PALESTINE

Thu 14 Sep 2023 8:58 am - Jerusalem Time

Israel occupation imposes comprehensive closure on Palestinian territories

The Israeli army decided to impose a comprehensive cordon on the areas of the West Bank and close the Gaza Strip crossings, under the pretext of Jewish holidays.


According to an Israeli military spokesman, the closure will be imposed starting tomorrow afternoon, Friday, until Saturday-Sunday night.


He pointed out that the decision was taken based on an assessment of the security situation and the directives of the political level.


PALESTINE

Thu 14 Sep 2023 8:51 am - Jerusalem Time

Members of Israeli Knesset demand improving detention conditions of the Palestinian Dawabsha family murderer

14 members of the Israeli Knesset submitted a petition to the head of the Shin Bet Security Service, Ronen Bar, demanding that the conditions of detention of settler Amiram Ben-Uliel, convicted of killing the Dawabsha family in Duma, Nablus, by burning him in 2015, be improved.


According to the Seventh Hebrew Channel, these are members of the Knesset from different parties, and they demanded an end to the solitary confinement of the settler Ben Uliel, who is detained in Eshel prison.


The Knesset members claimed that the settler suffers from harsh conditions inside the prison, his psychological state is unstable, and that there is no equality between him and the Palestinian prisoners in the conditions of treatment.

PALESTINE

Thu 14 Sep 2023 8:41 am - Jerusalem Time

"Hamas" and "Jihad" express rejection of continuation of clashes in "Ain al-Hilweh"

Last night, Hamas and Islamic Jihad affirmed their rejection of the continuation of armed clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon.


This came during the reception of the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, Ziad Al-Nakhalah, in the presence of the head of the Department of Arab and International Relations and member of the Political Bureau, Ihsan Ataya, a leadership delegation from the “Hamas” movement, headed by the deputy head of the movement abroad and member of the Political Bureau, Musa Abu Marzouk, which included: Head of the Department of National Relations. Abroad, Ali Baraka, and the movement’s representative in Lebanon, Ahmed Abdel Hadi.


The two sides focused on the seriousness of the deplored clashes taking place in Ain al-Hilweh camp, which led to the death and injury of dozens of residents of the camp and the neighborhood, the destruction of homes and property, the displacement of people, the disruption of people’s lives and harm to their interests, and the closure of schools and institutions. According to a statement by the Jihad movement.


The two movements stressed that the fighting that is taking place is against the will of the Palestinian people, and only serves the occupation and the suspicious projects targeting the Palestinian camps, in order to erase the refugee issue and pass the displacement and resettlement projects that are completely rejected. As stated in the statement.


The two movements said: “The continuation of the clashes targets the Palestinian national situation in the camps, targets security and stability in Lebanon, and harms the national interest and the Palestinian cause.”


They condemned any internal fighting by anyone, and the statement called on everyone to immediately cease fire, calling on the Palestinian resistance forces to lift the cover on all those involved in these clashes, and to close ranks and unify the Palestinian position in confronting the Israeli occupation alone.


The two movements continued: “The necessity of arresting those involved in crimes, and handing them over to the competent Lebanese authorities, does not justify the threat to civil peace in the camp and the neighborhood, and it cannot be at the expense of our camps, our people, and our Lebanese brothers.”

PALESTINE

Thu 14 Sep 2023 8:13 am - Jerusalem Time

Blinken: Saudis clear position, Palestinian Issue Central to Normalization with Israel


US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said, in a podcast interview broadcast on Wednesday, that Saudi Arabia made clear to the United States that the Palestinian issue occupies a central role that it will play in any future agreement with Israel.


Blinken said in his response to a question from the interviewer, Tommy Vietor, and his former deputy in the White House in the administration of former President Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, on the “Pod Save The World” program regarding a group of news reports about a possible American-brokered normalization agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia and Israel “It is clear from what we are hearing from the Saudis that if this process is to move forward, the Palestinian part is going to be very important,” Blinken said.


He added that it is also important for the Biden administration and for all countries that will participate in the negotiations. participate in this process.


Blinken said in his interview with the radio program, which was later published verbatim on the US State Department website: “In our opinion, of course, this must include the two-state solution.”


In response to a question addressing “the reason behind the Biden administration’s assistance to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,” he replied: “These matters are not related to the personality of the leaders, or the individuals who lead, but rather relate to the essence of the issue and whether we can, in every way.” What we do, is to advance a world that is a little more peaceful, a little more prosperous, a little more full of opportunity. There is no doubt in my mind that if we can help achieve normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, that will move the world in that direction. "We have seen extraordinary turmoil in that part of the world since at least 1979 - decades of turmoil."


He added that normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be "beneficial to the region," and described it as "a change that will no longer be linked to any specific government, but rather to the basic interests of the countries concerned." However, Blinken noted that “normalization...cannot be a substitute for Israel and the Palestinians resolving their differences.”


