In the presence of the Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait, Rami Tahboub, and the President of the Palestinian Wheelchair Basketball Federation, Ihsan Idkidek, the Palestinian wheelchair basketball team achieved a valuable victory over its brother, the Jordanian team, with a score of 49-37, “as part of the Arab Wheelchair Basketball Championship, which is hosted by the State of Kuwait with the participation of eight Arab countries.

Our Palestinian team started its first match in Group A, which also includes Egypt and Morocco, with a wide victory. Due on the Jordanian brothers.

The first quarter witnessed a clear superiority for the Palestinian team, which completely dominated the first quarter by 15 points. In the second quarter, the performance of the Jordanian team improved, and the first half ended with a difference of 12 points.

In the third quarter, the Jordanian team increased its pressure on the Palestinian team and reduced the difference to 6 points, but the Palestinian team coach, Captain Ibrahim Abu Rahal, restored balance to the Palestinian team through the substitutions he made, so that the match ended with a comfortable victory, with a difference of 12 points, with a score of 49-37.

Bibi realizes how much influence Saudi Arabia has on Israeli public opinion, so that an allegation of less connection with it seems useful in terms of improving the image and attracting popular support, especially at a time when the chances of the "magician" to remain at the top of power for a new term have declined.

Since his last victory, "Bibi" has not stopped spreading good tidings to voters and opponents that the relationship with Saudi Arabia is just around the corner from being achieved, and that his entry into history through this door has become guaranteed!!

Netanyahu knows, but ignores it
Unfortunately for Bibi, there are those in Israel itself who lie to him and consider that he is misleading himself, before the public, and is trying to fabricate an achievement that has no basis in reality.

Netanyahu knows, but ignores that the kingdom has a highly credible, and clearly declared policy, the basis of which is that "there is no official and normal relationship with Israel before it responds to the Arab peace initiative." This is exactly what Netanyahu does. It also works to turn the rules of the game upside down, denying the essentiality of the Palestinian cause in the Arab world, and giving priority to normalization and establishing relations with those with whom Israel has no relationship, as if the central issue of the Arab world had been buried and its presence abolished, and the Arabs have only to acknowledge its end or its sinking in the ocean of relations. The new Israeli in the region.

Netanyahu finds in Israel someone who tells him facts of reality that are completely contradictory to his propaganda propositions, especially when he presents himself as the protector of the region from the “Iranian threat,” ignoring the fact that he is more in need of someone to protect him and his country from the threat strongly present within it, and from his denial of the permanent threat represented by Iran. The confiscation of the rights of a people numbering in the millions is spreading in and around the Israeli body. This is indicated by the strategic report on the real threats to Israel's security, which is usually drawn up by a government apparatus, and Netanyahu and everyone like him do not ignore this evidence-supported diagnosis, but rather work against it.

What embarrasses Netanyahu and all those who exclude the solution of the Palestinian issue from their programs and policies is that the new package of relations that was achieved in the Arab and Islamic spheres did not distance the Palestinian cause from its deep position in the Arab and Islamic worlds, and did not even convince those who carried out it that Israel is a source of protection and reassurance for them, and what What happened in response to the wave of attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan was the most telling evidence of that.

Returning interest in the Palestinian cause
Perhaps the regional and international developments have reduced the urgent interest in the Palestinian cause due to the emergence of more urgent issues, including the war raging in Europe, but the lack of interest will not continue forever, nor will it negate the cause of the depth and effectiveness of the Palestinian cause. This is what the reality says and is confirmed by the events, which, as soon as attention turns away from the Palestinian issue, it returns to it with greater force. Didn't the American administration bring all its leaders to Jerusalem, Amman and Ramallah in an effort to calm down, even if it was temporary? Didn't the Al-Aqsa raids by the Ben Ghafir police become the preoccupation of the whole world, and we don't just say the Arab and Islamic worlds?

Wasn't reducing participation in the prayers of Palestinian Christians in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and preventing Gaza Christians from coming to it the preoccupation of the whole world, who saw on screens how the Israeli police nullify the Hebrew state's boast of providing freedom of worship to all sects??

If Netanyahu and those like him in Israel want security and stability, they will not find it thousands of miles away, but rather they will find it when the Palestinians are satisfied with a just solution to their issue, and then Netanyahu's dream of establishing relations with Saudi Arabia will not be as rambunctious as it is now... This is if he remains in place until then. the time!!

The blind prisoner, Ezzedine Amarneh, from the town of Ya`bad, west of Jenin, continues his hunger strike in the Israeli occupation prisons, for the sixth day in a row.

Last Sunday, Amarneh announced that he had begun a hunger strike, rejecting his administrative detention.

Amarneh suffers from difficult health conditions, and he has two children, Ahmed and Mujahid, who are detained.

Years ago, Samer and his family took refuge in Lebanon to escape the war in his country, but the security they sought was accompanied by difficult living conditions and often racist rhetoric against Syrian refugees, leading to the fear of deportation. Last week, there was no news of his brother after the Lebanese army handed him over to the Syrian authorities, who arrested him.

During the past few weeks, the army launched massive raid campaigns to arrest Syrians who do not possess residency or identity papers, which resulted in the arrest of about 450 people, more than sixty of whom were deported to Syria, according to a source in a humanitarian organization familiar with the refugee file.

The raids in a suburb of Beirut included Samer's brother's humble home. The army accompanied Samer, his wife and two children to the border, where they were handed over to the Syrian security forces, who released the wife and two children a few days later, and arrested the husband, according to his brother's account.

Samer, 26, who asked to use a pseudonym for fear of his safety, told AFP, "We are afraid that we will live the same fate. They will deport us to Syria, where we do not know when we might be arrested or even disappeared."

The young man, who and his brother were among those who participated in the popular protests against the Syrian regime when it broke out in 2011, added, "We are afraid that my brother will go missing" in the regime's prisons.

After the conflict broke out in neighboring Syria, a large number of Syrians sought refuge in Lebanon. The authorities currently estimate that there are more than two million refugees on their lands, while the number registered with the United Nations just exceeds the 800,000 threshold.

Since the Syrian army regained control of the largest part of the country, some countries are exerting pressure to deport refugees from their lands under the pretext that the intensity of the battles has diminished. However, this does not mean, according to human rights and international organizations, that the return of refugees has become safe in light of the crumbling infrastructure, difficult economic conditions, and security prosecutions that include arbitrary arrests and torture.

In Lebanon, pressures on Syrian refugees varied from curfews at certain times, arrests, and forced deportations to raids and restrictions on residency procedures. While the authorities view the refugee file as a burden and consider that their presence contributed to the acceleration and exacerbation of the ongoing economic collapse since 2019.

