At dawn on Sunday, gunmen fired heavily towards the headquarters of the security district in Jenin Governorate .

According to local sources, the shooting took place after the security services arrested a young man believed to be wanted by the occupation security services.

According to the same sources, the security services later released the young man.

Gunmen from the Jenin Battalion appeared and called for stopping targeting security headquarters, calling on the Palestinian Authority to dismiss the officers responsible for the arrest of its members.

Last night and Sunday morning, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of arrests among young Jerusalemites.

According to Jerusalemite sources, these forces arrested three siblings: Musa, Fouad and Omar Jibril, after raiding and searching their families in the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan.

Meanwhile, Anas Akkari, Musa Ayesh, and Mahdi Al-Karaki were arrested after their homes were raided and searched in the town of Al-Tur .

In the Old City, the occupation forces arrested the young men, Saleh Abu Farha, Laith Ghaith, Mustafa Abu Ghazaleh, Wissam Sidr, Fahmy al-Salaymeh, and Ahmed Hamo, during a campaign they carried out in the town, especially the Bab Hatta neighborhood.

The young Jerusalemite, Muhammad Jaradat, from the town of Al-Ram, was arrested while he was passing through the Jaba checkpoint, north of occupied Jerusalem .

Last night, 6 citizens were injured during a major family quarrel , in which firearms were used, in the town of Urif , south of Nablus .

According to medical sources, the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment.

A security force arrived in the area and took control of the quarrel between two families.

As soon as the special undercover units infiltrated the outskirts of the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin , their affairs were revealed, and during the moments of the spread of the news, the resistance and the town's youth mobilized, to thwart the undercover plan, who used Palestinian vehicles, which were present in several main axes, to pounce on the resistance fighters when the military patrols stormed the area and liquidated or arrested them. .

Many residents recounted to Al-Quds.com that the continuous failure of the occupation and its security services to reach the wanted persons many times in their night operations, especially in Jenin and its camp, Jaba’, Qabatiya and others, prompted them to use the special units by setting up ambushes.

At dawn on Friday, citizens and activists circulated video clips of suspicious and exciting movements of vehicles carrying Palestinian license plates around the town of Qabatiya. Later, they used the tactic of not leaving the resistance fighters from their specific positions in the alleys and streets of the town to prevent falling into Israeli ambushes. .

The painful and shocking experiences that the occupation committed with its successive crimes prompted more caution and vigilance, and this is what happened in the Jenin camp during the month of Ramadan, which thwarted the operations and calculations of the occupation, and so it was in Qabatiya.

One of the resistance fighters told Al-Quds.com: "It became clear later that the special units set up an ambush, and as soon as they were discovered, the occupation sent reinforcements and support, to support the unit and expel it after violent confrontations broke out."

The young men and the resistance repelled the military patrols, which were subjected to heavy gunfire, and the throwing of explosive devices, which led to their immediate withdrawal, with the tails of disappointment after failing to reach those they call wanted.

Hospices and corners played an important role in the Muslim community, and they represented one of the important pillars for the upbringing of the Muslim youth religiously and socially, and the people of hospice throughout Islamic history had rules, and the lofts had their role in preserving the two religious duties of prayer and jihad in the early days of Islam, and the corners and hospitables were devoted to the benefit of those who devoted themselves to knowledge and memorizers The book of God, and many of the sheikhs of these corners were martyred during their resistance to the Mongol, Tatar and Crusader invasions, and the Sufis had their formations and their role within the Ottoman army itself, as hospices and corners became among most of the mosques that were built, so they used to live in their hospitations and corners wherever the army settled.

And some attribute the origin of the word “hospice” to “reclining”, which is the same meaning in the Turkish language, which means “skin”, which was used by the Sufis in hospices, and they made it their slogan as a symbol of asceticism and austerity. As for the idea of hospice itself, it appeared among the Mamluks in Egypt and the Levant The hospice spread under the name of the "khanqah", which was established by the sultans and princes to care for students of knowledge and those who stopped worshiping, and to provide them with the means of living inside it, including food, accommodation, and others.

During the Ottoman era, the hospice was distinguished from the Mamluk khanaqs, with its prominent role in managing the affairs of students, the poor, and wayfarers, as a kind of social solidarity that Islam commanded and encouraged by the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, as Islam left its clear mark on social and architectural life throughout the Islamic world.

The "Abouna Ibrahim" hospice or "Ibrahimi hospice" is considered one of the oldest hospices in Palestine. According to historians, the age of the hospice dates back to the year 1279, when it was established by Sultan Qalun al-Salihi during the time of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi. And the people of Hebron say that the history of the hospice (corner) dates back to the era of the Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him.

Hazem Mujahid, the director of the hospice, “ Our Master Ibrahim ” in Hebron, told Al-Quds.com: “The hospice is considered a beacon of the beacons of Hebron and Palestine, a manifestation of civilization and a symbol of social solidarity in Hebron and the generosity of its people. A few meters away from the hospice, whose name has been associated with him throughout the ages, and he was described as “Abu Al-Dhifan.” Peace be upon him, he used to eat only with a guest.

Mujahid added: "The hospice turned into a house for the poor, passers-by, and strangers, and it took its headquarters in the year 1279, when Al-Nasir Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi laid the foundation stone for the Abrahamic hospice in the same place, from the time of our master Abraham until today, while he endowed it with funds and real estate, to provide it with money and supplies to preserve its permanence." Her giving and her work, as in the past, soup was served to the arrivals to the city and its people, and it was distributed over three times, at the beginning of the day, in the afternoon, and in the afternoon, while the drum beats when distributing the third time daily.

Mujahid explained that work in the hospice is throughout the year, and there is no day off, and there are ten employees affiliated with the Ministry of Islamic Endowments who are dedicated to cooking and providing daily meals to everyone who visits the hospice. Preparing and distributing meals early before the summer heat intensified and set in for those coming to benefit from the Tekia, which is vegetable and meat meals on Mondays and Thursdays of each week, and on the rest of the days Ibrahim’s soup is served to families.

He continued, saying: "The number of beneficiaries from the hospice throughout the holy month of Ramadan is about 4,000 citizens, and on normal days about 2,000, from the residents of the old town and from the governorate, and visitors from all over the world come to eat in the hospice."

Mujahid stressed that the hospice has nothing to do with the zakat money, and said that it is part of the donations made by the men of Hebron and its families, and that the majority of those who benefit and depend on the hospice are the poor and the needy, and their number usually increases in the month of Ramadan, and given its privacy and the increase in the needs of families, especially the needy among them, we multiply The quantities of meals consisting of meat, poultry, vegetables, and bread, in addition to "Jaresha" soup and bread.

And he indicated that the hospice prepares daily 4 thousand full meals during the holy month of Ramadan, all of which are distributed and the work continues as long as there are those in need, and Mujahid estimated its daily cost as ranging between 11 to 15 thousand dinars per day, and in normal days, except for Ramadan, the cost and the number is reduced to half.

