Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com Imad Saadeh - The National Office for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements of the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed that the failure to include the settlement file on the agenda of US President Joe Biden in his recent talks and meetings with Israeli leaders is a negative indication of the administration's position. The US is out of this file and out of the two-state solution, which the US president pretends to support.

In its weekly report on the settlements, the National Bureau expressed its conviction that the current US administration is following in the footsteps of the previous administration, but with soft means, an administration that distanced itself from describing the settlements as illegal or contrary to international law.

He added that in connection with Biden's visit to the region, the policy of the occupation government was overshadowed by misleading maneuvers, which are an extension of the Israeli misleading maneuvers that do not stop whenever it comes to settlement activity, which it is carrying out in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and this is what we have been witnessing in political stations. different, especially when it comes to the relations of the occupying power with the United States of America.

The report recalled what happened in 2010 and 2016 when Joe Biden paid visits to Israel while holding the position of Vice President of the United States at the time, when the government of Benjamin Netanyahu slapped the US administration by announcing bids to build thousands of settlement units in the West Bank, with a focus on building in the city. Jerusalem. Thus, in all his visits to Israel as Vice President, the Israeli governments used to receive Joe Biden by promoting new settlement tender decisions.

Israel bids farewell to Biden with new settlement projects

The report concluded that the scene in 2022 has not changed in substance. In previous years, Israeli governments headed by Benjamin Netanyahu used to receive the vice president with settlement decisions that bore quite a bit of direct insult to the American administration.

This time, in 2022, the transitional Israeli government headed by Yair Lapid decides to bid farewell to the president by promoting new settlement bids for planners in East Jerusalem. On the day Joe Biden was landing his plane at Ben Gurion Airport, it was scheduled to discuss promoting two new settlements in East Jerusalem, however, the head of the Israeli transitional government, Yair Lapid, reversed the trend and canceled the planned discussion of the Jerusalem District Planning Committee that was supposed to be held on July 18, in order to avoid embarrassment during Biden’s visit to the region, so that the discussion would be decided after a week, i.e. in July 25th.

The Israeli Planning Committee was discussing depositing two plans for the construction of 2,000 units, which deals a severe blow to the development of East Jerusalem as a Palestinian capital, as it closes the plans related to “Givat Hashakid” near Beit Safafa and the scheme for the lower canal between “Har Homa” and “Givat Hamatos”, the last remaining corridor. It connects Beit Safafa, Sharafat, and the rest of the Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem.

Continue to change the reality in Jerusalem

At the same time, the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Construction and Settlements in the occupation government, Ze'ev Elkin, announced that Israel will continue to change the reality in East Jerusalem and consolidate its annexation according to the government's plan for the year 2018 and close what he called the gaps and differences between it and West Jerusalem. His ministry, in partnership with the occupation municipality, announced the establishment of Two centers at a total cost of 50 million shekels in Issawiya and Beit Hanina, and completing the penetration of the first tunnel under the settlement of the French Hill to link the settlements of the Jordan Valley and "Ma'ale Adumim" with occupied Jerusalem, and from there to the city of "Tel Aviv" via the bypass road (443), which ends with work Mid year 2024.

It confirmed that the tunnel is one of four tunnels under the French Hill settlement built on the lands of Jabal al-Masharif in occupied Jerusalem, with a total length of about (4.4 km) and a depth of about (40 meters). There are two lanes in each direction, and two tunnels towards the "Pisgat Ze'ev" settlement, and in the direction of the reflector.

The establishment of these tunnels comes as part of a plan to change the traffic and transportation system in the city of East Jerusalem, facilitate the entry and exit of settlers as soon as possible, bring more settlers and build more settlements within the "Greater Jerusalem" plan, which among its provisions includes the annexation of East Jerusalem's flank or (Eastern Gate), which is 67 1,000 dunums extending from the Kedar settlement, southeast of Abu Dis, to the village of Mikhmas, northeast of Jerusalem.

A network of tunnels and bridges

The occupation is working to establish this network of roads, tunnels, and bridges within a settlement belt that wraps around East Jerusalem, swallowing its lands and besieging it in favor of the settlement project, establishing welfare and social care buildings in the neighborhoods in the east of the city, and helping the residents to obtain better service, according to repeated allegations, and easing congestion in public institutions in the city. west of town.

The occupation municipality also claims that an important achievement has been recorded in the level separation project at the French Hill junction, as the first underground tunnel was penetrated at the French Hill junction towards Ma'ale Adumim and another tunnel towards "Pisgat Zelev", as part of the future transportation system in Jerusalem, which also includes Expanding the number of entrances to the city, at a cost of about 1.2 billion shekels, to reduce congestion and the flow of settlers to and from East Jerusalem towards Highway 443 Tel Aviv-Jerusalem, and facilitate access to light rail services at Al-Hatta below the settlement of French Hill in one of the most central and busiest intersections in Jerusalem.

outposts

In a related context, the occupation authorities continue to settle the situation of settlement outposts, which have turned into safe havens for Jewish terrorist organizations, and whitewash them in accordance with the so-called "settlement law", where the Israeli Ministry of Interior recognized about 29 outposts, in different areas of the West Bank, within a year of The far-right minister, Ayelet Shaked, assumes her position as Minister of the Interior, as part of her attempts to court the settlers, as the ministry transfers annually 3.3 billion shekels ($970 million) as a grant to about 200 settlements.

Shaked claims that the Interior Ministry's recognition of these outposts and the transfer of a budget for them will open the way for them to receive budgets from other ministries.

The Israeli government had allocated an amount of 29.5 million shekels in order to connect random settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank to the electricity network and to prepare structural maps for them in preparation for their legalization. This amount was allocated through the Settlement Department of the Zionist Organization, which constitutes an executive arm of the government. Yamina party, according to the coalition agreement. It was endorsed by the former prime minister and former Yamina president, Naftali Bennett, who currently holds the settlement portfolio.

Funding random outposts is an important item in the Settlement Department's action plan for the current year. Connecting the settlement outposts to electricity is conditional on the approval of the political level, with the aim of legalizing these outposts, and after the approval of the Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz.

In recent weeks, the Settlement Department has mapped dozens of random outposts, with the aim of implementing what it calls "security improvements", such as installing cameras or fire suppression vehicles. The "Civil Administration" is working to approve any settlement outpost connected to electricity and in which "security improvements" will be implemented.

In recent years, the so-called "Youth Settlement Forum" has been active in order to legitimize random settlement outposts and connect them to the electricity grid. Israeli governments have called these outposts "youth settlement".

Settler violence escalates

In this context, settler violence against Palestinian citizens and their property is increasing under the full cover of the army, the occupation authorities, and its civil administration. This was confirmed by the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, which considered settler violence part of a governmental policy for official forces, not only allowing it, but allowing its implementation and participation in it, as part of the Israeli apartheid regime's strategy to expand and complete the process of seizing Palestinian lands. The violence of the occupation, whether formal or informal, is “an integral part of the Israeli apartheid regime that aspires to Judaize the place, i.e. the entire area between the river and the sea, and this regime considers the land a resource that was found mainly to serve the Jewish public only. This consideration is the semi-privileged land Exclusively for the needs of the existing Jewish settlements in terms of developing, expanding and establishing new Jewish towns.

