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.

Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a university student at the military enclave checkpoint northwest of occupied Jerusalem.

Local sources reported that the Israeli occupation forces arrested the student at Birzeit University, Shadi Amira, from the town of Jabal Mukaber, while he was passing through the aforementioned military checkpoint.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has voiced significant concerns over the sustainability of the Palestinian economy. This alarm follows recent tax cuts implemented by the Israeli government. As per the IMF’s findings, the Palestinian economy is grappling with a host of challenges, including a worsening security, political, and social situation. Consequently, economic recovery is losing momentum, and per capita income is projected to decline over the medium term.

Slowing Economic Growth Amid Fiscal Crises

Despite a brief rebound in growth following the pandemic in 2021, the growth rate of the Palestinian economy declined to 3.9% in 2022. The IMF anticipates this reduction to continue, with predictions of a further shrinkage to 3% in 2023. The fiscal crisis in Palestine remains unresolved due to limited prospects for necessary deep expenditure reforms and the unresolved fiscal disputes with Israel.

Key Factors Contributing to Economic Difficulties

The IMF report identifies several pivotal factors contributing to the economic challenges in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. These include Israel withholding tax revenues and a consistent lack of support from the international community. The report underscores the need for a collective effort from the Palestinian Authority, Israel, and the international community to spur economic growth.

The Necessity for Easing Restrictions

The IMF stresses the importance of easing Israeli-imposed restrictions on movement, access, and investment, particularly in Area C. The opening up of Gaza is also crucial to improving Palestinian employment and real incomes. These measures are deemed essential to counter the dwindling economic conditions and provide a much-needed boost to the Palestinian economy.

Stable Palestinian Banking Sector Amid Crisis

Notwithstanding the grim economic scenario, the IMF report does highlight a positive aspect – the stability of the Palestinian banking sector. Despite the ongoing economic crisis, the banking sector exhibits resilience, showing early signs of asset quality deterioration but remaining generally stable. This stability is a silver lining in the otherwise bleak economic landscape of Palestine.

Director of the Hospital Pharmacy Department at the Ministry of Health, Alaa Helles, warned of the cessation of dialysis services in Gaza Strip hospitals due to the acute shortage of medical consumables needed for dialysis.

Helles stated in a press statement that this poses a threat to the lives of 1,100 patients with kidney failure, including 38 children, each of whom needs 3 dialysis sessions per week to remove toxins from their fragile bodies and keep them alive.

Helles explained that the central warehouses have become completely empty of medical consumables for dialysis services, including filters, cannulas, and blood tubes, pointing out that what is available in hospital dialysis departments is only sufficient for 10 days at most.

Hillis explained that the Ministry of Health’s hospitals provide more than 13,000 dialysis sessions for kidney failure patients every month, which represents life to them, which requires all relevant authorities to take urgent action in order to provide the needs of kidney failure patients for medical consumables, which means continuing service for them and maintaining On their lives.

Since the Sais-Picot Agreement in the year 1916 AD and the division of the rule of the Arab countries between Britain and France, it became clear that there was a conspiracy against the Palestinian people, as the colonial rule of Palestine was the share of Britain, whose foreign policy was controlled by Rothschild, the leader of the Zionist Freemasons. In the year 1917 AD, and by order of Rothschild, a declaration was issued by the British Foreign Minister. Lord Balfour, called the Balfour Declaration, to establish a Jewish-Zionist-Masonic entity in Palestine.

After the defeat of the Ottoman rule in 1922 AD, Britain colonized Palestine under the guise of a mandate and appointed the Zionist Samuel as High Commissioner for Palestine.

During these years, Hitler or the Nazis did not rule Austria or Germany, that is, at this time there was no torture or burning by the Nazis of Jews and others, meaning that America, Britain and Europe all agreed to plant this cancer called Israel. In the heart of the Arab nation.