He explained that these sums and needs for the hospice are covered by donors and benefactors, and those who visit the hospice from the Islamic world, and the men and families of Hebron, and there are people and citizens from Hebron who take days from the month of Ramadan. To 15 thousand dinars, and he brings meat, rice and all the needs for the Tekkeh for that day, indicating that the Islamic Waqf is responsible for it administratively, salaries and operating expenses.

The director of the Ibrahimi Hospice indicates that the number of families benefiting from hot meals during the current month of Ramadan increases, compared to other months of the year, due to the severity of the destitution that afflicts the residents of the Old City and other neighborhoods.

Mujahid adds: "The majority of poor families who live in the Old City and near the Ibrahimi Mosque eat their food throughout the month of Ramadan from the hospice, as well as in non-Ramadan, as it is for them a haven and a source that they cannot do without, and on the day of distributing the lamb meat we feel happy and pleased and we see the smile on the faces of the children who cannot afford it." They eat meat all year round, except in Ramadan, and from the Tekkeh only.”

Mujahid drew attention to the distinctive taste of the Takiyeh cookery in Hebron, especially the soup, and said that the flavor is different from any soup or food, and God blesses it and gives it from the blessing of the place and the owner of the place, the father of the prophets, our master Ibrahim, peace be upon him.

The word "hospice", which is of Turkish origin, means a free restaurant.

Muhammad Abu Saleh, who worked as a teacher at the Ibrahimi Al-Sharif Mosque and author of the book "Al-Khalil... an Islamic Arab" says that the Islamic state in different eras cared about the hospice, just as the Ayyubids took care of it, and increased its bounties and interest in it.

Abu Saleh adds that the Ibrahimi hospice was used to put soup in it for the arrivals to the city and its people, and during the Fatimid period, "the necessary funds and annual allocations were allocated for the continuation of the hospice work, so the kings, sultans, army leaders of the villages and the many properties endowed the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Ibrahimi Hospice," adding that this is financing The waqf comes from its various sources, from Egypt, the Levant, Transjordan, and all over Palestine.

Abu Saleh points out that the Ibrahimi hospice was mentioned by travelers and tourists who visited Hebron since ancient times, including Ibn al-Fadl al-Omari, who visited Hebron in the year 745 AH, and Ibn Battuta who visited it in the year 725 AH. On Friday, it contains peppered rice, pomegranate seeds, and lentils every day, and on holidays, fancy foods are made.”

The hospice received great attention from the Islamic State in its various historical eras, beginning with the second Islamic conquest at the hands of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, when the Sultan commissioned 10 families in the city of Hebron to serve the Ibrahimi Mosque, and ordered that barley be given to the horses of those families to keep them in permanent bond until the day The Resurrection, he also established the endowment of the Ibrahimi hospice, which used to feed the arrivals to it, and the meal consisted of flatbread and soup, as the hospice used to consume 14 thousand loaves of bread per day, and sometimes the number reached 15 thousand loaves. The hospice continued its work in providing food to the arrivals to the city in the wars of 1948 and 1967, as it embraced thousands of Palestinians displaced by the occupation of their lands.

Abu Saleh explains that the hospice at the time of the Nakba used to cook more than 24 pots of food daily to feed the homeless Palestinians, who found a safe place in Hebron.

He mentioned that about five pots, each with a capacity of about 200 kilograms of vegetables and meat, are cooked daily and distributed to the poor and needy, and more than two hundred kilograms of wheat are cooked every day, which is boiled and cooked in a special way, and there are hundreds of families who benefit from it daily.

One of the hospice’s facilities was a large kitchen for dishisha (wheat soup), in addition to a number of mills that grind wheat, as well as a number of ovens that made flatbread that was served to guests and the surrounding population, as these ovens produced about fifteen thousand days during the Ayyubid period. Loaf distributed free of charge. During the Fatimid era, many real estate, farms, bakeries, and mills were endowed in favor of the Takiyeh, and the endowment documents of the Takiyeh were preserved in a box that was hidden in the shrine of our master Joseph, peace be upon him, inside the Ibrahimi Mosque.

Today (Saturday) the Yemeni government welcomed the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to revive the peace process in Yemen, following the visit of a Saudi delegation to Sana'a and its meetings with the Houthis , while the Arab Parliament and Egypt welcomed the prisoner exchange process between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group.

A statement by the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Republic of Yemen welcomes "the statement issued by the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regarding the visit of its team to Sana'a, headed by Ambassador Muhammad Al Jaber."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs praised "the Kingdom's continuous efforts to alleviate human suffering and revive the peace path in Yemen as an extension of its initiative announced in March 2021."

The Yemeni government "reaffirmed its support for the efforts of the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and all regional and international endeavors aimed at ending the coup, stopping the war and achieving a just and sustainable peace," according to the statement.

Last Saturday, a Saudi delegation arrived in Sana'a and held negotiations that lasted for six days with leaders of the Houthi group.

Yemen has been suffering from a bloody conflict between the government and the Houthis for more than eight years, while Saudi Arabia has led an Arab coalition against the Houthis in Yemen since 2015 in support of the internationally recognized government.

Today (Saturday), the Arab Parliament welcomed the launch of the prisoner exchange process between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group, under the auspices of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

In a statement, the Arab Parliament affirmed, in a statement, a copy of which was received by Xinhua News Agency, the importance of this step, which comes at an important time to work to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people, expressing its hope that it will be built upon to reach a comprehensive calm that puts Yemen on the path of stability. political, security and economic.

The prisoner exchange agreement between the two sides came in the wake of the reconciliation agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran, which was sponsored and sponsored by China.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian met in Beijing earlier this month, and witnessed the resumption of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

In the same context, Egypt today welcomed the start of the prisoner exchange process between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group, under the auspices of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
In a statement on its official page on the social networking site (Facebook), the Egyptian Foreign Ministry affirmed that the exchange of prisoners represents a positive and important step, which Egypt looks forward to building on to renew the armistice in Yemen, and advance the current efforts to reach a political settlement that leads to a comprehensive and sustainable peace.
And she stressed Egypt's full support for any efforts aimed at restoring security and stability in Yemen, preserving its unity and territorial integrity, and alleviating the humanitarian crises from which the Yemeni people suffer.
Earlier today (Saturday), the process of exchanging 370 prisoners between the Houthis and the Yemeni government began, in the second day of the process, which comes in implementation of the Switzerland agreement sponsored by the United Nations, which includes the release of 887 prisoners.

The spokesman for the government team in the prisoners' negotiations, Majid Fadayel, said in a press statement that the exchange process, on its second day, began this morning, as it will include the release of 370 prisoners.

Fadayel explained that the exchange process today will take place through 6 flights operated by the International Committee of the Red Cross from the airports of Sana'a and Mocha in Yemen and Abha and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Saturday, in Abu Dhabi , shortly after his arrival from China.

