The European Union said that the Chadian government's decision to expel the German ambassador was "regrettable" and constituted a "hostile step".

On Friday evening, the Chadian government announced the expulsion of the German ambassador , Jan Christian Gordon Kreike, for his "scandalous position" and "disrespect for diplomatic norms," without giving any details.

The German government considered that this decision was "unjustified" and decided to expel the Chadian ambassador in Berlin, Maryam Ali Moussa.

"The decision of the transitional authorities in Chad to expel the German ambassador is regrettable," said Nabila Masrali, spokeswoman for European Union foreign minister Josep Borrell.

She added that this decision "constitutes a hostile step, especially in light of the long-standing partnership and commitment of the European Union and its Member States in Chad, including in the context of the continuation of the ongoing transition."

Kreikeh has been German ambassador to Chad since July 2021.

A source in the Chadian government confirmed to AFP on condition of anonymity that the authorities accuse the diplomat in particular of "excessive interference" in "the governance of the country" and of making "statements that cause division among Chadians."

The German Foreign Ministry said that "Ambassador Kreike performed his duties perfectly and committed himself to human rights and the rapid transition to a civilian government in Chad."

"The European Union reiterates the importance of a speedy return to the constitutional order and a transition within a time-bound period that guarantees respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms," Masrali said.

She stressed that "a comprehensive process supported by all parties, civil and political actors, is necessary to ensure the credibility and legitimacy of the ongoing process, and thus the success of the transitional period."

And she stressed that "the European Union will continue to insist on these points, which are important conditions for its partnership with Chad."

General Mohamed Idriss Deby Itno took over the leadership of Chad in April 2021, succeeding his father, Idriss Deby Itno, who was killed on the front against the rebels after leading this vast coastal country for thirty years.

After that, Mohamed Deby promised the Chadians and the international community to return power to civilians in "free and democratic elections" and not to run for the presidency.

A national dialogue boycotted by much of the opposition and civil society in October chose Déby as head of a "transition" for two years to reach "transparent" elections.

Real Madrid, the Spanish champions, put the defending champion ahead in the semi-finals of the European Champions League in football, by defeating its incomplete guest, Chelsea, England, 2-0, on Wednesday, in the first leg of the quarter-finals, while Milan settled the pure Italian confrontation with Napoli by leading it 1-0.

In the first match at its stadium, "Santiago Bernabeu", Real Madrid owes the victory that will make it play the second leg on the 18th of this month at the "Stamford Bridge" stadium in London comfortably, to the trio of French striker Karim Benzema and substitute Marco Asensio, who scored the goals of the match in the 22nd and 74th minutes. And the Brazilian Vinicius Junior, who has two assists.
"It was one of our best matches this season, but we have the second leg and we have to keep calm and come out as strong as we did today," Vinicius told Movistar.

"We had a lot of space and always wanted to score more goals, but we played against a great team. We know it's difficult to play away from home, that's why we wanted to score more".

And Chelsea complicated his task in front of the 14-time champion of the competition, after he was forced to play the last half hour with ten players, after defender Ben Chilwell was sent off with a red card after a mistake he committed at the edge of the area on the Brazilian Rodrigo.

Chelsea was playing its second match under the supervision of its old-new coach and legend when he was a player in his ranks, Frank Lampard, after losing the first against Wolverhampton 0-1 in the local league.

Chelsea once again suffered from offensive sterility, as it failed to score the net for the fourth match in a row, which is what happened to it for the first time since December 1993.

The two teams met in the knockout rounds for the third consecutive season, as the London team won the semi-finals of the 2020-2021 season on its way to winning the title, while Real won the quarter-finals of the 2021-2022 season also on its way to winning the cup.

Real started the match pressing, but Chelsea was the most dangerous two minutes after the starting whistle, relying on counter-attacks, including a ball started by Frenchman N'Golo Kante and passed to Portuguese striker Joao Felix, who entered the area and hit a crawl that was blocked by Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

The host team responded with a joint game on the left side of the area between Vinicius and Benzema, who got rid of Brazilian Thiago Silva and hit with his left foot a ball that was blocked by goalkeeper Kepa Arisabalaga (12), but the latter failed in another attempt after a pass in the back of the defense from 25 meters from Dani Carvajal to the Brazilian inside. The area hit it directly with his left foot, the Spaniard blocked it, and Benzema followed it into the empty goal (22).

It is Benzema's fourth goal in 7 matches this season and the 90th in his career in the main continental competition.

The Frenchman also scored his 20th goal in 27 matches against English clubs, and the sixth in 5 matches against Chelsea.

Chelsea almost equalized after a minute, after a pass from the right side from James inside the area, which was followed by Raheem Sterling, who started from behind, with a powerful shot that Courtois blocked.

Kepa kept his team in the atmosphere of the match by blocking a shot from Rodrigo (34), another from Benzema from 20 meters (36), and a third from Uruguayan Federico Valverde (44).

Real started the second half and finished the first after a wonderful individual effort from Vinicius on the left side to enter the penalty area and pass a ball to Benzema, who in turn turned it to Croatian Luka Modric outside the area, so the latter curled a ball that passed centimeters over the crossbar (51).

Lampard made an emergency change after Senegalese defender Khalido Coulibaly was injured, so Spaniard Marc Cocoria replaced him (55), before he was sent off after 4 minutes by Chilwell after a mistake he committed at the edge of the area on Rodrigo, so that the referee awarded a free kick that Austrian David Alaba hit and the goalkeeper picked it up.
Felix and Sterling left and German Kai Havertz and Trevo Chaluba entered instead (65), and Ancelotti responded by taking out French Eduardo Camavinga and Rodrigo and introducing German Antonio Rudiger and Asensio (71), so the latter scored the second goal with a shot from the edge of the area after a new assist from Vinicius (74).

