The Polish Minister of the Interior announced on Tuesday the creation of an electronic protection system along the border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad to prevent the illegal crossing of migrants in operations that Warsaw accuses the Russian authorities of organizing.

The new system will be added to the barbed wire barrier that is currently being built along the border, which extends over a distance of about 200 kilometers.

"We will have complete monitoring of what is happening at the border," Mariusz Kaminsky said in a statement.
The project, which has an estimated cost of 80 million euros, will include 3,000 surveillance cameras and motion detectors.
In September 2021, Warsaw built a 400-kilometer fence on its border with Belarus, about three kilometers wide, in order to avoid a migration crisis that Poland considers a "war" that Russia and Belarus are running against it.

In Poland, it is forbidden to approach a distance of 200 meters from these borders, which are protected by a five-meter-high iron barrier that is equipped with cameras and motion detectors.

Despite Poland's pushback against migrants, border guards and non-governmental organizations report every day about 100 attempts to illegally cross the Belarusian-Polish border by migrants, mostly from countries in the Middle East.

The Prague National Museum displays 20 artifacts that were restored by Czech specialists after they were damaged by the Islamic State , before returning them to Syria next month.

The pieces include three funerary slabs of limestone that were in the ancient site of Palmyra, which is on the UNESCO list, and were damaged during the control of the jihadists of the Islamic State over the city in 2015.

"Objects were damaged as a result of the battles, intentionally for ideological reasons, or by people looking for something to sell," National Museum director Michal Lukich told AFP.
He added, on the sidelines of the exhibition, titled "A Restored Face," that "these paintings were destroyed with iron hammers."

Syrian government forces regained control of Palmyra in 2017, after the ancient city witnessed public executions. The Islamic State has destroyed many of the city's famous landmarks.

Similar to previous cooperation agreements with Sudan and Afghanistan, the National Museum brought the twenty artifacts from Syria in 2022, and their restoration work took a year by a team of six technicians.

"There are pieces of metal, bronze, iron and funerary stelae from Palmyra," Lokesh said.
The exhibits include a gold-plated pin from 1600-1200 BC, bronze blades and a knife, and small bronze and copper statues of ancient deities.

The Prague National Museum has been cooperating with the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Syria since 2007.
"We started helping them by providing them with indispensable materials for the maintenance, preservation, transportation and processing of artifacts mainly from war zones," Lokesh said.

The cooperation led to the formation of a joint antiquities team working near the city of Latakia in western Syria.
After the month-long exhibition, the artifacts will be returned to Syria at the end of May, according to Lokesh.

"I hope that the situation in Syria has calmed down in a way that allows it not to be damaged again," he told AFP.
"The exhibition does not only represent Syria, but all countries in the world that are witnessing wars and damage to their monuments," he added.

On Tuesday evening, an Israeli settler's vehicle was shot by resistance fighters near Salfit .

According to the Hebrew Walla website, the shooting did not cause any injuries.

He pointed out that large forces of the Israeli army are carrying out combing operations in the firing area.

Israeli security guards arrested, on Tuesday evening, a citizen for allegedly trying to control one of them's weapon at Qalandia checkpoint near occupied Jerusalem .

According to the Hebrew website, Ynet, the 40-year-old detainee was handed over to the Israeli police for interrogation.

The site indicated that the detainee suffers from a disability and walks using crutches.

The Cabinet decided to allocate 7.5 dunums of Independence Park to establish a memorial to the Nakba and a Museum of Memory.

The Council also decided, in its weekly session held today, Tuesday, in the city of Ramallah, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh , to activate a committee to study regular court fees, and to form a special bidding committee to bid for training in the field of programming and coding.

The Council of Ministers approved the recommendations of the Tobacco Committee, and referred a number of employees of the security services to early retirement at their request, and approved a number of funding requests for non-profit companies.

The Council of Ministers announced the start of the blessed Eid Al-Fitr holiday from Thursday morning, corresponding to 4/20 until the evening of Monday, corresponding to 4/24, provided that working hours return after the holiday as usual, from eight in the morning until three in the afternoon.

He also announced the start of daylight savings time, starting from two o’clock in the morning on Saturday, corresponding to 4/29, by advancing the clock hands by 60 minutes, and considering Monday, corresponding to 1/5/2023 an official holiday on the occasion of International Labor Day.

On Tuesday, the leader of the Hamas movement in Nablus , Sheikh Fayyad Al-Aghbar (63 years old), died as a result of a health problem he had a few days ago.

Sources from the Al-Aghbar family reported that Al-Aghbar suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage last Sunday, after which he was transferred to the Arab Specialist Hospital.

Al-Aghbar is considered one of the symbols of the Islamic Movement and the men of reform, and one of the prominent preaching, national and community figures in Nablus Governorate.

He is a member of the former Nablus Municipal Council, and previously held the position of Director General of the Nablus Endowment, and was subjected to arrest and torture in the Israeli occupation prisons.

Today, Tuesday, the Ministry of Health inaugurated the peripheral catheterization department at the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, with the support and funding of the “Sons of Ramallah Federation in America” and the implementation of the “Physicians for Palestine” group.

