Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - An Israeli court decided, on Wednesday, to postpone the trial of the prisoner , Khalil Awawda from Hebron, until tomorrow, Thursday.

The court had accused Awadeh, based on a file from the Israeli Military Prosecution, of bringing a phone into the Ramla clinic prison.

Awadeh was supposed to be released on the second of this month, based on an agreement that included stopping his hunger strike, which lasted for months, but the occupation manipulated the agreement.

London, (AFP) - The unemployment rate witnessed a new decline in Britain , reaching 3.5 percent over the three months to the end of August, after it recorded 3.6 percent a month ago, and it remains at its lowest level in 50 years, according to National Bureau of Statistics.

But the decline in unemployment reflects the increase in the number of Britons who have left the labor market since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, a phenomenon that has not yet been put to an end in the United Kingdom, unlike the European Union or the United States, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The number of people who are not working due to chronic diseases has reached unprecedented levels, according to the office, while the numbers on waiting lists have increased in the public health system, knowing that the national health system has been underfunded for years.

Faced with inflation of around 10 percent in August, real wages, that is, which takes into account price increases, fell by 2.9 percent, excluding bonuses, during this period.

The number of job vacancies decreased slightly to 1.2 million, after reaching record levels for months in the country, reflecting significant recruitment difficulties.

"Countries all over the world are facing economic challenges, but the statistics out now remind us that the fundamentals of the British economy are still resilient," British Finance Minister Kwasi Quarting said in a statement.

"Although there are initial signs that the labor market" is improving after difficult conditions in recent months, "the labor shortage makes it exceptionally volatile," warned Ruth Gregory, an analyst at Capital Economics.

(AFP) - The horror movie "Smile", with a deceptive title, topped the North American box office for the second week, raking in nearly $17.6 million, according to the specialized "Experience Relationships" company.

Susie Bacon, daughter of actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, plays a therapist who begins to experience unrest after she witnesses a horrific event involving one of her patients.

Sony's new live-action animated musical comedy "Lil' Lyle Crocodile" ranked second with $11.5 million.

Analyst David A. Gross described this result as a "weak start" despite the good reviews of the film, which cast their voices on its characters, including Javier Bardem, Shawn Mendes and Constance Wu.

And in third place, another new work is the comedy thriller "Amsterdam", which got 6.5 million dollars. The film received poor reviews, despite what Gross described as "an impressive array of talent in front of and behind the camera."

This movie, directed by David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook," "American Hustle"), featuring the likes of Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Chris Rock, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Rami Malek, and Robert De Niro. His story revolves around the mysterious murder of an American senator.
In fourth place, down one place from last week, was the movie "The Woman King", which is inspired by historical events. The work generated revenues of $5.3 million. In this work, Viola Davis plays the leader of an army of African warriors.
Fifth place went to Warner Brothers' "Don't Worry Darling" with $3.5 million.

Kiev ( Ukraine ) (AFP) - The Ukrainian Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Tuesday that 78 bodies of civilians had been found buried in two towns recently recaptured by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk, in the east of the country.

The Public Prosecution's statement indicated that "many graves were found in the liberated cities of Svyatogersk and Liman," pointing out that 34 bodies were found buried in Svyatogorsk and 44 in Liman.

The Public Prosecution confirmed that some of the bodies found in Svyatogersk bore traces of "violent death", and the charred remains of two people were found in a car.

In Liman, about 110 graves were found, of which 44 bodies were immediately exhumed, including the body of "a one-year-old child and his entire family."

Ukraine accuses the Russian forces of committing many violations, as it discovers, after the withdrawal of these forces, the graves of civilians who were killed or victims of torture and extrajudicial executions.

Russia denies the accusations.

LOS ANGELES (Xinhua) -- A US federal health official has warned that the number of monkeypox cases in the country will continue to rise until at least August.

As of Friday, a total of 1,814 confirmed cases of the virus had been reported in the country, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The data showed that New York ranked first in terms of the number of cases, with 489 cases, followed by California, with 266 cases, and then Illinois, with 174 cases.

"Now that we're watching cases closely, I'd like you all to understand that we can expect an increase in cases in the coming weeks" as testing advances and it becomes easier for states to report new cases to the Biden administration, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Friday.

"We know that symptoms of monkeypox usually begin within three weeks of exposure to the virus," Walensky said.

So we expect to see an increase in cases throughout July through August."

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - The American website "Al-Monitor" publishes a report entitled "There is no rest in Gaza, even for the dead". It indicated at its outset that the repeated Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip during the past years led to the destruction of thousands of housing units and killings. Thousands of Gazans.

In light of this, the site says: “The densely populated Gaza Strip is in dire need of new areas to rebuild homes and cemeteries, but the authorities are struggling to accommodate both the living and the dead.

The report noted that the 365-square-kilometer (227-square-mile) Gaza Strip, home to more than two million people, is suffering under deteriorating economic conditions, poor infrastructure, and overcrowding, with no hope for an improvement in the political situation.

And in an interview with the citizen Ahmed Al-Yazji, who lives in the central Gaza Strip: “My father died in the war on Gaza in May 2021, and all members of our family were buried in the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in the center of Gaza City, but in 2021 that cemetery became full, so we could not My father is buried there. We were asked to find another place to bury him near the border, very far from where we live. How are we supposed to visit our father's grave? In the end, we were forced to bury him in the Fallujah cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip."

Al-Yazji added, “There are a lot of vacant government lands in the Gaza Strip, which the government must turn into cemeteries. Burying our dead is a sacred matter for us as Muslims, so the government needs to provide suitable cemeteries for their dead, and they must be close so that families can visit their dead.” Easily. But instead, the government gives the land in central Gaza to its employees."