The Minister went on to explain: “Now, this is really difficult. There is a lot that goes into it. It is not clear whether we will get there. But there is no doubt in my mind that if we can, it will be beneficial for us, beneficial for the countries involved, and beneficial "For the region, and good for the world beyond it. If you have a leading Islamic country in the world, an Islamic country in the world, that makes peace with Israel, that will have benefits that extend far beyond the region," he said. "Now, one piece is very important to this normalization - that is, Efforts to improve relations between Israel and its neighbors - cannot be a substitute for Israel and the Palestinians resolving their differences and achieving a much better future for the Palestinians. And in our view, of course, that must include a two-state solution. So it is also clear from what we are hearing from the Saudis that if this is to "If the process goes forward, the Palestinian part will be very important as well."


In response to a question regarding the previous normalization agreements in the Abraham Accords, “which said to the Palestinians, you will get bread crumbs, if not, or nothing at all.” The minister replied that things did not continue well regarding the spread of normalization with Arab and Islamic countries. Grand.


Blinken's statements show the gap between the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Biden administration regarding the Palestinian issue in the talks with the Saudis. While Washington is convinced that it would be impossible to reach a major agreement without achieving tangible benefits for the Palestinians and insists that this is Riyadh's position as well, Netanyahu and senior cabinet members oppose this, saying that the Palestinian issue is marginal in importance.

PALESTINE

Thu 14 Sep 2023 7:54 am - Jerusalem Time

likelihood, Netanyahu government will collapse soon

Sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu estimated that the differences within the government coalition would deepen, and perhaps its collapse, in the next session of the Knesset, against the backdrop of divisions over some internal and external political issues, especially with regard to the Palestinians.


According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, the issue of transferring armor, equipment, and weapons to the Palestinian Authority increased the state of rift within the Israeli government, despite Netanyahu’s denial of transferring any weapons or equipment, and that only 8 armored vehicles were transferred. The decision to transfer them was taken during the previous government, which in turn denied that.


According to the newspaper, this issue is part of other controversial issues, including the evacuation of settlement outposts, the conditions of Palestinian prisoners, cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, dealing with Hezbollah’s provocations, and other issues.


Those around Netanyahu estimate that the coalition will not last for a long time, while a prominent member of it said that the government will collapse due to the extremism of Ben Gvir and Smotrich, and we need a miracle so that the coalition can survive until the end of the Knesset’s winter conference.


The sources attacked Ben Gvir and Smotrich's actions, and their public criticism of the government's and Netanyahu's policies, indicating that the government will find difficulties in continuing in this manner until the end of its specified term.

ARAB AND WORLD

Thu 14 Sep 2023 7:37 am - Jerusalem Time

Renewal of Israeli Raids on Syria

Last night, Israeli warplanes launched air strikes on several Syrian targets in the vicinity of Hama Governorate.


According to an official Syrian military source, the bombing was carried out from the direction of northern Lebanon, indicating that it caused some material losses.


The bombing occurred a few hours after a similar attack that targeted Syrian air defense points at a military base near Tartous, killing two Syrian soldiers and wounding 6 others.

PALESTINE

Thu 14 Sep 2023 7:21 am - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation forces continue tightening military measures in Nablus

For the second day in a row, the Israeli occupation forces continue to tighten their military measures in and around Nablus Governorate.


These forces are still partially closing some checkpoints and preventing the movement of citizens and vehicles through them, while imposing strict measures on movement through other checkpoints.


It also continues its intensive deployment around the town of Beita and closes its entrance.


The town witnessed a massive raid for several hours, during which confrontations broke out with young men, causing dozens to suffocate.


The town also witnessed clashes between occupation soldiers and resistance fighters.

PALESTINE

Thu 14 Sep 2023 7:13 am - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation launches arrest campaign in the West Bank

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


In the morning, these forces stormed the Aida camp, north of Bethlehem, and arrested the editor, Mustafa Hammad, the editor, Samed Al-Ateeq, Habashi Daamsa, and Muhammad Al-Amir.


While Majdi Zaqeq and Bahaa Muqbil were arrested from the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.


Muhannad Al-Kharbathawi was arrested from Qalandia camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.


The occupation forces stormed several areas, including the town of Beita in Nablus, amid armed confrontations and clashes, and raided dozens of homes.


Many citizens suffered from suffocation during these confrontations.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 10:19 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation threatens to demolish 6 warehouses north of Jericho

The Israeli occupation authorities notified, this evening, Wednesday, of the demolition of 6 warehouses in the town of Al-Auja, north of Jericho.


According to local sources, these forces placed a demolition and removal notice on 6 stores, each store measuring 66 square metres, built since 2020 on Street 90, belonging to the citizen Muhammad Issa Hussein Romanin.


