Sajit Premadasa.

A party official said a preliminary agreement was reached with dissidents from the Rajapaksa Party (SLPP) to support Premadasa, 55, who lost in the 2019 presidential election.

Premadasa is the son of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, who was assassinated in a suicide bombing by Tamil rebels in May 1993.

Also among the candidates for the premiership is former Information Minister Dolas Alahabiruma (63 years), who was loyal to Rajapaksa, according to an SJB deputy participating in the talks, according to AFP.

Five ministers resigned at the end of the week, while Wickremesinghe's office reported that the government had agreed on Monday to submit a collective resignation once an agreement was reached on a "all-party government".

On Monday, large numbers of people lined up in front of the presidential palace, seeking to enter it. The long waiting lines exceeded the long lines in front of the city's gas stations.

The demonstrators assured that they will not leave until Rajapaksa formally resigns.

"The demand is very clear, people are still demanding (Rajapaksa's) resignation completely and confirmed in writing," said protester Dela Perez.

"So we hope that we will get this resignation from the government, including the prime minister and the president, in the coming days," he added.

Protesters took over Rajapaksa's office shortly after storming the palace on Saturday, vowing not to leave until he formally resigned.

The prime minister's private home in Colombo was set on fire on Saturday night.

The demonstrators have been organizing sit-ins outside the president's office for more than three months to demand his resignation, due to the unprecedented economic crisis the country is experiencing.

He accuses Rajapaksa of mismanaging the economy to such an extent that the country ran out of foreign currency to fund even basic imports, something that left the population of 22 million in a dire straits.

Wickremesinghe, an opposition lawmaker, assumed the premiership in May in an attempt to steer the country out of its political crisis, marking the sixth time he has been appointed to the post.

Sri Lanka defaulted on its $51 billion foreign debt in April and is in talks with the International Monetary Fund for a possible bailout.

Sri Lanka has almost used up its scarce supplies, mainly of oil.

The government ordered the closure of non-essential offices and schools to reduce traffic and save fuel.

LONDON - (AFP) - The family of imprisoned dissident Alaa Abdel-Fattah has called on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to intervene in his case during his participation in the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week.

Abdel-Fattah is on hunger strike and warned his relatives that if he is not released during the summit, he will probably die in prison because he will stop taking fluids from Sunday, the opening day of the twenty-seventh session of the Conference of the Parties.

Abdel Fattah, a prominent figure in the 2011 revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak, is serving a five-year prison sentence for "broadcasting false news", and he has spent a large part of the past decade in prison.

He was granted British citizenship in prison in April through his British-born mother.

Cairo has faced repeated criticism of its human rights record since announcing last year that it would host the COP27 climate summit, a move that rights groups said "rewarded the repressive rule" of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

"I want to invite Rishi Sunak to intervene" in my brother's file, Sanaa Seif, one of Abdel-Fattah's sisters, told reporters in London.

"You will meet Sisi... and if you don't show interest, he will interpret it as a green light to kill him," she added.

Sana explained that the family received a phone call from British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday and met Thursday with British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tariq Ahmed.

Another sister, Mona Seif, added that if her brother is not released during the climate conference, he will surely "die in prison."

She added that her brother was eating only 100 calories a day in the form of a spoonful of honey and a little milk in his tea and would start a hunger strike on Sunday.

In an open letter published Wednesday, 15 Nobel laureates called on Egypt to release Abdel Fattah.

More than 90 heads of state and government are scheduled to participate in the summit, which will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh resort from 6 to 18 November.

Human rights organizations estimate that about 60,000 political prisoners are languishing in Egyptian prisons, many of them in harsh conditions and overcrowded cells, accusations Cairo denies.

Hamburg - (dpa) - The working day can be very enjoyable, especially for those with a high level of training, who know their stuff and get on well with others. In other words, they are the ideal conditions for success.

However, there are many who doubt themselves at work and criticize themselves a lot by thinking things like: “I am not good enough”, or “Am I even capable of doing this?”.

Women are very critical of themselves at work

"It is often women who suffer from a lack of self-confidence in their jobs," says career counselor Hane Bergen. For example, the "International University of Applied Sciences" in Bad Honnef, Bonn, found through a study conducted in 2017 (in German) that women consider the strengths they have in their careers to be much less than the strengths of those around them.

According to the study, it is possible for men to criticize themselves strongly as well, but to a much lesser extent than women. And there can be very different reasons for lack of self-confidence on the job. It may be that those who are self-critical suddenly face new tasks for which they do not have sufficient experience.

"In such cases, some self-doubt is normal," says career counselor Ragnild Strauss. "However, very often a lack of self-confidence stems from a lack of self-respect."