Al-Jazeera previously published a report on the pressures faced by cemeteries in the besieged Gaza Strip, where even the dead cannot rest in peace. The report notes that last February, the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs in Gaza closed 24 cemeteries that reached their capacity, noting that it faces a dilemma in finding lands for graves due to the population increase.

In turn, a citizen named Mazen al-Najjar said in an interview with the site: "We are facing a big problem in providing lands for new cemeteries inside the Gaza Strip, amid repeated wars, population growth, and urban sprawl." He added, "We have 64 cemeteries in Gaza, including family and public cemeteries, and we closed 24 of them after they reached their capacity. We have plans to build new cemeteries to compensate for those that have been closed, but to find the land and complete the project we need about four years and a huge budget. No The Ministry of Awqaf can do this on its own. Other bodies including the Ministry of Local Government and Municipalities and the Palestinian Land Authority are all responsible for finding land and providing budgets."

Al-Najjar said: “Repeated wars have increased the demand for new housing and re-housing of the homeless, and the construction of cemeteries is no longer a priority. However, the government is required to provide housing for the dead as well as the living. A development plan should be put in place to allocate land for cemeteries and provide security staff. Today, there are only 30 guards guarding 64 graves, which has led to many violations and abuses by grave robbers."

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the Ministry of Education held a meeting of the General Examinations Committee; To discuss and approve the results of the general secondary school certificate exam for the year 2022 for prisoners in the occupation detention centers, based on what was stated in the agreement of understanding between the Ministry and the Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs.

The measures taken by the Ministry were reviewed with the Authority, as the positive response was made with the utmost flexibility and high responsibility. In a way that enhances the steadfastness of the detainees and gives them the right to learn and take the exam wherever possible or available; Where he succeeded in the exam (406) of the prisoners.

At the end of the meeting, the Ministry and the Commission paid tribute and appreciation to our brave prisoners behind bars, and congratulated them and their families on this achievement, despite the many obstacles imposed by the occupation with the aim of depriving them of education and living in freedom and dignity.

The Ministry of Education also indicated that the results of the prisoners can be viewed through its website: (www.moe.pna.ps), as well as through the website of the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs (www.Cda.gov.ps), and the score lists will be distributed tomorrow, Monday, in Education directorates.

Baghdad - (dpa) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al -Kazemi said today, Thursday, that we are going to the summit conference in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and we are focusing on the water and climate change file, and partnership on the issue of energy and electrical interconnection, as well as economic partnerships and joint investments.

Al-Kazemi added, during his meeting with a number of journalists and media professionals, that all the files contain "good for the Iraqi people, and great support for investment projects in Iraq. Cooperation in the fields of economy, energy, and the challenges produced by the Corona pandemic, the food security crisis, as well as climate variables will also be discussed."

Al-Kazemi said that any other conversations about the goals of the summit "are an attempt to confuse, and have no validity at all, and it is an attempt to distance Iraq from the prominent role it plays in the region, and for this government to carry out its tasks in serving the people, and bringing investments and support for the benefit of Iraq."

And the Iraqi Prime Minister renewed, "Iraq's position on the Palestinian issue, and that it is firm and clear, and we are not within any axis or alliance in the region, and Iraq maintains its balanced policy with its neighbors and surroundings, based on its national and humanitarian principles."

He said, "This government came in a difficult economic situation and we passed it, and economic indicators from the World Bank confirm that Iraq succeeded in a very short time in crossing this crisis, and we presented a vision for economic reform represented by the white paper."

He explained, "Iraq today is one of the countries most affected by climate change, and we need the help of others, and for this we have taken a decision to cooperate with our brothers and friends in overcoming these challenges."

It is expected that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, will leave Baghdad tomorrow to participate in the Saudi conference, in the presence of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iraq, Egypt, and Jordan, in addition to the United States of America, at the official invitation of the Saudi leadership.

Tehran - (dpa) - Naval units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard detained a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf today, Sunday, on charges of smuggling fuel, for the second time that such a measure was taken in two weeks.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Bushehr province, southern Iran, said that the ship was illegally transporting more than 200,000 liters of oil.

Iran's Fars news agency reported that the ship's eight crew members had been temporarily detained.

It was not clear at first which flag the oil tanker was flying.

Two weeks ago, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' naval units in the neighboring province of Hormozgan seized a foreign oil tanker on charges of smuggling more than 220,000 liters of fuel, and temporarily detained its 11-member crew as well.

No details of their whereabouts have been announced yet.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ahmed Al-Masharawi - Abdul Salam Haniyeh , Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, announced the launch of the third phase of infrastructure development projects in sports facilities, as part of the support programs provided by the Council to the Strip, which aims to rehabilitate the eastern facade of the Palestine Stadium. And its restoration, as well as the northern facade, and the wedding hall in the services clubs of Deir Al-Balah, Khan Yunis, and the Palestinian Al-Ahly Club. The development projects also included the hall of a group club in Rafah.

Haniyeh praised the clubs that implemented the summer camps 2022, and thanked the efforts of the Supreme Committee for the Camps, which oversaw the success of the work and the provision of all needs, explaining that this stage will be allocated to youth organizations and specialized camps. This came during the council’s celebration of the conclusion of the second phase of the camps, which targeted 3,000 children. And implemented by clubs in the governorates of Gaza.

Children from the camps participated in the parade line at the Palestine Sports Stadium in the ceremony, which included competitions, poetry, gymnastics, circus, and folk arts, amid the interaction of children.