The Emirati president received his Brazilian counterpart at the Al Watan Presidential Palace in the capital, Abu Dhabi.
Officials said he was scheduled to attend a Ramadan iftar dinner and would leave early Sunday.

Lula arrived in the UAE earlier Saturday after a two-day visit to China, during which the two countries stressed their cooperation in the economic and diplomatic fields.
Lula returned to power in January after two presidential terms from 2003 to 2010.

He used the opportunity of the visit to China to stress that Brazil had "returned" to the international arena and hoped to play a mediating role in the conflict in Ukraine.

Unlike many Western powers, neither China nor Brazil nor the UAE imposed financial sanctions on Russia and is trying to play the role of mediator, while Beijing is under increasing international pressure to influence Moscow and push it to the negotiating table.

According to the Emirates News Agency, Brazil has "great importance (...) based on Brazil's presence and political and economic importance, whether in its regional environment or at the global level."

The UAE is Brazil's second largest trading partner in the Middle East, and the total value of intra-non-oil trade amounted to more than $4 billion in 2022, with a growth rate of 32 percent compared to 2021.

The UAE represents "a basic trade gateway and a starting point for Brazil to the promising markets in the region, due to its advanced infrastructure in the transport and logistics sector," according to the agency.

The UAE is also looking forward to "taking advantage of the promising investment and commercial opportunities in the Brazilian market - the largest market in Latin America."

On Saturday evening, demonstrations against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu and its plan to weaken the judiciary and the " Supreme Court " were renewed, for the fifteenth week in a row.

Tens of thousands demonstrated in Tel Aviv and many intersections and towns against the Netanyahu government and the plan to weaken the judiciary and undermine the powers of the Supreme Court.

The police sent reinforced forces to Netanya to prevent violent incidents in the wake of the two counter-demonstrations.

Thousands demonstrated in Haifa and on Street 65 at the "Karkur" junction. A demonstration was also organized in front of the house of the Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin, in Modi'in. The Israeli police announced the closure of many streets to traffic, coinciding with the protests.

Today's protests came a day after Moody's announced the reduction of Israel's credit rating from "positive to stable" while keeping it at the level defined as "a1", against a backdrop linked to the Netanyahu government's plan to weaken the judiciary and undermine the Supreme Court.

This is the first time that Israel's credit rating has decreased since the period that witnessed the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, as a year after the rating reached "positive", the agency's decision came to return it to "stable".

The Netanyahu government seeks to make radical amendments to the legal and judicial systems, to almost completely eliminate the Supreme Court's authority for judicial review, and to give the government an automatic majority in the judges' selection committee, which a wide segment of Israelis sees as "targeting democracy and undermining the judicial system."

Although Netanyahu announced the suspension of voting on the amendments in the Israeli "Knesset", under the weight of the escalating protests in the Israeli street, the organizers of the protest demonstrations saw in this announcement an attempt by the government to contain the protests, and demanded the cancellation of the plan to completely weaken the judiciary.

The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas , held a Ramadan Iftar for the various segments of our Palestinian people, at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.

The breakfast was attended by members of the Palestinian leadership , Muslim and Christian clerics, a number of ambassadors and consuls accredited to the State of Palestine, members of the government, leaders of the security services, families of martyrs, prisoners and wounded, judges, academics, journalists and businessmen.

His Excellency said, We congratulate you and our Palestinian people and all believers in the world on these blessed days of the blessed month of Ramadan, and the approaching Eid Al-Fitr and the Glorious Day of Resurrection, which are religious and national occasions for our people.

His Excellency continued: We all salute the mother of the martyrs and the mother of the heroic prisoners, the mother of Nasser Abu Hamid, who presented the martyrs and prisoners and even her home that was demolished by the Israeli occupation authorities.

The President added that the presence of all of our people, in all its segments, under the umbrella of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the flag of the State of Palestine, in these delicate circumstances that our cause is going through, clearly expresses the great responsibility placed upon us to enhance steadfastness, survival and struggle for Jerusalem and Palestine. Let's get to the path of freedom and independence.

And His Excellency continued, in these blessed days, we call on all our people to stand together to face the challenges facing our cause, our land and our sanctities, and focus our compass towards confronting the occupation and getting rid of it.

The President paid tribute to our honorable martyrs, our heroic prisoners, and our brave wounded, praising the steadfastness of our people in the refugee camps in the homeland and in the diaspora, and our people in Jerusalem, Gaza and everywhere, reiterating the pledge to preserve our national constants that were taken by our brothers before, led by the martyr Yasser Arafat . We will not back down from it and we will continue our national march until the end of the Israeli occupation of the land of the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, the return of the Palestinian refugees and the release of all prisoners.

His Excellency pointed out that the United Nations will celebrate for the first time, on the fifteenth of next May, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Nakba of the Palestinian people, in its corridors, and Palestinians everywhere are required to commemorate this memory, because it is the first time that they do not deny our Nakba.

The president added, commemorating the Nakba must be at the top of our priorities in order to preserve our narrative, which we must adhere to and convey to the whole world, which has become a shining truth with which we confront all lies and false narratives that attempt to distort history and facts.

His Excellency touched on the latest political developments, stressing the firm Palestinian position adhering to international legitimacy as a basis for resolving our national issue and ending the Israeli occupation of the land of the State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

His Excellency said: What we witnessed today in terms of attacks on our people celebrating the "Sabbath of Light" in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in occupied Jerusalem, which was preceded by attacks on worshipers in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the desecration of its courtyards, is something condemned and rejected, and it reveals the falsity of the occupation, which claims to allow freedom of worship in Holy places, and His Excellency affirmed that Jerusalem, with its Islamic and Christian sanctities, is a red line, and we will not accept an attack on worshipers in Al-Aqsa and the Day of Resurrection.

In conclusion, Muhammad Baraka delivered a speech on behalf of the audience, in which he thanked His Excellency for this inclusive invitation to all segments of Palestinian society, stressing the importance of such calls in strengthening Palestinian national unity.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said, this evening, Saturday, that all members of the Palestinian community and civilian and military students studying in Sudan are safe.

The Political Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ambassador Ahmed Al-Deek , explained that the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Sudan follows up on their situation around the clock to check on them and guide them with directives that preserve their security and safety, and ensure their continuous communication with the embassy.

A Saudi Arabian Airlines passenger plane was damaged by gunfire Saturday at the airport in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum , which is witnessing fierce fighting, the Saudi national airline announced.

And the "Saudi Arabia" company said that the Airbus A330 plane "was exposed to gunfire at Khartoum International Airport while it was preparing for the return flight ... with the crew and guests on board heading to Riyadh this morning, as it was damaged."

The company did not report any casualties, explaining that "it was confirmed that all members of the plane's crew had arrived at the embassy in Sudan."

The statement added, "The planes that were in the air (over Sudan) were returned and flights to and from Sudan were suspended in order to preserve the safety of the guests and the flight crew."