This is often associated with unrealistic expectations of oneself, says Strauss. Because even if a particular task presents a challenge, with a consistent level of self-esteem, one can confidently see something new as an opportunity for development. However, if one is feeling insecure, the focus is more on the fear of failure.

People who seek perfection tend to lack self-confidence

If you are the type of person who makes their self-esteem depend too much on the positive opinions of others, you will quickly become insecure when you do not get anything from others. "In such cases, it is often helpful to simply ask others for opinions on the work you have done," advises career counselor Bergen.

It is also important to have a positive self-image. In order to achieve this end, one must ask oneself: What am I achieving through my work, and what is the final product of my work? One might also assure oneself that not everything has to be perfect all the time, and that it should be done as quickly as possible.

Writing things down helps one overcome self-doubt

Career counselor Strauss recommends doing a realistic analysis of the situation and writing it all down. For example, one can write down the tasks in which he or she feels insecure, and then describe those tasks. What does it consist of, what skills are required?

Then one must ask himself why he thinks he is not up to the task. Does he really lack the necessary skills? Am I afraid that I will not be able to finish the task in the required time? "Once someone knows why they are feeling insecure, then they can start to act," says Strauss.
This could include, for example, acquiring certain technical skills, having a conversation with one's team leader about one's workload, or dealing with concerns in a therapeutic way.

How to avoid a lack of self-confidence in the long run

It is important to constantly take care of oneself in order to control a lack of self-confidence at work in the long run. “One might regularly write down two or three situations in which they did particularly well,” Bergen recommends. If a lack of self-confidence appears, one may simply read what he has written to boost his self-confidence.

غزة- نجح المنتخب الوطنيّ للكرة الشاطئيّة في اختباره الثاني ضمن تحضيراته لبطولة غرب آسيا التي تستضيفها المملكة السعودية في منتصف أيار المقبل، بفوزه على فريق يجمع نجوم أندية غزة في الدرجتين الممتازة والأولى، بنتيجة 5-3، على ملعب نماء الترابيّ شرقي جباليا شمالي قطاع غزة.
قدم لاعبو المنتخب أداءً جيداً، واستطاع المدير الفنيّ عماد هاشم تدارك الثغرات التي ظهرت في المباراة الأولى، التي تفوق فيها على أندية نجوم الشمال، للوقوف على جهوزية اللاعبين المختارين.

وقد سجل للمنتخب حازم شكشك- ثلاثية، ومحمد شبير- ثنائية، وسامي الداعور.
يشار إلى أنّ الجهاز الفنيّ قرر خوض عدد من المباريات التجريبية جاءت للوقوف على جاهزية اللاعبين من النواحي الفنيّة والتكتيكية والبدنيّة، حيث شارك معظم اللاعبين في المباراة.

BEIJING - (AFP) - Ten people were killed and nine others injured in a fire that broke out in a residential building in the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang , according to the New China News Agency.

The agency said the fire broke out on Thursday evening at around 19:50 (11:50 GMT).

And she indicated that "ten people died despite emergency care," adding that "the injuries of the other nine people are not serious," and indicating that an investigation has been opened into the source of the fire.

Similar fires are very common in China due to inadequate safety standards and rampant corruption among those responsible for enforcing them.

This week, 38 people died and two others were injured in a factory fire in Anyang (center).

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Thursday, the Palestinians in Hebron funeral procession for the body of the martyr Osama Mahmoud Adawi (17 years) from Al-Arroub camp, who succumbed to the serious wounds he sustained yesterday by the Israeli occupation forces.

The funeral procession set off in front of Al-Ahly Hospital in Hebron, towards Al-Aroub camp, following alternative roads through the town of Sa’ir, due to the occupation imposing a strict closure on the camp, closing its entrances completely, and preventing citizens from moving.

Thousands of citizens were able to reach the home of the martyr's family, where the last farewell look was given to his body, before he was carried on the shoulders to the camp mosque, and they performed prayers over his pure body, before he was buried in the cemetery of the people of Ajur in the "Al-Buss" area of the camp.

The mourners raised the Palestinian flag, chanting angry slogans condemning the occupation and its ongoing crimes against our people, saluting the people of Shuafat camp and the town of Anata, which have been besieged by the occupation for six days.

The martyr Adawi was wounded by Israeli bullets in the stomach, during clashes that broke out, yesterday, Wednesday, at the entrance to the camp, in support of the people of Shuafat camp and the town of Anata, and he was transferred to a medical center before announcing his death later. This was a comprehensive strike in all walks of life. Life in the camp, called for by the "Fatah" movement and the patriotic forces in the camp, mourning the soul of the martyr, my enemy.