Samer says, "We are tired, too, and we want a solution. We don't want money, and we don't want anything from Lebanon."

"They accuse us of taking aid from the United Nations in dollars, but that is not true," Samer explains.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees confirms that those registered with it receive cash assistance in Lebanese pounds only, and that the funding available to it covers 43 percent of the refugees in need.

The Commission recently indicated, in a statement to Agence France-Presse, an increase in the number of raids in areas where Syrian refugees live in the regions of Mount Lebanon and the North, including at least 13 raids in April.

The organization reported reports that among the arrested and deported were refugees registered with it.

The source following the file told AFP that in some cases children were separated from their families.

A number of Syrians have expressed a fear that they have possessed in recent days, preventing them from even going out into the street.

Abu Salim, who asked to use a pseudonym, says, "For days, I have been sitting with about twenty other Syrian workers in the warehouse of the place where we work, for fear of being arrested."

Abu Salim fears that he will be handed over to the Syrian authorities after he suffered six years in their prisons, where he was subjected to severe torture, he said.

He added, "I do not want to live the experience of detention again. If I enter prison again, I will not get out of it."

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati chaired two meetings on Wednesday to discuss the file of the Syrian refugees, during which it was emphasized that the army and security forces would continue to take measures "against violators, especially those who entered illegally and did not have official and legal documents."

This month, Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar considered that the issue had become a "issue of life and death," warning of "serious demographic changes and we will become refugees in our country."

Over the past weeks, hate speech against the Syrians has risen once again, and many Lebanese have called on social media to expel them from Lebanon.

Ammar (31 years old), a Syrian refugee in Lebanon since 2014, asks, "Why all this hatred towards us? We are a people who sought refuge here to escape death. What did we do to you?"

Ammar, the father of an infant, has been confused since the start of the latest raids.

He says, "I have not left the house since I heard about the deportation, but I am also afraid that the army will break into my house and hand me over, and I will have to go back to work to buy milk for my baby."

Ammar had hoped to graduate from the College of Business Administration, but the conflict in his country prompted him to seek refuge in Lebanon, where he works as a delivery service.

"If I had known that things would be so difficult, I would not have married and destroyed my family's life with me," he added.

With the continued deterioration of living conditions in Syria, many are crossing into Lebanon via smuggling routes, hoping to board illegal immigration boats. Lebanon has become a starting point for them to reach Europe for some time.

"I may find hope in the sea, but in Syria there is no hope anymore," says Ammar.
"I would rather die at sea than return to Syria," he added.

The Hebrew website Ynet claimed, on Friday morning, that the leader of the "Black's Den" group turned himself in to the Palestinian security services in Nablus.

According to the Hebrew site, Uday al-Azizi, the leader of the "Lions' Den", surrendered under an agreement with the Palestinian Authority to protect him from Israeli arrest.

According to the site, Al-Azizi is responsible for a series of shootings against the Israeli forces, and he was leading the groups that are active in Nablus, after the assassination and arrest of a group of wanted persons by the Israeli army in recent months.

It is noteworthy that Al-Azizi is the brother of the founder of the same groups, Muhammad Al-Azizi, who was assassinated by the occupation forces in July 2022.

On Friday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 4 young men from separate areas in the West Bank.

According to local sources, these forces arrested the editor, Raouf Sanobar, after storming his residence in the town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah.

The two young men, Essam and Izz al-Din Saba'na, were arrested before their vehicle was confiscated after they were detained for hours at Deir Sharaf checkpoint near Nablus.

The young man, Muhammad al-Araj, was also arrested after storming his house in the Thanabah suburb of Tulkarm.

More than 100,000 people took part in a pro-judicial reform demonstration in front of the Knesset on Thursday evening, under the slogan: "The people demand judicial reform."

Protest organizers said they had more than 100 fully booked buses to transport demonstrators to Jerusalem, where the protest is taking place.

Various government ministers and Knesset members are participating in the demonstration, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Energy Minister Yisrael Katz, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman and others.

In turn, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who came to Jerusalem to support his government.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh, during his meeting with the Governor of Ariha and the Jordan Valley, Jihad Abu Al-Assal, and the head of the People's Committee of Aqabat Jabr Camp, Jamal Awadat, was briefed on the conditions of the governorate, in light of the unjust siege imposed by the Israeli occupation forces on it, and the repeated incursions into the camp.

During the meeting, which was held in his office in the city of Ramallah, today, Thursday, the Prime Minister stressed that all efforts and contacts were made to lift the siege imposed on the governorate for the sixth day in a row, to stop the repeated incursions into Aqbat Jaber camp, and to provide all forms of support to strengthen the steadfastness of our people there.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed Thursday that his country is "working hard" with the parties to the conflict in Sudan to extend the armistice, which ends at the end of the day.

Blinken said, "We are working hard to extend the ceasefire" between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hamidti, indicating that he expects to say more "in the coming hours."

At the beginning of the week, Blinken announced the agreement on a 72-hour armistice, which came into force at midnight Monday-Tuesday local time (22:00 GMT), and its effects expire at midnight tonight.

Despite this, the two sides largely ignored this agreement, and continued the battles that began on April 15, especially in Khartoum and the Darfur region in the west of the country.

"We had a 72-hour ceasefire that was not ideal, as is the case with most ceasefire agreements, but despite that it reduced the level of violence. This naturally provided somewhat better conditions for the people in Sudan," Blinken added.

The relative decline in the level of clashes during the past few days has enabled the organization of large-scale evacuations of foreign nationals and diplomatic missions, by land, sea and air.

Blinken indicated that the United States is also working on defining a more regular route for the departure of foreigners.

The Washington Post published a report Thursday under the headline "Desantis seeks to hone his foreign experience with a speech to Israel," in which it pointed out that Ron DeSantis (Governor of Florida who ran for the 2024 presidential election) traveled to occupied Jerusalem, as a member of Congress, here to explore sites to the US Embassy and encouraged President Donald Trump to break with diplomatic tradition and recognize the disputed holy city as Israel's capital.

As governor of Florida, DeSantis has visited an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank — a largely Palestinian land he describes as “disputed” — and noted his campaign promise to be “the most pro-Israel state governor in the United States.” Thursday to Jerusalem for his highest-level visit yet to discuss foreign affairs ahead of the 2024 presidential campaign, where he delivered a keynote address at an event that also featured the largely ceremonial presence of Israel's president.

