Moscow, (AFP) - The Moscow Stock Exchange fell by 9% on Tuesday, after the pro-Russian authorities announced that they would soon hold referendums on joining Russia in four regions of eastern and southern Ukraine controlled by Moscow.

The main index Moex (in rubles) closed down by 8.84% at 2215.67 points, while the RTS (dollar denominated) fell by 9.31% at 1154.17 points, according to the figures released by the financial platform.

This is the largest decline recorded since the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine on February 24, when markets fell by 33%.

On that day, $190 billion evaporated in one day, and the stock exchange decided the next day to suspend most of its activities for several weeks.

Since then, the Russian Central Bank imposed strict control over transactions in the markets, especially over the currencies in circulation.

The share of the Russian giant Gazprom, which is mostly controlled by the Russian state, declined, on Tuesday, by 10.56%, against the backdrop of a new escalation between Moscow and Kiev.

The price of the ruble, which has improved for several months, has not changed against the dollar and the euro, and the dollar is still trading at about 60 rubles.

LOS ANGELES - (AFP) - American actor Jeremy Renner said he was "confused" following an accident in the snow in front of his home in Nevada.

The 50-year-old movie star was taken to hospital Sunday morning after he was injured when a snowplow he was using to remove snow rolled in front of his home.

Renner posted a picture on his Instagram account on Tuesday showing him inside a hospital and his face appears swollen, commenting, "Thank you all for all your kind messages. I'm so confused I can't write, but I send my love to all of you."

His manager, Sam Mast, explained that the actor underwent surgery. He said that Renner "is still in intensive care and his condition is delicate but stable," noting that the actor "shows improvement, is having talks, and his spirits are high."

The results of the preliminary investigation showed that there were no traces of drugs or alcohol associated with the incident, which the authorities described as a "tragic accident" during a press conference on Tuesday.

Officer Darren Balam explained that the investigation is continuing due to the "serious injuries" suffered by the actor, and it is being ascertained whether the snow plow broke down while the actor was using it.

He pointed out that the sweeper, which is of the "Bestin Poly" brand and weighs about six tons, began to roll and hit the actor while he was "trying to get back into the driver's seat" in it.

Renner, 51, has been nominated for two Oscars for his roles in "The Hurt Locker" and "The Town."
He also appeared as Clint Barton, also known as the superhero Hawkeye, in a number of Marvel films.

Washington - (AFP) - US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he had "personally approved" the search warrant for former President Donald Trump 's Florida residence, and condemned "baseless attacks" against the FBI following the unprecedented move.

Garland did not explain the reason for the search, but stressed that there was a "probable cause" and said that he had asked the court to publish the case documents.

"I personally approved the decision to obtain the search warrant in this case," Graland said in a press conference, stressing that "the ministry does not take such a decision lightly."

The raid, which was carried out by the FBI, called for conflicting reactions in light of a sharp political division and at a time when the American billionaire is evaluating the possibility of running for the next presidential election.

Senior Republicans rushed to show support for the former president, who was not present in Mar-a-Lago when the raid was carried out.
Mike Pence, Trump's former vice president and potential 2024 challenger, expressed "deep concern" about the search of Trump's home and said it showed "partisanship" on the part of the Justice Department.

And Thursday, Dan Garland, "baseless attacks on the professionalism of FBI agents and Justice Department prosecutors."

Since his term ended, Trump remains the most divisive figure, noting that he is still very popular in the Republican Party and insists on his claim that he is the winner of the 2020 elections.

And on Wednesday, Trump appeared before New York Attorney General Letitia James, who had opened a civil investigation in 2019 involving him, his daughter Ivanka, and his son Donald Jr.

Trump remained silent during the hearing, which was held on suspicion of financial fraud in his business group.

"I declined to answer questions, in accordance with the rights and powers granted by the United States Constitution to every American citizen," he said in a statement.

A civil investigation was opened against the Trump family group following the resounding testimony that Michael Cohen, one of Trump's personal lawyers, made before Congress, revealing fraudulent valuations, up or down, of the group's assets to obtain loans, tax cuts or greater compensation from insurance companies. .

