A prominent drug smuggler was killed along with his wife and their six children as a result of an air strike that targeted their home in southern Syria on Monday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which indicated that Jordan carried out the operation, while Amman has so far refrained from commenting.

The Observatory, which is based in Britain and has a network of sources throughout Syria, reported, in a statement, that "Marai al-Ramthan and his family, consisting of his wife and six children, were killed as a result of Jordanian warplanes targeting a building containing their house in the village of al-Sha'ab in the eastern countryside of As-Suwayda" at the border with Jordan.

Al-Ramathan is considered, according to the observatory, "one of the most prominent drug dealers, including Captagon, in the region and the one responsible for smuggling it to Jordan."
There was no Jordanian comment on the raid.

This rare raid of its kind inside Syria comes after a statement issued earlier this month in Amman following a meeting that included the foreign ministers of Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which stipulated "strengthening cooperation between Syria and neighboring countries and countries affected by drug trafficking and smuggling across the Syrian border."

The statement stated that Syria "will cooperate with Jordan and Iraq in forming two separate joint political/security working groups within a month, to identify the sources of drug production and smuggling in Syria, and the parties that organize, manage and carry out smuggling operations across the borders with Jordan and Iraq, and take the necessary steps to end smuggling operations." .

The Jordanian army has been active for years in the field of thwarting the smuggling of weapons and drugs coming from the Syrian territories, especially after it turned into a platform for smuggling drugs, especially Captagon, which is manufactured in Syria, especially to the Gulf countries.

Jordan says that drug smuggling across the Jordanian-Syrian border, which extends at a distance of about 375 km, is an "organized operation" that uses drones and is protected by armed groups.

On February 17, 2022, the army announced that the Jordanian authorities had thwarted, within about 45 days, at the beginning of the same year, the entry of more than 16 million Captagon pills, equivalent to the quantity seized throughout 2021.

Syria has been the most prominent source of Captagon since before the war broke out in 2011. However, the conflict made its manufacture more popular, used and exported.

The Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia, are the main destination for Captagon pills, which are easy-to-manufacture drugs and classified by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as “a type of stimulating amphetamine,” which is usually a mixture of amphetamines, caffeine, and other substances.

The Jordanian bombing on Monday comes on the heels of an accelerating Arab openness towards Damascus after 12 years of devastating conflict, and the day after the League of Arab States announced, following an extraordinary meeting at the level of foreign ministers in Cairo, the resumption of Syria's participation in its meetings, after its membership had been frozen since 2011.

Today, Monday, the Israeli Shin Bet claimed that it had arrested a cell belonging to the "Popular Front" from Bethlehem.

The Shin Bet said in a statement: “The cell, consisting of 6 individuals, tried to carry out a bombing attack on a public transport bus in the “Beitar Illit” settlement, on the ninth of last March, under the directives of the Front’s leaders in the occupation prisons, in the Gaza Strip, and in Lebanon. ".

The six detainees are: Wissam Oweina, Ahmed Abu Nima, Mazen Obaidallah, Muhammad Al-Barq, Rami Al-Ahmar, and Nour Mahmoud, all of whom are residents of Bethlehem.

A young woman, "a resident of Israel," was arrested, and the person who placed the explosive device on the bus in "Beitar Illit" was arrested "on the day of the attack, in violation of the entry into Israel law."

The Shin Bet said: "After it became clear in an investigation that the detainee was not aware of the perpetrator's intentions with regard to the attack, an indictment was filed against her for the crime of transferring an illegal resident."

The decision of the Arab League Council, following an extraordinary meeting held yesterday in Cairo, at the level of foreign ministers, is a step in the right direction for the return of Arab-Arab relations to their previous state and the cessation of internal disputes and conflicts, which have harmed the peoples of the region and many Arab countries, for what they left behind. Of the dead and wounded, and emigration abroad led to the death of hundreds, if not thousands, while they were on the journey of migration across the seas or land and other unsafe ways.

Also, this decision is a victory for Saudi Arabia, which is leading the Arab world towards unification and ending conflicts and conflicts, and it is the result of the Kingdom’s efforts, which affirm, day after day, that it is the leader of the Arab world, and perhaps also the Islamic one, through what it is currently doing to make the region safe and free from internal bloody conflicts and to heal the Arab wound. And the return to building a new Arab edifice, based on cooperation and resolving conflicts by peaceful means and dialogue, instead of the wars that destroyed the country and displaced the people, which led to the greed of the colonial countries and the occupying state in working to dominate the Arab region under various pretexts, including that the occupying state is not an enemy of states The Arab world, it is Iran in an attempt to create a new enemy that terrorizes the Arab countries, while the occupying state is the real enemy not only of the Palestinian people whose land it occupies and established its state on its ruins, but of all the peoples and countries of the Arab and Islamic region. It is a state that raises the slogan “From the Nile to the Euphrates is your land.” Oh Israel, according to Zionist and Biblical claims.

This decision is also a victory for Syria, which will return to the indispensable Arab embrace in order to stop the internal war, rebuild the country and contribute to restoring security and stability in the region, after the destructive wars that destroyed many Arab countries.

Likewise, the decision of the Arab League Council reaffirms that the region is on the verge of new developments, relations based on respect, cooperation and non-interference in the internal affairs of the countries of the region, which will lead to finding new ways of cooperation that depend on the efforts of their countries and not to bet on countries that do not want to. By watching the Arab world prevail in unity and cooperation.

All of these current and upcoming matters are an inevitable result of the restoration of Saudi-Iranian relations with Chinese mediation, which will prevent external interference in Arab and Islamic countries, and that the region is on the verge of a new phase and developments for the benefit of Arab countries and peoples. The meeting was held to discuss the developments of the Palestinian issue and the continuous Israeli violations For the sake of our people, he affirmed, without room for doubt, that the Palestinian issue is the first Arab issue, and that the occupation will end, and our people will gain their freedom and independence sooner or later, and the occupation will leave the Palestinian land defeated.

As for after, and after 29 years have passed since the signing of the Paris Economic Protocol, and after the economic activity managed by the Palestinian Ministry of Economy these days towards amending the lists of imported goods, and on the anniversary of its signing on 04/29/1994, I found it necessary to write my article, realizing the importance of the roles of most people Those who worked on drafting the protocol and also the people who wrote about this protocol during the past three decades.

Israel was keen to subjugate the Palestinian economy to its control in order for it to continue to enjoy the benefits and gains arising from these practices. For this purpose, it pursued two paths simultaneously: the first, isolating the Palestinian economy from the outside world, both Arab and international, and making transactions with it in the narrowest possible way. possible range. The second is to make the Palestinian economy subordinate to the Israeli economy as a direct and sole option, and its policy has not changed since the occupation of 1967 to date. Although the Israeli occupation stands behind the decline in Palestinian economic performance and the regression of development because of its complete control over lands, resources, crossings, and borders, through which it was able to perpetuate the dependence of the Palestinian economy on the occupation economy, and prevented real development within this system.

Can we make a qualitative breakthrough in the content of the protocol, which will move us to a new phase of supporting the Palestinian economy? A question that haunts observers and the Palestinian private sector, but the attempt is valuable if we succeed in achieving its goal.

Before delving into the content of the document, which has always come out as a document in the form of a protocol and this document did not reach the concept of an agreement, this document is an integral part of the Oslo Agreement and not a separate agreement, so are we now opening the doors of negotiations again with the Israeli side?

Here I stop and inquire about a group of procedural issues that govern the relationship with the joint committee:

1- Were the procedures, rules, and methodology amended to those previously used? What is the decision-making mechanism in the joint committee, as the Paris Agreement stipulated that decision-making will take place by agreement? What does agreement mean?

2- As the Paris Agreement stipulated that lists of commodities be reviewed every 6 months, will a list be submitted that will be presented and we demand its completion after 6 months?

3- What is the reference of the joint committee if the two sides do not agree, or if the Israeli side refuses to implement what was agreed upon or procrastinates... as usual?

4- Who will compensate the private sector from the expected disruption from the Israeli side and from the guarantor?

The Protocol on Economic Relations between the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization stipulated the following:

import policy:

“Israel and the Palestinian Authority have an almost identical policy with regard to imports and customs. However, the Palestinian Authority can import products with tariffs different from those applied in Israel following jointly agreed procedures. In addition, the Palestinian Authority can import products from Arab countries in limited quantities Agreed. Arrangements will be made for the two authorities to jointly manage the borders in Jericho and Gaza."

Direct taxes:

The Palestinian Authority applies its own policy of imposing direct taxes, including income tax on individuals and companies, property taxes, and municipal fees. According to the policy determined by the Palestinian Authority, the two parties collect taxes in economic activities that take place in their areas. Israel transfers to the Palestinian Authority 75% From the income tax you collect from Palestinians who work in "Israel".

Indirect taxes:

The Palestinian Authority applies a value-added tax system similar to that applied in Israel. Value-added tax rates in the Palestinian Authority range between 15 and 16%.