The sources indicated that the occupation authorities gave them 4 days to evacuate the warehouses before the demolition, noting that they were not given prior notifications to stop construction.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 10:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli army arrests a young Palestinian south of Qalqilya

On Wednesday evening, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a young Palestinian south of Qalqilya.


According to local sources, these forces stopped a vehicle on the Qalqilya-Nablus road, near the “Kedumim” settlement, in which a young Palestinian was traveling (whose identity is not yet known), and they interrogated him and then arrested him.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 10:00 pm - Jerusalem Time

Updated|| 5 Palestinian killed and several injuries as a result of explosion in eastern Gaza

Five citizens were killed and others were injured, this Wednesday evening, in an accidental explosion that occurred on the eastern border of Gaza City.


Three of the martyrs were known to be: Baraa Wael Al-Zard, Muhammad Omar Qaddoum, and Nasser Rami Nofal, while two remain unidentified.


According to the Ministry of Health, 25 citizens sustained various injuries, noting that medical teams are still dealing with them at Al-Shifa Medical Hospital.


Also, 5 citizens were injured by bullets and others suffocated as a result of the Israeli occupation forces’ suppression of demonstrators in eastern Gaza.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 8:07 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli occupation tightens its measures south of Nablus

On Wednesday evening, the Israeli occupation forces tightened their military measures at checkpoints and crossroads south of Nablus.


Local sources reported that the occupation forces tightened their procedures from the Huwara military checkpoint to the Zaatara military checkpoint, where they closed the road at the Ainabus roundabout in Huwara, south of Nablus, for those heading to the city.


It added that the occupation forces deployed extensively in the area.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 8:00 pm - Jerusalem Time

Prisoner Movement suspends scheduled hunger strike

The Prisoner Movement decided, this evening, Wednesday, to suspend the open hunger strike, which was scheduled to begin tomorrow, Thursday, 9/14/2023.


The Prisoner Movement confirmed in a statement that this came after the occupation retracted its decisions to reduce visits to the families of prisoners in prisons.


She said: “Our battle with the occupation is open, its nature and form changing according to the requirements of the stage and the data of the field, and this confrontation will not stop except by liberating our land and our people from an enemy that only understands the language of challenge and confrontation.”


The Prisoner Movement sent a message to the occupation, saying: “If you return, we will return, and we will never allow an inherent right that we took away with our hunger, patience, and the sacrifice of our martyrs from the Prisoner Movement to be violated.”




PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 7:21 pm - Jerusalem Time

British Foreign Secretary announces financial support to UNRWA

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, “Britain will provide UNRWA with an amount of US$12.461 million to support its basic services in the period leading up to the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.”


This came during his visit, today, Wednesday, to residents of the Jalazoun refugee camp near Ramallah, in his first official visit to the occupied Palestinian territory, where he met with the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini.


The British Foreign Secretary said: “I saw first-hand the impact of UNRWA’s work in supporting Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, and British funding helps support millions of Palestine refugees across the region by providing vital healthcare.”


In turn, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA briefed the British Foreign Secretary on the main protection issues faced by Palestine refugees in the camp and in other parts of the West Bank, and the agency’s work including key services such as education and health.


“The agency’s services, including providing education to more than half a million children, have become more important than ever given the unprecedented challenges faced by Palestine refugees,” he said.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 13 Sep 2023 7:14 pm - Jerusalem Time

Two Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli attack on Syria

Two Syrian soldiers were killed, on Wednesday evening, in an Israeli naval bombardment on a Syrian military base in Tartous.


According to the Syrian official news agency, SANA, the bombing targeted Syrian air defense sites, killing two soldiers, wounding six others, and causing severe material damage.


It confirmed that the bombing was carried out from the Mediterranean Sea.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 6:55 pm - Jerusalem Time

Halevy claims: Impressive achievements in thwarting weapons smuggling from Jordan

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy said on Wednesday that thwarting weapons smuggling operations from the Jordanian border led to impressive operational achievements in recent months, as he put it.


This came after a tour he made on the border, following a security assessment session he held with senior officers responsible for the Jordan Valley areas.


The officers briefed Halevy on “countermeasures to prevent weapons smuggling” into the West Bank and even into “Israel.”


An Israeli army statement said that since last year, more than 400 smuggling operations of weapons, explosive devices and ammunition had been thwarted.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 5:32 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli army assaults and arrests a young Palestinian in Jerusalem

On Wednesday evening, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a young Palestinian after assaulting him near Damascus Gate in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.


According to local sources, these forces brutally attacked the young Palestinian Ziad Abu Nab, before arresting him, despite his injury.