British colonialism was the official delegate to assist Zionist immigration to Palestine. And allowing the construction of armed colonies by the Zionist gangs, the Haganah, Stern, Irgun and other gangs.

In the year 1948 AD, specifically on May 15, Britain decided to end its colonization of Palestine, leaving behind all the weapons stores of the Zionist gangs that displaced our people and committed massacres against them in full view of the entire world.

Instead of the world supporting our people, the American Zionist President Truman recognized the State of Israel, which he declared on the ruins of our people after a United Nations Council meeting was held at the behest of America and pressured several countries to recognize the occupying state. This was done without recognizing the State of Palestine.

The first to recognize the State of Israel were the United States and Russia, followed by Britain, the first criminal against the Palestinian people, and followed by the rest of the European and non-European countries, without a solution to the Palestinian issue due to the intransigence of America, which implements as Israel wants.

The migration of the Palestinian people to the ring countries, with ignorant Arab promises, America’s malicious plans biased towards Israel, and the mistake of the leaders of the ring states, who signed a permanent truce with the entity state without the condition of the return of the Palestinian refugees, made the Palestinian people homeless, without a state, and living in shelters outside the homeland, or inside, or in a land under unjust occupation.

From 1948 to the present day, America has become a faithful servant of Israel, not caring about the financial power of the Arabs. On the contrary, it encourages the Arab countries to normalize relations with this usurping entity.

Unfortunately, America, which built its greatness as the protector of democracy in the world, has now clearly emerged, after the Russian-Ukrainian war, as the leader of racism in the world.
In the end, only America and Israel remain in the world standing together against any project that ends this Jewish-Zionist-Masonic occupation.
Therefore, the Palestinian factions that talk about liberation have no choice but to end this division, so that we can be one hand in resisting this occupation, the price of which is paid only by the Palestinian people, and God is our helper.
*Member of the National Council

The sixteenth of September, forty-one years have passed since the Sabra and Shatila massacre. It is still engraved in the memory, its facts are torn apart, the minutes of which I lived through in the heart. Its preludes are still ever present. The Israeli enemy’s tanks and planes, its shells and missiles that smell like rain, turn tin plates into fragments that tear apart bodies. The rumblings, the illumination shells, the roar of planes, the roar of tanks, silencers, and the axes of criminals, their sharpened knives and machetes slitting necks and ripping open bellies, the wine bottles scattered on the murderers’ tables, the chains, the ropes wrapped around the necks and bodies of the martyrs, what remains of the screams of children and the groans of the wounded standing on the verge of death, the heads and limbs of children. The tomb is swimming in a pool of blood, the girls the age of roses slaughtered with the brutality and sadism of the era, and the piles of martyrs who died, and a few heroic young men who did not brave so that the massacre would not be more horrific and widespread, scenes that still reside in the depths of memory and occupy the core of the heart, on this painful memory, it is only appropriate to say “We will not forget and we will not forgive”... There I was a young man in the alleys of that camp, and there also the departure of brave loved ones and friends whose deeds you can forget. I will never forget those moments that are engraved in my memory. I did not like that they were three harsh, difficult days and nights, and one time during which the earth drank blood until it drank, and I cannot tell you that the blood became a pool in which the limbs of swollen children floated in one of the houses. The blood mixed with the water, the organs of the human bodies mixed with each other.