Benzema missed a header in front of the goal (90 + 2), and Rudiger saved his team by saving a shot (90 + 4).

And at the San Siro stadium, Algerian international Ismail Ben Nasser scored the only goal for his Milan team, against his compatriot Napoli, to lead him to victory.

Bennacer's goal came in the 40th minute.

Napoli, who reached the quarter-finals of the continental competition for the first time in its history, played the match in the absence of its Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, who suffered a muscle injury during his participation with his country in the last international window.
On the other hand, he won his last eight away matches in various competitions before Milan put an end to this series.
Napoli is flying at the top of the Italian league standings, and its crowning with it for the first time since 1990 is only a matter of time.
On the other hand, Milan, the defending champion, entered seven times, the last of which was in 2007, with high morale against its southern rival, after suffering a severe four-goal loss in its own home earlier this month in the local league.

This is the first Italian confrontation in the knockout rounds since the Milan Derby in the 2005 semi-finals.

Only a minute had passed since the start of the match, until the first opportunity arose for Napoli, when the brilliant Georgian winger, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, hit a ball from a very narrow angle, but one of the Milan defenders saved it before it crossed the goal line.
Then Cameroonian Andre Franck Angisa hit a powerful ball, which Milan's French international goalkeeper, Mike Manian, pushed away with his fingertips (3).
Napoli remained the best team in the first twenty minutes before Milan made its first serious attempt through its Portuguese winger Rafael Liao, who made a wonderful individual effort before hitting outside the three woods (25).

And from a quick counterattack led by the Spanish winger Brahim Dias, the ball reached the Algerian international, Ismail Bennacer, inside the area, so he fired it powerfully with his left into the net (40).

Milan almost consolidated its lead when Danish defender Simon Kayer lifted a ball with his head and hit the crossbar (45 + 3).
At the beginning of the second half, Napoli almost equalized when the North Macedonian striker, Alif Almas, hit a ball that Manian saved, then the crossbar (53).

The matter became more difficult for Napoli when he completed the last quarter of an hour with ten players, after Angisa was expelled for obtaining the second yellow card (74).

The veterans of Jabalia youth and the veterans of the Sports Club reached the golden square in the Ramadan football tournament for veterans, which is held throughout the holy month of Ramadan, under the auspices of Abdul Salam Haniyeh, Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, in cooperation with the Gaza Sports Club and on its stadium. In the Al-Sudaniyya region, in the north of the Gaza Strip, in a special and wonderful Ramadan evening, attended by a large crowd of sports and legal personalities and stars of the beautiful time from the seventies, eighties and nineties, and large crowds filled the stands and sides of the stadium amid great encouragement, applause and cheers that did not stop to bring back the memories of these stars on the fields dirt in the past.

The rise of the two teams

The Jabalia veterans team qualified for the Golden Square after defeating the veterans of Al-Shati’ services, with a score of 2-1. Salman Abu Namous and Saleh Asaliyya scored for the youth, and Rashad Abu Ziada scored the only goal for Al-Shati’. And the veterans of the stairs club climbed to the golden square after passing the veterans of Beit Hanoun, with a score of 5-3. “Hazem Shteiwi, Muhammad Shabat – two goals, and Hussein Selim, Riad al-Zaytouna, nicknamed Abu Fasih, scored for the stairs, while the players Essam Athamna, Ramzi Naseer, Fikri scored for Beit Hanoun. Bassiouni.

Upcoming matches

Jabalia youth will face Al-Daraj Club team in the Golden Square next Saturday in the first match at 8:30 pm. Referee: Muhammad Al-Hasani, Abdullah Abu Osheba, Hassan Salah. The tournament is supervised by a committee consisting of Ziyad Abu Samra as Chairman, Hossam Al-Gharbawi in the media, Muhammad Abu Riyala as a photographer, Rajaa Al-Haj Ahmed as a member.

The quarter-finals matches will continue this evening with two matches. The first brings together the veterans of Palestine with the veterans of Al-Sadaqa, and the veterans of Gaza Sports will play with the veterans of Al-Zaytoun in the second match, at 8:30 pm, at the turf of the Gaza Sports Club in Al-Sudaniya. The committee supervising the tournament confirmed that the Golden Square and Final matches will be held next Saturday 4/15 at 8:30 pm, and the champion and his runner-up will be crowned.

Ramadan Stars Championship

The Jenin team reached the top of the South Group - Khan Yunis and Rafah governorates after its victory over the Jerusalem team by penalty shootout with a score of (3-1) after the end of the regular time with a draw with a goal for each of them at Abu Youssef Al-Najjar hall in Khan Yunis in the Ministry of Youth and Sports complex, within the competitions of the Ramadan Stars Championship For football sixes, sponsored by the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and the Malaysian Cultural Center in cooperation with the Football Association.

Jenin's goal was scored by Omar Abu Obeida, Muhannad Hassanein scored for Jerusalem, and Anas Al-Shakhrit won the best player award in the match, as he was presented with the championship shield.

The referee of the match: Muhammad al-Ghoul, Muhammad al-Nabris, and Khaled Abu al-Khair, as well as treating Asaad al-Saqa, and led the Jenin team’s training. Moussa, Bilal Shaat, Alaa Al-Nabris, Ahmed Abu Shabab, Omar Abu Obeida.

semi-final

This, and the semi-finals of the tournament will be held between the central champion, the Hebron team, and the southern champion, “Jenin,” today in Abu Youssef Al-Najjar hall at 8:30 pm. The day after tomorrow, the semi-final match will be held to determine the second party in the final match between the “Hadira” team, the northern champion, and the “Acre” team. Gaza Champion, with the final to be held on Saturday.

