The two detainees, Kayed Al-Fafsous from Dura in Hebron, and Sultan Khalouf from Burqin in Jenin, continue their open hunger strike for the 46th day in a row, against their administrative detention, amid difficult health conditions.

The Prisoners' Club explained that the health status of the two prisoners, Fasfous and Khalouf, is getting worse with the passage of time, in light of the occupation authorities' refusal to deal with their demand to end their arbitrary administrative detention, the delay in transferring them to civilian hospitals, and their continued detention in cells.

It is noteworthy that Al-Fafsous is 34 years old, and the occupation had re-arrested him on 5/2/2023, administratively. He is a former prisoner who spent about 7 years in the occupation’s prisons. He began facing arrest in 2007, and he had gone on strike. Food at the end of May and the beginning of last June, and it lasted for 9 days. He also went on strike in 2021 against his administrative detention, and it lasted for (131) days, as well as in 2019, noting that all of his brothers were subjected to arrest, and today the occupation authorities are arresting four of his brothers alongside him. Administratively, all of them are former prisoners, and he is married and the father of a daughter.

As for the detainee Khalouf (42 years old), the occupation authorities are holding him in (Ramla Prison Clinic), and he suffers from difficult health conditions. He was transferred several times to a civil hospital, and the occupation authorities had re-arrested him on 8/3/2023, knowing that a warrant had been issued against him. Administrative detention for four months was confirmed. The occupation court also postponed issuing a decision on the appeal filed by his lawyer against his recent administrative detention.

The detainee, Khalouf, is a former prisoner who spent four and a half years in the occupation prisons. He went on a hunger strike in 2019, which lasted for 67 days, in rejection of his administrative detention.

Today, Sunday, the Commission for the Affairs of Prisoners and Ex-Detainees published painful details to which the injured prisoner Khalil Araysha (19 years old) from the city of Nablus was subjected during his arrest and interrogation, after the Commission’s lawyer, Sherine Iraqi, visited him in Megiddo Prison.

It said: “The prisoner was severely injured by Israeli occupation soldiers on 05/22/2023, during the storming of Balata camp when he was returning from work. The prisoner was subsequently transferred to Rafidia Hospital for treatment and to remove the bullets from his body. He remained there for nearly three weeks in a state of emergency.” Saab is healthy, oscillating between coma and consciousness, and suffers from bone fragmentation and a fractured pelvis, in addition to an injury to his right foot.”

It added: “On June 26, 2023, when he was discharged from the hospital, a large group of occupation soldiers came at three o’clock after midnight to the prisoner’s house, tied his hands and blindfolded him, then took him to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, then to Ramla Hospital, where he stayed.” There were 6 days, after which he was returned to Petah Tikva for investigation.”

The lawyer told the prisoner what he was subjected to during the investigation, where he said: “I was interrogated for 31 days in Petah Tikva. The first two weeks the interrogation was very intense, as it exceeded 18 hours a day. They were among the most difficult days I had to go through, and then the hours were reduced.” The investigation was carried out gradually, and during this period, despite my difficult health condition and the severe pain I was feeling, I did not take any medication.”

It is noteworthy that a court hearing for Araysha is scheduled to be held on 10/10/2023.

A spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent denied on Sunday that the death toll from the floods that struck the city of Derna in the east of the country had reached 11,300 people, according to what the United Nations announced on Saturday, citing the association.

Spokesman Tawfiq Shukri told Agence France-Presse, “We, to the secretariat, are surprised that our name is included in such statistics even though we did not declare these numbers,” considering that it “confuses the situation, especially the families of missing people.” The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs had reported that the toll from the floods had risen to 11,300 dead and 10,100 missing, and attributed these numbers to the Libyan Red Crescent.

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment, and in honor of the guests of the Jerusalem International Conference on Sustainable Development Applications, I announced the establishment of an Arab and international alliance to support the city of Jerusalem under the name “Jerusalem Donors Network,” in partnership with Al-Quds University, and the Regional Network for Social Responsibility.

This came during the dinner party held by the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment under the slogan “A Decade of Giving, and the Journey Continues,” to honor His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, Chairman of the International Islamic Charitable Organization, Advisor to the Kuwaiti Emiri Diwan and Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The ceremony, which was held at the Millennium Hotel in Ramallah on Saturday evening, was attended by leaders and ambassadors of charitable and humanitarian work at the Arab, Islamic and international levels, and a number of Arab and Islamic figures, most notably Dr. Al-Maatouq and member of the Fatah Central Committee, Abbas Zaki, representing President Mahmoud Abbas. Muneeb Al-Masry, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment, and Dr. Imad Abu Kishk, Secretary of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment and President of Al-Quds University, Minister of Justice Muhammad Al-Shalalda, Deputy Governor of Jerusalem Abdullah Siam, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Arab and Islamic Fund Affairs Nasser Qatami, in addition to Mrs. Hadeel Al-Sabti, International Relations Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Islamic Charitable Organization. Engineer Fathi Afaneh, CEO of Fast Building Contracting Company, Dr. Muhammad Al-Shayyab, senior expert in environmental development and strategic planning, Mrs. Iman Slim, company agent and community activist in sisterly Tunisia, Atef Al-Marzouqi, head of the Technical Operations Department, and Dr. Najwa Battif, assistant professor at the Higher Institute of Islamic Sciences in Kairouan, Sheikha Ghanem Mohammed Al-Kubaisi, Ambassador of Peace and Goodwill - Honorary Member of the Arab Fund for Social Responsibility Research - and writer, Dr. Shihab Ahmed Al-Othman, Director General of the Superior Achievement Institute for Private Training and Administrative and Economic Consultation - Head of the Kuwait Program for Social Responsibility, and Dr. Ali Al Ibrahim, Vice President of the Regional Network for Responsibility. Social Affairs, Muhammad Saeed Al-Mudhahki, Executive Director - Al-Sanabel Association for Orphan Care, Youssef Al-Oqab, Member of the Board of Directors - Al-Sanabel Association for Orphan Care, Professor Mohsen bin Ammar Al-Trabelsi, a professor physician at the Faculty of Medicine in Tunisia, Mrs. Reham Makhlouf, representative of the Jordanian Sanad Association, and representatives of national institutions, civil society and the sector. Private and freed prisoner Karim Younis, Bishop Atallah Hanna, and a number of Palestinian figures.

