OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

The resumption of European aid is an important and positive step, but..!!

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After a meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh, during a joint press conference, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the resumption of financial aid to the National Authority after a hiatus of about two years, and said that the European Union has been for many years the largest donor to the Palestinian people in order to support people and secure their needs and enable them to face the current conditions and strengthen economic opportunities.


European aid annually amounts to about 600 million euros, and Dear Line has announced the disbursement of immediate aid in the amount of 25 million euros to support food security.


This European decision is a very positive and important step in order to confirm the European position that supports us and understands our needs and conditions, after stopping providing this aid. Forder Line made a positive note when it offered condolences to Dr. Shtayyeh on the martyrdom of journalist Sherine Abu Aqelah and renewed the European Union's demand for a transparent and independent investigation into the case. The circumstances of her martyrdom.


Of course, he thanked Dr. He called on Europe to resume providing financial aid and called on it to put pressure on Israel to end the occupation and to hold elections in Jerusalem , which it occupies and annexed with all arrogance and in violation of international and humanitarian laws.


Our people are going through difficult economic conditions, and the occupation besieges us and steals all our resources and lands. If financial support is very important for strengthening national steadfastness and securing the most basic living needs, then political support is no less important if it is not our first demand, in order to end the occupation, establish an independent Palestinian state, and unite. The European has the political capabilities to put pressure on the occupation, and if it is today signing an agreement to import gas from Israel, which is the occupying state, then it should not consider that a justification for ignoring the reality or condoning the practices of the occupation and its efforts to eliminate all chances of peace and stability in the region, because peace in the region A great benefit to stability and development, not only for us and the Middle East, but for the whole world, with the European Union in the first place.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Silwan inscription and endorsement of the Zionist-Biblical narrative about the city of Jerusalem!

Written by: Abdel Razek Matani


In the recent period, the story of the "Silwan inscription" was raised, following the visit of Israeli President Herzog to Turkey and his meeting with Turkish President Erdogan, and a rumor spread about Turkey's intention to gift this inscription to the Israeli authorities, which calls it the "Hezekiah Inscription", but this matter was denied. By the Turkish authorities, who stated that these rumors were not true, and that this matter was not even raised for discussion within the Turkish corridors, despite the Israeli authorities’ request for the inscription over and over again.


We must first point out that we are not talking about just an inscription, but rather an inscription that is considered a cornerstone, the most important discovery, and the main reference in the Zionist narrative about Jerusalem . It is also considered an inscription dated for writing from the eighth century BC, according to the common date that was given to him by several Jewish theologians and researchers.

Rather, it has become considered a source and a reference mainly against which the inscriptions and writings that appeared after it are measured and dated according to it, in addition to that they relied on the history of the water channel (Silwan Canal) and weaved the narrative around it on this inscription, and therefore its value exceeds the abstract value of the inscription and represents an integrated narrative that the Israeli establishment seeks to enforce it in practice.

From this point of view and the fact that it is not just an inscription, but rather a cornerstone, as we mentioned, the claim of the Israeli institution to acquire it goes beyond being a mere claim for a stone or an abstract inscription, but rather includes efforts to endorse the Zionist-Biblical narrative about the history of Jerusalem , as according to them it is considered proof of the Jewish right to The Holy City, and therefore if it was handed over by the Turkish authorities to the Israeli establishment, this may be interpreted as an official endorsement by the Turkish sovereignty of the Zionist narrative and narrative about Jerusalem and their entitlement to it.

Through my knowledge of what is happening in the Holy City in terms of replacing history, and following up on the efforts of the Israeli institution not only to impose actual domination over the city, but also to extend domination over the memory of the place and depict its history in accordance with what serves its agenda, and my follow-up to studies issued in Hebrew by senior Israeli researchers and the large space that This issue took him into the media and the Jewish community, not only in the wake of the aforementioned visit, but also years ago. I decided to write this article.

In it, I review the narrative related to the inscription and the channel through the considered Hebrew sources, noting that there are many researchers in the world who have shed light on the many problems related to this inscription, and yet this narrative remains dominant in the Israeli arena, and perhaps its collapse means the collapse of a pillar of the historical narrative Which they weave around the holy city and thus collapse the whole narrative.

The Zionist-Biblical narrative about the inscription and the tunnel
Many modern Israeli sources and studies on the story of Silwan mention that prior to the possible siege of the city by the Assyrians led by Sennacherib in the eighth century BC, King Hezekiah dug an alternative channel (tunnel) to transport water through it from the spring of "Jihon" and prevent its exit from the external channels that supply Orchards outside the walls with water, directing it to the pool of Silwan (Umm al-Daraj), thus preventing the Assyrian soldiers from benefiting from the water during the siege of the city.

It is reported that the tunnel was discovered in 1838 by Edward Robinson during the Ottoman Empire's rule of Jerusalem - knowing that the tunnel was known to the people of Jerusalem and Silwan, but this date follows the exploration of the tunnel by Western explorers - and after 42 years (in 1880) the inscription was found inside the tunnel At the hands of a Jewish boy who was swimming in the Silwan Pool, this inscription was considered an inscription to immortalize the moment the two groups of diggers met in the middle of the tunnel after they worked in opposite directions due to lack of time. According to them, the inscription was engraved directly on the smooth wall of the tunnel, meters away from the entrance.

According to what is reported on the authority of Hermann Goethe (1891) of the German Society for the Study of Palestine, and the study of the inscription is attributed to him, he says that the inscription was pulled out in 1890 from the wall by peasants after a Palestinian dignitary (unknown) ordered them to do so, and the stone was broken into 6 or 7 pieces when attempt to steal it. After the original inscription was hidden, news reached the Ottoman Mutasarrif of Jerusalem , who ordered a search for it. After effort, its location was discovered, and an identical fake inscription was also found next to it.

As for the piece, which was defined as original, it was transferred to Istanbul and is still in the museum to this day. Adding that it is very unfortunate that such an ancient relic was destroyed in such a failed accident. The copies which I made in 1881 are now given great value because they only give a reliable and complete picture of the engraving before it was demolished.

Reproduction made by Hermann Goethe for an engraving (1881)
There are many studies that dealt with the subject of the inscription, but also presented to us the story of its discovery in different details, which would radically affect reading the inscription and understanding the purpose of its excavation, or giving it a date, which requires us to review it in a detailed study enriched with sources, which goes beyond the purpose of However, this article raises several obvious questions, the answers to which are still vague:

Who wrote the text, when was it written, and in what era?!
Shouldn't an inscription of this size be visible to the explorers who documented the tunnel and visited it repeatedly before discovering the tunnel and providing explanations and details about it, yet it was not found until after 42 years!

If we assume that the explanation that some researchers are trying to market is that the inscription came to commemorate the moment when the groups of diggers met:

Isn't it supposed to be engraved at the meeting place or to be placed at the entrance to the tunnel or at the exit and not a few meters away from the entrance? Was the meeting meters away from the entrance?!
Was there really a need to build the canal (the water tunnel), which required a great effort in light of the possible siege on the city, according to the Zionist narrative?!
Are there archaeological evidence confirming the presence of King Hezekiah in Jerusalem in the eighth century B.C., and was Jerusalem a Jewish city during that period (other than, of course, the Zionist-Biblical narrative)?!
To answer these questions we say:

First: The rock on which the inscription is inscribed is smooth and wide, but it is empty on the sides (according to the reproduction), meaning that the inscription and inscription are complete and undivided. However, there is no mention of the siege of the city in the inscription, and the date of excavation is not mentioned, or the name of the ruler who ordered the excavation of the canal. Also, the usual formula of praising the ruler or the king was not mentioned, as is the case with major projects.