The opening ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh , Minister of Health Mai Al-Kailah , Governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh Laila Ghannam, Director of the Palestine Medical Complex Ahmed Al-Bitawi, President of the Sons of Ramallah Federation in America Issam Daghman, and Cardiovascular Surgeon Ragai Khoury, representing the Shaheen family, who donated With the costs of equipping the department, along with the Mayor of Ramallah, Issa Qassis, the Secretary of the National Council, Fahmy Al-Zaarir, the General Supervisor of Official Media, Minister Ahmed Assaf, and a number of members of the Ramallah Sons Union in the United States of America.

During the inauguration, the director of the Palestine Medical Complex explained that the new section, which contains a device, is the first of its kind in Palestine, and will be dedicated to serving all the people. type in the region.

He stated that the occupation authorities prevented, for six months, the entry of the new device.

Al-Betawi announced that the complex will witness, in the coming months, the opening of a nuclear radiology department, and four new departments in order to serve patients, relieve them and help them in treatment, praising in this context the support provided by the people of Ramallah residing in the United States, and the important role played by the Palestinian doctors working there. , in the development and support of medical personnel and facilities in the city.

For her part, Ghannam said that the Palestine Medical Complex is built on land donated by the people of Ramallah to establish a medical edifice in the city.

She stressed that the new department that opened in the complex will not be exclusive to Ramallah, pointing to the qualitative development achieved by the Palestine Medical Complex in terms of doctors, cadres, unique specialties and staff working around the clock, which makes it a destination for all health service seekers in Palestine.

Ghannam stressed that the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate is looking forward to providing more quality services in the Palestine Medical Complex, and reminded of the need to establish another government hospital in the governorate due to the recent "saturation" of the complex.

The World Health Organization on Tuesday expressed concern about court decisions restricting women's right to a safe abortion , in a warning that comes amid controversy in the United States over abortion pills and termination of pregnancy.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that restricting women's right to access safe abortion methods will push them to resort to unsafe methods.
And on Friday, the US Supreme Court temporarily maintained the possibility of obtaining abortion pills, which are a very popular method in the United States, by suspending a decision issued by a lower court, in order to allow room for the study of the file.

"The WHO is concerned that women's right to access safe abortion services, including through the use of abortion pills, is being restricted by legislators and/or courts," the director-general added at a press conference.

He continued, "Women have a permanent right to choose when it comes to their bodies and their health. Restricting access to abortion does not reduce the number of abortions, but rather pushes women and girls to resort to unsafe procedures that may lead to their death."
"Access to safe abortion is health care that saves lives," he said.

In the United States, the judicial series began last week when a federal judge in Texas decided, based on a complaint filed by anti-abortion activists, to withdraw the marketing authorization of the drug "Mifepristone" issued by the Food and Drug Administration. Contrary to the consensus of scholars, the judge considered that this drug poses a threat to women's health.

Based on a complaint by the US government, the appeals court allowed the abortion pill to remain licensed but revoked access facilities that the FDA had established over the years.

However, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to "maintain the status quo," pending an in-depth examination of the content of the file.

On Thursday, the Florida Parliament also passed a law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before most women know they are pregnant.

And states have become free to legislate on this issue since the Supreme Court returned in June 2022 from a historic decision providing federal protection for abortion, by overturning a ruling issued in 1973 in a case called "Roe v. Wade".

Al-Monitor published a report titled "While Riyadh is Dialogue with Tehran , Saudi-Israeli Normalization is Deviating Away," at the beginning of which it mentioned what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said - during his meeting in Israel with US Senator Lindsey Graham last Monday - that Israel wants Normalization and peace with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . Reiterating his campaign slogan, Netanyahu said that he is working to expand the circle of peace and add more countries to the 2020 Abraham Accords: “We view (normalization) as perhaps a giant leap towards ending the Arab-Israeli conflict. This agreement could have huge implications and historic results.” To Israel, to Saudi Arabia, the region and the world.

The report notes that Netanyahu's optimism about Saudi Arabia was met with skepticism by Israeli security officials. “The strangest thing is that despite all the writing on the wall and flashing warning lights, Netanyahu continues to talk about ‘expanding the circle of peace’ and the option that Israel will soon add Saudi Arabia to the agreements,” a former Israeli security source told Al-Monitor, speaking on condition of anonymity. Abraham in whole or in part.

The report notes that the Israeli official's statements are prompted by reports that a delegation of senior Hamas members will head to Saudi Arabia this week, in another dramatic sign of the recent rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh. As news reports emerged, the Saudis were outraged that this rare visit was leaked, and either postponed or canceled. Nevertheless, it is clear - one way or another - that Saudi Arabia is changing its position from a firm position in the American-Israeli camp towards the Iranian-led "axis of resistance", of which the Gaza-based Islamist Hamas is a respected member. It is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia and Iran renewed diplomatic relations between them during the past month, and the visit of the Hamas delegation would be the first to the Kingdom in nearly a decade.

In parallel, Riyadh was also preoccupied with rehabilitating its relations with Damascus. On Tuesday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan visited Syria, in the first official visit since the beginning of the war in Syria. "The Saudis are spitting on him (Netanyahu), and he convinces himself and the public that it is rain," a former Israeli political source told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity.