The Vice President of the Regional Network for Social Responsibility, Mr. Dr.. Ali Al-Ibrahim presented to the audience the founding statement of the “Jerusalem Donors Network,” stressing that its goal is to show solidarity with the Holy City and share with its people the feelings of brotherhood and solidarity.

He said, "We are launching our initiative to support our brothers: Arabs and Muslims in Jerusalem, regardless of their colors, races, and languages. You all know the challenges that the city of Jerusalem and the Islamic and Christian sanctities are facing in their social, economic, educational, and cultural sectors."

He added, "In the face of all of this, the people of Jerusalem stand stationary, steadfast, defending, with little capabilities other than determination and determination to stand firm on the city of Jerusalem, despite all the difficult circumstances they are going through. Let us announce the launch of the "Jerusalem Donors Network" to achieve empowerment and development in a way that ensures the preservation of Jerusalem's Arab-Islamic identity and the provision of essential elements. Resilience for Jerusalemites by supporting all development sectors within a promising strategic plan. It is a joint call for solidarity, cooperation, and contribution to supporting the city of Jerusalem.”

The ceremony began with a speech by Dr. Abu Imad Kishk, Secretary of the Jerusalem Endowment Fund and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qudsna Endowment Foundation and President of Al-Quds University, in which he praised Dr. Al-Maatouq for his efforts and hard work in supporting Jerusalem and strengthening the steadfastness of its people and his honorable positions towards the Palestinian cause and people.

Dr. Abu Kishk extended his greetings, appreciation and gratitude to Munib Al-Masry on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his founding of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment, as Al-Masry believes in the necessity of its survival so that it can be passed down to generations and fulfill his eternal mission in developing and developing Jerusalem and strengthening the steadfastness of its people in facing challenges and empowering them in all educational, health, social, economic, housing and other sectors.

Dr. Abu Kishek stressed that the Fund is keen to participate with our people in Jerusalem in determining their development priorities and needs, and that the work is based on participation, transparency, effectiveness, fairness and justice, and the participation of Jerusalem institutions, activities and men in the decision-making process, in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development in Jerusalem and the Jerusalemite community.

The Deputy Governor of Jerusalem praised the efforts of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment for the benefit of the people of Jerusalem and their development in strengthening their steadfastness. He said, "The Fund will continue to work in all vital sectors and that the passage of ten years of giving is a great matter that deserves appreciation."

In turn, Abbas Zaki conveyed the greetings of President Mahmoud Abbas to the guests of the Jerusalem International Conference on Sustainable Development Applications, led by Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, son of the State of Kuwait, whose state works to support the Palestinian cause in all international forums, expressing his hope that they will return to their country and be ambassadors for Jerusalem.

Abbas Zaki praised Mr. Munib Al-Masry and his efforts in achieving national unity and meeting the needs of the residents of Jerusalem through the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment.

For his part, Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq expressed his thanks for honoring him by the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment, praising the people of Palestine and their steadfastness in the face of challenges.

Al-Maatouq expressed his happiness to visit Palestine, accompanied by the guest delegation, and for the spirit, determination and pride they saw among its people, despite the injustice inflicted on them, wishing steadfastness and success for the Palestinian people in achieving their freedom and independence.

The ceremony included religious performances and songs presented by the Anwar Al-Quds Band, and a film was shown about the journey of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment over the past ten years, and another film entitled “They Said About Us,” which included words from the heart from many Jerusalemite figures in which they spoke about the Fund and its contribution to standing with the people of the city. Holy.

Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi Al-Hadmi, said that the Israeli occupation government is taking advantage of its holidays to escalate the situation in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, in an attempt to impose a temporal and spatial division.

Al-Hidmi indicated in a statement, today, Sunday, that the occupation authorities are seeking to end the legal and historical situation existing at Al-Aqsa, by preventing worshipers from entering the mosque, after they were assaulted by beatings or pursued by arrest.

He added: "While it restricted the entry of worshipers to the mosque and pursued and arrested them after the barbaric assault on them, the occupation police facilitated and encouraged extremist settlers' incursions into the mosque and the performance of Talmudic rituals."

Al-Hidmi called on the occupation government to respect the existing legal and historical status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and to stop the incursions that affect the feelings and faith of Muslims in the world.

He stressed that the ongoing violations taking place at Al-Aqsa call for an Arab, Islamic and international stance, and support and support from the Arab and Muslim brothers and the international community for the Jerusalemites in light of the difficult circumstances that the occupied city of Jerusalem is going through.

For the second day in a row, the Rapid Support Forces attacked the headquarters of the Sudanese Army General Command in central Khartoum, as flames rose from several towers in the heart of the capital, according to what witnesses reported to Agence France-Presse.

Residents said, "Clashes are taking place around the army headquarters, in which all types of weapons are being used."

Residents in the capital reported on Saturday that fighting had resumed in the vicinity of the General Command headquarters after a lull for two weeks.
These clashes led to fires in buildings in central Khartoum.

Video clips on social media platforms, verified by Agence France-Presse, showed flames consuming famous buildings, most notably the tower that houses the headquarters and offices of the Nile Company, the largest oil company in the country.

The building, with its glass facades and pyramidal design, is one of the most prominent landmarks of the capital. The clips showed it burning almost completely, with black color covering its layers as smoke continued to rise from it.

Thick black smoke covered the sky of the Sudanese capital. Pictures circulated on social media showed the windows of several buildings in central Khartoum being smashed and bullets penetrating their walls.