The report notes that "this appearance highlighted DeSantis' close alliance with Israel - an important advantage in the Republican primaries - during what DeSantis described as "a time of needless tension between Jerusalem and Washington." Past Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to reduce the power of the judiciary in his country, a plan that sparked mass protests and alarmed some government officials.

According to the report, "Desantis argued in his speech that the United States has nothing to do with interfering in Israeli policy measures. He said, "We must also in America respect Israel's right to make its own decisions about how it is governed. Your country is a smart country," and later confirmed that he would meet with Netanyahu. DeSantis has gained a reputation in the United States as an ultra-conservative politician who opposed many restrictions related to the emerging coronavirus, imposed restrictions on schools' discussion of gender and sexual orientation, and sought to punish Disney after it opposed the legislation.

According to the newspaper, DeSantis addressed a crowd of several hundred American conservative donors during his visit, which may help distinguish him among strongly pro-Israel Republican candidates, as Joel Rosenberg said that Israel is the “new Iowa” for Republican politicians, comparing it to the state Frequented by hopeful candidates running in 2024, he attended the event in Israel as a correspondent for the Christian news organization Trinity Broadcasting Network and noted Israel's importance to many conservative evangelical voters in the United States as well as Jewish voters.

DeSantis mentioned the presence of his “girlfriend” Miriam Adelson, wife of the late Sheldon Adelson, a senior Republican. Ken Griffin, a major donor to DeSantis’ re-election campaign, also attended the event as a guest of the state governor. DeSantis received a lot of support in Jerusalem when He has criticized Iran's 2015 nuclear deal and called the United Nations biased against Israel.The audience mumbled and clapped as he told an old story about using water from Israel's Sea of Galilee to baptize his children, but many American voters in the audience said they were still weighing their options for the 2024 election. .”

Tunisian President Qais Said Al-Khamis appointed Mohamed Al-Mahdhabi as his country's ambassador to Damascus, after a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries since the start of the conflict in Syria.

Al-Mahdhabi received his credentials from Saeed, according to what the presidency announced in a statement.
The appointment follows a visit last week by Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to Tunisia.

Damascus had announced its intention to appoint an ambassador to Tunisia, following the initiative of the Tunisian president to resume diplomatic relations between the two countries, which were severed since the beginning of the conflict in Syria.

The exchange of diplomatic representation between the two countries comes at a time when Syria is witnessing unprecedented openness towards it from several Western countries, especially after the devastating earthquake that struck it and neighboring Turkey in February.

Saeed had asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about a month ago to start procedures for appointing a Tunisian ambassador to Damascus. This came after he announced the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, considering that "there is no justification" for not exchanging ambassadors between the two countries.

In 2012, Tunisia caught up with several Arab countries and severed its diplomatic relations with Damascus during the reign of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, in a move that was met with severe criticism from Tunisian opposition parties.

In 2015, Tunisia took its first diplomatic steps towards Syria with the appointment of a consular representative in Damascus.

Following the outbreak of the conflict in Syria in 2011, several Arab countries, especially the Gulf countries, severed diplomatic relations with Syria and closed their embassies. The League of Arab States also suspended Damascus' membership.

However, over the past few years, signs of Arab openness towards Damascus have emerged, starting with the UAE's reopening of its embassy there in 2018. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has visited the UAE twice since then, the last of which was last March.

However, since the devastating earthquake occurred, Assad has received a torrent of contacts and aid from the leaders of Arab countries, in solidarity that seems to have accelerated the process of normalizing his relations with his regional environment. This was also evident in the landing of Saudi aid planes in government areas, which is the first since Riyadh severed its relations with Damascus.

The Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a young man near an intersection near Ariel settlement near Salfit.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the young man tried to carry out a run-over and stabbing attack, before being shot by one of the soldiers.

The site indicated that the young man was martyred, while official Palestinian sources did not confirm this.

The Captive Club confirmed that the military court of the occupation in (Ofer) postponed giving its decision on the appeal submitted by the lawyer of Sheikh Khader Adnan, who is on hunger strike, for the 82nd day in a row, to demand his release, until next Sunday, despite the extreme danger that he reached, as he languishes until Today, according to the information available in (Ramla Prison Clinic).

The Captive Club pointed out that the wife of Sheikh Khader Adnan is sitting in the courtroom so far, demanding to see her husband, via a video conference screen, as in previous court sessions.

On April 23, the military court in Salem rejected his lawyer's request to release him on bail.

The President of the Iraqi Republic, Abd al-Latif Jamal Rashid, reaffirmed his country's firm position on the Palestinian issue, and supports the Palestinians' full legitimate rights.

This came during the reception of the Iraqi President, the Minister of Interior, Major General Ziyad Hab Al-Rih, and his accompanying delegation, at the Baghdad Palace, today, Thursday, in the presence of the Iraqi Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir Al-Shammari.

The Iraqi president stressed the need to help the Palestinian people achieve their hopes of building a Palestinian state, indicating the importance of solidarity, coordination and joint action at all levels to end their suffering and protect their rights.

For his part, Major General Hab Al-Rih conveyed the greetings of the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, to the President of the Iraqi Republic. He also conveyed the greetings of the Iraqi President and his wishes of stability and peace to the Palestinian people.

Hap Al-Rih stressed the importance of Iraq's return to its pioneering role and true position in the region, reviewing the latest developments in the Palestinian territories.

He spoke about the importance of developing relations between the two brotherly peoples, appreciating Iraq's positions in support of the demands and rights of our Palestinian people.

From Ukraine to the Middle East, Beijing presents itself as a mediator with a leading role in resolving world crises.

The phone conversation that Xi Jinping had with Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday was the first contact between the Chinese and Ukrainian presidents since Russia, Beijing's strategic ally, invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

Below are answers to some key questions about China's diplomatic ambitions and plans for Ukraine:

Xi told Zelensky that China's "fundamental position is to promote peace talks" and pledged to send a delegation to Ukraine to help find a "political settlement".

The delegation will be led by Li Hui, Chinese Ambassador to Russia from 2009 to 2019.

But Lee's choice raised questions: Just before he left Moscow, President Vladimir Putin awarded him the Order of Friendship.

Chinese state media said at the time that the medal "is not only a tribute to his person, but also represents the friendship between the Russian and Chinese people."

The phone call between Xi and Zelensky took place after Beijing published in February a 12-point paper on Ukraine that called for dialogue and respect for the territorial sovereignty of all countries.

The West criticized that proposal for its vague wording, although it prompted Zelensky to say he would be open to talks with Xi.