Second: The text extracted from the inscription is by Hermann Goethe (1891), who is one of the founders of the German Society for the Study of Palestine, and he indicated with his testimony that we mentioned that the original inscription was destroyed, and that the text that reached us depends on his reproduction of the original inscription, which became the source for studying the text, which raises suspicion About the originality of the inscription or the fact that the inscription is original, since we receive it from a single source, who is considered one of the pioneers of the Orientalists and theologians who established the Zionist-Biblical narrative in Jerusalem and one of the first to link the inscription to the Biblical story, noting that there is nothing definitive or proof based on it, so this narrative is based on speculations They suspect orientalists such as Goethe and others who originally came to prove the biblical narrative and strengthen it through tangible effects, and whose impartiality is doubtful.


These speculations became the basis of the Zionist-Biblical narrative, but rather became a reference for "researchers" seeking to impose this narrative on the ground without argument or evidence, relying on the accumulation of assumptions and the actions of the vanguards of the Orientalists who did not research the history of Palestine and Jerusalem as much as they sought to impose their narrative and achieve it on The land of the holy city, thus undermining the history of the city.

Third: At the time of digging the tunnel, according to the biblical account (the eighth century BC), there was a central tunnel nearby adjacent to it that reached the eye (it is called the Bear Warren system), which is much older than it and continued to be used for many centuries, so what is the need for this tunnel when it was possible to suffice By closing the channels outside the walls and reaching the spring safely, or by digging reservoirs close to the spring to collect the surplus water and not by digging a tunnel of about 500 meters in light of the circumstance and the danger imminent in the city!

Fourth: The biblical story mentions the use of large groups of volunteers to dig the tunnel, and by examining the studies that reviewed the professional and technical side, it appears that the digging was carried out by a small, experienced group of experts and professionals, and that the matter was done with extreme precision, which contradicts the Zionist-Biblical narrative.

Fifth: It seems that this branch was built for the purpose of strengthening the city with water and making more use of the water reserves, meaning that it was not a major source of water, and came to serve the expansion of the town.

Sixth: Specialists think - based on the forms of the calligraphy - that the inscription was written in the original Canaanite language, and therefore the inscription, if it was original, is a Canaanite inscription that fits with the history of the city.

Seventh: If we exclude the subject of the inscription, then we are talking about a system and water channels known from the ancient periods and similar to those found in the Canaanite-Palestinian cities (kingdoms of cities), and therefore it is likely that the talk is about an original Canaanite channel. And if we take the abstract inscription, it talks about the works of dividing a canal and does not carry any political connotations.

Eighth: Such events of the campaigns and victories of kings are often immortalized in inscriptions and royal records. The campaign is attributed to the Assyrian king Sennacherib, but there is no mention of his siege of Jerusalem and the fight against the "Jewish state", neither in the inscriptions that perpetuate his campaigns against the country nor in any other place. There is documentation of his campaign against the neighboring city of Lachish!

In short, the inscription talks about a project to dig a tunnel that has nothing to do with the biblical king "Hezekiah" or other kings of the biblical narrative, and also the Zionist-biblical narrative about the city of Jerusalem is highly questionable and has no archaeological proof. It is not possible to ascertain the date of the excavation, or the reason for the excavation, but what is certain is that the canal was not excavated because of the siege of the city, or that it was one of the genius plans to supply the city with a source of water at the time of the siege. And it aims to take advantage of the city’s water and perhaps make it available more easily to the town’s residents. We are talking about an authentic Canaanite tunnel, like other tunnels and channels known in the ancient Canaanite-Palestinian cities that served the inhabitants of the “kingdoms of cities” and facilitated their access to water sources. As for the attempt to attribute it to King Hezekiah It is only a matter of interpreting the antiquities of Jerusalem and Palestine, and I hold the necks of texts and their interpretations to serve the Zionist-Biblical narrative.

In the end, the Silwan inscription is but one of many examples of the history of Jerusalem that we have lost; Despite his presence in a country with ancient Islamic origins, he - and unfortunately - was not examined and studied as it should be by Arab and Muslim researchers compared to Western and Jewish researchers. Old Jerusalem that many of us don't know.

Unfortunately, we have come to deal with this ancient history of the holiest cities through the policy of reaction and what the media reports, and we only care about it on the sidelines of the media highlighting it, while the Holy City is exposed to the most violent and largest Judaization campaign.

Perhaps when we want to research or explore the history of the city, we fall into the trap of "information" that we receive from the colonialist, orientalist, or theologian, to find ourselves falling short in researching and verifying the history of the city. Perhaps this is an occasion through which we emphasize the need for serious work and research for the sake of the Holy City, preserving its history and saving what is left of it. About "Al Jazeera Net"

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Launching the first national conference against "apartheid" in Al-Bireh

Al-Bireh – “Jerusalem” dot com – The first national conference against apartheid kicked off today, Sunday, in the city of Al-Bireh, with the participation of members of the Executive Committee of the PLO, ambassadors, consuls, representatives of diplomatic missions, thinkers, activists, and researchers.


The conference, which was organized by the Anti-Apartheid Department of the PLO, in cooperation with the NGO Network, the Palestinian Human Rights Organization, the Boycott and Divestment Movement (BDS) and the Ministry of Justice, included three sessions on “Zionism and Apartheid” and “International Accountability.” International law, the prospects for confronting Israeli "apartheid" legally, and the "international campaign to isolate and punish Israel".


During his speech, the deputy head of the "Fatah" movement, Mahmoud Al-Aloul, stressed the need to confront Israeli crimes and the apartheid regime through popular resistance, intensify diplomatic efforts in the world, through various United Nations institutions, and follow the legal path in order to isolate the occupation and its racism in the world.


He said: "The new extreme right-wing government poses great risks, which was evident in the requirement for the new ministers to add powers to their ministries, such as the files of the Galilee and the Negev. Occupation and jumping over internal disputes.


He added, "We do not need a great effort to show the extent of the occupation's crimes, as it is proud of itself and defends its perpetrators, as it practices killing and destruction, settlement construction, attacks on holy places, and sponsors terrorist gangs such as hilltop youth, paying the price, and protecting extremist criminals who burn people." Such as the crime of burning the young martyr, Mahmoud Abu Khudair, and the Dawabsha family.


And he added: "The occupation practices the most heinous forms of persecution and terrorism against our people, disregarding all international laws and norms, which was evident in its disavowal of the crime of martyrdom of journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh, in addition to allocating roads for settlers that Palestinians are forbidden to use, steal our water, and sell us the little part." Among them, apart from the difficulty of describing what he is doing because of the detention of the bodies of the martyrs, this is an issue that cannot be understood at all.


Al-Aloul said: "There is no doubt that there are many things that the human mind cannot comprehend, with regard to the Israeli crimes against our people, such as the issue of prisoners who are staying between four walls, including sick prisoners such as: the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, Walid Daqqa, and Fouad Al-Shobaki, so how can For a person to imagine how the two prisoners, Karim Younes and Maher Younes, would spend 40 years in the occupation prisons.