On Saturday, clashes erupted between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, especially at Khartoum Airport, killing at least three civilians.

Today, Saturday, heavily armed settlers attacked citizens while they were on their lands and grazing their livestock, and the occupation forces arrested citizens in the town of Yatta , south of Hebron .

Ratib al-Jabour, coordinator of the Popular Committees to Resist the Wall and Settlements in South Hebron, said that a group of settlers, under the protection of the occupation soldiers, attacked citizens and herders of livestock and threw stones at them in the village of Umm al-Khair and the two ruins of al-Thala and al-Kharouba in the town of Yatta, causing bruises and bruises to a number of them.

The occupation forces also arrested two citizens, whose identities were not known, and took them to an unknown destination.

Today, Saturday, a citizen from the town of Halhul , north of Hebron , was wounded after stones were thrown at his vehicle near the village of Al-Jabaa, southwest of Bethlehem.

The head of Al-Jabaa village council, Dhiab Mashaleh, stated that a group from the "Beit Ayin" settlement, which is located on the citizens' lands, threw the citizen's vehicle, Saad Doda , near the eastern entrance to the village, which led to the windshield shattering and hitting him with a stone in the head. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

It is noteworthy that settlers escalated their attacks on citizens and their property in Bethlehem governorate, by throwing at citizens' homes and vehicles, creating a state of panic and fear.

From the Yucatán Peninsula , the cradle of Mayan culture in southeastern Mexico , Santos Toz uses TikTok to teach young people the language his ancestors have spoken for centuries.

The 21-year-old from the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatán discovered his calling to keep his ancestral vocabulary alive during the COVID-19 lockdowns three years ago.

His TikTok account (@tuzsantos322) has more than 343 thousand followers and 3.1 million likes.

In one of his videos, Santos Toze asks his followers, "Something green on the outside and yellow on the inside, what is it?"

"We're talking about the avocado, which in the Mayan language is called +en," answers Tuz, wearing an embroidered shirt and white hat, traditional Yucatan clothing.

Like many of their peers, his teenage sisters have a very limited knowledge of the language, Tuz told AFP.

"I realized that many young people have stopped speaking Maya. However, they speak it in their homes. Why? Because they are afraid. It's not that they are ashamed. They are afraid of being discriminated against," he says.

The Mayan language is spoken by 860,000 people, the majority of whom are in the Yucatan Peninsula, making it the second most widely spoken indigenous language after Nahuatl, according to official figures.

About 7.3 million Mexicans, or 6.1 percent of the population, speak an indigenous language.

Toz reveals that when he was a child, schools prohibited admission of students who only spoke the Mayan language.

Although public education is officially bilingual in Yucatán, teaching of the indigenous language is just beginning.

"Parents have started to stop teaching their children the Mayan language for fear of rejection," added Tuz, who shares linguistic knowledge with his students on his own initiative.

Introducing the language through social media was also not easy at first.
Tuz faced ridicule and criticism, but he also received letters from people who were happy to follow him, including old people who regretted not speaking the language of their ancestors.

And Tuz has followers in regions far from his home state, such as the United States, Canada and Australia.
Tuz records his videos with a cell phone, camera and tripod given to him as a gift by a DCN creator from the United States.

His videos are short and colourful, and he sometimes shoots them in the countryside, at his home, visiting a historical site or tasting a typical indigenous dish.

Coming from a low-income family, Tuz has just started earning money from his videos.

Although he often receives requests from followers to take selfies, he does not consider himself a full-time influencer.

Today, Saturday evening, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a citizen from Khirbet Dra’ Awwad in the northern Jordan Valley .

Human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh said that the occupation forces stormed the area and arrested Mohammed Adnan Salameen.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva began a visit to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, after a trip to China aimed at strengthening economic relations with the main trading partner.

The Emirates News Agency said that he was received upon his arrival at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Al Mazrouei , and that he will meet later with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan .

Lule, who returned to power in January after two terms as president from 2003 to 2010, made a two-day visit to China to boost economic ties.

He used the opportunity of the visit to stress that Brazil had "returned" to the international arena and hoped to play a mediating role in the conflict in Ukraine.

Unlike many Western powers, neither China nor Brazil nor the UAE imposed financial sanctions on Russia and is trying to play the role of mediator, while Beijing is under increasing international pressure to influence Moscow and push it to the negotiating table.

According to the Emirates News Agency, Brazil has "great importance (...) based on Brazil's presence and political and economic importance, whether in its regional environment or at the global level."

The UAE is Brazil's second largest trading partner in the Middle East, and the total value of non-oil intra-trade reached more than $4 billion in 2022, with a growth rate of 32 percent compared to 2021.

The UAE represents "a basic trade gateway and a starting point for Brazil to the promising markets in the region, due to its advanced infrastructure in the transport and logistics sector," according to the agency.

The UAE is also looking forward to "taking advantage of the promising investment and commercial opportunities in the Brazilian market - the largest market in Latin America."

The White House announced that US President Joe Biden will receive his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro for the first time in Washington next week.

Washington said in a statement that the two presidents will meet on April 20 to discuss issues of mutual interest such as global warming, migration and drug trafficking.

The announcement of the visit came while the FBI included one of the leaders of the last rebel movement in Colombia, the National Liberation Army, on the list of the ten most wanted persons, on charges of drug trafficking.

The US State Department offered $5 million for any information related to Wilver Viejas-Palomino.

Petro's government is conducting peace negotiations with the National Liberation Army.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement that Palomino's inclusion in the list of the ten most wanted "enhances our country's partnership with Colombia to combat terrorism and the spread of dangerous drugs in the United States and around the world."

Gustavo Petro, who was elected in June 2022, promised during his campaign to resume peace negotiations with armed groups boycotted by his conservative predecessor, and to end the "war on drugs" policy.

Bogota believes that the visit of the left-wing Colombian president to Washington constitutes "a basis for strengthening relations between Colombia and the United States."

Yesterday, dozens of representatives of institutions, forces and factions in Nablus governorate participated in a stand in front of the Nablus municipality building, denouncing the burning of the vehicle of a member of the municipal council , Moayad Dweikat , by unknown persons at dawn on Friday.

During the vigil, many speeches were delivered condemning this attack and calling for the speedy detection of the perpetrators to quell discord and protect the social fabric.

The Mayor of Nablus, Sami Hijjawi, said that this attack came at a time when the city of Nablus is exposed to the daily violations of the occupation and the rise of martyrs.

He added that this stand carries a message to everyone who seeks to sow discord, that we will stand as a bulwark in front of him.

He called on the security services to make every effort to reach the perpetrators, detect them and hold them accountable as soon as possible so that these attacks do not recur.

A member of the Board of Directors of the Nablus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yassin Dweikat, said that the chamber considers this incident an attack on civil peace in Nablus, and a destabilization of societal stability there.

He called on the security services to expedite the disclosure of the circumstances of the incident and previous incidents in the governorate, and to hold the perpetrators accountable and bring them to justice.