Trump is under the scrutiny of investigators due to his efforts to overturn the election results in 2020 and his suspected involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021.

Beirut - (AFP) - Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced on Monday his party's support for former deputy and minister Suleiman Franjieh 's accession to the presidency in Lebanon, after more than four months of vacancy in the position in the country mired in an accelerating economic collapse.

"The natural candidate that we support in the presidential elections, and we consider that the specifications we take into account apply to him, is Minister Suleiman Franjieh," Nasrallah said in a speech he delivered on screen during a party celebration in honor of his party's wounded and prisoners.

Nasrallah stressed that Franjieh is a candidate supported by Hezbollah, but he is not the party's candidate, adding, "We seriously want to elect a president for the republic, and we do not want a vacuum."

This is the first time that Hezbollah, the most prominent political and military force in the country, has publicly declared its support for Franjieh's accession to the presidency, although it has been rumoring for months that it is its unannounced candidate and will work to obstruct the completion of the electoral process to ensure his success.

In 2016, former President Michel Aoun, who is considered one of the party's most prominent Christian allies, reached the presidency with the clear support of the party, after a vacancy that lasted two and a half years, and based on a political settlement between the party and its opponents.
On Monday, Nasrallah acknowledged that his party and its allies had obstructed the quorum until Aoun was elected.

Frangieh, 57, is a former deputy and minister, and is among Hezbollah's prominent allies. He is a personal friend of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. His name is often put forward as a candidate at every presidential election.

With the party announcing its support, Franjieh became the second candidate for the presidency after Representative Michel Moawad (50 years old), who announced his participation in the presidential race. Hezbollah describes him as a "challenging" candidate due to his closeness to the Americans.

Moawad and Franjieh hail from the predominantly Maronite Christian region of Zgharta in northern Lebanon. Neither of them has so far a majority that guarantees his access to parliament.

In previous sessions, Moawad won the support of many anti-Hezbollah blocs, including the Lebanese Forces, the most prominent Christian party, the Lebanese Kataeb and the Progressive Socialist Party led by Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and some independents.

Parliament has failed since the end of President Michel Aoun's term at the end of October, during the 11 sessions it held to elect a president, amid a political division between a party that supports Hezbollah and another that opposes it, and discrepancies within each team, and the presence of a number of independents.
Since January 19, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has not set a date for a new election session.

The presidential vacancy is accompanied by legislative stagnation, while the country is led by a caretaker government with limited powers. This disrupts decision-making mechanisms at all levels, while the country has plunged since the fall of 2019 into an unprecedented economic collapse, which the World Bank ranked among the worst in the world.

The authorities have so far failed to implement reforms required by the international community to provide support in order to stop the bleeding.

The International Monetary Fund announced in April that it had reached a preliminary agreement with Lebanon on a $3 billion aid plan over four years. However, its implementation is linked to the authorities’ commitment to implement prior reforms, including the unification of exchange rates.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Jerusalem Governorate documented the death of a young man by settlers' bullets at the Nabi Samuel intersection, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, and recorded about (165) cases of arrest and the demolition of (41) facilities during the month of February.

The governorate confirmed, in its monthly report issued by its Public Relations and Media Unit, about the violations of the Israeli occupation during the past month, in which it summarized all the violations that were monitored in the neighborhoods and towns of Jerusalem governorate.

Martyrs:

In its report, the governorate documented the martyrdom of the young Hussein Khaled Qaraqe’ (32 years) from the town of Al-Isawiya, after settlers shot him at the intersection of the Prophet Samuel, where the occupation authorities detained his body, noting that he is married and the father of three children, thus becoming the number of Jerusalemite martyrs whose bodies are detained in Occupation refrigerators and graves of numbers (25) martyrs.

Injuries:

During February, the Jerusalem governorate monitored about (30) injuries as a result of live and rubber-coated metal bullets, and severe beatings by the occupation forces on Jerusalemites, in addition to hundreds of cases of gas suffocation.