The sixteenth day of September, 41 years ago, in the sunset hours of a Thursday, over three long and very long days, the massacre of the era took place - the Sabra and Shatila massacre - its introduction was painful and its events were more painful, but its bloody events are still indelibly engraved on the wall of the heart, residing in the folds of the ribs engraved. In the files of memory, they conjure up tears solidified in the eyelids, just as they conjure up moments of anger flying like flames. That day, forty-one years ago, the Israeli enemy tanks that stormed Beirut after the end of the Palestinian revolution, poured lava from their cannon shells and missiles onto the campers’ dilapidated homes. Zionist snipers were stationed on the roofs of high-rise buildings. At the roundabout of the Kuwaiti embassy, the heroes of the joint forces who were determined to attack Beirut are resisting the advance initiated by the invading occupation army. The whiz of eighth bullets from the silencers begins in the first hours of the massacre, harvesting heads without noise or uproar, and the axes of the criminals, their machetes and daggers, tearing open stomachs under a barrage of illumination shells. With which the occupation army covered the skies of the two camps, alcohol bottles scattered on the killers’ tables near the Al-Miqdad shelter in the Al-Harsh area, chains and ropes that were hastily wrapped around groups of people whose heads were shot without mercy, and the bodies of the martyrs mixed with the car tires at the entrance to the camp. Near the Ajnadayn checkpoint at the entrance to the camp, and the cries of the remaining children and the groans of the wounded standing on the brink of death before their souls soar to reach the sky,

The severed heads and limbs of children dumped in pools of blood behind Al-Dukhi’s shop, the girls the age of roses killed in the brutality and sadism of the era, and piles of martyrs.

They were killed by the assassins’ bullets. They were transported and gathered in long trenches as long as the pain and as deep as the wound and pain, and dirt was quickly falling down to obliterate the traces of the crime in a mass grave among more than 3,500 martyrs. In the midst of this fiery time, a few young men whose ages did not exceed their twenties, and their number was dozens, fought from Alley after alley, they valiantly fought hard and hard until the bullets ran out. They fought with the courage of men so that the massacre would not be more horrific, broader, and longer. These are all scenes that are still present, inhabiting the depths of memory that will not be erased by long years. How can one forget the moments of his certain death and his survival by chance at the same time?

For such a memory, it is impossible to forget, and for this galaxy, it is impossible to forgive... There I was young, and there among the alleys were the departure of brave loved ones and friends, and the dust of Shatila embraces many of them. I will never forget those moments as long as I love them. They were three harsh, difficult and bitter days, during which the earth drank blood until it saturated.

The Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, said that facilitating Hajj and Umrah for the Palestinians was at the core of the dialogue and meetings he held with his Palestinian and Jordanian counterparts.

Al-Rabiah stated during a press conference held at the Ritz Carnton Hotel in Amman yesterday that his official visit to Jordan, accompanied by a high-level delegation representing a number of governmental Hajj and Umrah agencies and the private sector, confirms the depth of the historical relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Palestine, and dedicates the keenness and interest of the wise leadership to provide All services that facilitate the performance of religious rituals for pilgrims and visitors.

He added, "Our discussions with our counterparts from the Jordanian and Palestinian sides were fruitful and constructive, and addressed a number of pivotal issues to ensure an unforgettable faith journey for Jordanian pilgrims and pilgrims."

He continued: During my meeting with the Jordanian Minister of Endowments, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places, Muhammad Al-Khalayleh, I confirmed our continued efforts to develop services for the guests of God, which comes within the framework of the Kingdom’s role and commitment to the Islamic world and Muslims everywhere, and to provide the opportunity for the largest number of our brothers and sisters in Jordan and Palestine to perform rituals during... Hajj and Umrah seasons.

He continued, "I also discussed with the Palestinian Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, Hatem bin Muhammad al-Bakri, aspects of cooperation and coordination between our two countries and the facilities provided by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to our brothers in Palestine."

Dr. Al-Rabiah said that, during his meeting with Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Makram Mustafa Al-Qaisi, he discussed a number of topics to enhance ways of joint cooperation and integration and intensify efforts between our two countries to maximize the positive impact of the guests of God who come to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to visit Mecca and Medina, and all regions and cities of Saudi Arabia.

In response to a question from Al-Quds.com about ways to facilitate Hajj and Umrah for the Palestinians and Saudi-Jordanian coordination at the crossings/King Hussein Bridge, he said: “The Kingdom is working in coordination with Jordan and Palestinian officials to overcome all obstacles and provide all means to facilitate Umrah and tourism to the Kingdom through the application "Nusk", which enables one to obtain a visa through the application, so that it is possible to perform Umrah and take tourist tours in the Kingdom with complete ease.