Clashes broke out with the occupation forces during the funeral of the martyr Adawi, at the entrance to the Arab camp.

The forces fired stun grenades and poison gas at the citizens, causing dozens of suffocation cases.

Written by: Wasef Erekat

Everything has two faces, there is a bright side and there is a dark side, just as each one of us has a point of view and there is nothing wrong with that as long as we accept the other point of view even if it focuses on the negative aspects, or puts the knot in the saw as it is said. I beg the reader’s pardon because I always focus on the positive aspects of our lives, as a lot of talk about the negatives destroys societies and people lose their self-confidence.

What prompted me to write this introduction is that most of us are talking about the setback of June 1967 and its negative aspects, and this will not provide lessons for generations. No one denies the defeat of the Arab armies and the victory of Israel, and the Arab negligence cannot be defended, but the defeat should not overshadow the sacrifices of our people who stood firm. On his land and patience in front of all the crimes of the occupation and suffered both, and there are heroes, whether combat soldiers in the field or steadfast civilians and eyewitnesses to the crimes of the occupation, and it is the duty to "expose the crimes of the occupation and honor the heroes who fought and were martyred or wounded in defense of the land and honor, our enemy is coming out We are confronted every day with stories that contain false narratives of criminals who committed the most heinous crimes against our people, claiming that they are heroics and serve their interests, bearing in mind that we have heroes and stories that are much greater than what our enemies boast about and publish on the media. In June, our people triumphed steadily on their land. And when the buses that the occupation equipped to deport him and transport him to the border returned empty, he triumphed when he endured all the pains and torments, and in my narration some of them:

On June 4, 1967, I was an officer with the rank of lieutenant in the 6th Heavy Artillery Battalion of the Jordanian Army Artillery Corps, based in Zarqa and its batteries in the West Bank. April, when we were suddenly asked to stop training and join the field sites following the declaration of the state of emergency, and the battery to which I belong was stationed in the village of Zababdeh in the Jenin governorate to support the infantry brigade Khaled Ibn Al-Walid, we were happy with the news because we will fight our enemy, the Zababdeh arrived at a record speed, I found my colleagues in the battery eagerly preparing for confrontation, and I found that a section of them had two 155 mm cannons that had been moved to the village of Al-Yamoun in order to bombard targets that could not be reached by the Zababdeh cannons. I and he were division commanders and we took turns in tasks, especially the task of monitoring and observing from the heights of Jenin, and colleagues from the battery moved with him: Sergeant Yahya Hassan Al-Maaita from Ader-Al-Karak, and Private Samir Mustafa Al-Qudah from Ibbin-Ajl One, and the first soldier, Ali Aqil Suleiman, from Aima in Tafilah, and the first soldier, Khalifa Mustafa Mohsen, from Hour-Irbid, and the soldier, Amin Salama Al-Momani, from Sakhra-Ajloun, and the first soldier, Salem Suleiman, from Souf-Jerash, and the soldier, Ahmed Najeeb Khalaf Al-Hamouri. From Beit Ras - Irbid, and Corporal Mahmoud Shukri Murshid from Qusra - Nablus

On the morning of the next day, June 5, with the start of the Israeli army's aggression and the fall of Israeli shells on the positions of the Jordanian Arab Army, we began to occupy the targets according to the list prepared for the battle (targets bank), foremost of which were the nearby airports, especially the Megiddo airport, the artillery sites and the axes of the advance of the Israeli tanks. I will not forget those moments The overwhelming joy of the cannon crews and the shout of God is great with every shell launched from the barrels of the cannons towards the hostile targets. The hits were accurate. The Israeli planes intensified their sorties over our positions and began hovering over these positions, forcing the cannons to stop shooting in the presence of the air force and without air cover. Especially after the Israeli air forces bombed the Arab airports, including the Jordanian ones, and we lost the most important weapon of support, and the positions of the forces became all exposed from the air and they were fighting without cover and protection. Despite all this, we were taking advantage of the opportunity of the absence of the Israeli aircraft and bombing the advancing columns of tanks despite the great difference in gear number. ‏

On the 6th and 7th of June, the situation began to deteriorate and turn for the worse, with columns of tanks storming through all axes. It got worse with the martyrdom of the Yamoon artillery commander, First Lieutenant Muhammad Abu al-Foul, while he was moving between locations on his way to Yamoon, where an Israeli tank hit his car and trampled it with its track, killing a man. The Fur and its driver survived the crime, and the Yamoun and Zababdeh cannons continued to bombard the targets according to the drawn plan and according to the developments of the field situation.