OPINIONS

Wed 13 Sep 2023 5:15 pm - Jerusalem Time

30 years after "Oslo"... Palestinian lives are getting worse

Washington - "Al-Quds".com - Saeed Erekat

Washington - "Al-Quds".com - Saeed Erekat

Opinion Writer

On September 13, 1993, the world witnessed the handshake of the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, and the Prime Minister of Israel at the time, Yitzhak Rabin, in the White House garden, a moment that observers considered an “amazing moment.” The famous handshake between the enemies also marked the beginning of what became known as the Oslo Accords. It is a framework for talks between Palestinian and Israeli negotiators, mediated by the Americans.


The idea was that the Palestinians would eventually be empowered through open negotiations and confidence-building measures to control their own affairs in the territories occupied in 1967, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. After a five-year transitional period, the prevailing belief was that a Palestinian state would survive. Together with Israel. Through this two-state solution, peace can be achieved between Israel and the Palestinians.


Today, thirty years later, experts believe, it has become clear that the Oslo Accords did not achieve peace or a two-state solution. Especially since - according to all statistics - more than 200 Palestinians and about 30 Israelis have been killed so far in 2023 alone, and Israel is led by a government that is the most right-wing and extremist in its history, while the Palestinian leadership suffers from weakness and division, while there is no possibility, even if it is weak, of a return. To negotiations any time soon.


In America, successive American administrations from 2014 until today abandoned the idea of sponsoring negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel, and abolished the position of “peace envoy” and replaced it with the position of “normalization envoy,” which gives priority in American policy towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to the vigorous pursuit of normalization deals between Arab countries. And Israel, as we saw in the so-called “Abraham Accords,” and its current persistent effort to annex the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to these agreements.


While many wonder how this bitter reality emerged (currently) from the high hopes in 1993, others point to violations of the terms of the agreements on both sides. Others blame a lack of accountability, which has allowed these abuses to go unchecked.


Some experts believe that the Oslo peace process failed because the framework itself was flawed and largely flawed in three key areas: first, the agreements ignored the power imbalance between the two sides; Second, it focused on ending violence committed by Palestinian armed groups while condoning violence committed by the Israeli occupying state, and third, the Oslo Accords sought peace as the ultimate goal, rather than justice.


The Palestine Liberation Organization implicitly recognized Israel in 1988 (National Council in Algeria on November 15, 1988). But when a more formal statement was needed for Israel to agree to the talks, letters were exchanged on September 9, 1993, and Yasser Arafat wrote in his letter to Rabin: “The Palestine Liberation Organization recognizes the right of the State of Israel to exist in peace and security.” According to experts then, by officially recognizing Israel's right to exist, the Palestine Liberation Organization had practically abandoned its sole sovereign claim to 78% of the historic homeland of the Palestinians that Israel now claims.


In response, Rabin wrote to Arafat that Israel would "recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people" without recognizing the Palestinians' right to form their own state.


In the “Declaration of Principles” signed by Arafat and Rabin at the White House on September 13, it was stated that the goal of the talks was “to implement Security Council Resolutions No. 242 (from 1967) and 338 (from 1973, which called on Israel to withdraw from the territories it occupied in 1967 and explicitly calls for To establish a Palestinian state.


Since then, Israel has expropriated nearly half of the West Bank for the exclusive use of Jewish settlers, in violation of international law and routinely withdraws water from Palestinian aquifers for use by settlers, while denying Palestinians access to their own water.


By most estimates, Palestinian lives became worse during the post-Oslo years under these measures, not better. As Palestinians lost more control over their lands, homes, and resources, their ability to establish a state became more elusive.


According to experts, by insisting on holding bilateral negotiations between the strong state of Israel, supported unconditionally by America and Europe, and a people without a state, and without the auspices of the United Nations or any other international body, the Oslo framework ignored the imbalance of power between Israel and the Palestinians, while the American mediators insisted. However, both sides need to reach a settlement through concession, at a time when Israel possesses hundreds of times more military, economic and diplomatic power than the Palestinian side.


By ignoring this power imbalance, the Oslo Accords effectively allowed Israel to continue expropriating land and resources without any consequences. With 60% of the West Bank under Israeli control, the prospects for a viable, independent Palestinian state have been undermined.


The 1994 follow-up agreement also stipulated that “the two sides shall take all necessary measures to prevent acts of terrorism, crime and hostilities directed against each other.” She added, "The Palestinian side will take all necessary measures to prevent such hostile actions directed against the settlements, the infrastructure that serves them, and the area of military installations."


Successive Israeli governments have interpreted the term “hostile acts” loosely, allowing them to target, arrest, imprison, and shoot Palestinians who defended their lands through non-violent means by Israeli occupation soldiers.


The agreement also stipulated that "the Israeli side will take all necessary measures to prevent such hostile actions emanating from the settlements and directed against the Palestinians." The agreement did not mention the daily violence of the Israeli military occupation against Palestinian civilians.