He pointed out, "The occupation authorities focus in their system of apartheid within the lands of 1948 on the Zionist intellectual side, which claims that they are the chosen people, and the rest of the peoples are at their service.


In turn, the head of the Anti-Separation Department, Ramzi Rabah, stressed the importance of uniting the Palestinian house to confront the next extreme right-wing government, by ending the division, and building on the Algeria Declaration that leads to the restoration of national unity.


He added, "We are facing a very dangerous stage with the formation of a bloody government that places on top of its priorities the abortion of everything related to the right to self-determination, and the prevention of the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, because they consider it an existential threat to Israel, which means an intensification of settlements, and undermining any efforts to confront establishment of this state.


Rabah continued, "The next Israeli government also seeks to abort the right of return for the refugees, as they affect the Jewish demographic composition, and see that the solution is settlement, while dealing with the Palestinians within the 48 lands as second-class citizens, in addition to proceeding with the Judaization of lands and annexation, while These endeavors will only be achieved through repression and terror, not only through the army, but also by unleashing settler gangs.


Jordanian MP Khalil Attia: The Conference is an Opportunity to Unify Efforts to Confront Apartheid

For his part, Deputy Speaker of the Arab Parliament Khalil Attia said that the conference is an opportunity to unite efforts to confront the Israeli apartheid regime in all its forms.


He stressed that framing the anti-apartheid department in the PLO constitutes a strategy in the struggle, to expose the crimes of the Israeli occupation, and the first step towards ending it and establishing an independent Palestinian state.


Attia stressed that the position of the Jordanian Parliament is to do everything in its power to stand by the Palestinian right, expose the crimes of the occupation to the world, and support the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in their various places of residence.


Source: The official news agency "Wafa"

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Wadi Al Qilt Equestrian Center in Jericho concludes its Ramadan tournament

Jericho - Yesterday, Wadi Al-Qelt Equestrian Center in Jericho concluded its Ramadan tournament in the arenas of the center with a large participation of knights, and the results of the tournament were as follows...

80 cm category:

First place - Equestrian Omran Seifan - Wadi Al Qelt Center

Second place - Knight Ahmed Al-Jaafari - Wadi Al-Qelt Center

Third place - Equestrian Lamar Awad - The Holy Land

90 cm category:

First place - Knight Jihad Aramin - Al-Asayel Center

Second place - rider Zina Pharaoh - Wadi Al Qilt Center

Third place - the knight Areen Barhoum - Wadi Al Qelt Center

100 cm category:

First place - Equestrian Yasmine Al-Jamla - Al-Asayel Center

Second place - Knight Talal Abu Shusha - Al-Asayel Center

Third place - rider Reem Qawasmi - Al-Asayel Center

110 cm category:

First place - Equestrian Yasmine Al-Jamla - Al-Asayel Center

Second place - Knight Hani Abu Najma - The Holy Land

Third place - Knight Abdul Rahman Erekat - Wadi Al Qelt Center


At the end of the race, it was necessary to thank everyone who contributed to the organization and success of the wonderful tournament, represented by each of the participating clubs in this tournament, namely: Al-Asayel Equestrian Club - Coach Muhammad Awad, Coach Hussein Grove and Coach Ali Al-Jamla, Holy Land Club - Equestrian Coach Hani Abu Najma, And the arbitration team - the referee - Nader Erekat, the referee - "Muhammad Raed" Al-Bakri, the referee of the electronic clock - Sa'ed Abu Shusha, commissioner of the warm-up arena - Muhammad Nasser Erekat, the track designer - trainer Muhammad Roma and coach Abdul Rahman Erekat and the management of the Wadi Al-Qelt Equestrian Center represented by "Khaled" Humaidat, the coach "Abdul Rahman Erekat" and "Salem Al Salman" and the coaches of the Wadi Al Qelt Equestrian Center, the coach "Abdul Rahman Erekat" and the coach "Mohammed Roma".

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Occupation forces arrest a guard of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that the Israeli occupation forces arrested, this morning, Thursday, the guard of Al-Aqsa Mosque , Ahmed Al-Salhi (51 years old).

The authority said that Al-Salhi was arrested after he caught a Jewish woman who infiltrated Al-Aqsa Mosque at dawn, and when she was suspected of assaulting him.

The Commission, through its lawyer, indicated that he is currently in the investigation center of the "Al-Qishla Police", under the pretext of completing the investigation procedures.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

15 years since the black division

حديث القدس
تشهد هذه الايام ذكرى مرور 15 عاماً على الانقسام المشؤوم والذي ألحق أفدح الاضرار بقضية شعبنا الوطنية، والذي استغلته وتستغله دولة الاحتلال من اجل محاولة تمرير مخططاتها في تصفية القضية الفلسطينية ورفضها لتنفيذ الرؤية الدولية بحل الدولتين، بل انها عملت وتعمل بكل الوسائل والسبل على وأد هذا الحل رغم الاتفاق الدولي عليه بما في ذلك الولايات المتحدة الاميركية.
وقد كان لهذا الانقسام المشؤوم تداعياته ليس فقط على القضية، بل على شعبنا أيضاً الذي اكتوى بنار هذا الانقسام المدمر، خاصة في قطاع غزة الذي تحاصره دولة الاحتلال منذ ذلك الحين وربما قبل ذلك، في محاولة يائسة لإخضاع هذا القطاع الصامد، الامر الذي ادى الى ارتفاع نسبة البطالة هناك الى اكبر نسبة في العالم حيث وصلت الى 65٪ وربما اكثر من ذلك، الى جانب حالات الفقر المدقع الى جانب النقص في مياه الشرب والمعدات واللوازم الطبية الى جانب الحروب العدوانية التي شنتها دولة الاحتلال على غزة هاشم وأدت الى استشهاد واصابة المئات بل الآلاف وتدمير المنازل، حيث لا يزال عدد من الأسر المدمرة منازلها تعيش في كرفانات حديدية لا تقيها برد الشتاء ولا حرارة الصيف.
وكل ذلك يجري وجرى أمام مرأى ومسمع العالم الذي لا يحرك ساكناً من اجل ارغام دولة الاحتلال على رفع حصارها عن اهلنا في القطاع الذي أثبت انه رغم ذلك صامد.
ان مرور 15 عاماً على الانقسام الذي فشلت جميع المحاولات سواء الفلسطينية أو العربية أو حتى الدول الصديقة كروسيا، في ايجاد حل لها وإعادة اللحمة الى الساحة الفلسطينية، ينذر بأن يتحول هذا الانقسام الى انفصال وهذه هي الطامة الكبرى حيث يتم تجزئة وتقسيم دولة فلسطين سياسياً وجغرافياً.
والمطلوب من هذا الانقسام الاسود والبغيض أخذ العبر بعد مرور هذه السنوات العجاف، والعمل على التخلي عن المصالح الشخصية والحزبية وإعلاء المصلحة الوطنية على أية مصالح فئوية اخرى، لأن المصلحة الوطنية هي العليا دائماً وهي الطريق نحو الوحدة التي هي طريق الانتصارات.
ان القضية الفلسطينية تمر بأخطر مراحلها والمؤامرات تتزايد عليها، وليس أمام الكل الفلسطيني سوى إعادة الاعتبار للوحدة الوطنية القادرة على مواجهة هذه المخاطر وافشالها والا فإن التاريخ لن يرحم أحداً. فهل يعي الجميع هذه المخاطر ويعمل على التنازل عن المصالح الخاصة من اجل المصلحة العامة الوطنية والتي أصبحت ضرورية؟!.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Renewing the isolation of the prisoner, Shadi Maali, to pressure his son to surrender

Bethlehem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Najeeb Farraj - About two months ago, the Israeli occupation forces pursued Jad Issa Maali (19 years old) from Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem.