The Israeli army used the pattern of bypassing, detouring, and rapid rushing in depth under air support. On June 7, Israeli tanks stormed the artillery site in the village of Al-Yamoun, after heavy and concentrated shelling on the site by enemy artillery and aircraft, which led to the death of some, the wounding of others, and the disabling of one of the cannons. Those who remained alive confronted the enemy tanks with the available and modest capabilities, until they were all martyred. Despite all that, the occupation soldiers fired at them from point blank. ‏

With the storming of the Al-Yamoun site and the arrival of information that they were approaching the village of Al-Zababdeh, we were asked to evacuate the site and take a position in a rear location. Some soldiers impeded their progress and occupied them with shooting to protect the exit of the cannons, and they did, and the cannons managed to escape from their grip. I was assigned to return to the battery command post next to the Knights station, which became a school for the Zababdeh students, in order to destroy official documents and disable everything that the enemy benefits from, and while we were We do this, the Israeli tanks stormed our site and they were carrying the Iraqi flags, I asked my fellow soldiers to retreat to the back as we do not have anti-tank launchers with us, and with the onset of darkness we started moving towards the village of Sir where the new artillery site will be, we were also surprised by the presence of Israeli tanks, and there are no We have a means of communication, and we arrived in the town of Tubas. There was a dignified, elderly woman who was baking in the taboon. She insisted on feeding us from her bread and provided us with whatever food she had. And her generosity renewed our activity, the woman went and brought some civilian clothes and said wear them so that they do not arrest you, we thanked her and asked her to keep the clothes for her owners and we continued walking in our military clothes and our individual weapons, and when I learned that our artillery crossed the river towards the east, I decided with my fellow soldiers that each of us should go on foot He went on foot to his village and contributed to its defense, but we were surprised by the Israeli army's control of most of the roads, so we had to head east and cross the Jordan River, which took us three days. ‏

As for the martyrs of Al-Yamoun, despite the tanks storming the site and the town and continuing the shelling, its good people were able to transfer their bodies to a cave in the village, and later they were transported, honored and buried in the town’s cemetery, and their names were placed on top of their graves. The people of the town tell how they found the wounded officer Abdul Aziz Al-Adwan alive while they were transporting the bodies to the cave, where his body was hot and still beating, and then they treated him and embraced him until he returned to Jordan. ‏

What happened with us in the Jenin axis happened in the other axes, and perhaps even worse and harsher, and this third war led to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai and the Golan, in which the armies were defeated but the people were not defeated. May God have mercy on those who preceded us on the path and glory to the glory makers. ‏

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London (AFP) - Defending champion Manchester City regained the lead in the English Football League from its direct pursuit, Liverpool, by defeating its guest Brighton 3-0 in a postponed match from the thirtieth stage, while Arsenal ignited the struggle for a position in the Champions League by defeating Chelsea 4- 2 in a postponed match from the twenty-fifth stage. Liverpool took the lead with 76 points after its great victory over Manchester United by 4-0 on Tuesday, before City restored the point difference by defeating the high-flying Brighton by winning its last two away matches against Tottenham and Arsenal. City waited for the second half to open The scoring was through Algerian international Riyad Mahrez (53), before Phil Foden added the second (65), taking advantage of a ball that reached him from the guest team. The Portuguese Bernardo Silva concluded the scoring festival by adding the third in the 82nd minute. In the London derby, Arsenal settled its position in front of its host. Chelsea ignited the struggle for a place in the European Champions League next season.

The fifth Arsenal raised its score to 57 points, equally with Tottenham, who finished in the last fourth place, qualifying for the main continental competition, while Chelsea’s balance froze at 62 points in third place. The last since the competition wheel returned to rotation after the international window, against Crystal Palace 0-3, Brighton 1-2 and Southampton 0-1, while another difficult confrontation awaits him on Sunday against the injured Manchester United VI, who is three points behind. Before his fall this evening, he succeeded. Chelsea regained its brilliance, crushing Southampton 6-0 in the league, before dropping Real Madrid 3-2 in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the main continental competition, to come out disappointed after losing 1-3 in the first leg, and beat Crystal Palace 2-0 to qualify for the final of the local cup, where it will meet Liverpool. German coach Thomas Tuchel made four substitutions compared to his last match, relying on the Belgian duo Romelu Lukaku and German Timo Werner in the attack. Midfield for the play industry and left French striker Alexandre Lacazette, who is close to leaving, on the bench.