Regarding the objectives of the visit to Jordan, the Saudi minister said that his visit comes under the direct guidance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, as they always emphasize strengthening the relations between our two countries, which are characterized by strategic and historical depth, and bring together civilization, good neighbourliness, similar geography, and deep-rooted brotherhood and heritage. Close and one language, in addition to common, mutual and largely compatible interests, which are distinguished from other relations as they are united by religion and Arabism.

He continued: "The visit comes within the framework of the keenness of the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, and all sectors of the system of serving the guests of God, to provide the best facilities to all pilgrims, in a way that ensures saving time and effort, and raises the quality of services. My visit is also to discuss all the challenges that may arise." We confront our brothers and sisters in Jordan if they wish to perform the rituals of Umrah, Hajj, or visitation, and work with all our partners and counterparts in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to overcome everything that would facilitate Muslims’ performance of their rituals in peace and tranquility.”

Dr. Al-Rabiah said: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia embraces more than 200,000 Jordanians working in various regions of Saudi Arabia, and they work side by side with their Saudi brothers in many aspects.

He explained that by introducing the “Nusk” platform, we are leading a transformative initiative to make the extended Umrah easier and smoother than ever before. This step resonates with our dedication to serving the global Islamic community, ensuring that every pilgrim’s spiritual journey is profound and seamless.

In response to a question about the land and air transportation arrangements made by Saudi Arabia to ensure a smooth journey for Jordanian and Palestinian pilgrims from their arrival in Saudi Arabia until their departure, he said: His visit to Jordan, accompanied by a delegation representing the land and air transportation sectors, is with the aim of meeting with our counterparts and discussing a group of issues that touch on their needs and interests. The guests of God are among our brothers in Jordan who wish to perform Umrah and visit rituals.”

He stressed that the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah seeks to reach complementary and consensual formulas and overcome obstacles and problems in a way that achieves the interests of all parties, and in a way that guarantees the pilgrim, pilgrim, and visitor alike a rich journey of faith in Mecca, Medina, and the rest of the Kingdom’s cities through all land and air ports.

Regarding the most important initiatives taken by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah to facilitate Umrah for Jordanians, he stressed that the Saudi leadership and people welcome the guests of God from Jordan, as it has facilitated the arrival of pilgrims and visitors, and continues tirelessly to provide high-quality services, in order to enrich the religious and cultural experience through packages of facilities. All entities working in the Hajj and Umrah system are honored to provide it.

He said: "The Jordanian and Palestinian people have a great place in the hearts of their Saudi brothers, and we welcome them with all types of visas, such as visits and invitations from family and friends for a period of up to 90 days. The land borders between the two countries have facilitated the arrival of pilgrims and we seek to work as a system to provide more facilities for pilgrims by land."

He explained that we are working with our brothers in Jordan and in cooperation with our partners in the Hajj and Umrah system to facilitate the journey of the Guest of God from Jordan to perform the Umrah ritual by developing the land crossings between the two countries, especially the Haditha and Halat Ammar crossings.

He said: Work is underway to coordinate between all parties in civil aviation in the two countries to search for the best possible ways to make flights to the Holy Land for Umrah pilgrims more convenient, as we look forward to receiving more of our brothers and sisters from Jordan to perform Umrah and visit.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem considered that the Israeli bombing, which targeted several resistance observation points in the Gaza Strip, last Friday evening, was “part of Nazi criminal behavior against our Palestinian people.”

Qassem said in a press statement, “This crime will not deter our people from continuing their legitimate struggle to regain their rights.”

He added: “The Zionist occupation continues to commit its crimes against our people everywhere, and today it is targeting peaceful demonstrators and journalists in a barbaric manner, as well as bombing it with drones,” considering that “the continuation of the siege on the Gaza Strip is an ongoing Zionist crime... and our people have the right to live in dignity and to break the siege.” about himself".