In a speech, the Dweikat clan considered the attack on its son "a despicable crime practiced by bats of darkness in an attempt to sow discord and strike at the solid social fabric."

She said that she looks seriously at the increase in attacks on citizens' property, and urged the security establishment to make every effort to uncover the perpetrators and bring them to justice so that they can serve as an example to others.

And saluted all the institutions and factions that expressed their rejection of this attack, which blocks the way for anyone who tries to tamper with the foundations of the value system.

In the speech of the Factional Coordination Committee and the Institutions and Events Committee, Nasr Abu Jaish called for strengthening and preserving the home front, and this is a priority.

He warned that they would not remain idle in front of the recurrence of these attacks, calling on the governor and the security establishment to take strict measures against those who tamper with the social fabric and the citizen's security.

Today, Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that it had received a complaint from a female citizen, which included an allegation that an x-ray technician in a private hospital in Bethlehem harassed her while taking x-rays after she was admitted to the hospital as a result of a traffic accident on March 2, 2023.

The Ministry indicated that it does not underestimate this type of complaints, and it considered them very seriously. Therefore, immediately after the complaint was received, the Minister of Health formed an investigation committee to find out about the complaint and investigate it. The committee presented the results of its work and recommendations to the Minister of Health, and the Palestinian Public Prosecution and the Independent Commission for Human Rights Human copies of findings and recommendations.

She indicated that on April 14, 2023, the complainant posted a video clip on her Facebook page, in which she recounted what she says happened to her inside the hospital, in addition to what happened during her interview by the investigation committee formed by the Minister of Health. The complainant’s speech in the video included: Questioning the committee, its integrity and its results.

The Ministry said, out of its keenness to preserve the dignity, rights and honor of patients and all male and female citizens, whether within governmental, private or private health facilities, and to ensure the existence of a safe environment within health facilities, and to expose the Palestinian public, and work to bring out the full truth, it calls for the formation of an impartial investigation committee. As soon as possible, it includes the Journalists Syndicate (the complainant is a journalist), the Independent Commission for Human Rights, civil society organizations concerned with women’s rights, a representative of the complainant, and a representative of the Radiology Syndicate, and that the committee seek the assistance of any party it deems appropriate and important to reveal the truth.

The commander of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan , Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, known as "Hemedti", whose forces are fighting battles against the regular army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said that he will not stop the fighting until he controls all the army bases.

In statements over the phone to Al-Jazeera, Hamidti affirmed, "We will not stop until we take control of all the army's positions (...) I cannot determine when the fighting will end, as the war is hit-and-run."

Three civilians were killed in the battles that erupted between the army, led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, led by his former ally, who became his staunch enemy, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, known as "Hemedti."

"Two people were killed at Khartoum Airport," the Doctors Syndicate said in a statement on Facebook, and another person was killed in El-Obeid (North Kordofan, in central Sudan). The union added that at least nine people were wounded, including an army officer, in Omdurman.

On Saturday, the United Nations Special Envoy to Sudan, Volker Peretz, called on the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for an "immediate" halt to the fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere in the country, as the conflict between their two leaders turned into a guerrilla war in the morning.

A statement issued by the United Nations Mission in Sudan stated that "Mr. Peretz contacted the two parties to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities for the safety of the Sudanese people and to spare the country more violence."

Algerian -born French singer Enrico Macias rejects the idea of retiring despite being over eighty-four. The artist, who managed during a 60-year career to make Arab-Andalusian music popular in France, asserts that the "hope" to return to his motherland will remain.

"What I love most in the world is being a singer, playing music and being on stage!" the owner of Gens du Nord and Mandiant de l'amour said in an interview with Agence France-Presse.

"I'm glad I'm still here. I wake up in the morning, give interviews, give concerts... If it weren't for all of that, I would have finished," Macías, who is performing Sunday in Paris, adds.

He continues, "I have been singing for peace and fraternity for 60 years. I am happy and above all grateful for God's providence that has enabled me to live to the age of 84 and a half years, and to continue to be on stage (...). The audience gives me energy. It is the audience that keeps me alive." life and keep singing.

As the artist, whose songs numbered 150, thanked his fans, he addressed his fans, saying, "You must constantly maintain hope, and never give up in the face of life's difficulties."

The Jewish singer, who was forced in 1961 to leave his hometown, the Algerian city of Constantine, after the assassination of his father-in-law, "Sheikh" Raymond Leiris during the War of Independence, remembers that the music that Leiris taught him and the success he achieved helped him "heal from the trauma and difficulties" he experienced.

Macías, who was named “Ambassador-at-Large of Peace” by the United Nations in 1997, recounts, “I spent all my youth in the midst of violence. When I arrived in France I was, and still am, an orphan of the motherland, without revenge or hatred.” countries) is a perfect epitome of peace and brotherhood among human beings.

After moving to Paris, Gaston Grenacia, born on December 13, 1938, took the stage name Enrico Macías, in the midst of the “ye-ye” music wave, which means quoting hit songs in English into French.

Macias' first singles Paris, tu m'as pris dans tes bras ("Paris, you took me in your arms"), Les filles de mon pays ("My girls") and "Boi boui boui" soon became hits.

Macías was thirty when he sang at Carnegie Hall in New York, before performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London three years later.

"I never planned my success or my career," says Macías. "My drug is music, it runs in my veins, in my heart. I want to sing as much as I can, until my last breath."

A few years ago, singers of the new generation, such as Carla Bruni, Cali, Corneille and Natasha Saint-Pierre, honored him by performing his most prominent songs. Enrico continues to follow new talents, and believes that "talent consists in presenting something special and new, and the most important thing is that the audience loves him."

Enrico Macías turned away several times from returning to Algeria in light of the rejection of Algerian politicians who blamed him for his support for Israel. "I will still have hope," he said. "If I am destined to return to Algeria with what is left for me, I will not refuse."

Visiting US President Joe Biden has announced his intention to run for president again, the Irish National Broadcasting Corporation (RTE) reported today (Saturday).

Before leaving Ireland at midnight Friday, Biden told reporters that he had made his decision to run for a second term and would make an official campaign announcement soon.

Biden arrived in Dublin on Wednesday for a three-day official visit, during which he met his Irish counterpart Michael D. Higgins and held talks with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.

Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested three citizens from the city of Jenin .

According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested the two young men, Alaa Youssef and Jihad Abu Bakr, while they were passing through the Beit Furik military checkpoint, east of Nablus, and confiscated their vehicle, while they arrested the young man, Aboud Abu Bakr, from the town of Ya`bad, while he was in occupied Jerusalem.

They also stormed villages southwest of Jenin.

Detainees’ institutions ( the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs , the Prisoner’s Club , Addameer Association for Prisoner Care and Human Rights , and Wadi Hilweh Center – Jerusalem) said that the occupation authorities continue to detain about (4,900) prisoners, including (31) female prisoners, and ( 160 children, including a girl, under the age of 18, in addition to more than 1,000 administrative detainees, including 6 children and two families, namely (Raghad Al-Fani and Rawda Abu Ajamia).

