Tunisia - (AFP) - In her first feature film, "Under the Tree," Tunisian-French director Areej Seheiri gives space to "modern" rural women to create a small world in which they can freely express themselves despite the constraints of their conservative society.

For an hour and a half, some female fig pickers in a rural area in northwestern Tunisia share their secrets, their love stories, and their differences.

The feature film will be released in European cinemas soon, and it has been selected to represent Tunisia in the 2023 Oscars competition in the Best Foreign Film category.

Al-Suhairi, 40, said in an interview with Agence France-Presse that the field of fig trees adjacent to the village of Kesra "represents a space of freedom in which workers, especially young women, exchange conversations and discussions on all topics freely."

The actors, who are amateurs from this region and are accustomed to working in the agricultural field, tried to tell stories and excerpts from their harsh lives, which are somewhat similar to the hardness of a tree trunk, but at the same time are fragile and sensitive like the fruit of a ripe fig.

Al-Sehairi adds, "The film is inspired by real events told to me about female farm workers who work hard throughout the year, and also from high school girls who come in the summer" during vacation.

Actress Amani Al-Fudaili plays the role of the girl "Fidaa" in the film, and she originally works as a cherry picker during the summer holidays in her village.

The film revolves around a group of mainly young girls who, sometimes with the help of a boy, pick the ripe and fragile figs and then hand them over to older women to pack them carefully in boxes. And all this happens under the supervision of the chief of work, who represents a symbol of traditional patriarchal authority.

“Under the Tree” was produced with a modest budget of 300,000 euros, and it is “a film about the individual and the group because they are inseparable,” according to Al-Suhairi.

The artwork also touches on the concept of solidarity between women when they share lunch, as well as the desire for liberation, and this is clearly shown when they go for a walk with the boys by the river or when they make themselves up after a hard day of work, and take pictures and post them on social media.

"Our youth is as contemporary as in the rest of the world," says the director, adding that she is trying to "avoid stereotypes of rural women that are marketed abroad as introverted and miserable."

Fidaa and her co-workers are well aware of the difficult economic and political situation that Tunisia is going through, but they do not give up dreaming of a better future.

The director also shows women over the age of fifty, exhausted from the trouble of years, who spend the rest period to take a nap or talk about issues related to their physical pain and their brokenness.

The film presents this intersection between the two generations, "because working women may reflect a picture of the girls' future," according to Al-Suhairi.

The director granted the actors absolute freedom to improvise the dialogue while respecting the pillars of the script, which "made the director very happy", especially in terms of "the ease of expression among young people freely, simply, honestly and spontaneously."

Al-Sehiri did not think, when making this “different and special” film, that it would win awards, nor that it would represent Tunisia in the Oscars.

Her work won the “Silver Tanit” award at the “Carthage Film Festival” in 2022, after winning the “Bayer d’Or” award at the Francophone Film Festival in Namur (Belgium) and the “Echo Proud” committee award at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film is a joint production between Tunisia, France, Switzerland, Germany and Qatar, and it will start showing on Wednesday in France, and contracts have been signed for its distribution in Italy and the United Kingdom.

Al-Suhairi concludes, "I am very happy. A first film made by amateurs could not have been better than it was. This is amazing."

HAVANA (Xinhua) -- Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas said in recent days that the US embargo dealt a huge blow to the Cuban economy and society, considering it "the main obstacle for the Cuban people in their pursuit of prosperity."

Thousands of Cubans are affected every day by the embargo imposed by the United States on the island.

Yasil Rodriguez, a 32-year-old who works in a mobile phone repair shop in Havana, told Xinhua that due to the embargo, Cubans cannot access many software and applications developed in the United States.

"It's annoying," he said. "We are supposed to be able to access all websites and apps, but this is not possible due to US sanctions."

The US embargo on Cuba was first imposed in 1962, and former US President Donald Trump has tightened it with 243 other measures, including banning all US Airways flights from the US to Cuban cities except Havana and limiting remittances that Cuban Americans can make. Sent to their families who live on the island among others.

Giulis Vega, a resident of Havana who is visually impaired, said the ban negatively affects the living standards of people with disabilities.

"If the US embargo is lifted, Cuba will have access to technologies and medicines that contribute greatly to the well-being of people like me," he said.

Eduardo Rivas, president of the Cuban Society of Cardiology, said the US sanctions directly affect people suffering from cardiovascular diseases.

"The US blockade restricts the ability of the Cuban public health system to purchase defibrillators on the international market," he said.

Under the current US administration, airlines have resumed flights to Cuba out of Havana and restrictions on family remittances to Cuba have been lifted.

"These are positive measures, but if the US government really wants to help the Cuban people, they have to end the blockade," Havana resident Yaclin Santana said.

San Francisco - (AFP) - The Disney + streaming platform managed to attract 14.4 million new subscribers between March and June, bringing its total number of subscribers to 152 million and reassuring the market that was showing reassurance. She feared that the digital services sector had reached the point of saturation, at a time when the effects of its prosperity resulting from the closure conditions during the pandemic had ended, and in light of the increasing inflation that weighed on consumers.

Total subscribers for Disney's streaming platforms (Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ for sports) reached 221 million, ahead of industry veteran Netflix, which is declining. In its paid services to 220.67 million at the end of June.

The entertainment giant, whose share price increased by more than 6 percent on the stock exchange during electronic trading after the close, also revealed a new plan under which it provides the possibility to subscribe to “Disney +” services for a cheaper fee, but with ads, according to a statement also published Wednesday.