Expansion of settlement activities

In terms of expanding settlement activities, the occupation authorities have approved a set of settlement plans to expand construction in a number of settlements established in the occupied West Bank. The settlement projects target settlements in the governorates of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Jenin and Salfit, and that seven settlements out of nine Those targeted by these plans are located in the area known as the "Western Segregation Zone".

The most prominent of these plans is the plan in the "Beitar Illit" settlement, which targeted 303 dunums of the lands of the towns of Nahalin and Husan in Bethlehem to build 1061 new settlement units, as well as the settlement plan that targets the "Mevo Horon" settlement in Ramallah, with 258 dunums of the neighboring Palestinian lands. Which belong to the villages of Beit Nuba and Beit Liqia, to build 210 additional settlement units in the settlement in the northeastern side of it. Two plans were approved that targeted the settlement of "Efrat", specifically the two settlement outposts to the north of it, namely "Givat Hadagan" and "Givat Hatmar", where the two outposts were supported by further expansion with 223 settlement units at the expense of the neighboring Palestinian lands that belong to each of the towns of Al-Khader and Artas. As well as a plan to establish a “services development” center in the area between the “Shaked” settlement, the “Hananit” and “Tal Menashe” settlements, and a plan in the “Kiryat Arba” settlement in the heart of Hebron to establish 30 settlement units on an area of 9 dunums of land. The Palestinian family of both Khallet Al-Dabaa and Khallet Al-Sincil.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Central Bureau of Statistics said that the index for the quantities of industrial production recorded a decrease of 2.50% during September 2022 compared to August 2022, as the index for the quantities of industrial production decreased to 110.39 during September compared to 113.23 During August (base year 2019 = 100).

Statistics indicated in a report issued today, Thursday, that the activities of water supply, sanitation activities, and waste management and treatment recorded a decrease of 7.31%, of which the relative importance is 1.84% of the total industry activities.

The manufacturing activities also recorded a decrease of 2.89% during September 2022 compared to the previous month, the relative importance of which constitutes 87.89% of the total industry activities.

As for the sub-activities; Which has a significant relative impact on the overall index, as some manufacturing activities recorded a decrease during September 2022 compared to August 2022, the most important of which is the manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (concrete, stone, marble, and asphalt), and the manufacture of shaped metal products except for machinery and equipment (aluminum). Furniture industry, printing and reproduction activities of recorded media, paper and paper products industry, clothing industry, wood and wood products industry, tobacco products industry, chemicals and chemical products industry, leather industry and related products.

The statistics indicated that the industrial production index recorded an increase in some manufacturing activities, the most important of which are the food products industry, the textile industry, and the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and their preparations.

Mining and quarrying activities recorded an increase of 3.88%, the relative importance of which is 2.89% of the total industry activities.

While the activities of supplying electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning increased by 1%, the relative importance of which is 7.38% of the total industry activities.

Brussels - "Jerusalem" dot com - (dpa) - The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, indirectly asked India to support the measures being taken against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

"We urge all members of the international community to support our efforts for a lasting peace," Der von der Leyen said during her visit to New Delhi on Monday.

The European Commission President added that the European Union has designed its sanctions to remain for a longer period of time, adding that "this gives us a tool of pressure to reach a diplomatic solution that will achieve lasting peace."

She also recalled her visit to the town of Bucha, near Kiev, where Russian forces were reported to have committed war crimes, and stressed the importance of ensuring that "unprovoked aggression unjustified by strategic failure" leads to Yemen.

It is noteworthy that India condemned the massacre of civilians in Bucha, but at the same time refrained from criticizing the Russian invasion, and maintains close diplomatic, commercial and military relations with Russia, as it buys oil at a cheap price, after European countries imposed sanctions on Russia in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is also very dependent on Russian arms supplies.

The European Union and India also plan to launch a joint trade and technology council in an effort to boost cooperation between them.

"Both sides agree that the rapid changes in the geopolitical environment underscore the need for deep and joint strategic cooperation," von der Leyen said in a statement.

She added that the agreement would allow them to coordinate artistic work and submit reports to the political level.

Bloomberg news agency quoted an informed source as saying that this move is part of a broader European plan to accelerate trade talks with India.

The source, who requested anonymity, added that the federation seeks to provide India with a viable alternative to diversify away from Russia.

Von der Leyen is planning to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

It should be noted that the European Union is India's third largest trading partner with a merchandise trade volume of 62.8 billion euros (67.8 billion dollars).

Paris - (AFP) - For the second time in a row, far-right leader Marine Le Pen reaches the decisive round of the French presidential elections, crowning a decade she spent improving her image in public opinion without changing her program.

The ambitious lady, known for her sharp nature, is the youngest daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the National Front and one of the most controversial faces in the modern history of French politics.

Like her father in 2002, Marin reached the second round of the 2017 elections, when she lost to Emmanuel Macron, whom she will face again on Sunday.

For decades, Le Pen Sr. remained the dominant name in the French far right. However, he could not have dreamed of the extent to which the youngest of his three daughters had reached.

However, Marin's presence was not exclusively the result of political inheritance. Rather, her success in achieving this was mainly due to her work to dismantle what her father had established, especially the removal of all the racist and anti-Semitic deposits that marked his speech.

Le Pen proceeded to "de-demonicize" the National Front, and went so far as to expel her founding father in August 2015, after she became convinced that his controversial and controversial positions would remain an obstacle to any victory at the national level.

In this regard, she said, "I followed the example of this man (...) I fought a lot for him, but at a certain moment, I had to stop."

Le Pen has worked to change the image of the party she has headed since 2011, through the path of "normalization", one of which was changing the name, as the "National Assembly" replaced the "National Front" in 2018.

The game of names is no longer strange to its political bloc: the heavy legacy left by Jean-Marie prompted the party to run the election campaign, focusing on the name "Marine" instead of her nickname, which was a burden on her for many years.

In an interview with Closer magazine, she said that during her youth, "it wasn't easy for people to get romantically involved with Marine Le Pen" because of the name she bore. "I remember that one of the men chose to separate from me because of the pressure his social environment imposed on him," she added.

Le Pen, 53, is the mother of three children from two marriages that led to divorce.

Beyond personal issues and names, Le Pen has sought during the past years to present a more friendly image: less emotional reactions in the face of journalists' questions, clothes in light colors, and a smile present even in the midst of the televised debate with Macron days before the decisive day.

In the political core, he focused on the economy, which was marginal in the list of priorities of the National Front, seeking to attract voters who had been "lost" by globalization.

Le Pen focused in the 2022 campaign against Macron, the former banker whom some describe as a "president of the wealthy", on the purchasing power that has become a preoccupation for the French with the rise in global energy and food resources prices in light of the Russian war on Ukraine.

The relationship between Le Pen and Russia, which she visited during 2017, was mainly present in the televised debate with the president.

The latter accused her of being financially dependent on Russia because of a loan she had obtained from a Russian bank, and that she had become "dependent" on Russian President Putin. Le Pen responded by affirming her support, "A free Ukraine that does not belong to the United States, the European Union, or Russia, this is my position."

The two rivals engaged in a heated debate over the European Union, which is a main focus of Macron's foreign policy, while Le Pen denied accusations that she wanted to take France out of the bloc.

"I want to develop this European organization, but Mr. Macron, I did not think you would adopt a conspiracy theory," she said, while the outgoing president considered that Le Pen's positions make Sunday's elections a "referendum with or against Europe."

In the first round, to the right of Le Pen was candidate Eric Zemmour, who holds extremist and controversial positions.