Since the outbreak of battles in Sudan between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo on April 15, about 7,500 people have been killed, and the actual numbers are likely to be much higher, while about five million people have been forced to leave their homes and be displaced within Sudan or Crossing to neighboring countries, especially Egypt and Chad.

About 2.8 million people fled Khartoum, which was witnessing aerial bombardment, heavy artillery, and street fighting in residential areas.
Witnesses in the Mayo neighborhood in southern Khartoum said that they "heard the sound of heavy artillery shelling on the positions of the Rapid Support Forces in the nearby Sports City (area)."

At least 51 people were killed last week in a bombing that targeted a market in the Mayo neighborhood, according to the United Nations.

In the state of Kordofan State (350 kilometers west of the capital), the army and the Rapid Support Forces exchanged artillery shelling on Sunday, according to what residents reported.

Since the outbreak of the war, the most intense fighting has occurred in Khartoum and in the Darfur region of western Sudan, where the Rapid Support Forces and allied militias launched attacks on an ethnic basis, prompting the International Criminal Court to open a new investigation into possible war crimes.

At the beginning of this century, the Darfur region was the scene of a bloody conflict that killed 300,000 people and displaced more than 2.5 million Sudanese, according to the United Nations.

Today, Sunday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh headed to New York to participate in the meeting of donor countries in the presence of 46 countries.

The Prime Minister will present to the meeting three files related to the financial situation in light of the continuing financial war waged by Israel against the Palestinian people, the unjust deductions from clearance funds, the government reform program, and the development plans prepared for the next five years.

The Prime Minister will attend the international meeting to achieve the sustainable development goals, and after the end of the meetings, he and his accompanying delegation will join the delegation participating in the meeting of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas.

Today, Sunday, settlers performed Talmudic rituals near the eastern door of the Ibrahimi Mosque.

The Director General of the Hebron Endowments, Hajj Nidal al-Jaabari, denounced the settlers performing their rituals near the “Eastern Gate” of the Ibrahimi Mosque, in a precedent that heralds a great danger added to the total dangers surrounding the Ibrahimi Mosque, as a result of the attacks of the Israeli occupation and its settlers on it, in a clear and blatant challenge to the feelings of Muslims.

He said: What the occupation has been doing recently in intensifying its attacks and violations of our sanctities is nothing but a policy of religious and ethnic cleansing, which expresses its systematic policy of fighting the Palestinian people, their mosques and their churches.

Al-Jaabari called on citizens and all institutions to carry out their duties and stand strong in the face of the occupation’s plans to control our sanctities and places of worship.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the occupation military court confirmed the administrative detention order for the detained and wounded child, Ma'ad Omar Al-Hajj (17 years old), from Jericho, for a new period of four months, making it the second order issued against him since his arrest on May 14, 2023.

The Prisoners' Club stated that the child, Al-Hajj, is one of (20) children whom the occupation continues to administratively detain, according to documented data until the end of last August.

The Prisoner's Club stated that the continued administrative detention of the Hajj child comes within the framework of the occupation's ongoing escalation of the systematic crime of administrative detention, which it has expanded its use of, since last year and the current year, in a continuous attempt to undermine the current state of struggle.

It is noteworthy that the occupation had arrested the child, Al-Hajj, an eleventh grade student, after he was summoned by the occupation intelligence, and shortly after he was injured, and he still needs health follow-up, knowing that he is in Ofer prison in the cubs section.

Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a citizen from Tammun as he passed through the Huwwara military checkpoint, south of Nablus.

The director of the Prisoners' Club in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, reported that the occupation forces arrested the freed prisoner Bilal Mustafa Mansour Bani Odeh (37 years old) from the town of Tamoun, south of Tubas, while he was passing through the Huwwara military checkpoint, south of Nablus.

The Prisoners' Club confirmed on Sunday that the health condition of prisoner Asif Al-Rifai (21 years old) from the town of Kafr Ain/Ramallah, who suffers from cancer, is seriously deteriorating, compared to the previous period.

The Prisoner's Club said that prisoner Al-Rifai underwent surgery at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital, where he was transferred from the Ramla Prison Clinic last Wednesday, after a new tumor appeared in his urethra, which led to major damage to one of his kidneys.

In light of the dangerous development facing the prisoner Al-Rifai, the Prisoner’s Club called on all international human rights bodies to intervene immediately to release him, so that he can be among his family members. And to stop the crime that the occupation continues to carry out against him, especially since this deterioration came shortly after medical reports confirmed that there was no improvement in his health condition.

The Prisoners' Club held the occupation prison administration fully responsible for the fate of prisoner Al-Rifai, and all sick prisoners who face the crime of medical negligence (slow killing), around the clock.

During the forty-fifth session of UNESCO, held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decided to register the site of ancient Jericho/Tell al-Sultan on the World Heritage List.

The Tel al-Sultan site has a unique strategy stemming from its location near Ain al-Sultan, which forms the basis for the existence of the city of Jericho, and the beginning of human life during the Natufian period before the appearance of plants about 10,500 years ago.

The site of Tel al-Sultan is the oldest walled agricultural city in the world, and its history extends more than 8 thousand years, and it represents a unique architectural model in ancient times.

The exceptional global importance of ancient Jericho (Sultan Hill) is that it is one of the oldest fortified cities in the world dating back to the Neolithic Age (8350 - 7000 BC). During that period, the city was fortified with a huge defensive wall and a circular tower (9 m in diameter and about 8 m in height). There is a trench cut into the rock (3 meters deep and 8 meters wide). The tower contains an entrance, a covered foyer, and an internal staircase consisting of 22 steps leading to the top of the tower (which is the oldest built staircase in the world).”

President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the decision, considering it extremely important and evidence of the authenticity and history of this Palestinian people, stressing that the State of Palestine will continue to preserve this unique site for all humanity.