The family of the prisoner, Shadi Issa Maali (44 years), from Dheisheh camp, said that the Israeli intelligence decided to extend the isolation of her son in a solitary cell for a period of three months, 20 days after the decision to isolate him in a cell in the Negev desert prison, as part of the continuous Israeli pressure on the family to force Their young son, Jad, is the son of the prisoner, Shadi, who turned himself in.


According to the family, the Israeli army has been pursuing their son Jad for two months, and the grandfather and four of his uncles were arrested for several days, and one of them is still detained.


The occupation authorities decided to isolate the prisoner, Shadi, for three months, a few days before the end of the detention period. He has been in administrative detention for about 20 months.


The prisoner's brother, Shadi, said that extending his isolation in a solitary cell for another three months is tantamount to a prior decision to renew administrative detention.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

After his arrest for 17 years, the occupation releases the "Sheikh of the Prisoners" Fouad Al-Shobaki

Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation authorities released the "Sheikh of the Prisoners," Major General Fouad Al-Shobaki, from Gaza City, after 17 years of detention.


Al-Shobaki was transferred to the Tarqumiya checkpoint, in preparation for his transfer to Ramallah, where his family lives.



The Israeli occupation forces had kidnapped him in 2006 from Jericho prison, along with the Secretary-General of the Popular Front, Ahmed Saadat, in addition to their comrades, Ahed Abu Ghulami, Hamdi Qaraan, Basil Asmar, Majdi al-Rimawi, and Yasser Abu Turki.

The military court of the occupation sentenced him to 20 years in prison, which was later reduced to 17 years.


The Israeli Occupation Court had refused to consider his requests for early release, and the court, which was held in the city of Beersheba in occupied Palestine, said: Al-Shobaki still poses a real threat to the security of the occupation.


Al-Shobaki was born on March 12, 1940 in Gaza. He is a Palestinian politician and soldier with the rank of major general. He was responsible for the central military financial administration in the Palestinian security services, a close confidant of the late President Yasser Arafat, and a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council and the Supreme Military Council for the Palestinian Revolution.


Shobaki has been ill since 2006; He suffers from prostate cancer and many other diseases, and although he is 83 years old, and suffers from many ailments in his eyes, stomach, and heart, and suffers from high blood pressure, the occupation refused a petition to release him after serving two-thirds of the term.


It is noteworthy that Al-Shobaki's wife died in 2011, and he has 6 children and 9 grandchildren, most of whom he does not know.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

A recent study reconsiders the role of the "love hormone" in basic life behaviors

Tokyo - (AFP) - Oxytocin is known as the " love hormone " for its primary role in romantic relationships between couples and in the care mothers provide for their children, but a recent study conducted on prairie mice reconsidered its role.


The study showed that despite the removal of the receptors associated with this hormone, the prairie mice were still able to establish strong paired relationships, as well as the females continuing to carry and care for their young.


Mice are one of the rare mammalian species whose paired bonds last a lifetime, which makes them very suitable for studies of similar topics.


In previous studies, the rats, after being given a drug that stopped the secretion of the hormone oxytocin, became lonely, while the females were unable to produce milk for their young.


Psychiatrist Devanand Manuli and neurobiologist Nirau Shah worked differently in this study, creating genetically engineered wild rats in a way that deprived them of the presence of oxytocin receptors in their bodies.


The result came as a surprise to them, as the genetically modified mice did not face any problem in mating with other mice of the same kind that had not undergone any modification, while the modified female mice had no difficulty in caring for their young.


The test result was considered an indication that oxytocin is not the primary or sole driver of feelings associated with forming pairs or the care mothers provide to their children.


"Genetics has shown that there is no 'single point of disruption' for behaviors that are absolutely essential to the survival of a species," Devanand Manoli, an assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco, told AFP.


On the other hand, the research proved that depriving one of the partners of the pair from oxytocin receptors recorded negative effects, according to the study, which was published Friday in the scientific journal "Neuron".


Genetically modified male mice that were mated to unmodified females did not show the violence that was usually recorded when they encountered other females.


And while the transgenic females were able to give birth to young and care for them, some of them gave birth to fewer young, and fewer of them survived, compared to the number of young females of unmodified mice.


In addition, the pups of the modified females weighed less than the pups of the unmodified rats, indicating that the pregnancies of the genetically modified mothers were not healthy enough.


The researchers noted that the experiment included only pairs with one limb modified and the other with a wild type, explaining that pairs consisting of exclusively modified mice could provide different results.


In any case, the study showed that the hormone oxytocin has a different role in various behaviors.


Animals that grew up without oxytocin receptors may have developed "other compensatory methods" that helped them mate and help their young develop, says Shah, the Stanford University professor.


The study indicated that oxytocin is only one of the genetic factors that control social behavior.


"I think our study shows that there are many ways that these very complex behaviors are regulated," Manoli said.


Oxytocin has been used in some cases to treat attachment disorders and other neurological and psychological conditions, but scientific information regarding its effectiveness is still limited.


Shah and Manoli said they hoped to find additional information about hormones and other receptors that play a role in mating and the mother's care of her children.


"These other methods may be used as new therapeutic targets," Manoli said.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Nine bodies of migrants were recovered after a boat sank off the coast of Lebanon

بيروت- (أ ف ب)- عثر على تسع جثث لمهاجرين من بينها جثة طفلة، بعد غرق قارب كان يقل حوالي 60 مهاجرا قبالة السواحل اللبنانية السبت، كما أفادت الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام الرسمية الأحد.


وانتشل الجيش اللبناني الأحد ثماني جثث لمهاجرين بعد انتشال جثة طفلة السبت، ليرتفع عدد ضحايا غرق المركب إلى تسع، بحسب حصيلة مؤقتة. وبحسب السلطات، تم إنقاذ 45 شخصا بعد غرق القارب الذي كان يقل حوالي 60 مهاجرا لم تحدد جنسياتهم.

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

French Championship: Monaco continues its uprising and enhances its chances of a Champions League ticket

Paris (AFP) - Monaco continued its uprising and strengthened its chances of competing for a ticket to participate in the European Champions League competition next season, by defeating Rennes III, 3-2, on Friday, in the opening of the thirty-second stage of the French Football Championship.

Rennes scored early, specifically in the third minute, through midfielder Flavien Tait, with a header from close range, after a pass from Malian Hamari Traoré.

But his joy lasted only nine minutes, as Brazilian defender Fanderson equalized with a powerful right-footed shot, following a pass from Russian international Alexander Golovin (12).

Wissam Ben Yedder gave Monaco the lead when he took advantage of a German header, Kevin Volland, near the middle of the stadium, so he penetrated into the area and hit it hard with his right hand to the right of the goalkeeper (57), raising his score to 19 goals in second place on the scorers list, one goal behind the Paris Saint-Germain striker. International leader Kylian Mbappe.