Zemmour left the race after winning about seven percent of the vote, but called for a vote for Le Pen in the second round.

The former competitor stirred controversy during his campaign. He has said, for example, that he would require families to give their newborns "French names," and might set up a "re-immigration" ministry to expel unwanted foreigners. Although she also belonged to the extreme right, Le Pen avoided being drawn into Zemmour's sharp stances.

Associate researcher at the Institute of Political Sciences in Paris, Cecile Aldoi, said that compared to the "radical and even crude discourse" adopted by Zemmour, "Marine Le Pen chose the opposite, to normalize, moderate and soften her discourse."

Aldoy, a specialist in the study of the far right, stressed that "the (Marine Le Pen) program did not deviate at all from the foundations of the National Front such as immigration and national identity, but it chose other words to justify it."

She explains that Le Pen is now "attacking Islam and wants to radically limit non-European immigration under the pretexts of secularism, republican values, and even feminism."

A newly published Jean-Joris study concluded that Le Pen's positions on immigration have become more hardened.

The far-right candidate wants to include in the constitution "national priority", which would deprive foreigners of several privileges.

Like Zemmour, it also wants to expel illegal immigrants, criminals and foreign offenders, as well as those suspected of extremism and foreigners who have been unemployed for more than a year.

CAIRO - (Xinhua) - The archaeological mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology at Charles University unearthed the tomb of "Wah-Ib-Ra Meri-Nit," the leader of foreign soldiers in the ancient Egyptian state, which can be dated to the period during the late 26th and early 27th dynasties.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said, in a statement today (Friday), of which Xinhua News Agency obtained a copy, that during the excavations that were carried out in the archaeological area of Abu Sir, south of Giza, west of Cairo, next to the mummification cache belonging to a high-ranking person from Ancient Egypt called "Wah-Ib-Ra Meri-Nit", who held the position of "leader of foreign soldiers" during the first eras of real globalization in the ancient world. The archaeological mission found the tomb of "Wah-Ib-Ra Meri-Nit, leader" of foreign soldiers.

Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, said that the main well of the tomb of "Wah-Ib-Ra Meri Nit" was six meters deep, and its dimensions were approximately 14 x 14 meters, and the well is divided into several parts separated by bridges carved into the rock. natural for the area.

Waziri added that in the middle of the main well, another smaller, but deeper well was dug. It was used as a main well to bury the owner of the cemetery. The burial well took an east-west direction, and its mouth measured about 6.5 x 3.3 meters.

He explained that "the design of this well cemetery has no identical counterpart in ancient Egypt, but despite that, its architectural design is partially similar to the rock-cut "Wadja Hor Recent" cemetery, which is located near the newly discovered cemetery, as well as similar to the so-called Campbell cemetery in Giza".

For his part, Dr. Marslav Barta, head of the Czech mission, said that in the lower part of the main burial well, at a depth of about 16 meters, a double coffin was found, somewhat damaged and completely covered with sand.

Barta added that the outer sarcophagus of the "Wah-Ib-Re Meri-Nit" tomb was made of two huge blocks of white limestone, and inside its cavity included a sarcophagus made of basalt stone in the shape of a human being and inscribed on its upper part texts from Chapter 72 of the Book of the Dead, which describe the resurrection of the deceased. And his journey in the other world, explaining that the basalt sarcophagus was 2.30 meters long and 1.98 meters wide.

The head of the mission indicated that the inner space of the basalt sarcophagus was found completely empty, as only an unengraved and carved heart scarab, as well as an amulet in the form of a headrest, were found inside the empty sarcophagus.
He noted that the simple funerary baggage of the owner of the cemetery was originally located on the western and eastern sides of the sarcophagus, where the mission found in the eastern side many intact archaeological finds that were part of that funerary baggage and in its original location, as it included 402 ushabti statues made of faience ( The shabti are small statues that are supposed to represent the owner of the tomb and perform services on his behalf in the afterlife).

Two alabaster vessels were also found, in addition to a faience model for an offering table, ten symbolic cups, and a limestone ostraca inscribed with hieratic religious texts written in black ink.

"Due to the small size of the ostraca, the author of the text decided to cover it with brief excerpts from the spells of the Book of the Dead, which also formed parts of the transformation rites, thus ensuring the existence of another life for the owner of the tomb in the other world," he explained.

Dr. Marslav Barta added that the initial studies conducted on the well cemetery revealed that it was robbed in late antiquity, most likely around the fourth and fifth centuries AD, indicating that this information was confirmed as a result of finding two pottery vessels that were left in the main well.

The ancient thieves also made an opening in the western part of the outer sarcophagus of the "Wah-Ib-Re Meri-Nit" tomb, and destroyed the upper (western) part of the basalt coffin cover, which represents the face of the deceased, along with numerous fragments, which were found around the sarcophagus by mission.

In turn, Dr. Muhammad Mujahid, deputy director of the Czech mission, confirmed that "although the archaeological excavations of the tomb of "Wah-Ib-Re Meri-Nit" did not provide us with many important archaeological finds or elaborate funerary goods, this tomb is considered unique. kind and important," adding that it provides a new insight into the turbulent period of the beginning of the era of Persian domination of ancient Egypt.

Mujahid added that the results of the ongoing research on the embalming deposit of the owner of the tomb, which was found by the mission during the previous season, we can draw an idea about the life of "Wah-Ib-Re Meri-Nit", his family background and his career.

He pointed out that "Wah-Ib-Re Meri-Nit" most likely died unexpectedly during a time when his tomb and accompanying funerary goods in the other world were still very incomplete.

He noted that the architectural design of the tomb and its contents provide very valuable information about the importance and meaning of the components of the funerary goods and the inscriptions of the tomb accompanying the deceased in the other world.

It is noteworthy that the twenty-sixth dynasty lasted from 663 to 525 BC. M, while the twenty-seventh dynasty continued during the period from 525 BC. AD to 404 BC. M.

Aden, Yemen - (Xinhua) - The Houthi group in Yemen on Sunday released a British citizen who had been detained by the group in the capital, Sana'a, for 5 years.

The British ambassador to Yemen, Richard Oppenheim, stated that British citizen Luke Simmons was released after 5 years of illegal detention.

On his Twitter account, the British ambassador thanked their partners, "the Saudis and Omanis, for their decisive support in securing Luke's release."

In addition, the British Foreign Office said in a statement today that "Luke Simmons, who has been illegally detained, has been released without charge or trial since 2017 in Yemen."

Simmons was 25 years old when he was illegally detained by the Houthi group, mistreated in solitary confinement and refused family visits, according to the statement.

"The British citizen has been flown to Muscat and will soon be reunited with his family in the UK," the British Foreign Office statement said.

British Simmons was arrested in April 2017 at a Houthi checkpoint in areas under the group's control in Taiz Governorate.

The British Simmons is married to a Yemeni woman, and has been residing in Yemen since 2012.

Cairo (dpa) - Today, Wednesday, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi exchanged visions and points of view on some regional and international issues of common concern.

This came during a phone call the Egyptian president received today from the Saudi monarch, according to the Egyptian presidential spokesman.

The spokesman said, in a statement on his Facebook account, that the call also dealt with an exchange of congratulations on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, where King Salman expressed his wishes that God would return this occasion to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab and Islamic nations with goodness, right, and blessings.