Overall, Disney's revenue rose 26 percent year-on-year to $21.5 billion in the third quarter of the deferred fiscal year, also exceeding analysts' expectations.
Disney's net profit rose by half in one year, reaching $1.4 billion.
As for the theme parks sector affiliated with “Disney” and its derivative products, it achieved revenues of $ 7.4 billion, an increase of 70 percent over the previous year, due to the resumption of urban activities after the negative impact of the pandemic on daily life decreased in all parts of the world.
Paul Verna of Insider Intelligence noted that "Disney's core businesses, including theme parks and movie theaters, are reviving but still face some hurdles, such as the uncharacteristically tepid response to Lightyear, its latest animated film." From "Pixar".
The results of the "Disney +" spread satisfaction among the financial market.
And the analyst believed that "investors will breathe a sigh of relief," explaining that the platform's numbers "will be considered an indication of the health of the market, especially after the poor results of the platforms + Netflix + and + Comcast +."
And “Disney +”, which was launched in late 2019 and achieved a very rapid rise in the streaming sector, attracts more than 45 percent of the users of this service in the United States, behind “YouTube”, “Netflix”, “Amazon” and “Hulu” subsidiary. The Disney Collection, according to Insider Intelligence figures.
Although the negative repercussions of the pandemic on the urban activities of the entertainment empire were very severe, “Disney +” was able to take off strongly, thanks in part to its huge lineup of films and series, and to its successful franchises.
But the group's huge investments have not yet paid off. During the past quarter, the three live broadcast platforms of the "Disney" group increased their net losses by $ 300 million to reach $ 1.1 billion.
"We remain confident that Disney + will reach profitability in 2024," said CFO Christine McCarthy in a telephone interview with analysts.
However, it lowered its expectations regarding a number of goals, including, for example, its estimate of between 215 and 245 million, the number of subscribers that Disney + will reach in 2024 (including "Hot Star", the Indian version of the platform), which is 15 million less than what was announced. Previously announced.
To achieve this, Disney+ will have to “decide whether to try to expand beyond family content,” said Jamie Lumley, analyst at Thirdbridge.
The head of the American group, Bob Chapek, hopes that new programs will contribute to gaining new subscribers during the current quarter, including a new series from “Marvel” Studios entitled “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”, the “Endor” series belonging to the world of “Star Wars”, And Disney's "Hocus Pocus 2".
During the phone interview, Chapek also announced a documentary series dealing with the popular South Korean K-pop group BTS.

Last quarter's results raised concerns about the growth of major entertainment platforms, from "Netflix" to "Facebook", through video games.

For example, Netvix lost about a million subscribers between March and June, after it had also lost a portion of its subscribers during the first quarter, for the first time in its history.

The veteran platform in the sector and its fierce competition are no longer satisfied with providing new content, but rather have begun to adopt different strategies to grow their subscriber base and enhance their profitability.

In this context, “Disney +” announced on Wednesday a new subscription plan with ads dedicated to the United States, at a price of eight dollars per month, which will be available starting in December. As for the subscription fee without ads, it will rise to 11 dollars, an increase of three dollars over the current allowance. Hulu prices will also go up.

As for “Netflix”, which announced in April its intention to provide a similar subscription formula after years of refusing this solution, it is also in the process of tightening the screws on sharing identifiers and passwords, a practice that allows many to access the content of the platform without paying.

JUBA - (Xinhua) - Turkish Airlines on Wednesday launched its first direct flight to South Sudan.

Taban Deng Gai, South Sudan Vice President for Infrastructure Group, said the Ankara-based airline will launch three weekly flights from Istanbul to South Sudan's capital, Juba.

Gai said during the launching ceremony of the line in Juba that the launch of direct flights will enhance close cooperation between the civil aviation sectors of the two countries.

He added that they hope to use this opportunity to attract Turkish companies to invest in various sectors of South Sudan's economy.

On his part, Bilal Aksi, CEO of Turkish Airlines said that traveling to Juba will help in strengthening the already close bilateral relations between Juba and Ankara.

"It is with great pleasure that I celebrate our first flight from Istanbul to Juba, which is our 62nd destination to Africa," Exey said.

ATHENS, (AFP) - A new body was found on Tuesday after two boats carrying migrants sank last week in Greece's Aegean Sea, the Greek coast guard said, bringing the death toll to at least 30.
According to a toll published on Saturday, the number of victims was 29.

The body of a woman was recovered on Tuesday off the island of Kithira, in the south of the Peloponnese peninsula, where a sailboat carrying 95 migrants ran aground on Wednesday night, while strong winds were blowing in this area.

Eighty people were saved in this sinking accident. One of them was arrested Saturday, suspected of being a smuggler.

Also, at least 18 people, most of them women, died in another drowning accident off the island of Lesbos, in the northeastern Aegean Sea, in the eastern Mediterranean, at dawn on Thursday.

The boat was carrying 40 Somalis, of whom only 10 were wearing life jackets, according to the Greek authorities.

In the first eight months of the year, the Coast Guard rescued 1,500 people, 600 more than last year.

Athens is often accused of forcibly returning migrants and refugees from neighboring Turkey, while Athens accuses Ankara of being responsible for the drowning incidents in the Aegean Sea separating the two countries.

Greek Immigration Minister Notis Mitarachi told the MED5 conference Saturday in Paphos (Cyprus) that "Turkey must be pressured at the EU level to prevent illegal flights sailing from Turkey, otherwise the loss of life will continue."

The five Mediterranean countries in the first lines to receive immigrants (Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Malta and Italy) participated in the conference.

Sanaa - (AFP) - A Saudi delegation visited the Yemeni capital, which is under the control of the Houthis, for talks on a prisoner exchange between the two sides involved in a fierce war for years, while a rebel delegation visited the kingdom for the same purpose, the two sides announced Thursday.

The mutual visit has been rare since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen, where the government, backed by a Saudi-led military coalition, has been fighting a war against the Iran-backed Houthis, who have controlled the capital and vast areas of the country since 2014.

The parties to the conflict often conduct prisoner exchanges, some of which included Saudi soldiers.

The head of the Houthi-affiliated National Committee for Prisoners' Affairs, Abdul Qadir Al-Murtada, said in a statement, "We received a Saudi technical delegation, and the aim of their visit is to see the conditions of their prisoners affiliated with them, who are with us, and also to match the names in reality, verify them and pave the way for an exchange process (.. .) In the near future".

"Yesterday, we bid farewell to a technical team from the National Committee for Prisoners' Affairs, which visited Saudi prisons to see the conditions of our prisoners who are with them, as well as to compare the names and match them with the reality inside the prisons, and to see the conditions of the prisoners and check on them," he added, according to the rebel news agency, Saba. .

For his part, the official spokesman for the coalition forces, Brigadier General Turki al-Maliki, said that "two delegations from the coalition and the Houthis exchanged visits to prisoners of both sides as a goodwill initiative, and as part of confidence-building efforts to extend the armistice in Yemen."