In addition, Haniyeh inaugurated the Al-Jawad Equestrian Club camp on the seashore, while he participated in the conclusion of the Dolphin Club camp dedicated to swimming for children on the autism spectrum, which was held over the past week in the Friendship Club swimming pool. Haniyeh praised the distinction of the camp and the interaction of children, indicating that the second stage One of the camps will complete the image of excellence launched by the Supreme Council.

Today, Thursday, the Israeli Ministry of Health announced that it had recorded 8,252 cases of coronavirus during the last day, after conducting 30,148 laboratory tests.

According to the ministry, 399 patients are in serious condition, including 79 on ventilators.

She noted that 11,101 Israelis have died since the virus began spreading years ago.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli police announced today, Monday, that they arrested a young Jerusalemite for allegedly tearing up the Israeli flag and throwing it on the ground.

According to a statement by the Israeli police, the young man works in the restoration of a school in Jerusalem and uploaded a video clip on the Internet as he lowered the flag, tore it and threw it on the ground inside the educational institution.

It indicated that the detainee is 19 years old, and he is from East Jerusalem, and he was transferred for interrogation.

Gaza - by Al-Quds Sports Correspondent and Ahmed Al-Masharawi - The Palestinian Athletics Federation, in cooperation with the Relief and Employment Agency and the sports committees in UNRWA schools, launched the second phase of the eye-scanning for the competencies of young people and the category of buds who are good at athletics or sports, on the track of the historic Yarmouk stadium. With the participation of experts in athletics, representatives of the federation and teachers of physical education in the Agency's schools.

Abdullah Al-Masharawi, an observer from the Agency's schools, said that this important stage includes 120 players representing 7 educational areas, including 16 primary and preparatory schools in the Gaza Strip.

He explained that the organizers will organize central tournaments on the sixth of this month at the Yarmouk stadium, which are long and short distance races of up to 2000 meters, 1000 meters, 600 meters, 300 meters, 80 meters, and wheel push and long jump competitions.

For his part, Majed Abu Marahel, representative of the Athletics Association, said that the championships come to reveal the best competencies of players in all competitions, in order to prepare them locally to participate in foreign championships.

Beach technician

This, and the Business Administration Council of the Beach Services Club chose a new technical staff to lead the team during the upcoming winter transfer period, and the staff is headed by technical director Imad Hashem, the former coach of the national team for the beaches, as a replacement for the resigned Jihad Abdel Raouf Al-Soudi, who led the team in the first round, the first round to Fifth place in the first division with 18 points, and the Council hopes to lead the beach in preparation for the return to the Premier League.

sail union

Khaldoun Abu Salim, President of the Palestinian Sailing and Rowing Federation, Executive Director of the Saudi Kayak Federation, Mamdouh Al-Barragh, met at the federation’s headquarters in Riyadh, where they discussed means of cooperation between the federations and the development of kayak sport in Palestine. This sport and the importance of coordination with the President of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, to raise the Arab sport of sailing and kayak, to achieve the principle of true competition internationally.

On the other hand, Abu Salim visited the Saudi Olympic headquarters, and met with the Secretary-General of the Rowing Federation, Youssef Al-Julaidan, at the federation’s headquarters, and it was agreed on the first phase, which provides for providing training courses for the Palestinian Federation in the field of beach and Olympic rowing, and benefiting from the existing Saudi expertise in this field to develop Rowing sport in Palestine. At the end of the meeting, Youssef presented the shield of the Saudi Federation to Abu Salim.

Development of sports facilities

The Supreme Council for Youth and Sports started yesterday, Thursday, to develop 3 new sports facilities at a financial value of 25,000 shekels. The facilities include stadiums and sports halls that were approved by the Supreme Council within the third phase of infrastructure development projects for sports facilities in the Gaza Strip. Engineer Ahmed Al-Zinati, Director of the Projects and Institutional Performance Development Department at the Council, said that the projects are vital and serve a large and wide sector of athletes, namely: Al-Mamoura Stadium in Al-Maghazi camp, which was bombed by the Israeli occupation, and the expansion of the wedding hall in Khadamat Al-Bureij Club in the center of the Gaza Strip, and maintenance of the roof of the club hall. The Palestinian National Authority in Gaza.

He stated that the projects will be funded according to the instructions of the Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Abdul Salam Haniyeh, within the approved development programs.

Late Muhanna Boxing Championship

At the end of its agenda for the current year 2022, the Palestinian Boxing Federation is organizing the classification sector championship for the game for the categories of men, youth and juniors, the course of the late Ibrahim Muhanna, one of the founders of the game and the Palestinian stars of the game, next Sunday, the fourth of December, in the halls of the University College of Applied Sciences, where the invitation cards were distributed Legal personalities, sports and game stars in the eighties and nineties, parents and relatives of the players to attend the match. In this regard, the Balance and Referee Committee conducted the weight procedures for each player, to determine their participation according to each category, and the players were distributed to duels according to their weights in a lottery manner.

The expert in the game and the former president of the federation, Ali Abdel Shafi, said that these tournaments reveal the preparations of the players and their preparations for this important tournament, which reveals new faces from the junior and youth categories.

The Qatari ambassador attends the second round of the World Cup

The Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza called on the masses to increase participation in the decisive second round of the World Cup hosted by the Qatari capital, Doha, through the places it allocated in Gaza and the West Bank, especially that it will be decisive and will determine the qualifier from one of the two sides of the match. Participation of the Qatari Ambassador, Mohammed Al-Emadi, and his deputy, Khaled Al-Hardan.

The Brazilian Ambassador to the Palestinian Territories, Alessandro Warly Candias, participated in attending his team's last match against Switzerland in the World Cup while he was in the Brazil neighborhood in the Rafah governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. He urged after saying: This participation is an expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially that the Brazilian people He is very close to the Palestinian people, and he expressed his happiness at visiting the neighborhood, and said: I express my happiness as the ambassador of Brazil in Palestine to see this friendship between Brazil and Palestine.