Arrests:

The Jerusalem Governorate report recorded about (165) cases of arrest of citizens in all areas of Jerusalem Governorate during the month of February.

Settler attacks:

The report of the Jerusalem Governorate documented, during the month of February, about (9) attacks carried out by settlers that included physical abuse, as well as the attack on the “imprisonment of Christ” church in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, and on citizens’ homes in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in the town of Silwan, and in the town of Umm Tuba. Racist slogans and damaged tires of a number of vehicles.

attacking Al-Aqsa

The report of the Jerusalem Governorate said that the Israeli occupation forces intensified their military measures at the gates of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, harassed and searched the worshipers, and confiscated their identity cards.

The governorate monitored the storming of (3583) settlers to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of February, under the strict protection of the heavily armed special occupation forces.

In a related context, a stone fell from the outer surface of the Dome of the Rock chapel, which is part of a ceramic tile measuring approximately 20 * 20 cm, which was added to the Dome of the Rock mosque after the recent Egyptian restoration.

Attacks on Christian sanctities:

The settlers continued their violations and incitement against the Christian sanctities in occupied Jerusalem, where 3 settlers stormed the "Christ Imprisonment" church in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, destroyed its contents and tried to set it on fire with the aim of burning it.

Demolition and dredging operations:

During the month of February, the Israeli occupation forces demolished (41) facilities in the occupied Jerusalem governorate, including (13) self-demolished facilities, and carried out (3) excavation and land leveling operations.

Demolition and Forced Eviction Notices:

Last February, the occupation authorities delivered about 36 demolition notices for commercial establishments and homes, most notably in the Al-Sala’a neighborhood in the town of Jabal Al-Mukabber, as they ordered the demolition of about 20 commercial stores, and demolition orders were hung on some of the doors of the homes of the people of Al-Issawiya after storming them, declaring a massacre. New in the town, where decisions included 10 residential buildings, each building contains from 2-10 apartments.

Land grab:

The occupation forces issued a decision to seize an area of (252,395) dunums of land in the town of Hizma under the pretext of widening the main road between the towns of Hizma and Jaba, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, so that the lands threatened to be seized under this pretext become more than (500 dunums).

Violations against prisoners:

During the past month, the Israeli occupation authorities imposed financial fines and seized the private property of "243" Palestinian prisoners, including about "168" prisoners from occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of "receiving money from the Palestinian Authority."

Violations against Jerusalem institutions:

The Israeli occupation army attacked students at Al-Quds University, Abu Dis, in occupied Jerusalem, while settlers attacked a land belonging to the Orphan School in the Wadi Al-Rababa neighborhood in Silwan, occupied Jerusalem, and forced a student to take off his clothes despite the cold weather at the Shuafat military camp checkpoint, after beating and then arresting him. .

As for the assault on journalists, on February 8, the occupation forces arrested Palestine TV journalist "Ahmed Hababa" while he was passing through a checkpoint near the town of Beit Iksa, northwest of occupied Jerusalem.

The occupation forces also assaulted a number of journalists and prevented them from covering the events in the town of Jabal Al-Mukaber, while Al-Jazeera photographer Wael Al-Salaymeh was wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets.

As part of the attack on the medical personnel, the occupation forces stormed a medical center in the Ras Khamis neighborhood, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.

Civil Disobedience:

Civil disobedience and the comprehensive strike called for by the national and Islamic forces in the Jerusalem governorate, due to the continuation of the occupation’s daily crimes against the people of the governorate and all Palestinian governorates, including killings, arrests, house demolitions, and abuse of prisoners, in addition to the abuse suffered by the people of Shuafat camp and the town of Anata.

settlement projects:

The Jerusalem Governorate said in its report that, during the past month, the occupation authorities continued to work on two new settlement projects and to start implementing a project to establish a new base in the Wadi al-Rababa neighborhood, within what is known as the "suspended air bridge" that will allow an increase in the number of settlers who stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and from New projects:

- A plan to establish a settlement neighborhood on the lands of Jerusalem International Airport, near Qalandia camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, on an area of 1,243 dunums, which had been seized by the occupation authorities, and the so-called “Israel Land Fund.” The plan will include 9,000 settlement units, most of which will be allocated to settlers. It will also include about 350,000 square meters of trade, work and tourism areas.