The armistice ended on the second of October, six months after it began, after the parties to the conflict failed to reach an agreement to extend it.

Al-Maliki added, as quoted by the government news agency "SPA", that this visit, "of a humanitarian nature, deals with the file of prisoners as a purely humanitarian situation, and it also comes as one of the gains of the armistice and the endeavor to extend it and expand its gains on the lives of Yemenis in terms of humanitarian, economic and living conditions, to start the political process, and reach peace." comprehensive in Yemen.

Footage from a video recording distributed by the Houthis showed the Saudi delegation exiting a United Nations plane at Sana'a airport and shaking hands with Houthi officials, then they went together to a number of prisons and met prisoners.

It is not known the number of Saudi prisoners in Sana'a.

The war caused the death of more than 377 thousand people, directly or indirectly, according to a United Nations report at the end of last year, meaning that they died either in bombing and fighting, or as a result of indirect repercussions such as hunger, disease, and lack of drinking water.

The country is now facing the risk of an escalation of violence after the collapse of the truce.

On Thursday, the United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, told the Security Council that "while I work with the parties to find solutions, I urge them to show the necessary leadership and flexibility to reach an agreement to extend and expand the truce."

In his video address to the UN Security Council, the Swedish diplomat welcomed, "The restraint shown by the two sides since the end of the armistice on October 2, fortunately, we have not witnessed any major military escalation."

CAIRO - (Xinhua) - The Egyptian Ministry of Transport announced today, Tuesday, the signing of a cooperation protocol with the Spanish company (Talgo) to localize the railway carriage industry in Egypt.

The ministry stated, in a statement on its official Facebook page, that Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir witnessed today the signing of a cooperation protocol to establish an Egyptian factory for the manufacture of railway passenger cars, between the National Authority for Egyptian Railways, the Spanish company Talgo and the Egyptian National Company. for the railway industry (NREK), to settle the railroad car industry in Egypt.

According to the statement, the protocol includes "manufacture of 500 various railway passenger cars with global Talgo technology as a first stage out of a total of 1,000 railway cars planned to be manufactured locally."

This protocol is the second in the field of localizing the mobile unit industry in Egypt, after the contract previously signed between the South Korean Hyundai Rotem and the Egyptian Nirc to localize the subway train industry in Egypt.

Transport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir considered that the signing of the protocol with the Spanish company is "an important step towards implementing the directives of the political leadership and the Egyptian government to localize heavy industries in Egypt, including the manufacture of mobile units according to the latest methods in line with international standards."

He added, "Cooperation with major international companies specialized in the localization of the mobile unit industry makes Egypt the first country to manufacture mobile units in the Middle East and Africa, and represents the first step in realizing the dream of Egypt being one of the major industrial countries in this field, and providing all the needs of huge national projects." implemented by the state in the field of subway projects and means of electric traction.

In conjunction with the signing of the protocol, the Egyptian Railways Authority and the Spanish company signed a contract to manufacture and supply 7 new luxury sleeper trains.

The contract includes the implementation of maintenance work for a period of 15 years and the supply of spare parts and equipment for trains.

The minister explained that the signing of this contract comes as a continuation of a series of "huge" deals being concluded for the comprehensive development of the railway facility.

He pointed out that this deal will contribute to supporting the current fleet of sleeper trains by rail, and will constitute a "major quantum leap" in providing a luxurious service worthy of the masses of Egyptian travelers and tourists.

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أكدت لجنة التحقيق الدولية المستقلة التابعة للامم المتحدة والمعنية بالارض الفلسطينية ، ان استمرار الاحتلال والتمييز ضد الفلسطينيين هما السببان الجذريان لكل التوترات وعدم الاستقرار في المنطقة، وقالت رئيسة هذه اللجنة السيدة بيلاي ان معظم التوصيات التي أقرتها لم يتم تنفيذها وتشمل هذه التوصيات الدولية ضمان المساءلة تجاه انتهاكات اسرائيل للقانون الدولي لحقوق الانسان، وهذا دليل قاطع على ان اسرائيل لا تنوي إنهاء الاحتلال بالاضافة الى التمييز المستمر وتكرار الانتهاكات ضد الشعب الفلسطيني سواء بالقدس والضفة او داخل اسرائيل نفسها.

وفي واشنطن اكد الناطق بإسم وزارة الخارجية نيد برايس التزام بلاده بحل الدولتين وتنفيذ كل القرارات الدولية والصادرة عن مجلس الامن، ولكنه لم يجد جوابا حين سؤاله عما فعلته الادارات الاميركية المختلفة لتحقيق هذا الحل الذي يعيد الاستقرار والتعايش ويزيل التوتر وإسالة الدماء في المنطقة ، وقال : للأسف لسنا على اعتاب حل الدولتين او مفاوضات مباشرة بين الاسرائيليين والفلسطينيين.

ورغم تقرير لجنة التحقيق الدولية ودعوة واشنطن الى حل الدولتين ، سيتم اليوم وعلى قمة جبل الطور المشرف على القدس عقد مؤتمر لتطبيق ما يسمونه السيادة على القدس والمستوطنات دعت اليه حركة متطرفة للغاية ، ومن المتوقع ان يحضره عدد من اعضاء الكنيست وحاخامات ورؤساء بلديات وبؤر استيطانية وشخصيات دينية وسياسية مختلفة وكبيرة ، كما اقام مستوطنون بؤرة استيطانية جديدة جنوب مدينة نابلس تشكل مقدمة لمصادرة نحو 2000 دونم من اراضي بلدتي اللبن الشرقية وسنجل.

باختصار فإن الاحتلال لن يردعه او يوقف ممارساته المدمرة لكل احتمالات السلام ، الا الاعمال الحقيقية والقوة المؤثرة وليس مجرد البيانات والانتقادات التي سمعناها كثيرا ولم يعد احد يهتم بها او بسماعها.

واذا كنا نطالب العالم بالقيام بأفعال حقيقية وميدانية فإن علينا اولا وقبل كل الجهات والدول ان نقف صفا واحدا ومتماسكا وقويا لكي يكون لنا التأثير المطلوب ولكي نقدم للعالم الدليل المطلوب لاجراءاته ، فالعالم حين يرى انقسامنا واختلاف مواقفنا وقياداتنا ، فإنه لن يهتم كثيرا باتخاذ الخطوات التي نطالبه بتنفيذها ويقول صراحة اتحدوا اولا وساعدوا انفسكم كي يساعدكم العالم ويهتم بقضاياكم..!!