European deputies agreed on Tuesday to exempt Kosovo citizens from entry visas to European Union countries for a short period.

Kosovo nationals will be allowed to travel within the EU - and EU nationals to travel to Kosovo - without a visa for stays of up to 90 days within a 180-day period.

Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti welcomed the "excellent news" which "brings us a little closer to the European Union".

Kosovo is the only country among the Western Balkan countries that has not yet benefited from the "Schengen" visa exemption.

This exemption, supported by the European Parliament since 2016, will enter into force no later than 2024.

In December 2022, Kosovo's leaders signed an official application for membership in the European Union, a long path full of obstacles exacerbated by the tense relations between Pristina and Belgrade.

And Kosovo is the last in the Balkans to apply for membership in the European Union after Brussels granted Bosnia and Herzegovina the status of a candidate country to join the bloc.
However, five member states of the European Union are Greece, Spain, Romania, Slovakia and Cyprus do not recognize the independence of Kosovo.

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, but Belgrade, along with Russia and China, did not recognize this step.

Serbia still considers Kosovo part of its territory.
Kosovo cannot gain membership in the European Union without normalizing relations with Belgrade.

Qatar announced on Tuesday that it is working with the UAE to reopen each country's embassy to the other "in the coming weeks", after years of tension in their relations, and in a move that comes in the context of a series of diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East .

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt severed their relations with Qatar in 2017, accusing it of supporting extremist organizations in the region, accusing them of drawing them closer to Iran, before signing a reconciliation agreement in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, in January 2021.

"I believe that the opening of embassies between the two countries will take place in the coming weeks," said Majid al-Ansari, a spokesman for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during a press conference in Doha.

He stressed that "the technical committees are now carrying out their work in this context, and it is expected that there will be reciprocal visits to consider the procedures that we need to reopen the embassies," noting that there is "positive progress in each meeting."

For his part, an Emirati official, who declined to be named, confirmed that "diplomatic relations are currently being activated, which will include the reopening of embassies between the two countries."

In a statement to Agence France-Presse, he said that relations between the two countries have resumed since the signing of the Al-Ula agreement, and "several visits took place between the two countries, which included discussions about continuing to develop relations and jointly achieving more mutual prosperity and progress in the two countries and the region."

Since 2021, relations have largely returned between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, but rapprochement with the UAE and Bahrain took longer. Last week, Qatar and Bahrain resumed their diplomatic relations two years after the Gulf reconciliation with Doha, following meetings between the two parties that discussed the differences between the two countries, including the maritime borders.

This comes in the midst of regional diplomatic efforts to resolve the region's crises, especially after Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed last month to resume the severed relations between them since 2016.

Iran and Saudi Arabia are the two most prominent regional powers in the Gulf, and they are on opposite sides in most regional files, most notably Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.

Observers and analysts hope that the Saudi-Iranian agreement will be reflected in regional files, especially Yemen, where Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition that supports the internationally recognized government, in the face of the Iranian-backed Houthis.

Saudi Arabia and the Houthis held talks in Sana'a this month, seeking to "stabilize the truce" and reach a "comprehensive and sustainable political solution" to the conflict. In recent days, about a thousand prisoners have been exchanged between the two sides.

In light of this atmosphere of calm, Damascus will receive, on Tuesday, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, in the first official visit by a Saudi official since the estrangement between the two countries with the start of the conflict in Syria 12 years ago. This comes days after the visit of the Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to Jeddah.

The diplomatic movement comes at a time when Arab countries are discussing the possibility of Damascus returning to the Arab League, and with the approaching date of the Arab summit, which is scheduled to be hosted by Saudi Arabia on May 19.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received on Tuesday, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan , who arrived in Damascus on the first official Saudi visit to Syria since the estrangement between the two countries with the start of the conflict in Syria 12 years ago.

This visit culminates in the resumption of Syrian- Saudi relations and comes a few days after the visit of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad to Jeddah, and at a time when Arab countries are discussing the possibility of Damascus returning to the Arab League.

The Saudi openness to Syria comes in the midst of regional diplomatic moves that have changed the political landscape in the region since Riyadh and Tehran, an ally of Damascus, agreed to resume their relations last month.

The official Syrian news agency, SANA, reported that Assad had received bin Farhan.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement that the visit comes "within the framework of the Kingdom's keenness and interest in reaching a political solution to the Syrian crisis that ends all its repercussions and preserves Syria's unity, security, stability, and Arab identity, and restores it to its Arab surroundings."

Following the outbreak of protests in Syria, which soon turned into a bloody conflict in 2011, several Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, severed diplomatic relations with Damascus.

Saudi Arabia, which closed its embassy in Damascus in March 2012, especially during the first years of the conflict, provided support to the Syrian opposition, and received figures from it on its soil.
However, during the past few years, signs of Arab openness towards Syria have emerged, which began with the UAE reopening its embassy in Damascus in 2018.

It seems that the devastating earthquake in Syria and neighboring Turkey in February accelerated the process of Damascus resuming its relationship with its regional surroundings, as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received a torrent of contacts and aid from the leaders of Arab countries.