In a report she prepared today, Saturday, on the occasion of Prisoner’s Day, which falls on Monday, 17 April, the only variable that exists is that the occupation authorities and their various apparatuses have worked to develop more tools of abuse, and deepen their violations through the structure of violence aimed at Depriving the Palestinian prisoner of his efficacy and undermining any escalating struggle against him with the aim of determining his fate and protecting his human rights.

The number of old prisoners arrested before the signing of the Oslo Accords is 23, the oldest of whom is the prisoner Muhammad al-Tus, who has been detained since 1985. In addition, there are (11) prisoners who were liberated in the “prisoner exchange” deal, who were re-arrested by the occupation, and they are among the old prisoners who were arrested since Before (Oslo), they were released in 2011 and re-arrested in 2014, most notably the prisoner Nael Al-Barghouti, who is serving the longest period of detention in the history of the captive movement, and who entered his 43rd year in the occupation prisons, of which he spent 34 years continuously, and the number of prisoners who spent more than 20 About 400 prisoners, who are known as “deans of prisoners,” in addition to dozens of freedmen who were re-arrested in 2014, and spent more than 20 years in two terms.

While the number of prisoners who were sentenced to life imprisonment reached (554) prisoners, and the highest prisoner sentence among them is the prisoner Abdullah Al-Barghouti, whose term is (67) life imprisonment, and the number of martyrs of the captive movement: it reached (236) martyrs, since 1967, in addition to hundreds of The prisoners died after their liberation from diseases they inherited from prisons.

As for the number of martyred prisoners whose bodies are held, it has reached 12 martyrs, who are: Anis Doula, who was martyred in Ashkelon prison in 1980, Aziz Owaisat since 2018, Faris Baroud, Nassar Taqatqa, Bassam Al-Sayeh, and three of them were martyred during 2019, Saadi Al-Gharabli, and Kamal Abu Waar during the year 2020, the prisoner Sami Al-Amour, who was martyred in 2021, the prisoner Dawood Al-Zubaidi, who was martyred in 2022, and Muhammad Maher Turkman, who rose during the year 2022 in the hospitals of the occupation, in addition to the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, who was martyred in December 2022, and the detainee Wadih Abu Symbols who slept in occupation hospitals on January 28, 2023.

The number of sick prisoners is more than (700) prisoners suffering from diseases of various degrees, and they need intensive follow-up and health care, including at least 24 prisoners and detainees who have cancer and tumors of varying degrees. The most difficult of these cases today is the case of the prisoner leader Walid Daqqa, who has been detained for 37 years And the prisoner, Asif Al-Rifai.

The reality of arrests since the beginning of this year

Since the beginning of this year, the competent institutions have recorded about 2,300 cases of arrest, as arrests constitute the most consistent and systematic policy targeting all segments of Palestinian society. The number of children arrested since the beginning of this year has reached more than (350), most of them from Jerusalem, while the number of women and girls has Those who were arrested (40).

The rate of arrests in Jerusalem is the highest compared to the rest of the West Bank governorates, as arrests during the past year exceeded more than 3,000 cases out of 7,000 arrests from all over the Palestinian territory, and the high pace of arrests has not actually stopped since the beginning of this year, as more than 1,200 cases of arrest in Jerusalem and its towns, in addition to arrests, house arrest, deportation, imposition of taxes, fines, compensation, home demolitions, seizure of funds of families of prisoners inside occupation prisons, and ex-prisoners, with the aim of fighting the Palestinian presence and displacing the indigenous population from Jerusalem.

The crime of arbitrary administrative detention was also the most prominent crime that the occupation authorities escalated its implementation, which mainly aims to undermine any effective and current struggle. The number of detainees exceeded more than a thousand, and this percentage is the highest since 2003, which affected children, women, and the elderly. And patients, as the number of administrative detainees among children reached (6) children, and two families, namely (Raghad Al-Fani and Rawda Abu Ajamiyyah), noting that the number of arrest warrants issued under the pretext of having a (confidential file) has reached more than (860) since the beginning of this year. ) an order, emphasizing that the majority of administrative detainees are former prisoners who spent years in the occupation prisons.

Racial legislation and laws

The occupation system, at all levels, escalated the targeting of prisoners, through several tools, including: the enactment of racist laws and legislation affecting the fate of prisoners and their families, the most prominent of which was: a bill to execute prisoners who carried out resistance operations against the occupation, in addition to the law to revoke citizenship and residency from Jerusalemite prisoners and liberators and from lands occupied in 1948, and this was not the first racist legislation, but the occupation legislated over the years a number of dangerous racist laws, targeting prisoners.

The reality of the prisoners inside the occupation prisons

As for the reality of the prisoners inside the occupation prisons, the occupation authorities, led by the Occupation Prisons Administration, continued to implement their consistent and systematic policies against male and female prisoners, including child prisoners, most notably the crime of medical negligence (slow killing), which today constitutes the most prominent of these crimes, and he was the last victim of medical negligence. The martyr Ahmed Abu Ali from Hebron, who was martyred in February of this year.

The number of sick prisoners in the occupation prisons is more than 700, including 24 prisoners who suffer from cancer and tumors of various degrees, the most prominent of which is the case of the prisoner Walid Daqqa, who has been detained for 37 years, and who suffers from a rare cancer that affects the bone marrow known as (myelofibrosis), as a result of a crime. Medical negligence, Daqqa recently suffered several successive health setbacks, and was transferred, after demands from the prisoners, to Barzilai Hospital, with a serious health condition to this day, in addition to the case of the prisoner, Asif Al-Rifai, in which the cancer reached an advanced stage.

In addition to these policies, the policy of solitary confinement, which has escalated significantly since 2021 until today, specifically after the "Freedom Tunnel" operation, and the number of prisoners facing solitary confinement today is about (35), including sick prisoners suffering from mental and chronic health diseases. Among them is the prisoner Ahmed Manasra, who the occupation continues to detain and isolate despite his serious health and psychological condition. We also mention here the oldest isolated prisoners in the occupation prisons, the prisoner Muhammad Khalil, who has been facing solitary confinement for more than 15 years.

In addition to these policies, the operations of breaking into prisoner sections and abuse of them. Since late last year and at the beginning of this year, many incursions into prisoner sections have been recorded in several prisons, and they have actually escalated compared to the months preceding November 2022, and reached their intensity at the end of November 2022. January of this year, when several raids were recorded in one day, and collective punishments were imposed on the prisoners, including a mass isolation process.

The occupation authorities also continued to put obstacles in the way of visits to the families of prisoners, depriving thousands of their family members, or depriving prisoners (as a punishment) imposed on them, or because of their partisan affiliation, as is the case with dozens of prisoners from Gaza, where the prison administration deliberately turns any right into a tool to impose further measures. Abuse of the prisoners, and it never stopped (developing) tools to obstruct the visits of the prisoners, and the abuse of the families of the prisoners.

