Baghdad - (dpa) - The Iraqi government decided, today, Thursday, to provide facilities to the Ministry of Electricity to pay off the financial debts incurred by Iraq on behalf of Iran as a result of importing gas to operate electric power plants, amounting to more than one billion and 649 million dollars.

A statement of the General Secretariat of the Iraqi government stated that the Iraqi government decided, last Tuesday, to take over the Iraqi Trade Bank, to provide financial facilities “borrowing” to each of the General Company for Electric Power Production in the Central Region and the General Company for Electric Power Production for the Southern Region in the amount of one billion and 649 million and 253 million One thousand and 45 dollars to pay the dues of the Iranian side for the exported gas .

"The Department of Cabinet Affairs and Committees in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers will take it upon itself to follow up on the implementation of the decision, in coordination with the relevant authorities," the statement said.

Tehran - (AFP) - Iran denied on Friday what the British and US navies announced regarding the seizure of Iranian weapons aboard a smuggling boat that was apparently heading to Yemen, describing it as "false allegations".

The Foreign Ministry accused the two Western countries of trying to divert attention from their arming of a Saudi-led coalition that has been waging a devastating campaign against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels since 2015.

"The countries that are the largest exporters of weapons and equipment to troubled regions in the world are trying to mislead world public opinion through allegations and false news," ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement.
He added, "Countries that send weapons worth billions of dollars to an aggressor coalition and cause the killing of the Yemeni people and the destruction of their country, cannot exonerate themselves by accusing others."

"These countries, instead of pointing to the wrong place, making false allegations, and evading their responsibility in the war imposed on the defenseless and oppressed Yemeni people, must abandon their approach of searching for opportunities and realizing interests in this war," he said.

On Thursday, the British Navy announced that it had seized, on February 23, with the help of the US Navy, "Iranian" anti-tank missiles and components used in the manufacture of ballistic missiles from a boat in the Gulf waters during an attempt to smuggle them.

The boat was pursued, arrested and weapons were confiscated in an area located in southern Iran, while the smugglers, whose fate or nationalities were not clear, were trying to advance at night on a sea route usually used to smuggle weapons to Yemen, as the same source explained.

Riyadh accuses Iran of smuggling weapons to its allies in Yemen, but Tehran says its support for them is political.

The weapons seized include Iranian-made anti-tank guided missiles, similar to the Russian Kornet, and components for medium-range ballistic missiles, according to the British Navy.

For its part, the US Navy said in a statement that it provided intelligence support in the field of surveillance to the British Navy, noting that the boat was on "a route used historically to illegally smuggle weapons into Yemen."

And she added that in the past three months, seven pursuit operations by the US Navy and allied forces led to the seizure of more than 5,000 weapons, 1.6 million rounds of ammunition, 7,000 missile components, and narcotics with a market value of about $80 million.

"We will continue to work with our partners in pursuing any destabilizing activity that threatens regional maritime security and stability," said Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command, the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and the Combined Maritime Forces.

Ouagadougou - (AFP) - Burkina Faso's army announced on Sunday the end of the operations of the French "Saber" force in the country, three weeks after the transitional government denounced the defense agreements linking the two countries, in light of the continuing jihadist violence.

The Army Staff said in a statement, "The General Staff of the Armies and the Command of the Saber Force held this Saturday, February 18, 2023, at the Bella Zagreh Camp Campus in Campoisane (on the outskirts of Ouagadougou) a ceremony in which the flags were lowered in an official end to the (French) force's operations on the territory of Burkina Faso. ".

The statement added that the ceremony was chaired by the commander of the land force in the Burkina Faso army, Colonel Adam Neireh, and the French lieutenant colonel, Louis Lucachor, representing the commander of the "Saber" force, which includes 400 members of the special forces.

He explained that "the dismantling of the remaining equipment and supplies for the Saber will be completed by a logistical team deployed for this purpose, according to a specific schedule in agreement with the General Staff of the armies," without mentioning the number of French soldiers who are still in the country.

A security source in Burkina Faso said, "A large number of the soldiers have already left."

A French army spokesman was asked about the actual departure date for the last soldiers, and he did not want to comment.

For his part, a French government source reported that French soldiers are still deployed in Burkina Faso, without specifying their number.

In a letter dated January 18, the government of Burkina Faso denounced the agreement related to the status of French forces in the country, and gave them a month to leave, which was confirmed by Paris a few days later.

Algeria - (AFP) - Algeria, one of the most important gas exporters in the world, confirmed on Tuesday that it opposes the European Union's decision to set a ceiling for natural gas prices at 180 euros per megawatt hour, and Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab considered that "energy markets must remain free."

Arkab said on the sidelines of the Algerian-German Energy Day that "Algeria does not support the idea of capping prices, whatever the circumstances," adding that "energy markets must remain free to continue the achievements and investments in the source," as reported by the APS.

"We have agreements with our partners in Europe to supply them with energy, especially natural gas. Algeria is a reliable and safe supplier for Europe, and we are in full agreement with our European partners regarding long-term prices," he added.

Arkab spoke in the presence of the Minister Delegate at the German Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection, Franziska Brantner, noting that Berlin initially opposed the European Union's decision, fearing that the decision would push natural gas supplies towards more profitable markets in Asia.

But Germany finally voted in favor of the decision taken by the energy ministers of the European Union on Monday, after discussion and response among member states on this issue that lasted four months.

Arkab explained that "open, transparent, unrestricted and non-discriminatory gas markets are more than a necessity, as the development of investments depends on transparent and non-discriminatory legal frameworks supported by clear energy, financial and environmental policies in gas-consuming and transit countries."

He warned that the oil and gas industry "will be affected by the legislative changes introduced by the European Union," referring to carbon neutrality, which among its commitments is to reduce oil and gas use by 60 and 70 percent, respectively, by 2050 compared to 2019 levels.

Gas prices rose significantly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reaching about 340 euros per megawatt hour in the summer.

Sao Paulo - (AFP) - Demonstrators who refuse to accept the defeat of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the elections removed most of the roadblocks they had erected, while dozens of demonstrators continued Friday to protest in front of army barracks.

The latest Federal Highway Police tally showed that there were only 11 roadblocks in five of the 27 states, and none were blocking vehicular traffic entirely. Since Jair Bolsonaro was defeated by left-wing ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday's presidential elections, police have counted no fewer than 954 roadblocks across the vast country.

The protest movement began to subside on Wednesday after the outgoing president called on his supporters to "open the roads".

The Sao Paulo Stock Exchange index, "Ibovespa", ended the session up 1.08 percent, after jumping more than 2 percent at the opening, on the back of the improvement in the political and social climate.

But Bolsonaro described the demonstrations in front of the barracks and other places of the military command as "legitimate", and tens of thousands of people participated in them on Wednesday in 12 Brazilian cities. The far-right demonstrators demanded the army intervene to prevent Lula from returning to power for a third term after he led the country from 2003 to 2010.