At the “Stamford Bridge” stadium in London, striker Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring for Arsenal with a 20-meter shot after a mistake in dispersal by the Danish Andreas Christensen (13), before Werner equalized after he penetrated into the middle and hit a left-footed floor that changed its course after colliding with Swiss Granit Xhaka deceived Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdell (17). Arsenal regained the advantage after a team game started by Xhaka and from him to Odegar, who passed to young striker Emile Smith-Roe inside the area to shoot a precise ball past Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy (27), in his tenth goal in the league this season. The "Gunners" did not have enough time to celebrate, until Chelsea equalized thanks to veteran Spanish defender Cesar Espilicueta, after cutting a ground pass from Mason Mount (32).

With the start of the second half, Tuchel inserted veteran defender Thiago Silva instead of Christensen, making the Brazilian at the age of 37 years and 210 days the oldest player to play a match with Chelsea in the league, breaking the previous record held by player Graham Rex (37 years and 203 days), who achieved his achievement during The victory over Arsenal in particular 2-1 in May 1995, according to "Opta" statistics. However, Nketiah spoiled Silva's celebration as he scored the second personal goal for him and the third for his team, after Sarr cut off a ball that the Brazilian threw and allowed his colleague to shoot from the penalty mark ( 57), where the 22-year-old English striker became the first player to score a double against Chelsea since Dutchman Robin van Persie in October 2011 when he scored a hat-trick, according to “Opta” statistics. Arsenal killed the match by scoring the fourth thanks to Bukayo Saka After he himself got a penalty kick after a mistake from Espilicueta inside the area, the 20-year-old successfully fired (90 + 2), in his tenth goal this season. Everton tied with Leicester City 1-1 in a postponed match from the eighteenth stage, and Newcastle won Crystal Palace 1-0 from Stage A for thirty.

Jerusalem - (AFP) - Israel's new defense minister, Yoav Gallant, is a former general and staunch ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a staunch defender of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Galant, 64, oversaw the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005 and led Operation Cast Lead against Hamas leaders between 2008 and 2009.

He became involved in politics in 2015. Since then, he has held the housing portfolio (2015), education and immigration 2019-2021.

Observers fear a radical change in Israeli policy in the West Bank under the new Netanyahu government.

The new army minister is known for his support for the settlements, which are illegal under international law, yet there are about 475,000 settlers living there.

Following Galant's appointment, the head of the Settlement Council (Yesha) Shlomo Ne'eman welcomed Galant. The council represents Israeli settlers living in the West Bank.

"Yoav Gallant is a man who did a lot for the settlement in Judea and Samaria," Neeman said Thursday, using the biblical name for the occupied West Bank.

On Wednesday evening, former defense minister Benny Gantz spoke by phone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

During the call, Gantz stressed "the important relations that existed between the Israeli defense establishment, the political leadership, and the Palestinian Authority."

Gallant was born in the Mediterranean port of Jaffa in 1958 to Polish parents who survived the Holocaust.

He was an accomplished soldier and officer in the elite naval unit known as "Flotilla 13" that carried out an operation against the Palestinian Fatah movement in Lebanon in 1978.

At that time, the unit killed about 20 Palestinian militants in the operation, which was enshrined in the history books of the Israeli army.

Between 1982 and 1984, Gallant announced that he had taken a leave of absence from the Army to move to Alaska, where he worked as a lumberjack.

In 2002, he reached the rank of general and served as the military attache to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

He later rose to become commander of the Southern Military Command and oversaw Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, which saw the evacuation of 8,000 settlers from those settlements.

In late 2008 and early 2009, Galant led Operation Cast Lead against the Gaza Strip, which lasted 22 days and resulted in the killing of 1,440 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.

A United Nations report accused both Israel and the ruling Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip of committing war crimes during the escalation.

Although he was part of a scandal confiscating public lands to build his home, in 2010 he was nominated for the position of Chief of Staff of the Army.

But Gallant was not charged with a criminal offense after an investigative report triggered a petition to the Supreme Court. However, there has been talk of potential legal problems if he is appointed.

Gantz was then chosen chief of staff, and today he succeeds Galant Gantz in the defense portfolio.

Later, after leaving the army, he became director of an excavation company owned by a French-Israeli businessman named Benny Steinmetz, but he resigned from this position in 2014 to get involved in politics.

In 2015, he became housing minister for the center-right Kulanu party, or "All of us," before moving to Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party in 2019.

Gaza - "Al-Quds" dot com - Today, Saturday, civil defense crews controlled the fire that broke out in the garbage dump in Juhr Al-Dik area, east of the Gaza Strip.

The civil defense teams, with the support of the municipalities and the Ministry of Works teams, were able to control the fire completely, on Friday and Saturday.