He continued: "Our people have the right to practice all methods of struggle against the occupation and its aggression against the holy sites, Al-Aqsa, and the prisoners, and to escalate its aggression against our people in the West Bank and the continuation of the siege of Gaza."

Last night, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of fellow journalists while they were doing their work covering the occupation’s violations against our people in the Gaza Strip.

Journalist Ashraf Abu Amra was injured in the hand by a direct gas bomb while working east of Khan Yunis, which required him to enter the operating room. A number of journalists also suffocated with poisonous gas.

The union called on international human rights institutions to put pressure on the occupation authorities to stop their attacks on journalists, and to prosecute them for their ongoing crimes.

At dawn on Saturday, Israeli occupation forces stormed several areas in the West Bank.

The town of Beita, south of Nablus, witnessed a massive raid, amid confrontations with dozens of young men who threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the forces.

Many citizens suffocated in the town as it was flooded with tear gas bombs.

The occupation forces raided dozens of homes, searched them, and subjected their residents to field investigation.

The occupation forces also stormed the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, amid confrontations with young men.

Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron, witnessed similar events.

Four thousand male and female martyrs, the toll of the victims of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, committed by pro-Israel militias in the period between September 16-18, 1982, amid shameful Arab and international silence.

Izz al-Din Manasrah says in his book “The Palestinian Revolution in Lebanon 1972-1982,” each of the martyrs has his own narrative, and because they possess these narratives, witnesses to a greater tragedy that occurred in 1948 were assassinated.

Researchers and oral narrators classified the nationalities of the victims of the Sabra and Shatila massacre: 75% Palestinians, 20% Lebanese, 5% (Syrians, Iranians, Bengalis, Turks, Kurds, Egyptians, Algerians, and Pakistanis) and others whose nationalities were not specified.

Massacre backgrounds:

The conspiracy against the only and defenseless Palestinian in Lebanon began after the departure of the PLO forces and the Fedayeen in late August 1982 to Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Yemen, Syria, Algeria, Cyprus and Greece, with the withdrawal of multinational forces several days earlier: American on September 10, 1982, Italian on September 11, and French on September 13. In September, they withdrew ten days before their official date.

Despite the presence of American guarantees and Philip Habib’s agreement that the Israeli occupation army will not enter West Beirut, and the guarantee of protection for Palestinian civilians and the families of the guerrillas who left Beirut.

According to Rafael Eitan's claim, he is "cleansing the camps of terrorists", under the pretext of the presence of two thousand Palestinian fighters, while not the body of a single armed Palestinian was found.

The beginnings of the massacre:

Wednesday, September 15, the Israeli occupation forces besieged the Sabra neighborhood and the Shatila camp, and began monitoring every movement in the area from atop a building they occupied. At dawn on Thursday, September 16, the forces that were stationed in a building at the entrance to Shatila began monitoring every moment and movement in the camp and gave orders to the killers, while their planes departed. Its army throws light bombs, to illuminate the darkness of the safe place in front of the eyes of the killers of children, women and the elderly.

On the morning of Friday, September 17, the signs of the massacre began to become clear to most residents of the area, after they saw corpses and bulldozers demolishing homes over the heads of their owners, burying them dead and alive. Individual and group fleeing began, most of which went to the hospitals of Acre and Gaza and the shelter for the elderly, and a number of them were able to leave the area. He sneaked out of a fixed forest, while families and homes remained unaware of what was going on. Some of them were killed while they were gathered around the dining table, because the killing was carried out silently and quickly.

On Friday, stories of death pits began, and the number of attackers increased, although testimonies and facts confirm that the largest number of martyrs died on the first night of the massacre, Thursday night, but killing methods developed and phosphorus bombs were added that were thrown into shelters.