About a hundred people continued to protest Friday in front of the army headquarters in Brasilia, and about thirty in Sao Paulo, according to AFP correspondents. In Rio de Janeiro, the demonstrators left the square in front of the local military command.

President Bolsonaro did not explicitly concede his defeat and did not congratulate Lula on his election, but promised to "respect the constitution".

In addition, Vice President-elect Geraldo Alcmene considered the first meeting he held Thursday with members of Bolsonaro's government "very positive" to prepare for the transition until the inauguration of Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on January 1 in the capital, Brasilia.

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches said, " The Israeli occupation continues its practices of oppression of the Palestinians, which contradict the standards of equality in human dignity and human rights for the Palestinians, while the response of the international community continues to reflect blatant double standards.”

The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which met earlier this month in Geneva, issued a statement saying that "Israel's discrimination against Palestinians is overt and systematic, and that the half-century-long occupation continues to be incompatible with equal human dignity" and human rights. for Palestinians living under this system of control, while the international community's response continues to reflect egregious double standards."

The World Council of Churches said that the recent events in Israel and Palestine have highlighted the growing obstacles to achieving a just peace in the region.

The committee expressed "deep concern" about the "rapidly deteriorating situation," citing Israel's recent disruption of Christian religious ceremonies, and the Israeli Supreme Court's decision that granted Israeli settlers the right to expropriate church property near the Jaffa Gate, an immunity enjoyed by Israelis. Extremists, and the threat of forced displacement that has begun in many Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

The statement also referred to "the lack of accountability of the Israeli army personnel who are likely to be responsible for the killing of journalist Sherine Abu Akle," contradicting "Israel's response to the recent attacks on Israelis, in which Palestinians responsible for such attacks were killed, their homes demolished and their families displaced."

In addition to calling on the Israeli government and authorities to "ensure equal human rights for all persons under their responsibility, and to ensure accountability for attacks and abuses against Palestinians, against holy sites, churches, Christian communities, Muslims, and other groups...., the Central Committee appealed to the international community to "speak out against The looming evictions in Masafer Yatta and other threats to displace Palestinian communities in the Occupied Territories.

The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of 352 churches from more than 120 countries representing more than 580 million Christians worldwide.

It is expected that more than 4,000 participants will gather in Germany next fall, to participate in attending the General Assembly of the World Council of Churches, which meets every eight years for prayer, conversation and celebration. It will be monitored whether the General Assembly affirms the Central Committee's statement, names Israeli discrimination, and calls on member churches to act in concrete ways to end the Israeli occupation.

Governorates - "Al-Quds" dot com - The Israeli occupation forces launched, at dawn and Wednesday morning, a large-scale campaign of raids and arrests in separate areas of the West Bank .

The town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, witnessed a large-scale storming operation, during which armed clashes took place between the resistance groups and the occupation forces.

According to Al-Quds.com correspondent, a young man was shot by the occupation forces, and his condition was described as stable.

The freedmen, Abdullah Abu Waar, Lotfi Abu Al-Rub, and the young man, Marouh Khuzamiyeh, were arrested from the town.

In Nablus, the occupation forces arrested the editor, Tareq Al-Koni from the Northern Mountain, Yazan Al-Habash from Ras Al-Ain, and Buraq Mashati from Deir Al-Hatab, after a wide operation that took place this morning.

In Ramallah, Qassam Zuhair Samada'a, his brother Masoud, and the young man Muhammad al-Kansh, all of whom were residents of al-Jalazoun camp, were arrested, while Saleh al-Makan was arrested from Deir Abu Mishaal.

While Kayed Nayfeh was arrested from Tulkarm.

Germany - "Jerusalem" dot com - Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said, "We will go to the Security Council in order to oblige Israel to the signed agreements and to stop all unilateral measures towards us."

This came on the sidelines of his participation in the Munich Security Conference, today, Thursday, in the German city of Munich, where he met with the Iraqi Prime Minister , Muhammad Shia’a al-Sudani , in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki, and the Palestinian Ambassador to Germany, Laith Arafa.

Shtayyeh discussed with Al-Sudani ways to convene the joint Palestinian-Iraqi committee, and to send a delegation of Palestinian businessmen to Iraq to discuss expanding and enhancing trade exchange between the two countries.

Shtayyeh said, "The Palestinian-Iraqi relationship is firmly rooted throughout history. Palestine lives in the heart of every Iraqi, just as Iraq lives in the heart of every Palestinian."

For his part, the Iraqi Prime Minister affirmed that the Palestinian issue is in the conscience of every Iraqi, supporting Palestine's direction in every step it needs, and Iraq's keenness to achieve Palestinian reconciliation and support it as much as possible.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - invited the head of the Environmental Quality Authority, Dr. Dr. Nisreen Al-Tamimi called for the formation of an expanded and joint environmental working group from all private, civil, and academic sectors, interested parties, and official institutions to unify national efforts in protecting the environment and work hard towards that, so that this group would be a reference base for consultation, setting goals and directions, following up on work and achievements, and sharing roles and responsibilities on the grounds of partnership and integration.

The invitation of Dr. Al-Tamimi during a closing workshop for national consultations in preparation for the Stockholm +50 Conference, which was held in the A.M. Qattan Foundation Hall in Al-Tira, in the presence of the representative of the Prime Minister, Prof. Mahmoud Ataya, President of Birzeit University, Dr. Bechara Doumani and Ms. Yvonne Healy, Representative of the United Nations Development Program and Dr. Abdel-Rahman Al-Tamimi, representative of the Environmental NGOs Network, prof. Kamel Mujahid, Vice President of the Palestinian Businessmen Association and representative of the Private Sector Coordination Council.

Dr. indicated. Al-Tamimi stated that this workshop is the last stop in a series of consultations that have taken place since the launch of the work, where four national workshops were held in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in a face-to-face manner that included large sectors of partners and those interested in environmental work and in the three axes of the conference, which are protecting the planet and recovering from the effects of pandemic and accelerating the achievement of sustainable development goals, in addition to holding virtual consultative meetings with the youth, women and people with disabilities sectors in order to explore their views and involve them in this broad consultative process.

In her speech, she touched on the fact that the planet faces many risks and threats, whether natural or man-made, and that these risks cast a shadow and their effects on all of us, and in our Palestinian reality and because of the Israeli occupation, these threats and risks increase and add more obstacles to achieving our environmental goals and advancing the environmental reality. Perhaps the control of water sources and natural resources, especially in areas called C, the confiscation and leveling of lands, the establishment of settlements and camps, the seizure of natural reserves, the smuggling of waste to the lands of the State of Palestine and many other violations, all of which impede the Palestinian progress towards achieving environmental goals and advancing reality. environmental.

I thanked Dr. Al-Tamimi everyone who contributed to the success of the consultative process from its inception to the preparation of a national report worthy of Palestine in the end, praising the role of the United Nations Development Program for the true partnership in this work, and the Kingdom of Sweden for supporting all efforts and for hosting the conference that will be held at the beginning of next month in Stockholm.