Fuel:

Fuel prices in the autonomous area are determined on the basis of the purchase price in the autonomous area and taxes imposed on fuel in the autonomous area. The agreement stipulates that the price of fuel cannot be less than 15 percent of the official price in Israel.

As for the text of the agreement, to establish a customs envelope that includes the Palestinian and Israeli economies, which enhances the permanent, broad and unequal ties between different economies, and here in this context it will lead to the loss of customs on goods produced in Israel or those that are re-exported to Palestine, especially since the main trade deficit for Palestine is With Israel, it is on the rise, as the value of imports, according to data issued by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, from Israel amounted to $1.561 billion during the first half of this year, or more than half of the total imports, which amounted to $2.254 billion. We are almost equal in value added, customs and fees despite the difference in living standards, economic conditions and income rates between individuals in the two countries. In addition to bank commissions, which are almost equal between Israeli banks and their Palestinian counterparts, as well as the linkage of Palestinian economic policies and procedures with the Israeli decision, and the requirement to carry out any development programs or projects with approval and coordination with the Israeli side.

Suggestions I present to the Palestinian official authorities:

First: - The current stage begins with activating the work of the Joint Economic Committee on the right basis, so that we guarantee the foundations of the decision "the agreement", and make a guarantor reference that guarantees the commitment of the Israeli side to strictly implement the terms of the agreement. I also recommend working vigorously to start buying fuel from the surrounding Arab countries / Neighboring.

Second: Work to establish customs clearance areas to be managed by the Palestinian side, and work to establish them next to the commercial crossings with the Israeli side. And the implementation of all measures to reduce customs duties on inputs to mechanisms to ensure production of high quality and low cost.

Third: Work to activate the developmental activity in trade exchange between Palestine and the Arab countries, through supporting and activating the Palestinian-Arab economic integration initiative.

Fourth: Inviting investment through Palestinian embassies in all countries to encourage attracting Palestinians from the diaspora to participate in the development of the Palestinian economy, by encouraging them to establish new companies in industry and agriculture with local partners, with tax exemptions.

Fifth: Work to transform the Paris Protocol into an economic agreement between two states based on clear economic foundations that guarantee the Palestinians freedom of trade with abroad.

Let us work together, public and private, towards building a free and resistant Palestinian economy.

Abu Jilda (Ahmed Hamad Al-Hamoud) and Al-Armit (Saleh Ahmed Al-Armit) These two names are mentioned in the Palestinian oral history, the day after they killed a British police officer on May 22, 1933. The stories that are told about the two heroes, Abu Jilda and Al-Armit, are similar to the stories of the “Green Hand” movement. Founded by Ahmed Tafesh, at the end of 1929, the members of this anti-British movement soon dispersed, after Ahmed Tafesh fled to Jordan, so he was arrested and handed over to the British in Palestine, and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

After the First World War, which ended in 1918, family disputes occurred in Palestine. Families differed in their ways of confronting the Zionist movement, whether through fighting or through negotiations and peace. Conflicts occurred between them, marred by treachery and hostility. The most famous and prominent novels of Palestinian history in resisting the British occupation, and the Palestinian poet Haroun Hashem Rashid wrote about them in a book under the title (Abu Jilda and Al-Armit Yama Kisra Baranit).

They are two Palestinian peasants who established the nucleus of a revolutionary cell to resist the British Mandate in Palestine. Abu Jilda's roots go back to the town of Tamoun, east of Nablus, while his companion Abu Al-Armit is from the village of Bita, south of Nablus.

In the early thirties, the two began to form the first resistance movements to the British mandate in Palestine. The (Abu Jilda) movement was one of the strongest movements that caused severe damage to the Mandate forces, and it did not show mercy to the collaborating Palestinians. These were placed by Abu Jilda and his men on the side of the British and the Zionists, and dealt them severe blows in the (Jenin) area in particular, and reached their property, and to them personally.

The name of Abu Jilda was a source of terror for the British soldiers, their senior generals, and their local followers, as he was beaten and disappeared without leaving a trace, and therefore eyes were planted to follow him. Where his uncle (Salim Hassan Adili) was asked to bring him to the Al-Kashla building in Nablus for an interview according to guarantees for his release. Al-Arameet delayed his response so that he could leave, and so that he would not be betrayed and arrested. When the officers failed to woo Al-Arameet or reach Abu Jilda, they began spreading rumors. Which says that they are thieves and bandits, and people should beware of their gang, and report to the police station any evidence or information useful in reaching the leader of that gang as they called it.

According to popular oral accounts, the British Mandate recruited a Bedouin to join Abu Jilda and either kill or surrender him when the opportunity arose. And after two months of his company with them, when the revolutionaries dealt with him as one of them, this man took advantage of everyone's sleep and tried to betray Abu and flog him.

With the failure of the Bedouin in the assassination of Abu Jilda, Britain intensified its pursuit of Abu Jilda, but Abu Jilda and his companions were sufficiently aware of the danger that surrounded them, so they proceeded to constantly change their places of residence and move between the north and the south, and they found help from the peasants, and their movement increased in strength and fame, and they With several operations to resist the British and Jewish settlers.

In 1933, Saleh Al-Arameet and Ahmed Al-Mahmoud "Abu Jilda" fell into an elaborate ambush set up for them in cooperation with a relative of Abi Jilda, and Britain summoned Al-Arameet's uncle (Salim Hussein Adili) to get him and his friend Abu Jilda and those with them out of the cave in which they hid. Thus, the heroes were taken to detention, and there they remained in the Al-Mascobiyeh prison in Jerusalem, awaiting the death sentence.

In the memoirs of Najati Sidqi, a Palestinian writer and national activist, he tells us that (Al-Armit) asked his mother to bring a dagger with her on the next visit because he will put it with him in his grave, and he will slaughter the traitor who betrayed him! While the last words of Abu Jilda, who was presented to the gallows, were indifferent to the British officers, "You guys are in your thoughts... Palestine is a trust in your necks... Beware of wasting a grain of sand from the land of Palestine."

Abu Jilda and Al-Armit are still present in the popular Palestinian songs, one of which says:

Abu Jilda said, "I am Al-Tamuni... All enemies do not care about me."

Abu Jilda said: And you are Al-Aramiti.. And if I die with my palms, I will cry

Abu Jilda said, O brother Saleh. Hit don't skip and age is going

Abu Jilda said, I am Al-Armaiti... By God, I am one of the state's rulings verbally

And Abu Jilda is walking alone.. and Al-Arameet is his capital

And Abu Jaldah and Al-Armit.. Whenever they broke a headband.

Abu Jilda and Al-Arameet were from the general Palestinian people, and they felt the injustice, aggression, and settlement that might befall this people, so they defended the land in their own way, and recorded an honorable history in the struggle of the Palestinian people.

We do not know the exact motives of Russian President Putin's strategy in February 2022, when he decided to invade Ukraine, his neighbor and former ally of the Soviet Union.

The attack and invasion was swift and surprising in light of international relations in which the regional conflicts led by the United States began to subside. Before that, he intervened in Chechnya and supported a military coup there, in which Ramzan Kadyrov ascended. He also intervened in Georgia and was able to install a somewhat supportive regime. He also intervened in Kazakhstan and supported his supporters who tried to overthrow Nazarbayev's successors.

As for Ukraine, it was a different strategic issue for him, as it threatened his vision of the issue of Russian national security, especially after the rise of President Zelensky, who started dialogues and rapprochement with the Europeans and the United States to enter NATO and he did not care, and the Ukrainian leaders paid attention to Putin's concerns and continued these talks in order for Ukraine to be A member of the European Union and NATO as well, Putin did not like that, who felt that his foreign policy and Russia's national and strategic national interests had been put into a corner and at stake with the new leaders in Ukraine.

And we must not forget that Putin occupied the Crimea peninsula belonging to Ukraine and annexed it to Russia in 2014, and he was also calling for the annexation of the eastern regions bordering Russia, to him, and on the twenty-fourth of February 2022, i.e. 14 months ago, Putin reached a strategic decision stating that he must invade and occupy Ukraine , under the pretext of preventing it from joining NATO, as this constitutes a security and strategic threat to the Russian Federation, in addition to the fact that the nuclear weapons that NATO possesses will be part of the Ukrainian armament system in cooperation with the United States and the Europeans, and we do not know the exact reasons for his decision that he reached, but he felt confident Rhetoric led to a decisive decision to occupy Ukraine and subjugate its political system in Kiev.

Many analysts and observers agree that he wanted to occupy all Ukrainian lands, occupy the capital Kiev through the southern cities and encircle it, and change the system of government to be subordinate to him.
Despite the influx of thousands of tanks, military aircraft and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he was not able at first sight to reach Kiev, but rather get close to it, as that cost him heavy losses, especially from tanks that proved ineffective and ineffective in this war because the Ukrainians showed determination and courage. They were strong in the face of the Russian intervention, and they inflicted thousands of casualties on the Russian army, and they were able to destroy the materiel and equipment, especially the tanks, which proved ineffective, and although he approached Kiev, he was unable to occupy it, and his decision was not to wait and withdraw quickly, and he began to change his strategy by destroying the infrastructure, the factories. And the official institutions and army camps, and then the decision to withdraw tactically and what was later called redeployment and contentment with the annexation of areas on the eastern borders, the most important of which are the cities of Luhansk, the Donbass region, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.

