Bethlehem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Najeeb Farraj - Moath Al-Masalmeh (25 years) was killed today, Monday, as a result of a traffic accident that occurred between two vehicles between Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

The accident occurred on the road adjacent to the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, leading to Al-Eizariya Street.

The peaceful young man was making preparations for his wedding, which was supposed to take place in a week.

Written by: Moeen Al-Taher

On the fifty-eighth anniversary of the launch of the Fatah movement in early 1965, I did not find anything that expresses the reality of the situation, more informative than the last will of the leader in the movement, the late Salah Khalaf (1933-1991), which he wrote after the martyrdom of his companion, Khalil Al-Wazir, and a while before his own martyrdom. briefly, and his family found it on the roof of his office in his home in Tunis with his signature. And it was not his only will, as there is a previous will dated 4/28/1968, both of which are preserved in the Palestine Memory Archive at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, the first phase of which will be launched during the activities of the Palestine Forum organized by the Arab Center and the Institute for Palestine Studies in Doha in The end of this January.
Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) is one of the founding leaders of the Fatah movement, and the first responsible for its security services in all its different names, from the Revolutionary Monitoring to the Unified Security, and the founder of what was known as the Black September Organization, which was active in the field of foreign operations after the events of September 1970 in Jordan, and carried out the Munich operation It became famous during the 1972 Olympic Games, and its operations aimed at restoring respect for the revolution, proving its existence, and signaling its strength in the face of its enemies, after the resistance left Jordan. The media defined him as the second man in the Fatah movement, and Yasser Arafat was keen to confirm this saying in the third general conference of the Fatah movement in 1981, when he stood addressing Abu Iyad with the Qur’anic verse, “The second of the two as they are in the cave” (Al-Tawbah: 40). "Fatah" was not the starting point in Khalaf's relationship with Arafat. It dates back to the beginning of the fifties, when they were together during the university studies period, and he succeeded Abu Iyad Arafat in the presidency of the Palestinian Students Association in Cairo. Khalaf to Kuwait in the early sixties, and his participation in the first central committee of the Fatah movement, and it continued until the moment of his assassination in Tunisia, even if it witnessed years of tide interspersed with some periods of ebb.

On April 28, 1968, Abu Iyad recorded his first will after his return from the Battle of Karama (which constituted a major turning point in the course of the revolution) to visit his family residing in Kuwait, in the presence of his friend and colleague in the movement, Ali Nasser Yassin (Abu al-Hassan), who was assassinated by Sabri al-Banna’s group. (Abu Nidal) in 1978. In this will, Salah Khalaf sends letters to those he loves. The first is to his children, "the little cubs whom I entrust every day, and I feel that they are a piece of me," but he leaves them for what is older than him and older than them, he leaves them for the sake of his country and for the sake of his country, and for "the sake of the people whom I loved more than my children," as he wanted them to cherish With it, he serves his country with a “clean conscience, a relaxed soul,” and he leaves them to “men who carried this trust and carried it with them,” “so that we may all be martyrs,” stressing that the path is long, and “we do not know when victory will be, but history will record that this category Of the sons of Palestine, she refused defeat, and she died rejecting defeat, and she will live if a few of them lived while he was proud of himself, proud of his brothers, proud of his message.
Abu Iyad addresses his wife "with a heart full of love and full of trust," recalling that many wives lose their husbands in transient accidents, but she knows that the message he carries with his brothers is "one of the most honorable and noblest that known to peoples who carry the message of liberating homelands." He addresses his parents, apologizing to them for not fulfilling his father's desire to provide him with a comfortable life in his last days, asking: "Does my father or my mother accept that I live as a coward far from the battlefield?" stressing that he left them "for what is better, which is the dear and beloved homeland."
22 years separated the registration of the first will and the writing of the second. During these years, a lot of water occurred in the Palestinian arena, and the Fatah movement witnessed major shifts in its military and political path, and it came close to signing a peace agreement with the Zionist entity, and it lost a large number of its cadres and leaders, the last of whom was Khalil Al-Wazir (16/4/1988). ), who was martyred nine months before the martyrdom of Salah Khalaf, so the second commandment reflected the conditions of the movement when it was about to slip into the Oslo negotiations.

In his will, which they titled “The Living Martyrs,” which was written in his handwriting, Abu Iyad describes the state of Fatah and its leaders during that period, and he quotes the full text of its importance here: “Some of them were martyred while they were satisfied with their martyrdom, and may even have sought it, and some of them resisted.” But recklessly, because he feels that there is no benefit, and there are those who resist fiercely, but to no avail, because slow death is stronger than his resistance. If this is the situation of the Central Committee with Yasser Arafat, then why don't we all be the father of jihad, so we die reassured that we have been martyred? A benefit from our lives, because a large body began to die long ago, and we deal with this body, which is our movement, with drugs that may delay the end, but the end is inevitably coming. Jihad, from being living martyrs representing false testimony and practicing it daily?
Abu Iyad predicted his martyrdom, and he was decisive in that, and his certainty increased after the martyrdom of Abu Jihad. The issue here goes beyond the prophecies for a man of Salah Khalaf’s stature, to become an assessment of a position, because by virtue of his responsibility for the Palestinian security services, and his Arab and international relations, some news of secret communications leaked to him that were withheld from everyone, so he was certain that an Arab and international cover had been lifted, and that A green light was issued to eliminate those who oppose the upcoming movement, or who stand in its way, and it began with the assassination of Khalil Al-Wazir. The will describes the weakness of the Fatah movement as it is about to sign the Oslo agreement, as it sees a dying body being treated with drugs (political concessions) that may delay its end, but do not prevent it. Perhaps this is exactly what happened when the Oslo agreement was signed, which exhausted her body, aborted her revolution, and turned against her idea. It is a description that is correct as it is today, when maneuvers and drugs no longer work, and where there are those who bear false testimony and practice it daily, but there are, at the same time, those who seek resistance and martyrdom. Her first idea is still burning. About "The New Arab"

Bethlehem - "Jerusalem" dot com - The girl, Natalin Saliba Abu Saadi, found on Monday evening an envelope containing an amount of money estimated at (61,000 shekels) and handed it over to the police in Bethlehem governorate.

The Department of Public Relations and Information in the police stated that the young woman, Abu Saadi, from Bethlehem governorate, found this afternoon a paper envelope containing an amount of money estimated at 61,000 shekels, which she handed over to the traffic policeman working in the field at one of the intersections of the city of Bethlehem.