Union decision in the cup championship

The Palestinian Football Association decided to take the club’s decision and implement the recommendations of the Competitions Committee to cancel the Sector Cup, the second national championship after the Premier League Championship, for the current season 2022/2023 at the request of the Premier and First Division clubs. And the clubs of the first and first divisions submitted a request to the Football Association, requesting the cancellation of the championship for the current season, provided that the competition begins at the beginning of the next season, unlike what is done every year. The federation will announce its final position regarding the competition and the super match for the next season, as well as the date for opening the door for registration and deletion in the summer transfers.

It is noteworthy that the Football Association previously announced the launch of the Cup tournament at the beginning of next May, which met with great objection from the clubs after they stopped training after the end of the league championship, and a large number of players moved between clubs, while the Football Association canceled the cup tournament in the two previous seasons. Due to the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, it was reorganized in the West Bank for the current season, as it will start after the blessed month of Ramadan.

It is noteworthy that the Football Association canceled the cup championship in the previous two seasons due to the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, and reorganized it in the West Bank for the current season, as it will start after the blessed month of Ramadan.

Al-Ahly deals

The Palestinian club Al-Ahly kept its profitable deals, and decided to strengthen the team's ranks after its return to the Premier League, as it reached an agreement with three players to join the ranks of the team in the next season. Al-Ahly completed the deal to include goalkeeper Iyad Abu Diab on loan from Al-Hilal, to be his second experience with the team, and the fifth time that goalkeeper Abu Diab will play outside the ranks of Al-Hilal on loan. Abu Diab contributed to the return of Al-Shati to the Premier League last season, so that Abu Diab achieved the achievement of ascending to the Premier League for the third time in his history, as he rose with Al-Hilal in the 2012/2013 season and with Al-Ahly in the 2020/2021 season. It is noteworthy that Abu Diab conceded only 9 goals with Al-Ahly club.

Join the Kuwaiti guard

Al-Ahly club contracted with young goalkeeper Ibrahim Al-Kweifi from Beit Hanoun Al-Ahly Club, with whom he presented remarkable levels last season and contributed to the team’s presence in the competition square for the two promotion cards, but its results declined in the last rounds that kept the team out of the competition race.

Al-Ahly strengthened its ranks by contracting with veteran defender Ibrahim Al-Nateel, who ended his association with Shabab Rafah, especially since he was unable to participate sufficiently due to the injury he recovered from at the end of the season. The team returning to the Premier League strengthened its ranks by including Sami Al-Daour from Al-Hilal and Muhammad Al-Haddad from Al-Sadaqa, in addition to renewing the contract of Captain Hamada Shbeir to continue the technical leadership of the team that led him to rise to the Premier League again.

1. Apple terminates the contracts of its players

This, and Sami Hassouna, director of football at Al-Tuffah Club, announced that the board of directors had agreed to leave eight players from the ranks of Al-Tuffah Club, the competitor in the second division league, the Gaza Branch and the North, to which it was relegated, after the end of the last football season 2022-2023. And the contracts of eight players with Al-Tuffah have ended, they are the top scorer Ismail Abu Dan, Fadl Quneita, Hazem Qafah, Haitham Abu Zaher, Moamen Abu Odeh, Hazem Zaheer, Asif Al-Katnani, and Abd Al-Rahman Salah. Hassouna stated that the coaching staff is expected to include new players during the transfers. Next summer, with the aim of returning to the first division again, after finishing third in the second league last season.

buttonholes at the beach

The clubs continue their profitable deals, and the Beach Services Club contracted with the veteran player Fadi Al-Arawi, to strengthen the team’s ranks in the Premier League championship next season, to be the fifth summer deal for the Navy team, and Nour Abu Hassanein, a member of the club’s board of directors, said that Al-Arawi was contracted to strengthen the center of the defense line. Where the player has extensive experience, after playing in the ranks of the Gaza Sports Club for 7 seasons, in which he was one of its most prominent players, and assumed the captaincy. It is noteworthy that Al-Shati seeks to arrange the ranks of its team after returning again to the ranks of the first-class clubs, and not to repeat the relegation to the first-class league, as the club previously contracted with players Khamis Hamouda, Sameh Awida, Osama Eid, and goalkeeper Ahmed Afana. On the other hand, the Beach Club decided to renew the contracts of three players who played in the first division, to continue with the team during the Premier League competitions next season.

Al-Gharabawi announces the preparation program

In turn, the technical director of Jabalia Youth Club announced the preparation program for the team in the Premier League, which will start in preparation for the Premier League championship in the event of the cancellation of the Sector Cup.

It is noteworthy that the stability of Al-Gharabawi came with the appearance of the team well in its temporary mission after taking over the reins following the resignation of Abdel-Hadi, as he enjoys the confidence of the majority of Jabalia youth members, and he has held the position of general manager of the team since the 2012/2013 season and worked with many coaches who took turns. On the training of the team, including Naim Salama, Emad Hashem, Khaled Abu Kwaik and Ahmed Abdel Hadi. The administration preferred between Al-Gharbawi and Nader Al-Najjar, the former technical director of Nuseirat Services, but the balance of the first was outweighed in light of his experience and knowledge of the capabilities of the team’s players.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday evening that his company has laid off more than 6,000 employees, about 80 percent of its workforce, since late last year.