For his part, the Egyptian president expressed his sincere wishes to the people and government of the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for continued progress, peace and prosperity.

LOS ANGELES - (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has restricted use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine (Janssen vaccine) to individuals 18 years of age and older who cannot or do not want to get other COVID-19 vaccines, citing Rare risk of blood clots.

"After conducting an updated analysis, evaluation, and examination of reported cases, the FDA has determined that the risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenic syndrome, a syndrome of rare, potentially life-threatening blood clots, in addition to low levels of platelets appears," the FDA said in a statement. Symptoms appearing approximately one to two weeks after administration of the Janssen vaccine warrant a reduction in the authorized use of the vaccine.

"Our work reflects our updated analysis of the risk of thrombotic thrombocytopenia after administration of this vaccine and limits the use of the vaccine to specific individuals," said Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologicals Evaluation and Research.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was authorized for emergency use in the United States on February 27, 2021.

As of March 18 this year, the Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified 60 confirmed cases of thrombocytopenia, including nine deaths.

London - "Jerusalem" dot com - (dpa) - British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in his speech to Parliament in London today, Monday, that the British government believes that Russia has lost about 15,000 soldiers since its forces invaded Ukraine two months ago.

British government sources indicated that in addition, more than 2,000 Russian armored vehicles, including at least 530 tanks, were destroyed or captured. Wallace added that Russia has also lost more than 60 fighters and helicopters.

So far, Russia has almost failed to achieve its objectives in Ukraine, Wallace said, adding that of the more than 120 Russian tactical battalions deployed in the invasion of Ukraine — equivalent to 65 percent of all infantry units — at least 25 percent are no longer combat-ready. .

Ukraine estimates Russian losses to be much higher, claiming that 22,000 Russian soldiers died, 181 planes and 154 helicopters were shot down, and 884 tanks and 2,258 other armored vehicles were destroyed.

Beirut - (dpa) - The Minister of Economy in the Lebanese caretaker government, Amin Salam, warned today, Thursday, of the possibility of the collapse of the wheat "silos" damaged in the Beirut port explosion due to the fire that broke out a few days ago in its vicinity.

Minister Salam said, in a press conference today, after a tour of the Beirut port, during which he was briefed on the situation of the wheat silos, that “the fire will continue as long as there is grain and fermentation,” warning that “what is happening today constitutes a danger, and if these materials remain inside the silos and the fires are repeated, this will lead to their collapse.” automatically".

He stated that the Council of Ministers "suspensed its decision to demolish the damaged silos in solidarity with the families of the martyrs of the port and in response to calls to wait as long as there is no need for demolition."

"We will follow up on the matter in order to reach solutions, so that no one's life is endangered," he added.

Last April, the Council of Ministers assigned the Council for Development and Reconstruction to supervise the demolition of wheat "silos" in the port of Beirut, based on the recommendations of the committee charged with studying them, on the grounds that they constitute a danger.
The families of the victims of the Beirut port explosion objected to the cabinet’s decision to demolish the wheat silos, and the demolition decision was delayed.
An explosion shook the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, and resulted in damage to a number of the capital's streets, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than six thousand, and leaving 300,000 people homeless, and it is not yet known how the explosion occurred and who caused it.

The Negev - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation authorities demolished, on Wednesday morning, several properties belonging to citizens in the village of Bir Hadaj in the occupied Negev .

According to local sources, the authorities brought in bulldozers, which demolished some tin houses and other properties.

NANJING (Xinhua) -- FDI actually used in east China's Jiangsu Province from January to May reached 17.68 billion US dollars, up 31.5 percent year on year, according to the provincial commerce department.

Jiangsu topped the country in the actual use of foreign direct investment, accounting for 20.2 percent of the total such investment in China during the first five months of the year.

The actual use of foreign direct investment in Jiangsu's manufacturing sector reached 6.48 billion US dollars over the period, up 56.2 percent year on year.

FDI in high-tech industries increased by 43.1 percent year on year, with FDI in the high-tech manufacturing sector increasing by 58.7 percent, while that in the high-tech service industry increased by 27.6 percent in the period.

Jiangsu also saw actual FDI from Belt and Road countries increase by 103.7 percent year on year during the period.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Police spokesman Colonel Louay Irzeikat said that 45 citizens were killed as a result of 39 crimes from the beginning of the year until last September.

Irzeigat added, in a press interview with the official news agency, that the current year witnessed an increase in the murder rate by 29% compared to the previous year 2021, indicating that the highest crime rate was recorded in the Hebron Governorate, while similar crimes were not recorded in Ariha and Salfit. He explained that the police and the Public Prosecution They were able to uncover the circumstances of 29 murders and arrest the perpetrators.

He pointed out that some of the perpetrators of these crimes abused the victims.

Irzeigat attributed the reasons for the high rate of murders to the culture of violence that is being promoted through some dangerous and violent electronic games, incitement to violence on social media, and the impunity of some perpetrators of crimes due to family and clan cover.

Source: Wafa, the official news agency.

Ramallah - exclusive to "Al Quds" dot com - The Israeli occupation authorities, by order of the "Shin Bet", continue to detain the body of the captive martyr Saadia Faraj Allah (68 years) from the town of Ithna, west of Hebron, since her death as a result of medical negligence on the second of this month.

The head of the Commission for the Affairs of Detainees and Ex-Prisoners, Major General Qadri Abu Bakr, told Al-Quds.com: “The commission submitted, at the request of her family, a request to autopsy the body of the martyr, and this was done, in conjunction with submitting a request to hand over the body, and despite the court’s approval to hand it over, the occupation police objected. And I requested approval from the occupation intelligence (Shin Bet), as the occupation authorities insist on seizing the body,” stressing that the lawyers will file a new case to demand the handover of the body of the martyr.

Abu Bakr indicated that there is no approval by the occupation authorities to release the body of the martyr Saadia Farajallah so far, and there is insistence on holding the body, bringing the number of martyr prisoners whose bodies are being held to 10 martyrs.

The preliminary results of the autopsy of the martyr Saadia Farajallah (Matar), who died in "Damoon" prison, were that the death was due to medical and medical causes, according to what was announced by the Prisoners' Authority more than a week ago.

The commission indicated that the preliminary results of the autopsy show that the body of the martyr was free of any injuries or bruises, and that the death resulted from pathological and health causes, noting that the death of the captive Farajallah was announced about two weeks ago, after she fell in Al-Fura Square in Damon Prison, and she was transferred to a hospital. An Israeli civilian, and she was in a coma.

The autopsy took place at the Israeli Institute of Forensic Medicine, "Abu Kabir", in the presence of Karim Ajwa, the lawyer for the Affairs of Detainees and Ex-Prisoners, and the forensic doctor assigned by the Palestinian Ministry of Justice, Muhammad Shalaby.

The authority confirmed that it is awaiting the results of the final medical report, which will be based on examinations that will determine the real reasons for the death of the captive, Farajallah, noting that the occupation government and the administration of "Damon" prison bear full responsibility for her death.

It is worth mentioning that the martyr Faraj Allah is from the town of Ithna, west of Hebron, and the occupation army arrested her on 12/18/2021, after a settler beat her near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, and she is a mother of eight children, and with her elevation, the number of martyrs prisoners in the occupation prisons rises to 230 martyrs since 1967.

New York - (AFP) - Despite the rise in fuel prices to record levels in the United States, American oil refineries seem unable to keep up with demand, due to their lack of capacity after the closure of a number of these facilities in recent years, which contributes to the rise in fuel prices.