An official in the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Saudi Arabia informed the American administration to stop any discussions related to normalization with Israel.

The Israeli official indicated, as reported on the website of Elaph magazine, which is owned by Saudi figures, that the opposition of the pillars of Netanyahu’s government to any gesture towards the Palestinians, and Netanyahu’s acceptance of the demands of the pillars of the extreme right represented by the Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich parties, means the same as any possibility of rapprochement with the Palestinians and thus with the Saudis. .

The Israeli official stressed that the United States informed Israel of Saudi Arabia’s decision “to stop any discussions with the Americans regarding normalization or taking any step towards Israel, and that the Israeli leadership is confused about its decision.”

Informed American sources said that Saudi Arabia brought the Palestinians into the discussions in an intelligent manner so that it could decide on the form and date of the agreement with the Israelis and demarcate the borders of their independent state without interference from the outside, and without Israeli imposition, as they tried to do in the Abraham Accords, which did not succeed in reaching any consensus. With the Palestinians.

According to Elaph, information indicates that the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, who is close to Netanyahu and who was ambassador to Washington, leaked fabricated news to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which is supportive of the American right and is owned by extremist Republican Jews. What were described - according to the newspaper - as secret meetings that brought together Saudi King Mohammed bin Salman, and Netanyahu.

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Palestine (DPAL) said, Israel is waging a war of attrition on EU-funded projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), destroying them in an effort to limit their presence in the region.

Israel’s government contributes to the fueling of Israeli settler terrorism against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by granting firearm licenses to settlers, said Euro-Med Monitor, encouraging them to carry weapons, and ordering the Israeli army to support and assist them during their harassment of the Palestinian population, which includes land burning and violent attacks. 

The DPAL met in Strasbourg on Wednesday evening to exchange views on the continual demolition of EU-funded structures in Palestine and the escalation of settler violence in the West Bank. Muhammed Shehada, Chief of Communications at Euro-Med Monitor, called on Members of the European Parliament to “speak up and name things the way they are”, asking them to condemn settler terrorism against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and “designate settler groups as terrorist organizations”. 

“I know there’s a lot of reluctance to call it as such in Brussels, but the US Biden administration is getting there,” Shehada said, noting that the latest statement by the State Department described Israeli settler violence as settler terrorism. “Going into Palestinian communities and basically threatening women and children with guns and trucks and improvised weaponry … has been successful in emptying most of the area between Jericho and Ramallah.”

Shehada urged MEPs to pressure the European Commission to impose sanctions on those responsible for killings and violence against Palestinians, as well as impose travel bans against the most prominent settler activists who carry out the most violent attacks. He emphasized that while Israeli authorities are attempting to expel Palestinians and limit their presence in Area C of the West Bank, the EU must support and finance the right of Palestinians to be there.

“The Israeli army works hand-in-hand with the settlers,” Shehada stated. “The settlers drove the community [of Ein Samiya village] out, then the army went in and destroyed an EU-funded school in the area to make sure Palestinians would not return again.” He said that the best thing the EU is doing to support the Palestinians is funding the Palestinian presence in Area C and cooperating with the Palestinian Authority on both humanitarian and developmental projects.

“It’s a war of attrition and seeing who has the most patience,” added Shehada. “In that sense, the EU, by funding projects across the occupied territories, is winning that war of attrition.”

Euro-Med Monitor’s statement cited Israeli authorities’ destruction of nearly nine per cent of EU-funded facilities in the oPt in recent years, including schools, commercial establishments, agricultural projects, parks, and amusement facilities. Israel has been tearing down EU-funded initiatives since 2001, when it physically destroyed and/or financially dismantled approximately 150 development projects partially or entirely funded by the EC and EU Member States. The EU’s 2015 decision to require import labels on products imported into Europe from Israeli settlements caused the pace of the demolitions to increase significantly, starting in 2016.

Shehada encouraged MEPs to take concrete steps to hold Israeli authorities accountable for grave violations in the oPt, including the displacement of Palestinians from their villages, support for settler violence, and the demolition of EU-funded projects. He also stated that steps must be taken to prevent settler attacks on Palestinian communities and protect EU-funded projects.  “The EU has not even made a list of possible actions to present to Member States,” Shehada explained. “So, make a list of actions; it’s as simple as that—it [should be] intuitive.”

One way to hold [Israeli authorities] accountable, he said, is the Association Council. “You have an upcoming meeting with the Associate Council that Israel is expected to be invited to,” Shehada elaborated. “If you [meet] without any conditions vis-à-vis Israel’s behavior on the ground, it will only signal weakness to the Israeli government and to settlers.”

Shehada called for MEPs to challenge the restrictions imposed on Palestinians by Israeli authorities, to “keep making a good noise”, and visit the ground themselves to meet Palestinians “to create a sense that the world has not moved on from their cause and that they are not isolated, because this is the perception that the Israeli government is trying to sell to the Palestinians; that you are on your own”.

Besides Muhammed Shehada of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, speakers at the meeting were Giovanni Di Girolamo, Head of Unit, Neighborhood and Middle East (DG ECHO); Michael Mann, Head of Division, Middle East - Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Middle East Peace Process (EEAS); and Aundrea Domenico, Head of the West Bank Coordination Unit at the United Nations

On Sunday, Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine stressed that the settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque will only be met with more resistance that defends the rights of its Palestinian people in the face of this aggression.

Muhammad Hamadeh, Hamas spokesman for the occupied city of Jerusalem, said, “Our Palestinian people are united in defending Al-Aqsa Mosque and confronting the aggression.”

Hamada stressed in a press statement that "the enemy cannot succeed in breaking the equation." like he said.

He added: "The settlers' incursions into Al-Aqsa represent a continuation of the aggression and encroachment on Al-Aqsa, and they are tantamount to acts of desecration through which the occupation wants to extract an image of victory for itself in Jerusalem," stressing that the resistance will continue until the end of the occupation.