It is noteworthy that one month after the famous handshake (September 13, 2023), the late Palestinian writer Edward Said described the Oslo Accords as “a tool for Palestinian surrender,” while a group of senior political scientists recently called on decision-makers in the United States to completely abandon the Oslo framework and the two-state solution. .


They call on the United States instead to "defend the equality, citizenship, and human rights of all Jews and Palestinians living within the single state dominated by Israel."

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 4:45 pm - Jerusalem Time

Shtayyeh: Visit of Arab brothers to Palestine a message of unity of Arab position

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said today, Wednesday, “The visit of the Arab brothers to Palestine represents a message to strengthen the steadfastness of our people and their steadfastness on their land, and to enhance the unity of the Arab position and blood.”


This came during his reception in his office in Ramallah, a delegation of heads and representatives of Arab charitable and community institutions, guests of the Jerusalem International Conference on Sustainable Development Applications, in the presence of the Fund’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Munib Al-Masry, and the Prime Minister’s Advisor for Arab and Islamic Funds, Nasser Qatami.


Shtayyeh greeted the Arab brothers coming from Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia and Jordan.


He continued: "Every Arab has a share in Palestine, especially in Jerusalem, by virtue of religion and nationality. The Palestinian is entrusted with this land, and is keen on the security and stability of every Arab country, just as he is keen on Palestine."


Shtayyeh briefed the delegation on the general situation in Palestine, and the conditions we live in in light of the occupation’s daily attacks on our people, and the wars it wages against land, people, money, and narratives.


The Prime Minister appreciated the support provided by Arab charitable, community and development institutions to Palestine, especially to the city of Jerusalem, to strengthen the steadfastness of its people in the face of the occupation.


For its part, the delegation stressed that Palestine lives in the heart of every Arab and Muslim and will remain the central Arab issue, and support for Palestine and Jerusalem will remain a priority for the work of Arab charitable institutions.


It is noteworthy that the Jerusalem International Conference on Sustainable Development Applications is organized by the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment, Al-Quds University, and a number of institutions, and is scheduled to be held on the fourteenth of this month.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 4:22 pm - Jerusalem Time

Two million and 65 thousand people the number 0f Palestinians in 48 areas

Official Israeli statistics showed that the number of Palestinians inside the country reached two million and 65 thousand people with the advent of the Hebrew New Year.


According to statistics published by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, approximately 400,000 of them are residents of Jerusalem and the Golan.


They represent 21% of the population of the areas known as the “Green Line.”


While the number of Israelis is 9 million and 795 thousand people, an increase of 194 thousand people over the last census last year, a clear increase of 2%.


The Department of Statistics expected that the population of "Israel" would rise to 10 million at the end of the year 2024, and that this number would reach 15 million people by the year 2048, and to 20 million in the year 2065.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 3:08 pm - Jerusalem Time

Occupation forces arrest two Palestinians west of Jenin

Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men from the town of Qabatiya, near the town of Yaabad, west of Jenin.


According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested the two young men, Muhammad Jamal Hanaysha (27 years old), and Yazid Iyad Hanaysha, while they were passing through the “Dotan” military checkpoint established on the lands of the town of Ya’bad.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 2:59 pm - Jerusalem Time

Occupation forces set up three flying checkpoints between Nablus and Ramallah

Today, Wednesday, the occupation forces set up three flying checkpoints and tightened their procedures on the road linking the cities of Nablus and Ramallah.


According to local sources, the vicinity of the Eastern Laban Gas Station, south of Nablus, is witnessing an intense presence of occupation jeeps, where more than 13 military vehicles are stationed, in addition to special forces vehicles, and through their deployment and installation of a flying checkpoint, they are hindering the movement of dozens of homeowners and shops in the village.


The sources added that the occupation forces set up a flying checkpoint at the Oyoun al-Haramiya junction, north of Ramallah, and a third checkpoint at the traffic light near the “Shilo” settlement, north of Ramallah.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 2:01 pm - Jerusalem Time

22 prisoners still detained since before Oslo Accords

The Prisoners' Club said, "22 prisoners have remained detained since before the signing of the Oslo Accords, the oldest of whom is the prisoner Muhammad al-Tus, who has been detained since 1985."


The Prisoner's Club stated, in a press statement issued today, Wednesday, that 11 prisoners who were detained before Oslo and released as part of a prisoner exchange deal were re-arrested by the occupation in 2014.


He added that the occupation authorities continue to detain the bodies of 11 martyrs of the captive movement, namely: Anis Dawla in 1980, Aziz Owaisat since 2018, Fares Baroud, Nassar Taqatqa, and Bassam Al-Sayeh, all three of whom were martyred during the year 2019, and Saadi Al-Gharabli and Kamal Abu Waar during the year 2020. The prisoner Sami Al-Amour, who was martyred in 2021, and the prisoner Daoud Al-Zubaidi, who was martyred in 2022, in addition to the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, who was martyred in December 2022, and the martyr Khader Adnan, who was martyred on May 2, 2023.