Written by: Rashid Hassan

The Zionist enemy insists on committing crimes that no one else has committed. The pages of racists and fascists have not seen anything like it... the most filthy, miserable, and brutal... and dark and dark...!
The occasion of this hadith is the insistence of this enemy coming from the caves of darkness, to continue detaining the bodies of the righteous martyrs in the refrigerators of the dead, and some of these bodies have passed for many years. He also insists at the same time not to hand over the remains of the martyrs, who buried them in the tombs of numbers. Tens of years have passed since some of them were buried...and they are called the martyrs of the external patrols, who were martyred on Palestinian land, after they crossed the border and clashed with the enemy forces.
The voice of our people became hoarse as they denounced the crimes of the enemy and their strength was exhausted, as they demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the Red Cross, calling for the release of the relatives of the martyrs..
In this regard, we point out two important observations:
The first: the inability of the Palestinian Authority to liberate these martyrs.. It has been proven that the enemy does not respond to the language of appeal.. but only responds to the language of force.. This reminds us of the liberation of a number of martyrs in numbers in a prisoner exchange deal led by the Lebanese resistance.
The second: The enemy deals with the prisoners and martyrs as criminals, outlaws, and does not consider them prisoners of war. that recognizes the resistance.
Did not General de Gaulle, the father of the French resistance, resist the Nazis? Did George Washington, the founder of modern America, resist British colonialism? And Gandhi resisting British colonialism? Ho Chi Minh to resist French and American colonialism?? And Houari Boumediene resisting French colonialism??
Before concluding, we wonder why the agreements with the enemy, especially Oslo, did not stipulate the secret release of the prisoners and the bodies of the martyrs. To Ramallah..!!
It is very painful that our grieving families, who are mourning the martyrdom of their children, are grieving twice. The bitterness and pain of losing their children, and the bitterness that they have not yet attended their funerals as befits their sacrifices. And bury them in well-known graves. They visit them on religious occasions, to have mercy on them.
All this confirms that the lives of the Palestinians have become different from the lives of others..!
And their death also became different from the death of others..! And their burial requires a miracle for the enemy to agree to remove them from the refrigerators of the dead or the tombs of numbers..!
This is the life of the Palestinian people with all its cruelty.. its harshness.. its pain.. its pain.. and its suffering.. what necessitates that it keep its finger on the trigger and not back down to get out of this very long night.. to embrace a new dawn unlike any other.
“They see it far away.. and we see it close.” God the Great is true. About the "Jordanian Constitution"

Gaza - "Al Quds" dot com - The Israeli occupation continues its aggression against the Gaza Strip , since Friday afternoon, which led to a rise in the number of martyrs to 43 and the injury of 311 citizens with varying degrees of injury.

According to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, 15 children and 4 women were among the martyrs.

The occupation forces bombed many targets in the Strip, which led to an increase in the number of martyrs and injuries.

While the resistance continues its response to the aggression by bombing Israeli cities and settlements, as it launched several missiles at the occupied city of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and other cities and settlements.

Al-Quds.com follows the events directly with you:

- 4 martyrs in Al-Bureij from the Al-Nabahin family

- Injuries in the bombing of the vicinity of a house in Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip

- At least two civilians were killed in the bombing of Al-Samer area in the center of Gaza City

- A number of children and citizens were killed in the bombing of Jabalia

- Municipality of Jabalia Al-Nazla: The occupation forces targeted our crews while carrying out their national duty east of Jabalia, resulting in the injury of a worker and the destruction of a vehicle (cargo collection and waste transportation)

- Injuries in the bombing of a land and a house in Al-Shujaia neighborhood

- 46 settlers were injured in the northern area of the Gaza Strip, all of them lightly

- Mortar shells hit the Erez checkpoint

- An airstrike in the vicinity of a house in the Al-Taleem area, in the northern Gaza Strip

- The occupation bombs lands in Gaza and Khan Yunis

- The resistance launches a barrage of missiles

- Pictures showing damage in Ashkelon, Netivot and Gan Yavneh as a result of the large explosion

- The resistance is bombing Nahal Oz

- The occupation bombs a site in Rafah

- The occupation announces the fall of several missiles in Netivot and Beersheba

- The occupation claims to have intercepted two missiles in the sky of Rishon Lezion, south of Tel Aviv

- The resistance launches a large salvo towards the cities and settlements of the occupation

- The occupation bombed several separate lands

- The continued firing of rockets from the resistance

- The occupation targets a house in Rafah

_ 3 raids, one of which was in the Al-Nafq area, another in Bir Al-Naja, and a third, west of Beit Lahiya

- A mass funeral for a number of martyrs in the governorates of the Gaza Strip

- The occupation bombs a new land in the northern Gaza Strip

- The resistance continues to launch rocket barrages, and Iron Dome is trying to confront them