It can be said that it has become certain that despite the heavy losses incurred by the Ukrainians, which amounted to tens of thousands of dead and millions of displaced people to Europe, as their number reached 13 million out of 41 million Ukrainians, the majority of whom are women and children.

The Ukrainian government allowed Ukrainians to leave and emigrate from the country in order to avoid the danger of war and death, but it prevented men between the ages of 18 and 55 from leaving, and even forced them to participate in the war effort against Russia.

These analysts add that Putin committed another strategic war mistake when he decided to occupy Ukraine from the south and not from the northeast, as he would control the Black Sea and Ukraine's outlet to the borders with Europe, i.e. Poland and Moldova.

He also did not learn from the mistakes of the American occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, because the deployment of conventional military forces such as tanks, armored vehicles and armored vehicles in densely populated residential areas has become a dangerous matter and it is difficult to achieve any strategic objectives of the occupying country, and this is what the United States learned twenty years after its invasion of Afghanistan. And six years after its invasion of Iraq, and what we also see on the Palestinian scene, as Israel began to understand that its control over the areas as well as the population has become difficult to achieve.

It withdrew from Gaza unilaterally in 2003 and it is still trying desperately to control the West Bank, with armored military forces inside crowded areas in the West Bank. It can be said that the tanks have completely lost their effectiveness in this war, although Israel has 3000 tanks, but It was unable to resolve the battle with Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 and did not advance with tanks to Maroun al-Ras, 10 kilometers from the Lebanese-Israeli border, as the battle at that time was called a massacre of Israeli tanks that were destroyed by dozens and prevented from advancing into Lebanon.

Putin did not sink much in the Ukrainian mud, as he quickly concluded the military results, and after strong and fierce opposition to the Ukrainians, who began to quickly organize themselves, in terms of receiving rapid military and economic aid from the United States with European support.

That aid reached more than $45 billion in late August 2022, and it is expected to increase by many billions more. It can be said that Putin began to be affected more by the political and economic sanctions against him until he reached the conclusion that withdrawal from central Ukraine is the best way. To maintain his prestige, especially after the heavy losses incurred by the Russian army.

The Ukrainian government, in a country completely destroyed in terms of infrastructure, was able to gather forces and volunteers from the parts of the Ukrainian army, and they formed the nucleus of resistance to the Russian army.

Whatever it was, we do not know the exact reasons for the Russian withdrawal, which was affected by the Ukrainian resistance, especially in Mario Ball, Zakharova and Bokhmut. Putin's decision was decisive to withdraw to the eastern regions of Ukraine bordering Russia, where citizens of Russian origin live, and to annex them with their residents to Russia, leaving the borders The Polish-Ukrainian state is open to the state of Ukraine, and it continues to receive military and economic support from many countries that support it. In the midst of these days, many observers are waiting for the sudden spring attack of the Ukrainian forces on the Russian forces, and it is difficult to predict that this spring campaign will succeed and achieve any gains. The Ukrainians They don't want any negotiations with Putin and the Chinese government is trying to mediate that.

As for Putin, he is playing on time and does not move much in this regard except to launch severe military strikes targeting the infrastructure, to convince Zelensky's government that there is no way out but negotiations and acquiescence to Putin's demands.

As for the United States and the Biden administration, it is concerned with the continuation of the war, as it is tightening its grip on the Europeans, who fear the spread of the Russian bear, and the Ukrainians, who do not have the many means to get out of this occupation crisis.

It seems that the results of the economic and trade war between China and the United States of America will be decided in favor of China. According to current global expectations, China will overtake the United States of America with an annual output of $28.6 trillion in 2030 (a trillion equals a thousand billion) compared to $26.5 trillion for the United States of America. This will turn the balance of power in the world upside down.

Like all global crises exacerbated by former US President Donald Trump, the crisis between China and the United States deepened, and tension escalated between the two countries, after years of push and pull between the two largest economic powers, when Trump decided to raise customs duties on Chinese imports by more than $200 billion. The Chinese response came by imposing customs duties on US products worth $110 billion, and this plan failed because the one who suffered from it was mainly the American citizen, and the US administration considered that China’s plan for 2025 constituted a direct threat to it, by targeting giant industries such as telecommunications and aviation. , technology, robotics, electric cars, pharmaceutical industries, and other important and sensitive industries. As a step indicative of American confusion and concern, the administration issued a decree targeting the Chinese phone giant Huawei, placing it on the list of companies prohibited from selling technology products without special permission.

The United States of America claimed that the Chinese plan for 2025 is based mainly on theft of American innovation and technology patents, explaining that the estimated losses from intellectual property theft by China range from 225 to 600 billion dollars annually.

There is a long talk about the features of the Chinese economic and trade war, but this article is an opportunity to shed light on some of the indications and expectations of this soft war, and its repercussions on our Arab and Palestinian reality. The world, economically and militarily, since World War II, will face the same fate as Britain, which was the empire on which the sun never sets, and its power shrank before the will of the peoples for freedom and independence. The defeat of the global system in which the United States is the only superpower has become imminent, and this was confirmed by Trump in one of his speeches, when he said, "Our currency is collapsing and soon the dollar will not be the global currency. It is an unprecedented defeat in 200 years, and this will distance us from our position as a power." bony".

Secondly, it seems that the expectations of the possibility of the transfer of economic weight from the west of the globe to the east of it (according to the designations of the West, which sees itself as the center of the universe) are realistic and correct expectations, especially after the unexpected strong blow, which confused the United States of America, and made it panic and panic from the Chinese dragon, When many countries recently announced their intention to use the Chinese yuan currency instead of the US dollar.

For example, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has shown its openness to pricing part of its oil in the yuan currency, and this year China announced that it is for the first time importing liquefied gas from the Emirates in yuan, which is what the former US advisor to Treasury Secretary Monica Crowley warned of, when she said: “If countries decide OPEC is like Saudi Arabia selling oil in other currencies, as this would mean the collapse of the American economic system and a major disaster.

The blows to the US economy came from all fronts and directions. Brazil, which is the largest economy in Latin America, its president, Lula da Silva, announced that his country would deal in yuan in its trade with China. As for Russia, in defiance of economic sanctions, it announced its support for the use of the Chinese yuan in calculations between Russia and the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Recently, the BRICS countries announced their intention to establish a unified currency among the member states, and it will be announced at the expected summit next August in the presence of the leaders of the BRICS group, including Putin, and it is certainly a severe blow to the dollar as a currency of circulation and a global reserve without competition for decades.

The harshness of the American policy in dealing with the countries and peoples of the world has led to the growing role of China and its influence in changing the equations of the game in the global system, such as the Russian-Ukrainian war, China’s support and its successful initiative in achieving the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement, and taking positive steps to strengthen economic and diplomatic relations between Iran and the GCC countries. Gulf cooperation, and the start of talks to build a new regional security framework. This magnifies China's role more in regional issues in the Middle East, at the expense of the American role, which was and still is supportive of Israel's ambitions and aggression in the region.

On the other hand, the story of the Chinese renaissance, high will, and ambition to reach the top despite all the obstacles is an inspiring story for the world’s leaders and peoples. China, whose GDP did not exceed $361 billion in 1990, compared to the US output, which was six trillion at the time, has managed since In 2019, the difference in gross domestic product between it and the United States of America, which was seventeen times superior to it, was reduced to only one and a half times in 2018.

Although the world is looking forward to the year 2030, whether the Chinese dragon will overthrow the American eagle with a soft power strategy, or if there may be a third world war as the United States tries to protect its influence and interests in the world. And on all sides, whether the economic war or a third world war, the fear is that the oppressed countries and peoples who will pay the price of the global wars of crushing heads.

It is certain that the rise of China and the decline of US hegemony is in the interest of the peoples who have suffered from US hegemony and their absolute bias towards Israel, but benefiting from these transformations requires first and foremost the arrangement of the internal conditions of the peoples, including our Palestinian people.

A new experience and a future choice, albeit one that carries a return to pre-1957 freedom and the formation of Jordanian political parties, after decades of ban and lack of licensing.

It is clear that the new political will and decision, represented by the election and party laws, is moving towards generalization and changing the rules of the political game in our country, so that parties and elections are the criterion and tool for the individual citizen’s access to decision-making institutions.

For decades, regionalism, regionalism, and personal relations have been the means for most of the access to high official and governmental positions: 1- the House of Representatives, 2- the Senate, 3- government ministers, 4- ambassadors, 5- and perhaps general secretaries and company directors, which are the highest positions. Which provides for those who reach it status, elevation, influence, and gains, and for this, the individual in our country was moving towards strengthening his position among his family, clan, sect, diversity, or region, and he gained presence and choice, and the lack of professionalism or personal creativity made the individual empowered and persistent. Without the regional sectarian familial weighting tools.