Ja Ian Chung, a political science professor at the National University of Singapore, said Wednesday's phone call was "a positive step forward that reconnected at the highest levels, but it remains a first step".

"Any tangible progress requires (China's) ability to get Russia to exercise restraint," he told AFP.

Wednesday's call follows Chinese diplomatic efforts aimed at reconfiguring strained relations with Europe after three years of Covid isolation.

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited China earlier this month.

Macron caused a stir before the end of the trip when he told reporters that Europe should not get involved in a battle between Beijing and Washington over democratic, Western-backed Taiwan.

Analyst Bill Bishop wrote in his newsletter Senocism, which specializes in China, that Beijing may signal that it is willing to work with Ukraine "with the aim of wooing the most vocal voices opposed to China in the European Union."

He added that it may also seek to "put a distance between the European Union and the United States."

Likewise, the Chinese government presented itself as a mediator in other international crises, and last month it was surprisingly able to bring the two rivals in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and Iran, closer together.

In another ambitious bid, Beijing has shown its willingness to help facilitate talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
China presents itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine war.

But in recent years, China and Russia have strengthened their economic cooperation and diplomatic contacts, with their partnership getting closer and closer since the invasion.

Beijing has refused to condemn Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine in what it refers to the conflict as a "crisis", with Xi and Putin declaring during a meeting in Moscow in March that bilateral relations had entered a "new era".

Analysts say that China is the strongest partner in the relationship with Russia, and that its influence is increasing as Moscow's international isolation deepens.
Zelensky said that this phone call and the appointment of a Ukrainian ambassador to China give "a strong impetus to the development" of relations between the two countries.

Western powers greeted the call with cautious optimism, with the European Union deeming it an "important and long overdue first step" asking China to exert influence over Russia.

In turn, an official in the French presidency said that Paris "encourages any dialogue" that may "contribute to resolving the conflict" and is in line with "the fundamental interests of Kiev" and international law.

For its part, the United States welcomed the phone call, and White House national security spokesman John Kirby described it as "a good thing."

In Moscow, the Kremlin welcomed any attempt to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine. "We welcome everything that would end the conflict in Ukraine and achieve Russia's goals," Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Xi's "boundless friendship" with Putin raises questions about the Chinese leader's impartiality.

"I don't think we know yet if that will lead to some kind of meaningful peace action, plan or proposal," the White House said.

Han Yang, a former Chinese diplomat based in Sydney, wrote in a tweet that by Xi's comment Wednesday that "there are no winners in a nuclear war" the Chinese president was "essentially pressuring Zelensky to acquiesce to Putin's territorial demands: if negotiations do not start, there is a possibility that Russia drops the bomb and it will be on you."

Zhong said that if China's efforts to broker a settlement contribute, it "will demonstrate Beijing's ability to play a constructive international role and may confirm Xi's role as an international leader."

Young mother Manu Bala cradles her newborn baby in a run-down public hospital in India, where she has just helped make her country the most populous in the world.

Tears of joy and relief streamed down Bala's cheeks as her unnamed baby girl, one of more than 67,000 babies born across India on Monday, rested on her chest.

On that day, the United Nations announced that India, which already has one-sixth of the world's population, will overtake China this week with the largest population.

"I am very happy because my baby was born on the day India overtook China. It is a special feeling to become a mother on this day," the 22-year-old told AFP from her hospital bed.

"I want my child to study hard and fulfill her dreams. I want to give her a good life," she added.

Glad to be a father, Rohit, Bala's husband, has begun planning for the coming weeks: The family will organize a baptismal party 11 days after the birth, with a Hindu priest attending, who will help them, through astrology, find a name for the baby girl.

At the General Hospital in Dehra, a Himalayan city in northern India, Rohit and his mother waited anxiously for Bala to give birth outside the crowded maternity ward.

After a difficult labor, Bala gave birth to her first child, surrounded by a number of nurses who greeted the newborn with applause.
Bala's pale face looks relieved as she holds her baby girl to her breast. With what was left of her energy, the new mother thanked the doctor and nurses.

Rohit is relieved that the birth took place without complications.

But this official is worried about the future that awaits his daughter. "There are a lot of problems that we have to face because of the increase in the population," the 30-year-old told AFP.

"We had to wait in lines for a long time to be able to see a doctor. India faces huge challenges in providing electricity, food and housing for its growing population," he said.

Kasir of Indian cities suffer from a shortage of water supplies, air and water pollution, and overcrowding in slums.

Every year millions of young people enter the labor market and struggle to find opportunities in an economy that does not have the capacity to provide jobs for all of them.

"There is a lot of unemployment in the country. It will be more difficult to find a job. I think one child is enough now," Rohit concluded.

Today, Thursday, Minister of National Economy Khaled Asseily said that work is underway to complete a review of the commodity lists included in the Paris Economic Protocol, which have not been amended since 1994.

This came during a meeting the minister held with representatives of the private sector at the ministry's headquarters to review the results of a study on the reality of commodity lists included in the Paris Economic Protocol, which was prepared within the "Export" project funded by the British government.

In his speech, the minister stressed that the Paris Economic Protocol, which was torn apart by Israel due to its policies, is outdated and no longer valid and does not respond to the requirements of developing the economy of the State of Palestine.

The meeting pointed out that the current lists of commodities are among the most prominent obstacles facing the Palestinian importer and factory, which requires changing this reality in line with the needs of the market.

The conferees emphasized the importance of studying all options that would enhance the Palestinian government's strategy of gradual disengagement from the occupation economy, promoting local production, and opening up and importing from global markets.

The meeting stated that the system of dual-use commodities pursued by Israel limits the development and growth of the national industry, and imposes exorbitant costs on the factory due to the complexities and requirements contrary to the usual international practices, which it adopts under the pretext of security and environment.

The private sector stressed the importance of changing the Paris Economic Protocol, which is a major obstacle to the development of our national economy, calling on the relevant international parties to put pressure on the occupying power to change this protocol and remove the obstacles it imposes on Palestinian trade.

It is noteworthy that Israel prevents the entry of a list of raw materials to the Palestinian market that exceeds 100 materials used in the sectors of leather, construction, food, engineering, metal, textile, sewing, aluminum, chemical, metal, equipment and spare parts.

US President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Sok Yul this week issued a warning to North Korea that any nuclear attack on its part would lead to the "end" of the Pyongyang regime.

This threat comes as Sok Yul is on a six-day state visit to the United States, where he discussed with Biden strengthening the US security umbrella for South Korea in the face of North Korea's increased ballistic missile tests.