The hurray in the athlete

This, and the Gaza Sports Club with the players Tariq Al-Hour and Hassan Judeh coming from Al-Zawaida Club, in preparation for the upcoming Premier League second leg as part of its efforts to escape from the bottleneck to the warm safety zone, where it occupies the eleventh place - penultimate.

دلهي – “القدس” دوت كوم – انتشرت على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي مقاطع مروعة تظهر نفوق 18 فيلا بريا على الأقل قيل إنها قُتلت بسبب تعرضها لضربة برق في الهند.

ووفقا للمغردين، فإن الفيلة لاقت مصرعها في إحدى غابات منطقة ناجوان بولاية آسام الشمالية.

ويعمل الخبراء على التحقق من حيثيات نفوق الفيلة، في ظل عدم وجود علامات مرئية تشير إلى السبب الدقيق لما ألم بهم.

ويظهر الفيديو الفيلة ملقاة على الأرض بين الأشجار دون حراك، وبدت علامات غير مألوفة على عيني إحداها، كما لو كانت آثار بكاء.

وبدت بعض الفيلة صغيرة الحجم نوعا ما، ما يشير إلى صغر سنها.

ونقلت صحيفة “ديلي ميل” عن السلطات المحلية قولها إنها عثرت على جثث لأربعة من الفيلة ملقاة في مكان منفصل عن الموقع الذي عثرت فيه على الـ14 فيلا المتبقية.

Translated by Al-Quds.com - Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said last night that the Palestinians do not want to solve anything, they only want to get rid of Israel.

During an interview with the American podcast Peter Robinson, in an interview broadcast last night, Netanyahu called for thinking outside the box in order to solve the Palestinian problem.

He said: "Everyone says that it is not possible to reach the Arab world unless the Palestinian problem is resolved first, but we did that and concluded historic peace agreements with our Arab neighbours."

He added, "It is inconceivable that the historic peace agreements that we concluded with the Gulf states took place without the tacit consent of Saudi Arabia," considering that this creates a basis for hope that the Kingdom will join these agreements.

And he indicated that his goals in the new government are to continue obstructing Iran's work, expanding the circle of peace and concluding other historic agreements, especially with Saudi Arabia.

Netanyahu praised his former ally Donald Trump, who said he was the most friendly president in the United States to Israel, especially since he recognized Jerusalem as its capital, moved the embassy to it and recognized its sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

Kahramanmaraş - (AFP) - A violent 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck large areas of Turkey and parts of Syria on February 6, killing more than 50,000 people in the two countries.

The World Health Organization said it was the "worst natural disaster" in the European region in a century.

A month after the disaster, Turkey faces the daunting task of rebuilding devastated cities where tens of thousands of people are buried, and many survivors live in tents or containers.

Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said Saturday that the death toll from the earthquake has risen to 45,968, in addition to 4,267 Syrian refugees who fled the civil war in their country. Thousands more have died in Syria.

The earthquake struck 11 Turkish provinces at 04:17 local time, while residents were sleeping in houses not built to withstand strong tremors.

Turkish officials said that 214,000 buildings collapsed after the quake, many of them in Hatay and Kahramanmaraş.

Teams of workers are still clearing rubble in the quake-stricken cities.

About 14 million people, or one-sixth of the country's population, were affected by the disaster.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said 3.3 million people had so far been forced to leave the quake zone. More than 1.4 million people are currently staying in tents and about 46,000 in containers, while the rest have settled in dormitories and guesthouses, according to official figures.

There was growing frustration with the government's handling of the disaster. But Erdogan blamed the harsh winter weather, which covered main roads with ice and snow, damaged a number of roads and stopped operating airports.

In some provinces, including Adiyaman, anger against the government remains high. Survivors told AFP they were left to rescue loved ones trapped under the rubble with their bare hands as there were no rescue teams, soldiers or police for days after the quake.

Some of the survivors recounted that they witnessed the death of their relatives because they were unable to pull them out from under the rubble due to the lack of equipment needed to excavate between the concrete blocks.

Erdogan acknowledged his "shortcomings" and apologized to residents after criticism of his government's handling of the disaster.

"It is not possible for us to be prepared for a similar disaster," he said during a visit to the quake zone.

Media and opposition politicians blamed government institutions, including the disaster management agency, for their slow response.

Likewise, the Red Crescent Society and its president, Karim Qanq, have been criticized for selling tents to earthquake survivors instead of donating them.
So far, no government official has claimed responsibility for the response, and no one has resigned.

Building developers and contractors were blamed for using poor quality materials or not respecting standards, which led to the collapse of a large number of buildings.

The authorities detained more than 200 people, including construction contractors, as part of a wider investigation. Turkish media showed some of the contractors being held at Istanbul airport as they tried to flee the country.

Turkey, which is suffering from severe inflation and a depreciation of the currency, must absorb the economic damage of the earthquake, which the World Bank estimated at more than $34 billion.

This amount is equivalent to four percent of the country's gross domestic product for the year 2021, and does not include the cost of reconstruction, which may reach "twice" the amount, as indicated by the World Bank.

With elections scheduled for May approaching, Erdogan has pledged to provide new housing for the millions of affected people within a year.
The Turkish president relied on the construction sector in the country during his two decades of rule, boasting of a modernization campaign that built roads, bridges and tunnels.

According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, post-earthquake reconstruction efforts may produce economic gains.
"Increasing production from reconstruction activities may largely offset the negative impact of the disruption of economic activity," the bank said.