Monaco dealt the final blow to Rennes by scoring the third goal when Aurelien Tchoameni cut a ball for the defender, Omari warmed up, and he penetrated into the area and passed it to Fanderson, who turned it crawling in front of the goal, so the Dutchman Miron Boadu, substitute for the injured captain Ben Yedder, followed it into the empty goal (77).

Rennes got a penalty kick in the second minute of stoppage time, and Martin Terrier successfully beat it (90 + 3), raising his score to 19 goals, in second place, sharing with Ben Yedder.


It is the fourth successive victory and the fifteenth for Monaco this season, so it rose to fourth place temporarily with 53 points, three points behind Rennes, who finished third, qualifying for the preliminary round of the prestigious continental competition, and by one point in front of fifth Strasbourg and two points in front of Nice VI.

Strasbourg will visit Troyes on Sunday, while Nice will play at home to Lorient on Sunday.

On the other hand, Rennes neglected the workers of the land and the audience to achieve the second successive victory, the eighteenth this season, and the seventh in its last eight matches in which it did not taste the taste of loss, and to catch up with Marseille, who qualified second directly to the Champions League, and who is in a hot “Clasico” match Sunday against its host Paris. Leader Saint-Germain.


Rennes, which suffered its first loss since its 1-0 loss to host Paris Saint-Germain, on February 11, froze at 56 points in third place.

The stage will be completed on Saturday with two meetings between Saint-Etienne and Brest, and Lille with Lens.

Sunday also plays Nantes with Angers, Montpellier with Reims, Metz with Clermont-Ferrand, Troyes with Strasbourg, and Lyon with Bordeaux.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Bethlehem: The Shin Bet threatens Fatah field leaders with arrest or deportation

Bethlehem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Najeeb Farraj - Officers in the Israeli " Shin Bet " service threatened activists and field officials in the " Fatah " movement with arrest or deportation, during phone calls to meet them.


Muhammad al-Jaafari, coordinator of the PLO factions in the Bethlehem governorate and a member of the Territory Committee of the "Fatah" movement in the governorate, was one of those who were summoned by the officer who calls himself "Shaker", where the interview took place at the Israeli intelligence headquarters in the Gush Etzion settlement complex.


Al-Jaafari indicated that he underwent a thorough search upon his arrival at the headquarters, and after he moved to meet the officer, he walked him for about 200 meters, then took him to one of the rooms, and touched on the issue of the solidarity tent with the prisoners at the entrance of Dheisheh camp, which the Israeli officer claimed had turned into a place for incitement. And that he (i.e. al-Jaafari) is one of the instigators, which puts him before the options of arrest, deportation to Gaza, or to Syria.


Al-Jaafari said that he responded to the officer by saying: "You should not expect, while you are continuing the occupation, settlement, killings and arbitrary arrests against the Palestinian people, that our children will throw roses and olive branches on you," wondering during his conversation with the officer about the reasons for the non-stop raids and abuse of citizens without any justification. , and the continued detention of the bodies of the martyrs and blocking the horizon of the youth without work and the imposition of a policy of security prevention.


Al-Jaafari explained, during his interview with Al-Quds.com, that he told the Shin Bet officer that they had blocked any political horizon for the Palestinians, increased settlements, undermined the two-state solution, disavowed the Oslo tunnels, and worked to spread weapons in the West Bank in a deliberate manner. They brought you as is happening in Nablus and Jenin.


The Fatah leader considered that the purpose of the interview was that the occupation forces want to deliver a message that they are on the lookout if the movement considers the option of resistance officially.


PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:29 pm - Jerusalem Time

Settlers attack homes and vehicles of citizens in separate areas in the West Bank

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - Dozens of settlers attacked, on Sunday evening, the homes and vehicles of citizens in separate areas in the West Bank.


According to local sources, settlers threw stones at citizens' vehicles at the "Beit Einoun" junction, north of Hebron , which damaged a number of them, in addition to causing a traffic jam.


In the town of Silwan , a settler opened fire at citizens in the Wadi Qaddum area of the town, without any injuries reported.


A group of settlers also attacked a house and vehicles of citizens, northwest of Ramallah and Al-Bireh.


According to local sources, settlers attacked the house of citizen Ziyad Ismail Nofal with stones, near the village of Ras Karkar, while others attacked citizens' vehicles, near the villages of Nabi Saleh and Deir Nizam.


The Israeli occupation forces also tightened their military measures in the Old City of Hebron, and closed a number of its streets.


According to local sources, the occupation forces intensified their military measures in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque, and set up military checkpoints leading to the neighborhoods of the Old City, while preventing citizens and their vehicles from passing through the main streets leading to the neighborhoods of: Wadi al-Nasara, Wadi al-Husayn, and Haret Jaber.


The sources pointed out that dozens of settlers closed a number of streets east of the city, under the protection of the occupation forces, and attacked citizens' vehicles.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

The Shin Bet announces the arrest of 3 Palestinians who supplied weapons to Jihad activists in Jenin

Translation by "Al-Quds" dot com - The Israeli General Security Agency, the Shin Bet, announced, on Thursday, that it had arrested, during the month of December, two young brothers from Tel Al-Saba' residents in the occupied territories, on charges of supplying weapons and ammunition to Islamic Jihad activists in Jenin . .


According to a Shin Bet statement, the detainees, Adam and Muhammad Abu Taha, who hold a blue identity card, were communicating with Majdi Amarneh from Ya`bad in Jenin, and he was arrested for smuggling weapons and ammunition to Jenin and selling them to Islamic Jihad activists.


He indicated that an indictment was submitted against the detainees.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

An entity based on aggression..!!

Written by: Rashid Hassan
You do not find an entity based on aggression and the extermination of the other, as is the Israeli entity, which was built on the ruins of more than 530 Palestinian villages that were completely destroyed, the establishment of Zionist settlements on their ruins, and the commission of more than “50” massacres.. in addition to the seizure of all Palestinian cities in the geography that He established this racist entity in it after forcibly displacing its people in the Four Winds of the Earth, so there are no more than 150 thousand Palestinian people left. Balfour until today

Putting dots on the letters.. Just yesterday, June 6, marked the 40th anniversary of the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and the 89-day siege of its capital, Beirut. Before that, the inauspicious 55th anniversary of the defeat of June 67 passed, and a few days before that May 15th... the enemy celebrated the establishment of its usurping entity on 78% of the Arab land of Palestine... and the displacement of more than "6" million Palestinian refugees.

And if we review the attacks launched by the Zionist enemy, we would find that it was not satisfied with attacking the Palestinian people and displacing them. Rather, its attacks included all the Arab countries that stood with the Palestinian right. The daily, continuous, all combined, is the description of ethnic cleansing.

He participated in the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956, struck the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981, occupied southern Lebanon and established a sectarian puppet mini-state «Saad Haddad 1978», and launched more than one aggression against Lebanon, the most dangerous of which was the 2006 war, as he suffered heavy losses, and he had to To withdraw from Lebanon under the pressure of the resistance in 2000, without restriction or condition, after it committed the worst massacres in history, the massacre of “Sabra and Shatila” in partnership with the isolationist Kataeb Party.

As for the aggression on Gaza, it is a continuous aggression. Not a single day passes without enemy planes, artillery and tanks striking the Strip, after imposing an unjust blockade on it since 2006.. which led to depriving it of electricity, clean water and treatment, and turned it into a health abomination unworthy of human beings. As described by the visit of former US President Carter.