They also stormed Akka Hospital, killed Palestinian nurses and doctors, and kidnapped patients, injured people, and those fleeing the massacre from inside the hospital.

The second day was characterized by more killing inside homes, in some alleys and close to the Kuwaiti embassy and the Sports City, where there were holes prepared by the Israeli missiles that fell on the Sports City during the invasion of Beirut in June 1982, and due to the presence of some mines and their explosion, some of the kidnapped and driven to death were able to die. From escaping in light of the chaos of the huge numbers of people gathered and waiting for their turn to be shot or even buried alive, those who managed to escape narrated compelling details of the way they dealt with the people and the methods of killing them, in which the killer was creative while laughing, cursing, and drinking alcoholic beverages.

On the third day, Saturday, September 18, the killing, slaughter, and kidnapping operations continued, even though, as Israeli sources said, instructions were issued to the attackers to withdraw at ten in the morning, but dozens of testimonies from residents confirmed that the massacre continued until one in the afternoon, and was characterized by public mass death operations, and the investigation began. Residents of the area in the Sports City were attacked by the Israeli occupation forces and the militias loyal to them. Dozens were arrested and kidnapped, most of whom did not return and their fate is unknown.

The occupation was not satisfied with covering up the extermination of people and creating all the conditions to crush the Palestinian who defeated it in the siege of Beirut. It took revenge on Sunday, September 19, 1982, by stealing the documents of the Palestinian Research Center and loading the archives into trucks.

Camps in Lebanon:

In the background of researching the history of the camps in Lebanon, we find that in 1982, the year of the Israeli invasion and massacre, there were 12 Palestinian camps on Lebanese territory: Rashidiyeh, Al-Bass, and Borj Al-Shamali in the Tyre region, Ain Al-Hilweh and Mieh Miyeh in the Sidon region, Wavel in Baalbek, and Shatila. Mar Elias, Burj al-Barajneh, and Dbayeh in the Beirut region, and Nahr al-Bared and Beddawi in the Tripoli region. Ain al-Hilweh and Nahr al-Bared camps are considered among the largest camps in area, while Shatila camp is one of the smallest.

In addition to these camps, there was Nabatieh camp, which was completely destroyed by Israeli bombing on April 16, 1974.

As for the Tire and Sidon camps, they were partially destroyed several times. Due to the multiple civil wars on the territory of Lebanon, in 1976, both the Jisr al-Basha camp and the Tal al-Zaatar camp were completely destroyed, which was the camp that suffered as a result of a long siege, and the Dbayeh camp was also partially destroyed.

Next week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make a visit to Washington, which will be his second since the start of the Russian invasion of his country, in an effort to strengthen American support for Kiev in the face of Russia.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed on Friday that Zelensky will visit the White House on Thursday to hold talks with his counterpart, Joe Biden, about strengthening US support for Kiev in the face of the Russian invasion.

Sullivan pointed out that Biden's meeting with Zelensky will be the second in the White House since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, and comes as Ukraine seeks to make progress in its counterattack against Russian forces.

In addition, Sullivan said in an interview with journalists that the talks “come at a critical time, as Russia is desperately searching for help from countries like North Korea to continue its violent war in Ukraine.”

Sullivan expected that the United States and its allies would announce new military aid to Ukraine “during the next week.”

The Ukraine Contact Group, responsible for coordinating aid to Kiev, is scheduled to meet in Ramstein, Germany, next week.

The Ukrainian president is expected to arrive in New York early next week to participate in the United Nations General Assembly in New York and to meet international leaders.

In addition, Zelensky will visit the Capitol building, where he will meet with Democratic and Republican members of Congress, according to what Sullivan confirmed.

The Ukrainian president's visit coincides with the US Congress discussing new military aid to Kiev worth $24 billion for weeks.

Negotiations are difficult, especially in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, as there is hesitation among Biden's Republican opponents regarding providing support to Ukraine.