Erdogan said this week that the legislative and presidential elections will be held as scheduled on May 14, despite the earthquake.
Last month, the president declared a three-month state of emergency in the quake zone, prompting speculation that the elections might be postponed. It remains unclear how the displaced will be able to cast their ballots.

And it seems that these elections will be the most sensitive for Erdogan, who has been in power, first as prime minister and then as president, since 2003.

The earthquake delayed the opposition coalition's announcement of a candidate, which is expected to happen on Monday. The most likely candidate is Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the opposition Republican People's Party.
But his candidacy was strongly opposed by the leader of the Nationalist Party in the coalition.

Paris Saint-Germain continued its strong performances this season, with a wide victory over its guest Montpellier (5-2), yesterday evening, Saturday, in the second round of the French League.

The PSG quartet, Faiallo Sacco, “accidentally” and Neymar Jr. scored “two goals”, Kylian Mbappe and Renato Sanchez in the 39th, 43rd, 51st, 69th and 85th minutes.

While Wahbi Khazri and Chatto scored the visitors' goals in the 58th and 92nd minutes, the Parisians scored for the first time under the leadership of the new coach, Christophe Galtier.

With this victory, Saint-Germain raised its score to 6 points, while its guest's balance was frozen at 3 points.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli Geological Survey announced today, Wednesday, that a slight earthquake struck the Upper Galilee in northern occupied Palestine .

According to the Hebrew Ynet website, the earthquake measured 3.1 on the Richter scale, and was felt by the residents of those areas, such as Hatzur Haglilit, Rosh Yabna, Safed, and others.

It took place 9 kilometers northwest of Hatzor Haglilit.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - On Friday morning, the Israeli occupation forces arrested the young man, Nasouh Abu Saada, from Nablus.

According to local sources, Abu Saada was arrested from his family's home when the occupation forces stormed it in the old Askar camp, east of Nablus.

During their incursion into the area, the occupation forces were shot at.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Monetary Authority , in cooperation with CARE International, organized an awareness workshop in Nablus Governorate, on access to financing sources, with the participation of about thirty women and youth entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs from the governorates of Nablus and Jenin, in the presence of representatives of some Banks operating in Palestine.

In his welcoming speech, Mr. Iyad Zitawi, Director of the Financial Stability Department at the Monetary Authority, said that the workshop comes within the framework of a series of meetings aimed at exploring financing options, developing and supporting projects, especially small ones, and enabling entrepreneurial women and youth to access financing provided through banks and specialized lending institutions. Which contributes to the development and sustainability of these projects and the creation of additional job opportunities, thus stimulating and developing the Palestinian economy.

He referred to the efforts of the Monetary Authority in promoting financial inclusion and supporting entrepreneurs, most notably the Financial Inclusion Account, e-wallet services, Manshati platform, Sustainability Fund, and the Regulatory Lab, in addition to the approval of many legislations and instructions that will contribute to creating an environment supportive of creativity and facilitating business and financial services.

In another welcoming speech, Mrs. Buthaina Mazyad, Gender Coordinator at CARE International, touched on the Doroob project implemented by CARE, with the aim of promoting the empowerment and economic prosperity of women and youth (female and male) with limited and medium incomes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

She added that CARE and its partners seek to achieve the goals of the Abder project by working to improve the regulatory and enabling environment for entrepreneurship, and working to address barriers and obstacles that prevent the economic empowerment of women and young men and women, by supporting economic empowerment institutions, service providers, and actors from the public and private sectors. To provide better services to male and female entrepreneurs, taking into account gender differences, and reducing the obstacles they face. Meanwhile, CARE and its partners are building capacity and employment opportunities for women and youth to successfully start, run, and grow sustainable businesses.

Mr. Muhannad Salous, Head of the Financial Inclusion Department, gave a presentation on the Monetary Authority's efforts to enhance financial inclusion in Palestine and to deliver banking services to all segments of society, most notably electronic payment services and its modern technological means to complete financial transactions.

Mr. Mahmoud Barhoum, who is in charge of supervising the Sustainability Department, gave an explanation about the Sustainability Fund, which is supervised by the Monetary Authority, and its financing programs, which includes a program dedicated to providing financing for small, very small and micro projects owned by women, youth and marginalized groups, and the mechanism for obtaining financing for projects. through the fund.

During the workshop, working groups were held with the participation of entrepreneurs, the Monetary Authority and banks, and a discussion took place between the participants, speakers and representatives of banks, about the mechanisms, conditions and guarantees that must be available to obtain financing through the micro-projects program of the Sustainability Fund. The attendees’ inquiries were answered and solutions were provided to them to facilitate their access. to funding sources.

It is worth noting that this workshop is part of a series of awareness workshops, implemented by the Palestinian Monetary Authority in cooperation with international institutions and civil society institutions, with the aim of enhancing women's access to financial inclusion services and their benefit from gender-sensitive financial and banking services.

Paris - (AFP) - Is Russia "more isolated than ever"? Two months after the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden's assertion seems a distant hope, with part of the international community still reluctant to condemn Moscow.

"There is a very clear isolation of Russia from the Western bloc, especially because of the successive series of sanctions that have complicated trade and financial exchanges," Sylvie Mattelli, deputy director of the Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), confirms.

"However, the situation is completely different with regard to Russia's isolation on the international scene, with a number of countries adhering to extreme caution and refusing to bow to Western pressure," the French researcher adds.

The Russian military offensive, which began on February 24, sparked immediate condemnation from the Europeans and Americans, who promised Moscow to isolate it and impose "unprecedented" sanctions on it.