But what is the significance of this stark statement? Here's a look at what we know:

Washington's declaration strengthens the US security umbrella for South Korea.

These security measures include sending an American nuclear submarine to South Korean waters, which has not happened since the 1980s, and other measures, including sharing more information in the event of a North Korean attack.

But there are no plans to station US nuclear weapons in South Korea, and some analysts question the practical value of the announcement.

"That North Korea fears a strategic nuclear submarine equipped with ballistic missiles with a range of 7,400 km is questionable," Cheong Seong-chang, of the Center for North Korea Studies at the Sejong Institute, told AFP.

He explained that the "very long" range of the submarine missiles meant that they might not be able to hit North Korea if it was in South Korean waters.

For his part, Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at the University of Iowa in Seoul, told AFP that there is no doubt that this visit "represents a very big indication of the level of US-South Korean relations with the expansion of security, economic and cultural cooperation."

US officials described the new arrangement as similar to moves last seen when Washington oversaw Europe's defense against the Soviet Union.

Yoon is trying to reassure an anxious South Korean public about the US's commitment to what it calls "extended deterrence," where US assets, including nuclear weapons, are used to prevent attacks on allies.

Opinion polls showed that a majority of South Koreans believe the country should develop its own nuclear weapons. Yoon previously hinted that Seoul might resort to this option.

Of course not, and this may cause problems, according to experts.

"One thing is clear: There is a tacit agreement that Seoul will not go nuclear," said Sue Kim, director of policy at LMI Consulting Group and a former CIA analyst.

"Seoul's nuclear ambitions have been put to rest," he added.

For his part, Ji-wook Shin, a Korean expert and professor of sociology at Stanford University, told AFP that the announcement is "a step forward."

"I don't think this will be enough to satisfy the South Korean people, who are increasingly demanding that Seoul develop its own nuclear weapons," he added.

Experts say the close cooperation between its two archenemies, Washington and Seoul, is a source of concern for the Kim Jong-un regime and there may be more missile launches to show that.

The retired South Korean army general, Chun In-bum, told AFP that in public, "North Korea will underestimate the importance of the message of reassurance sent by the United States regarding its nuclear deterrence."

But behind closed doors, "they will get the message: if they use nuclear weapons, it will be the end of the regime."

Having spent decades and using a large portion of the impoverished nation's gross domestic product developing banned nuclear weapons programmes, Kim is not going to change course, experts say.

"It is unlikely that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons by giving in to these threats," Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, told AFP.

Carl Friedhoff of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (Chicago Council on Global Affairs) told AFP that the main problem with Washington's declaration is not the agreement itself but rather the political imbalance of the United States, which means it may be worthless after the upcoming US presidential elections.

He explained that the possible return of former US President Donald Trump to power is likely to lead to "very serious discussions" in Seoul.

For the US-South Korean relationship, he added, "the biggest challenge is something the alliance has no control over: the domestic politics of the United States."

"There is real concern in Seoul about the return of the Republican Party, especially Trump, to the White House. If he wins the 2024 elections, this could lead to a shift in the relationship" between the two countries, he added.

Total Energy Group announced Thursday that it achieved a net profit in the first quarter of 2023 amounting to $ 5.6 billion, an increase of 12 percent, despite the decline in gas and oil prices.

Last year, from January to March, the French conglomerate posted a net profit of $4.9 billion, but factoring in large reserves, as a result of a $4.1 billion drop in assets due to the sanctions imposed on Russia.

The increase is clearer compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022, and amounted to +70 percent.

At the same time, the group announced the sale of its oil sands exploration operations in Canada to Suncor Energy for $4.1 billion, as part of a strategy to reduce carbon emissions after announcing at the beginning of the year a plan to spin off its Canadian assets.

And the group stated in a statement issued in conjunction with the results of the first quarter that the deal related to all the bonds of the Canadian subsidiary of the French group, “Total Energy EB Canada Ltd,” should be completed “before the end of the third quarter of 2023.”

In 2022, the French group recorded the highest profits in its history, amounting to $20.5 billion, benefiting from the rise in gas and oil prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

And after the price of a barrel of Brent oil reference exceeded the symbolic threshold of $ 102 to a large extent in the year 2022, it has declined since the first months of the year 2023, and on Thursday it recorded less than $ 80.

The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to congratulate Israel on its 75th birthday and wish it success in making peace with other countries.

But the encouragement of peace agreements has not extended to the Palestinians, in breach of the typical language of previous US lawmakers' resolutions on Israel's Independence Day — a departure, say insiders, from the language that was originally drafted for that resolution.

Democrats pushed for the Palestinians to be included in a resolution focused on making peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, but Republicans rejected the wording.

The behind-the-scenes work to remind the Palestinians reflects the extent of the parties' divergence on Israeli issues, "as the Republicans joined the hard-right Israeli government in refusing to support the establishment of a Palestinian state," according to GTE.

The vote coincided with the visit of the Speaker of the House, Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy, and Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies - both of whom are very close to the Israeli lobby organization "AIPAC" - to Israel to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its founding and the beginning of the Palestinian Nakba.

A senior Democratic staffer who remained anonymous to speak candidly told the Jewish Telegraph: “We worked hard with the Republican staff on the Foreign Affairs Committee to find a way to preserve precedent and preserve the language of two states when celebrating Israel’s birthday that took place decades ago. The Republic accepts the language of two states and we had to move on to say Merry Christmas to Israel."

The resolution was passed Tuesday, on the eve of Israel's Independence Day, when all but 18 Democrats (197) voted in favor of the resolution, which "encourages the expansion and strengthening of the Abraham Accords to urge other countries to normalize relations with Israel and to ensure that existing agreements reap tangible security and economic benefits for the citizens of those countries." countries and all the peoples of the region.

According to GTE, "In a bitter and unusual warning after the vote, prominent Jewish Democrats joined in a statement condemning the Republican Party for excluding the Palestinians."

The statement issued after the House approved the resolution, unlike previous resolutions that celebrated Israel's birthday and its achievements, said that this resolution, drafted primarily by Republicans, broke with the longstanding bipartisan tradition of acknowledging the importance of achieving a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians. resolute in our aspiration to help Israel find peace with all of its neighbors, including the Palestinians in particular," as Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, and eight senior Jewish Democrats signed the statement referring to Palestinian rights. They are: Jerry Nadler from New York, Dean Phillips from Minnesota, Kathy Manning from North Carolina, Jamie Raskin from Maryland, and David. Celine from Rhode Island, Debbie Wasserman Schultz from Florida, and Jan Schakowski and Brad Schneider from Illinois.