Ballesteros - (AFP) - A field of corn was planted in Argentina in a way that highlights the face of football star Lionel Messi , who led his country to victory in the World Cup, in a new step honoring him after tattoos and murals representing him.

The agricultural engineer, Charlie Varicelli, who is behind this initiative, explained to AFP that Messi's face is becoming more prominent with the growth of maize in one of the fields of Ballesteros in the province of Cordoba (north).

He said, "The idea represents a tribute from the agricultural sector to Messi. We wanted to do this regardless of whether he would lead his country to win the World Cup or not, but he managed to achieve that," explaining that "the cultivation of corn in the shape of Messi's face began before the start of the World Cup, It follows from our faith in the player.”

Messi's face was created by sowing seeds at different densities with the help of a digital agricultural platform. "With the development of technology, the agricultural machinery has become aware of the amount of seeds that should be sown in different places," the engineer said.

Varricelli called on farmers, through the communication sites, to follow his example and honor Messi in the same way, while publishing the digital program that he used to benefit them.

He said, "25 fields were planted in the shape of Messi's face before, during and after the World Cup in five provinces. While the Argentine player's face appears clearly in some of them, it is not clear in a number of them, due to the date of planting the seeds or the extent of the region's exposure to drought."

"We are very happy with this honor and we are also happy with Argentina's victory. We sympathize with the team because it suffered before the victory, while the agricultural sector is suffering in turn," he said, referring to the drought that hits the central-eastern provinces of the country, including Cordoba, although weather forecasts indicate the possibility Rainfall in Ballesteros over the next few days.
Once the harvest is over in June and July, Messi's face will still be visible thanks to the large density of waste, and the drawing, in one form or another, will become permanently visible.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The American application "Snapchat" recently launched an update called "Snap map", which monitors the subscriber moment by moment through tracking technology, by showing the geographical location and showing the location to friends.

A map of a person's location

And the new feature enables others to know the name of the street in which the user is located and the house number, which makes technology experts concerned that the new update is a threat to both people and homes, according to the “Tech Times” website that specializes in technology.

While users see their friends' 24-hour location history and re-watch their Snapchat stories, a map appears with the person's location, videos and photos, according to the British newspaper "Daily Mail".

sexual assault

A report published by the British newspaper, to warn parents of “Snapchat” because of the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, after she went to a party in a suburb of the Australian city of Melbourne, which was targeted by a young man outside the city.

The results of the investigations showed that the organizers of the party used the “Snapchat” technology, and broadcast video clips from the party and photos of them, which enabled some strangers to follow what was happening, moment by moment, and track one of them.

The Daily Mail also mentioned that this feature enables strangers or friends to randomly access what people post on the Snapchat photo and messaging app by clicking on parts of the map.

Source: Al Arabiya Channel

Seoul (AFP) - About a dozen North Korean warplanes flew close to the border with South Korea Thursday, prompting Seoul to send fighter jets, Yonhap news agency said.

This came amid escalating military tensions on the peninsula following a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang. This is the second time that North Korean warplanes have flown out in a week.

بقلم: محمد النوباني

لا شك بأن إنتصار المرشح اليساري وصديق الشعب الفلسطيني لولا دي سيلفا في الجولة الثانية من انتخابات الرئاسة البرازيلية هو إنتصار كبير لكادحي البرازيل وأمريكا اللاتينية ولأحرار العالم.
وهو في المقابل خسارة فادحة للطغمة المالية البرازيلية ولكل عملاء وحلفاء أليانكي في القارة وثانياً لأنظمة البلدان الإمبريالية في الغرب المتوحش وفي مقدمتها الامبريالية الامريكية التي تقاتل بإستماتة من خلال عميلها ووكيلها النازي الجديد في آوكرانيا فلاديمير زيلينسكي من أجل منع تشكل عالم جديد متعدد الاقطاب، وثالثاً للكيان الإسرائيلي الذي سيخسر برحيل الرئيس البرازيلية السابق المتصهين بولسينارو، الذي دخلت زوجته إلى أحد صناديق الاقتراع يوم أمس للادلاء بصوتها في الانتخابات الرئاسية، وهي ترتدي قميصاَ موشحا بالعلم الإسرائيلي ، حليفاً وصديقا قوياً.
ناهيك عن أن هذا الإنتصار سيشكل إضافة نوعية لأنظمة الحكم اليسارية في أمريكا اللاتينية وفي مقدمتها كوبا وفنزويلا، وتشيلي ونيكاراغوا من ناحية ولروسيا والصين ولدول مجموعة البريكيس ولكل ألمناضلين من أجل إنهاء هيمنة وتسلط أمريكا على العالم .
وعود على بدء فإن خروج دولة شاسعة الارجاء بحجم البرازيل تبلغ مساحتها ٨ ملايين كم٢ ويزيد عدد سكانها عن ٢٠٠ مليون نسمة وغنية جداً بالموارد الطبيعية من بيت الطاعة الامريكي هو بل شك ضربة قوية للهيمنة الامريكية على العالم.
ولكن واهم من يعتقد بأن القوى التي تضررت من فوز دي سيلفا في داخل البرازيل وعلى المستويين القاري والعالمي ستسلم بهذا الانتصار وتترك دي سيلفا وشأنه ينفذ إصلاحاته لمصلحة الفقراء الذين إنحدر من صلبهم.
فتلك القوى المعادية للتقدم ستلقي بكل ثقلها من أجل إسقاط الرئيس الجديد.
وستلجأ في سبيل تحقيق ذلك إلى أساليب ديماغوجية شتى مثل فرية تزييف الانتخابات وغيرها من التهم التي تلجأ اليها عادة القوى الرجعية التي تخسر في عمليات الانتخاب الديموقراطية التي تنظمها هي نفسها وتعتبرها ديموقراطية إن هي فازت بها وغير ديموقراطية بل ومزيفة إن خسرتها.
ولذلك فإن الخبراء في شؤون البرازيل وأمريكا اللاتينية لا يستبعدون أن يلجأ الرئيس الشعبوي السابق الخاسر بولسينارو من خلال انصاره إلى تنظيم إحتجاجات شعبية في محاولة لإسقاط دي سيلفا بذرائع واهية كالإدعاء بأنه جرى تزييف نتائج الانتخابات لإبعده عن الحكم.
ولذلك فإنه سيكون مطلوباً من الرئيس المنتخب مواجهتهم بكل حزم وقوة لأن الأهم ليس الوصول إلى السلطة بل الإحتفاظ بها والدفاع عنها.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said today, Tuesday, that it looks very seriously at the exploitation and exploitation of elections and partisan competition in the Israeli arena to steal and confiscate more Palestinian land with the aim of expanding and deepening settlements and building more random outposts.