Ataya conveyed the Prime Minister's greetings to the audience, noting that Palestine was keen on the world's participation in achieving the sustainable development goals to end poverty, protect the planet, achieve peace and ensure prosperity for all.

In turn, Dr. Domani affirmed Birzeit University's commitment to environmental issues, and that the university in all its departments and institutes adopted a conscious philosophy towards the environment and worked to transform the university and its spaces into environmentally friendly patterns and to promote environmental concepts and issues in education, referring to the university's quest to become the first green university in Palestine.

The workshop included speeches by the Vice-President of the Palestinian Businessmen Association and the representative of the Coordinating Council for the private sector. Kamel Mujahid and Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Tamimi, representative of the Environmental NGO Network, during which they stressed the importance of preparing for the Stockholm +50 conference and standing up to the Palestinian environmental challenges.

A. indicated. Yvonne Healy highlighted the importance of the role of the Environmental Quality Authority, Birzeit University and all partners in accelerating the implementation of the consultative action plans to develop an action plan related to the environmental sustainable development goals to prepare the national report on the main themes of the conference represented in a healthy planet that provides prosperity for all and a sustainable recovery from Covid 19.

The workshop included presenting the work methodology, presenting the results of the consultative workshops, presenting the results of the public opinion poll, and discussing the importance of implementing plans related to environmental sustainable development in line with the sustainable development goals agreed upon by the United Nations.

اسونسيون”القدس”دوت كوم- (أ ف ب) -وجد الاتحاد الأميركي الجنوبي لكرة القدم (كونميبول) ضالته في البرازيل لتنظيم بطولة كوبا أميركا في موعدها المحدد في الفترة بين 13 حزيران والعاشر من تموز المقبلين، وذلك بعد بضع ساعات على استبعاد الأرجنتين من الاستضافة بسبب جائحة كوفيد-19.

وقال الاتحاد الأميركي الجنوبي في حسابه على تويتر “ستقام كأس أميركا الجنوبية 2021 في البرازيل. تم تأكيد موعد انطلاق البطولة ونهايتها” بعد بضع ساعات على تغريدة له أكد فيها إن “كونميبول يُعلم أنه نظراً للظروف الحالية، قرّر تعليق تنظيم كوبا أميركا في الأرجنتين” وأنه يدرس “عروض دول أخرى أبدت اهتمامها باستضافة البطولة القارية”، من دون إعطاء مزيد من التفاصيل.

وكان مقررا أن تقام نسخة البطولة المؤجلة من العام الماضي بسبب “كوفيد-19” في كولومبيا والأرجنتين، لكن الكونميبول خسر في أقل من أسبوعين خدمات الدولتين الشريكتين في الاستضافة، فقد استبعدت الأولى قبل عشرة أيام بسبب بسبب الاحتجاجات الشعبية المطلبية العنيفة التي خلفت عشرات القتلى، قبل أن تعلن الثانية انسحابها الإثنين بسبب وباء كورونا.

ومن المقرّر أن يعلن الـ”كونميبول” خلال الساعات المقبلة عن أماكن ومواعيد المباريات المختلفة في البرازيل التي استضافت النسخة الأخيرة من البطولة في عام 2019 وتوجت بلقبها.

وفي أول تعليق للدولة المضيفة الجديدة، قال نائب الرئيس البرازيلي هاميلتون موراو إن تنظيم البطولة في بلاده يمثل “مخاطرة أقل” مما هو عليه في الأرجنتين بسبب اتساع رقعة الأراضي البرازيلية، على الرغم من الخسائر البشرية التي سببها فيروس كوفيد-19 في بلاده.

وقال موراو “الميزة هي حجم بلدنا وعدد الملاعب. يمكننا توزيع” المباريات في جميع أنحاء البلاد.
وأضاف لدى مغادرته القصر الرئاسي في بلانالتو: “لا يمكننا القول إن الأمر أكثر أمانًا، لكن هناك مخاطر أقل”، على الرغم من أن كوفيد-19 أودى بحياة أكثر من 460 ألف شخص في البرازيل.

وفي معرض رده عن سؤال لبعض الصحافيين عما إذا كانت البطولة ستكون آمنة، أجاب: “أعتقد ذلك. لن يكون هناك جمهور، أليس كذلك؟ غياب الجمهور، لا مشكلة. يكفي فقط التوزيع بشكل صحيح للأماكن” حيث ستقام المباريات.

وغرد الاتحاد الأميركي الجنوبي على حسابه في تيوتر عقب الإعلان عن استضافة البرازيل للبطولة “كونميبول يشكر الرئيس جايير بولسونارو (…) على فتح أبواب بلاده للحدث الرياضي الأكثر أمانًا في العالم”.

وكان رئيس ديوان الحكومة الأرجنتينية سانتياغو كافييرو أعلن الاثنين “كان لدى الأرجنتين التزام وحاولنا في جميع الأوقات الحفاظ عليه لكن الواقع الوبائي حال دون ذلك”.

وسجلت الارجنتين ما يقرب من 3,8 مليون حالة إصابة بفيروس كورونا وأكثر من 77 ألف حالة وفاة منذ بداية الوباء في الدولة التي يبلغ عدد سكانها 44 مليون نسمة.
في الأسابيع الأخيرة، تراوح عدد الإصابات الجديدة بين 20 ألف و40 ألف.

وعلل كافييرو قرار الانسحاب بـ”لقد عملنا مع سلطات الكونميبول على الاحتمالات والسيناريوهات المختلفة. لكن كل شيء كان دائمًا خاضعًا لشيء يتجاوز تنظيم البطولة ويرتبط بزيادة الحالات، مع استمرار الموجة الثانية من الإصابات في الانتشار”.

من جهتها، سجلت البرازيل أكثر من 460 ألف حالة وفاة بسبب كوفيد-19، ويخشى علماء الأوبئة من حدوث موجة ثالثة من العدوى.
وتحتل البرازيل التي يبلغ عدد سكانها 212 مليون نسمة، المركز الثاني في ترتيب الدول الأكثر تضررا من الوباء بعد الولايات المتحدة، حيث لديها أكثر من 16 مليون حالة إصابة مؤكدة.

وتعتبر كوبا أميركا هي أهم المسابقات الدولية التي ينظمها الـ”كونميبول”.
وكانت الأرجنتين التي يقدّس سكانها كرة القدم والمتحمسة لرؤية أداء منتخبها بقيادة نجمه ليونيل ميسي، قد بدأت قبل أيام قليلة في تمهيد الطريق لانسحابها من التنظيم.

فقد حذرت وزيرة الصحة الأرجنتينية كارلا فيسوتي مؤخراً من الصعوبات التي تواجه عملية تنظيم مماثلة، فيما تمر البلاد بأخطر فترة للجائحة، حيث أصيب أكثر من 41 ألف شخص في يوم واحد الخميس الماضي.