According to the American Jewish newspaper (GTE), “An insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency how the resolution developed, pointing out that early this year, pro-Israel groups contacted Democrats and Republicans to draft a resolution.” Bipartisan marking Israel's 75th birthday, and lawmakers on both sides deemed it a no-brainer, despite recent unrest in Israel, and mass protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed sweeping changes to the court system that have filled the streets for weeks. amid the intensification of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

According to GTE, the employees, who work in nonpartisan ways, revived the language from a resolution in 2018 marking Israel's 70th anniversary sponsored by Rep. Virginia Fox, R-North Carolina, that year, as employees on both sides believe that Foxx's decision was a good example, in that it contained what was at the time standard language, supporting "a negotiated settlement leading to a sustainable two-state solution with a democratic Jewish state of Israel and a demilitarized, democratic Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security."

But about a month after the agreement (which took place at the beginning of the year), the Republican leadership returned, according to this narrative, with clear instructions: Do not mention the Palestinians, not at all—although centrist pro-Israel groups have been pushing for the two-state language to remain in the resolution. .

According to the newspaper, "The most influential Jewish organization during Trump's presidency was the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), which rejects a two-state solution, and persuaded senior pro-Israel conservatives in the Republican Party in 2016 to remove reference to the two-state solution from its platform."

The resolution, which also supports defense assistance to Israel and bilateral cooperation between the United States and Israel in the defense and civilian spheres, mentions every peace and normalization agreement that Israel has signed — with Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco — with the exception of the 1993 Oslo Accords with the Palestinians.

The paper quotes the chief Democratic staff as saying, "The party, of course, wants to wish well for Israel - but those good wishes were wrapped up in fears that it would remain a Jewish and democratic state."

For its part, the Israeli lobby organization "AIPAC" praised the decision, and said in a statement, "The decision recognizes that a strong and secure Israel is a vital pillar of American national security policy in the Middle East, while liberal Jewish policy groups in the Middle East denounced the omission of the Palestinian issue, as the" Americans from Peace Now said, "The decision to remove support for a two-state solution from the text requires that we ask exactly what 'shared values' Kevin McCarthy is referring to? More importantly, it begs the question, What future solution to the conflict do House Republicans support?"

In turn, J Street said it would pressure the Senate, where Democrats hold a majority, "to introduce a resolution that takes a different approach, consistent with a bipartisan commitment to a two-state solution that guarantees a peaceful future for both Israelis and Palestinians."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had stomach flu, was forced to cancel his commitments Thursday for the second day in a row, 17 days before presidential and legislative elections, with uncertain results.

But the country's 69-year-old president, who spent twenty of them in power, will make a video intervention at around 13:30 (10:30 GMT), during the inauguration of the country's first nuclear plant, to dispel rumors about his likely health.

The inauguration of the Akkuyu station in the south of the country was a major station for the Turkish president during the current week.

Erdogan was counting on the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin as well, but the latter decided to speak via video as well.

On Wednesday evening, the head of the communication department in the Turkish presidency, Fahrettin Altun, sought to silence the rumors circulating on social media, after announcing the cancellation of two activities for the country's president that were scheduled for Thursday.

"We categorically reject these baseless allegations about the president's health," Elton wrote in a tweet, sharing widely circulated tweets saying that the Turkish president had suffered a heart attack.

It began on Tuesday evening when, 20 days before the May 14 poll, the president was scheduled to give a long interview to two Turkish television stations after he had attended public events in three different cities earlier in the day.

The program was delayed without any explanation for an hour and a half, and suddenly stopped ten minutes after it started, while a journalist was asking a question.

And he heard the voice of an unidentified person surprised by what happened behind the camera before the program stopped, while he stood asking the question about his seat.

The country's president returned to appear on the screen, pale in color, after a quarter of an hour, before he cut the interview short, explaining that he had "stomach flu."

In a tweet, the Turkish president, whose gait has become sluggish at times in recent years, wrote the next morning that he was "resting at home today on the advice of doctors," canceling his participation in three public events in Central Anatolia.

"There is no need to worry, his condition is good. He will resume his program, I think (...) starting tomorrow," said Turkish Minister of Family Affairs Gerya Yanik, in response to questions from the private "NTV" station on Thursday morning.

However, this malaise does not come at the right time for the country's president. Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003, first as prime minister and then as president, faces an opposition that has formed a united front that puts it in a good position, according to the results of several opinion polls.

As for his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who was nominated by a coalition of six opposition parties, he received tacit support from the Peoples' Democratic Party, the third political force in the country, which is considered the kingmaker in the presidential ballot.

Erdogan had planned to participate in two or three election rallies in the last two weeks before the election, after breaking the fast during Ramadan each evening in a different town.

The health of the Turkish president sparked speculation after he underwent surgery in the large intestine at the end of 2011, and then a second surgery in 2012.

Erdogan, who was prime minister at the time, publicly denied that he had colon cancer, explaining that the operations were aimed at removing polyps.

The Warda family in Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip said today, Thursday, that their son, worker Amin Abdel Qader Warda (58 years old), had died in mysterious circumstances inside the occupied territories.

According to the family, her son was working in a factory inside the occupied territories, and his traces were lost 5 days ago, and they were informed today that his dead body was found without knowing the circumstances.

The family held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the circumstances of his death.

Today, Thursday, the family of the sick prisoner, Walid Daqqa, demanded his immediate release so that he can receive treatment without restriction.

According to the family's statement, the Israeli Prisons Authority allowed today to visit his wife, Sana, and daughter, Milad, in Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, after delaying it for more than two weeks.

And she said: “The prisoner, Daqqa, underwent an operation to remove part of his right lung on April 12, 2023, and he is still in the process of slow recovery from the last operation, and he is able to speak with difficulty, and he needs close medical supervision and continuous care around the clock due to his emaciation.” General, weight loss.

The prisoner, Daqqa, was admitted to the hospital on March 23, 2023, after his health condition deteriorated sharply after he was diagnosed with myelofibrosis (a rare cancer of the bone marrow) on December 18, 2022, which developed from leukemia that was diagnosed nearly ten years ago, and was left untreated. serious.

The family added: "Despite the complexity of the prisoner's health condition, he may be transferred to Ramla Prison Hospital during the coming period, and this hospital, known as the slaughterhouse, will certainly not be the appropriate environment for the prisoner's recovery, nor for the delicate bone marrow transplant he needs." despite the availability of donors.

The family indicated that it had begun legal steps in this direction to nullify the unjust additional sentence of two additional years, which unjustly increased the prisoner’s actual sentence (which is 37 years), which ended on March 24, 2023.

Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs announced that the cost of Hajj this year is 3,246 Jordanian dinars per person, compared to 2,787 Jordanian dinars last year.

The Ministry conducted the Hajj lottery for the northern governorates for the year 1444 AH / 2023 AD, as the number of pilgrims accepted for the current season reached about 3,200, while the number of registered pilgrims for the lottery exceeded 30,000 citizens.

The Minister of Endowments, Hatem Al-Bakri, affirmed that the ministry is making every effort to provide the best services to the pilgrims of the Sacred House of God among the Palestinian people, at the level of the nature of the services, and at the level of prices, whether with regard to internal and external transportation or housing within Medina and Makkah Al-Mukarramah, or services in Sacred Feelings.

He added, "The Ministry has taken a new step with regard to accommodation for pilgrims, based on the desire of citizens to obtain more services, provided that accommodation for Hajj in Medina remains in five-star hotels for all pilgrims, as is the case in previous seasons."

As for the accommodation of pilgrims in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, it will be on three levels as follows:

The first level: the regular pilgrimage, according to the four-room accommodation system, with what used to be the separation between males and females in rented hotels, with the provision of breakfast, with a fee of 3246 Jordanian dinars.

The second level: the two-housing system (the pilgrim and his Mahram), as a privacy for those pilgrims who wish as a special service in the hotel, with a fee of 4066 Jordanian dinars.

The third level: a special double with breakfast and a buffet dinner, for the second accommodation system (the pilgrim and his wife) in a five-star hotel (Hilton Jabal Omar), with a fee of 5413 Jordanian dinars.

Thursday, areas in Khartoum are witnessing bombardment from combat aircraft and attempts to confront them, despite reaching an agreement to stop the fighting that broke out between the two parties to the conflict about two weeks ago, while fighting rages in the troubled Darfur region in western Sudan.

Late on Wednesday night, the Sudanese army agreed in principle to an initiative by the Intergovernmental Organization for Development in East Africa (IGAD) to task the presidents of South Sudan, Kenya and Djibouti with working to resolve the current crisis.

According to a Sudanese army statement, the initiative included "extending the current truce for an additional 72 hours" and "dispatching a representative of the armed forces and another of the rebel militia to Juba for the purpose of negotiation."

For its part, the Rapid Support Forces have not yet responded to the proposal of the East African bloc.

The battles have been taking place since April 15 between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Daglo, a merciless war on power, after they were allies since the 2021 coup, during which they overthrew civilians.

Eyewitnesses reported that the clashes continued during the past days, despite a US-brokered truce agreed on Tuesday. Warplanes are still flying over the capital, and fighters from both sides are engaged in fierce fighting with automatic rifles and heavy weapons.

The battles have so far killed at least 512 people and wounded thousands, according to a statement by the Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan, but the number of victims may be more than that as a result of the ongoing fighting.

The Sudanese Medical Syndicate also confirmed that 14 hospitals were bombed, and 19 medical facilities were out of service due to the clashes.
Outside Khartoum, violence has escalated in other parts of Sudan, including the restive Darfur region in the west of the country.

On Thursday, eyewitnesses reported in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, that "clashes took place between the army and the Rapid Support Forces for the second day in a row with various types of weapons."

El Geneina residents fled towards the Sudanese-Chadian border to avoid violence, the witnesses added.

Looting and burning of homes spread in El Geneina, according to a statement Wednesday by the United Nations, which said that "about 50,000 children suffer from acute malnutrition after food support was disrupted due to the fighting."

On his way to the border with neighboring Egypt, Ashraf, a Sudanese who fled Khartoum, called on the two feuding officers to "stop the war". "The Sudanese are suffering and they don't deserve this," the 50-year-old told AFP in the middle of the northern desert.

"It is your war, not the war of the Sudanese people," he added.

With the intensification of fighting in several Sudanese cities, a large number of those trapped in the country face severe shortages of food, water and electricity, as well as frequent interruptions in communication services.

The United Nations estimates the number of people fleeing due to the war in Sudan to neighboring countries such as South Sudan and Chad at about 270,000.

A large number of Sudanese also ventured out of the capital on long and arduous journeys to Egypt in the north and Ethiopia in the east.
The United Nations has received "reports of tens of thousands of people arriving in Central Africa, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan."

Foreign governments from around the world have in recent days organized land convoys, planes and ships to evacuate thousands of their citizens from the battle-torn country.

In this context, the French authorities announced Thursday that the French Navy had transferred nearly 400 foreigners from Sudan to Saudi Arabia, bringing the number of people evacuated by Paris since the beginning of the crisis to more than 900.

In London, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly called on British citizens wishing to leave Sudan to leave "now". London had evacuated 536 people on Wednesday evening on six planes, according to the Foreign Office

Other flights are scheduled for Thursday, before the truce ends.

A state of complete chaos prevailed in Sudan in light of a fragile ceasefire, while Ahmed Haroun, an aide to the ousted former President Omar al-Bashir, announced on Tuesday that he had escaped from prison with other former officials. The army confirmed that Bashir himself was being held in a hospital where he was taken before the fighting began.

Harun was imprisoned in Kober prison in Khartoum. He is wanted by an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for "crimes against humanity" and "genocide" in the Darfur region in western Sudan.

The army overthrew Omar Al-Bashir under the weight of massive popular protests against him in 2019, and arrested along with his aides and the most prominent pillars of his regime.

Al-Bashir was in the same prison. In 2021, the Sudanese authorities, in which civilians were participating at the time, signed an agreement with the International Criminal Court to extradite Al-Bashir and his aides, but the extradition process has not yet taken place.
Al-Burhan and Daglo carried out a coup in October 2021, during which civilians were overthrown.
Soon, a struggle for power emerged between them, leading to the bloody battles that erupted 13 days ago.

Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 10 citizens while they were passing through the military checkpoints at the entrances to the city of Jericho.

According to local sources, from yesterday until today, these forces arrested: Muhammad Bassam Issa Hamidat (20 years old), Saed Hosni Muhammad Ayush (31 years old), Muhammad Ali Ibrahim Awwad (34 years old), and Ghaleb Hussein Ahmed Zaben (36 years old). All of them are from Aqabat Jabr camp.

They arrested Muhammad Hussein Tabiya, Jamal Muhammad Atta, Fayez Ramzi Awadat Bilhan, Abdullah al-Hajj Muhammad from al-Mughayyir village in Ramallah, Ahmad Kazem al-Fino from Nablus, and Shams al-Din Abu al-Husayn from Ain al-Sultan camp in Jericho.