The Saudi openness towards Damascus appeared for the first time after the earthquake, with Saudi aid planes landing in government-controlled areas, the first since Riyadh severed its relations with Damascus.

And it was only a few weeks until Riyadh announced last month that it was in talks with Damascus about resuming consular services.

On April 12, and on his first official visit to Saudi Arabia since the estrangement, Al-Miqdad visited Jeddah, where he discussed with Bin Farhan "the necessary steps to achieve a comprehensive political settlement to the Syrian crisis that ends all its repercussions (...) and contributes to Syria's return to its Arab surroundings."

After Saudi Arabia, Al-Miqdad visited Algeria, one of the few Arab countries that maintained its relations with Damascus, and Tunisia, which announced this month the resumption of its relations with Syria.
And on Friday, Saudi Arabia hosted a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council states, in addition to Egypt, Jordan and Iraq, to discuss the return of Damascus to its Arab surroundings.

The meeting did not issue a decision to return Syria to the Arab League, from which its membership was suspended in 2011, but they stressed “the importance of having an Arab leadership role in efforts to end the crisis” in Syria, and “intensifying consultations between Arab countries to ensure the success of these efforts.” ".

It seems that Qatar still opposes Syria's return to the Arab League, as Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani considered last week that the reasons for suspending Damascus' membership still exist.

However, in an interview with Russia Today channel last month, al-Assad said, "We will not return unless there is consensus," considering that "returning to the Arab League is not a goal in itself, the goal is joint Arab action."

The Arab openness to Damascus coincides with the change of the political map in the region after the Saudi-Iranian agreement, on which hopes are pinned for the return of stability in a region that has long been shaken by proxy conflicts.

In his interview with Russia Today, al-Assad said, "The Syrian arena is no longer a place for an Iranian-Saudi conflict, as it was at some stages," considering that "Saudi policy took a different turn towards Syria years ago, and it was not about interfering in internal affairs or supporting any factions." in Syria".
He pointed out that "talk about a Syrian-Iranian relationship that must be severed has not been raised with Syria for many years."

After 12 years of war, Damascus is now looking forward to reconstruction funds after its forces regained most of the areas it lost at the beginning of the conflict, with the support of its two main allies: Russia and Iran.

The conflict has claimed the lives of more than half a million people and displaced more than half of Syria's population inside and outside the country. It has also turned the country into an arena for settling scores between regional and international powers. All of this left its impact on the exhausted economy due to the massive destruction of infrastructure, factories and production.

The return of Syria to the Arab embrace may not change the political and field map in the short term, as there are other parties that must be taken into account, from Russia and Iran to the United States, which deploys forces in Syria in support of the Kurdish fighters, to Turkey, which controls border areas, which in turn started talks. With Syria about the resumption of relations.

A German artist sparked angry reactions after winning a prestigious award in the field of photography, for an image created by artificial intelligence technology.

Boris Eldgesen indicated that he was clear from the outset about the nature of his work, and that he would not accept the award given to him at the Sony World Photography Awards, because similar competitions are not yet ready to deal with artificial intelligence technology.

The committee responsible for awarding the awards, in turn, stated that it was aware of the nature of the image, but accused the artist of "deliberate misleading", which angered Eldgsson.

A large number of photographers and artists fear that artificial intelligence programs will threaten their livelihood, as it allows anyone to create beautiful images with just a click.

And the rapid popularity of artificial intelligence programs specializing in creating images began to cause lawsuits, after the tools were “trained” using a large amount of images, a large number of which may be protected by copyright.

In March, the organizers of the Sony World Photography Awards announced that Eldgson's picture, which features two women, and titled "Sodomynia: The Ectration", won in the category of creative works.

In interviews after his victory, Eldgsson explained how he accomplished the work, indicating that he wanted through this step to raise a discussion on the issue of artificial intelligence.

He wrote last week that "images created by artificial intelligence programs and those that are photographic should not compete in prizes like this," and he subsequently refused the award awarded to him.

The awardees said they were looking forward to engaging the artist in a discussion about artificial intelligence, but withdrew the image "in line with his wishes".

The head of the Department of National Relations in the "Islamic Jihad" movement, Khaled Al-Batsh , said, " Israel bears full responsibility for the life of the captive Khader Adnan , and it will pay the price for the decision to kill him if he is martyred."

In his statement, Al-Batsh called on all parties to exert their efforts to save the life of the prisoner Adnan, and to continue pressure on the occupation to end his suffering before it is too late.

He added, "The Israeli attempts to circumvent and mislead to present the fake indictments, through which it seeks to issue an unfair Israeli judicial ruling, is an open conspiracy aimed at distancing Adnan from his people, his family, and his relatives, and it will not pass and will fail with his steadfastness and will."

Al-Batsh called on the Palestinian people everywhere to support all the prisoners, especially the prisoner Adnan, whose hunger strike has reached a difficult stage that poses a threat to his life, for the "73rd" day, in rejection of his arbitrary detention.

The Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq announced today (Tuesday) that the Rusafa Criminal Court in Baghdad issued a death sentence for eight members of the Islamic State, or what is known as ( ISIS ), for their attempt to restructure the organization inside prisons, recruit prisoners and plan to escape.