The series of Zionist attacks has been going on for more than a hundred years and still is, and Zionist terrorism has become state terrorism, affecting humans, animals, stones, sanctities, and trees. Indeed, the settler mob uprooted more than one and a half million olive trees since the 1967 aggression... and here they are carrying out A malicious Jewish program for the sections of Al-Aqsa Mosque, temporally and spatially.

There is no state in history that was founded on aggression, and its existence became conditional on waging wars, bloodshed, and ethnic cleansing.

What is happening in the occupied Palestinian territory confirms that we are facing outlaw gangs, and not before a state that respects laws and regulations, which confirms the return of the Haganah, Stern and Lehi gangs that paved the way for the establishment of this usurper entity in 1948.

It is an existential war. To be or not to be.. The people of the mighty have determined to be, for here they are standing up to the Mongols of the age.. the new racists.. and they will be victorious with the help of the Almighty..

“They see it far away, and we see it close.” God the Great is true. About the "Jordanian Constitution"

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Gaza: the death of a young man in mysterious circumstances and the police are investigating

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ahmed Siam, 21, died this morning, Wednesday, in mysterious circumstances inside his family's home in Gaza City.

The young man, Siam, was transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital as a dead body, while the police opened an investigation into the circumstances of his death.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

The number of job vacancies in the United States rose again in September

Washington (AFP) - The number of job vacancies in the United States rose again in September, reaching 10.7 million, according to the US Census Bureau in a statement.


The number of job vacancies increased by 437,000 during the month, partially reversing the decline recorded in August, according to data published in the Employment Opportunities and Labor Market Turnover report (Jolts).


The total number of vacancies was much higher than analysts' expectations, which, unlike the results, were expecting a decrease of about 500,000 jobs compared to the previous month, according to the specialized "MarketWatch" website.


In details, the increase in the number of vacancies was mainly driven by the logistics, health and social assistance sectors, in addition to hotels and restaurants.


"Job opportunities have increased unexpectedly," said Rubila Farooqui, chief economist at Human Factors Engineering in the US, which indicates continued strong demand in the labor market, which is not slowing despite the US central bank's tightening monetary policy.


While the number of vacancies increased, appointments decreased, on the other hand, to 6.1 million (compared to 6.3 million in August), due to a decline in the manufacturing sector as well as in the field of education, according to data published by the US Census Bureau.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

The Prisoners Authority reveals the poor living and detention conditions in "Al-Jalama" prison

Ramallah, "Jerusalem" - dot com - The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs revealed, in a report issued on Sunday afternoon, the poor living and detention conditions of the detainees held inside the "Al-Jalama" detention center.


The authority stated that the "Al-Jalama" administration holds the prisoners in very narrow sections, as there are not enough beds in the rooms for the number of prisoners, and most of them sleep on the floor due to the overcrowding inside the rooms. Sections that lack the lowest necessities of human life, and during the presence of the prisoner in "Al-Jalameh" he is prohibited from visiting his relatives.


She pointed out that the legal staff of the Commission submitted a petition to the occupation court to demand the transfer of these arrested prisoners from "Al-Jalama" to the general sections in the prisons as soon as possible, but the occupation authorities, under the pretext of overcrowding inside the central prisons, are delaying their transfer.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Saudi Arabia applies the smart promotional management system during the Hajj season

Riyadh (dpa) - The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia implemented the smart promotional management system during the Hajj season this year, to manage crowds using artificial intelligence techniques to analyze crowd movement in all Mashaer train stations and the main tracks leading to the Jamarat Bridge as an integrated system for the first time this year and linking them to a room Monitoring of the promotion to maintain the security and safety of pilgrims .


And according to the Saudi News Agency (SPA), today, Wednesday, the ministry also implemented an expanded network for the Internet of Things with the aim of covering the Jamarat Bridge and the main paths with a system that is linked to the smart ticketing card carried by the camp admissions official during his trip from the camp to the Jamarat Bridge to raise commitment to advertising while linking it to a data board and an intelligent system. Business to support decision making in the smart marketing management platform.


The project aims to facilitate the movement of crowds at transport stations and reduce waiting time, in addition to controlling and following up the flow of pilgrims at the Mina shrine on all routes covered by smart cameras that are used for the first time in the holy sites as an integrated system to support decision-making.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Madrid does not want to "ignite sterile differences" with Algeria

Madrid - "Alquds" dot com - (AFP) - The Spanish Foreign Minister confirmed on Monday that he "does not want to fuel sterile differences" with Algeria, after the Algerian president condemned the shift of the Spanish position in favor of the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara.


"I will not fuel sterile disputes, but Spain has made a sovereign decision within the framework of international law and there is nothing else that can be added," Jose Manuel Paris said on Onda Cero radio.


Albaris was asked about the statements of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who described Saturday the shift in Spain's position on the issue of Western Sahara as "morally and historically unacceptable."


Tebboune said that Algeria "has good relations with Spain," but the recent stance of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on the Sahrawi issue "changed everything."


He added, "We will not interfere in Spain's internal affairs, but Algeria, as a country observing the Western Sahara file, as well as the United Nations, considers that Spain is the power managing the region as long as a solution is not reached" to this conflict.


And Paris announced on Monday that "among all these statements, what I reserve is the full guarantee to supply Spain with Algerian gas and respect for international contracts."


About a quarter of the gas that Spain imported came from Algeria in the first quarter of the year.


On March 18, Madrid announced its support for Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, considering it now "the most serious, realistic and credible basis for resolving the conflict."


Algeria denounced Madrid's "transformation" and recalled its ambassador to Spain the next day.


There are several differences between the two countries, most notably over the Western Sahara, the vast desert region of which Rabat controls the bulk of which the separatist Polisario Front, backed by Algeria, demands its independence.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Re-opening the Tunisian-Algerian land border

Tabarka ( Tunisia ) - (AFP) - The Tunisian and Algerian authorities reopened their land borders on Friday after being closed for more than two years due to the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, and travelers from both sides began to cross at a normal pace, according to AFP journalists at the Tabarka crossing. (North West).


About one million Algerians, most of them tourists, are expected to arrive through nine border crossings between the two countries, according to the authorities.


The decision to reopen the border was announced by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, during the Algerian Independence Day celebration on July 5th.


The Tunisian authorities consider the "Melloula" border crossing in Tabarka to be the most important, and in 2019 about 25% of all arrivals from Algeria to Tunisia passed through it.


A large banner was placed at the crossing reading, "Long live the Algerian-Tunisian brotherhood."


Customs agents monitor travelers' documents, including documents proving vaccination against COVID-@DIGITS.


In 2019, about three million Algerians visited Tunisia, who came for tourism and treatment, as well as to visit their relatives and families.


In the year 2019, Tunisian tourism recorded a remarkable movement, following a stagnation that lasted for years, and Algerians made up a third of the incoming tourists, numbering nearly nine million. Between 16,000 and 17,000 Algerians pass through Mellouleh every day.


Algerian tourists often go to tourist areas such as Sousse, Hammamet (east) and Kairouan (center).


The land borders between the two countries have been closed since 2020, and only emergency cases were allowed to cross.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

The "Popular" and "Democratic" Fronts Call for Support for the Residents of "Shufat" Camp

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Popular and Democratic Fronts for the Liberation of Palestine called, on Wednesday, for the support of the people of the Shuafat camp, the town of Anata, and the neighboring areas of occupied Jerusalem, which are under siege and repressive Israeli aggression for the fourth day in a row.