في هذا السياق، أصبحت كوبا أمريكا بالنسبة للعديد من الأرجنتينيين مخاطرة كبيرة مع وصول عشرة منتخبات أمريكية جنوبية تضم لاعبين من جميع أنحاء العالم.

وبحسب استطلاع للرأي أجرته مؤسسة “بولياركيا” ونُشر الجمعة، فإن 70 في المئة من الأرجنتينيين كانوا يعارضون تنظيم بلادهم للبطولة، حتى ولو كانت السلطات قد خططت لوضع بروتوكول صحي صارم، لا سيما من خلال الحد من حجم الوفود.

وبدأ بعض اللاعبين، وليس أقلهم، في التعبير عن معارضتهم لإقامة هذه البطولة.
وقال الأوروغوياني لويس سواريس الذي توج مؤخراً مع فريقه أتلتيكو مدريد بلقب الدوري الإسباني وعاد إلى بلاده للمشاركة مع المنتخب في مباراتين ضمن التصفيات المؤهلة إلى مونديال قطر 2022 في الثالث والثامن من حزيران : “دُهشت بحقيقة أن كوبا أميركا ستقام رغم الوضع الحالي”.

من جهته، أعرب مواطنه مهاجم مانشستر يونايتد الإنكليزي إدينسون كافاني عن سخطه قائلاً “إنه انعدام رهيب للمسؤولية أن يتم بذل كل شيء للعب هذه المباريات المؤهلة (للمونديال) وكأس كوبا أميركا. لا أهمية لأي شيء يتعلق بالوضع الاجتماعي هنا، ولا حتى المخاطر المرتبطة بالفيروس”.

ستكون المرة السادسة التي تستضيف فيها البرازيل كأس كوبا أمريكا، وفي كل مرة توجت باللقب على أرضها أعوام 1919 و1922 و1949 و1989 و2019.

وأحرزت البرازيل تسعة ألقاب في المسابقة حتى الآن بعد أعوام 1997 و1999 و2004 و2007، وتحتل المركز الثالث في عدد التتويجات باللقب خلف الأوروغواي (15 مرة) والأرجنتين (14 مرة).

نابلس- “القدس” دوت كوم- عماد سعادة- دعت اللجنة الوطنية الفلسطينية لمقاطعة إسرائيل وسحب الاستثمارات منها وفرض العقوبات عليها (BDS) عموم أبناء الشعب الفلسطيني إلى الانخراط في حملات المقاطعة المختلفة، وتصعيدها نحو تطهير الأسواق الفلسطينية من منتجات الاحتلال.

وأكدت اللجنة في بيان صدر عنها، اليوم الخميس، أن “المقاطعة هي شكل أصيل وعريق من أشكال المقاومة الشعبية الفلسطينية، تتكامل مع أشكالها الأخرى، ولها تأثير مهم للغاية كجزء من الردّ على مجازر الاحتلال الإسرائيلي الغاشم وعدوانه على أبناء شعبنا في كل فلسطين التاريخية، حيث يتصاعد العصيان المدني وتنتشر أشكال المقاومة لكل نظام الاستعمار-الاستيطاني والأبارتهايد الإسرائيلي”.

وقالت: “إضافة إلى أهميتها الاقتصادية، تعبّر المقاطعة بالأساس عن حالة رفض المستعمِر ومنتجاته وكل ما يتعلق به، كما أنّها أداة من أدوات المقاومة الممكنة والتي يستطيع الجميع المشاركة فيها. يعتبر السوق الفلسطيني ثاني سوق للاحتلال بعد الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، الأمر الذي يجعل من الاحتلال مشروعا مربحاً اقتصاديا لإسرائيل، حيث يستورد السوق الفلسطيني ما قيمته 55% من استهلاكه من الاحتلال، بقيمة تعادل ما يقارب 4.5 مليار دولار أمريكي سنوياً”.

وأضافت اللجنة أن “المقاطعة الاقتصادية تعد إحدى أقدم أساليب المقاومة التي مارسها شعبنا الفلسطيني منذ بدايات القرن العشرين في مقاومته للاستعمار البريطاني وتواطؤه في الاستعمار-الاستيطاني الصهيوني لفلسطين. وتجلّت المقاطعة في مراحل مفصلية من نضالنا، مثل الثورة الكبرى 1936-1939، وانتفاضة الحجارة 1987 – 1993، وانتفاضة الأقصى”.

وبيّنت أن “الشركات الإسرائيلية تستفيد من الاحتلال وتعزز وجوده من خلال تحريك عجلة الاقتصاد الإسرائيلي والدعم المباشر لجيش الاحتلال ومؤسساته، إذ تمتلك أو تستفيد الشركات الإسرائيلية من منشآت موجودة في المستعمرات الإسرائيلية المقامة على أراضي الضفة الغربية ومرتفعات الجولان، مثل: مستعمرات “غوش عتصيون” و”بيت بتير” و”وكرمل” و”شدموت محولا” و”تومر” و”ونوف” وغيرها. أيّ هي جزء من عملية التوسع الاستيطاني في أراضينا”.

وأكدت اللجنة في بيانها أن “الشركات الإسرائيلية هي مشاركٌ أساسيّ في سياسات الاحتلال الرامية إلى حرماننا من حقوقنا الوطنية وإلغاء وجودنا على أرضنا. لذلك، تشكل مقاطعتنا، كأفراد وجماعات ومؤسسات وبلديّات، لكل بضائع الاحتلال (التي توجد بدائل لها)، خاصة منتجات الألبان، وسيلة إضافية وسهلة لمقاومة العدوان المستمر على شعبنا ومحاولة إضعافه حتى نستطيع انتزاع حقّنا في التحرر الوطني والعودة وتقرير المصير”.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission revealed the Israeli government's legalization of a new settlement outpost established on citizens' lands near Ramallah.

According to its chairman, Moayad Shaaban, the Commission stated in a press statement that the outpost plan was approved this morning, and its plan bears Plan No. 4/2/225, according to which more than 114 new settlement units will be built on an area of 150 dunums in the area east of Ram. God, in the illegal settlement outpost, which the occupation called "Mitzpeh Danny".

Shaaban said that the occupation had previously avoided announcing this legalization by announcing it as an expansion or as neighborhoods in existing settlements, but today it is approving the detailed plan for this outpost, and thus its legalization, which threatens many of the citizens’ lands in the region, specifically in the village of Deir Dibwan. in Ramallah governorate.

He added: The occupation authorities, through their approval of recent settlement plans, whether by building new settlements, expanding existing ones, or legalizing outposts, aim to establish large settlement blocs on citizens' lands, specifically in the eastern region of the West Bank, especially those surrounding the Palestinian Jordan Valley, in a silent implementation. For the decisions of the ominous deal of the century, which the occupation authorities are implementing in secret and silently.

And the structural plan, which bore No. (225/2/4), and which was approved by the occupation authorities this morning, legitimizes the settlement outpost "Mitzpe Dani", which was built in 1999 in the first Netanyahu government. to completely prevent them from accessing it.