On the other hand, the traditional Republicans in the Senate support providing aid, and they worked alongside the Democrats over the past year to have Congress approve more than $110 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian aid to Kiev.

The White House expected that both parties in Congress would eventually continue to provide support to Ukraine.

“Frankly, both Republicans and Democrats understand that the United States cannot, for its own sake, let alone its moral obligations, abandon Ukraine at this critical moment,” Sullivan said.

Last month, Biden asked Congress to approve additional aid to Ukraine worth $40 billion, for military, economic and humanitarian support.

Traditional Republicans, including Senator Mitch McConnell, the party's leader in the Senate, have supported providing aid.

But members of the populist right wing of the Republican Party, especially Donald Trump, who is considered the most likely to win the party's nomination for the presidential elections next year to confront Biden, are denouncing the abundance of aid provided by the United States, calling on the administration to focus on domestic priorities.

In December, Zelensky went to Washington on a secret visit, his first internationally during the war. He entered the White House in the military uniform that became his distinctive mark.

After meeting with Biden at the White House, Zelensky declared that Ukraine "will never surrender."

The Biden administration pledged to support Kiev in the long term. Biden visited Kiev a few months later on a historic trip.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Ukraine earlier this month.

The United States has provided military support worth $43 billion that has helped Ukraine repel Russian incursions since the start of the invasion.

Confrontations broke out with the Israeli occupation forces on Friday evening in the village of Faqoua, northeast of Jenin.

Local sources reported that confrontations broke out with the occupation forces in Faqoua, during which sound bombs, poison gas, and metal bullets were fired, but no injuries were reported.

It added that the occupation forces stormed the villages of Jalboun, Arbouna, Al-Jalama, Beit Qad, and Deir Ghazala, and launched a massive inspection campaign.

Today, Friday, the Chairman of the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development, Mohammed bin Obaid Al Mazrouei, accompanied by the Authority’s Economic Advisor, began a visit to the State of Palestine to review the projects funded by the Authority, at the invitation of the Minister of Agriculture, Riyad Attari.

The delegation of the Arab Authority was received in the main hall for VIPs at the Palestinian crossings by the Jericho and Jordan Valley Business Marchers, Yusra Al-Suwaiti, and a number of officials from the Ministry of Agriculture.

The visit aims to learn about the reality of the agricultural sector and discuss prospects for joint cooperation and investment in the Palestinian agricultural sector.

The delegation visited a number of agricultural institutions in Jericho and Al-Aghwar Governorate, starting with a visit to the Arab Construction Project Association, and listened to an overview of the association, its activities and future plans. Issues were raised related to the prospects for cooperation with the Authority, which will be the focus of a future discussion through the Ministry of Agriculture.

The delegation also visited the Rift Valley Development and Investment Company, which specializes in agricultural investment activities, and was briefed on the company’s work, achievements and plans, especially with regard to organic agriculture, hydroponics, vegetable and leafy plant activities, as well as investment in the palm sector.

The delegation then went to visit Al-Auja Dam and Al-Auja Spring, and learn about the region’s priorities and the possibilities of developing interventions that help develop the region by improving water availability.

The Minister of Agriculture, Riyad Al-Atari, and the Prime Minister’s Advisor for Funds, Nasser Qatami, met with the delegation, who considered this visit to be historic and of developmental significance, enhancing the Palestinian capacity for steadfastness and sustainability through joint projects between the State of Palestine and the Arab Authority.

US President Joe Biden will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced.

Sullivan said in a statement to reporters on Friday that the two men will discuss “the shared democratic values between the United States and Israel and a vision for a more stable, prosperous and integrated region,” and will exchange views on “how to effectively confront and deter Iran.”

Netanyahu had announced earlier this month that he would visit the United States, one of Israel's most prominent allies, without mentioning any meeting with any American officials, which is unusual when Israeli officials visit the country.

Biden has criticized the judicial amendments that the right-wing government headed by Netanyahu is seeking to approve, which opponents describe as a threat to democracy in Israel.