For his part, Brigadier General Thabet Al-Saadi, Director of the Governorate Police, confirmed that this work indicates the honesty and high morals enjoyed by our Palestinian people, stressing that work is underway and the search for the owner of the amount is underway and handing him over to him according to the procedures followed by law.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ghassan Al-Katout - Pioneers for Press and Media - The Secretary-General of the General Federation of Palestine Trade Unions, Shaher Saad, affirmed that the closure and continuous siege imposed by the Israeli occupation army on the city of Nablus for the sixth day in a row causes tragedies for the Palestinian working class in Nablus.

Saad explained that nearly 200 workers from Nablus governorate were prevented today from going to their workplaces due to the continuous closure as part of a policy pursued by the occupation to cut off the livelihood of the Palestinian worker in difficult economic conditions, exacerbated by the racist and barbaric measures committed by the occupation soldiers at the separation checkpoints. between the Palestinian cities and the lands occupied in 1948, which in turn stopped the movement of the economic wheel completely.

And Saad indicated that the occupation's inability appears through the policy of collective punishment it imposes on the occupied Palestinian territories in 1967, and the continuous violations it commits against Palestinian workers in the occupied Palestinian territory in 1948.

He added that what Israel is doing is completely contrary to the agreement on freedom of movement and access that was signed in 2005 with the Palestinian government, with the aim of improving the movement of Palestinians and their economic activity within the Palestinian territories.

Saad pointed out that the Palestinian citizen and the public transport sector between cities are exposed to great dangers due to the continuous attacks by the gatherings that settlers call for on the roads near the settlements to open fire, and the throwing of stones at traveling Palestinian vehicles, which caused accidents that resulted in martyrs and serious injuries. .

He said that there is nothing to bind the occupation government to the agreement signed with the Palestinian government, and there is no strong international deterrent that prevents the occupation from practicing its racist policy against the workers and the Palestinian people.

Paris - (AFP) - Thousands of fans gathered in the center of the capital, Paris, on Monday, to welcome France, the runner-up, one day after losing to Argentina in the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

Fans filled the Place de la Concorde in central Paris to welcome the players of the "Roosters" team, who moved directly from the airport after their arrival from Qatar.

Agence France-Presse correspondents said they appeared on the balcony of the Crillon Hotel, overlooking the square, amidst a warm welcome.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The "Israeli" army announced, on Tuesday evening, that it shot down a helicopter belonging to the " Hamas " movement, as it was trying to cross the security barrier in the northern Gaza Strip.

According to an "Israeli" military spokesman, in a statement in Hebrew and Arabic, the helicopter, a "drone" march, fell near the fence and was seized.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Occupation Prisons Administration returned the detainee, the commander Nasser Abu Hamid, who suffers from cancer, and who faces a critical health condition, to "Ramle" prison, after transferring him yesterday to the Israeli "Asaf Harofeh" hospital, after an additional and serious deterioration occurred. Despite his critical health condition, as it was found that he had severe pneumonia, and despite his urgent need to stay under medical supervision, the prison administration continues to carry out the crime of medical negligence (slow killing) against him and abuse him.

The Captive Club stated that the health condition of the prisoner, Abu Hamid, is very critical, after the spread of cancer in most parts of his body. Today, he suffers from severe weight loss and severe and continuous pain. He moves around in a wheelchair, in addition to that he relies on the presence of an oxygen tube permanently.

Recently, his body no longer responds to painkillers, which are the only medicine he is currently provided with, after the doctors decided to stop chemotherapy, and declared that the course of treatment for him had been exhausted, and they acknowledged that Nasser had reached the last stages.

Tomorrow, Thursday, a session is supposed to be held for him to consider his request for early release by a specialized committee, after the session was postponed twice within less than a month, due to objections submitted by the occupation prosecution.

The Captive Club reaffirmed that this session comes within the framework of continued attempts to obtain his release, despite the diminished hope of achieving his freedom through this committee. As the occupation made substantial amendments and additions to many “legislations and laws” that could have led to the release of Nasser and similar cases, and these amendments turned “laws and legislation” into more extreme and retaliatory tools, and the law excluded prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, and in fact These amendments closed the door to any possibility of releasing a case like the case of the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid.

It is noteworthy that the prisoner Abu Hamid was subjected to the crime of medical negligence (slow killing) over the years, and his health began to deteriorate clearly in August of last year, and at that time it was discovered late that he had lung cancer due to the delay of the prison administration in conducting medical examinations for him, Until he reached the critical health stage he has reached today.

It is noteworthy that about 600 sick prisoners are in the occupation prisons, including 24 prisoners who suffer from cancer and tumors of various degrees.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz decided, on Sunday morning, to cancel entry permits for the Green Line areas, for 164 Palestinians from Nablus.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, these Palestinians are families of "terrorists" who are active in Nablus. according to his expression.

He pointed out that the vast majority of those whose permits were revoked are relatives of the "Lions' Den" activists.

The coordinator of Israeli government operations in the Palestinian territories, Ghassan Alyan, said that the decision came as part of a series of steps and means used to thwart "terrorism" in the West Bank.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Palestinian Minister of Health, Dr. Mai Al-Kaila , "An agreement has been reached between the Medical Syndicate and the Federation of Insurance Companies, noting that the health insurance system for companies will return to work as of today, Sunday."

This came during her chairing a meeting to discuss all outstanding points between the two parties, in the presence of the Doctors Syndicate, Dr. Shawqi Sabha, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Federation of Insurance Companies, Mr. Muhammad Al-Rimawi, and the President of the Bar Association, Mr. Suhail Ashour, the Council of the Medical Syndicate, the Board of Directors of the Federation of Insurance Companies, and the Federation of Private and Private Hospitals.

Al-Kaila indicated that an agreement to return to work will be signed within the next two days.

She emphasized that today's meeting took place out of full concern for the interest of citizens in obtaining the full treatment right and the best quality.

Gaza - "Al-Quds" dot com - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organized, on Thursday, a stand in solidarity with Syria after the earthquake that struck the country, and in rejection of the American "Caesar" law.

The participants in the vigil in the Square of the Unknown Soldier in Gaza City raised the Syrian flag, along with the flag of the Popular Front .

Maher Mezher, a member of the Front's Central Committee, said in a speech that the Palestinian people of all sects stand by Syria and Turkey in light of the earthquake disaster, and share with them the wound, pain and tragedy.

He added, "We stand with the older sister, Syria, in rejection of the so-called criminal, racist American Caesar Act, which contributed more to the tightening of the siege imposed on Syria, noting that it caused catastrophic repercussions in the affected areas.

He accused the international community of working to starve Syria while still supporting Ukraine with weapons, missiles and others.

He called for standing by Syria in light of what the country is going through, and for providing relief to the Palestinian camps.

London - (AFP) - The Scottish judiciary announced Sunday that Libya, suspected of making the bomb that was used to blow up an American plane over the city of Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people, is now being held in the United States.