It should be noted that there are dozens of outposts that were established with the aim of displacing Bedouin communities east of Alon Street, and seizing thousands of dunams that the occupation governments could not seize by military orders / and increasing the number of settlers in the bloc of "Ma'ale Michmas", "Rmonim", and "Kochav Shachar". and Kochav Yaakov, to 60,000 settlers, which are located to the north and northeast to the city of Jerusalem and the closest to it.

Shaaban warned of the settlers' intention to establish a group of new outposts, specifically in the next few days, as previously announced by the extremist "Nahla" organization.

He called for taking caution and caution in the areas where settlers are active, and then informing the Commission of any activity by them and motivating citizens to confront them and thwart their plans.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - Director of the Earth Sciences Unit at An-Najah National University , Jalal Dabbeek , said on Tuesday that at least 30% of the Palestinian buildings consisting of several floors have at least one "soft" floor, which threatens the buildings. housing in the event of any major earthquake .

In an interview with the official “Voice of Palestine” radio station, Dabbeek said that about a third of the buildings in Palestine are subject to significant damage, and that another third will be in an average condition, and about 40% to a reasonable degree, indicating that one part may collapse completely, another partially, and a third only as a result of cracks and fissures. .

He pointed out that there are buildings that do not meet the minimum requirements for earthquake resistance, stressing the necessity for the competent authorities to take steps related to the engineering work of buildings to allow their protection.

Al-Dbeek did not rule out, after the two new earthquakes last night in Turkey and Syria, which were felt by the residents of Palestine, that the latter would witness a major earthquake after the recent light earthquakes.

A translation of "Jerusalem" dot com - Yehuda Fox, commander of the Israeli army in the West Bank , confirmed, on Tuesday, the existence of a rupture in security coordination with the Palestinian Authority , which he said would harm it very seriously.

Fox said in the "Yedioth Ahronoth" conference that there are those who are taking advantage of the current situation in the West Bank, especially the new generation of young people, who are mainly from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, accusing Iran of trying to "sew terrorism in Israel as well and bring down the Palestinian Authority and harm it."

He added, "The damage to the security coordination harms us, but it mainly harms the Palestinians, and therefore the stability of the PA's rule is more of a Palestinian interest than our interest in having security coordination between us and them."

He continued: "The roots of the problems are clear at the present time, and the Palestinian Authority is facing great challenges... every 15 to 20 years we have a new generation of young people, but the current generation is the most educated and unemployed, and the most influential thing is the proliferation of weapons, and this is what made that In some places the authority is losing its rule because of the change of generations that is happening there, which is a serious challenge."

He pointed out that the West Bank has been a challenge for years, and from time to time this arena witnesses periods of ups and downs, and now there is a significant increase in attacks.

Regarding what was reported about US-brokered understandings to limit military activities in the West Bank, Fox said: "We do not enter those areas to roam, and we do not enter places where we have no targets. Our soldiers enter to thwart attacks and protect the citizens of the State of Israel. We have done that and we will do that." And I don't think anyone will limit us in fighting terrorism." According to his description.

Regarding his expectations regarding possible tension in the holy month of Ramadan, he said: "We are in a complex period, and there are motives along the way for the possibility that there will be further escalation, especially in the Temple Mount, and in other places... There may be an important event tomorrow in Jenin and it could It will be in Nablus.. Our role is always represented in desiring peace and preparing for war.. I am responsible for the side of preparing for war, and we do that with all our forces.”

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Dozens of settlers stormed, on Sunday morning, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque , under the strict protection of the occupation police.

The settlers made provocative tours inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and performed Talmudic rituals.

Settler groups storm Al-Aqsa on a daily basis, except for Friday and Saturday.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said today, Sunday, that the current Israeli government , through its military response to the rocket fire from Gaza, shows that it is not interested in a military confrontation in the Strip.

According to the newspaper - as stated in an analytical report by the Israeli reporter and military analyst, Amos Harel - Prime Minister Yair Lapid follows the same approach as Naftali Bennett and Benjamin Netanyahu in managing the conflict with Hamas , and it is highly doubtful that he wants military friction now with the elections approaching and his need to prove his ability. On the steering wheel control.

Harel said that Gaza remained outside of Biden's visit, but it provided a reminder of the reality in the Middle East and the promises about the existence of a new Middle East, when the Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip were interested in reminding the world of the reality of this reality by firing rockets. According to him.

He added, "The Strip, as usual, was keen to protest against Biden's visit in its own way, after excluding him from the plans of the American president... and if Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas succeeded in taking pictures and meeting with Biden without any new agreements, then Hamas and Islamic Jihad made their presence clear in a different way." ".

He pointed out that it is not entirely clear who is behind the rocket fire, and it is likely that the Islamic Jihad is in light of the statements of its Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhala, who said that he thinks in a different way than Hamas by rejecting any economic alternatives as a substitute for the rights of the Palestinian people, although Hamas also possesses A different interpretation sometimes by imposing force now and then to send messages to Israel and others that it cannot accept the current situation.

NEW YORK -- (Xinhua) -- A suspect in an unprovoked attack reportedly said she was motivated by racism toward race when she repeatedly stabbed a victim, an Asian-American student at Indiana University, last week on a city bus, CNN reported. )) on Tuesday, citing court documents and a student group.

Court records showed that Billie Davis, 56, a white woman, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery and battery with a deadly weapon in the January 11 attack in Bloomington, Indiana, in what appears to be the latest example of escalating discrimination against Asians in the United States .

Davis and the victim were riding the bus separately, and when the victim tried to get off, Davis got up from her nearby seat and reportedly stabbed the victim in the head with a folding knife, leaving penetrating wounds, according to an affidavit as to the probable cause.

The report said city and university officials condemned the attack, which comes amid an escalating wave of reported harassment and assaults against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the first quarter of 2021 alone, reported hate crimes against Asians in 16 of the country's largest cities and counties rose 164 percent from a year earlier, according to a study by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University in San Bernardino.

Beijing - (AFP) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yi Qin Gang said Tuesday that his country is "extremely concerned" about the conflict in Ukraine , which is "escalating and even getting out of control," noting that Beijing will work to "strengthen peace dialogue."

"We will continue to promote peace dialogue (...) and work with the international community to promote dialogue and consultation, address the concerns of all parties, and strive to achieve common security," the Chinese minister said during a conference in Beijing.

The Chinese minister's statement comes a day after his country denied the accusations leveled by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, according to which Beijing is considering supplying weapons to Russia to help it invade its neighbor Ukraine.

Following Blinken's statement, the European Union's foreign policy official, Josep Borrell, warned that China's taking such a step would "constitute a red line for us" in the relationship between Brussels and Beijing.

And on Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign Minister said, "We call on the concerned countries to stop as soon as possible from pouring fuel on the fire, and to stop blaming China, and to stop making noise by shouting: 'Today Ukraine, and tomorrow Taiwan'." Control it, by force if necessary.