In a statement, the ministry warned, again, of the consequences of the preparations and preparations made by many extremist settlement associations and organizations supported by right-wing and extreme right-wing parties in the occupying state to start implementing their plans in the midst of the elections to build dozens of random settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, especially the so-called association. Nahala, which boasts that one of its main goals is to deepen settlement in the Palestinian land.

The Ministry strongly condemned the occupation state's approval of the detailed plan for building 114 new settlement units on an area estimated at 150 dunums to expand one of the random outposts east of Ramallah, and considers it an official Israeli policy aimed at linking the settlements to each other and turning them into one huge settlement bloc linked to the Israeli depth, as a field translation of operations Creeping gradual annexation of the occupied West Bank and the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over it.

The Foreign Ministry held the Israeli government and its various arms fully and directly responsible for the implementation of these plans, especially since these terrorist settlement associations and organizations carry out their activities and attacks in broad daylight and profess their goals on the hearing and sight of the Israeli government and its various arms, if not with its support, supervision and financing, and in light of the provision of immunity and protection for its elements. Those who practice the worst forms of aggression and racism against the Palestinian citizens and their land.

And she called on the international community to move quickly and pay attention to what these associations intend to implement on the ground and warn of its repercussions and dangers on the entire conflict arena. The permanent evasion of the occupying state from accountability and its coexistence with the ceiling of the low international reactions, and the failure to implement the relevant international legitimacy resolutions, especially Resolution No. 2334, encourages the occupying state and its settlement associations to persist in stealing more of the occupied Palestinian land and perpetuating the occupation and the apartheid apartheid regime in occupied Palestine .

غزة – “القدس” دوت كوم – اعتبرت دائرة القدس في حركة حماس، اليوم الخميس، ما يحدث في المدينة من اعتداءات على أحياء البستان والشيخ جراح وغيرها، ومحاولة تهجير سكانها وهدم المنازل والمحال، بمثابة محرقة تستهدف الهوية الفلسطينية.

وقالت حماس في بيان لها، إن الاحتلال يحاول تهويد المدينة لتحقيق عدة أهداف منها إكمال تنفيذ صفقة القرن وإعادة ترسيم حدود المدينة المقدسة بعد تهويدها والسيطرة الكاملة على الأحياء العربية فيها.

ودعت أهالي حي البستان ومختلف الأحياء المقدسية إلى الصمود والثبات في منازلهم ومواجهة ومقاومة هدم منازلهم. وطالبت المقاومة الفلسطينية والغرفة المشتركة بضرورة تفعيل معادلة “القدس غزة” وعدم السماح للمحتل أن يقدم على الاعتداء على القدس وأهلها، داعية المقدسيين وأهالي الداخل والضفة إلى مقاومة المحتلين وإحباط مخططاتهم بكل وسائل المقاومة المتاحة.

كما طالبت، حماس، السلطة الفلسطينية بممارسة دورها الوطني بالدفاع عن مواطنيها ومساكنهم، والوقوف ضد اعتداءات الاحتلال بإطلاق يد المقاومة الشعبية والعسكرية لكبح جماح المحتل.

ودعت حماس، العرب والمسلمين بأن يخرجوا عن صمتهم وأن يفعلوا دورهم وأداء الواجب المنوط بهم لنصرة القدس وأهلها، ودعم صمودهم وثباتهم في أرضهم. وطالبت كل أحرار العالم والمؤسسات الدولية، ومؤسسات حقوق الانسان ومحكمة الجنايات الدولية ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة ومؤسساتها الخاصة والبرلمانات العربية والإسلامية بالضغط على حكومة الاحتلال لوقف كافة أشكال العنصرية التي تنتهجها.

Gaza - exclusive to "Al-Quds" dot com - An informed Palestinian source said, this evening, Wednesday, that the efforts of the mediators to try to prevent any escalation from the Gaza Strip are still continuing, but they may remain stagnant without any progress in light of the Israeli occupation's refusal to submit to the conditions Palestinian resistance.

According to the source who spoke to Al-Quds.com, the Islamic Jihad Movement presented some conditions to the Egyptian side and other mediators, including allowing the family of Sheikh Bassam Al-Saadi, the leader of the movement, to check on him, and stopping the Israeli military operations in the West Bank, especially Jenin, which are mainly the cause of tension. The current security forces, in addition to the commitment to end the suffering of the hunger-striking prisoner Khalil Awawda, who faces death at any moment, with the continued refusal of the occupation to release him with the end of his current administrative detention, which was renewed for him a few days ago.

According to the source, the occupation has so far been procrastinating and has not given any clear answers, and it seems that it refuses to comply with these requests, or at least part of them, especially with regard to stopping its military operations in the West Bank, especially Jenin.

The source pointed out that the contacts of mediators, especially the Egyptian side, are continuing, pointing out that the Islamic Jihad Movement has expressed its desire not to escalate, while emphasizing its right to respond to the crimes of the occupation.

Palestinian sources confirmed this morning to Al-Quds.com that the efforts of the mediators have begun to bear fruit, and that they have begun to succeed in preventing a possible escalation that could explode at any moment.

The sources said at the time that intensive contacts took place since yesterday evening and throughout last night, between mediators from the Egyptian intelligence and Qatar, and even with the intervention of parties in the United Nations, in an attempt to prevent the Gaza Strip from being dragged into an intolerable escalation at the present time.

The sources indicated at the time that the Islamic Jihad Movement responded to the calls after ignoring a number of them from the moment of Saadi's arrest until Tuesday afternoon.