And if the parties of the Islamic current are excluded: the Muslim Brotherhood, the leftist current: 1- the Communist Party, 2- the Democratic People’s Hashd Party, 3- the Popular Unity Party, and the nationalist current: 1- the Socialist Ba’ath Party, 2- the Progressive Ba’ath Party, who have credibility And they have a history, references, and a state of presence despite the weakness of some of them, but they have lived the experience of prevention and authorization, and they have lived since the end of the Cold War, the defeat of communism and socialism in 1990, the defeat and occupation of Iraq in 1991 and 2003, and the destruction and dismemberment of Syria since the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, and before that its participation in digging Al-Batin under the American flag, the failure of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in its management of Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, the failure of its "revolution" in Syria and Libya, and its uniqueness in managing the Gaza Strip, these six parties are living in a state of decline and retreat, for reasons beyond their control, which led to engineering themselves by themselves as a result of dialogue and reaching To an understanding with the royal court, Adnan Abu Odeh, and with the government of Sharif Zaid in 1991-1992.

Personalities rushing to form parties, and heading towards this option as an alternative to regionalism and regionalism, in reaching decision-making institutions, so that the option that has been “engineered” and relied upon towards the birth of parties, their abundance and pluralism, because the future political decision is moving towards the parties being the title, the tool, And the option for Parliament elections and the formation of governments.

Despite the Jordanian reluctance mostly to contribute to the membership of parties, with the exception of those who were "engineered" and supported, the retreat and hesitation is due to the legacy of rejecting the parties and condemning those who participated in them and losing many of their rights, and the absence of latent gains and aspirations towards reaching the ministry, the prosecution, or notables, but the trend today will be different. About yesterday, and in the future, the parties are the tool, and for this we will find Jordanians queues in front of the parties’ offices and headquarters, because they will be the choice and the tool, towards the individual citizen’s access to the advanced government positions.

We need some time, but as long as the option is to form parties, they will succeed despite all the obstacles and gaps. Engineering is the strongest and is the available option, towards the future.

Since the occurrence of the Nakba in 1948 until this moment, the entity state is still working hard to obliterate the Palestinian identity and play in the internal arena to divide and divide the homeland by the occupier, along with killings, displacement, plundering of lands and demolitions of homes. Rather, it has now entered the stage that it feared for many years.

It is the demographic conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis, which has reached a new stage of "hidden fighting". The occupying state is now looking at this war as the most dangerous to its existence and the beginning of the dissolution of its "Zionist project" on the land of occupied Palestine, after many years in which it used the worst types of punishment, displacement and killing in the battle for existence with the Palestinians. .

Perhaps one of the most prominent plans that the occupation sought to implement to ensure the battle of existence and to maintain demographic superiority over the Palestinians and to influence the demographic situation across the Green Line and in the West Bank and Gaza Strip through many mechanisms; Including: the intensification of immigration waves, where Israel, through special immigration agencies, attracts the Jews of the world to occupied Palestine, and offers them temptations and that this country is the land of dreams, but the reality indicates the opposite, in addition to the decline in the local factors of attraction for Jews to occupied Palestine and the decline in indicators of economic well-being In comparison to previous years, there are no factors that push Jews towards occupied Palestine from European countries and the United States of America on the other hand.

And with the numbers revealed by an “Israeli” center specialized in opinion polls, which constituted a violent political, security and economic shock for the far-right occupation government and the sixth for Benjamin Netanyahu, as it showed that a third of Israelis are thinking of emigrating and leaving the occupying state and do not feel any affiliation with it, and that the survey data indicate the presence of A problem with a sense of identity, attachment and belonging to the occupied entity among the public is increasing in the Israeli entity, and this is a reality that creates a rift and division in Israeli society.

While the Israeli incitement does not stop against the Palestinians of 48 who are doing their best to preserve their Palestinian and Arab identity despite the heavy price they pay while they are struggling to survive and hold on to the national identity within their homeland, cities and villages, and they are the original inhabitants of this land, and in light of the Israeli incitement that does not stop, And multidimensional racism and forms, denial of rights and equality, stifling and incitement against them despite their obtaining Israeli citizenship, all this did not prevent them from preserving their identity and their involvement with the rest of the Palestinians in addressing major national issues.

About 1.8 million Palestinians live in their villages and towns occupied by Israel in 1948, and they represent about 20% of the population today, according to official statistics. They suffer from discriminatory and racist policies against them in the fields of lands, planning and construction. Obtaining building permits and structural plans for their towns, and there are no signs to promote a fair and participatory planning policy in the Galilee, the Triangle, and the Negev. Discrimination in interest between Arab villages and towns, encouragement of crime and criminal gangs without combating them, in addition to the high rate of poverty among Arab families, and that more than half of Arab families live below the poverty line. Israel in 1948. There are those who call them the Arabs of Israel, and there are those who call them the Palestinians of the interior, or the Arab minority in Israel, in addition to the Arabs of 48.

In addition to the tightening of the stranglehold, settlement, land confiscation, house demolitions, construction of the separation wall and settlement roads in the West Bank and Jerusalem, the difficulty of obtaining building permits, exorbitant taxes on the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, and the transformation of the West Bank governorates into cantons and insulators with checkpoints and checkpoints, and the harassment of workers and the difficulty of obtaining them. On work permits, it makes the life of the population very difficult, in addition to what the Gaza Strip has been suffering from a continuous blockade for more than fifteen years, which has made the Strip a large prison for its residents, as there have been many wars, attacks, and the destruction that afflicted the Strip and the spread of unemployment and abject poverty, all of which the occupying power is trying to do. To make the life of the Palestinian like hell, which pushes him either to lose hope in life and the future, to leave the land and homeland, to flee and to emigrate to a more prosperous and secure country.

It is important to remember that the concept of our struggle with the occupation is on the ground, and it constitutes a fundamental axis in the struggle with the Zionist movement, and the obsession of the "demographic danger" overshadows this obsession that the occupying entity still has so that the dominant Jewish majority does not turn into a minority or a very close percentage. Of the percentage of the Palestinian Arabs, so that this entity considered the Palestinian Arabs who remained in their land as strangers in their original homeland and a great curse on the Zionist project and considered them an instinctively hostile group and a fifth column and worked to harass them and besieged them in security areas and imposed military rule on them. And trying to establish a Jewish state at the expense of confiscating Arab lands and the life and future of the Palestinian people.

The essentiality of the conflict with the occupation and restoring consideration to the Palestinian cause was and still is a step collectively to restore the rights of their owners, based on the Palestinian awareness that was characterized early on by the Zionist plan, the struggle for survival, and the struggle for land and demography. Emphasizing the right of this people to their historical land and imposing new equations in the struggle over existence, identity, belonging, and clinging to the homeland and the land, and not surrendering to the reality of the continued Israeli policy of seizing their lands and defending them to the last breath.

Days and the memory of the Palestinian Nakba, which formed and still is the main pillar upon which the Palestinian narrative is based, will come upon us. It was also the motive for the armed and unarmed Palestinian resistance, and the determination to get rid of its disastrous results is the engine of all Palestinian policies.

The noble, civilized, promising, and peaceful Palestinian people according to the standards and classifications of (civilized) nations that prevailed at the time and in accordance with the text of Article 22 of the League of Nations Charter, and accordingly contributing to the advancement of all humanity, was subjected to the most heinous continuous crimes that the twentieth century witnessed, when it was subjected to a campaign Settler colonialism by arrogant, arrogant, and arrogant Western colonial powers, during which they employed all means of settler colonialism, including genocide, ethnic cleansing, racial segregation, and displacement to establish a Zionist colony as a national home for Jews around the world.

A study of the history of the Zionist settler-colonial project in Palestine shows that there is an organic correlation between the stages of implementation of this project, or rather the strategic successes that have been achieved in creating and protecting the existence of the fruit of this project (Israel), and the transformations of the international system, which makes the project question whether the owners will achieve This project is another additional success at the expense of the Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims in this current stage of the transformation of the international system?

As the international system is witnessing a state of transformation that seemed to be moving slowly in 2008, when the real estate crisis emerged in the American market, then it was followed by the global financial crisis in 2009, but this pace began to accelerate with the ascension of President Trump to power in 2016, carrying the slogan (America). First), then this pace reached its peak with the outbreak of the Russian-Atlantic war on the land of Ukraine in February 2022, where the White House is inhabited by a president who reached it in the year 2020, carrying the slogan (America’s Return), which implies an American approach to the international system. It is completely different from the approach of his predecessor, and does not rule out the outbreak of a new global war at the end of the current decade, according to Biden's national security strategy.

For its part, the Middle East region, which, since the outbreak of World War I in 1914, was one of the most prominent regional arenas, the scene of the struggle of the contending great powers over the leadership of the international system during all stages of the transformation of this system. It is still living the effects and repercussions of this decade to date.