The following is a list of the names of the former prisoners: Muhammad Al-Tous, Ibrahim Abu Mukh, Walid Daqqa, Ibrahim Bayadsa, Ahmed Abu Jaber, Samir Abu Nimah, Muhammad Daoud, Jumaa Adam, Mahmoud Abu Kharbeesh, Raed Al-Saadi, Ibrahim Agbaria, Muhammad Agbaria, Yahya Agbaria, Muhammad Jabareen, Diyaa Al-Faluji, Muhammad Falana, Nasser Abu Sorour, Mahmoud Abu Sorour, Mahmoud Issa, Muhammad Shamasneh, Abdel-Jawad Shamasneh, and Alaa Al-Din Al-Karaki.


The prisoners who were re-arrested in 2014 are: Nael Al-Barghouti, Alaa Al-Bazian, Samer Al-Mahroum, Nasser Abd Rabbo, Jamal Abu Saleh, Nidal Zaloum, Majdi Al-Ajouli, Abdel Moneim Tohme, Ayed Khalil, Adnan Maragha, and Taha Al-Shakhshir.


It is noteworthy that more than (5,200) prisoners are languishing in Israeli occupation prisons, including (36) female prisoners, (170) children, and (1,264) administrative detainees, and the number of prisoners serving life sentences is (559) prisoners.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 1:13 pm - Jerusalem Time

Occupation court postpones the hearing of prisoner Ahmed Manasra

Today, Wednesday, the Israeli court in Ramla prison decided to hold a special session to reconsider the order to renew the isolation of prisoner Ahmed Manasra, until September 20.


According to lawyer Khaled Zabarqa, the Israeli court in “Ramla” prison decided to postpone the special session to consider again the matter of renewing the isolation of prisoner Ahmed Manasra until September 20 of this month.


Zabarqa explained that the session was held in the presence of the defense team for his case, and alongside him were lawyers Nariman Al-Zoubi and Uday Mansour from Adalah, as well as in the presence of his family, the Physicians for Human Rights Foundation, and representatives of foreign consulates and embassies.


At the beginning of the session, the defense team was informed that Ahmed could not be brought to the session, and after demands and insistence from the defense team that he attend, Ahmed was later brought.


According to lawyer Zabarqa, Ahmed’s health and psychological condition is getting worse and worse compared to previous months.

Zabarqa stressed that continuing to detain Ahmed in solitary confinement is a crime, and demanded that the utmost efforts be made to rescue and release him.


It is noteworthy that the occupation prison administration has continued to isolate prisoner Manasra for nearly two years in harsh and difficult conditions, despite the serious health condition he has suffered and the legal efforts that have been made over the past period to obtain his release.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 12:54 pm - Jerusalem Time

Occupation forces arrest a young Palestinian in Hebron

Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a young man from the city of Hebron, and seized two vehicles from the town of Shuyoukh in the north.


According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested the young man, Abdel Moez Abu Turki (24 years old), after they raided his house in the city of Hebron and searched him.


The same sources added that the occupation forces stormed the town of Al-Shuyoukh, northeast of Hebron, searched the house of the Secretary of the Fatah movement, Issa Al-Halaika, and seized two vehicles belonging to his family.


It indicated that dozens of citizens suffered from suffocation during the confrontations that broke out after the storming of the Al-Arroub camp in the north.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 12:48 pm - Jerusalem Time

Occupation army demolishes a commercial store in Jerusalem

Today, Wednesday, bulldozers belonging to the Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem demolished a commercial store in the town of Jabal Mukaber, south of the city.


According to local sources, the occupation bulldozers demolished a commercial store belonging to Al-Maqdisi Muhammad Matar.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 12:10 pm - Jerusalem Time

Occupation forces arrested 3 young Palestinians on Gaza border

The Israeli army announced, on Wednesday, that it arrested 3 Palestinians yesterday evening near the security fence with the northern Gaza Strip.


According to an Israeli military spokesman, the three young men were arrested while participating in “riots” that took place last night at the border.


He indicated that they were transferred for investigation.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 10:51 am - Jerusalem Time

American petition ask to support a draft resolution to halt funding Israeli occupation violations

Human rights and humanitarian organizations in the United States of America sent a petition to members of the US Senate, asking them to support a draft resolution to stop funding Israel’s human rights violations in the Palestinian territories.


The petition called for the US administration to stop funding Israel's human rights violations that have increased recently, by supporting a draft resolution (HR 3103) submitted in the House of Representatives, or submitting an accompanying bill in the Senate.