- A child was wounded in an Israeli raid on agricultural land in the northern Gaza Strip

- The resistance continues its bombardment of the settlements around the Gaza Strip

- Two mortar shells fall in Eshkol

- Several casualties in the bombing east of Khan Yunis

- The bodies of two citizens were recovered from the house that was bombed in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip

- A missile hits a house in the Eshkol settlement complex

- Injuries in the occupation's bombing of a house in the northern Gaza Strip

- The resistance is bombing occupied Jerusalem again, and the occupation is talking about intercepting a missile

- The resistance bombs Sderot and several missiles fall in the town

- The occupation bombed land east of Rafah

- The occupation claims that the Iron Dome fired two missiles at Jerusalem

- The resistance launches a missile salvo towards Jerusalem, Sderot and the areas around the Gaza Strip

- Two injured in the bombing of a land east of Khan Yunis

Seattle (dpa) - Amazon has announced plans to close its Kindle e-book store in China next year, making it the latest US technology company to shrink its presence in the world's second-largest economy.

The company has already stopped supplying Kindle e-readers to local retailers, and plans to permanently close its e-book store in the country on June 30, 2023.

Amazon said that Kindle users in China will be able to download pre-purchased e-books until June 30, 2024, and read them indefinitely after that.

Amazon confirmed that it will continue to provide warranty service and other support for Kindle e-readers.

"Amazon's long-term commitment to development in China will not change," the company said in a post on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, adding: "We have built an extensive business base in China and will continue to innovate and invest."

It is noteworthy that Amazon is not the only American company that has reduced its operations in China, as other giant American technology companies such as Airbnb, Linkedin and Yahoo provide limited services or exited the country entirely due to increasing competition and strict censorship.

Riyadh - (dpa) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived in the Kingdom on his first visit after the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, received, at the Peace Palace in Jeddah, on Thursday night, Friday, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. At the Riyadh Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

And the Saudi Press Agency, "SPA", stated: "An official reception ceremony was held for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where the national anthems of the two countries were played.

After that, the Saudi Crown Prince held a meeting with the Turkish President, during which they reviewed opportunities to develop relations between Riyadh and Ankara in various fields.

The two sides also discussed "developments in the regional and international situation and the efforts exerted in this regard."

Erdogan arrived in Jeddah on Thursday evening on a visit to the Kingdom, his first since 2018, specifically since the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Riyadh consulate in Istanbul.

The Turkish president's office had announced that Erdogan would travel to Saudi Arabia, on a two-day visit, as a culmination of Ankara's months-long efforts to mend relations with Riyadh.

The Turkish presidency said that Erdogan will discuss in meetings, during the visit, Ankara's relations with the Kingdom, as well as ways to increase cooperation.
Over the past weeks, the Turkish president has stressed his country's desire to strengthen relations with Saudi Arabia.

Last February, Erdogan said in a press statement, "We want to strengthen our relations with Saudi Arabia as well, and we want to advance our positive dialogue with it with concrete steps in the coming period."

Turkey had started a trial in absentia in July 2020 against 26 Saudis suspected of involvement in Khashoggi's murder, but it transferred the file on April 7 to Saudi Arabia, which angered human rights organizations.

The Saudi journalist and writer for the Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi, was killed at the age of 59 on October 2, 2018, when he came to request a document necessary to contract his marriage, according to Turkey.
In September 2020, the Saudi Public Prosecution announced the issuance of final rulings against those accused of Khashoggi’s murder, and the closure of the case, both public and private, as the prosecution stated, in a statement, that final rulings had been issued against eight convicts in the case, pointing out that “the right in the Khashoggi case ended with a waiver.” legitimacy of the deceased's family.

Kiev ( Ukraine ) - (AFP) - Ukrainians and Russians celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Saturday, as the unilateral ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin ended, without stopping fighting on the ground.

"Today the world was able to see once again how insincere all the speeches made at the highest level in Moscow are," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message released in the evening. He added, "They talked about an alleged cease-fire... but the truth is that Russian shells continued to bomb Bakhmut (east) and other Ukrainian sites," stressing that the only solution is "to expel the occupying Russians from Ukrainian lands."

And ended at midnight on Saturday (21:00 GMT) cease-fire announced by Moscow, as of Friday noon. Ukraine accused the Russian army of not respecting it, while Russia accused the Ukrainians of preventing its implementation, denouncing the continued Ukrainian artillery shelling of its positions.

And the Russian forces said that they had repelled, during the past twenty-four hours, a number of attacks launched by the Ukrainian army in eastern Ukraine, and that they had killed dozens of soldiers on Friday.