He stressed that "the continuation of the aggression against Al-Aqsa will be met by our people with unity and steadfastness despite the obstacles placed by the occupation to prevent worshipers from reaching the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Al-Aqsa will not be left alone." like he said.

He added: "The repetition of the attack on Al-Aqsa cannot, under any circumstances, become a normal habit."

For its part, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine warned that the continued targeting of the city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque will lead to very serious repercussions for the occupation, stressing that these attacks and provocations, and the escalation of the attack against the Palestinians throughout the occupied territories, will not deter them from waging their daily battle to confront the fascist entity that He seeks to uproot our people from their land. As stated in the text of its statement.

The Front said, “The frenzied war waged by the Zionist enemy against Jerusalem has become important and a major agenda on the agenda of the racist government of murderers and fascists led by Netanyahu, Smoitrich, and Ben Gvir.” Today’s storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque is being carried out with the support and a clear green light from the occupation government, which seeks To transform the conflict into a religious battle through plans to gradually seize the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque by devoting the temporal and spatial division plan, which placed Al-Aqsa at any moment on the crater of a volcano that could explode in the face of the occupation at any moment.”

The Front stressed that the occupation’s plans to expand its aggression against our people and their sanctities will only be met with more operations.

On days like these, 41 years have passed since the Sabra and Shatila massacre of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, which was committed by Lebanese gangs with the support and cover of the Israeli occupation forces that invaded Lebanon in 1982 AD and occupied the capital, Beirut, but after the Palestinian forces withdrew from it after the United States pledged The US, through its mediator Philip Habib, agreed to protect the security of the Palestinian camps and not allow the Israeli occupation forces to occupy Beirut.

However, this American pledge was like throwing ash in the eyes, especially since all the information confirmed that America knew about the massacre that lasted for three days and nights, but it did not do anything to stop it, but rather remained silent like the silence of graves, which means that it and the Israeli occupation forces are partners. In the massacre, and that betting on America is a failed bet by all standards and standards, because the United States is hostile to the Palestinian people and deals with two standards regarding the Israeli side, as it is always on its side and against the Palestinian people always and forever.

The Palestinian refugees in the two camps paid a heavy price as a result of this massacre, as the number of martyrs - men, women and children - reached about four thousand martyrs, and the Lebanese gangs used all types of weapons, including edged weapons, as they cut open the stomachs of women and children and other heinous practices that are deplorable. She has the forehead of humanity.

This hideous massacre that befell our people in the two camps expresses the extent of the enemies’ hatred for the Palestinian people, and a miserable attempt to liquidate their existence for the benefit of the occupying state and its agents in the region and abroad.

However, our people, who sacrificed hundreds of thousands of martyrs on the altar of their national cause, will continue their struggle until their full goals of complete freedom and independence are achieved and the establishment of their independent state on their national soil with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.

This massacre and other massacres committed against our people will remain a disgrace on the forehead of all those who carried out and contributed to it and those who remained silent about committing it, as the United States of America did.

Our people, who have not forgotten their martyrs, will not forget this massacre and other massacres, and will not forgive, no matter how long or short it takes, and its perpetrators will pay the price, sooner or later, as the blood of the martyrs will not be in vain.

The international community also bears responsibility for the terrible massacre because it did not hold accountable the killers and those who supported them and those who remained silent about it, especially the occupation forces that provided everything necessary for the Lebanese gangs to carry out the massacre.

The day will come when our people will regain their full rights and the criminal killers will be held accountable, and Palestinian memory will remain alive until the rights of the martyrs of the massacre and other massacres that will not be forgotten are fulfilled.

The State of Palestine officially joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, “UNESCO” on 10/31/2011. UNESCO is the first United Nations organization in which the Palestinians seek full membership after Palestine submitted a request for full membership in the Security Council - the United Nations on 9/23/2011.

To obtain full membership in UNESCO, voting took place at the organization’s headquarters in the French capital, Paris, at its thirty-sixth session, in which 173 countries out of 194 countries that enjoy membership in this organization participated. 107 members voted in favor of Palestine’s accession, while 14 members opposed. 52 members abstained from voting, including the United States and Israel. Since that time, Palestine has achieved many achievements within the corridors of UNESCO and registered three sites on the World Heritage List, as follows:

- In Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus Christ: the Church of the Nativity and the pilgrims’ path in 2012,

- In Battir - the land of grapes and olives and the cultural landscape of South Jerusalem in 2014,

- In Hebron - the site of the Old City in 2017.

Now, in September 2023, Palestine will celebrate the fourth achievement since joining the organization by registering the archaeological site of Tell al-Sultan in ancient Jericho, after it met the selection criteria for registering the site. Voting will take place during the World Heritage Committee’s 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The 1972 Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage states that some of the world's sites are of "outstanding universal value" and must form part of the common heritage of humanity. More than 190 members joined this agreement, commonly known as the “World Heritage Convention,” forming an international community united under a common mission of identifying and preserving the most important natural and cultural heritage sites in the world. The agreement emphasizes the role of local communities as an effective tool to address issues of climate change, rapid urban expansion, mass tourism, sustainable social and economic development, natural disasters, and other contemporary challenges that may harm archaeological sites.

Israel joined UNESCO in 1949, and the organization expelled it in 1974 after it carried out excavations in the Haram al-Sharif area. However, it regained its membership and achieved several gains, registering 9 sites on the heritage list, including the Great Beit Shearim Cemetery, which is an important shrine for the Jewish renewal movement in 2015, and the Baha’i holy places in Haifa and the Galilee in 2008, the biblical hills in Megiddo and Beersheba in 2005, the Incense Route in the Negev Desert in 2005, the white city of Tel Aviv in 2003, the ancient city of Akko and Masada in 2001 until Israel officially withdrew from the organization on October 17, 2018, and its withdrawal entered into force at the beginning of 2019. This came in protest against what it called UNESCO’s bias towards the Palestinians after adopting several resolutions related to Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories. Despite officially discontinuing its membership in UNESCO, Israel is still represented in the Heritage Committee in order to preserve the areas registered in its name. Under Trump, America suspended its membership and support for UNESCO, but returned with the victory of Biden and the Democrats.