The Scottish Public Prosecution said that "the families of the victims of the Lockerbie attack have learned that the suspect, Abu Ageila Muhammad Masoud, is being held in the United States," and expressed its intention to "continue the investigation to bring those involved with al-Megrahi to justice," referring to the Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only suspect who was convicted. in the background of the explosion.

Ramallah - “Al-Quds” dot com - Bank of Palestine , in partnership with the Al-Qadoumi Foundation, concluded its contribution to supporting the first group of beneficiaries of the “Be Innovative” program, during a ceremony that took place at the Abdul Mohsen Qattan Foundation in Ramallah, and through a video conference in Gaza, in the presence of the Minister Education, Dr. Marwan Awartani, the General Manager of Bank of Palestine, Mr. Mahmoud Shawa, and the President of the Qaddoumi Foundation, Dr. Nabil Qaddoumi, in addition to a number of partners and supporters, with the participation of 24 male and female teachers from the graduates of the first cohort.

The "Be Innovative" program aims to unleash an innovative developmental mentality with a digital orientation among male and female teachers in Palestine by providing them with concrete mechanisms and practices that help them stimulate their imagination, to identify the challenges they face in their educational environment, and to design and develop educational projects aimed at coming up with creative solutions with a digital dimension.

Dr. Marwan Awartani affirmed, "Giving space and space for initiatives of this kind is a firm commitment on the ministry, as the process of developing education needs inclusive national partnerships, as education, by its nature, is a participatory community endeavor par excellence."

In his turn, Mr. Mahmoud Shawa, General Manager of Bank of Palestine, expressed his pleasure at the graduation of the first cohort of the program, saying, “Allow me in this regard to express my happiness and pride in our support for this important program, whose activities will continue over the course of three years, which contributes to motivating and strengthening the capacities of male and female teachers to Adopt an innovative mindset by participating in interactive workshops via cyberspace to develop and implement their projects on the ground.

Shawa confirmed that Bank of Palestine pays special attention to the education sector in Palestine and gives it priority as a sector that works to build our future generations. Pointing out that the Bank's contribution is nothing but a continuation of a long journey in supporting the educational sector, and it also comes from the importance of this project in expanding the horizons and perceptions of teachers, by providing an interactive environment that refines their educational abilities and skills, and develops modern educational mechanisms and methods, so that they can face various challenges.

Shawa stressed the need to give education special importance because of its noble contents, aiming to contribute to raising the level of awareness among all segments of society, in order to achieve development, equality and justice with regard to providing job opportunities for individuals, in order to reach a developmental environment, and reduce the level of unemployment and poverty. He added that the bank has supported the education sector through many programs over the past years, including the "Zamalah" program, which constituted a unique experience for the development of the university education system by contributing to enhancing the expertise of lecturers, lecturers and administrators in 14 Palestinian universities.

Shawa praised the Qaddoumi Foundation for its societal role in adopting such programs, implementing this project, and concluding the first phase of it, and for its tireless efforts in supporting the education sector in Palestine. He thanked all the partners who contributed to the success of this program, hoping that the participants in it would have They achieved their goals in reaching their goals.

For his part, Dr. Nabil Qaddumi thanked Bank of Palestine for its contribution to supporting the Be Innovative Program, which focuses on male and female teachers as pivotal ambassadors in the educational process, especially since they have the ability to identify the challenges that they may face in their educational environment, adding that encouraging teachers to integrate This kind of thinking and digital experience allows for bottom-up change, which is of great importance in the continuous development of education.

Mrs. Rana Diab, Director of the Qaddoumi Foundation, said, "We at the Qaddoumi Foundation believe in shared responsibility in teaching and learning and are keen on it. In our program, this responsibility was embodied and reflected in partnership with various institutions from all sectors, such as the Nayzak Foundation and the Qattan Foundation, and we do not forget our supporters, Bank of Palestine and Jawwal Company. All of them are institutions It has a prominent position in the sector in which it operates, and what unites us all is our vision of the quality of education that we aspire to in Palestine.”

DAMASCUS, (Xinhua) -- The Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported today (Monday) that the American forces removed dozens of tankers loaded with stolen Syrian oil towards Iraq through an illegal crossing.

The official agency quoted local sources from the Hasakah countryside as saying, "The American occupation forces removed, during the past hours, in batches consisting of 100 tanks filled with Syrian oil, from the Hasakah countryside to Iraqi territory through the illegal al-Mahmudiya crossing."

This comes two days after the US forces transported a convoy consisting of 89 tanks loaded with stolen oil to its bases in Iraqi territory through the illegal al-Mahmudiyah crossing, which is designated for stealing oil from Syrian fields, according to SANA.

Damascus repeatedly accuses the United States of stealing oil and wheat from the areas it controls in northern and eastern Syria and transporting them via trucks and tankers to Iraq.

And the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources in Syria announced in a statement posted on its Facebook page last Tuesday that 66,000 barrels of oil per day were stolen by the American forces from the occupied fields in the eastern region, noting that the total direct and indirect losses since the beginning of the war are in Syria amounted to about 105 billion dollars until mid-2022.

Jenin - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Ministry of Health said, on Thursday, that most of the injuries that arrived in hospitals today from Jenin camp were in the head and chest.

And the ministry added in a statement: This means that the shooting of citizens was intended to kill.

It indicated that the occupation's aggression resulted in the death of 9 martyrs, and dozens of injuries, including 4 in critical condition.

She pointed out that since the beginning of this year, 29 martyrs have been killed by the Israeli occupation.

The martyrs of the Jenin camp massacre today, Thursday, are:

1- Martyr Abdullah Marwan Al-Ghoul, 18 years old
2- Martyr Moatasem Mahmoud Abu Al-Hassan, 40 years old
3- The martyr Wassim Amjad Aref Al-Jaas, 22 years old
4- Martyr Noureddine Sami Ghoneim, 25 years old
5- The martyr Muhammad Sami Ghoneim, 28 years old
6- The martyr Muhammad Mahmoud Sobh, 30 years old
7- The martyr, Saeb Issam Zureiki, 24 years old
8- Martyr Ezz El-Din Yassin Salahat, 22 years old
9- Martyr Magda Obaid, 61 years old

Cairo - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Palestinian Embassy in Egypt announced, on Saturday, the arrival of 8 bodies of those who drowned off the Tunisian coast about two months ago, to the capital, Cairo.

According to the embassy, arrangements are being made to transfer the bodies to the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the start of transferring the bodies of the drowned, noting that there are 3 other missing persons.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation forces launched, at dawn and Wednesday morning, a massive campaign of arrests, among citizens, in separate areas of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem .

According to local sources, the forces of those forces arrested the editor, Tariq Abu Shadouf, and the young man, Ahmed Bazour, after storming their homes in the town of Burqin, west of Jenin.

And in occupied Jerusalem, Muhammad Ghanem and Marwan Mustafa were arrested after storming their homes in the town of Al-Issawiya, while the young man, Khaled Amer Alian Owaisat, from the town of Jabal Al-Mukaber, was arrested.

Kuala Lumpur - (dpa) - Malaysian authorities have closed 180 kindergartens due to an outbreak of the hand, foot and mouth disease.

The Malaysian newspaper, The New Straits Times, quoted the Minister of Rural Development, Muhadzir Khalid, as saying that until yesterday, orders were issued to close this number of kindergartens after discovering an outbreak of the disease in the concerned buildings.

He said the damaged buildings would be closed for up to 10 days until it was safe for classes and other activities to resume.

Aden - (Xinhua) - The Houthi group in Yemen today (Sunday) began working on an "emergency plan" to distribute oil derivatives in Sana'a and areas under their control, while the Yemeni government accused the Houthis of fabricating a fuel crisis.

The oil company in Sana'a, which is under the control of the Houthis, said in a statement that the contingency plan includes work in 17 fuel stations only, of which 6 stations are within Sana'a, and the rest are in other governorates under the group's control.

The company determined the quantity sold at "40 liters" for each car, provided that work is done according to an automated system through the vehicle's license plate numbers.

The company has also set working hours at refueling stations to eight hours per day in two shifts, four hours in the morning and the same in the evening.

The Yemeni Oil Company in Sana'a announced yesterday (Saturday) the implementation of the "emergency plan" starting this morning, accusing the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia of seizing nine ships of oil derivatives, which, according to the company, caused a supply crisis.

The company's spokesman said in a press statement that the company "has resorted to working with the emergency plan, starting today, in order to ensure that the material is delivered to all citizens and manage the remaining stock, as a result of the aggression (referring to the coalition) holding nine ships of derivatives in violation of the armistice, and this caused a supply crisis." in petroleum derivatives.

Eyewitnesses told Xinhua today that long lines of citizens' cars were seen in front of refueling stations in the streets of Sana'a.

On the other hand, the internationally recognized Yemeni government called for an end to this "artificial crisis", stressing that "there are no old or new special restrictions imposed on oil derivatives to the ports of Hodeidah" in the west of the country.

A statement by the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "There are no developments or special restrictions, old or new, imposed by the government on oil derivatives to the ports of Hodeidah," noting that "the procedures are the same that have been dealt with since the beginning of the truce declared on April 2, 2022." And they are exactly the same procedures applied in the rest of the republic's ports.

The statement accused the Houthi group of forcing companies and traders of oil derivatives since the tenth of last August to "violate the laws in force and the mechanism in force to import oil derivatives through the ports of Hodeidah since the announcement of the armistice, which leads to obstructing the entry of oil derivative ships on a regular basis in accordance with the terms of the current armistice and creating an artificial crisis in the region." fuel".

The statement added, "The Yemeni government has informed the UN envoy and the countries sponsoring the political process of the seriousness of the militia's attempt to bypass the established mechanism, which aims behind it to facilitate the import of smuggled oil and the entry of prohibited materials and to enable private companies affiliated with the Houthi leaders to import fuel directly, in addition to restarting the black market that earns money." The Houthis have a lot of money behind them.

The statement indicated that "the Houthi militia seeks to create an unreal oil derivatives crisis with the aim of pumping the stored quantities of oil that were entered from the beginning of the armistice as commercial quantities, to the black market in order to double the group's profits from it."

He pointed out that "35 ships were unloaded in the port of Hodeidah, which are all ships that submitted their requests during the period and carry an estimated quantity of derivatives of 963,492 tons."

The Yemeni government held the Houthi group responsible for any crisis due to the lack or high prices of oil derivatives, stressing at the same time its commitment to the terms of the armistice.

In its statement, it called on the Yemeni government to "commit the militias to end the artificial crisis and stop absurd practices to force derivatives companies and traders to violate the legal procedures followed in all Yemeni ports."

The United Nations has been sponsoring a truce in Yemen since the second of last April, and it has been extended twice, as it continues until the second of next October
The armistice agreement included allowing oil derivative ships to enter the port of Hodeidah, which has been under Houthi control since late 2014.

Dozens of citizens were injured, during clashes that erupted with the occupation forces this evening, Wednesday, in Hebron Governorate and Al-Ram town , north of occupied Jerusalem .

According to press sources, seven civilians were shot dead, and dozens suffocated, in clashes with the occupation forces in the town of Al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem.

A young man was also wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, and dozens suffocated, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces, this evening, Wednesday, in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.

Clashes broke out with the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron, during which live bullets and tear gas canisters were fired at the citizens, on Wednesday evening.

In the context, the occupation forces set up a military checkpoint at the northern entrance to the city of Hebron, stopped and searched citizens' vehicles, and checked the passengers' ID cards, which impeded the citizens' movement and caused a suffocating traffic jam.