- The occupation authorities announced a new settlement plan on the lands of occupied Jerusalem, through which it seeks to continue changing the features of the Holy City and erasing its Arab-Palestinian history. Estimated at 1.2 million square metres.

Decisions of the Occupation Courts:

In its report for the month of February, the Jerusalem Governorate documented the issuance by the occupation courts of (35) actual prison sentences against Jerusalemite prisoners, including (14) administrative detention sentences and the imposition of very high financial fines that increase the suffering of their families.

In addition, (30) house arrest decisions were monitored against Jerusalemites, including many children, and the period of house arrest decisions issued ranged from two to 15 days.

In February, the occupation authorities issued (18) deportation decisions from the city of Jerusalem and its old town, including (6) deportation decisions from Al-Aqsa, and a travel ban was renewed for one of the Jerusalemites.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the " Hamas " movement expressed its appreciation for the position of the National Union of Judges in Algeria , by refusing to participate in the meeting of the International Union of Judges, which will be held in the occupation entity.

Hazem Qassem, spokesman for the "Hamas" movement, said, in a brief press statement, "This position is consistent with Algeria's permanent popular and official commitment to the Palestinian cause and its pan-Arabist approach, its support for the struggle of our people, and its refusal to normalize with the occupation."

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - As the American midterm elections campaign ends at the end of Monday, November 7, and American voters who did not cast their ballots early after seven o'clock in the morning (on the eastern shore) rushed to the polls, on Tuesday November 8, the United States is looking forward to a confusing future, and it is divided in an unprecedented way, on both sides of two ideological mountains separated by a deep valley that will be difficult to bridge in the near future.

The Democrats concluded their election campaign while facing the "nightmare" scenario, as they called it, on the eve of the elections, as economic concerns cast a shadow over the issues that the party tried to make its main issues, such as the issue of abortion or the issue of American democracy, which is threatened by the far-right control of the Republican Party's agenda.

On the other hand, the Republicans feel that they are holding a happy referendum on Joe Biden's faltering presidency and the failure to tame the inflation that ate everything.

As the last hurdles to mobilize voters ended, hopes that the Democratic President's Party could use a majority to overturn the Supreme Court's veto of the right to abortion and a wave of legislative victories to head off a classic midterm defeat for the incumbent party (as is the Democratic Party) faded. President Biden faces a bleak political environment due to the highest living (inflation) in 40 years and his hopes for a quick recovery next year are clouded by growing fears of a recession.

On the eve of the election, Democrats risk losing control of the House of Representatives as Republicans increasingly hope for a majority, not only in the 435-member House but also in the 100-member Senate, which would put Biden under siege by Republican majority as he begins his bid for re-election and with former President Donald Trump likely preparing to announce his intention to run in the 2024 presidential election.

Some experts advise against considering the victory of the Republican Party as a foregone conclusion, especially since there is ambiguity in the sincerity or accuracy of recent opinion polls, which may mean that no one can be sure of the size of the Republican Party wave (dubbed the red wave), especially since some believe that there is still a possibility In front of the Democratic Party to hold on to the Senate even if the House of Representatives loses. Note that the manner in which each side spoke on the eve of the election, in areas defended by the Democrats, provides a clear picture of the momentum of the Republican Party.

The politically divided American nation, united only by dissatisfaction with its path, is used to using the midterm elections again and again to punish the party that wields the most power. This means that the Democrats are the most exposed this time around.

And if the president's party suffers a defeat, if not overwhelming, there will be a lot of finger-pointing by Democrats at each other about the messaging strategy that Biden has adopted on inflation, a force that negatively affects because of the holes it has created in the budgets of tens of millions of American families. .