The occupation forces continue to besiege the city of Jericho for the sixth day in a row.

South Korean President Yoon Sok Yul ended his visit to the White House on Wednesday with a singing performance that won the admiration of his American counterpart, Joe Biden.

During a dinner hosted by Biden in Yul's honor, after bilateral talks on more serious topics, including a warning by the two presidents to North Korea that any nuclear attack on its part would lead to the "end" of Pyongyang's regime, Yun showed his passion for American music.

"We know 'American Pie' is one of your favorite songs," Biden said, taking his guest to the stage to listen closely to the musicians as they played Don McClain's song.

"Yes, that's right," said Yul, who is passionate about karaoke, in response to Biden, referring to the song "American Pie" that he liked since it was released in 1971 when he was still in school.

Biden replied, "We'd love to hear the song in your voice." The South Korean president only grabbed the microphone and said, "I haven't performed it for a long time, but (...)".

And Yul sang some clips of the song without accompanying music, and he was met with applause from those present, while Biden and his wife seemed happy.
"At the next state dinner, you're going to live the party," Biden joked. "I had no idea you were singing."

After performing the song, Biden presented Leon with a guitar, which was sent and signed by Don McClain, who was unable to attend the dinner.
Some of the pioneers of communication sites praised the singing talent of the South Korean president.

This isn't the first time Yoon has performed publicly. During the 2021 presidential campaign, he was a guest on the famous South Korean program “All the Butlers” and performed the song “No One Else” by singer Lee Seung Chul.

The deputy head of the Fatah movement, Mahmoud Al-Aloul, confirmed today, Thursday, that the continuous settler violations in the Palestinian lands and holy sites, with the participation of the leaders of the extremist Israeli government, lead to an all-out religious war.

Al-Aloul said in statements to the "Voice of Palestine" radio station, "The crisis began with the beginning of the month of Ramadan, and it is a frenzied crisis launched by the occupation authorities and herds of settlers towards the holy places, and they carry out their religious rituals in an effort to impose new facts."

He added, "Smotrich's visit to the evacuated settlement is not an easy matter, and it is Palestinian territory, and all these actions of the Israeli occupation government are systematic actions to end the Palestinian presence."

Al-Aloul stressed that the bond in the holy places is a patriotic duty for everyone who is able to reach the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, to bind it and defend it.

He stressed that this reality cannot continue like this, and that the Palestinian people will not stand silent in the face of these policies and will confront them with all force.

A UNICEF report stated that the Internet is available to 90% of adolescent girls and young women in the poorest countries, in a higher percentage than that of males within the same age group, stressing the role that education plays in this disparity.

In 2020, UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union indicated that only 37% of young people, that is, people between the ages of 15 and 24, worldwide had access to the Internet at home.

However, this estimated percentage "disguises significant disparities between males and females related to the availability of equipment, the use of the Internet and digital skills within families," according to a UNICEF report published on Wednesday.

The United Nations Children's Fund examined Internet usage data from surveys conducted in 54 countries, primarily in low-income and some middle-income countries.

The result was that "90% of adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 15 and 24 (about 65 million people) in low-income countries do not use the Internet, compared to 78% of adolescents and young men of the same age group (about 57 million)", according to the figures. estimated by the report.

"Closing the gap between the two numbers requires not only access to the Internet and technology, but also empowering girls to become innovators, creators and leaders," UNICEF Director of Education Robert Jenkins said in a statement.

Although girls generally have better reading-related skills than boys, this does not translate into the digital field, according to the report.

UNICEF indicated in the report that "adolescent girls and young women in these countries are neglected in terms of digital literacy," stressing the importance of the family environment and education in this case.

"If we want to address the inequality between females and males in the labor market, specifically in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, we should start immediately to help the youth group, especially girls, so that they acquire digital skills," Jenkins said.

The report pointed out that the gap is wide with regard to the availability of mobile phones as well. In the 41 countries surveyed, girls and women between the ages of 15 and 24 were "mostly deprived" of phones, with an average of 13% likely to own a mobile phone, "which limits their digital access," which necessary in the twenty-first century economy.

We have said more than once that Palestine is one of the first countries in the world in terms of education and that illiteracy is almost completely gone, and that many of its children are distinguished in the Arab world and internationally on the scientific and cultural level. More than that, the Palestinians have had a great positive role in helping other Arab countries in the educational field, and this is a clear issue. It is well known and no one ignores it.

In this educational year, the educational process was disturbed, strikes prevailed, education was disrupted, and schools were closed for a relatively long period, which led to widespread confusion and fear of losing the entire educational year. The salaries and financial allocations were the only reason that called for the strike of the educational bodies in many schools.

The government communicated with educational institutions, and it was agreed that the financial problems were resolved according to the government’s capabilities in this context, because the government does not deduct from the allocations and does not try to reduce the importance and responsibility of male and female teachers, but the weak government financial capabilities and the obvious deficit in this context lead to financial problems, although the government She does not want it, but she is forced to do so.

The strike disrupted the educational process and caused an academic catastrophe, but the sincere intentions of the government and the teaching staff led to an understanding and the resumption of order in all schools in the West Bank. The Tawjihi exam will be held on time, and the strike period will be compensated.

We support and bless this step, and we hope that more understanding and cooperation will take place in the service of the country and future generations. Education is a vital and essential basis in the life and future of our people.

The disaster in Sudan saddens everyone!!
Sudan is an Arab country full of natural resources and was theoretically considered the treasury of the Arab world, but unfortunately it was previously exposed to fateful issues that led to the secession of its south and the establishment of an independent state in the separate section in the name of the state of South Sudan.

These days, what is left of this brotherly country is on fire, and the various tribes and factions are fighting. Hundreds of dead and thousands of wounded have fallen, and many institutions and geographical locations are being destroyed. The division is deepening between the tribal leaders, and there is a possibility of new divisions.

Although the warring parties theoretically reached a three-day truce during Eid al-Fitr, the fighting did not stop, and the crisis did not abate, and it does not appear to be on the way to a solution.

Despite what we suffer from the occupation and its practices, the Sudanese tragedy makes us suffer and follow what is happening in this brotherly country.

And from the heart of Palestine, the country of the Isra’ and Mi’raj, and the Dome of the Rock, we pray that this tragedy ends and that the various parties agree to resolve the bloody conflict that is neither justified nor necessary, and that all differences can be resolved through understanding, democracy and cooperation, and this is what we hope for brotherly Sudan as soon as possible.