In 2011, Palestine did not succeed in obtaining full membership in the Security Council, but it did in the General Assembly in 2012 with a majority vote under the Union for Peace clause, becoming a non-member observer “state” by Resolution 67/19, after the PLO had the status of an “entity.” Observer since 1974 as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. Accordingly, Palestine obtained the privilege of joining international treaties, agreements and organizations. According to the United Nations database, there are more than 560 multilateral treaties internationally, Palestine has joined about 70 of them. The State of Palestine was able to achieve these achievements with the vision and leadership of the Executive Committee of the PLO at that time, represented by Dr. Saeb Erekat, who chaired the Supreme National Committee for Palestine’s accession to international agreements and treaties, and he was the one who adopted and led the internationalization strategy to consolidate Palestine’s position on the geography map. He used specialized international legal advisors in coordination with the competent authorities internally, represented by the competent ministry - in the case of heritage, the Ministry of Tourism - and in cooperation with the official representative of the PLO in each of these international organizations. He continued working to ensure the registration of its membership and full representation and to achieve international diplomatic gains, believing in the importance of establishing Rights and documentation to preserve the status of Palestine and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in all aspects of international law and UN resolutions to confront the occupation’s attempts to steal identity and heritage and distort the Palestinian narrative.

It is necessary for the PLO to reactivate efforts, in full coordination between all parties, to register other archaeological sites in Palestine to ensure the protection of the cultural and natural heritage and Palestinian archaeological sites that are threatened by the natural and human factors of time and the occupation’s destructive or Judaization attempts. We must not be satisfied with registering these sites, but rather work to protect and promote them and carefully transform them into tourist attraction sites to contribute to the international promotion process that supports the Palestinian economy and Palestine’s international presence.

- Dalal Erekat: Professor of Diplomacy and Strategic Planning, College of Graduate Studies, Arab American University.

The death toll from floods in the city of Derna in eastern Libya has risen to 11,300, according to what the United Nations announced on Saturday in an update to the toll, citing the Libyan Red Crescent.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, also based on Libyan Red Crescent figures, reported that 10,100 others were still missing in the stricken city. The update added that floods claimed the lives of 170 people elsewhere in eastern Libya outside Derna.

The UN report stated, "These numbers are expected to rise as search and rescue crews work diligently to find survivors."
He added that about a week after Hurricane Daniel hit northeastern Libya, "the humanitarian situation remains bleak, especially in Derna."

The report stated that the city suffers from a severe problem with drinking water, and at least 55 children have been poisoned by drinking contaminated water.

In the surrounding areas, which have witnessed years of armed conflict, the United Nations has warned of the dangers of landmines that have been swept from one place to another by flood waters and threaten civilians moving on foot.

Last night, the Egyptian authorities released an Israeli security guard from Holon, near Tel Aviv, after he was arrested at the Taba crossing at the end of last month after 5 bullets were found in his bag.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the Israeli Foreign Ministry made great efforts to release Daniel Haim.

Haim was arrested on the twenty-fourth of last August, while he was on his way to spend his vacation in Sinai, as he works in a security company and holds a weapons license. After his arrest, his detention was extended and his phone was confiscated, and his friends who were with him were allowed to continue their journey.

The website pointed out that the Egyptian authorities dealt with the Israeli detainee harshly, and that they did not release him quickly after a day or two as in previous cases, and it is not known why his detention period was prolonged.

At dawn and Sunday morning, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids in various areas of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

For the second day in a row, and for the third time within 5 days, these forces continued to carry out a massive storming operation into the town of Beita, south of Nablus.

These forces raided dozens of homes, wreaked havoc on them, and subjected their residents to field investigation.

Confrontations broke out in the town, causing dozens of suffocation injuries among young men.

An Israeli force arrested the two young men, Zakaria Abu Jamous and Abdullah Zaqout, from the city of Tulkarm, as they passed through a checkpoint near the town of Prophet Elias.

These forces also raided many citizens’ homes in the town of Beit Awa in Hebron, the town of Al-Auja, north of Jericho, Al-Qara roundabout, Al-Mazraa Al-Gharbiyya, and Beit Rima, in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.

A similar operation was carried out in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of occupied Jerusalem.

On Sunday morning, settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in successive groups, amid calls to intensify the storming to commemorate the so-called “Hebrew New Year.”

A group of settlers were seen performing “epic prostration” inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa.

Previously, large forces of the occupation police stormed the courtyards of the mosque to secure the settlers’ incursions, as some members of those forces were seen removing some of the stationed people from inside it.

These forces prevented worshipers from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, and forced those inside it to leave.

A group of male and female marabouts gathered inside Al-Aqsa, where they shouted “Allahu Akbar” amid attempts to disrupt the settlers’ incursions.

The occupation forces deployed heavily inside the Old City since the early hours of dawn in preparation for securing the settlers' incursions.

In recent days, various factions, forces, and activities have launched calls to gather in Al-Aqsa and Rabat inside it, coinciding with calls for settlers to participate forcefully in the raids.

A young man was injured this Saturday evening in a settler attack on citizens and their homes in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in central Hebron.

According to local sources, settlers, protected by the Israeli occupation forces, assaulted the young man, Abdullah Ragheb Abu Aisha, and stabbed him in the back with a knife, causing injuries, after which he received treatment at the scene and his injury was described as moderate.