The Council said in a statement, "The Rusafa Criminal Court, in the Presidency of the Baghdad Court of Appeal, Rusafa, issued a death sentence against eight criminals who are placed in the Iraqi Correctional Department (Al-Taji Prison - Al-Kifl Prison - Al-Karkh Prison) for having agreed and participating among themselves in contacting prisoners affiliated with the terrorist organization ISIS to restructure the organization." And planning to escape from prisons in order to implement an organized terrorist project.”

He added, "The criminals admitted that they had received instructions to restore the terrorist organization ISIS inside prisons, to recruit prisoners, to appoint princes and leaders, and to link them to the terrorist organization after their release from prisons."

He explained that "the court issued its decision based on the provisions of Article 4/1 and in the context of Article 2/3 of the Anti-Terrorism Law No. 13 of 2005."

Article 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Law in Iraq for the year 2005 stipulates that “anyone who commits, in his capacity as an original perpetrator or business partner, any of the terrorist acts mentioned in Articles 2 and 3 of this law shall be punished with the death penalty. The instigator, planner, financier, and whoever enables terrorists to carry out the crimes mentioned shall also be punished.” In this law, the penalty for the original perpetrator.

On December 9, 2017, Iraq announced the expulsion of ISIS elements and the imposition of full control over all Iraqi lands, but sleeper cells affiliated with the organization are still active in some regions of the country.

The young man, Ibrahim Abdel Hadi (30 years), was killed today, Tuesday, by unknown gunmen who opened fire at him while he was in Kibbutz Yifat, north of occupied Palestine.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the young man, Abd al-Hadi, from the village of Iksal, was parked at a gas station when he was shot and killed.

US investigators examined whether Massachusetts Air National Guard Private Jacques Teixeira, the man accused of leaking a trove of top-secret documents, interacted with anyone from a foreign country or government before they were posted online, Politico reported. Three people familiar with the investigation.

According to the officials, there is no clear public evidence that Teixeira, 21, had such connections or was part of an organized foreign espionage operation, as some US and Ukrainian officials have claimed.

But the people said the Biden administration and law enforcement agencies searched for any contact he had with foreigners as part of a broader investigation into the motives and intent behind his alleged leak of classified information. A fourth person, a former US intelligence official, said: "We still don't know who this guy was talking to outside of the Discord server and whether he had any other intention to leak documents other than wanting to impress and impress friends."

Politico quoted Mick Mulroy, a former senior Pentagon official and retired CIA officer, as saying that it is standard practice for investigators to examine a suspect's potential ties to foreign governments and entities, especially in leak cases. He noted that Department of Defense and CIA personnel must disclose any "close and ongoing" contact with aliens.

If they find any external links, it means that the leak was likely from more harm than thought, in the event the accused coordinated with a foreign government, or that the material was available to foreign officials before it became known to the American public.

To date, Teixeira has been charged with "unauthorized retention of classified documents, transmission of national defense information" and "unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or materials." Each charge carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

The US Department of Justice is leading the investigation into Teixeira's case, while the Pentagon and intelligence agencies are looking into her violations of confidentiality and military oath laws.

It is noteworthy that the US Department of Defense closely monitors the activity of any employee on the Joint Global Intelligence Communication System, which is a secure "intranet" network system that includes highly classified and sensitive information, including information that is accessed, downloaded and printed.

The Pentagon is also reviewing Teixeira's records, including his security clearance, as part of the investigation, according to a person familiar with the investigation. The Defense Department hopes the review will help determine whether changes to procedures around access to classified documents need to be made.

The newspaper quoted a Defense Ministry official as saying that Teixeira specializes in information technology and has been assigned to the 102nd Intelligence Wing, which gives him access to the computers of analysts tasked with packing intelligence for senior military leaders. The CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence responded to a request for comment.

Understanding Teixeira's motives is also important for the government in determining how to prevent such leaks in the future.

It is noteworthy that the leak allegedly carried out by Teixeira differs from previous intelligence abuses, including those committed by Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks. Teixeira is accused of publishing the documents on social media, instead of encapsulating them and filtering them through the press, and it did not appear that they were disseminating intelligence information as a result of a specific ideology.

The leaked documents include extraordinary details of troop and battlefield movements by Kiev and Moscow in Ukraine, as well as other global issues such as Iran's development of its nuclear program, protests in Israel, and China's relationship with Russia. They also reveal the extent of US spying on its adversaries and allies.

Today, Tuesday, 8 civilians were wounded by live bullets, during the Israeli occupation forces’ raid on Jenin camp .

According to the Ministry of Health, 6 citizens with limb injuries arrived at Jenin Governmental Hospital, and their injuries were described as minor, while Ibn Sina Specialist Hospital received another limb injury.

An ambulance officer was also wounded by shrapnel in the chest.

According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested 3 young men and confiscated a vehicle during its raid into the camp, before withdrawing from it.

According to the Hebrew newspaper Maariv, the detainees planned to carry out a dangerous operation using explosive devices.

Fadi Jarrar, director of the Life Ambulance Center, told Al-Quds.com: "The occupation forces opened fire on an ambulance near the entrance to the camp."