Expectations in the House of Representatives

The current Democratic majority in the House of Representatives on the eve of the elections (8/11/22) consists of 220 members compared to 212 for the Republican Party (out of 435 and three members do not belong to any party), and experts believe that the Republicans will win 16 additional seats to become a majority of 228, which he will lose Democrats to become a minority of 204, according to the latest Pew Institute poll released last Saturday evening.

Expectations in the Senate:

The Senate currently consists of 100 members, 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans, but according to the US Constitution, the Vice President gives her vote to the Democratic Party, what it gave (and gives it a majority) and chairs all committees. And there are 35 members out of 100 running for their elections this cycle, and all that the Democrats hope is to preserve the current numbers 50 to 50 and the presidency of Vice President Camilla Harris until the end of President Biden’s term in 2024 so that he can pass some decisions.

Hot battles in the Senate:

There are four hot electoral battles in the Senate contests: First, the state of Pennsylvania in the northeastern United States, where the conservative Republican and supporter of former President Donald Trump, Mehmet Oz, who is of Turkish-Muslim descent, is competing with the deputy governor of Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, an American Jew, And the race still looks even.

In the state of Georgia, the race rages between the current senator for the Democratic Party, Raphael Warnack, who is a black priest, and between the Republican and the black American football player, Herschel Walker, who has no experience other than his adoption of conservative Republican principles no more, which made the two contestants They are so equal that it is difficult to reach decisive results after the end of the elections on Tuesday.

The third decisive state, is the state of Arizona in the American West, between the current Democratic member (former astronaut) Mark Kelly and his rival Blake Masters, who has a small percentage of his Democratic rival, according to the Republican Party's claim.

The decisive fourth state, Nevada, is between the current Democratic member, Catherine Cousteau Masto of Mexican descent, and her Republican rival, Adam Laxault, and reports indicate that they are also currently equal with the start of Tuesday's vote.

There is also a fifth semi-decisive state, New Hampshire in the northeast, where liberal Senator Maggie Hassan is competing against Republican Don Bolduc, a far-right supported by former President Trump, but she (Maggie Hassan) maintains a very slight advantage over him. Works for Maggie Hassan's rival, state governor, Chris Sununu, of Palestinian origin, whose father was John Sununu, governor of the state in the eighties of the last century before becoming chief of staff to President George H.W. Maggie Hassan.

Experts believe that President Biden's insistence, as he did last Thursday, in emphasizing the threat Trump poses to American political institutions, has not produced the desired positive results, since this essentially requires voters to prioritize the historical basis of the American political system over their most immediate economic concerns. .

This message, which resonates powerfully in Washington, D.C., where the scars of the Capitol rebellion led by former President Trump, on January 6, 2021, while important, do not concern many Americans in difficult economic conditions, where democracy seems like an esoteric concept. Far beyond the daily struggle of feeding a family and being able to afford the commute to work.

From Pennsylvania to Arizona, the return to normality after the Covid-19 nightmare that Biden promised remains elusive for many as the economic fallout from the once-in-a-century health emergency still looms large.

As night turned into day Tuesday, the difficult political environment for Democrats was revealed in a CNN/SSRS poll conducted last week, showing that about 51% of likely voters think the economy is the main issue in determining their vote, while 15% said Just that abortion is their primary issue, a finding that explains how the electoral battlefield tilts on Election Day.

United Nations - (AFP) - The US envoy to the United Nations said Friday that North Korea's series of missile tests constituted a "mockery" of the Security Council, in veiled criticism of China and Russia as well.

"These members have justified the DPRK's repeated abuses and, in turn, have empowered the DPRK and made a mockery of this Council," Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said during a Security Council session.

Seoul had announced that North Korea had launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, but it was likely that this operation failed, amid a record barrage of missiles launched by Pyongyang within 24 hours.

In response to its northern neighbor's move, South Korea and the United States announced the extension of the joint air maneuvers between the two countries, which are the largest of their kind against the backdrop of North Korea's "recent provocations," in a position Pyongyang hastened to describe as a "wrong choice."

Also, the South Korean army announced on Friday the deployment of stealth fighters after monitoring the movement of 180 North Korean warplanes, in a new episode of rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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.