The People's Assembly said in a separate statement, "The continuous storming of the camp, its complete encirclement, the prevention of residents from leaving, and their firing of gas and sound bombs and gunshots, which led to the injury of dozens and the prevention of medical staff from reaching the camp, is an acknowledgment of the camp's steadfastness and the fierce resistance of its people who write the most wonderful pictures." heroism and redemption. according to the text of its statement.


She added: "The Shuafat camp, like all the camps of our people, will remain fortresses of steadfastness and resistance, and the measures, practices and crimes of the occupation will not be able to break them or penetrate them."


The Front called on the Palestinian masses to unite in order to defend the Shuafat camp, which declared comprehensive civil disobedience in the face of the occupation, pointing to the need to participate in all activities and confrontations in support of the camp to shorten the life of this unjust siege.


For its part, the "Democratic" Front called on the masses, forces and various institutions in all arenas, to a comprehensive confrontation with the occupation and settlers, expressing its appreciation for the various initiatives that announced various forms of activities today against the occupation in solidarity with the people of Shuafat camp, which is under siege and aggression.


In its statement, the Front called for the speedy formation of the unified national leadership, stressing the need to restore national unity and seize the opportunity for the Algerian dialogue to end the division.


It also called on the leadership of the Palestinian Authority to leave the illusions attached to the American-Western role, to leave the position of the denouncing observer, and to line up with the people, their forces, and the rising popular uprising.


She said, "Our people chose the path of resistance and the Oslo utterance and its secretions and all the agreements emanating from it forever, and that the authority and the leadership of the Liberation Organization are at stake, so either you line up with the people or continue the slope of Oslo." As stated in its statement.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Google slows hiring pace amid uncertain global economic outlook

Mountain View (America) (dpa) - Alphabet , the parent company of Google , intends to slow the pace of hiring for the rest of the year and support investments until 2023, according to CEO Sundar Pichai.


And he admitted in an email sent to employees that the ambiguity of the global economic outlook was the thing that dominated his mind when making the decision, indicating that Google is not immune from economic difficulties like all companies.


"Because of the hiring progress that has been made so far this year, we will slow the hiring pace for the rest of the year, while continuing to support our most important opportunities," Pichai said.


For 2022 and 2023, the company intends to focus on hiring in engineering, technical and other important positions, in addition to long-term priorities.


He pointed out that Google hired about 10,000 new employees during the second quarter, and it also had a large number of commitments during the third quarter, which partly reflects the seasonal aggregate hiring agenda.


As of March 31, the number of employees at Alphabet amounted to about 163,906 workers, an increase of 17% compared to the previous year.


Technology companies have recently slowed or stopped hiring due to high inflation and growing concerns about economic challenges.


The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft Corporation announced plans to reduce a small percentage of its staff, reflecting periodic adjustments at the beginning of its fiscal year, and the high-speed delivery company, Joe Buff, reduced its workforce by 10%, or about 1,500 employees.


And Bloomberg News reported in early June that businessman Elon Musk wants to stop all hiring around the world, as Tesla has become overcrowded with workers in some areas.


After that, Musk indicated that the planned cuts will mean a 3.5% reduction in the workforce.

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Qudsna Gathering renews confidence in lawyer Abu Assab, responsible for women's sports

Jerusalem - As part of the restructuring of its committees, Qudsna Gathering for Federations and Sports renewed its confidence in the legal advisor, lawyer Walaa Badr Abu Asab, who is responsible for women's sports and community activities for the association for the current year 2022, for the third year in a row.


It should be noted that the lawyer Abu Assab is a community activist and works in the field of education.


ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Embassy: Reports of Iranian weapons being sent to Russia "multiplied"

TEHRAN, (Xinhua) -- The Russian Embassy in Iran announced on Sunday that the reports about Iranian arms being sent to Russia are "substantial," the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.


The embassy said in a statement carried by Iranian media that "the information published in some media outlets about sending Iranian weapons to Russia is false and does not correspond to reality."


The British newspaper (The Guardian) reported on April 12 that "Russia is using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine."


And she said: The Iranian-made (Bavar 373) missile system, which is similar to the Russian (S-300) system, was donated to Moscow as well, by the authorities in Tehran, who also returned the (S-300) system.


The Iranian embassy in Britain strongly rejected the Guardian newspaper's news of Iranian arms shipments to Russia, saying it was "unrealistic and unfounded".

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Jordanian parliamentarians agree to imprison anyone who publishes a drawing or symbol that insults religious feelings

Amman - (dpa) - The Jordanian Parliament, during its discussion today, Monday, of the draft law amending the Penal Code, increased the penalty for insulting religious feeling or belief.
According to the Jordan News Agency (Petra) today, the council raised the penalty to imprisonment for a period of no less than four months and no more than two years, with a fine of no more than 500 dinars.
The agency indicated that the current penalty is imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding 20 dinars.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Study: The high rate of uterine cancer deaths in the United States

LOS ANGELES - (Xinhua) -- U.S. uterine cancer deaths have risen, according to a recent study published Thursday, adding that the highest death rate was among non-Hispanic black women.


The study, which was led by researchers from the US National Cancer Institute, showed that higher death rates were associated with a higher incidence of aggressive subtypes of uterine cancer.


The researchers found that from 2010 to 2017, deaths among women of all racial and ethnic groups from uterine cancer overall increased by 1.8 percent annually.


Deaths from subtypes of non-endometrial cancer, which are more aggressive than endometrial cancer, increased by 2.7 percent annually, while death rates from endometrial cancer were stable during this period.
The death rate among black women due to uterine cancer in general and non-endometrial subtypes was more than double that of other racial and ethnic groups, according to the study.

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Italian Championship: Napoli soar in the lead, and Milan is the only runner-up