Twitter's workforce reduction is not comparable, in percentage terms, to other big tech companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta, which have laid off tens of thousands of employees worldwide.

Twitter is facing a slew of lawsuits and other legal actions on behalf of the former employees over its layoffs and benefits issues, according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle.

The company also stated in a recently published legal filing that "Twitter Inc. has been merged into XCorp. It no longer exists."
According to the legal filing, XCorp is a private company. Its parent company is X Holding Corp.

During the pre-dawn meal, the Israeli special units stormed the house of the young man, Muhammad Amer Hanaysha (40 years), in the town of Qabatiya , and took him from among his children during the month of Ramadan. An atmosphere of sadness prevailed in his family’s house, as they pass the current holy month, and their son is still in prison, a hostage. Unjust administrative detention , which has been extended three times in a row.

In the town of Qabatiya in Jenin Governorate, the captive Muhammad was born, raised, and lives. He learned, as his wife tells, in her schools until he successfully completed high school, then he joined the Arab American University, specializing in physiotherapy. He was released within a short period of time, the occupation re-arrested him, and prevented him from continuing his university studies, and he was sentenced to 44 months in actual prison.

Umm Muammar says: "After his release from the second arrest, he worked hard until he was able to establish his life, we got married, and devoted his life to the family, especially after we had three children, the eldest of whom is Muammar 10 years old and the youngest of whom is the girl Ayloul 4 years, and in his arms we lived a beautiful and stable life, until it was disturbed by the occupation." We".

The family’s joy did not last in the blessed month of Ramadan, as the occupation targeted it, as Umm Muammar recalls, when the “Yamam” unit and dozens of soldiers stormed her house during the Ramadan Suhoor at dawn on 4/26/2022, and she says: “We were surprised by their presence inside our house, after they blew up and destroyed the main gate.” They spread everywhere in a frightening manner and terrified our children. During the raid, they were on alert and shouting at us. They detained me and my children and isolated us in a room from my husband.”

She added: "The undercover men did not take into account the panic and terror of my children and their screams. I felt fear and anxiety for my husband, whom they subjected to field investigation, then tied him up and prevented me from seeing him or talking to him, and they refused to allow him to say goodbye to his children, with the aim of terrifying us and destroying our will and our morale as the families of prisoners, but no matter how unjust the occupation practiced and despite the suffering By arresting my husband, the will is strong and morale is high, and they will not break us."

Muhammad’s arrest was a great shock to his wife and children, who still cry daily for missing their father, who was transferred by the occupation to the investigation cellars in Al-Jalama prison, and his wife says: “Throughout the interrogation period, there was no news of him, and we were patient in the hope of his freedom and his return to his children, but the great tragedy that we lived through was the death of Muhammad. His sister, Raeda Hanaisheh, died of a malignant disease 19 days after his arrest, and the news did not reach him until after the end of the 40-day torture journey, which caused him great shock and sadness that cannot be described in words.

She adds, "After his detention was extended several times, and although he was not convicted of any charge, they refused to release him, and transferred him to administrative detention for a period of 6 months, under the pretext of a secret file."

And she continues: "When he finished the period, they renewed his administrative term for a second time for six months, and the lawyer filed an objection and appeal, demanding his release because there was no charge or evidence to justify his arrest, so the court reduced the period by two months."

According to the reduction, the date for the release of the prisoner Muhammad was set on 28/2/2023, and as the date approached, his family began preparing to celebrate his freedom, but they faced a new shock, as his wife says: "They refused to release him, and they handed him a decision from the Israeli intelligence to renew his detention for the third time." For 4 months, the lawyer filed an appeal, but the court rejected it on the recommendation of the intelligence services, as part of the continuous targeting of my husband, despite their inability to convict him of any charge.

She adds: "My eighty-year-old mother-in-law, Khader Hanaysha, suffered a health setback and became ill because of his refusal to release her. She was transferred to the hospital, as she suffers from heart problems. She could not bear the news, and was psychologically and healthily affected by her daughter's death and the renewal of her youngest son's arrest, and the continued deprivation of her and his children from him without charge or reason." ".

And she continues: "My mother-in-law has not been able to visit and see her son since his arrest due to illness and old age, although she previously spent 9 years at the prison gates to visit him in his previous arrests, and to visit her second son, Amjad, who spent 6 years and was freed, and every moment she talks about him and does not stop praying." The Lord of the worlds, to extend her life so that he can return to her arms and embrace him freely without restrictions, the doctors approved the implantation of a heart valve for her, but the operation was canceled because her health condition is unbearable.

The patient wife, Umm Muammar, defied the circumstances and assumed her responsibilities with patience and loyalty, and continued her life, as a teacher in her job, and a caretaker and educator for her children in her home, and followed up on the issue of her husband’s arrest and his visit behind bars, and she says: “His absence affected all of our lives, but we will not allow the occupation to harm us and destroy our lives.” The Lord of the Worlds honored me with patience, and I still fulfill all my duties and provide for all the needs of my children, but no one can compensate them for the love and tenderness of their father.

And she adds: "My son Muammar has a close relationship with his father, and feels sad after he became deprived of all the beautiful things that his father used to provide for her. Likewise, the two children, Elia and Aylul, miss their father, and remember him in every moment and situation, especially in Ramadan."

And she continues: "Our pain and sadness are great since the beginning of the holy month, because we miss my husband and we feel anxious about the nightmare of administrative detention, and we pray to the Lord of the Worlds that this suffering will end and he will return to us on the next Eid."