The Turkish central government's budget recorded a deficit of 47.22 billion liras (about 2.43 billion US dollars) in March, the Finance Ministry announced on Monday.

The total deficit for the first quarter of this year widened to 250 billion pounds, according to the ministry.

Turkey's budget deficit rose sharply in February after it was hit by massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings in both Turkey and Syria.

The budget deficit of the Turkish central government amounted to 170.56 billion liras in February, compared to about 32.24 billion liras in January.

The Turkish Business and Business Confederation estimates that the earthquakes could cost the country up to $84.1 billion.

The financial services firm JPMorgan Chase & Co. estimated the direct costs of the earthquakes at US$25 billion.

Today, Tuesday, an Israeli court issued a sentence against the Jerusalem doctor, Ahmed Al-Safadi, from the town of Silwan , in occupied Jerusalem, for a period of five years.

It is noteworthy that Al-Safadi has been detained since December 2021.

Today, Tuesday, the spokesman for the Palestinian government, Ibrahim Melhem , announced that daylight saving time in Palestine will start from two o’clock in the morning on Saturday, corresponding to 4/29/2023.

The clock will be served 60 minutes.

Britain's King Charles III and his wife Camilla announced their choice of spinach, beans and tarragon quiche to be served at the expected coronation party on May 6, after the chicken was present during the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.

Charles and Camilla "personally" chose the famous quiche in France, but not so popular in the UK. This dish was discussed on the official royal family account via Twitter.

Charles and his wife hoped their choice would "encourage" Britons to take part in the grand coronation lunch, a celebration that takes place on Saturday and Sunday, May 6 and 7.

The message was accompanied by a video showing a chef preparing the quiche for the coronation party.

The recipe includes several ingredients, including spinach, beans, tarragon, milk, liquid cream, eggs and cheddar cheese.

And the royal family confirmed on Twitter that this dish "is suitable for all tastes, and it can be eaten hot or cold, with vegetable salad and boiled potatoes."

During the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, a dish of chicken was served with creamy curry sauce, and it became one of the traditional dishes in British cuisine.

The coronation of Charles and his wife Camilla will be held on the sixth of May in Westminster Abbey, in the presence of about two thousand guests. This weekend, there will be celebrations and a concert at Windsor Castle, west London.

The opposition Ennahda movement in Tunisia confirmed on Tuesday that the security forces closed all party headquarters, including its central headquarters, and prevented its employees from entering it.

This decision comes after the arrest of party leader Rashid Ghannouchi by security forces during breakfast at his home.

"A security force entered the party's main headquarters and demanded those present there to leave and closed it... Other security forces also closed all the party's offices in the country and prevented meetings there," party leader Riyad al-Shuaibi told AFP.

The Ennahda movement announced that its leader, Rashid Ghannouchi, was arrested on Monday evening by a security unit that raided his house in the capital and took him to an "unknown destination," then announced that he was being interrogated in a security barracks in the capital.

The party condemned the arrest and demanded his immediate release.

The judicial authorities in Tunisia did not comment on the reasons for this arrest, which comes after statements in which Ghannouchi said that "there is an intellectual and ideological impediment in Tunisia that establishes civil war."

He added, "Do not imagine Tunisia without one party or the other, Tunisia without a renaissance, Tunisia without political Islam, Tunisia without the left, or any component. It is a project for civil war. This is a crime in reality."

For his part, Ahmed Naguib al-Shabi, head of the National Salvation Front, the coalition opposing President Kais Saied, in which Ennahdha participates, said that the police forces "prevented the organization of a press conference for the front today and set up barriers in front of the party's headquarters."

In addition, two leaders of the Ennahda movement, Belkacem Hassan and Muhammad al-Qumani, were arrested, according to Shuaibi.

Ghannouchi was repeatedly brought before the Public Prosecution Office as part of his investigation in cases related to corruption and terrorism.

Since the beginning of February, at least twenty personalities, most of them dissidents belonging to the Ennahda Party and its allies, have been arrested, in addition to the influential businessman Kamal al-Latif and the director of a large private radio station.

President Saeed described the detainees as "terrorists" and accused them of "conspiring against the internal and external security of the state."

Non-governmental human rights organizations considered this campaign of arrests a "deliberate attempt to stifle the opposition, especially criticism of the president," and urged Saeed to "stop this campaign, which has political considerations."

Saied seeks to complete his political project based on an enhanced presidential system and put an end to the parliamentary system that was approved following the 2011 revolution that overthrew the Ben Ali regime and put the country on a path to a unique democratic transition in the region.

Since July 25, 2021, Saied has seized power and amended the constitution to establish a presidential system at the expense of Parliament, which no longer has actual powers.

Today, Tuesday, the spokesman for the Palestinian government, Ibrahim Melhem , announced that the blessed Eid al-Fitr holiday will start on Thursday morning, corresponding to 4/20/2023.

The leave will continue until Monday evening, corresponding to 4/24/2023.

It is not forbidden for there to be a disagreement within the Council of Ministers between the Speaker of the Council and one or more ministers, but after examining the aspects of the dispute, it is forbidden for the Prime Minister to decide and the minister to refrain from implementing it, or for the minister to issue a decision that differs from the president’s decision.