(AFP) - Napoli took the lead by defeating Atalanta 2-1 on Saturday in the thirteenth stage of the Italian Football League , while Milan took the runner-up at the expense of the Bergamo club in particular, by defeating its guest Spezia 2-1.
The southern club came from behind with a goal from Nigerian Ademola Lukman (19 from the penalty spot), to victory thanks to the latter’s compatriot Victor Osimhen (23) and Elif Elmas from North Macedonia (35).
And Napoli, the leader and the only one who had not yet lost in the “Serie A”, hit two birds with one stone, so he regained the winning tone after losing to Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday, and moved away by 6 points from his new runner-up, Milan (35 versus 29), while Atalanta, who retreated to the center, fell behind. The third, by 8 points, during the stage that witnesses another summit match between Juventus and Inter on Sunday.
Napoli achieved a wonderful start to the season locally and continually, which was only disturbed by its recent loss against Liverpool, but after guaranteeing qualification before playing it, then it managed to maintain its lead despite its loss, by winning the first leg 1-4.
Napoli has been panting after its first title since 1990, when the late Argentine star Diego Armando Maradona led it to its second title in its history.
Napoli lost three of its pillars during the summer, with the departure of its Belgian attackers, Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne, to Galatasaray, Turkey, and Toronto, Canada, respectively. Senegalese defense pole Kalidou Coulibaly moved to Chelsea, England.
At home in Bergamo, Atalanta pressed early and got a penalty kick after a handball inside the area on Nigerian Napoli striker Osimhen, and after returning to the video assistant referee “VAR” for confirmation, the latter’s citizen Lucman struck a powerful shot to the left of goalkeeper Alex Merritt (19). , in his sixth goal in the “Serie A” this season.
Napoli did not delay in responding through Osimhen in particular, who made up for his mistake with the equalizer with a header to the left of Argentine goalkeeper Juan Musso (23).
It is the Nigerian international's eighth goal in the league this season.
And coach Luciano Spalletti's men translated their possession of the ball by 68 percent, and their team play with 205 successful passes out of 230 attempts since the start of the match, to the second goal after a ground pass from Osimhen to midfielder Elmas from North Macedonia, who controlled the ball, dodged the goalkeeper and shot with his foot. Left-handed Brazilian Ederson failed to clear the net (35).
With the start of the second half, Atalanta almost equalized after a breakthrough from the left corridor into the area, and a shot from Dane Joachim Malh was blocked by goalkeeper Merritt, to return to Luckman who hit the crossbar (55).
The two coaches made several substitutions to change the course of the match, and Argentine substitute Giovanni Simeone, the son of Diego, coach of Atletico Madrid, almost added the third to Napoli 3 minutes after he came on in place of Osimhen, but his ground shot from the penalty spot passed near the post (78).
Atalanta coach Jean-Pierrot Gasperini commented on his team's loss, "We were at the level of the match and sometimes we were superior. We did not deserve to lose this match, but we can feel proud because the team is developing well."
He continued, "I was curious to measure myself against Napoli, and I saw young players who could guarantee us good things."
Milan returned to the winning tone after losing to Turin 1-2 in the last stage, with a difficult victory over Spezia 2-1.
The “Rossoneri” owes its victory to its savior, veteran substitute French striker Olivier Giroud, who scored the winning goal in the 89th minute, after he had opened the scoring through his captain, French defender Theo Hernandez (21).
Just for the guests, Daniel Maldini, loaned from Milan himself, son of defense legend Paolo and current sports director of the home team (59), opened his first goal in the league this season.
Milan is going through a good period at the local and continental levels, as it qualified for the final price of the Champions League competition for the first time since 2014, by occupying second place in Group E behind leaders Chelsea.
Milan, who avenged its loss at home to Spezia 1-2 last season, armed itself with its success in the San Siro, as it scored since the start of the season 18 points out of 21 possible, with 6 victories against a defeat by Napoli 1-2.
And at the San Siro stadium in Milan, the owners of the land opened the scoring after a pass from the Algerian Ismail Bennacer, who was tamed by defender Hernandez with his chest and hit it with his left foot to the right of the Polish goalkeeper Bartolomei Dragowski (21), confirmed by the video assistant referee “VAR” for fear of an offside situation on the captain the team.
It was Hernandez's second goal in the league this season, after his first in a 4-2 win over Udinese on August 13.
The Frenchman almost added the second, but Spezia's goalkeeper was on the lookout for his shot (39), before the Portuguese striker Rafael Leao's shot (45 + 4) was blocked by the crossbar.
With the start of the second half, the “Rossoneri” was once again the most dangerous after a shot from the Belgian Divock Origi to the right of the penalty area, which was blocked by the goalkeeper (50), but the guest team snatched the equalizing goal outside the course of the game in the 59th minute, thanks to Daniel Maldini.
Coincidentally, Maldini Jr. scored his first goal in his career in 15 matches he played with Milan since 2020 against his current team in a 2-1 home win last season.
The defending champion believed that he had returned to the lead thanks to the goal of substitute Sandro Tonali, who entered the place of Bennacer, but “VAR” canceled the goal due to a mistake on fellow defender Fikayo Tomori at the start of the attack (65).
Substitute Giro shuffled the cards again by scoring the winning goal 17 minutes after he came on for Origi, following a pass from Tonali on the right to the second post, followed by the 36-year-old with a shot on the fly with his left foot into the net (89), to return and be sent off after he took off his shirt to celebrate. He received two yellow cards.
Jiro had scored two goals and passed two decisive balls in the victory over Austrian Salzburg on Wednesday in the main continental competition.
Empoli beat Sassuolo 1-0, and Salernitana drew 2-2 at home to Cremonese.
And the stage continues on Sunday, and he plays in the second summit, Rome against Lazio in the capital’s derby, Bologna with Turin, Monza against Verona, and Sampdoria with Fiorentina.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Indonesia deports two Russians over a nude photo at a sacred site in Bali

Denpasar - (AFP) - Bali intends to deport a Russian online influencer and her husband after they took pictures of themselves naked on a sacred tree, thus violating the rules of local culture, officials on the Indonesian island announced Friday.


Alina Vaslieva, whose Instagram account is followed by thousands of users, took pictures of her naked on a 700-year-old tree in a Tabanan temple.


The photo, taken by her husband Andrei Vaslev, went viral on Instagram, angering the communities in Bali.


Mountains, trees and other natural factors are considered sacred in Balinese Hindu culture, as they are believed to represent the dwellings of the gods.


"It has been proven to us that they have carried out activities that threaten public order and do not respect local rules," the official in charge of immigration affairs in Bali, Jamaruli Manihuruk, told reporters, adding, "They will be punished subsequently by deportation."


He added that the couple will be banned from visiting Indonesia for at least six months, and they must participate in a purification ceremony organized in the sacred area in line with local beliefs.


Vasleva posted an apology on her Instagram account in both English and Indonesian, admitting that she had "made a grave mistake".


"There are many sacred places in Bali, and a number of them lack explanatory information, as in the site where we took pictures," she said, adding that "behaving respectfully towards local traditions and while visiting holy places is a very important step."


Bali Governor Wayan Koster confirmed that his administration will no longer tolerate tourists who do not respect the sanctity of local sites.
About two hundred tourists were deported from the island last year, due to some of them violating the rules imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
And last month, a Canadian actor who claims to be a spiritual guide faced deportation from Bali after a video went viral of him performing a traditional Haka dance naked at the sacred Mount Batur.

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Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:28 pm - Jerusalem Time

Before Labor Day... German unions demand higher wages

Berlin - (dpa) - A day before Labor Day, which falls on Sunday, German unions have called for a significant increase in workers' wages to offset high inflation.


The head of the IG Metall union for workers in the industrial and mining sector, Jörg Hoffmann, told the German newspaper "Rheinische Post" published today, Saturday: "For two years, we have adopted a responsible salary policy due to the pandemic ... the focus was on preserving job opportunities." In the midst of the deepest post-war recession in our history, our members now expect a significant increase in wages."


Hoffman added that "balancing inflation cannot be a matter for the trade unions alone," explaining that "this is also an issue for the state, which must ease the burdens to ensure that workers can afford high energy prices."


Hoffman does not expect the risk of a spiral of wages and prices, which means that higher wages inevitably lead to higher product prices, explaining, on the other hand, that “given the high demand resulting from the catching-up process from the crisis and the decrease in supply partly in return due to the disruption of supply chains, companies were able to transfer Almost all increases in energy and raw material prices are passed on to consumers.


According to preliminary calculations by the Federal Statistical Office, the inflation rate in Germany in April was 7.4 percent on an annual basis.


The head of the "Verdi" union for workers in the service sector, Frank Wernicke, said that the ball is now in the employers' court.


"In the rounds of collective bargaining, we want at least compensation for price increases, and if it is possible to achieve an increase in real wages," Wernicke said in remarks to the German newspaper "Augusburger Allgemeine" issued today, Saturday.