The World Bank announced the allocation of financial assistance of $200 million to repair the infrastructure of energy facilities in Ukraine, during a meeting between Ukrainian officials and leaders of the Financial Authority in Washington.

A World Bank statement said that Russia had destroyed more than 50 percent of Ukraine's energy infrastructure in attacks launched during the fall and winter months.

The World Bank noted that eastern Ukraine, where the fighting is intense, has been badly affected.

The money will be provided by the Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund, with an additional $300 million in financing sought from partners "as the project scales".

The project will target emergency repairs to the electricity and heating infrastructure.

Anna Berdy, Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank, spoke of losses of $11 billion in energy infrastructure over the past year, noting that the sector is one of the sectors in which Ukraine most needs "urgent support."

The World Bank has allocated more than 23 billion dollars to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion of its lands in February of last year, of which 20 billion has been spent so far.

On Wednesday in Washington, a meeting of Ukraine's main supporters was held at the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund, in the presence of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal, in which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a number of the country's partners participated via the Internet.

The International Monetary Fund announced that it had reached an agreement on March 21 with the Ukrainian government regarding a four-year assistance plan worth $15.6 billion, knowing that it still requires approval by the fund's board of directors.

Zelensky thanked his country's supporters and stressed the need not to reduce their aid.

He said, "By rebuilding what was destroyed by the enemy's terrorist target, we will return to a normal life," calling for the use of frozen Russian assets in Western countries in the reconstruction of Ukraine.

A study conducted by the World Bank, the United Nations, the European Union, and the Ukrainian government stated on March 22 that Ukraine will need $411 billion for its recovery and reconstruction, noting that the amount is likely to rise given that the conflict is still ongoing.

The Central Bureau of Statistics said that the consumer price index in Palestine increased by 1.31% during the month of March, compared to February.

The statistics indicated, in a press release, that this increase came as a result of the increase in the prices of dried vegetables by 16.76%, fresh meat by 2.70%, fresh vegetables by 2.10%, fresh fruits by 1.57%, and eggs by 1.20%, despite the decrease in the price of fresh chicken by 4.54%. %, and potato prices by 3.72%.

He pointed out that the rise in the prices of some basic commodities had the greatest impact on the rise in this indicator, as the prices of the following commodities increased to reach an average; Onions 4 shekels/kg, lamb 86 shekels/kg, persimmons 9 shekels/kg, hot green peppers 9 shekels/kg, broad green beans 13 shekels/kg, cucumbers 6 shekels/kg, grape leaves 30 shekels/kg, and eggs 20 2 shekels/kg, despite the decrease in the price of chicken to 17 shekels/kg, and potatoes to 3 shekels/kg.

And he indicated that the increase in the consumer price index in Palestine during last March, compared to March 2022, increased by 4.32% (5.13% in the West Bank, 4.48% in Jerusalem, and 1.69% in the Gaza Strip).

High cost of living index in the Gaza Strip:

Statistics reported that the consumer price index in the Gaza Strip increased by 1.75% during March, compared with February, due to the increase in the prices of: fresh vegetables by 6.79%, eggs by 5.37%, fresh meat by 3.58%, and fresh fruits by 2.20%. %, dried vegetables by 2.09%, rice by 1.38%, and fresh chicken by 1.27%, despite the decrease in potato prices by 4.38%.

He explained that the prices of the following commodities in the Gaza Strip rose to an average; Hot green peppers 11 shekels/kg, okra 34 shekels/kg, grape leaves 25 shekels/kg, eggs 16 shekels/2kg, bananas 4 shekels/kg, avocados 5 shekels/kg, onions and cucumbers 3 shekels/kg each, and grain rice Taweelah is 34 shekels/5kg, lamb is 57 shekels/kg, and chicken is 16 shekels/kg, despite the decrease in the price of potatoes to two shekels/kg.

High cost of living index in the West Bank:

The CPI said that the consumer price index in the West Bank (excluding Jerusalem) increased by 1.21% during March 2023 compared to February 2023. This is due to the increase in the prices of dried vegetables by 26.15%, the prices of fresh meat by 3.08%, and the prices of fresh vegetables. By 1.15%, despite the decrease in the prices of fresh chicken by 7.01%, and the prices of potatoes by 2.84%.

He added that the prices of the following commodities in the West Bank rose to average; Onions 6 shekels/kg, lamb 84 shekels/kg, hot green pepper 8 shekels/kg, broad green beans 15 shekels/kg, and grape leaves 32 shekels/kg, despite the decrease in the price of chicken to 18 shekels/kg, and potatoes to 18 shekels/kg. 4 shekels/kg.

High cost of living index in Jerusalem:

The statistics indicated that the consumer price index in Jerusalem recorded an increase of 1.13% during March 2023 compared to February 2023, as a result of the increase in the prices of: dried vegetables by 38.25%, fresh fruits by 5.36%, and fresh chicken by 3.49%, despite the decrease in prices. Potatoes by 8.71%, fresh vegetables by 2.85%, and eggs by 1.60%.

The prices of the following commodities also increased in Jerusalem, reaching an average; Onions 6 shekels/kg, clementines 4 shekels/kg, cocoa 20 shekels/kg, pomegranate 10 shekels/kg, kiwi 13 shekels/kg, and chicken 23 shekels/kg, despite the decrease in the price of potatoes to 5 shekels/kg, and tomatoes to only 6 shekels/kg, and eggs to 32 shekels/kg.