This is what happened in the last two weeks in our Council of Ministers, when it was decided to pay the salary of the current month of April before Eid al-Fitr, but the Minister of Finance refused that, explaining that the employees do not need the salary, since they received the March salary in the first ten days of April. One of the prime minister's advisors broke his silence about this, describing the matter as "having reached the point of shame, even shame, and a killing blow to Fatah."

Counselor Abd al-Ilah al-Atira did not explain why the matter was flawed and defective, except for the reason that the minister did not comply with the implementation of the Prime Minister’s decision, which is a departure from unusual protocol procedures. In Netanyahu’s last government, Netanyahu went to dismiss one of his most important and close ministers, a minister The defense because he said something different, and put the entire government about the dismissal decision in the wind, the entire society on the brink of collapse, and the Histadrut, which represents all trade unions face to face in front of the government. The issue in the Palestinian government has not reached this limit, and it will not, as long as it is not elected, and is not subject to accountability and accountability by an elected "Knesset". Therefore, the solutions are carried out according to the approaches of "the wolf does not die and the sheep do not perish," as he was nominated. 30% of the salary will be paid.

But more important than the arguments of Arab governments in general, which end according to the policy of "the wolf and the sheep", is the minister's statement that state employees do not need the salary. Where did the minister come up with this deduction, and how did he know that they actually do not need their salary? The employees are not equal. Like the teeth of a comb, there are employees who have large families, extended families, debts, bank benefits, children studying at universities, etc. But what is more dangerous than that, in the minister’s statement, is a false premise. I do not personally know how it was born and grew until it became a component of society, the government and the ministry, stating that the employee’s salary is closer to a gift or even a favor that the Ministry of Finance bestows on him every last month once. That is why the quickest thing she does to solve her problems is this salary, so she spends it later than it is sometimes, and sometimes she does not spend it in full.

In other words, it does not deal with it as a right for the employee to be paid for his services that he provides to the state and the government willingly, what the state must do with the employee and his salary. Part of the aggravation of the teachers' strike, which has entered its third month, is based on this misreading. Neither the Minister of Finance, nor the Minister of Education, nor even the Prime Minister, or even the President himself, are paying the teachers out of their pockets, so why not approve an accurate budget for them that will be adhered to have it all year round.

The Lebanese Parliament decided on Tuesday to postpone the municipal elections that were to be held next month, for the second time in two years, amid political paralysis and economic collapse in a country where constitutional deadlines are rarely respected.

And the House of Representatives approved, according to what was announced, “a proposal for an accelerated repeated law aimed at the technical extension of municipal and elective councils,” provided that their term ends “as a maximum until 5/31/2024.”

Municipal and optional elections are held in Lebanon every six years. The last time it took place was in 2016, and it was supposed to be held last year, but in March 2022 Parliament approved the extension of the municipal councils for a year, due to the ongoing crisis since 2019.

Several factors, logistical and financial, are preventing the elections from being held today, despite calls from the international community to adhere to their date.

As with every election in Lebanon, the political forces are divided between supporters and opponents, and share responsibilities, so that some parliamentary blocs considered Tuesday's parliament session "unconstitutional", but the deputies secured a sufficient quorum to hold it, and it ended quickly after the decision to extend the municipal councils was taken. .

"I encourage all concerned parties to support efforts to hold elections on time and enable the Lebanese people to exercise their democratic rights," said the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronica, at the beginning of this month.

However, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Elias Bou Saab said last week that "the issue of holding municipal and elective elections has become an issue that has become almost impossible," speaking of questions that the Minister of Interior, who declared his readiness to hold elections in May, should answer, including funding.

Postponement of municipal elections is not a new matter in political practice in Lebanon. The system of settlements and quotas between political and sectarian forces often delays important decisions, including forming a government, electing a president, or even parliamentary elections.

The economic collapse that has afflicted the country since 2019 has exacerbated the situation, with the great scarcity of liquidity and the inability of the authorities to contain it.

The Lebanese parliament has failed 11 times to elect a president despite the post being vacant for more than five months, due to deep political divisions.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh affirmed that the teachers' strike exceeded the limits of union work, and it will be dealt with within the framework of the law and administrative procedures that were sent to the teachers who refused to work.

Shtayyeh demanded, in the government session, today, Tuesday, the objecting teachers to return to work, stressing that the focus of the educational process is the student, and everything that is being done to protect his right to education.

He said, "The Council of Ministers dealt seriously and positively with the teachers' demands from a national and trade union standpoint, and responded to the initiatives it received. Because of this response on our part, thousands of teachers returned to teaching, while others remained."

Shtayyeh stressed that the " Tawjihi " general secondary exam is on time, and those in charge of the ministry must provide the appropriate conditions for the success of the exam.

On the other hand, Shtayyeh expressed his regret at the disruption of refugee services in the camps in various sectors, calling on UNRWA to carry out its tasks to provide services to the refugees, and to open a dialogue with the agency's union of workers, to ensure the resumption of all services to the camps.