Representative in the US House of Representatives Betty McCollum had submitted a bill “Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Families and Children” living under occupation, in order to protect Palestinian human rights and ensure that “American taxpayers’ funds are not used to support Israeli practices in the occupied territories and aid.” US funds to Israel amounting to more than $3 billion.

PALESTINE

Wed 13 Sep 2023 10:35 am - Jerusalem Time

Occupation forces arrest four young Palestinians, steal money in Qalqilya

Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested four young men from the city of Qalqilya, including two brothers.


According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested the young man, Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Libda (26 years old), stole a sum of money worth 6,000 shekels, and destroyed six containers of olive oil, after they raided and searched his family’s home.


The same sources added that the occupation forces arrested the two brothers Youssef and Islam Nofal, in their twenties, and Wahib Abdel Karim Miskawi (18 years old), after raiding and searching their families’ homes.

OPINIONS

Wed 13 Sep 2023 10:26 am - Jerusalem Time

A review of normalization with the occupation and its promised final episodes

Younis Al-Amouri

Younis Al-Amouri

Opinion Writer

It will be that the certain news will come, even after a while, and this time everyone is waiting for the certainty of the known and felt news from Umm al-Qura, the Qibla of the Muslims, the masters of the ancient house, and it may be taken for granted, as if it is the coming reality in light of the restructuring and shaping of the regional political map, specifically the Arab one, and the issuance of normalization agreements. Reconciliation, reconciliation, and the conclusion of military and security agreements in joint cooperation with the Hebrew state by some Arab regimes and many official and unofficial Arab institutions to rush towards the normalization of political, security, cultural, sports, and tourism relations with the occupying entity. There is a phenomenon that must be stopped, and which I believe has begun to control The Arab societal path, with its system of awareness and the creation of its concepts in one way or another, where a new political promotion in the form of a liberal approach has become frequent after the failure of the pan-Arab nationalist forces and the factions of Palestinian national action in all their classical forms has been demonstrated or they have been thwarted and their theses have been thwarted and removed from the circle of influence in one way or another among the Those who are preoccupied with public political affairs, which now threatens the pillars of the system of national concepts within its entire Arab nationalist framework.


The philosophy of normalization is based on accepting the logic of defeat, surrendering to the logic of the enemy’s power according to its conditions and desires, accepting everything related to rights and rights, and thus submitting to the equation of defeat and the defeatist conditions it imposes that have a great impact on the future of the people with all its components and making the enemy have the upper hand, in the calculations of interests, which is what We are witnessing it in the current situation in light of the wave of normalization and the growing trend of what is called Arab political realism, which is based primarily on intersections to preserve the interests of the ruling Arab elites and what they represent and the interests of the occupying state in the region. These intersections were reflected through the agreements signed by some Arab regimes and the distant Hebrew state. A far cry from the concept of bringing peace to the Middle East...



The philosophy of normalization is based on demolishing the pillars of society from within, by sowing discord and undermining its beliefs and heritage history based on historical rights and Arab interests themselves, and protecting them from targeting the other, regardless of who this other is, and at various levels with the aim of casting doubt on everything related to the Arab nationalist belief and its implications. Thus, demolishing it and replacing it with other beliefs that do not relate to Arab national history and its accumulations.


Perhaps the act of normalization took its primary extent through the agreement to cross into the Arab arena through the Oslo Accords and its annexes, and its adaptation in accordance with the desires of the rulers of Tel Aviv, mainly security coordination, which came as a dramatic turning point for the demolition of national action in all its forms. From here, the concept of normalization took another and different form, as it Cooperation and full integration into the system of concepts and perceptions that influenced the course of the entire political process, which helped promote the concept of Arab political realism in general and Palestinian realism in particular.


This promotion, which has become based on what is called political realism and the necessity of looking at interactive matters and developments in the region through the prism of realism, dealing with them and accepting their results, and thus abandoning the political discourse based on national national constants and the historical rights of the Palestinian Arab people, so that the supporters of new realism have become their view of political realities based on What is proposed Israelily and internationally through the American portal and any other language that would oppose and resist the American tide and resist Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories, specifically towards an issue such as the Jerusalem issue or the refugee issue, is described by these realists as rigid, wooden speeches that do not enrich or satiate hunger, knowing that The current Palestinian discourse and its current circumstance, which has expressed and is expressing itself through the thesis of a Palestinian state on the June 4 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, within the framework of the two-state solution, is considered the pinnacle of new realism and engagement with public international affairs in light of international and regional developments that have imposed themselves on various decision makers. Palestinian politics over the last two decades. In my opinion, this constitutes the minimum level of national and national discourse. Without that, it is considered negligence and not in harmony with the international and regional reality.