Riyadh announced that the Saudi and Syrian foreign ministers discussed "steps" to end Damascus' isolation during the Syrian diplomat's visit to the kingdom, the first since the beginning of the conflict in Syria in 2011.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the two ministers , Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Faisal Al-Miqdad , discussed "the necessary steps to achieve a comprehensive political settlement to the Syrian crisis that ends all its repercussions, achieves national reconciliation, and contributes to Syria's return to its Arab surroundings and the resumption of its natural role in the Arab world."

They also welcomed the start of procedures for resuming consular services and flights, stressing "the importance of enhancing security and combating terrorism in all its forms and organizations, and strengthening cooperation in combating drug smuggling and trafficking."

They also stressed "the need to support the Syrian state's institutions to extend their control over its lands to end the presence of armed militias and external interference in Syrian internal affairs."

Following the outbreak of the conflict in 2011, several Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, severed diplomatic relations with Damascus, and the League of Arab States suspended Syria's membership.

Saudi Arabia, which closed its embassy in Damascus in March 2012, during the first years of the conflict, provided support to the Syrian opposition, and received figures from it on its soil.

On Friday, a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries will be held in Jeddah, in which Jordan, Egypt and Iraq will also participate, to discuss Syria's return to the Arab League after its membership was suspended since 2012 and about a month before the Arab summit in Saudi Arabia.

The city of Jerusalem is considered one of the most interesting cities because it embraces the three monotheistic religions that can harmonize with each other to coincide with the holidays between them such as Easter, Pesach and Ramadan. Despite the beauty of the religious and cultural diversity in this city, it witnesses many tensions and conflicts on the religious and social levels. And the political, and anyone who follows the news of this region can know the extreme tension that occurred in the past days, as weekly protests erupted against the extreme right-wing government in Israel that is trying to change the state system, and the number of demonstrators reached nearly half a million people, many look at the legislature which is being introduced to reform the judicial system as an attempt to change the nature of the democratic state of Israel for its Jewish citizens to become a dictatorial state.

Some members of the Israeli government are also promoting a new clause that approves the destruction of a large number of Palestinian villages with the aim of increasing settlement expansion in the West Bank at a pace not witnessed by the whole world for a long time in the history of colonialism.
The Christians of this land witnessed mounting attacks on their churches, in addition to the rising tension in the economic field of the country that seemed about to collapse due to the strike of workers, which led to the closure of the country and its borders within a few hours, with many investors leaving and threatening to leave.

As for the two-state solution, it seems that it is an illusion fading away without a political vision that is far from achieving justice and peace! All these mind-boggling ups and downs took place in just three months!

Despite all the negative developments, we must focus on the positive side and adhere to the hope that revives souls. The devastating earthquake that struck both Turkey and Syria showed the sympathy and generosity of our local parishes, as the appeal made by His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, raised more than two hundred and sixty thousand dollars to support our brothers and sisters who were affected by this terrible earthquake, despite their limited capabilities However, the local parishioners gave with all their heart!

The visit of the Holy Land Projects Committee of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher showed the importance and priority of humanitarian aid in improving the lives of others. They desperately need it.

The various empowerment programs carried out by the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem have achieved tremendous success, as they have provided opportunities for a large number of families and the youth group of society to build their capabilities and transform their hopes and aspirations into commercial projects to earn income in a dignified manner, as the Afaq program in cooperation with Bethlehem University witnessed success It exceeded all expectations, and the employment program in Gaza and the Iraqi refugee support program continues to help hundreds of the most marginalized people who live below the poverty line due to external political factors.

The Immigrant Prosecution Office in Israel also meets the needs of about 100,000 immigrants, not only on the pastoral scale. We are proud and happy with all the assistance we achieve. Nevertheless, our hearts ache with those whom we cannot help due to limited resources, asking God, the fountain of mercies, to strengthen the tired and meet their needs. The Church and its institutions have always been a beacon of hope in the midst of adversity, as they always look at different ways to adapt to difficulties and continue to provide service.

As for the education sector, it is developing rapidly, as it provides education based on Christian values to about nineteen thousand students through the Latin Patriarchate schools located throughout the Holy Land. Many projects have been implemented to modernize educational facilities and equipment, in addition to establishing capacity-building programs for teachers. Extracurricular activities to encourage students' artistic and musical skills, such as singing, drawing, comedy and traditional folklore dance.

We are pleased to see our children enjoying studying in the classroom after the difficult years of the pandemic and online education, and future plans have been made to provide the necessary resources to upgrade the facilities and complete the maintenance operations that have been postponed over the years, as school principals meet to develop strategic plans to develop our schools and improve not only the facilities but also the study experience of the students.

During Holy Week, the streets of the Old City were crowded with pilgrims who walked the Way of the Cross, reminding us of the tremendous grace available to the local population who celebrate the holy days from their place of occurrence and walk in the footsteps of Christ. Everyone respects the festive traditions of "the other" so that everyone can celebrate their faith in peace and dignity, and so Jerusalem, the city of peace, can experience this long-awaited peace.