Ukraine considered the Russian armistice a "propaganda strike" to buy time. Washington, Paris, London, Berlin and the European Union condemned the declaration of the truce.

Agence France-Presse correspondents in the city of Chasev Yar in eastern Ukraine heard the sound of continuous shelling throughout the pre-noon period.

In Bakhmut, the epicenter of the battles, north of this city, on Friday, AFP correspondents recorded an exchange of artillery fire from both sides of the front in the hours following the entry into force of the unilateral ceasefire. However, the force of the blows was lighter compared to the previous days.

According to the Ukrainian Public Prosecution Office, two people were killed and 13 others were injured on Friday in Bakhmut, a large part of which was destroyed by the fighting, and that the two camps suffered heavy losses.

The Ukrainian authorities said that Russian forces also bombed the Kherson region (south) on Friday, killing a paramedic and wounding seven others.

In the Zaporizhia region (southeast), the local administration said that a United Nations mission that was distributing humanitarian aid in Orekhev had come under "enemy fire".

Saturday countries celebrate Christmas according to the Eastern calendar. Orthodox Christians make up the majority in Russia as well as in Ukraine.

In Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin stood alone during midnight mass in a church in the Kremlin.

In a message released by the Kremlin on Saturday, Putin congratulated Orthodox Christians on the holiday, saying that the occasion is a source of inspiration for "good deeds and aspirations."

He said that church associations "support our soldiers participating in a special military operation," using the Kremlin's official designation for the attack.

In Ukraine, hundreds of faithful participated on Saturday in a mass in the Kiev Caves Monastery, which was previously under the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate, but in December it came under the control of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.

The service was performed by Metropolitan Epiphany, the head of this church, which became independent from the Moscow Patriarchate between 2018 and 2019.
"We waited a long time before this place was handed over to us. It is a truly historic event, which all Ukrainians have been waiting for," choir conductor Veronika Martiniuk, 19, told AFP.

Congregationalist Oksana Sopko, 47, said, "Every country has its own church. And we have our own - that's very good. A Ukrainian church, that's how it should be."

In Chasiv Yar, near the frontline, local residents huddled in a basement instead of going to church, fearing the bombing. Of the group of believers who numbered more than a hundred in this city, only nine remained.
"Thank God, we are gathered. That's enough," says Zinaida Artyukhina, 62, the only remaining member of the church choir.

Even if the ceasefire declared by Putin was respected, it would have provided only 36 hours of respite in an intense conflict that has been going on for nearly 11 months.

On Friday, the United States announced $3 billion in military aid to Ukraine, in a package that the White House said would include Bradley armored vehicles, armored personnel carriers and self-propelled howitzers.

"This year of victory has just begun," the Ukrainian presidency said, adding that the US "package" also includes HIMARS precision missiles and Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles.

This came after a German government spokesman announced on Friday that his country would send 40 Marder armored vehicles to the Ukrainian army in the first quarter of 2023, in the first announcement of a concrete delivery of this type of equipment.

Western arms supplies are essential to Kiev and have enabled it, in particular, to carry out an effective counterattack, which removed Russian forces from the Kharkiv region in the northeast and from the city of Kherson in the south.

The front was largely frozen by the winter, but Ukraine expressed its fear of a new Russian attack.

Meanwhile, the British government announced Saturday that the UK will host a meeting of justice ministers in March to discuss ways to support the International Criminal Court's investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

The International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, is currently conducting an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity that may have been committed in Ukraine.

Lusaka - (dpa) - Zambia's Trade Minister Chebuka Mulenga announced that his country has potential to increase its exports to Israel to reach at least one billion US dollars.

The Lusaka Times of Zambia quoted Mulenga as saying at the opening of the first economic conference between Zambia and Israel: “Zambia is currently importing $163 million from Israel, while its exports to it do not exceed $3 million.

Nevertheless, Mulenga said at the opening of the conference entitled: "Israel in Zambia... the spirit of innovation" that this situation constitutes a trade imbalance between the two countries, indicating that the two countries have the ability to remedy this trade imbalance.

For her part, Ofra Farhi, Israel's ambassador to Zambia, told the conference that Zambia's private sector-led economic agenda would attract Israeli investments.

She added that this is due to the interest of the two countries in the private sector and considering it a hub for economic growth.

She noted that Zambia can set an example for other African countries with regard to trade and investment relations with Israel.
She said that Israel's innovation capacity can make a significant contribution to Zambia's quest to rebuild its economy.

"We would like to look at Zambia as a case study, perhaps for other African countries, on how to build ties with Israel, increase the volume of trade and investment, and establish an open bilateral economic channel of communication between the two countries," she said.

This is the first trade conference held by the two countries.