Last week, the rate of refinery utilization in the United States rose to 93.2 percent, the highest since December 2019, and constituted a breach in the month of May traditionally reserved for maintenance with limited facility utilization.

At the same time, US fuel reserves fell further to a level not recorded for this time of year in eight years, while this weekend in the United States on the occasion of Memorial Day (Memorial Day) marks the beginning of the main season for road travel.

"We are on our way to failure" of the system, warned Robert Yoger, an analyst at Mizuho Securities.

The consulting office, "Euriga Group", said that the "lack of ability to convert" oil into fuel, in addition to the rise in crude prices again, "led to a significant increase in refining prices (...) in recent months and to record prices for gasoline and diesel."

Fuel prices reached historic levels in the United States, rising more than 70 percent year-on-year. Analysts of the financial group "JP Morgan Chase" expect it to rise more than 30 percent during the summer, to more than six dollars a gallon (3.78 liters).

The number of operating refineries has decreased by 13 percent in ten years and is now the lowest in modern times.

In addition to the planned shutdowns, in June 2019 there was an explosion at the Philadelphia Refinery Solutions (PES) refinery in Philadelphia, the largest facility in the northeastern United States. This led to the permanent closure of the site.

It is an issue that is "a growing concern in the United States because we have lost more than 1 million barrels per day of capacity in one year," said Andy Lipow of the "Lippau Oil Associates" group.

In the early months of the pandemic, some sites closed to cope with slowing demand. But not all of them have since been restarted, like the Gallup (New Mexico) site owned by Marathon Petroleum.

Most of the major refineries have started converting some of their equipment to produce biofuels, which leads to a temporary suspension of their activities.

At Holyfront, the transition to renewable fuels has reduced the production capacity of its Cheyenne, Wyoming, facility from 52,000 barrels per day to 6,000.

These structural problems have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, which has pushed part of the West to dispense with Russia, a major supplier of refined products, especially diesel.

This situation led to an increase in the demand for hydrocarbon exports produced in the United States and to some extent increased the imbalance between supply and demand.
"Capacities can be rebuilt in the Northeast (...), but these are investments that have to be profitable over ten or twenty years," said Richard Sweeney, professor of environmental economics at Boston College. "The general trend is an industry in decline," he added.

Bill O'Grady of Confluence Investment Management agrees. He says that "it takes five or six years to build a refinery (...) knowing that the demand for products is probably declining." "Therefore, the investment incentive is very weak," he adds.

A large number of US refiners have chosen to allocate a large portion of their current profits to buy back shares and pay dividends rather than making huge investments.

The inauguration of the last major refinery in the United States dates back to 1977, while no more than five new sites have been opened during the past twenty years.
Bill O'Grady asserts that "what complicates the problem is that no town wants a refinery" on its territory. "It's dirty, it could explode and it smells bad," he added.

For his part, Phil Flynn of the "Price Features" group says, "Governments are trying to become more responsible in terms of the environment and deter investment in refining (...) but this leads to a shortage of capabilities."

He believes that "we will have to find a balance between our dreams about" environmental, social and governance standards "and the reality of trying to supply the market" with oil products until the supply of renewable energies becomes sufficient to replace them.

Member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front, Muhammad Dweikat, told Al-Quds.com:
• The rise of right-wing and fascist parties in Israel heralds a new phase in which repression, massacres and racist laws will increase.

• We call for an inclusive national meeting with the political forces in the occupied interior to discuss the formation of a national front throughout historic Palestine to confront Zionist fascism.

• It is required to activate the rising mass movement in the field and to provide it with everything necessary to ensure its continuity.

• The camps of Syria and Lebanon need great attention and pressure to rebuild the Yarmouk camp.

Nablus - "Al-Quds" dot com - Ghassan Al-Katout - In its last meeting, the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine paused before many field developments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the political situation in the occupying state, regional and international developments and their repercussions on the Palestinian cause.

In an interview with Al-Quds.com, a member of the Political Bureau of the Front, Muhammad Dweikat, said that the meeting discussed the Israeli attacks in the West Bank, the siege on Gaza, the settlers' daily attacks on property and residents in the West Bank, especially Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley, and the series of massacres committed by the occupation in Nablus and Jenin, and he saluted the resistance that It faced the occupation with steadfastness and steadfastness, and the emergence of armed formations such as the Lions' Den, the Jenin Brigade, and the Balata Brigade.

He stressed the importance of these formations of resistance fighters belonging to resistance political parties who presented a positive image in the history of the national struggle when they formed these cross-factional bodies, and this indicates that the Palestinian people are united in the field and are trying to deliver a message to the two sides of the division and to the national movement of the need to end the division and restore national unity through A comprehensive national dialogue takes the Palestinian situation out of the current crisis it suffers from, through a national consensus program that guarantees the continuation of resistance in all its forms and strengthens the steadfastness of our people on the ground and in the fields of resistance and in areas that are subject to direct daily attacks from settlers and the occupation forces.

And he continued: "We are advancing practical mechanisms that we firmly believe can be achieved, and that the Palestinian cause and the national movement get out of the bottleneck through the actual announcement of ending the work of the Oslo Accord and the subsequent agreements, stopping all forms of security coordination with the occupation and all economic relations, and withdrawing recognition of the occupying state." The Israeli, placing the Palestinian file before international bodies so that they stand up to their responsibilities, and the formation of a unified national leadership that leads the struggles of the Palestinian people and directs them according to a national consensus program agreed upon by all national and Islamic forces and factions.

He called on the Palestinian government to work seriously on arranging its situation in a manner consistent with the national situation and with the previous decisions and directions that were unanimously agreed on the need to derogate from all agreements, and to put in place possible programs and mechanisms to enhance the steadfastness of citizens and fortify the home front.

A comprehensive national meeting
He said that the Palestinian situation and what it witnessed in the previous period during the battle of "Saif al-Quds" and the widespread popular uprising witnessed by all the Palestinian territories in the West Bank, Gaza, the interior and the diaspora, confirmed that the Palestinian people are united in facing the occupation and its racist and bloody policies.

And in light of the situation that the forces and factions are going through at the level of the national movement in the West Bank, Gaza and abroad, or the national movement in the occupied interior, an appeal was made to the national forces in the West Bank and the occupied interior to the necessity of arranging a comprehensive national meeting in order to form a national and national front to confront the policy of the occupation in light of the rise of the extreme right Its leaders declare every day that the coming days will witness a series of racist decisions and laws against the Palestinian people at home, specifically in the Galilee and the Negev, and a series of racist laws and measures in the West Bank and Gaza.

He added that this dictates that the national movement and all the people in the West Bank, Gaza and the interior hold a comprehensive national meeting in order to come up with mechanisms and proposals that establish a new phase of coordinating national action and strengthening the steadfastness of the people at home and in the West Bank, Gaza and the diaspora.

He considered that this experience reaffirmed that the occupation cannot fragment the people and isolate them into cantons, and that all the Palestinian people and their national movement at home, refugee camps and communities are united in confronting the occupation, struggle and resistance against the occupation, and there is an objective and national necessity to form a comprehensive body for all these gatherings that proceeds according to A national program that takes into account the privacy of each Palestinian community.

He stressed that the Front will make a great effort to hold this meeting in order to extricate the Palestinian situation from the impasse it is experiencing.