Days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its second year on February 24, China said on Saturday that it would present this week a proposal to reach a "political solution" to the Ukrainian crisis.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Thursday, the Prisoner's Club clarified the details of the storming and assault that the prisoners were subjected to in section (1) in (Jilboa) prison, where the oppressive forces called (Masada) at night stormed the section, which is located There are prisoners from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements.

And the club added in a statement: "The forces of repression took the prisoners out after tying them to the back to the department's square, and kept them in the square until dawn hours. They also assaulted a group of them, deliberately cursing and provoking them."

He pointed out that the Gilboa prison administration threatened the prisoners since yesterday, following their declaration of commitment to the nationally approved steps of disobedience, and withdrew the tiles and basic tools from the prisoners in section (1), and the threats also affected all prisoners in prisons, with varying (penalties).

The Captive Club confirmed that Hora is taking place with the participation of all factions in prisons, in light of this dangerous escalation, which comes in light of a major attack launched by the prison administration against the prisoners, and the administration’s declaration of its intention to implement the abusive measures that came with the recommendation and decision of the fascist minister (Ben Ghafir).

Warsaw - (AFP) - Warsaw announced on Tuesday its acceptance of the offer made by Berlin two weeks ago to install Patriot missile batteries in Poland , after the Polish government had rejected this offer and proposed to its German counterpart to send this defense system to Ukraine.

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said in a tweet that he had spoken on Tuesday with his German counterpart, Christine Lambrecht, and "I accepted with disappointment her decision to refuse to support Ukraine."

He added, "The installation of Patriot missiles in western Ukraine would have strengthened the security of Poles and Ukrainians at the same time. From here, we make practical decisions about where to install the batteries in Poland and link them to our command system."

On November 21, Germany offered Poland to provide it with Patriot missiles to install these American-made batteries in its eastern border regions with Ukraine.

The German offer came after two people were killed in a Polish village near the Ukrainian border by a missile that Warsaw and NATO said were fired by Ukrainian air defenses to counter Russian air strikes.

Initially, the Polish Minister of Defense received the German offer positively, before changing his mind and proposing to Berlin to provide Ukraine with this defense system.

Germany responded to the Polish minister's proposal by saying that this issue should be discussed within the framework of NATO, but NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the decision is up to Berlin.

NATO countries have so far sent billions of dollars worth of weapons to Ukraine to help it confront the Russian invasion, including modern air defense systems.

The United States and other countries in the alliance have so far avoided providing Ukraine with "Patriot" batteries, which are an essential tool for the alliance's air defenses in its eastern wing.

And it was reported that Washington deployed Patriot missiles in Poland, while Berlin deployed them in Slovakia.

Jerusalem - “Al-Quds” dot com - The Israeli Public Prosecution filed, on Thursday, an indictment before the Central Court in the city of Nazareth against the Syrian citizen, Ghaith Muhammad Al-Abdullah, on the grounds of “belonging to a terrorist organization, espionage, use of terrorist equipment, and infiltration.”

According to the indictment - as stated in the Arabic-speaking Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, the detainee is the son-in-law of a member of the Lebanese "Hezbollah" and he used to live with him in his house, and in late 2019 and early 2020 he began working to collect intelligence in his area of residence near The border fence between Syria and occupied Palestine at the request of his son-in-law.

The accused was assigned to collect information about the Israeli army forces in terms of the nature of the forces, type of vehicles, quantity, traffic hours, travel directions, and other details.

He was also required to document everything in reports in addition to taking pictures, and he was promised a monthly salary for these services, and after eight months had passed, the accused realized that he was collecting this intelligence information not for the Syrian security and that whoever was behind this assignment was the Lebanese Hezbollah. . According to the indictment.

The details of the indictment stated that the detainee obtained 4.5 million Syrian pounds during his espionage activity until he was arrested in January of this year 2023, in an ambush set by the Israeli army when he infiltrated from the northern border.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - An institution concerned with prisoners confirmed today, Wednesday, that the hunger-striking prisoner, Khalil Muhammad Awawdeh, is still languishing in the Ramla clinic prison, in a very poor health condition.

The Foundation stated that Awadeh was not transferred to a civilian hospital, nor was he visited by delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross or the United Nations.

Awawda, 40, enters his 150th day of strike, as he was on strike for 111 days, suspended his strike for only a week, and returned to 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 his second renewal.

The occupation authorities had decided to transfer Awadeh for a medical examination, amid serious health conditions from which he suffers. A new trial session will be held for him next Thursday.

This comes, while Palestinian and Egyptian sources confirmed that an Egyptian security delegation is following up on the case of the prisoner, Awawda, in Tel Aviv.

The Egyptian delegation is following up on the implementation of the terms of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Islamic Jihad movement, especially with regard to transferring the prisoner, Awadeh, to a general civilian hospital to receive treatment there, in preparation for announcing the end of his hunger strike.

The Israeli police arrested 12 people, including a woman, on suspicion of forming a network with the aim of leaking matriculation exams, " majority bagrut ", among Palestinian students.

According to the Hebrew website, Ynet, this network, which has been active recently, was leaking exams and their answers to students in exchange for 100 shekels for each exam paper, for each student, which caused revenues for the members of the network in millions of shekels.

Investigations indicate that the network helped many students during exams by communicating with them by phone through the earphone.

According to investigations, this network worked under the cover of an educational reinforcement center for "major bagrut" students, and that part of their profits would go as donations to the children of the Gaza Strip.

The suspects will appear today before the Magistrate's Court in Tiberias to extend their detention.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Wednesday, the Israeli Supreme Court annulled a previous decision that it had taken two years ago, including the evacuation of the "Mitzpe Karmim" settlement outpost, built on private Palestinian land near Ramallah .

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the decision prevents the evacuation of 45 homes inside the outpost, which allows settlers to stay in them, but prohibits them from building new homes.

The decision came after years of what the site described as "legal battles" that have been going on for years in this regard, amid great support from the settlers' political level, especially from the right.

Riyadh - "Al Quds" dot com - The Saudi authorities released, on Wednesday morning, the engineer, Suleiman Haddad, and his son, Yahya, after nearly 4 years of detention.

Izzat al-Rishq , a member of the Hamas political bureau, said Haddad and his son were on their way to Istanbul.

Al-Rishq appreciated Saudi Arabia's decision to release Haddad and his son, considering that this is an important step in the right direction.

He expressed his hope that this step would be a prelude to opening a new page with Saudi Arabia, and he hoped that these positive steps would continue with the release of the rest of the Palestinian detainees.

He stressed Hamas' keenness to maintain positive relations with Saudi Arabia and all brotherly countries in the service of the Palestinian cause and the Arab and Islamic nation.

In September 2019, the Saudi authorities arrested a group of Palestinians and Jordanians, for reasons that Hamas said were related to their support for the resistance, and in October 2022 they released the movement's representative, Muhammad al-Khudari.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The President of the European Commission, von der Leyen, announced today, Tuesday, the disbursement of European Union aid in favor of supporting the Palestinian people and the government treasury for the year 2021.