In the following weeks, NATO and European Union airspace were closed to Russian aircraft, and the United States banned oil and gas imports from Russia. At the same time, Russian banks were excluded from the international payment system SWIFT.

However, the picture is different outside the Western bloc. On March 2, at the United Nations General Assembly, India and South Africa, in particular, abstained from voting on a draft resolution calling for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine.

In Latin America, Brazil and Mexico refuse to participate in the sanctions.
"There is a growing number of countries that want to assert their independence despite their desire for closer cooperation with the West and their need for Western support," Chris Landsberg, professor of international relations at the University of Johannesburg, told Washington Post columns.

For his part, former Chilean ambassador to India and South Africa Jorge Heine said, "Condemning the invasion of Ukraine is one thing, waging an economic war against Russia is another, and many countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia are not ready to take this step." He added that those countries "do not want to be pushed to take a position that contradicts their interests."

This is the case of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which have so far avoided taking a stand against Russia.

India also adhered to the same position, considering that "the war imposed an unwelcome choice between the West and Russia, a choice that it avoids at all costs," explains Shivshankar Menon, advisor to former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

In an article published in early April titled "Wishes of a Free World: Are Democracies Really United Against Russia?", Menon asserts that "the United States is an essential and indispensable partner in the context of India's modernization, but Russia remains an important partner for geopolitical and military reasons."

On the ground, the Western powers are sparing no effort to increase pressure on Moscow.

The pressure has reached UNESCO, as some forty countries have called in recent months to move the venue for the Heritage Committee's meeting, which is scheduled to be held in Russia in June.

Finally, a compromise was reached with the announcement of postponing the annual meeting to an unspecified date, and this may mean that Russia can host the meeting once the military offensive ends.

The same pressures were brought to bear on the G20, but Indonesia, which it chairs, refused to exclude Russia from it in the name of neutrality.
The absence of short-term effects of Western economic sanctions on the ongoing conflict also does not help convince wavering states.

"Yes, the sanctions are harsh, but they do not deter (Russian President Vladimir) Putin from extending his siege of Mariupol... or bombing other cities," said Judy Dempsey, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment in Europe.

"If the goal was to pressure Putin into withdrawing from Ukraine, it clearly didn't work," Sylvie Mattelli adds.

It will take a few more months to gauge the impact of the sanctions on the Russian economy in the medium and long term.

"The situation of the Russian economy will be more clear in June and July," Alexey Vedev, a financial analyst at the Russian Gaidar Institute, said, noting that "the economy is still operating on the basis of its reserves."

"These reserves are shrinking, but as long as they are still there, the sanctions will not be fully felt," he added.

Tunisia - "Al Quds" dot com - The military team player, Mohamed Ghazzawi, won today, Sunday, the bronze medal in the Arab Taekwondo Championship.

This is the second medal for Palestine after Al-Asadi's bronze yesterday.

Ghazzawi participated in the 68-kg weight competition, and won the first fight against an Omani player, but lost in the semi-finals to a player from Algeria, to settle for the bronze medal.

(Xinhua) - Afghan police have rescued a kidnapped child in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province and arrested a suspected kidnapper, Jumauddin Khaksari, spokesman for the provincial police, said Sunday.

The spokesman told reporters that, following searches, the three-year-old boy was rescued from the kidnappers yesterday evening (Saturday) and handed over to his family by the police.

The spokesman added that the police also arrested a man involved in the kidnapping of the child.

In a similar operation, the police freed a child from the grip of the kidnappers in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Balkh province, a few days ago.

Criminal gangs often try to kidnap children from well-to-do families for ransom in the war-torn and impoverished country of Afghanistan.

SHANGHAI -- (Xinhua) -- A Chinese scientific investigation team on Sunday released updated data on the height of China's tallest tree, which was 83.4 meters, according to the Shanghai Zhenshan Botanical Garden.

The record-height tree, whose scientific name is Abies ernestii var. salouenensis, is located in a mountain valley in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The area that includes the tree, with an average elevation of 2,800 meters above sea level, enjoys heavy rains, a mild climate, and moderate sunshine.

The tree was first found during a scientific investigation conducted by the Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in May this year. The researchers discovered a number of giant trees with a height of more than 75 meters in that forest, including the tree "Abies ernestii var. salouenensis", whose height was initially determined to be 83.2 meters, by a drone.

A team from the Institute of Botany, Shanghai Zhenshan Botanical Garden and other institutes measured the tree's height again last August and confirmed that it is 83.4 meters high.

The researchers also measured the diameter of the tree at chest level, and said it was 207 cm, which led them to conclude that it is about 380 years old.

Gaza- Ahmed Al-Masharawi: The Palestinian Al-Ahly Club qualified for the ranks of the Premier League clubs in the Premier League with the adults, by defeating the Islamic Complex, 1-0, at the Yarmouk Municipal Stadium, in the opening of the 21st week’s meetings in the second leg in the first division of the General League for the football season 2022/2023 It was scored by the star, Muhammad Shabeer, in the 43rd minute.

Thus, the Palestinian Al-Ahly raised its tally to 45 points in the lead, while the Islamic Academy remained, with 22 points, in ninth place. The referee of the meeting: Fayez Omran for the square, and Ahmed Shabeer, Marwan Khattab, and Hani Mesmah assisted him fourth.

Beach services - Al-Aqsa

Services of the beach continued its pursuit of the Palestinian Al-Ahly, by defeating Al-Aqsa Club with a score of 2-1, at the Martyr Muhammad Stadium. The captain of the team, Suleiman Al-Obaid, scored for Al-Shati with two goals in the 6 minutes, 90 + 4, and for Al-Aqsa Alaa Al-Bayouk in the 63rd minute. With this, the services of the beach raised its tally to 43 points in second place, and Al-Aqsa remained in the 11th place, penultimate and close to relegation to the second division, with a score of 18 points, accompanied by Al-Jalaa Club.