Algeria meeting
Regarding the reunion meeting that Algeria recently hosted, Dwekat thanked the Algerian president, government and people for hosting this important meeting, which came out with many important recommendations, but they lack many guarantees for their coming to light, such as setting timelines for implementation, and restoring the seventh item of the Algeria Declaration, which is related to the formation of A government of national reconciliation or a government of national unity that prepares the atmosphere in the West Bank and Gaza to hold general legislative and presidential elections, and later to hold elections for the National Council, wherever possible, and resolve many issues that resulted from the division.

He added that this item is important and that it can be reconsidered and discussed again, and the decisive factor in this matter is that there is a sincere will on both sides of the division to end it and not to entrench themselves behind narrow partisan positions.

He said that the Democratic Front considers the Palestine Liberation Organization to be a national coalition that includes all national and Islamic forces and the sole and legitimate representative of all the Palestinian people, and it must be preserved and the role of its various bodies strengthened.

He added that the executive committee of the organization must take its role within the framework of the national movement as a leading role and guide to the entire national movement and the general Palestinian people, and that the Central Council take its role as a leader and guide to the national movement and lead the battle of reform and restoration of all the bodies and institutions of the organization and get it out of the policy of hegemony and exclusiveness in political decisions. The National Council is supposed to hold its elections to include all our people, wherever they are and whenever possible.

mass movement
Dwaikat called for the necessity of activating the rising mass movement in the field, and providing everything necessary to ensure its continuity, such as protection and guard committees, striking forces, and a unified national leadership at the level of each governorate to protect the population groups that are directly exposed to settler attacks, especially in light of the talk of establishing groups of settlers to attack the settlers. Palestinians in main streets or outposts and settlements close to population centers, imposing a mass boycott on Israeli goods, providing national alternatives wherever possible, and alternatives from abroad when a national alternative is not available, and adopting an alternative diplomatic strategy consistent with the strategy of popular resistance in preparation for a broad mass uprising in which all components of society will be involved. political, social and geographical.

Knesset elections
Dweikat said that the results of the Israeli Knesset elections clearly showed that Israeli society is heading towards the right and the extreme right, and that the rise of right-wing and fascist parties is clear evidence that we are entering a new phase in which repression, bloody massacres, and a series of racist laws and regulations will increase in the West Bank, Gaza and the occupied interior.

He added that it is required to unite all efforts in order to thwart this government and the efforts of the leaders of extremist parties to commit more crimes against our people and expel the indigenous people from Jerusalem and harass them through imposing new laws and relentless attempts to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque temporally and spatially.

He said, "In front of a right-wing, fascist government, we need to unite all efforts, strengthen steadfastness, escalate all forms of resistance against it, and thwart the efforts they are trying to impose by legalizing outposts, providing them with infrastructure, and building religious schools."

He added that the task of the national movement is great, but field unity is the only way to thwart these projects, and national consensus on the program of common denominators is the only option to ensure the strengthening of steadfastness and the escalation of all forms of resistance, and paves the way for a third intifada and national disobedience.

Unipolar retreat
With regard to the developments of the international situation, he stressed that the hegemony of the unipolar pole has begun to decline, as well as the US policy that is hostile to peoples and that robs them of their resources, and in return a new alliance led by Russia and a number of superpowers is advancing that confronts US policy and tries to isolate it by entering into a battle to rebuild a new world order that will not be The United States is the one who controls and dominates the capabilities of peoples.

He added that the isolation of American policy is in the interest of the Palestinian cause, and the political leadership controlling the Palestinian decision is supposed to re-read the situation and the recent international developments towards getting rid of the previous bets, which is still betting on the possibility of the United States being the main sponsor of the political process in the Palestinian cause, despite the experiences. The many that have proven to be partners and supporters of the occupation.
He called for building new alliances and relations with the rising countries that are trying to isolate US policy in the region and the world.

Normalization bets failed
With regard to the Middle East region and the Arab countries, he stressed that the normalization that took place between Arab countries and the occupying power remained within the framework of the supranational political relations.

He said: "What we see and hear from the positions of the leftist and progressive parties in the Arab countries and their absolute rejection of the policy of normalization with the occupation is a positive indicator, and that people of all political orientations still reject normalization, and what happened in the World Cup in Qatar confirms that the Arab peoples reject normalization, and that Israel It is still isolated from the Arab world and its people, and it must remain so."

He demanded the unification of all Arab efforts through the progressive parties in a comprehensive meeting, with the Palestinian national movement at the head of this meeting, to form an Arab and progressive national front, and to have a unified position in order to put pressure on rulers and governments who seek to embody relations with the occupying state.

And he indicated that the occupation tried to infiltrate the Arab countries by presenting itself as an advanced and civilized country that fights terrorism, but it failed to convince the Arab peoples of that, and the peoples are still loyal and ready to give everything they have to the Palestinian cause.

Refugee camps and diaspora
Dweikat stressed that the Palestinians in the refugee and diaspora camps, especially in the camps of Syria and Lebanon, need great attention and intensified efforts and pressure to rebuild the Yarmouk camp and other camps whose residents were displaced and destroyed.

He said that there are vigorous efforts by the forces and factions, led by the Democratic Front to restore life in the Yarmouk camp, and the front and a number of forces and factions began to repair all their headquarters and offices in the camp and resumed work with these headquarters as a first step to restore confidence to the camp residents and a message addressed to all the displaced camp residents that it is possible Return There is an urgent national need to return to their camps, repair them, and preserve them as the title of the national cause and a temporary station until they return home.

He stressed that efforts are being made to put pressure on the responsible authorities to start rebuilding the camp and other camps.

As for the Lebanese camps, he said that they need serious attention from the PLO, the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA, especially since there are attempts to reduce UNRWA services in the Lebanese camps, as is the case in the camps in Syria and the West Bank.

He said that there is a need to develop a comprehensive plan to confront the policy of cuts and to face the problems faced by the camp residents in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, and this is the responsibility of the Liberation Organization and the National Forces Authority.

He added that there is a need for a serious program of action in the face of the cuts of UNRWA and the countries sponsoring this agency, and it is required to activate the file at the international and popular levels, and there are many meetings to try to activate the role of the committees within the camps in order to raise their voice in the face of the policy of cuts and the overcrowding of educational classes in the camps in Lebanon and the harassment that it is exposed to. She has the sons of the camps in Lebanon and Syria.

He stressed that these reductions are political reductions that begin with a gradual reduction of services for a period of time until the end of the direct, humanitarian and political responsibility of relief agencies and the end of the presence of the camps as population centers and the dispersal of the camp residents to the countries of the world, as happened in some camps.

BAGHDAD - (Xinhua) - A local source in the Iraqi city of Mosul, 400 km north of Baghdad, said that a camp of the Turkish forces was hit on Sunday evening with four Katyusha missiles, without any losses being recorded.

Muhammad Amin Gharib, the first administrative official in the Zilkan region, 35 km north of Mosul, told Xinhua that at least four Katyusha rockets landed this evening near the Turkish forces' camp in the Zilkan area, without any material or human losses reported.

No party has so far claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The camps of the Turkish forces located in the vicinity of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq are subjected to missile strikes from time to time.

The Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament) had confirmed earlier today that there are no legal justifications that justify the repeated attacks on Iraqi territory, pointing out that the Council rejects the presence of any armed organization or military force that takes Iraq as a starting point for attacking neighboring countries.