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وافق يوم امس اليوم الوطني لاسترداد جثامين الشهداء المحتجزة لدى الاحتلال الاسرائيلي والتي مضى على عدد منها عشرات السنين، الامر الذي يدل على طبيعة هذا الاحتلال الغاشم والذي يتجرد من كل ما هو انساني واخلاقي، بل هو احتلال عنصري واحلالي ومجرد من القيم رغم انه يدعي غير ذلك.
فكل الشرائع السماوية تمنع احتجاز الجثامين، بل تدعو الى الاسراع في دفنها، وعندنا في الاسلام «اكرام الميت دفنه» ، ولكن دولة الاحتلال القائمة على القوة والتي ارتكبت وترتكب يوميا الجرائم بحق شعبنا وارضنا وممتلكاتنا ومقدساتنا، لا تعير اي اهتمام لهذه الشرائع، بل وتعمل على نقيضها تماما.
وتعتقد دولة الاحتلال انه من خلال احتجاز هذه الجثامين سواء في الثلاجات او في مقابر الارقام، بأنها تعاقب الشهداء، ومن وراءهم ذويهم وكل الشعب الفلسطيني، في محاولة يائسة منها لردع من تسول له نفسه القيام بعمليات ضدها او مقاومتها بأي طريقة كانت رغم ان القوانين والاعراف الدولية تجيز للشعب المحتل مقاومة الاحتلال.
ان احتجاز جثامين الشهداء يعتبر في العرف الدولي جريمة حرب يعاقب عليها القانون ومحكمة الجنايات الدولية، غير ان تساهل العالم وخاصة الولايات المتحدة الاميركية والدول الغربية ذات الماضي وربما الحاضر الاستعماري مع دولة الاحتلال يحول دون معاقبتها وارغامها على وقف انتهاكاتها التي طالت البشر والحجر والشجر، وكذلك جثامين الشهداء الذين لا تعرف عائلاتهم اين موجودة واين تحتجزها سلطات الاحتلال الغاشم.
ومعاناة اهالي الشهداء المحتجزة جثامينهم تستدعي من الكل الفلسطيني التحرك وعلى اعلى المستويات من اجل وضع حد لسياسة المحتل الغاصب الذي لا تربطه بالانسانية والاخلاق روابط، بل ان تصرفاته وانتهاكاته تدل على مدى وحشيته رغم اننا نعيش في القرن الحادي والعشرين، والذي من المفترض ان تكون حقوق الانسان على سلم اولويات العالم.
فالشهداء هم اكرم بني البشر الذين ضحوا بأرواحهم من اجل ان يتحرر الوطن والشعب ومن واجب الجميع ان يرفعوا الصوت عاليا من اجل ارغام دولة الاحتلال على تسليم جثامينهم ليتم دفنهم بما يليق بهم وبما قدموه من تضحيات، ووفقا للشريعة الاسلامية، حتى لا يبقي ذوو هم يعيشون الالم والمعاناة اليومية، ولكي يتمكنوا من زيارة اضرحتهم والترحم عليهم.
وهنا لا بد من الاشارة الى جهود الحملة الوطنية لاسترداد جثامينهم والتي ما تزال تعمل ليل نهار من اجل ذلك، وحتى تكشف للعالم قاطبة جزءا من جرائم الاحتلال الذي يستغل احتجاز جثامين الشهداء في محاولة للنيل من صمود شعبنا ولكن لا يمكنه ان ينجح في ذلك.
وعلى جماهير شعبنا التضامن مع اهالي الشهداء المحتجزة جثامينهم، حتى يتم الافراج عنها لدفنها في ثرى فلسطين الذي استشهدوا من اجله.
فمواصلة احتجاز الجثامين هي الى جانب انها جريمة لا تغتفر فهي ايضا وصمة عار في جبين الانسانية.

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - Yesterday, Saturday 10/15/2022, the Engineers Association - Jerusalem Center, inaugurated the activities of the Palestine Construction Industries Exhibition 2022 in its fourth edition, in partnership with Hebron Expo, to organize and host exhibitions in the city of Hebron, in the presence of the Engineers Syndicate M. . Nadia Habash, His Excellency the Minister of National Economy, Khaled Al-Osaily, the sponsor of this ceremony, and His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dr. Ishaq Sidr, the Governor of Hebron Governorate, Major General Jibreen Al-Bakri, the Chairman of the Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abdo Idris, and the Head of the Engineering Offices and Companies Authority, Eng. Tariq Al-Zero, members of the Syndicate Council, directors of security and national institutions in the governorate, and a number of fellow members of branch committees and engineers from various governorates.

The exhibition, which is attended by more than 60 local companies working in this field; An opportunity for those interested to learn about everything new in the field of construction, in addition to supporting the national product.

The head of the Hebron Branch Committee, M. Omar Dahman, all interested and specialized in the engineering and construction sector, contractors and all citizens to visit the exhibition, which aims to display the latest products related to the construction sector over a period of three days, and Dahman praised the important role of the Engineers Syndicate in supporting the national economy through many fields and through this fourth exhibition that It is organized by the Syndicate in Hebron Governorate as it is the center of the national economy.

The Engineers Syndicate, M. Nadia Habash, with all the attendees at Khalil Rahman, saluted our heroic wounded, and the heroism of our resistant people in Jerusalem, Jenin al-Qassam, Nablus, Jabal al-Nar, Shuafat and Anata camps, and every inch of the land of Palestine. She added, the Palestine Construction Industries Exhibition 2022 is in its fourth year and on schedule, despite the intensification of the Israeli attack against our people. Confirming our defiance of the policies of the occupation and its crimes, including killing, wounding, intimidation, siege, dismemberment of the homeland, and confining us in separate “cantons”, to tighten security control and prevent acts of resistance, stressing that our people have a will until liberation and return.

Habash emphasized the important role played by the Ministry of Economy to support the national product, provide job opportunities for youth, embrace pioneering projects, raise self-sufficiency for the local market, and promote economic disengagement from the occupation, in pursuit of sustainable development that relies on our own resources.

The Engineers Syndicate thanked the sponsoring companies and institutions for this exhibition, which contributed to producing it with such high professionalism and provided an opportunity to view the latest products and construction systems.

In his speech at the opening ceremony, the Minister of National Economy said that the idea of the exhibition is positive and has become widespread in all governorates of the country.

He added that the industrial cluster is concentrated in the governorates of Hebron and Nablus, indicating that the government has taken a new strategy and will start with strategic industries. Osaily referred to the strategic plan that the Palestinian government is working on in the field of building wheat silos in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as tenders for electricity in the camps, oil stores, and water collection in the Jordan Valley.

The Engineers Association extends its thanks from the city of Hebron with all its sects and constituents for hosting this important exhibition. We also thank the Hebron branch committee, headed by the head of the branch committee, M. Omar Dahman for the good arrangement, reception, preparation and hospitality, and we do not forget to thank all the participants, sponsoring institutions and union employees for their prominent role in the success of this exhibition.