I wish everyone a Happy Easter, Ramadan Kareem, and a blessed Jewish Passover. I wish all believers, regardless of their religion, to enjoy the magic of these holidays. May this be the beginning of a new era far from conflicts, so that we can pave a path towards a future full of peace, love, coexistence, respect, and tolerance!
General Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate*

Netanyahu indicated via satellite at the “Democracy Summit” organized by the US State Department a few days ago that the alliance between the greatest democracy in the world, by which he means the United States of America, and a strong democracy, Israel, is unshakable. The latter's statements came a day after US President Joe Biden's public statements against efforts to curb the authority of the Supreme Court, as Biden questioned Netanyahu's position on his measures to freeze the Judicial Reform Law, which led to massive demonstrations over the past weeks that paralyzed life throughout Israel. It seems that Biden's skeptical position on Netanyahu's freezing of the Judicial Reform Law came because of the repeated warnings, which fell on deaf ears in Tel Aviv, by the US administration of the Israeli Prime Minister about the need to stop the Judicial Reform Law and replace it with laws that are acceptable to the general public. The last of these warnings was what US Secretary of Defense Austin made when he visited Israel several weeks ago and reprimanded Netanyahu for continuing to support this law. In fact, Biden is absolutely certain that Netanyahu is evasive, just as his predecessor Obama did when he expressed his annoyance at his lie during his conversation with French President Sarkozy on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, in 2011.

The strange thing about this paradox is that with the growing demonstrations against the Netanyahu government and hundreds of thousands taking to the streets denouncing the dictatorship and fascism and calling for the overthrow of the Netanyahu government, the Israeli prime minister comes out to everyone praising Israeli democracy, describing it as strong and eternal. What kind of democracy is Netanyahu talking about when Israel's rank in the current global corruption index is 36 out of a total of 180 countries? And what is this democracy that the Global Democracy Index of the British magazine The Economist placed in the year 2022 in the rank of fragile (flawed) democracies. Not only that, the previous index indicated that Israel has fallen six ranks in the Democracy Index for the year 2022, from 23rd to 29th place out of 165 countries. It is expected that Israel will slide in a lower ranking for the current year 2023 due to sharp internal divisions as a result of judicial reform laws, the nature of the tense relationship between Ashkenazim and Haredim, and the growth of religious fascism within Israeli society. On the other hand, what democracy is Netanyahu lying to the world about while he and his fascist government team are proud that Israel is a state for Jews only! What democracy is this for one category of citizens of the state? What kind of democracy is this when Israel is an apartheid state? And what kind of democracy is this? The “Israeli Democracy Index” survey for the year 2022, issued by the “Israeli Democracy Institute,” showed that the percentage of Israelis’ trust in state institutions has reached its lowest level in twenty years.

In fact, the entire world should stop calling Israel the oasis of democracy in the Middle East. It may have been an oasis in the past, but now it is definitely a barren desert whose soil is mixed with blood and racism. It is "a country moving at a dangerous speed towards ultra-nationalism, fundamentalism, racism and fascism, that is, it is destroying the democratic foundations on which it was built," as Gideon Levy said in his article last week in Haaretz.

We do not know precisely what is going on in Benjamin Netanyahu's head. There are compelling and confirmed analyzes by his opponents and political opponents that he aims mainly to get rid of his trial by electing the panel of judges that will be under his influence and perhaps his command in his ongoing trial when he pronounces the verdict against him.

This is the prevailing opinion by groups of protesters and opponents who have been taking part in weekly demonstrations against him for a hundred days, that is, since the beginning of January 2023. As for the reality of the matter that many people ignore and do not know, it is that Netanyahu, who claims that Israel is the oasis of democracy, is referring, in fact, to that it is on its way if this situation continues to become part of the third world; He is not much different from the leaders of individualistic and dictatorial regimes in many countries with an authoritarian totalitarian regime, as he aims primarily to preserve his individual rule that began in 1996 and continued to rule intermittently until 2009, and then continued at the helm of power until 1996. 2021, thus becoming prime minister for the longest term of an Israeli prime minister since the establishment of the state.

In the early years of his rule, Netanyahu relied on the support of the traditional right-wing movement, especially supporters and followers of Menachem Begin in the Likud party. And it was that things went well until his comrades discovered the depth of his dictatorship and his absolute domination in government, which led them to move away from him and then withdraw from the party, headed by Dan Meridor, Moshe Arens and Ronnie Milo.
And soon he excluded them from his government, and soon after that, that is, in early 2003, the biggest split occurred when Ariel Sharon founded the Kadima party and was able to remove Netanyahu. After several years, Netanyahu was able to repeat the ball, but this time he resorted to forming new alliances supported by the eastern sects, the extreme right, and fundamentalist religious parties, and he continued to do so during the period between 2009 and 2021; Then the political map in Israel began to transform and crystallize again. New parties began to rise, such as the Lapid party, the Jens party, and Lieberman. Many of the leaders of these parties, after working with him and experiencing him for a long time, saw the difficulty of dealing with him in any way.

It has been confirmed that Netanyahu has already excluded many political leaders from the Likud and outside it, as it has become certain that many of the rising Israeli political leaders at the time have become hostile to him, led by Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert and Avigdor Lieberman, who worked with him as director of his office since the late eighties. For 10 years, then he became Minister of Finance and later Minister of Defense, and Naftali Bennett, who later succeeded him when establishing an anti-Likud government and headed it for a year and a half, in cooperation with Yair Lapid as prime minister and current opposition leader.

And at the beginning of 2021, all those forces and parties were able to unite and ally against him, as they set their sights on one and only goal, which is to overthrow him and his government, and this was crowned with success. Although the previous government lasted about a year and a half, led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, the differences between its members were strong and fundamental, which led to its rapid collapse. It is worth noting that the United List, led by Mansour Abbas, supported this coalition and helped its survival and cohesion until it began to collapse internally. The United Islamic List party, led by Mansour Abbas, is considered the first Arab party to support a government with a completely Zionist agenda and work program in 30 years. It was promised financial support without agreeing with that government on any political programs.