Dear Line indicated in a press conference with Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh in Ramallah after she arrived there to meet with him, that the European Union will continue for many years as it was before, and that it is considered the largest donor to the Palestinians with about 600 million euros annually.

This is important, she said, because EU funding supports people, especially the most vulnerable, and helps create conditions for economic opportunity, for example, by enabling access to clean water and reliable energy supplies.

She added: Palestine is now slowly recovering from the pandemic, but it is suffering from the consequences of what it described as "Russian aggression against Ukraine."

She referred to what she described as "Russian aggression" and its devastating impact on food prices and supplies, pointing to Palestine's dependence on Ukrainian grain imports.

She said: The situation has become very difficult now, and the European Union stands with you, and we have mobilized 25 million euros to improve food security in Palestine.

She indicated that she would discuss the peace process with the Palestinian Prime Minister, welcoming all efforts made to achieve peace.

She said: We will remain committed to the negotiated two-state solution, a solution that gives the Palestinian people, especially the youth, the same rights and capabilities as others in the region, that is, an independent, democratic, and viable Palestine living side by side in peace with Israel.

She expressed regret over the death of journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh, stressing the European Union's strong condemnation of her murder, calling for a comprehensive and independent investigation.

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- At the week-long 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that concluded Saturday in Beijing, a blueprint for China's future development was drawn up.

At a time when the global economy is facing a difficult situation this year, with likely even more difficult prospects next year, China's economic outlook holds global significance. While expressing confidence in China's future growth, business communities around the world believe that China's innovation-driven modernization and growth move will inject more certainty into the global economy.
- Quality development is beneficial to all
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said while delivering a report at the CPC congress that China will accelerate the establishment of a new development pattern and pursue high-quality development.

"We must fully, correctly and comprehensively implement new development thinking, adhere to the direction of reform in the socialist market economy and high-level openness to the outside, and accelerate the establishment of a new development pattern that takes the domestic macroeconomic cycle as its basis and is characterized by mutual reinforcement between the two domestic economic cycles," Xi said. and international.”

Expressing deep admiration for the remarks, Weichai Kinchong Choi, senior vice president of leading Thai bank Kasikornbank, said he can see China's future development direction is more focused on high-quality sustainable development, adding that "this is good news for Thailand and other neighboring countries."

He noted that in the past few years, many Chinese high-tech companies have set up factories in Thailand, which is exactly what Thailand needs, noting that they have helped the Thai economy to transform and modernize, and enhance its competitiveness.

Over the past decade, China's GDP has come to account for 18.5 percent of the global economy. China has become a major trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions, leading the world in the total volume of trade in goods. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China, which has managed to coordinate the fight against the pandemic and continued economic development, has been maintaining the stability of global supply chains and industry, while continuing to advance the global economic recovery.

Moreover, its development is not achieved at the expense of the environment. Instead, China is striving to make its development greener and more sustainable. In pursuit of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, the country has reduced its carbon emission intensity by 34.4 percent over the past 10 years, vowing to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.

According to Chen Honghuang, global executive vice president of German multinational software company SAP SE and president of SAP Greater China, China's green development will profoundly change the global landscape in the fields of energy, environment and economy.

"Chinese companies are using digital technology to make carbon emission data transparent and quantifiable, and promote the balance between green development and commercial development," Huang said.

Meanwhile, China's renewed commitment in the report of the CPC congress to promoting high-level opening-up also struck a chord with the international business community. The success of US automaker Tesla in China demonstrates Beijing's determination to continue opening up.

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin said that thanks to the Chinese government's efforts to facilitate foreign investment, Tesla has become the first wholly foreign-owned car company in China, adding that the US company seeks to further expand its presence in the Chinese market.

German heat exchanger company "Kelveon (China)" started operations in China more than 20 years ago. Zheng Wenwu, general manager of the company, said doing business in China has become easier.

Referring to China's efficient market mechanism and standardized administrative process that is convenient and fast, Cheng said changes over the past years have reduced costs for companies, facilitated market access, and helped companies adapt to international rules, which has benefited companies' operations.

Chinese style update means more opportunities

Chinese style modernization, a key term defining China's journey to national rejuvenation, and another buzzword in the CPC report, has sparked heated debate in both domestic and overseas business communities.

It contains elements common to modernization processes in all countries, but more importantly, it incorporates characteristics of the Chinese context. It is modernization involving a large population, common prosperity for all, material and cultural-moral progress, harmony between people and nature, and peaceful development.

For entrepreneurs in many parts of the world, Chinese-style modernization means more opportunities.

Jose Antonio Hidalgo, former president of the Ecuadorian China Chamber of Commerce, said that Chinese-style modernization will generate positive impact in the global context, especially for Ecuador's agri-food sector.

"It is an opportunity for us because middle-class consumers (in China) will need excellent quality agricultural food and will look for it in countries like ours," he said.

In 2021, China announced that after eight years of hard work between late 2012 and late 2020, the country had lifted the last 98.99 million poor rural people living below the current poverty line out of poverty, writing off all 832 and 128 poor counties and villages. Alpha straight from the poverty list. And now the country has the largest middle-income class in the world -- 400 million people. This means huge potential for consumption.

Hamdi Al-Tabbaa, head of the Jordanian Businessmen Association, also sees opportunities in the Chinese path towards modernization.

Al-Tabbaa said that China's continuous efforts to improve people's living standards mean a further expansion of the middle-income class and modernization of the consumption structure, which will provide more development opportunities for global companies.

From opening the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank to taking the lead in implementing the United Nations' sustainable development agenda, China has always shared its development gains with the rest of the world.

Woody Guo, senior vice president and managing director of Herbalife Nutrition in China, said the CPC report underscores the certainty of the Chinese market in the face of global market uncertainty, and makes foreign companies feel reassured about their development in China.

Sarah Vermeulen-Anastasi, head of group communications at Swiss technology group Oerlikon, said that Chinese-style modernization "will provide more opportunities and possibilities, not only in terms of market growth, but also in terms of employment," adding, "We will be able to attract More engineers as we have more choice of new technologies."

Innovation inspires a new impetus

As China revitalizes its economy, it has made innovation a top priority in its planning. The World Intellectual Property Organization said that the country ranked 12th on the 2021 Global Innovation Index, up from 34th in 2012. It ranked first among middle-income economies.

"We should take science and technology as our primary productive force, talent as our primary resource, and innovation as our primary engine for growth," Xi said in the report.

"It's all about innovation," said Stephen Perry, chairman of the British 48 Club Foundation, adding that China is forward-looking, as in every sector, and China has a dynamic of "wanting to know where the world is going."

In the midst of the innovation drive, the number of Chinese companies included in the "Fortune Global 500" list has increased, with 145 Chinese companies reaching the list in 2021, up from 95 in 2012, as part of a continuous increase for 19 consecutive years.

In terms of communication infrastructure, the country has built the world's largest 5G network, with a total of 1.43 million network base stations installed across the country by the end of 2021, accounting for more than 60 percent of the world's total.