بكين 7 (شينخوا) أظهرت بيانات وزارة المالية الصينية أن قيمة مبيعات تذاكر اليانصيب في البلاد وصلت إلى 31.98 مليار يوان (حوالي 4.74 مليار دولار أمريكي) في يونيو، بانخفاض 7.6 في المائة على أساس سنوي.

وأظهرت البيانات أن مبيعات تذاكر اليانصيب المخصصة لدعم نظام الرعاية الاجتماعية في الصين بلغت 13.08 مليار يوان في يونيو، بزيادة 16.5 بالمائة عن العام الماضي.

وبلغت تذاكر اليانصيب المخصصة لدعم صناعة الرياضة 18.9 مليار يوان، بانخفاض 19.2 بالمائة على أساس سنوي.

وفي الأشهر الستة الأولى ، بلغ إجمالي مبيعات تذاكر اليانصيب في الصين 182.06 مليار يوان، بزيادة 2 في المائة على أساس سنوي ، وفقا للوزارة.

وبموجب قواعد إدارة اليانصيب في الصين، تُستخدم الأموال التي يتم جمعها من مبيعات تذاكر اليانصيب في النفقات الإدارية، ومشاريع الخير العام، وتمويل الجوائز./

LAGOS (AFP) - An explosion at an illegal oil refinery has killed at least 80 people in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria, which has been devastated by decades of vandalism and illegal exploitation of hydrocarbons.
Police and emergency services said the explosion occurred on Friday evening at an illegal location between the oil states of Rivers and Imo.
"We found at least 80 bodies with signs of severe burns at the site," Ifianye Nagy of the National Emergency Agency at the scene told AFP, adding that the number could rise further.
"We learned that there are many dead bodies in the nearby bushes and forests, as a result of some illegal (refinery) operators and those responsible for them trying to escape to a safe place," he said.
Naji explained that a number of burnt cars and explosives used to collect stolen crude and petroleum products were scattered around the place.
Police confirmed that the explosion occurred at the site of an illegal refinery, where its operators and customers had gathered.
"Several bodies, burnt beyond recognition, lie on the ground, while the bodies of others who tried to escape hang from tree branches," said the director of the Center for Youth and Environmental Defense, Finface Dominamine.
Several local media reported that more than 100 people were killed in the explosion, which is a link in a long series of repeated similar incidents.
Nigeria is the largest oil-producing country in Africa, and exports an average of two million barrels per day, representing 90 percent of the country's export revenues.
According to sources from the official sector, the country loses about 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day due to sabotage and theft.
Illegal filtering of crude is a common practice in Nigeria's oil-rich south, where thieves sabotage oil pipelines to steal crude, which they refine and sell on the black market.
Most of the inhabitants of the Niger Delta suffer from poverty and accuse the big oil companies of polluting the region and not contributing to its development.
Decades of oil spills have destroyed mangrove forests and entire villages where fishing and farming were the main source of income.
The worst pipeline explosion in Nigeria occurred in October 1998 in the town of Jesi in the south of the country, killing more than 1,000 residents.
The government deployed the army to carry out large-scale operations to destroy illegal refineries in the Niger Delta, and to try to end the plundering of oil resources.
But the campaign has yielded scant results and hundreds of illegal refineries are still operating in the swamps and near the rivers that cross the region.
The head of the National Agency for Oil Spill Detection and Response, Idris Moussa, told AFP that an investigation had been launched to find out the cause of the explosion, which occurred on Friday.
"Investigations are underway and the fire that broke out after the explosion has been extinguished," he added.

San Francisco. - (AFP) - A number of “Netflix” shareholders filed a lawsuit against the streaming platform, which they accuse of deceiving them about the decline in the number of its subscribers, which is the news that caused the drop in its share price.

These investors noted in a statement published Tuesday that the California-based group made "false and/or misleading" statements and withheld certain information.

Investors criticized the platform in particular for not making it clear that “the slowdown in the growth of the number of subscribers is due, among other reasons, to the sharing of accounts between a number of customers, and to the increase in competition from other broadcasting platforms.”

And “Netflix” announced on April 19 that it lost 200,000 subscribers worldwide in the first quarter of the year compared to the end of 2021, which is a precedent for more than ten years.

The lawyers who filed the class-action lawsuit on behalf of the investors recalled that the share price fell "by more than 35 percent, to settle at $226.19 on April 20."

And the streaming giant, which expects to lose more subscribers in the spring, has planned to clamp down on the sharing of IDs and passwords, allowing many people not to pay for access to the platform.

Netflix, which expects to lose more subscribers in the spring, intends to adopt a strict policy regarding sharing accounts on its network, which allowed many to benefit from the service for free.

And “Netflix” announced in early March that it would conduct tests in South American countries to impose a financial allowance on its customers if they wanted to add additional profiles to their accounts.

But “Netflix” expected to gain 2.5 million additional subscribers in the first quarter, while analysts were expecting an even larger number, which caused the shock caused by the loss of some of them.

The reason for the loss was in part the suspension of service in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

The group explained on April 19 that the suspension of its services in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine led to a net loss of 700,000 subscriptions. "Otherwise, we would have had 500,000 more subscriptions" compared to the previous quarter, she added.

The total number of subscriptions to the platform has reached 221.64 million.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - 6 workers were injured today, Saturday, while being pursued by the Israeli occupation forces, which led to their vehicle overturning in the Al-Majaz area of Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.

Local sources said that 6 workers were injured during the occupation's pursuit of their vehicle, which led to its overturning, and live bullets were fired at the workers, which led to the injury of one of them with bullets in the foot, and the injured workers were transferred to a hospital.

Kiev (Ukraine) - (AFP) - Kiev called on Sunday for a truce in Mariupopol on the occasion of the Orthodox Easter, which is celebrated by both Russia and Ukraine, at a time when battles are raging in the east and south of the country.

Kiev accused Moscow of "continuously" attacking the Azovstal steel plant in besieged Mariupol, and demanded special negotiations with Russia to release its stranded soldiers.

"Russia is constantly attacking the Azovstal (factory) in Mariupol. The place where our civilians and our army are located is being bombed heavily by air and artillery," Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces this week not to attack the factory but to besiege it, Podolyak said Russia was massing its forces in preparation for an "attack".

He said that "the Russian Federation should think about what is left of its reputation."

He called on Moscow to "declare a real truce on the occasion of Easter in Mariupol" and to establish "immediately a humanitarian corridor for civilians."

He also called on Moscow "to agree to a special round of negotiations so that we can transfer or exchange our military."

Ukraine reported a day earlier that Russian forces had "thwarted" an attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol.

Fighting erupted in other parts of the country on Sunday, blowing any hopes of a ceasefire for Easter.

The governor of the Donetsk region, Pavlo Kirilenko, said two girls, aged five and 14, were killed in a village in the east by Russian forces.

Pope Francis also called on Sunday for a truce in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter "to ease the suffering of weary people".

TEHRAN, (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has stopped a ship carrying 150,000 liters of smuggled fuel off the country's southeastern coast, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

And the agency quoted Muhammad Nozari, commander of the Imam Ali base of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard in the city of Chabahar, as saying that a number of Iranians and foreigners had been arrested.

He added that the ship was planning to deliver fuel to a neighboring country, without giving further details.