During the First World War (1914-1918), the end of which witnessed a shift in the international system that arose after the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years’ War in Europe, where the Allied Powers, led by the victorious United Kingdom in the war, dominated the leadership of the world system. The Balfour Declaration was issued in 1917 by Britain, who founded the Palestinian Nakba by calling for the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine, which was at the time part of the Ottoman Empire defeated in the war.

And with the establishment of the international organization (the League of Nations) at the time, Britain, which is dominant in the international system, was able to convert its promise in 1922 into an international document issued by the international organization under the name of the Mandate, which in turn mandated Britain to mandate Palestine and work to prepare the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine according to the text Balfour Declaration.

After the outbreak of World War II (1939-1945), a new international system emerged, known as the bipolar system. The Allies, led by the United States of America, and the Axis, led by the Soviet Union, declared the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

It should be noted here that while the world witnessed, after the end of World War II, a fierce war that raged between the two poles of the global system, known as the Cold War, the Middle East region witnessed the fiercest and bloodiest wars between the new emerging entity in the region and the countries of the region that declared at the time that they were in a state of War and hostility with this entity, and these wars, especially the war of 1967, resulted in Israel occupying what remained of Palestine (the West Bank, including East Jerusalem), which was in the hands of the Kingdom of Jordan, and the Gaza Strip, which was in the hands of Egypt, in addition to its occupation of the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and the Syrian Golan Heights.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the world order known as the unipolar system arose under the leadership of the United States of America. The Arab-Israeli conflict witnessed a radical transformation, as it moved from a state of hostility, war, and armed resistance, to a state of political settlement and peace.

It is true that Egypt had signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1979, after which the latter withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula according to the conditions included in the Camp David Accords, but the pace of the settlement increased after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the hegemony of the United States of America over the world order, where the Oslo agreement was concluded in 1979. 1993, and Wadi Araba in 1994 between Israel, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

While the foregoing shows the case of the close connection between confirming the existence of Israel as the fruit of the Western settlement colonial project in Palestine, and the transformations of the international system, the facts on the ground prove the failure of the owners of this project to implement it and implement it according to the promise issued by Britain at the time, as it shows the course of implementation of the project for a series of retreats.

The first of these retractions was represented in the decree of the Constitution of Palestine issued by His Majesty in 1922, when Britain retracted under the weight of the refusal of the owners of the lands of this promise, in this decree to allocate historical Palestine, which includes Transjordan with Palestine as a national home for the Jews, to Mandatory Palestine, which includes Palestine. extending from the river to the sea.

The second of these retreats is represented in Partition Resolution No. 181 issued by the United Nations General Assembly in 1947, which divided Mandatory Palestine into two states, one for the Jews and the other for the Arabs, and keeping Jerusalem under international trusteeship.

Despite the Nakba with all its contents of genocide, ethnic cleansing and mass displacement carried out by Zionist gangs under British auspices at the time, and their occupation of areas larger than the Partition Resolution allocated to the Jewish state, the principle of the two-state solution called for in 2002 by President Bush Jr. and agreed upon by the entire international community The third regression represents the inability of the owners of the colonial project to establish a national home for the Jews on all of Mandatory Palestine.

In front of this fact that cannot be ignored or blinded to, in addition to a number of other facts, the most prominent of which is the demographic fact in which the number of Palestinians on the land of Mandatory Palestine has become greater than the number of Zionist colonizers, and then the reality of the ongoing transformation in the international system that seems to be proceeding in an unfavorable manner. The favor of the great powers that are partners of the Zionist movement in the making of Israel, as well as the reality of the regional transformations that are taking place against the Israeli interest, and then the reality of the disintegration and erosion that Israel is witnessing now. The ongoing Nakba, and perhaps the recent decision issued by the United Nations General Assembly to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba in 2023 for the first time officially in the Assembly Hall as a high-level event, and the invitation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to deliver a speech on this occasion, is considered one of the most prominent indicators of that.

In the end, this article confirms that if the new international order stands on its feet, its superpowers that form its leadership will not be more Palestinian than the Palestinians, which requires the Palestinians, at least, to prevent Israel and its partners from achieving additional successes at this stage of the transformation of the system. Al-Dawli, making the required changes according to what the Almighty says in Surat Al-Ra’d: 11 {Indeed, God does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves}.

At least 22 people died when a double-decker tourist boat sank in India's southern state of Kerala late Sunday, authorities and local media reported.

The accident occurred in the coastal town of Tanur in Malappuram district of Kerala state and rescue operations are underway.

Dozens of people participated during the night in the search for survivors from the boat, which was partially submerged in water, as some used ropes to secure it while others were in the water looking through its windows.

"We have recovered 22 bodies, including 15 women and seven males. There are about six people in the hospital. Rescue operations are underway," an officer from Tanur police station told AFP.

The officer added that thirty people were on board the boat.

Local newspaper Onmanorma reported that 11 people from one family, including three children, were killed.

The state's Minister of Sports and Fisheries at. Abdul Rahman, who helps coordinate rescue efforts, said most of the victims were children. It is believed that more than 30 people were on board at the time of the accident.

Abdel-Rahman said that four people were taken to hospital in critical condition, according to the BTI agency.

Survivors told local media that many of the passengers were not wearing life jackets.

For his part, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter, "We are saddened by the loss of life due to the boat accident in Malappuram, Kerala state. Condolences to the bereaved families," adding that the relatives of each victim will be entitled to compensation.
It was not immediately clear why the boat sank.

Australia has witnessed a controversy over the monarchy among its officials in the wake of the decision to cancel the lighting of the famous Sydney Opera House on the occasion of the coronation of King Charles III.

The sails of the architectural masterpiece that were established in Sydney Harbor fifty years ago are lit on important occasions such as the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Gay Pride Day, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and others, which did not happen on the occasion of Charles's coronation, as it remained turned off.

New South Wales Premier Chris Means announced that he had canceled a plan by his predecessor to light the building in honor of Charles, who is the head of state of Australia.

"I would dedicate this to Australia and Australians, moments of sacrifice and heroism for the country, or when there is an important international event in Sydney," Means said in a radio interview on Monday.

The state premier said the building's sails were lit 70 times last year, compared to 23 times a decade ago, at a cost of between 80,000 and 100,000 Australian dollars ($54,000 to $67,000) each time.

He told Radio 2GB in Sydney that people had many options to celebrate the coronation, including on television.

"It wasn't in Sydney, it was in London," Means said. "Of course, I respect the new king, but I am aware of where and when we should spend the taxpayers' money," he added.

Means, who belongs to the Labor Party, became premier of New South Wales on March 25, after his party won the state elections.

Means confirmed that he would not apologize to those whose decision disappointed them.

As for the Australian Prime Minister and Labor Party Chairman, Anthony Albanese, who attended the coronation, he is openly supportive of the republic.

"We are facing a surreptitious campaign for republican rule in Australia by the current government, despite the prime minister's parade in London declaring his allegiance to the king," said Philip Penwell, president of the Royal Australian Association.

Opinion polls show that many Australians want to do away with the monarchy in favor of republican rule.

A referendum on the republic is scheduled for later this year, but after another scheduled referendum on giving Indigenous peoples the constitutional right to be consulted on laws that affect them.

Britain celebrated the coronation of King Charles III, where a concert was held at Windsor Castle, which was performed by a large number of stars and attended by about 20,000 people, in addition to millions in Britain and all over the world.

And King Charles and Queen Camilla watched from a royal room in the castle, which is located west of London, the concert that was performed by Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and the British band "Take That".

Thousands of huge screens were set up across Britain to show the concert, which was also performed by a band of 70 musicians and several choirs, while the organizers said it would also be shown in more than 100 countries.

Amid performances of music and video congratulations from an array of public figures, Prince William took to the stage to honor his father the day after he was officially crowned king.

William said his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, was "up there watching fondly at us," adding that she would be "a very proud mum."
"For more than 50 years, in every corner of the United Kingdom, across the Commonwealth and around the world, he has dedicated himself to serving others, both present and future generations," the heir to the throne added.

"Dad, we are all proud of you," he continued.

Thousands of Sunday lunches and celebrations were held in the UK, with US First Lady Jill Biden taking part in a banquet outside Downing Street hosted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for volunteers, Ukrainian refugees and youth groups.

More than 67,000 "big luncheons" and neighborhood parties were held over the coronation weekend. The last two anniversaries of Queen Elizabeth II witnessed such events.

Other members of the royal family attended the country's scheduled "big luncheons" and neighborhood parties. Prince Edward and his wife Sophie went to Cranley in Surrey (south), Princess Anne and her husband Tim Lawrence to Swindon, in the Cotswolds (west) and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to Windsor.

And the king and queen sent via Instagram "best wishes" to the participants in this huge banquet, wishing them "very happy times."

And soon, attention turned to Windsor Castle, which hosted the evening singing, which was attended by senior members of the royal family, including Prince William, his wife Kate, and two of their three children, in addition to Sunak and other dignitaries.

Earlier, William surprised fans on Long Walk in Windsor with an unannounced visit with Kate, where he had a drink with one of the royal's admiring families, before giving a speech at the concert.