Supported by technological progress, China has accelerated the construction of high-speed transportation networks. With the most advanced high-speed rail network in the world, China now has more than 40,000 km of high-speed rail lines in operation.

Oswaldo Navarro of Jalisco, an agricultural-producing state in Mexico, purchased several pieces of farming and land-processing equipment from China.

He told Xinhua that the seed cleaning machine he imported from China has a daily cleaning capacity two to three times that of equipment from other countries, which saves a lot of time and cost.

Navarro said China's increasing efforts in science and education will help turn scientific and technological achievements into productive achievements.

Hicham Charfi, an Algerian businessman working for a consulting company in the field of technology and industrial innovation, said that China shares advanced development models and achieves economic integration with other countries, which improves the well-being of people in various countries through advanced technologies.

He said that Chinese innovation will appear in many areas important to human society in the future.

BEIRUT - (Xinhua) The Board of Directors of the Association of Lebanon 'class='highlighted-tag'> announced today, Friday, that the banks operating in the country will start a strike from next Monday, in protest of the arrest of the chairman of the board of directors of a bank.

The move of the Association of Banks comes after the arrest of the chairman of the board of directors of a bank, who was released on a large financial guarantee, after investigations that lasted nearly 24 hours.

A statement by the Association of Banks said that the general assembly of banks, which will be held on the tenth of August, is expected to decide the position it deems appropriate regarding the continuation of the strike.

The statement stated that the association's board of directors discussed, in a meeting held yesterday, the issue of "malicious lawsuits" against banks, describing some of the rulings issued by references that are pre-selected from the plaintiffs as "arbitrary and populist."

The association's statement said that it "does not understand the reasons for the arrest of the chairman of a bank's board of directors due to a criminal complaint against him before the Appeal Public Prosecution in Mount Lebanon by a preferred shareholder who reproaches him for not distributing profits to her at a time when the bank did not achieve profits to distribute."

The statement considered the strike as "a general warning that is an invitation to all to deal seriously and responsibly with the current situation with the aim of moving towards real recovery."

The council's statement confirmed that the banks "tried as much as possible to deal flexibly" with what it described as "abnormal situations," considering that they "reached an unacceptable level and could no longer bear these situations."

He was surprised by the statement of the Association of Banks, "ignoring some of those charged with respecting the law and the content of its provisions, as if the application of the law had become optional for them and not obligatory."

And he denounced the taking of some references, "repressive measures that deal with people's freedoms and dignity, harm their reputation, and expose the relations of local and foreign banks, which causes great harm to bankers and depositors."

The statement pointed to "the impossibility of applying international accounting rules in Lebanon at the present time due to the general economic conditions that are the responsibility of the state that brought us to it," pointing to inflation and the non-unification of the national currency exchange rate.

The official exchange rate for the dollar in Lebanon is 1515 Lebanese pounds, while it is spent at a value of 8 thousand pounds for the dollar of the bank deposit, and about 24 thousand on the “exchange” platform of the Central Bank, while it exceeds 30 thousand on the black market.

Since 2019, Lebanon has been witnessing an economic collapse, which the World Bank ranked among the worst in the world since the middle of the last century, as the country suffers from political, economic, living and health crises, which were embodied in the scarcity of foreign currency, the collapse of the value of the Lebanese pound, the imposition of restrictions on withdrawing bank deposits, and the government stopping paying external and internal debts. .

The repercussions of the interlocking crises have led to a rise in the poverty rate in the country to 82%, an increase in unemployment, inflation, and a shortage of fuel, medicines and infant formula.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - Two young men were injured, early Tuesday morning, during the Israeli police's pursuit of a vehicle they were riding in near Rosh Haayin in central occupied Palestine .

According to the website of the Hebrew newspaper, Israel Hayom, the injured were residents of the West Bank, and described their condition as serious, claiming that they were chased on suspicion that the vehicle they were on was "stolen."

لا يتوقف الحديث ولا تتوقف البيانات والتصريحات حول الممارسات الاسرائيلية والحفريات التي تهدد المسجد الاقصى المبارك، وقد انطلق «اسبوع دعم القدس والاقصى» في غزة، وحذر النائب د. احمد ابو حلبية وهو رئيس لجنة القدس والاقصى في المجلس التشريعي ، الذي حله الرئيس محمود عباس، من مخططات الاحتلال لتهويد الاقصى وبناء الهيكل المزعوم الذي يتحدثون عنه ، كما اكدت دائرة القدس في حركة حماس ان المسجد الاقصى يتعرض لأكبر وابشع المؤامرات في التاريخ ومحاولة شطبه عن وجه الارض واقامة الهيكل.

الكل يعرف ان الاقصى يتعرض لمخاطر جمة ولكن السؤال الكبير هو: ماذا يجب ان نفعل لمواجهة هذه المخاطر، والفعل المطلوب ليس منا وحدنا ولكن من كل الدول العربية والاسلامية بالدرجة الاولى ومن كل المؤسسات القانونية والحقوقية في العالم، بالدرجة الثانية.

التصريحات والبيانات لن توقف ممارسات الاحتلال والتهديدات التي تواجه الحرم القدسي تتزايد ولا يسمع من يقومون بها اي شيء عن البيانات ولا يهتمون بها، ولا بد من اتخاذ خطوات عملية وفعلية لردع الاحتلال وحماية المقدسات واولها اولى القبلتين وثالث الحرمين الشريفين، فهل من يستمع ويستجيب ام ان الكلام سيظل مجرد كلام في الهواء؟!.

اهالي الشهداء.. خط احمر لا يمكن تجاوزه

اعلن اعضاء اللجنة الوطنية لاهالي الشهداء في قطاع غزة عن استقالتهم احتجاجا على عدم الاستجابة لمطالبهم بصرف المخصصات المفروض تقديمها الى ذوي شهداء العدوان الاسرائيلي، ومن المؤلم والمؤسف ان ارامل وامهات الشهداء يبتن في الشارع منذ عدة اعوام ويطالبن بتوفير القوت الى الابناء الايتام، وهو ابسط شيء يمكن ان يطالبن به.

وقد اقامت الامهات خيمة اعتصام عند دوار حيدر عبد الشافي غربي غزة، واكد الامين العام للجنة الوطنية لاهالي الشهداء والجرحى، ماهر بدوي، ان هؤلاء السيدات يعتصمن منذ اكثر من عشرة ايام وسوف يصعدن من الخطوات الاحتجاجية، واكد ان عائلات الشهداء تعيش ظروفا واوضاعا مأساوية ولا يستطعن حتى توفير القوت .

ان اهالي وعائلات الشهداء هم خط احمر لا يمكن ولا يجوز تجاوزه، وعلى السلطة الوطنية وكل المؤسسات القادرة ان توفر المطلوب لهذه العائلات في كل الاحوال مهما كانت الظروف والاوضاع المالية والاقتصادية لأن هذه العائلات تظل في المقدمة دائما وابدا.