Today, in addition to educational, financial and security reports, the Council of Ministers will discuss the right to information laws and the national development plan for the coming years.

On Tuesday, Apple opened its first store in India , in an indication of the growing interest of the American giant in this giant country in South Asia, which represents a major market and a potential alternative to China for the manufacture of its products.

Apple President Tom Cook personally participated in the opening of the store, where he was receiving the first customers to the applause of the staff. In an upscale mall in the financial capital, Bombay, hundreds of consumers lined up, some waiting all night, to check out the new store ("Apple Store").

The company is counting heavily on this country of 1.4 billion people, which has the second largest number of smartphone users in the world after China.

And "Apple" opens its second store in the country, in the capital, New Delhi.

The company, the world's first in terms of market value, also intends to expand its industrial presence in India, as it seeks to diversify its supply network and liberate itself from the heavy dependence on China in this field.

In a statement published Monday, Apple described opening stores in India as a "major expansion" step. "We are thrilled to continue down our historic path," the company's managing director Tim Cook said in a statement.

And “Apple” launched its online store in India in 2020, but it did not open a non-virtual store due to investment laws that were later relaxed, requiring foreign companies to supply 30% of their raw materials locally.

With an iPod Touch made in 2013 still in its original box, marketing officer Purav Mehta, 30, waited all night in front of the store. "We have been waiting impatiently for this (...) for a long time," he told AFP.

Madhav Maimani, a 27-year-old stationery salesman, traveled nearly 900 km from Rajasthan to take part in the event.

He pointed out that "the manufacture of Apple devices in India will push prices down because they will become locally manufactured, which will make the price of iPhone phones acceptable."

"This will undoubtedly increase the possibility of Indians buying iPhones made in India for sentimental reasons," he said.

India has more than 600 million smartphone users, while devices running the Android operating system dominate this market, in which consumers pay special attention to the price.

And Chinese smartphone manufacturers “Xiaomi”, “Vivo”, “Oppo” and “Realme” acquired a cumulative market share of 66% in 2022, while South Korean Samsung alone won 19% of the market, according to the research company “Canalys”.

The share of "iPhone" phones in the Indian market did not exceed 4% last year.

However, according to Canalys analyst Sanyam Chaurasia, Apple may benefit from smartphone development and financing programs for Indian retailers and consumers.

"Apple is focusing more on the Indian market because it sees more opportunity there," Chaurasia told AFP.

And in February, during a conference call about Apple's quarterly results, Tim Cook said India was "a very interesting market for us and a key target for us."

"Basically, we're taking what we learned in China and our progress, and we're putting that to good use," he added. He noted that Apple "dedicates a lot of energy" to India, saying he is "very optimistic" about the country.

India has also become an essential part of Apple's plans to move its production of devices and components out of China, in light of diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing, but also motivated by the negative repercussions on the supply chain of strict Chinese policies to combat the outbreak of Covid.

In 2021, only 1% of iPhones were manufactured in India, before the percentage rose to 7% last year, Bloomberg reported last week. Apple began manufacturing iPhones in India in 2017, through Taiwanese suppliers Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron.

Elon Musk announced Monday that he is creating his own artificial intelligence tool, TruthGPT, which will, in his words, seek to "show as much truth as possible" and compete with other unregulated programs.

Musk said in an interview with the American "Fox News" channel, "I will launch the Truth-GBT tool for artificial intelligence, which will seek to bring out the greatest amount of truth and try to understand the nature of the universe."

And the head of “Twitter”, “Tesla”, “SpaceX” and “Noralink” considered that this platform represents the “best way” to ensure the safety of humans, because “an artificial intelligence tool that aims to understand the universe should not defeat humans because we are an important part of the universe.” ".

He explained that his tool would act somewhat like humans eager to "protect the habitat" of chimpanzees, while having the power to "hunt and kill these animals".

And specialized media had reported a few weeks ago that Musk is investing in the field of artificial intelligence, specifically by establishing in March a new company specializing in this field called "X.AI" and it is based in Nevada.

An article published by the "Financial Times" newspaper stated that the new company aims to compete with the emerging "Open AI" company that designed the "Chat GBT" chatbot based on generative artificial intelligence that interacts with humans and can produce all kinds of texts on demand.

The success of this program since its launch at the end of last November has led technology companies to race to provide this technology with advanced capabilities.

Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015, before leaving the company in 2018.

The billionaire confirmed Monday that artificial intelligence technology is "capable of destroying civilization," calling for the regulation of this sector.

At the end of last March, Musk and hundreds of academics, heads of companies, and personalities signed a petition calling for a six-month cessation of research aimed at finding artificial intelligence techniques that are stronger than ChatGBT.

The Financial Times reported that the businessman had recently hired Igor Babushkin and Manuel Croas, who both worked for DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company affiliated with Alphabet, the company that owns Google.

Today, Tuesday, the Ministry of Finance announced that an advance payment of 30% of the April salary will be disbursed to all employees today, and the remaining installment of the April salary will be disbursed on time.

The batch of social affairs allocations amounting to 131 million shekels will be disbursed, distributed to 111 thousand families, including 81 thousand families in the Gaza Strip, and 30 thousand families in the West Bank.