Netanyahu has not received an invitation to visit the White House since his return to power in December at the head of a government that Biden described as “one of the most extremist” in Israel’s history.

In July, the White House announced that Biden and Netanyahu “will meet in the United States later in the year,” without giving further details.

On Friday evening, the Israeli occupation authorities released the injured fisherman, Nafez Ramadan Salah, from the Gaza Strip.

According to the fishermen’s committees, the fisherman, Salah, was released through the Beit Hanoun-Erez crossing, and was transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital to receive treatment.

The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, called for urgent action to end the Israeli occupation of the territory of the State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, since 1967, and to resolve all permanent status issues, including the issue of Palestinian refugees.

President Abbas said in his speech before the Group of 77 + China held in the Cuban capital, Havana, “The Palestinian people, with the support of the Group of 77 + China, are determined to overcome the historical injustice that has stifled their development and hindered their aspirations for a century.”

He added: "Israel's policies and practices seek to consolidate its settler colonial occupation and impose the reality of apartheid, which must not be tolerated."

He continued: “The development situation in Palestine is different from that in other countries of the world, as it is subject to the system of institutional apartheid in Israel, the illegal occupation, and the colonial project that denies our right to development, as Israel, the occupying power, adopts systematic policies aimed at undermining development.” An entire people."

President Abbas assured his partners in the Group of 77 and China that the Palestinian people will persevere and continue their legitimate struggle to achieve their rights, and that they believe in the inevitability of freedom and prosperity due to their sacrifices and commitment to peace, as well as the firm and principled support of friends like you.

President Abbas looked forward to being able to hold this conference in the State of Palestine, as an expression of their moral and ethical support for their rights and aspirations.

The Times of Israel reported that Saudi Arabia will be co-hosting an event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly next week focused on revamping the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

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The event, titled “Peace Day Effort for Middle East Peace,” will take place on Monday and is being put on by Saudi Arabia along with the Arab League and the European Union in cooperation with Egypt and Jordan, one of the diplomats said. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be the keynote speaker.

Neither the Israeli nor the Palestinian missions were invited to the event, the UN diplomat said, explaining that it is focused on congregating important global stakeholders on the issue in order to “reinvigorate” the peace process.

The event is the latest effort by Saudi Arabia to engage in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as it negotiates with US President Joe Biden’s administration about a potential normalization agreement with Israel.

Last week, Riyadh hosted a Palestinian Authority delegation to discuss how to leverage a normalization deal to advance the Palestinian cause.

Saudi Arabia did host a ministerial meeting at the UN General Assembly sidelines last year on the issue, but that event was to mark the 20th anniversary of the proposal of the Arab Peace Initiative.

Riyadh has since gradually moved away from that proposal, which offered Israel normalization with the entire Arab League only after it reached a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

The family of prisoner engineer Sultan Khalaf, who is on hunger strike, organized a solidarity stand in the town of Burqin in Jenin, with the participation of representatives of the national and Islamic forces, popular activities and large masses, to stand in solidarity with him as he continues the battle of the empty stomach, and to demand that his life be saved before it is too late.

After the Friday prayer, the participants gathered in front of the Grand Mosque in his hometown of Burqin, carrying Dhur Khalaf and chanting slogans denouncing his arrest and demanding the freedom of all prisoners, especially those on hunger strike.

A Palestinian was injured this Friday evening after settlers attacked him in the village of Burqa, near Nablus.

According to the Red Crescent, its crews provided the necessary assistance to the injured citizen.

A number of citizens were injured, Friday evening, after the Israeli occupation forces suppressed a march on the eastern border of Gaza City.

According to local sources, the soldiers stationed inside their positions and military vehicles fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, and gas bombs at the demonstrators, wounding a number of them with various injuries.

Dozens of young men and boys demonstrated in protest against the siege imposed on the city and the continued crimes of the occupation against our people.