In this context, the occupation army continues to be on high alert along the borders of the Gaza Strip, fearing reprisals by the Islamic Jihad movement.

After a security assessment conducted this evening, the occupation army decided to continue the state of alert and continue to close the roads and streets near the border, and to prevent movement in them, which increased the complaints of the settlers who live in those areas, and they sharply criticized their army.

The occupation army set up fortified rooms, and placed barriers of containers and others to prevent any movement within the settlements adjacent to the borders of the Strip from being monitored.

And the Presidential Committee for Coordinating the Entry of Goods into Gaza announced that the occupation had informed it of its intention to continue closing the Kerem Shalom crossing, the only commercial crossing for the Gaza Strip, tomorrow, Thursday, which incurs heavy losses for merchants in Gaza, as it continues to be closed for the third day in a row.

This applies to the continued closure of the Beit Hanoun "Erez" checkpoint, which is designated for the movement of individuals, which means depriving more than 14,000 workers from entering the Green Line areas to work, in a clear policy of "collective punishment" against the people of the Strip.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation authorities extended, on Monday, the detention of the captive Aseel Al-Titi (23 years), from Balata camp in Nablus , until next Thursday.

According to the Captive Club, her mother, Khitam al-Titi, and her son (Islam's brother) Mahmoud, were released.

The occupation authorities had arrested the girl, Aseel Al-Titi, her mother, and her brother on October 2, 2022, during her visit to her brother, Sabaa Al-Titi, in "Raymond" prison.

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- The Shenzhou-15 astronauts aboard China's Tiangong orbital space station have completed their second spacewalk, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

In Junlong and Zhang Lu, along with Deng Qingming, who worked inside the station to support his two crewmates, collaborated to accomplish all assigned tasks. Fei Wuchang was then safely returned to the Wentian Laboratory Unit.

The three-man crew has been in orbit for the past three months since they entered the space station cluster on November 30, 2022.

They have completed several tasks, including two extra-vehicular activities, continuous maintenance of the inhabited environment, assembly and testing of science experiment rooms for Wentian and Mengtian laboratories, and deployment of the EV payload.

Ramallah - exclusive to Al-Quds.com - The Palestinian Bar Association confirmed today, Wednesday, that it is in the process of approving a decision to transfer to the register of non-practicing lawyers collectively, during a meeting that will be held at the end of this month, which paralyzes the justice sector.

This decision comes in conjunction with the continuation of union activities that reject the enforcement of decisions by laws amending procedural laws and the implementation law, as protest activities have been continuing for about ten days by the Bar Association.

The Secretary of the Bar Council, Daoud Darawi, told Al-Quds.com that the Bar Association decided to voluntarily move to the register of non-practicing lawyers, and we put the approval of this decision on the agenda of the Bar Council meeting on the thirty-first of this month, which means transferring Lawyers to refrain from practicing the legal profession, a step taken for the first time and precedent on the international and Arab levels.

Darawi stressed that this step comes as a form of civil disobedience against the recent unconstitutional decisions, and court sessions become without lawyers, and trials cannot take place, which constitutes a collapse and paralysis of the justice sector, and we hope that we will not reach this step, and that the decisions will be canceled by law. We cancel this meeting.

Darawi pointed out that a practicing lawyer who pays fees has the right to request a transfer to a non-practicing lawyer's record for any special circumstance, and he is prohibited from practicing the legal profession, but for the matter to be done collectively, this is a precedent and for the first time.

Today, Wednesday, the lawyers carried out a sit-in in front of the Ramallah First Instance and Reconciliation Court, as well as suspending the full working hours, today, and tomorrow, Thursday, as a continuation of the group of protest activities that began as of the third of this month, as part of activities according to Darawi, whose goal is for citizens to reach a fair trial. and the right of access to normal litigation.

Darawi pointed out that the Supreme Judicial Council closed the courts of the beginning and the reconciliation of Ramallah and Nablus and brought in security reinforcements, but the sit-in took place without any friction with the security, then the security withdrew after that.

On the other hand, Darawi stressed that while the protest activities of lawyers continue, the door to dialogue is still open and has not been closed.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - An Israeli military court sentenced the prisoner, Fadi Saleh Qadas, to 8 years in prison, from the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

According to the Prisoners' Information Office, the ruling includes deportation to Europe after serving the sentence.

The Israeli Public Prosecution filed an indictment last April against the prisoner, Qadas (an electrician), claiming that he was behind many attacks over a period of 15 years.

Nablus - "Al-Quds" dot com - Today, Sunday, the National Action Factions in the Nablus governorate condemned the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip for the third day in a row, which has resulted in the death of 31 martyrs, including 6 children and 4 women, and 265 injured, except for one. Extensive damage to homes and property.

This came during a stand in support of our people in the Gaza Strip at the Martyrs' Roundabout in the center of Nablus, at the invitation of the Factional Coordination Committee, and the official and popular events in the governorate.

Ghassan Douglas said in the factional coordination speech, "What the Gaza Strip is exposed to is targeting all Palestinians, which requires all of us to unite in order to confront this brutal occupation and its aggression on land and people."

He added, "National unity is a main demand, and ending the division is an urgent necessity, which has become only serving the occupation and its interests."

Douglas pointed out that the Palestinian leadership headed by President Mahmoud Abbas is leading the ranks in ending the suffering of our people in the Gaza Strip.

He called for more vigils and marches condemning this aggression, which left dozens of martyrs, hundreds of wounded, destroyed many homes, and displaced their people.