(Xinhua) - The activities of the seventh session of the "Food Africa" exhibition for food industries began (Monday) in Cairo , which is one of the largest international events in the field of specialized exhibitions in Africa.
Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir and Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Al-Moselhi inaugurated the exhibition, which will continue until next Wednesday.
More than 700 companies from 32 countries are participating in the exhibition, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir said that the "Food Africa" exhibition is one of the most important and largest international events in the field of specialized exhibitions in the African continent, noting that the participation of more than 700 companies from 32 countries reflects the importance of this exhibition, which has become one of the most important international platforms in the field of food processing. .
In his opening speech, he added, "The exhibition represents a large gathering of food industries, agricultural crops, production inputs, food processing technology, and packaging.
The Egyptian minister believed that holding the exhibition for the seventh year in a row reflects the interest of Egyptian and international companies in the African market and their keenness to be present in this promising market.
He pointed out that the African market represents one of the most important priorities of the Egyptian state's strategy to enhance foreign trade and achieve its goals to reach merchandise exports to $100 billion annually, especially as it is a huge consumer market capable of absorbing large proportions of Egyptian food exports.
He pointed out that the conclusion of the first deal to export Egyptian food products to Ghana last October within the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFFCTA) reflects the interest and confidence of the countries of the African continent in the Egyptian food industries, as well as the great export opportunities available to this sector in various African markets.
The UAE is the "guest of honor" of the current edition of the exhibition, coinciding with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Egyptian-Emirati relations.
Yasser Arar, an official at the Emirati Tayseer Arar Food Industries Company, said that he is participating in the "Food Africa" exhibition for the second time in order to enter the African market.
"During our participation in the exhibition last year, we met more than one customer, and we are currently expanding the range of customers, especially since there is a great demand for the exhibition, and the African market is important to us," Arar told Xinhua.
While Mahmoud Abdel-Mohsen, director of the Saudi ((Al-Muna for Tahini and Halawa Production)), considered that the exhibition is a "meeting for merchants and exhibitors" and praised the wonderful organization.
"We participate in the Saudi pavilion and introduce people to the items we offer for export, and we may buy some products that we need in manufacturing, such as sesame," Abdul Mohsen told Xinhua.
And he added, "The exhibition is a very important platform because we reach through it a large base of merchants and consumers," noting that his company is participating in the exhibition for the first time.
As for Khalil Ghanem, who works in the field of trade and contracting in Sudan, he participated in the exhibition because of his interest in the subject of packaging.
"The exhibition has a variety of products, and the participating companies are large, and during my tour I found excellent products," Ghanem told Xinhua.
On the other hand, Mohamed Ahmed Nour, head of the ((Egyptian Gulf Food Industries)) company in Egypt, said, "We target the African market because it is a fertile ground for our products, and we offer good quality products that can compete."
"The exhibition gives us the opportunity to export, and we are happy to participate in this exhibition for the first time," Nour told Xinhua.

Tehran - (AFP) - Iran announced Sunday that everything is "ready" to carry out a prisoner exchange with the United States , which could take place quickly if Washington so desires.

"In the past days, we reached an agreement on a prisoner exchange between Iran and the United States. If everything goes well from the American side, I think we can see that in the near future," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said in a televised interview.

He added, "For us, everything is ready. The American side is working on its latest technical preparations."

There are at least three Iranian-Americans detained in Iran, including businessman Siamak Namazi, who spoke in an unprecedented interview with CNN from his cell in Evin prison in Tehran.

For its part, the Iranian judiciary indicated in August that "dozens" of Iranian nationals had been arrested in the United States, including Reza Sarhangpour and Kambiz Attar Kashani, on charges of "diverting the course of US sanctions" imposed on Tehran.

The two countries do not have diplomatic relations, and the exchange agreement was "indirectly signed and ratified" between the Iranians and the Americans in March 2022, as Amir Abdullahian explained, describing it as "purely human."

In the interview with CNN, which was broadcast on March 9, Namazi appealed to US President Joe Biden "to give the release of innocent Americans priority over politics."

This businessman was arrested in October 2015 and sentenced to ten years in prison for espionage. His father, Muhammad Baqer Namazi, 85, was sentenced to the same penalty, and was exempted in 2020 from serving his sentence, and he was able to leave Iran in October 2022.

Among the other prisoners, the Iranian-American investor Imad Sharqi, who was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of espionage, according to Iranian media, and Murad Tahbaz, an American of Iranian origin who also holds British citizenship, was arrested in January 2018 and sentenced to ten years in prison for "conspiring with America."

There are at least 16 Western passport holders detained in Iran.

Tehran refuses to recognize dual nationality and announced last January the execution of the British-Iranian Ali Reza Akbari, accused of spying for Britain, which he has always denied.

Tehran - (AFP) - Iran has expressed its willingness to contribute to "putting an end" to the war between Moscow and Kiev, according to what the Secretary of its Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, told his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, in Tehran on Wednesday.

The visit of the Russian official comes in light of the rapprochement witnessed for months in the relations between Tehran and Moscow, which are subject to US sanctions.

It also comes as Kiev and its Western allies accuse Russia of using Iranian-made drones to attack Ukrainian targets, most notably energy facilities. After Iran repeatedly denied sending weapons to any party "for use in war", it admitted for the first time last week that it had provided Russia with such aircraft before the start of the war in late February.

On Wednesday, Shamkhani reaffirmed Tehran's support for "any ceasefire initiative between Russia and Ukraine based on dialogue," according to the official IRNA news agency.

He stressed his country's readiness "to play a role in putting an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine."

For its part, the Russian Security Council said in a statement that the two sides "exchanged views on a series of international problems, especially the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East."

On November 5, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian revealed that his country had supplied Russia with "a limited number of drones months before the war in Ukraine."

Tehran previously confirmed that it would not remain "indifferent" if Ukraine provided it with evidence of Russia's use of these drones against it.

This issue raises tension between Tehran and Kiev, as the latter reduced Iran's diplomatic presence there, and warned it of "the consequences of complicity in crimes" that Moscow is accused of committing.

On Wednesday, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak considered that Patrushev's visit to Tehran indicates that the "Kremlin is exhausted" by the war.

He wrote on Twitter, "The resources of the Russian Federation are running out. Hence the hysterical requests for a break (negotiations). Hence Patrushev's visit to Tehran: looking for a way to continue the war, obtaining missiles / drones," considering that this should be an incentive. To double" Western military aid to Ukraine.

Tehran has previously denied press reports about its intention to supply Russia with ballistic missiles and additional numbers of drones.

For his part, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi confirmed during his meeting with Patrushev that "the principled policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to oppose war."

"The widening and escalation of the war are a source of concern for all countries," he added, according to a statement by the presidency.

Western parties, including Washington and the European Union, recently imposed sanctions on Tehran over the drone issue, in addition to those imposed on it under various headings, most notably the nuclear program.

During his meeting with Patrushev, Shamkhani stressed the importance of the two countries "establishing joint institutions to confront the sanctions."

For its part, the Russian statement spoke of the two officials' affirmation of "the importance of enhancing the exchange of experiences regarding the development of economic capabilities ... and the strengthening of economic relations" between them in the face of "the pressures imposed through sanctions."

On the other hand, the Russian Security Council stated that the discussion dealt "in detail with issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of maintaining security, including cooperation in order to ensure public security and confront terrorism and extremism."

The issue of "information security" was also discussed, in addition to measures aimed at confronting the interference of Western security services in the internal affairs of our two countries.

Patrushev's visit comes at a time when Iran has been witnessing protests for weeks following the death of Mahsa Amini, which led to the death of dozens, including members of the security forces.

Iranian officials accused "enemies", led by the United States, of involvement in the "riots". Tehran also criticized Western positions in support of the protests, considering them "interference" in its internal affairs.