The supporters of neo-realism see all forms of resistance, not necessarily armed or violent, against the occupation policies, as a departure from the stereotype of this realism and a sabotage of the political vision that they are trying to adopt and its results on the ground, such as saying, for example, that an issue like the issue of Jerusalem is too big for us to impose any Palestinian facts or facts on it. Therefore, it is necessary to deal with what is proposed on the ground, and for supporters of adherence to constants to abandon the “wooden language” regarding the issue of Jerusalem, and that the call for steadfastness and strengthening the reasons for Arab and national steadfastness in it in light of the circumstances of the Palestinian Authority and its leadership and the challenges that impose themselves on this leadership is considered a rhetorical escalation. Against this leadership or the embarrassment of such a leadership that is contradictory to itself and its discourse, (as many supporters of the thesis of political realism have infiltrated its existence and the basic characteristic of the form of Palestinian leadership has become contradiction, confusion, and going into the unknown), knowing that the reasons for steadfastness do not have to be only material, with the importance of support. Moreover, the political vision towards Jerusalem, defining the principled language and vocabulary, and including them in the official Palestinian discourse, based on clearly defined and applicable program plans according to a scientific and practical approach at the same time, would strengthen the Arab steadfastness in Jerusalem, and at least confront it. To Israeli policies or to disrupt their paths of action, sabotage and change their Arab features and cultural identity, and thus a discourse that is usually described in the language of these realists as wooden and illogical in light of the circumstances of power.


In light of the struggle between the language of neo-realism and its supporters with the Arab national language based on the historical national and Arab right, we find these realists trying to bet on the international thesis through the portal of the American empire and its policies in the region, only to find, through the margins of these policies, some crumbs on which to subsist to practice political speech and the art of realistic theorizing about... The necessities of the stage and its requirements, the civilization of political engagement and the ethics of the American era in managing diplomatic affairs on the basis of taking into account interests and spheres of influence, and the necessity of making the required concessions so that we can take our place in the club of new Arab liberals who agree with the new conservatives in Uncle Sam’s country, and so that we can be in contact with the capitals of the so-called. With Arab moderation.


One of the most important conditions for this club’s membership is that what they call the “wooden language” in national and national issues such as the Jerusalem issue and the refugee issue is abandoned. Most importantly, resistance in all its forms and types, from stone-throwing, sit-ins, demonstrations, and even expressing a point of view, is rejected. In other words, we must dialogue with the other. In the conflict equation, and to accept the principle of dialogue and dialogue over every Israeli practice, and they have the right to do whatever they want without us having the right to simply strengthen the reasons for steadfastness and steadfastness.


The White House administration has the right to hold consultations and discussions with Arab foreign ministers and intelligence directors of countries that influence the regional equation, to give them its instructions and orders on how to prepare the regional stage for the next, ongoing American action towards and in the region. What is required of us, based on realism, is to acknowledge such facts.


In the context of the official regional political engagement, which is programmed to some extent by the United States in the form of an international character, there are observations that must be highlighted to the pioneers of new political realism in the region and the pioneers of normalization and its promotion. Perhaps the most important of these observations can be summarized as follows:
The White House administration does not believe that the time has come to resolve the issues of the so-called final stage regarding the Palestinian issue, which is of course meant by the issues of Jerusalem, refugees, and the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state.


Creating a general political and diplomatic atmosphere in the region by the White House and the Israeli government in cooperation with the new Arab and Palestinian realists, considering that the region is not prepared for the so-called settlement peace, and this fully expresses the Israeli position.


An attempt to establish and consolidate the concept of the border dispute on the Arab-Israeli conflict, which is at least what the American-Israeli theses carry and demonstrate, and this is clearly evident in the Israeli view of the peace process, which calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state with temporary borders that negotiates with the Israeli side on the disputed issues, which is What supporters of political realism promote under the slogan of “accomplishing what can be accomplished,” meaning that what is required is to make concessions on the part of the Arab side, and the Arab side, of course, is not stingy in making such concessions.


An attempt to consolidate the concept of an axis of moderate Arab countries (the apparent Sunni...) in the face of the Shiite tide... (the Iranian threat...) to create a new political scarecrow in front of the official Arab regime in the service of American interests in the region in the face of the Arab nationalist tide based on resistance and resistance.


There is an American political failure in the region and there are attempts to manipulate the policies of the White House, through public relations management around the Palestinian issue.


An attempt to change the concept of Arab national security, change its compass towards Iran, and reduce the Israeli threat to Arab national security as a whole.


There are attempts to domesticate the forces of resistance and rejection of American, and therefore Israeli, policies in the region, and this is what we see and feel in the current circumstance.


In this way, I see that realistic engagement with the issues at hand is in the service of American and Israeli diplomacy, which at best is no more than a public relations matter, the various paths of which are being worked on circumstantially in accordance with the American regional agenda in the region and its requirements.