(AFP) - The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) announced Thursday the names of the nominees for the "Best" award for the year 2022, led by Argentine Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi and his French colleague Kylian Mbappe, a few weeks after the match that brought them together in the Qatar World Cup final. foot.
The chances of the little "flea", who led the "Albiceleste" team to the world title for the first time since 1986 and the third in its history after a charming performance, seem high to win the prize, whose winner will be announced on February 27. He is also likely to add to his record an eighth Ballon d'Or awarded to the best player in the world.
On the other hand, Mbappe almost wrote his name in the history of round ball by becoming the second player to win the World Cup twice in a row after the late Brazilian legend Pele, after his hat-trick in the final, but he failed to avoid losing the “Roosters” team to Argentina by penalty kicks 2-4 after they tied 3. 3- In the original and additional times.
Also on the list were two players defending the colors of the French capital club, the Brazilian Neymar and the Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi.
Another French player, the Spanish Real Madrid star, Karim Benzema, was also chosen as the winner of the Golden Ball award for the best player in the world in its latest version, as well as the Polish Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona striker, who won the “Best” award from FIFA in the last two years.
The list also included three players from Manchester City, the Argentine Julian Alvares, the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne and the Norwegian Erling Haaland, in addition to the Croatian Real Madrid duo Luka Modric and the Brazilian Vinicius Junior, the Egyptian Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, the Bayern Munich striker, Senegalese Sadio Mane and the Borussia midfielder. Dortmund German Englishman Jude Bellingham.
Among the women, the presence of the star Alexia Potias appeared in the list of candidates for the award, despite her absence from the stadiums in the last six months due to injury.
The Barcelona and Spain player won the award last year and was also crowned with the Golden Ball award.
The list also included the English attacker Beth Meade, who ranked second in the Golden Ball award, and two players from the English team that won the European Cup at home, Leah Williamson and Kira Walsh.
Awards are also given to the best men's and women's coach, the best goalkeeper and the Puskas Award for the best goal of 2022.
A public and open vote will be held until February 3, after which it will determine who will qualify for the final stage in each category.
The winner is voted on by a jury made up of coaches and captains of national teams as well as journalists and fans.

Stockholm - (dpa) - The sharp decline in commercial transactions by Swedish real estate companies is the latest evidence of the demise of the sector's golden age, which saw rising real estate values and cheap financing.

The Bloomberg news agency quoted data collected by Pangea Roberti Partners that the volume of commercial transactions in the real estate sector in the largest economy in the Nordic countries fell by more than 60% last month, to reach 10 billion kroner (one billion dollars), after recording a record level. in 2021

Pangea's head of research, Mikael Soderlund, says the lower level of activity that began in March appears to continue into this month.

Soderlund said in an interview that while there were some big deals in the pipeline, "there is uncertainty now about what levels the prices should be in certain sectors".

The downturn could have a significant impact on the growth trajectory of Sweden's publicly traded real estate companies, which account for the largest weighting in the OMX Stockholm index, after industrial, banking and investment firms, and accounted for about half of total corporate bond sales in Sweden last year.

San Francisco, (AFP) - The Meta group (Facebook and Instagram) on Tuesday unveiled a new virtual reality helmet specifically designed for professional use, a year after changing its name and announcing its desire to build a parallel world of Metaverse.

The $1,500 Meta Quest Pro helmet features several advanced technologies aimed at improving users' sense of being with other people.

It is assumed that the new helmet allows not only the possibility of viewing virtual worlds, but also the actual surroundings of the user, thanks to high-resolution cameras installed on it and directed to where the user is looking.

The helmet includes cameras directed at the user, aiming to reflect his facial expressions on his avatar in the virtual world, during a meeting he holds with his colleagues, for example.

During the "Connect" electronic conference organized to address the company's developments in terms of technologies and services for virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality, the founder and president of "Meta" Mark Zuckerberg said, "If the user smiles or frowns (...) his avatar is supposed to be able to reflect this expression."

"The number of apps (available on Quest) generating more than $5 million in revenue has doubled since last year," said Andrew Bosworth, chief technology officer of the US group.

The company also announced new partnerships, most notably with Microsoft, with the aim of making its platforms in the world of Metaverse more widely used.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - A worker was injured, this Friday morning, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces shooting at him at one of the openings near the Tarqumiya crossing, west of Hebron .

According to local sources, the worker sustained moderate to minor injuries while trying to cross the security barrier to reach his workplace.

In the context of the Israeli attacks, settlers cut down dozens of olive trees in the plain of the village of Turmusaya, north of Ramallah .

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - 3 prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons continue their open hunger strike to demand their release.

Khalil Awadeh strikes in refusal of his administrative detention, as the occupation refuses to this day to respond to his demand for his release, despite a decision to freeze his detention issued yesterday, Friday.

Awawdeh, 40, from the town of Ithna, Hebron district, entered his 161st day of strike. He had been on strike for 111 days, suspended his strike for only a week, and returned to the strike after the prison administration refused to find a solution to his case and renewed his administrative detention for a period of 4 months, which is the renewal. his second.

The two detained brothers, Ahmed and Adal Hussein Musa, from the town of Al-Khader / Bethlehem, have continued their hunger strike for 15 days, starting from the date of their arrest on August 7, 2022, in rejection of their administrative detention, as they are in the cells of “Ofer” prison. The occupation issued an order against Ahmed. Administrative detention for four months, and for Adal for a period of 3.

The Captive Club stated that the 44-year-old detainee, Ahmed, is a former prisoner, and in 2019 he carried out a hunger strike that lasted for 29 months, and ended with an agreement to release him. He is a patient who suffers from severe heart problems and has undergone several surgeries. Over the past years, he is married and the father of seven children.

Adal, 34, is a former prisoner who spent about seven years in the occupation prisons, including five years continuously. He is married and has two children.

Tripoli (dpa) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba said on Monday that he would only hand over power to an elected government, effectively ruling out resignation in favor of a new transitional government.

Dabaiba added at a cabinet meeting in the capital, Tripoli: "We want this stage of ours to be the last of the transitional stages, and we will adhere to that, and if we go to elections, we will hand over power after that, because we want that."

Al-Dabaiba spoke about the demonstrations and protests that have swept many Libyan cities since last Friday, indicating that the people’s demand in them is to change the current faces, pointing out that there is no way to achieve this except for elections, commenting by saying: “The people must put their papers in the ballot boxes and choose Whoever wants, whether for parliament or the presidency."

Dabaiba affirmed the people's right to freedom and expression, explaining that this right is "guaranteed by law and cannot be argued about."

During the ninth meeting of the Council of Ministers at its headquarters in Tripoli yesterday, Monday, Dabaiba said: "I spoke with many Libyans, and encouraged them to go out and determine their fate. The people are the masters of the country, and we are at their service, and the people are demanding their rights that were robbed of them over the past ten years."

He added, "The first of these rights is self-determination in approving the constitution and political destiny, and we will stand with the people in that, and no individual, party or party can make the political decision by force against the decision-making people, just as it is not possible to argue about elections and democracy, and it is not possible allow any individual or group to benefit from the making of election laws.”