Over the course of February and until March 22 of this year, the prisoners carried out a series of protest steps, represented by daily disobedience steps that affected all aspects of detention life, in rejection of the set of measures announced by the extremist Minister of National Security "Ben Ghafir" against the prisoners. Many details were targeted, including the amount of water the prisoners are allowed to use, the hours of showering, and bread.

Indeed, after a confrontation that lasted for 37 days, the prisoners were able, in agreement with the Prisons Administration, to push it to retract its announced measures. However, this does not mean that it stopped many of the policies of abuse against the prisoners, which have become part of the Israeli prison system.

An-Najah National University obtained a renewal of the UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Water Resources Management. In appreciation of her tireless and fruitful efforts in ensuring the sustainability of water resources, by promoting scientific research and developing the competencies and capabilities of workers in the water sector, in addition to coordinating scientific and research efforts in the water sector and strengthening Palestinian and international cooperative relations in the field of water resources sustainability.

And bless A.D. Abdel Nasser Zaid, President of the University, took this step, and confirmed that An-Najah University continues to strengthen the active Palestinian presence in specialized international organizations and important platforms.

He stressed that this renewal embodies the concepts of sustainability that the university constantly seeks to adopt through its applied, scientific and research programmes, centers and projects.

He pointed to the continuation of the university's achievement of Arab and international achievements, the latest of which was its rank first in the Arab world and fifth in the world in the classification of higher education. (HE Higher Education Ranking)

Dr. explained. Anan Al-Jayyousi, holder of the chair, said that this achievement is the culmination of the efforts made by the administration of An-Najah University in the field of sustainable management, and indicates that the university pays great attention to water because of its great importance to the Palestinian reality. He referred to the development goals that the chair seeks to achieve, represented by strengthening management Integrated water resources, employing modern research and technology in developing and improving water services for the Palestinian society.

It is worth noting that UNESCO Chairs are established in Member States in order to develop research and academic programs in specific fields, and to build contacts and strengthen partnerships in them at the local, regional and international levels.

The renewal of the UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Water Resources Management is an affirmation of An-Najah National University's vision and its commitment to achieving the sustainable development goals approved by the United Nations.

A ninth person was found dead on Saturday under the rubble of an apartment building in Sloviansk , in eastern Ukraine, that was bombed the day Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law facilitating the call-up of young people to serve in the ranks of the army.

"Unfortunately, during the night, the death toll increased. Rescuers pulled the body of a woman from under the rubble," wrote the head of the Sloviansk military department, Vadim Liakh, on Facebook.

He pointed out that five people are still trapped under the rubble, while 21 people were injured. An earlier toll reported that at least eight people were killed.

Among the victims was a two-year-old boy who was pulled alive from the rubble by rescue personnel before he breathed his last in the ambulance, according to what was confirmed by the advisor to the Ukrainian President, Daria Zarevna, on Telegram.

Sloviansk is located in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region, but is close to Russian-controlled territory.

On Friday, the city was targeted, according to the Ukrainian presidency, with seven missiles that destroyed five buildings, five homes, a school and an administrative building.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of "brutally" bombing residential buildings and "killing people in broad daylight".
The Donetsk region prosecutor's office said in a statement that a preliminary investigation had been opened for violations of the laws and rules of war.

"According to preliminary information, the occupiers used S-300 anti-aircraft missiles against the civilian population," the statement said.
Agence France-Presse correspondents saw rescuers searching for survivors on the last floor of an apartment building and black smoke billowing from the burning houses across the street.

"I live across the street and I was sleeping when I heard a loud explosion," Larissa, 59, told AFP.

In Moscow, on Friday, Putin signed a law facilitating the call-up of young people to serve in the army, in a text approved by Parliament in just two days.

The new law allows reservists to be mobilized electronically, through the portal of Russian government institutions, or when the summon order is notified to another person, after the summon order should have been delivered to the person personally.

In September 2022, Putin issued a decree mobilizing 300,000 reservists, the implementation of which was, for the most part, messy.
The new law has sparked discontent among some residents who find it paves the way for a new wave of conscription despite the Kremlin's denials, as Russia struggles with its offensive into Ukraine and the Ukrainian army prepares a massive counter-offensive.

The police will be able to hunt down those who fail to respond to the summons and who may be sentenced to imprisonment, and the tax department, universities and other public bodies have a duty to provide personal information about the mobilization soldiers.

Consequently, failure to apply to the recruitment office will deprive the Russians concerned of working in the field of business or in liberal professions, obtaining loans, and the freedom to control their homes and cars. These measures also include Russians who have fled work and are working remotely.

The conscription movement in September 2022 caused tens of thousands of Russians to flee abroad.

The bombing of Sloviansk came after Russia announced on Friday that its forces were fighting battles to control the western regions of Bakhmut, where fighting has been raging for months.

And on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that fighters from the Wagner armed group are advancing towards the city, with the support of the Russian Air Force.

"The Wagner offensive units are engaged in intensive combat operations to take control of the western areas of the city," the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The statement indicated that the Russian airborne forces "support the offensive teams and curb the enemy's attempts to deliver ammunition to the city and involve reserve elements."

Ukraine pledged to continue to defend Bakhmut. But on the ground, Ukrainian sources told AFP near the city that the Ukrainian army was in a "difficult" situation.

On the diplomatic level, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called on the United States to stop "encouraging war" in Ukraine and start "talking about peace."

He added that the international community could then "convince" Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that "peace is in the interest of the whole world."

American policemen killed a man in his home, only to find out later that they had knocked on the door of the wrong house in Farmington , New Mexico, according to video footage published Friday.

On the 5th of April, the police received a call about domestic violence at House No. 5308 on Valley View Blvd. However, a three-man patrol knocked several times on the door of House No. 5305 and confirmed that they were from the police.

Video footage released by the New Mexico State Police showed a man named Robert Dotson who, according to the police, opened the door to House #5305 with a gun in his hand, and was promptly shot.

Although the patrol contacted police headquarters to confirm the address, the police said that at this stage they are unable to explain why the officers went to the wrong address.

Scenes later showed Robert Dotson's wife standing at the entrance door and new gunshots were heard. The police said that this woman shot the two policemen.

The names of the two policemen have not been revealed yet, and they are on paid leave until the end of the investigation.

Local police chief Steve Heap said in a statement that all police agencies were aware of the "seriousness" of the case.

"As the police chief, I would like to express how sorry this tragedy has happened," he added.

About 40 percent of American households own a gun, according to the Pew Research Center.

Last year, about 44,000 gunshot deaths were recorded in the United States, half of these cases were in homicides, accidents, or self-defense cases, and the other half were related to suicides, according to the Gun Violence Archives.