The ceremony opened with a performance by arranger Pete Tong from the album "Ibiza Classics" at the personal request of the King, followed by British singer Ollie Morse and a host of other stars.

For the first time, the Royal Ballet, Royal Opera, Shakespeare Company, the Royal College of Music and the Royal College of Art have collaborated for a one-off joint performance.

Later, Lionel Richie performed a group of his most famous songs, and Tom Cruise, Joan Collins, singer Tom Jones and others appeared in congratulatory messages via video.

On Monday, a public holiday given specifically to mark the coronation, Britons were invited to take part in volunteer work but the royal couple did not plan any public appearances.

Saturday's religious coronation in London of Charles III was a historic day marked by the grandeur associated with major events of the monarchy.

The image of Charles, crowned, made the Sunday front page of all British newspapers, as did international newspapers.

After ascending the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Charles III was crowned on Saturday as King of the United Kingdom in Westminster Abbey during a solemn religious ceremony dating back a thousand years of history and traditions, but it was adapted to reflect the image of Britain in the twenty-first century in front of about 2,300 invitees, after which his wife was crowned. Camilla is a queen.

Surrounded by horsemen, the couple returned in a golden carriage to Buckingham Palace, then greeted the crowds from the famous balcony.

The coronation ceremony was held for the first time in 70 years, as its last version dates back to 1953 when Charles Elizabeth II's mother ascended the throne and held it until her death in September 2022 at the age of 96, after Britain's longest reign.

More than 14 million viewers watched, live on BBC, the moment the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, placed on the head of Charles III, 74, the crown of St. Edward, made of pure gold and studded with precious stones.

Their number reached 31 million to watch Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 on the BBC and ITV.

Charles, the oldest British monarch ever to be crowned, is not as popular as his mother, Elizabeth II, who died in September. Anti-monarchy protesters demonstrated in London on Saturday as the motorcade passed, and in Scotland and Wales as well.

About 15 percent of Britons believe the monarchy should be abolished.

On Saturday morning, London police arrested six leaders of the anti-monarchy "Republic" movement, including the head of the movement, Graham Smith. They were released hours later in the evening. Their arrest drew sharp criticism.

"I'm out now. Don't be fooled. The right to peaceful protest no longer exists in the UK," Smith tweeted.

In total, British police announced that they had arrested 52 protesters Saturday "on charges of disturbing public order and security and plotting to cause a public disturbance around the coronation".

Today, Monday, dozens of settlers, led by the extremist Yehuda Glick, stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, from the Mughrabi Gate, under heavy security from the Israeli occupation police.

According to local sources, the extremist Glick and the settlers carried out provocative tours in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa, while he provided explanations about the alleged "temple".

The blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is subjected to settler incursions every day, except for Saturday and Friday, in the morning and evening periods, in an attempt to impose the temporal and spatial division.

Today, Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation authorities' publication of tenders to build more than 1,000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank to deepen and expand settlement.

The ministry said in a statement, "The occupation authorities have disregarded all international positions and claims, signed agreements, and resolutions of international legitimacy that call for and demand the cessation of settlement activity, as it is illegal, illegitimate, and a crime that threatens to undermine the principle of the two-state solution and the opportunity to embody the Palestinian state on the ground with East Jerusalem as its capital." in accordance with United Nations resolutions.

The ministry considered the operations of deepening and expanding settlements a blatant challenge to the will of the international community and a disregard for the American and international positions that warn of its dangers on the conflict arena, as a dangerous escalation of the situation.

And it believed that the occupying state is taking advantage of double international standards to implement more of its colonial expansion plans, and to move forward with the creeping gradual annexation of the occupied West Bank.

The Ministry also saw that Israel's continued impunity and trial for its crimes encourages it to commit more of them, especially the settlements.

The Ministry reaffirmed that halting all forms of settlement is the correct approach to restoring confidence between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, as a prelude to launching a real negotiated political process that puts an end to the Israeli escalation and leads to resolving the conflict through peaceful political means.

The Israeli occupation authorities issued new tenders for the construction of about 1,248 settlement units in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, and areas in the northern West Bank.

According to the published tenders, these new settlement units will be distributed among the settlements of: "Beitar Illit", "Efrat", "Kiryat Arba", "Ma'ale Ephraim" and "Karnei Shomron", in addition to 89 units in the "Gilo" settlement located west of the city. Occupied Jerusalem.

The occupation authorities continue the policy of settlement expansion despite repeated Arab and international calls to stop settlement projects in the Palestinian territories, as the extremist Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu is moving forward with plans for settlement expansion since its formation in late December.

The Anti-Narcotics Department of the Jerusalem Suburbs Governorate police seized, at dawn today, Monday, approximately 5 kg of a substance suspected of being narcotic hashish inside the house of one of its dealers in the town of Al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem.

Police spokesman, Colonel Louay Arziqat, said that information arrived at the Anti-Narcotics Branch stating that there are large quantities of drugs inside the house of one of its dealers, and they are ready for promotion and use. Hashish, and the hybrid cannabis substance, approached 5 kg, and the dealer was arrested, thus saving new victims from abuse and addiction.

He confirmed the reservation of the person and the seized items until the completion of the procedures, and the referral of the file to the Public Prosecution.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Statistics issued by the General Directorate of Civil Status at the Ministry of Interior - Civil Section showed that the Gaza Strip recorded, during the month of February, 3,986 newborns, and 307 deaths.

The statistics showed that the number of male births is estimated at 2,092, with an estimated rate of 52.48%, while the estimated percentage of female births was 47.51%, with 1,894 births.

She pointed out that the civil status offices in the Gaza Interior Directorate have registered 1,455 newborns, while the Khan Yunis interior offices registered 767 newborns. During the month, the northern interior offices registered 734 births, and the civil status offices in the middle interior recorded 537 births, while the civil status offices in the Rafah Interior Directorate registered 493 newborns.

Regarding death statistics, the Civil Status reported that its offices in the governorates of the Gaza Strip recorded 307 deaths during this period, as male deaths were estimated at 180 deaths, with an estimated rate of 58.63%, compared to 127 female deaths, with an estimated rate of 41.36%.

Arsenal continued its pressure on leaders Manchester City and revived its hopes of winning its first title since 2004 when it returned with a valuable victory from its host, Newcastle, with a clean double, Sunday, at St. James Park, in front of 50,267 spectators, in the thirty-fifth stage of the England Football Championship.

Norwegian captain Martin Odegaard (14) and Swiss defender Fabian Schar (71 fouls in his team's own goal) scored the two goals.
Arsenal strengthened its ranks with its second successive victory, and its 25th this season, with 81 points, bringing the difference back to one point between it and leaders Manchester City, who beat Leeds United 2-1 on Saturday.

City has a postponed match against Brighton, which will take place on May 24.

On the other hand, Newcastle suffered only its fifth loss this season and the second at home after the first against Liverpool 0-2 also on February 18, so its score froze at 65 points in third place.

Manchester United failed to take advantage of Arsenal's gift and snatch third place from Newcastle, losing to West Ham 1-0 due to a fatal mistake by Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea.

The loss of Newcastle and United, whose score was frozen at 63 points, ignited the struggle over the last two cards that qualified for the Champions League, as the chances of Liverpool V (62 points) and Brighton VII (55 points with three games less) strengthened in their competition for it, even if the “Reds” played more than one match. The Magpies and the Red Devils.

Arsenal returned the debt to Newcastle with the same result that defeated him last year at the same stadium in the penultimate 37th stage, which cost him absence from the Champions League competition this season.

"It's a big step for a young team like ours to come here and do the things we've done. It shows we've come a long way," Odegaard said.

He added, "After losing points against Manchester City, winning against Chelsea and then coming here and winning shows our mentality. We have to continue, fight and fight until the end. It's football, anything can happen and we need to be ready."

His Spanish coach, Mikel Arteta, said, "It is a well-deserved victory. It was a great match, and our team enjoyed high quality and we did everything we could to achieve the result." Newcastle coach Eddie Howe said, "I think it is a disappointment because we did not achieve the desired result, nor did we do the best." Our levels and we have to think about what's next."

Newcastle started the match with strong pressure and almost did it from the first opportunity when Jacob Murphy received a ball from the Swedish international Alexander Isaacs, so he prepared it for himself inside the area and hit it hard with his left, which bounced off the right post (1).

Isaac hit a powerful ball, which defender Ben White pushed into a corner (3).

Odegaard quelled the outburst of the landowners when he succeeded in opening the scoring, contrary to the course of the game, after receiving a ball from the Italian international, Jorginho, outside the area.

Arsenal almost added the second goal through Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli when he received a ball inside the area, so he singled out goalkeeper Bob and hit it at the latter’s foot, so he prepared in front of Odegaard, who hit it hard with his left from a difficult angle, which the goalkeeper pushed to a corner that did not bear fruit (20).

Bukayo Saka received a wonderful ball from the Swiss Granit Chaka, so he set off quickly and hit it powerfully from the edge of the area, Bob pushed it away (23).