Washington - (AFP) - Tensions escalated further between Saudi Arabia and the United States on Thursday, as they exchanged criticism over oil production cuts and Riyadh's position on Moscow.

In a rare statement, the Saudis responded to the United States, which considered the reduction in black gold production as a "bias" towards Russia and the policies of its President Vladimir Putin.

And the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in the statement that "the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has seen the statements ... which included describing the decision as siding with the Kingdom in international conflicts and that it was a decision based on political motives against the United States of America."

Riyadh expressed its "total rejection" of the US accusations, stressing that the decisions of the "OPEC +" alliance depend primarily on a "pure economic perspective."

Last week, the "OPEC +" alliance, made up of the 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their ten allies, led by Russia, decided to cut production quotas by two million barrels per day, starting from November.

The decision came despite US President Joe Biden's warning that there would be "consequences" to the move, which could lead to higher oil prices and thus fill Russia's coffers from its oil revenues to finance its war in Ukraine.

For its part, Riyadh said that the United States "proposed" to postpone the decision of "OPEC +" for a month so that the price of gasoline does not rise and thus influence the American voters.

This means that the White House asked Riyadh to wait until after the midterm legislative elections in the United States, scheduled for November 8, which are crucial in determining the remainder of Joe Biden's presidential term.

Washington's response to the Saudi statement was exceptionally swift and strong.

The White House said Thursday that Saudi Arabia "could try to manipulate or divert attention, but the facts are clear."

"In recent weeks, the Saudis have made it clear to us privately and publicly that they intend to cut oil production, knowing that this will increase Russia's revenues and mitigate the impact of sanctions. They have gone in the wrong direction," said John Kirby, a spokesman for the US National Security Council.

"They could easily have waited for the next OPEC meeting to see how things develop," Kirby added.

And Kirby added, "Other OPEC countries told us, in private contacts, that they also oppose the Saudi decision, but they felt the need to support" Riyadh's strategy. He explained that Washington "will continue to monitor any indication of (Riyadh's) position in terms of responding to the Russian aggression against Ukraine."

Joe Biden pledged, after the “OPEC +” decision, to conduct a “reassessment” of the long-standing strategic relationship between the two countries, which is based on a simple principle: Saudi Arabia supplies the market with oil, and in return the United States guarantees its security, especially through huge arms deals with it.

The US President visited Saudi Arabia in July to confirm this principle, and thus the White House considered the "OPEC +" decision a diplomatic insult.

The decision of "OPEC +" proves that that visit - and the famous greeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - is politically costly for the 79-year-old Democrat, after he promised during his campaign for the presidential elections to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah" due to the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Many Democratic members of Congress are calling for a freeze on massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia, but the White House has not yet determined what the "consequences" mentioned by Joe Biden will be.

Washington - (AFP) - The Venezuelan embassy in Washington announced the closure of its headquarters after the Venezuelan opposition dissolved the "interim government" of Juan Guaido, who has the support of its employees, on Friday.

Guaido declared himself "acting president" in January 2019 and received great international support. The matter led to the return of Venezuelan diplomats , accredited in the American capital and loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, to their country after the Organization of American States agreed to appoint an envoy from the opposition in their place.

Subsequently, supporters of Nicolás Maduro occupied the embassy building in April for several weeks, leading to intense confrontations with supporters of Juan Guaidó and protesters in the street, until the police cleared the building.

Guaidó failed to overthrow Maduro, and the international support he enjoyed gradually dwindled. At the end of December 2022, three main opposition parties in Venezuela supported the dissolution of the "interim government", despite their support for it when it was formed in January 2019.

In the wake of this decision, the embassy said in a statement that it "and all its representatives have officially ceased to exercise their duties" as of Thursday, expressing regret for depriving its citizens in the United States of consular services.

In a statement, the outgoing ambassador, Carlos Vecchio, expressed his regret for the "political, economic and moral error" committed by the opposition in dissolving Guaido's interim government, noting that Nicolas "Maduro is the only beneficiary of this decision."

Written by: Ibrahim Daibes

I do not hide that I cried and was very sad as I read this incident from Jenin.. The young Farouk Salama was preparing for his wedding and wedding ceremony, but his destiny was to be martyred by the occupation bullets after he and the family prepared all the needs of the wedding. They made wedding preparations in a small room. It stayed there and no one used it. Baskets of chocolate and other sweets were ready, and the groom's family was preparing to distribute them to the camp's residents. His wedding cards were also distributed to all the family and friends, and henna was printed on his hands. He says, "I also bought a set of gowns to give the wedding a tribal atmosphere."

Also, in detail, he had prepared special sacrifices and meals because the family was preparing to hold a big party, and before the final ceremony, henna was used.. There are many other details, but we have reached a point, grief and worry.. While he was slaughtering his wedding sacrifice, the occupation forces killed him inside a butcher shop in Jenin camp. Where he used to slaughter sacrifices for his wedding..!!

And his mother, may God be with her and helps her, started calling in a hoarse voice, “Don't be too long, Farouk..Your suit is ready. Don't be too long.

And a thousand curses on the occupation, and all patience and stamina to the mother in particular and the family and friends in general: and your story, Farouk, must reach the whole world..!!

A new division instead of uniting with the "Barta'a" occupation!!

We are suffering from fragmentation and division, and it was agreed in Algeria to restore national unity, and we saw leaders from various factions shaking hands and smiling in front of the television cameras.. The meeting ended and nothing happened. Rather, the division widened and we heard about the “People’s Congress” led by Omar Assaf, who was arrested by the authority, period. Perhaps a short and clear message was communicated to him, before his release.

As is clear and usual, the occupation did not stop, even for a moment, from practicing its expansionist ambitions, the last but not the least of which is Israel inventing fake graves to control the endowment lands in Jerusalem, and Qalqilya is a city besieged by settlements and bypass roads and suffocated by the apartheid wall and the settlers' orgy increases the suffering of Nablus and the siege that suffocates it as well. The settlements emit gases that cause global warming, which destroys agriculture. In Jenin, they continue to destroy homes and issue notices of demolition. To make things worse and darker, the results of the Israeli elections have returned the extreme right, led by Netanyahu, to power.