On Friday, the US state of Montana passed a law banning TikTok , which may strengthen the will of the United States to completely block the popular platform of the Chinese “ByteDance” group, although the possibilities of its implementation in its current text seem unlikely.

SB419 passed by a vote of 54-43, but it still has to be approved by the Republican governor of this northwest state, which has a population of just over 1 million.

Like many members of Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties, Montana representatives believe that the platform used by 150 million Americans to watch short and entertaining videos allows Beijing to spy on and manipulate users.

The text requires mobile app stores (for devices running Apple's and Google's operating systems) to stop making TikTok available as of January 1, 2024.

With this, Montana became the first US state to pass a law banning TikTok. However, it is certain that the text will face a judicial challenge, and therefore it is unlikely that it will be applied in its current form.

"The constitutionality of this provision will be decided in the courts. We will continue to fight for TikTok users and content creators in Montana," a spokeswoman for the app said before the vote.

On Thursday, Republican Representative Brandon Lear accused China of wanting to hack “our data and intellectual property,” saying that “the time has come to confront the Chinese and ban TikTok” because of the danger this application poses to “health and safety, especially among the younger ones.”

"TikTok allows and encourages dangerous challenges, like throwing things at moving vehicles or overusing drugs," Lear added.

Democratic lawmakers opposed to the new law said during its debate on Thursday that many of the criticisms directed at TikTok regarding data privacy, spreading misinformation, or harmful health effects (such as addiction and depression), also apply to all social networks.

Zoe Zephyr, a Democratic representative from Montana, said, "There is a big gap between the serious challenges associated with this issue (...) and the lack of experience in this House."

She noted that Montana residents will still be able to download the application simply by approaching the border with neighboring states or by using virtual private networks (VPNs) that allow access to Internet services from servers registered in other locations.

"Banning TikTok is unconstitutional in terms of freedom of expression, unenforceable because it excludes ISPs and VPNs, and is driven by provisions of the law," ACLU's local branch official, the influential civil rights advocacy organization Keegan Medrano, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. anti-Chinese prejudices.

The text mentions the fines imposed on the violating companies, but not on the users. Apple and Google did not immediately respond to AFP's questions.

And the law will be nullified if TikTok is acquired from a country that is not considered an enemy of the United States.

The White House finally encouraged TikTok to search for this type of solution by seeking to conclude an acquisition deal for an American company, if it wanted to stay in the United States.

Trade and political tensions with China have fueled, for months, growing wariness of US officials and public opinion towards the Chinese government.

Flying a supposed Chinese spy balloon in February, especially over Montana, didn't help.

"I don't know if this law would have been passed had it not happened," said Andrew Celebak, a professor specializing in media at the University of Florida.

The Joe Biden administration is discussing several bills with Congress to ban the application, including a law called the "Restrict Act" ("Restriction Act").

But this latest provision, unlike the law adopted in Montana, goes much further than banning TikTok, according to Andrew Celebak, as it "gives more powers to the government to monitor the activities of Americans on social networks."

"I think that law proposals that focus solely on TikTok are more likely to succeed," Celebak explains.

TikTok has for years denied accusations of spying on its users for China.

Company president Xu Qiu, who testified before Congress in March, highlighted the means used by TikTok to store all US user data exclusively within the United States.

"We don't believe you," Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of a powerful parliamentary committee, told him. "ByteDance owes allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party, and ByteDance and TikTok are two sides of the same coin," she said.

The blessed month of Ramadan is nearing its end, while the nostalgia of the people of Nablus and its suburbs remains for the sound of the Ramadan cannon , which was silenced by the occupation for decades, replacing the sound of joy and joy with the advent of Ramadan and the dates of Iftar and Suhoor, with the sound of bullets and bombs that spread death, terror and stifle breath.

The Ramadan cannon in Nablus has turned into a mere piece of souvenir, and it ended up silent and sad with its bow, in the yard of the Nablus municipality firefighter in the center of the city.

"People still come to the fire brigade building to see the cannon and take souvenir photos next to it, and to relive old memories," said the director of the Nablus Fire Department, Sultan Al-Minawi.

He added that they are working in the fire brigade to paint, maintain and maintain the cannon continuously, beautifying it with decorations and lights with the advent of the month of Ramadan every year, and introducing visitors to this important historical and heritage symbol.

And Al-Minawi added, "We hope to restart this cannon, and we seek to do so, but the matter is not easy, and we need many measures taken by the city's institutions, which would pressure the occupation to lift the restrictions it imposes on its use in this holy month and holidays as well."

In light of the current situation in the city, the idea of restarting this cannon must be reserved until a postponed time. His return became an awaited dream, as it was like an alarm clock during the days of the holy month, and citizens eagerly await hearing it.

The people of the city have always used to gather in the square where the cannon is located - according to Al-Minawi -, and among them were those who were standing behind the windows of their homes in preparation to watch the firing process at sunset, marking the end of the fasting period, while an atmosphere full of joy and pleasure prevailed among them, and the children chanted songs and chanted loudly, then they returned to their homes .

He added: "Al-Tubjiyya (a Turkish word meaning the people assigned to fire the cannon) would fire the shells after giving them a signal according to the correct time from the assigned timer. They would fire seven artillery shells when the crescent of the month of Ramadan was sighted, while one shell would be fired at the time of each iftar or suhoor during the days of the month." And when the crescent of Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha are established, they fire seven shells, welcoming its advent, and one shot when every call to prayer is raised during the days of Eid.

Al-Minawi indicates that the Ramadan cannon went through successive historical stages, beginning with the Ottoman era, when the Nablus Municipality assumed the task of operating it, and moved it from the northern hill to the courtyard of the National Hospital to be fired there, and worked on maintaining it and repairing its wheels to facilitate its transportation, and it also provided all the necessary shells. cutting cloth and gunpowder.

This cannon changed more than once - according to Al-Minawi - but its last location dates back to the British Mandate period, specifically during 1947.

After the outbreak of the first Palestinian Intifada in 1987, the Israeli occupation issued a decision banning the use of gunpowder, which the cannon does not work without, so it stopped at that time for long periods, then returned to work after the advent of the Palestinian Authority in 1995, and fireworks were used instead of gunpowder.

Unfortunately; The joy of the people did not last long, as the cannon stopped working again with the beginning of the second Palestinian Intifada in 2000 due to the restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation on its firing. For security reasons.

It is worth noting that the use of cannons in Ramadan is a tradition followed in a number of historical Islamic cities, including Nablus, Jerusalem, Damascus and Cairo. This is to determine the time of breaking the fast and inform the fasting public of that time, taking into account the geographical distance between mosques and places where the call to prayer is not heard at that time.

Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces assaulted dozens of Christians who were present in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Old City in Jerusalem , in celebration of the “Light Sabbath.”

According to local sources, the occupation forces attacked the Christians after they tried to prevent them from entering the Old City and reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

This was preceded by strict measures and a wide spread of the occupation police, who are trying to prevent Christians from participating in the celebrations.