This is at least the third confiscation of its kind this month.
On April 15, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy announced that it had arrested a ship in the Gulf waters carrying 250,000 liters of smuggled fuel.
Iran's official IRNA news agency reported in early April that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy seized a foreign tanker carrying 220,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the Gulf and arrested its 11 crew.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Thursday, the Palestinian governorates are witnessing a series of demonstrations and vigils against US President Joe Biden's visit to the region, especially the occupied territories.

Political and popular forces called on citizens to gather, in various governorates, at separate times, and to raise the Palestinian flag during those vigils condemning the visit.

The Palestinian factions unanimously agreed that Biden's visit aims to serve the Israeli occupation and its interests in the region, and to try to swallow the wealth of Arab countries and peoples for the benefit of the occupation entity.

Tomorrow, Friday, Biden is scheduled to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, to discuss many issues.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - This evening, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a child, after storming the town of Silwad , north of Ramallah, and three young men from the Wadi Al-Rababa neighborhood in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, while they arrested a freed prisoner from the town of Al-Yamoun, west of Jenin. A military checkpoint.

According to press sources, the occupation forces raided a sports club in the town of Silwad, and arrested the child, Mustafa Ahmed Hamed (16 years old).

She added that the occupation forces arrested both: Khader Samreen, Medhat Zahda, and Adam Halis, while they were in Wadi Al-Rababa neighborhood street.

Director of the Prisoners' Club in Jenin, Muntaser Sammour, stated that the occupation forces arrested the released prisoner, Imad Hamdan Najeeb Samoudi (42 years), while he was passing through a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Silat al-Dhahr, south of Jenin.

In the same context, security sources said that the occupation forces stormed the villages of Zabuba and Al-Arqa, set up a military checkpoint at Al-Tarm junction, stopped and searched vehicles, and checked the cards of their passengers.

Haifa - "Jerusalem" dot com - A 33-year-old man from the West Bank was seriously injured today, as a result of being stabbed in the village of Kafr Qara, in the interior lands.

The Magen David Adom spokesman said, "The medical teams arrived at the Kafr Qara junction on Street 65, and transferred a seriously injured person to Hillel Yafa Hospital in Hadera, and his condition is unstable."

The Israeli police opened a file to investigate the circumstances of the crime.

According to the police, "a quarrel broke out between the injured and a young man from Kafr Qara, whose identity is known, due to a work dispute, as the suspect stabbed the victim and seriously injured him, after which he was transferred to the hospital for treatment, and the police are conducting investigations into the incident in addition to searching for the suspect." with it".

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رام الله – “القدس” دوت كوم – قال نادي الأسير اليوم الخميس، إن الأسير خالد مخامرة من يطا جنوب الخليل، علّق إضرابًا عن الطعام بدأه منتصف أيار الماضي، بعد اتفاق يقضي بإنهاء عزله.

وأوضح النادي أن قرار مخامرة تعليق إضابه يأتي بعد اتفاق يقضي بالاستجابة لمجموعة من مطالبه، علمًا أنه معتقل منذ 2016، ومحكوم بالسّجن 4 مؤبدات، و60 سنة، على خلفية تنفيذه عملية في تل أبيب، برفقة محمد مخامرة، وموسى زين.

Tunisia - (AFP) - At least 17 migrants have died in the sinking of four boats off the coast of central Tunisia, according to what Agence France-Presse learned Sunday from a judicial source, who said that 97 people had been rescued.

"The very dilapidated boats left the coast near Sfax on the night of April 22-23," Murad al-Turki, a spokesman for the city courts of Sfax, told AFP.

The spokesman added, "A woman was rushed to the hospital, but she died in the ambulance, and at least one infant was among the victims."

Al-Turki stated that the initial death toll was 17, many of whom were recovered from the sea, and he did not rule out finding other bodies in the coming days, because according to the testimonies of rescued migrants, "there were between 30 and 32 people in each boat."

A spokesman for the courts of Sfax said that the majority of these migrants hail from Ivory Coast, Mali, Somalia and Nigeria, and expressed his fear that other boats would leave in the coming days "because of the improvement in weather conditions."

Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa arrive in Tunisia with the intention of crossing to Europe across the Mediterranean, often in rickety boats.

Italy is one of the main entry points into Europe for migrants from North Africa, who arrive mainly from Tunisia and Libya, from which the number of departures increased significantly in 2021.

15,671 immigrants, including 584 women, were able to reach Italian soil from the Tunisian coast in 2021, compared to 12,883, including 353 women, in 2020, according to figures from the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights.

In total, more than 123,000 migrants arrived in Italy in 2021, compared to about 95,000 in the previous year, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

About 2,000 migrants went missing or drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in the same year, compared to 1,401 in 2020, according to the International Organization for Migration.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Palestinian Bar Association announced a comprehensive strike tomorrow, Wednesday, before all courts of all types and degrees and before all public and private institutions.

In a statement today, Tuesday, the Bar Association called on all of its members to engage and participate in all mass activities announced by the national forces.

The Syndicate confirmed the suspension of comprehensive work before all courts of all types and degrees, regular, military and administrative, settlement courts and the Supreme Court, on Wednesday and Thursday, including civil, administrative and military prosecutions, official departments, enforcement departments and notaries without any exceptions, except for procedures related to legal periods.

And she said in a statement, "The central sit-in will be inside the Ramallah First Instance and Reconciliation Court, tomorrow, Wednesday, from 1:00 p.m., with overnight stay there."

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Palestinian Prisoners Club said today, Thursday, that the Israeli occupation is detaining 13 Palestinian journalists in its prisons, the last of whom was the journalist Amer Abdel Halim Abu Arafa from Hebron, who was arrested on the nineteenth of this July.

In a statement, the club stated that the occupation escalated the pursuit and targeting of Palestinian journalists through a number of systematic abusive tools, most notably arrests. The confrontation in May 2022, the month in which the journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh was martyred by the occupation bullets in Jenin camp.

By arresting journalists, the occupation authorities aim at undermining their role in exposing and exposing their crimes, and restricting freedom of opinion and expression. This broad concept expanded the scope of targeting, especially with the development of tools that enabled the journalist to use it, especially social media, and the emergence of activists alongside journalists who worked to expose its violations.

The Captive Club pointed out that the reality of the occupation imposed over the past decades on the Palestinian journalist to engage in struggle in all its forms and tools as a legitimate right to self-determination and resistance to the occupation, and his struggle is no longer limited to his journalistic work.

Among the journalists are three administrative detainees: Bushra Al-Taweel, Omar Abu Al-Rub, and Ragai Hamad.

Among the most prominent journalists sentenced to high sentences in the prisons of the occupation, who were able, over the years of their detention, to produce poetry and literature and contributed knowledge in various fields, despite their deprivation of performing their profession:

The prisoner Mahmoud Issa, who is sentenced to three life terms and (46) years in prison; The prisoner Basem Khandakji, who is sentenced to three life terms, the prisoner Ahmed Al-Saifi, who is sentenced to (17) years, the prisoner Munther Mufleh, who is sentenced to (30) years, and the prisoner Haitham Jaber, who is sentenced to (28) years.

The occupation also continued to harass them, confiscate their knowledge production, and pursue them. Not only that, but many of them were subjected to a policy of solitary confinement.

The Captive Club renewed its call for international human rights organizations to intervene seriously to put an end to the occupation's ongoing violations against journalists, including systematic arrests, and to guarantee their right to exercise freedom of opinion and expression.