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale saved Arsenal from the equalizer by blocking a powerful shot by Joe Willock from inside the area (27).
And Ramsdale continued his brilliance by deflecting a cross at an appropriate time in front of Callum Wilson, before Kievor dispersed it (29).

Martinelli missed an opportunity for reinforcement when he received a ball from Odegaard inside the area, which he hit with his left, far from the far left post (41).

Bob continued his brilliance and saved his goal from a second goal when he blocked a shot from close range to Odegaard in the sixth minute of stoppage time for the first half.

And the left post denied Isaac an equaliser, when he returned his header from close range, following a cross by Murphy (49).

Ramsdale shone in clearing the giant's header from close range, following a corner kick, before the defense dispersed it (50).

Martinelli responded with a shot from inside the area, which bounced off the crossbar outside the field (52).

The other Brazilian, Gabriel Jesús, hit a powerful ball from inside the area, which Bob sent to a corner (70).

Arsenal dealt the final blow to Newcastle when Martinelli received a ball from Jesus in the middle of the field, so he went off and penetrated into the area from the left side and passed it crossly, which hit the foot of defender Shar and turned into his team's goal (71).
And Newcastle continued his pressure in search of at least reducing the difference, but to no avail.

Manchester United continued to bleed points after losing 0-1 to Brighton on Thursday, and suffered its second consecutive and ninth defeat this season, while West Ham largely ensured its survival after moving seven points away from the eighteenth Nottingham Forest, the last places leading to the second division.

And West Ham achieved its first victory in its last four matches at home, and its Scottish coach, David Moyes, succeeded in breaking the jinx that required him against his former team, United, who supervised his training in 2013, when he beat him for the first time in 11 games (two draws and eight defeats).

Algerian international striker Said Benrahma scored the winning goal with a weak creeping shot from outside the area, which De Gea missed, although it was within reach (27).

The Brazilian left post denied Anthony an equalizer by returning his powerful shot from outside the area (32).

De Gea saved his goal from a second goal by blocking a powerful shot by the Czech international giant Tomas Sochik (50).

The Dutchman, Vout Fijkhorst, tried his luck with a powerful shot from outside the area, which was blocked by Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski in two waves (56).

Brazilian Lucas Paqueta responded with a similar shot away from the three sticks (60), then the latter passed a cross from inside the area, which Sochik hit "on the fly" next to the left post (63).

Paqueta almost hit the net with a powerful shot from inside the area, which passed near the right post (66).

Ten Hag tried to activate his offensive line by involving the trio of Gaydon Sancho, the Frenchman Anthony Martial and the Austrian Marcel Sabitzer in the place of Anthony Wijkhorst and the Danish Christian Eriksen, but to no avail.

Fabianski continued his brilliance by deflecting a shot by Marcus Rashford from close range (77), and Martial penetrated into the area and hit a powerful ball, which Fabianski pushed into a corner (90 + 1).

Statistics issued by the General Directorate of Civil Status at the Ministry of the Interior - Civil Section showed that the Gaza Strip recorded 3,404 new births during April of this year, in addition to 262 deaths.

The statistics showed that the number of male births is estimated at 1,740, with an estimated rate of 51.12%, while the estimated percentage of female births was 48.88%, at 1,664 births. She indicated that the civil status offices in the Gaza Interior Directorate had registered 1,233 newborns; The two interior offices of Khan Yunis registered 661 births.

During the month, the northern interior offices registered 613 births, and the civil status offices in the middle interior recorded 469 births, while the civil status offices in the Rafah Interior Directorate registered 428 newborns.

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Concerning the death statistics, the Civil Status reported that its offices in the governorates of the Gaza Strip recorded 262 deaths during this month, as male deaths were estimated at 145 deaths, at an estimated rate of 55.34%, compared to 117 deaths among females, at an estimated rate of 44.65%.

Al-Safa Islamic Bank announced the delivery of the monthly cash prize to the winner, Muhammad Abdel-Amir Ahmed Shehab, from the city of Al-Bireh, as part of the savings account campaign for this year, which included special prizes for the month of Ramadan and holidays. The value of the monthly prize for the month of April was 125,000 shekels, and it is special for Eid al-Fitr.

On this occasion, the winner expressed his great joy with this award, describing it, saying: "This award is a real joy for me, and I never expected to win it." He added that his confidence in the bank and its distinctive and unique services made him consider this win as evidence that the bank seeks to change the lives of its customers, whether by encouraging them to save, which in itself helps them for their future, or by offering prizes of high value that can improve their situation for the better.

It is noteworthy that, on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the bank presented special prizes, especially for the status and spirituality of these occasions. In addition to the Eid Al-Fitr cash prize, the bank presented 20 Umrah trips to 20 winners within a daily draw campaign for the savings account during the month of Ramadan, through which the winners were able to enjoy a paid Umrah trip that they could perform during the month of Ramadan or at any other time during the year.

The savings account campaign is considered one of the most important campaigns that the bank launches annually, out of its keenness to appreciate its customers and encourage them to increase their savings. During the current year, the bank encouraged all members of society to open savings accounts at the bank, to enter the daily, weekly and monthly cash campaign prize draws, in addition to a prize of one million shekels at the end of the campaign. It should be noted that any person who has a minimum savings of $200 in the bank can enter the draws for all cash prizes during the campaign period.

Today, Monday morning, the Israeli oppression forces stormed several sections of "Ramon" prison.

According to the Prisoners' Club, these forces stormed the rooms in which the prisoners of the "Popular Front" were staying, and started searches.

While the Prisoners Authority said: "The forces of repression transferred Ahmed Saadat "Abu Ghassan", Ahed Ghulamah "Abu Qais", and Walid Hanatsheh "Abu Mays" for interrogation and isolation.

An Arab woman in her twenties was killed at dawn today, Monday, as a result of a shooting crime that took place in the occupied city of Haifa.

The Hebrew media said that the young victim of the crime, Hanan Abu Khait (24 years old), who is a mother of a child (5 years old), who was shot while she was inside her vehicle near her house, where 3 masked men shot her from a very close range.

With the murder in Haifa, the death toll in the Arab community has risen since the beginning of this year until now, to 65, including 5 women who were killed in various violent crimes.

On Monday morning and dawn, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of arrests among citizens in separate areas of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

According to local sources, those forces arrested in Bethlehem both Ahmed Nasser Asakereh (23 years old) from the village of Asakereh, Munir Muhammad Taamreh (35 years old) from the village of Al-Arouj in the east, Salah Musa Sabah (26 years old), and Fadi Adel Atallah (25 years old). 26 years old), Ahmed Saeed Sabah (26 years old), Hamza Awad Atallah (26 years old), and Ibrahim Wajih Sabah (26 years old), all from the eastern village of Harmala, after raiding and searching the homes of their families.

Meanwhile, the secretary of the "Fatah" movement in Aida camp, Marwan Fararjeh, in his thirties, and Ahmed Jamal Hassan (37 years), from Al-Saff Street in the center of Bethlehem, were arrested after their homes were raided, searched and their contents were tampered with.

In Ramallah, the occupation forces arrested the young man, Abd al-Rahman Qatash, after raiding his house, while they arrested the editor, Muhammad Ahmad al-Barghouti, after storming the village of Deir Abu Mishaal, west of Ramallah, where he was released from its prisons only ten days after a fourteen-year detention. .

They also arrested the two young men, Ahmed Al-Tirawi and Alaa Saeed Nakhla, after storming their homes in Al-Jalazoun camp, north of Ramallah.

According to eyewitnesses, the places of the raid witnessed limited confrontations with the occupation forces, who also deployed on the outskirts of the villages of Jifna, Deir Ibzi and Kafr Nima, north of Ramallah.

In Jenin, the occupation forces arrested the released prisoner, Osaid Ibrahim Abu Bakr from Ya`bad, and Ammar Abdul Hakim Khallouf from Burqin, after raiding the homes of their families, amid confrontations with the people.

The occupation forces also arrested the citizen, Muhannad Tawfiq Abu Bakr, from the town of Ya`bad, south of Jenin, while he was passing through the Barta'a military checkpoint.

In Jerusalem, the occupation forces arrested the child Muhammad Yasser Darwish (12 years old) after they raided and searched his house.

In Nablus, the occupation forces arrested Abdul Rahman Abu Hijleh (23 years old), after they raided and searched his family's house in the Al-Makhfiyya area.

In Hebron, the occupation forces arrested Bader Ziyad Abu Halil after searching his house and tampering with its contents in the town of Dura.

In Qalqilya, the occupation forces arrested the young man, Karam Shahwan, after raiding his house in the village of Habla.

The teachers' movement said, on Sunday evening, that "protest measures will be taken if the government does not pay the deductions from the striking teachers tomorrow."

And the movement added in a statement, "It will issue a statement in the event that the government does not disburse it, equal to the work rate with the salary disbursement rate, taking into account not closing the school year, boycotting the School program, and limiting education to classroom sessions only, and we may boycott high school exams."