The referee of the meeting: Mahmoud Abu Mustafa for the square, and Muhammad Al-Ghoul helped him, Nader Abu Hajres, and Khaled Abu Al-Khair fourth.

Namaa - Beit Hanoun

The third competitor, the Namaa Association, was satisfied with a positive result with its neighbor Beit Hanoun Al-Ahly 4-4 at the Beit Hanoun Municipal Stadium. The match was exciting and strong. The quartet of Beit Hanoun scored Nimr Al-Masry in the 11th minute, Muhammad Abu Musa in the 27th minute, Youssef Musleh in the 69th minute, and Ahmed Ajour, in the 77th minute, Namaa Hamza Salameh scored (two penalties in the 45 + 4 minutes, and 83), Abdullah Abu Shamala in the 75th minute, and Abdullah Al Majayda in the 84th minute. With this, Namaa raised its score to 42 points in third place, and Beit Hanoun Al-Ahly to 35 points in fourth place.

The referee of the meeting: Muhammad Abu Shahla for the arena, and Khaled Badir helped him, Mahmoud Al-Sawaf, and Alaa Abu Taha fourth.

Hope - my family Nuseirat

Al-Amal defeated Al-Nuseirat, with a score of 5-3, at the Khan Yunis Municipal Stadium. Tamer Makram scored for Al-Amal in the 13th minute, with a header, 26, Ahmed Al-Akhras in the 17th minute, Adnan Al-Farra in the 78th minute, and Kamal Al-Nadayat in the 82nd minute, scored for Al-Nuseirat. Iyad Al-Nabris in the 33rd minute with a header, and Muhammad Abu Toha in the 61st minute, (a penalty kick in the 90th + 2 minute). Thus, Al-Amal raised its score to 26 points in the seventh place, and the Nuseirat family remained in the tenth place with 22 points.

The referee of the meeting: Hazem Al-Soufi for the arena, and he was assisted by Muhammad Al-Zaanin, Ahmed Zomlot, and Mahmoud Jargon fourth.

Beit Lahiya - Bureij services

Beit Lahia and Khadamat Al-Bureij tied, with a score of 2-2, at Beit Lahia Stadium. Fadl Abu Riyala scored 37 minutes for Beit Lahia, Ahmed Odeh scored in the 64th minute, Baha Al-Daalsa scored for Al-Bureij in the 41st minute, and Ahmed Al-Kurnaz scored in the 89th minute.

Thus, Beit Lahia raised its tally to 28 points in sixth place, and Al-Bureij services to 24 points in eighth place. The referee of the meeting: Muhammad Al-Hassani for the square, and Muhammad Al-Sududi and Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Khalil helped him, Hassan Salah fourth.

Saturday matches

Today, Saturday’s meetings in the Premier League are led by the Rafah Youth and Rafah Services match at the municipal stadium in Rafah, and the Al-Shuja’ia Union will meet the Palestinian Crescent, at the Yarmouk Municipal Stadium, and Al-Zawaida Youth and the Beit Hanoun Union, at the Martyr Muhammad Stadium, and a final match will take place in the 21st week in the first division between Al-Jalaa Khan Yunis services at the Palestine International Stadium.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Due to the difficult conditions that Palestine is going through during these days, especially in Jerusalem, Nablus, Jenin and other governorates of the homeland, Augusta Victoria Hospital - Al-Mutala announced the cancellation of the three charity concerts that were planned to support the hospital's mobile clinic. Al-Mutala', and promoting awareness efforts to encourage Palestinian women on the importance of conducting check-ups to ensure their safety from breast cancer.

The insider expressed his gratitude to his partners; The Trio Joubran Ensemble, Jafra Artistic Production and Bank of Palestine for their charitable efforts with him, pointing out that all those who purchased the tickets can return them and get their value from the same place they bought them from. They can also donate the value of the tickets they have purchased to the mobile clinic if they wish. The value of these tickets and their proceeds would go to support awareness efforts and free private check-ups for women, and encourage them to get tested for early detection of this disease.