Iran also witnessed, on October 26, an attack on a religious shrine in the city of Shiraz (south), which killed 13 people and was claimed by the Islamic State.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Palestine , represented by the Palestinian Trade Center "Pal Trade ", participated in the Sial Paris 2022 exhibition, the largest in the world for food industries, in a special pavilion distinguished by its design with images of Islamic and Christian sanctities and Palestinian products , in which seven companies displayed their agricultural and food products. The five are two commercial deals worth $200,000, and it is expected that 52 potential deals will be concluded, with an estimated value of about $2,300,000, following the agreement to follow up on procedural and technical matters after the end of the exhibition activities.

Director of Export Promotion Yousef Al-Lahham said: “With the organization of the Palestinian Trade Center Paltrade, and as a continuation of the center’s promotional plans to enter new markets and be present in the most important specialized international exhibitions, the Palestinian companies participating throughout the days of the exhibition, which is a unique opportunity to view food products, were able to hold He held 630 meetings, including 79 serious meetings with representatives of international companies and institutions.

Al-Lahham added: "Palestine's participation in this exhibition, the largest in the world, which included about 21 sections, came after a three-year hiatus due to the Corona pandemic, in addition to attracting about 7,200 exhibiting companies from all over the world, and the most prominent actors and experts specialized in the food and beverage sector from about 130 A country where his mother visited about 160,000 visitors over the course of his five days.

He stressed that the participation of Palestine, represented by "Pal Trade" in this major global event, comes as an extension of the important role of the Palestinian Trade Center in highlighting the great development achieved by the Palestinian food and agricultural industries. Global, and discuss the main challenges facing this industry in the world.

The Ministry of the Palestinian Ambassador to France, Hala Abu Hasira, met with the Palestinian wing, and met with the participants and the representative of the Trade Center "Pal Trade" Youssef Al-Lahham, and expressed her happiness at the presence of Palestine in the most important and largest food exhibition in the world, and it was agreed with her to strengthen the presence of the Palestinian product in the French market in particular. As it expressed its willingness to provide all facilities for any economic activity held between Palestinian and French businessmen, whether inside the country or in France.

Basra - (AFP) - At least one person was killed Thursday, while "dozens" were injured, as a result of a stampede between fans who had gathered since the early morning in front of the Palm Trunk Stadium in Basra in southern Iraq, to watch the final match of the Gulf Cup between Iraq and Oman. Two medical and security sources told AFP.

Many Iraqis are looking forward to this final match of the 25th Gulf Cup, a tournament that Iraq will host on its soil for the first time in more than 40 years, during which it has gone through many wars and conflicts.

A medical source, who preferred not to be identified, said that "a person died, while about dozens of others were slightly injured," as a result of a stampede among thousands of fans who did not carry cards and wanted to watch the match, which starts at seven o'clock in the evening (16:00 GMT).

A source in the Ministry of Interior confirmed this toll. The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, said, "The reason for the stampede was the arrival of large numbers of fans, especially people who do not have a card."

He added that the fans "gathered since the morning and tried to enter," which led to overcrowding in front of the stadium gates and a stampede.
An AFP photographer inside the stadium reported hearing the sounds of ambulances that came to collect the injured from this accident, adding that the entrance gates to the stadium were closed when the stampede occurred.

In the aftermath of the incident, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani went to Basra, according to a statement issued by his office.
The statement stated that Al-Sudani held an "urgent meeting with a number of ministers and the governor of Basra to find out the preparations for the 25th Gulf Cup final."

In a message, Al-Swadani called on the people of Basra to "provide assistance and support to all your brothers in the concerned authorities to show the final of the Gulf Championship 25 in the most beautiful way."

Meanwhile, the Iraqi Army Command called on the Iraqis, in a statement, to "commit to the instructions and directives for the final of the Gulf Championship in its twenty-fifth edition," and that "in order to complete this football wedding in a civilized manner befitting the history of Iraq."

And scenes captured by AFP photographers showed thousands of people gathered in the vicinity of the stadium since the early hours of the morning.
This match is of great importance to the Iraqis, as if Iraq wins it, it will be the fourth title in its history and the first in nearly 35 years.

The tournament includes 8 countries, namely Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Yemen and the UAE.

However, organizational problems have emerged since the opening of the tournament two weeks ago, as journalists and thousands of card-holders were unable to enter the stadium, for no apparent reason.

Also, the editorial witnessed the departure of the Kuwaiti delegation, which prompted Iraq to apologize due to some organizational problems.

At the time, the Iraqi Football Association expressed its "deep regret at the scenes of the mass stampede that occurred in front of the stadium and inside the main booth," stressing that "the Iraqi Federation, as well as those in charge of organizing the tournament, will take into account the need to avoid what happened to ensure that the organizational process appears in the best way, starting with the matches. The second day of the tournament.

Two weeks ago, the city of Basra began receiving thousands of Arab fans who flocked to this city located in the far south of Iraq, and it is the center of the richest Iraqi province in oil, but it suffers from a deterioration in its infrastructure.

Iraq sometimes witnesses similar incidents, the most recent of which was the stampede that occurred in Karbala during the Ashura commemoration in the year 2019, in which millions of Shiite Muslims from Iraq and neighboring countries participated, and 31 people were killed.

MOSCOW (Xinhua) -- A Su-25 fighter crashed while returning to its base in the Belgorod region Thursday "after completing a combat mission," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said that the fighter crashed in a deserted area, killing the pilot, and the accident did not cause any losses on the ground, adding that a technical malfunction led to the accident.

Earlier in the day, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported via Telegram that a fighter of the Ministry of Defense crashed in Valuisky district, and an investigation team is working at the accident site.

It was previously reported that the pilot had ejected from the plane and was still alive.

The Belgorod region is located in southwestern Russia, near Ukraine.

Beirut - (AFP) - In a heritage building that has become a museum in the heart of Beirut, a rich archive mixes with events that summarize the capital's golden past and the hidden corruption it stored, with works of art that simulate a present exhausted by successive crises, to draw the features of a country living in a state of permanent turmoil.

Newspaper clippings, film negatives, and entry statements gleaned from the archives of Caf des Roi, one of the pre-civil war (1975-1990) one of the most famous nightclubs in Ain Mreisseh in West Beirut, tell of faulty official politics, entrenched corruption, general strikes, and student protests that marked an era. important in the history of Lebanon.

In addition to this archive, ten artists participating in the exhibition, which opened Thursday, entitled "Hello, Beirut?" Contemporary artworks that vary between photos, videos, and interactive installations, simulate their vision of Beirut's present, which is also depleted by corruption and the failure of successive political authorities to manage the country's crises.

"Sometimes it is strange to explain what we are witnessing without knowing what happened in the past," exhibition director Delphine Abi Rached Darmansi told AFP.