He stressed that he will wait until tomorrow to declare our innocence from Jibril Rajoub’s initiative and the Central Committee if the discounts are not paid, indicating that he will cancel the deadline of 9/10/2023 and the activities will turn into not opening the new academic year unless all legitimate demands are immediately fulfilled. according to the text of the statement.

The teachers’ movement indicated that compensation is the right of the student, but it must be at the disposal of the teacher without external interference, as the working hours and compensation based on the teacher’s planning end with the end of the working hours on 6/5/2023. According to the text of his statement.

Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces lifted the siege imposed on Jericho and the Jordan Valley, after 16 days of tightening the checkpoints at its entrances.

Local sources confirmed to Al-Quds.com that the Palestinian liaison had been informed of the lifting of the siege, but the barriers, iron gates and cubes erected by the occupation forces are still present. However, the measures and the presence of the occupation army are no longer in place.

The siege on Jericho, which is the fourth since the beginning of this year, and its days lasted for about a month, comes after shooting operations targeting Israelis, followed by a series of incursions into Jericho, especially the Aqabat Jaber camp, south of Jericho, which led to the death of nine from the camp. The occupation forces are still holding the bodies of seven. who are they.

These incursions also resulted in dozens of injuries, and the number of detainees since the beginning of this year has reached about 100 detainees, forty of whom are from Aqabat Jabr camp.

For about a month, the Israeli occupation forces have continued to close the military checkpoint established at the entrance to the village of Beit Sira, west of Ramallah, in front of vehicles, preventing them from accessing Street 443, which leads to Jerusalem and the interior, amidst restrictions that are the first of their kind in 13 years, which means tightening the screws on the people. While officials warn that these measures are a prelude to the implementation of settlement occupation plans in the region.

The occupation forces had closed Road (443) and prevented the residents from accessing it, about a year after the second intifada, and after suffering, a complaint was filed before the Israeli Supreme Court of Justice, which ruled in 2010 that the residents should find alternatives. Military checkpoints have been established at the entrances of seven villages and towns that benefit from the road, located west of Ramallah, namely: "Safa, Beit Sira, Beit Liqia, Beit Ur al-Fauqa, Beit Ur al-Tahta, Kharbatha al-Misbah, and al-Tira," according to what the Mayor of Beit Liqia, Areej Asi, confirmed. In an interview with "Al Quds" dot com.

Assi added, "Road (443) was the official road for the villages west of Ramallah, and the people of Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate benefit from it, especially merchants, to reach the interior and Jerusalem. If the road took 10 minutes, it took an hour or more, and then the protests reached international organizations, and after that, under pressure, a complaint was filed before the Israeli Supreme Court of Justice, and it was decided to find alternatives for the people, but the occupation forces set up military checkpoints at the entrances to towns and villages, which created new suffering. .

Assi indicated that the people, a month ago, were surprised by the closure of the barrier established at the entrance of Beit Sira, in front of vehicles, allowing those who have permits to cross on foot to reach Road 443, which forced vehicles to pave other roads and pass through other checkpoints, such as the Qalandia checkpoint, which It means an increase in distance and time, and when it was inquired about the existence of this decision, the occupation forces claimed that it was because there were no cars passing, although the claim is inaccurate.

Asi warned that the closure of the checkpoint would be a prelude to settlement occupation plans, which the occupation intends to implement in the area.

For his part, the head of the Beit Sira village council, Karim Al-Hajj, told Al-Quds.com: "What the occupation forces claim that there is no movement at the Beit Sira checkpoint is incorrect. We have contacted the Palestinian liaison, as it was informed by the Israeli side that it is not Closed! But in reality it is closed.

Al-Hajj points out that the occupation, after the decision of the Supreme Court of Occupation in 2010, placed barriers at the entrances to the seven villages and towns, and these barriers became open from five in the morning until 10 at night.

Al-Hajj stresses that this street is vital and main for reviving the western villages in Ramallah, which number about 40 thousand people. Collective punishments for the people and inflicting additional suffering on them.

Today, Sunday, the Council of the League of Arab States called on the international community and international human rights bodies to put pressure on Israel, the occupying power, to immediately release all prisoners and detainees, especially old prisoners, patients, children, the elderly, administrative detainees, and the bodies of martyrs.

The Council held Israel, the occupying power, fully responsible for the death of prisoner Khader Adnan, who spent 87 days on hunger strike, during which the Israeli occupation prison authorities deliberately practiced fatal medical negligence towards him, refusing to take any fair trial for him and ignoring his legitimate request for freedom.

The Arab League Council, at the level of Arab foreign ministers in its extraordinary session, expressed in a statement, following the special session held today, Sunday, regarding the developments of the Palestinian cause and the continuous Israeli violations against the Palestinian people, headed by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, and in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Abu. Al-Gheit expressed his full solidarity with the Palestinian people on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, and saluted generations of Palestinian refugees who have been displaced from their homes by Israeli force, terrorism and oppression since the Nakba in 1948, affirming their inalienable right to return and compensation.

He appreciated the commemoration of this painful memory all over the world, including in the United Nations General Assembly and in many capitals and international and regional organizations.

It also called on the international community to exert the necessary pressure on Israel, the occupying power, to end its occupation of the land of the State of Palestine on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and to stop its aggression against the Palestinian people and all its illegal policies and practices, including annexation, colonial settlement, and separation. racism, targeting civilians, forced displacement, arbitrary arrest, appropriation of property, demolition of homes and infrastructure, and violation of sanctities, calling for international protection for the Palestinian people.

The Council condemned the widespread Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, including the recent campaigns of siege and the brutal Israeli aggression against Jerusalem, Nablus, the Gaza Strip, Jenin, Jericho, Tulkarem and the rest of the Palestinian cities, villages and camps, including the practice of killing, terrorism and incitement, which claimed the lives of dozens of martyrs, wounded and detainees. And the demolition of homes, facilities and infrastructure, expressing its solidarity with the families of the martyrs and victims of the brutal Israeli aggression.

He also affirmed the centrality of the Palestinian cause to the entire Arab nation, and support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, foremost of which is their right to self-determination, return and compensation for Palestinian refugees, and their right to embody the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

And he stressed the need to protect the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque / Al-Qudsi Al-Sharif in its entire area of 144,000 square meters, as it is a pure place of worship for Muslims only according to international law and resolutions of international legitimacy, and to reject and condemn all violations committed by Israel, the occupying power, of Islamic and Christian holy places, Especially the attempts aimed at changing the existing historical and legal situation in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, dividing it temporally and spatially, undermining the freedom of Muslims’ prayer in it and distancing them from it, and undermining its foundations through excavations beneath it, including the Israeli aggression in the blessed month of Ramadan against defenseless worshipers and the deliberate destruction of furniture and contents in the mosque. Al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as the recent attacks on the Bab Al-Rahma prayer hall, in frantic attempts to control and divide Al-Aqsa Mosque.

He emphasized the sovereignty of the State of Palestine over the city of Jerusalem and its sanctities, and the importance of the historical Jordanian Hashemite Custodianship over the Islamic and Christian holy places in the city of Jerusalem, and its role in protecting these sanctities and preserving the existing legal and historical status therein, and that the Jordanian administration of the Jerusalem Endowments and the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is the only entity authorized to manage All affairs of Al-Aqsa Mosque / Al-Qudsi Al-Sharif.

The delegation of the State of Palestine was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Malki, and included: the delegate of the State of Palestine to the Arab League, Ambassador Muhannad Al-Aklouk, the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Arab Affairs, Ambassador Fayez Abu Al-Rub, Senior Adviser Tamer Al-Tayeb, Senior Adviser Rizk Al-Za’anin, and Adviser Jumana Al-Ghoul, all from the Palestinian delegation. at university.

Today, Sunday, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the petition to evacuate the village of Al-Khan Al-Ahmar, which is built on the lands of the village of Abu Dis, on the road leading to Jericho, east of occupied Jerusalem.

The court rejected the petition's demand for the government to immediately demolish Khan al-Ahmar and displace its residents.

She said, "The demolition of Al-Khan Al-Ahmar will be carried out in accordance with the government's decision and vision, based on security and political considerations."

The petition, which calls on the government to implement the decision to demolish the Palestinian village and displace its residents, was submitted by the far-right "Regavim" organization, which works to promote the settlement project and accelerate the demolition of Palestinian buildings in Area C.

Today, Sunday evening, the Director General of Measurement, Evaluation and Examination at the Ministry of Education, Muhammad Awwad, died, and 3 others were injured, as a result of a traffic accident near the village of Al-Sawiya, south of Nablus.

The media spokesman for the police, Colonel Louay Arziqat, said that the accident occurred near the intersection of the village of As-Sawiya, and resulted from the collision of a private vehicle with a truck coming from the opposite direction, which resulted in the injury of four citizens who were transferred to Nablus and Salfit hospitals, and doctors announced the death of one of them from his serious injury. .

He pointed out that traffic experts began investigation procedures to find out the circumstances of the accident, and that the Public Prosecution Office was informed to complete the legal procedures.