Paris - (AFP) - The French began casting their votes on Sunday to elect their next president and test, as in 2017, between outgoing President Emmanuel Macron and his nationalist rival, Marine Le Pen, in a ballot whose results will be decisive for the country's future.
The participation rate in the second round of the French presidential elections reached 26.41 percent as of mid-Sunday, almost two points lower than the same time in the second round of the presidential race in 2017 (28.23 percent), according to what the Ministry of the Interior announced.
Also, this figure represents a decrease compared to the second round of the presidential elections of 2012 (30.66%) and 2007 (34.11%) and is close to the percentage recorded in 2002 (26.19%) when she faced the far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen. and Jacques Chirac (right). On the other hand, the participation rate increased slightly compared to the first session two weeks ago (25.48%).
The polling stations, to which the 48.7 million French voters were invited, opened at 6:00 GMT, and closed at 17:00 and 18:00 GMT in the main cities.
The French have a historic choice. They will have to renew the outgoing president, which has never happened, except for a period of coexistence with the government of another political side, since the selection of the head of state began by direct universal suffrage in 1962.
The other option is the election of the first woman and the first leader of the far-right to sit in the Elysee, which will resonate beyond France's borders, similar to Britain's exit from the European Union and the election of Donald Trump in the United States in 2016.
The re-election of Macron, 44, would represent continuity, though the president pledged to put the environment at the heart of his work.
As for the arrival of Le Pen, 53, at the head of a nuclear power with a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, it will be an earthquake in terms of its magnitude, especially in the context of a war at the gates of Europe.
In front of a school in Rennes (west), Bernard Mougier, a 76-year-old retiree, said that he had voted "to avoid civil war," adding, "We must not make a mistake in choosing a person," expressing his "concern" about the outcome of this election.
As for the retired Pierre Charolais, 67, he believes that "there is a special situation" in the context of the war in Ukraine and the French presidency of the European Union. "Between bad and worse, the right choice must be made," he added.
And the latest opinion polls revealed that Macron will win the second round, which constitutes a second version of the one that took place in 2017, by a lesser margin than the one he recorded five years ago when he received 66 percent of the vote compared to 33.9 for his rival, to become the youngest president of the republic at the age of 39 years. .
The two candidates' platforms clash and offer radically different visions of Europe, the economy, purchasing power, relations with Russia, pensions, immigration, the environment...
With the aim of confronting his rival, Emmanuel Macron, who advanced in the first round (27.85%) by more than four points, reactivated the "Republican Front" in order to block the far right, as it seems that it lost its strength compared to 2017 and 2002 when Jacques Chirac overtook Jean- Marie Le Pen, Marine's father, won the second round of the presidential election.
In her third attempt, the National Assembly candidate focused on another front, "everyone except Macron."
In a wealthy area of Dijon (east), Morgan Moishe, 30, said upon leaving the polling station, "Vote for exclusion."
On the other side of town, in a more modest district where radical left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon topped in the first round on April 10, Charlie Grouleau, 41, said his vote went to "an imperfect candidate," adding, "But I voted with conviction. I could not see myself not participating in the elections."
Between the two sessions, the two candidates sought to win over the voters of Jean-Luc Melenchon.
But many of his "France in Rebel" supporters may be tempted to avoid the polls.
Voters will be called to the polls again on June 12 and 19 to participate in the legislative elections, where the new president will seek to obtain the necessary majority to rule.

Yinchuan (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Tuesday reported a case of bubonic plague in the regional capital of Yinchuan, according to the regional epidemic prevention and control headquarters.

The patient had returned to Yinchuan from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, according to sources with the headquarters.

Ningxia launched the fourth-level emergency response for epidemic prevention and control as of 11 p.m. Tuesday, calling for efforts to fully treat the patient and implement comprehensive prevention and control measures.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced the registration of 6,954 deaths from the Corona virus, from 10 to 17 July, in occupied Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

According to the ministry, in its weekly epidemiological report, 1,950 injuries were recorded in Jerusalem, 3,140 in the West Bank, and 1,864 in the Gaza Strip.

She indicated that the new recovery cases amounted to 1,700 in Jerusalem, 2,860 in the West Bank, and 88 in Gaza.

She indicated that the only death was from the West Bank.

And it showed that the cases that are treated in hospitals: 40 | Intensive Care: 8| Respirators: 3 | Number of examinations: 10,786 (excluding the city of Jerusalem).

Ramallah - "Al-Quds" .com In the framework of its continuous efforts to enhance the security of customer data, Palestine Islamic Bank obtained, for the third year in a row, the Payment Card Data Security Standards "PCI-DSS" certificate.

The bank obtained the certificate issued by the International Payment Cards Security and Protection Council, after an examination and audit process that included all security policies, procedures and requirements applied in the field of dealing with payment cards, carried out by the "Sovereign Secure" company specialized in the field of information security through its local partner in Palestine company "SYSTACK".

The General Manager of the Palestine Islamic Bank, Dr. Imad Al-Saadi, the testimony was given by the representative of "SYSTACK" Rabea Barakat, at the headquarters of the Bank's General Administration in Ramallah, in the presence of the Assistant General Manager for Planning and Development, Asim Al-Masri, and a number of bank department managers and media representatives.

Al-Saadi said that the bank is proud of obtaining this certificate, for the third year in a row, which confirms its commitment to providing the best security standards to protect customer data and accounts and is in line with its constant efforts to lead in this field.

Al-Saadi added: “Obtaining this certificate is of high importance in the field of customer data security, as it is a prerequisite for dealing with the most prominent card service providers around the world, such as MasterCard and Visa, and its standards include monitoring networks and systems related to cards using advanced technologies.” And follow safe work procedures and policies in the field of dealing with them, and educate customers on how to maintain the confidentiality of their card data and develop sustainable programs to educate bank employees about the procedures that they must take to secure the bank from any risks that may threaten the security of customer data.

Al-Saadi indicated that, in parallel with the bank’s successive achievements in the field of digital transformation, it is keen to provide its services to customers with the highest levels of security, realizing the importance of this aspect in increasing the customer’s confidence in the bank and motivating them to turn towards the various digital services it provides, and to spare them the risks of any fraud they may fall victim to. .

It is noteworthy that the procedures that the bank followed to obtain this certificate included the fulfillment of many technical requirements such as building a secure network for devices that deal with cards so that they are separated from the rest of the networks within the institution, permanent monitoring of card payment systems, testing networks on a regular basis, and developing and updating all systems related to managing Security vulnerabilities and the protection of cardholders' data, in addition to implementing many requirements related to buildings, offices and facility security.

The message and vision of Palestine Islamic Bank revolves around providing qualitative and modern comprehensive banking solutions in accordance with the provisions of Islamic Sharia and investment with an advanced technological perspective. Online and Islamic Mobile, which offers a distinctive package of banking services through an easy and secure environment that enhances the digital experience for individual and corporate customers. The bank also recently won the award for the best bank that provides banking services and products compatible with Islamic law in Palestine for the year 2022 by the International Union of Arab Bankers and its magazine, The Banking Executive.