The sources added that a number of settlers threw stones and empty bottles at citizens and their homes, causing the shattering of a number of home windows belonging to the families: Abu Markhiya, Abu Shamsiyya, Ghanem, Dais, Al-Haddad, Abu Haikal, Abu Aisha and others, near the “Ramat Yishai” settlement, which was violently established on citizens’ lands and property in Tal. Rumaida.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that "Biden is not too old" to prevent him from seeking a second presidential term, but he pointed out that the biggest problem is that he is "incompetent."

The former US President's statements came during an interview with NBC that will be broadcast on Sunday, in the midst of an ongoing debate in the United States about the aging of the political class, which is a major factor in the 2024 elections.

At the due date, Biden will be 82 years old, while Trump will be 78 years old.

Polls indicate greater fear among Americans about Biden's age, despite the small age difference between the two men.

A poll showed that 75 percent of respondents doubted the Democratic president's ability to assume the duties of office for a second term.

At the end of his term, Trump was the second-oldest American president (Ronald Reagan was 77 years old at the end of his term), which constitutes a challenge for the real estate mogul, who, despite this, continues to call the current president “Sleepy Joe.”

If he wins the presidency in the 2024 elections, Trump will be 82 years old when his term ends.

"Some of the world's greatest leaders were eighty," Trump said in the interview, adding, "By the way, I'm not even close to being eighty."

He continued, "Biden is not very old, but I think he is incompetent, and this is a bigger problem."

Biden's age is a major obstacle to him, despite the efforts made by the White House to market his economic, social and diplomatic successes.

During Biden's last medical examination in February, his doctor described him as "energetic" and in "good health." However, Seneh continues to concern voters in a country that places great importance on youth.

The president now walks very cautiously and stutters, and since he is always under the spotlight, there is no escape.

In the interview, Trump said that his age does not cause him concern, noting that his parents lived a long life.

"Genetically, it's a good thing," he continued.

This Saturday evening, clashes broke out in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, with the Israeli occupation forces.

According to local sources, large forces of the occupation army stormed the town of Beita amidst the firing of tear gas bombs, which led to the outbreak of confrontations and the injury of a number of citizens to suffocation cases.

The sources added that the occupation forces have been imposing a siege on the town of Beita for days and are conducting raids and searches of neighborhoods there.

A man and six women were killed by thunderbolts that struck two homes in the coastal governorate of Hodeidah, western Yemen, according to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), which is run by the Houthi group.

The agency reported today (Saturday), quoting local sources, that “a family of four women died as a result of a thunderbolt” that struck a house in the Al-Lahiya District of Hodeidah Governorate.

In a similar incident in Al-Zahra District in Hodeidah Governorate, a man, his wife, and his sister died as a result of a lightning strike that struck their house, according to the agency.

In a press statement, the center warned Yemenis “of thunderstorms, the flow of torrents in the reefs and valleys, and the presence or crossing of torrential paths in areas where rain is expected” in the Yemeni governorates.

On Saturday, an Israeli military site was subjected to a shooting attack near the Shweika suburb of Tulkarm.

According to an Israeli military spokesman, the shooting did not cause any casualties, and military forces conducted a survey in the area and found bullet casings.

Following the event, a military force stormed the area, amid violent confrontations with young men, while the force confiscated security camera recordings.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused the European Union of seeking to distance itself from Turkey, while accession negotiations with Ankara are stalled.

"The European Union seeks to distance itself from Turkey. We will make our own assessment of the situation and we can also go in another direction," Erdogan said before heading to New York to participate in the United Nations General Assembly.

The Turkish President was answering journalists' questions after the European Enlargement Commissioner asked Ankara to make progress on the issue of democracy. Hungarian Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said during his visit to Ankara last week, “The accession negotiations are currently suspended. In order for them to resume, there are very clear criteria...that must be taken into account, linked to democracy and the rule of law.”

Turkey, still officially an EU candidate, submitted its application in 1987 to the EEC and in 1999 to the EU, but accession negotiations that began in 2005 have been stalled for several years.
Relations have been strained since the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and the subsequent widespread purges targeting opponents and journalists.

The National Bureau for Land Defense and Settlement Resistance said that the “Oslo” Accords, which have passed thirty years since their signing, are being overshadowed by successive waves of construction operations and destructive settlement plans that target the remaining land of the Palestinians, pointing out that the number of settlers in the West Bank, including Jerusalem Eastern has increased seven times since the signing of those agreements.

On September 13, 1993, what was called the first Oslo Agreement (Declaration of Principles Agreement) was signed in the White House garden in Washington. On the twenty-eighth of September 1995, what was called the Palestinian-Israeli Interim Agreement was signed in Taba, Egypt, which divided the West Bank into what became known as areas (A), which are large Palestinian cities and towns, and (B), which includes villages and small towns, and (C) It is the largest area, equal to about 62% of the area of the West Bank, and is administratively and security-wise subject to full Israeli control. This division of the West Bank was not arbitrary, coincidental, or meaningless, as much as it was deliberate and indicated implicit goals. Later years showed how dangerous it was. This area, called (C), according to the interim agreement, was the target of the occupying state’s ambitions as a vital area for its settlement project. 99% of this area is completely excluded from Palestinian use, and the occupation authorities do not allow Palestinians to build there for residential, commercial or industrial purposes. It contains most of the natural resources in the West Bank, and it contains the main water basins with the exception of the northeastern basin in Jenin Governorate, and it contains open spaces, which were The source of income for Palestinian farmers, and 70% of its lands are defined as being within the municipal boundaries of settlements and settlers.

The first settlement wave
This area was targeted for settlement from the beginning. This settlement went through three waves, and it seems that we are on a date with its fourth and final phase. The first wave was the period of Labor Party rule between 1967 and 1977, when a number of settlements were built, amounting to about 31 settlements, the most important of which were in the Greater Jerusalem area and in Gush Etzion in the Bethlehem Governorate and in the Jordan Valley, in addition to the settlement that was established on the lands of the destroyed villages (Yalo, Beit Nuba, Latrun). As for the number of settlers, it rose to 2,876 settlers. The focus at that time was on Gush Etzion, the Jordan Valley, and the Greater Jerusalem area, while in the rest of the West Bank, Israel built only one settlement.