"Beirut is suffering and we are suffering," she added, pointing out that much of the misery that the Lebanese live in today is rooted in the crises of the past.

According to the curators, the idea of the exhibition stemmed from a ten-year search in the archives of the nightclub for its owner, Prosper Guy Barra (1914-2003), a Lebanese billionaire whose name stuck to the golden age of Beirut before the civil war.

It was supplemented by research in the archives of newspapers and magazines to shed light on that period in Lebanon's history.

Among the artworks, a text by Guy Bara is displayed in which he wrote, speaking of the political class at the time, “those sick minds obsessed with collecting money,” in an impression that still prevails among the Lebanese who have been exhausted by an unprecedented economic collapse that has been going on for nearly three years amid political paralysis.

"He was talking in the sixties about what we live in today," says Darmansi.

Today, more than three decades after the end of the civil war, the Lebanese are living in very difficult circumstances due to the economic crisis, which the World Bank ranked among the worst in the world, and the repercussions of the horrific Beirut port explosion in August 2020.

More than eighty percent of the population now lives below the poverty line, with the local currency losing more than ninety percent of its value against the dollar. Many, especially young people, chose to emigrate with the inability of the political authority to provide salvage solutions and implement reforms to stop the bleeding.

Ten young artists, at the invitation of the curator Roy Dib, are presenting works that embody their own view of Beirut today, dealing with several issues, including the October 17 protests, the economic crisis, immigration, and the relationship with a city in decline.

Rawan Nassif (38 years old) is participating in the exhibition through a short documentary that presents the history of the Beiruti neighborhood of Msaitbeh, in which she grew up and then returned to it after two decades to care for her sick parents before they died this year.
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She tells Agence France-Presse that the film "shows the repercussions of the losses" to which Beirut was subjected, adding, "Beirut today mourns its dead and mourns all the opportunities it previously provided" to its residents and visitors, before it gradually lost them.

Raoul Mallat (28 years old) combines, in a short film, video clips drawn from the family archive during his childhood, and other recently captured clips of Beirut.

"This project helped me a lot to express my sadness over some aspects of my city that I will never find again," he told AFP during the opening of the exhibition.

The exhibition will open its doors in the "Beit Beirut" building in Sodeco for a whole year, and will be accompanied by various cultural programs.

The three-storey building has a special memory in Lebanon. At the request of the Barakat family, the prominent architect Youssef Aftimos built, according to a distinctive design based on the open corner, the first floor of it in the twenties of the last century.

In later years, another architect added the upper two layers of it according to the same architectural style.

With the outbreak of the civil war, the Barakat family abandoned the elegant house on the street, which had turned into a main line of contact between the warring parties.

Snipers made their headquarters in the building and witnessed rounds of gunfire, dogfights and looting.

In 2017, the building was reopened and converted into a museum and cultural space, before it re-closed its doors in recent years.

Through the holes left by the gunmen in the walls of the building, footage of the protest demonstrations that took place in Lebanon for months, starting on October 17, 2019, can be viewed today through small screens installed in the openings of the walls.
In one of the rooms, worn furniture and destroyed belongings collected from the abandoned "Café de Roi" nightclub are displayed.

Rola Abu Darwish and Rana Qabout, through an artistic installation they participate in in the exhibition, simulate the idea of the ruins and the troubled existence of Lebanon.
"Beirut was built on rubble," Abu Darwish, 38, told AFP. "For me, the rubble is one of the most important elements of Beirut."
"It's part of where we live, how we live and who we are. And I feel like the direction we're taking today is going to cause more debris."

Al-Bireh - "Jerusalem" dot com - The General Federation of Palestinian Industries concluded the activities of the Palestinian Products Exhibition 2022 , which was held in the municipal halls of Al-Bireh over a period of three days, with the participation of 50 companies and pilot projects, including 15 companies from the Gaza Strip, through which hundreds of national products were displayed. .

"This year's exhibition was distinguished by the diversity of companies, in addition to the participation of different companies from the Gaza Strip, despite the obstacles of the occupation," said Noureddine Jaradat, Chairman of the Federation's Board of Directors.

He added, "The participation of thousands of citizens and the gathering around the national companies in the exhibition confirms the conviction of our people in the importance of supporting the national product, and their high confidence in it, stressing the importance and necessity of following up the companies, in order to maintain a high level of quality and continuous development to remain at the forefront."

Jaradat extended his greetings and appreciation to President Mahmoud Abbas, who provided all facilities, support, and sponsorship for the success of the exhibition, and to the Prime Minister, the government, the Ministry of Economy, and the Governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, who attended the opening, and had an impact on the success of its activities and promotion.

He stressed the importance of these events, which support Palestinian companies in reaching out to consumers, and to enable the delivery of shopping baskets of national products to Palestinian homes.

In turn, the Secretary General of the Federation of Industries, Ouda Shehadeh, said that the exhibition this year represented a shift in the quality of the participants, as the focus was on youth and entrepreneurial projects and the participation of small and medium enterprises, which gave this segment great importance, and opened a way for communication with shoppers.

Beirut - (AFP) - Egypt has released two senior businessmen after nearly two years of pre-trial detention on terrorism charges, their families said Saturday.

Maryam, the daughter of businessman Safwan Thabet , wrote on social media, "My father, Safwan Thabet, and my brother Saif al-Din Thabet are with us," without specifying when they were released.

Safwan Thabet, in his late 70s, is the founder and former CEO of the Juhayna dairy group.

He had been arrested in December 2020 and charged with joining and financing the Muslim Brotherhood. The group has been banned and classified as "terrorist" in Egypt since 2013.

As for his son, Saif Al-Arbaeen, he was arrested in February 2021.

Philip Luther of Amnesty International said the two men "were punished simply for daring to defy demands by Egyptian security officials to hand over their family's assets in Juhayna".

"They showed rare courage in resisting officials' attempt to blackmail them," Luther added in a statement issued in September 2021.

The prolonged pre-trial detention of Safwan Thabet and his son in solitary confinement, a measure Amnesty International said amounted to "torture", sparked international calls for their release.

When Egypt secured a $3 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund in October last year, the Washington-based advocacy group Freedom Initiative drew attention to their situation.

"Egypt's political economy remains largely controlled by a few state actors willing to detain, intimidate, and harass even beloved business figures," Alison McManus of the organization said in a statement, referring to Safwan Thabet and his son.

Among the terms of the loans, Cairo pledged to privatize key public assets and increase transparency in government business dealings.

The authorities also released hundreds of political prisoners last year, although human rights organizations estimate that some 60,000 people remain in detention, many of whom face harsh conditions in overcrowded cells.