The second wave
The second wave came with the major shift in Israel's settlement policy after the rise of the extreme right led by Menachem Begin to power and after the signing of the peace agreement with Egypt. At the end of the seventies and the beginning of the eighties, Israel established 35 settlements, followed by 43 new settlements until the end of the eighties. Settlement activities escalated in the period that accompanied the Madrid and Washington negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides after the First Gulf War in 1991. The government of Yitzhak Shamir established seven new settlements, and the number of settlers rose to 107 thousand settlers, bringing their percentage to 5.3% of the general population of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. .

Third wave
As for the third wave, it was after the signing of the Oslo Accords, when settlement activities continued, as settlement expansion took place, bypass roads were opened, and military orders were issued ordering the seizure of Palestinian lands, contrary to what was included in the “Oslo” Accords, which stipulated that neither party may begin Or take any step that would change the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip until awaiting the results of the final status negotiations, as if Israel is in a race against time to impose more new facts on the ground. The Israeli governments used the agreements that were signed with the Palestinian side, just as they used the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations as a political cover for their settlement activities until we reached, before the last elections for the Israeli Knesset in 2022, 158 settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, inhabited by about 700-750 thousand. settlers, in addition to 15-20 thousand settlers living in more than 200 settlement outposts, which over time began to turn into an incubator for Jewish terrorist organizations, such as the “Hill Youth” organizations, “Pay the Price” organizations, and other organizations calling themselves “rebellion,” and with this expansion Settlement expansion is no longer talking about political settlements (that can be dismantled) and security settlements, as Yitzhak Rabin put it, but rather about a settlement-colonial structure on an area of 600 thousand dunums, which constitutes about 12% of the area of the West Bank, in addition to about two million dunums, which is the area of areas under the influence of the councils. The area of the Palestinian lands under the direct control of the settlements, including settlement outposts and so-called pastoral farms, amounts to about 40% of the total area of the West Bank.

The current fourth wave
The fourth wave of unprecedented settlement activity and destructive Israeli plans began with the rise of the fascist and neo-Nazi right to power in Israel after the last elections for the Knesset, which took place in November of last year, which aimed to raise the number of settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, to about One million settlers over the next two years. Bezalel Smutotrich, Minister of Finance and Minister of Settlements in the Ministry of the Army, for his part, prepared a settlement plan that includes dozens of settlement projects, including new construction, including new settlement cities, and the legalization of about 155 settlement outposts and pastoral farms, (which are two sides of the same coin and a shelter for Jewish terrorist organizations. That is why he asked two weeks ago to postpone the discussion of granting “legitimacy” to a number of settlement outposts in the Israeli Knesset, pending the crystallization of his destructive settlement project. In this, Smotrich intersects with both Ben Gvir and Netanyahu. In Jerusalem, new settlement cities such as “New Talpiot” and “Kadmat Zion,” bypass roads, and a light train, and in the rest of the West Bank governorates, a return to settlement in the settlements, which were evacuated by the Sharon government in 2005 in the Jenin Governorate, and the intensification and development of pastoral settlement in the areas on the banks of the Jordan Valley, starting with the areas Located to the east of the towns of Beit Dajan and Ben Furik, up to the north in the areas of Beita, Qasra, Majdal Bani Fadel, Douma, Jalud, and Qaryut in the Nablus Governorate. And in the areas of Turmus Aya, Bani Falah, Al-Mughir, Kafr Malek, and Marajat Al-Taybeh in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate, all the way to the Jerusalem desert in the direction of the Jordan Valley and the city of Jericho. For this purpose, the occupation government has allocated about 3.5 billion shekels to prepare the necessary infrastructure for such projects, including accelerating the completion of a number of new bypass roads, which exempt settlers from traveling in areas populated by Palestinian residents. Benjamin Netanyahu is not far from Smotrich's settlement plans and projects, as he encourages them in the context of a long-term project that talks about moving settlement to a new qualitative stage.

In numbers
If we try to zoom in on the picture with numbers, we will realize the size and extent of the dangerous development that has occurred in the settlement project in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. According to the population statistics for the settlements, issued by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, and also issued by the Settlements Council in what is called “Judea and Samaria,” the number of settlers in the West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, at the signing of the first Oslo Accords in 1993 was about 115,000, and it rose in 1999 to about 177,411. In 2005 to 249,901, in 2010 to 313,928, in 2015 to 388,285, and in 2018 to 430,147, bringing by the end of 2022 more than 500,000 settlers, residing in 158 Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including 24 in East Jerusalem. In addition, there are approximately 200 illegal Israeli settlement outposts and pastoral farms inhabited by about 25,000 settlers, the vast majority of whom are the terrorist “Hill Youth” and “Price Price” thugs. In total, more than 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in the West Bank, in addition to 250,000 residing in East Jerusalem, meaning that the total exceeds 750,000 settlers, which constitutes seven times the number that was the case in 1993.

Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshipers, under the pretext of Jewish holidays.

The director of the sanctuary, Ghassan Al-Rajabi, said that its closure comes within the framework of the temporal and spatial division by the Israeli occupation, which permanently stole about 36% of its corridors.

He explained that the occupation completely closes the sanctuary for 10 days a year, under the pretext of Jewish holidays, and takes away the right from Palestinian worshipers, noting that the occupation decided to close it this year on the dates: 16, 20, 24, and 25 of this month.

The two detainees, Kayed Al-Fafsous and Sultan Khalouf, continue their open hunger strike for the 45th day in a row, against their administrative detention.

The Prisoners' Club warned, in a statement, of the escalating risks to their lives, in light of the occupation forces' refusal to address their demand to end their arbitrary administrative detention, the delay in transferring them to civilian hospitals, and their continued detention in cells.