As for Netanyahu, he rearranged his cards and proceeded to unify all the extremist parties represented by the settlers in the West Bank, and included many easterners as main candidates within the framework of the Likud Party to fight the battle and sweep the central parties and establish a government with a majority of 64 seats out of 120 in early 2023.

Thus, Netanyahu has begun a new chapter of government in Israel since he was elected for the first time in 1996, and during the 3 and a half years of his election at that time he was able to completely destroy the Oslo Accords, and in the years between 2009-2020 he grabbed the Iranian file as an existential security threat to Israel and tried to contain Hamas In the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, all of this with American support and cover. When he was elected this time, he wanted to run the same game, that is, to exploit the Iranian threat with the aim of strengthening Israel’s hegemony in the region. But all of this quickly collapsed when he united and coalesced with the settler parties led by Smotrich and Ben Gvir, who They assured him that their demands did not differ much from his ideas, and that he should put at the top of his agenda deepening settlement in the West Bank, building new settlements, and taking strict military and repressive steps against the Palestinian population in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem.

All the Israeli political forces unanimously agreed on that, but the biggest mistake he committed was when he tried to pass what he called the judicial reform, which aims mainly to control the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court of Justice and the head of the electoral fund in any future elections. On the results of any elections that can be held at any time, but Netanyahu was surprised by the fierce opposition to this judicial coup, and many political, social and security forces gathered against him, which organized unprecedented popular protests since 1974 when Israel was surprised by the results of the October War, and the popular protests led to the fall of the Mapai party and the rise of The Likud in 1977. All the protest forces unanimously agreed that Netanyahu is transforming the system of government in Israel from a Jewish-democratic rule to an individual dictatorship.

There is a remarkable security opposition represented by the leaderships of the army, the Mossad, and the intelligence services in all branches. Despite their strong opposition to him and the declaration of disobedience in some security branches, they are trying to adopt a democratic protest path that goes along with what other popular forces are doing so that no one will accuse them of intending to carry out a military coup against him, and that is why we have seen it recently, and in order for Netanyahu to rectify the situation, he announced that he had settled his differences with Defense Minister Gallant, and reinstated him; However, the crisis and the political division are still raging, and we do not see any light at the end of the tunnel!

* Journalist and editor of the quarterly Mawaqif magazine, which is published in Haifa

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned against Israel imposing restrictions that limit Christians' access to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied Jerusalem, and to reduce the numbers of those celebrating the Holy Saturday.

The official spokesman for the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Sinan Majali , said that all Israeli measures aimed at restricting the right of Christians to free and unrestricted access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, next Saturday, to practice their religious rites, are rejected and condemned.

He stressed that Israel, the occupying power, must respect the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its sanctities, and stop all restrictive measures against the Christians of occupied Jerusalem, and refrain from any measures that would prejudice the freedom of worship in the holy places in occupied Jerusalem.

He stressed that Jordan, and based on the historical Hashemite guardianship over the Islamic and Christian holy places in Jerusalem, will continue to take all possible steps to protect the sanctities and preserve the historical and legal status of the city of Jerusalem, to be a key to peace and a symbol of tolerance and harmony.

Had it not been for the action of the stationed in Al-Aqsa Mosque and their insistence, stubbornness and faith, Netanyahu, the head of the colonial government, would not have prevented the foreign colonial settlers from continuing to storm the Holy Sanctuary, during the last remaining ten days of the blessed month of Ramadan.

With this decision, Netanyahu presents an indication that the settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque is being officially covered by the colony’s government and its agencies, and that he has the decision despite his alliance with Ben Gvir and Smotrich, who are politically and religiously extremists, and they are ministers in his government.

Netanyahu's decision is due to several factors:

First: The valor of the people of Jerusalem and the Palestinians of the first occupation areas, the sons of Carmel, the Galilee, the Triangle, the Negev, and the mixed cities of the coast, and those who can reach from among the people of the Palestinian West Bank, and their insistence on stationing and seclusion, with the aim of achieving two interrelated factors:

1- Performing a religious response during the holy month, and 2- Confronting the colonial plans, thwarting projects to impose temporal and spatial division, and highlighting the status of Al-Aqsa Mosque as a mosque for Muslims and Muslims only.

Second: The continuous Jordanian effort at the local level through the management of the Jerusalem Endowments and its council, and by focusing attention towards work at the Arab, Islamic and international levels regarding Jerusalem and its sanctities, preserving its heritage, and the dangers of harming and encroaching on its sacred status, and highlighting the Hashemite guardianship towards Jerusalem, until it became an accepted and required address In the care of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Third: The international response to support the Palestinian and Jordanian positions on the part of countries friendly to the colony, such as the United States, Britain, Germany, and others, who expressed their rejection of the rude Israeli behavior against Al-Aqsa Mosque and the right of defenseless worshipers, especially since the United States is concerned with imposing calm in Palestine and others and extinguishing the raging political fires, to maintain interest And the international focus on what is happening in Ukraine, highlighting the Russian invasion of it, and continuing to drain Moscow and exploiting its involvement in Ukraine, so that Russia’s political goals of ending the results of the Cold War and its defeat in 1990 are not achieved.

The question is, does Al-Aqsa Mosque not deserve the strong attention required from the Arab and Islamic parties?? Doesn't the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the first of the two qiblas for Muslims, the second of the two mosques, and the third of the Two Holy Mosques, not fall in the status of the royal sanctuary and the Prophet's Mosque, which is the third sacred for Muslims? Doesn't it deserve attention by working with all available opportunities and tools in order to protect and preserve it as a mosque for Muslims and the ascension and ascension of our master Muhammad.

The people of Jerusalem have been able to change the Netanyahu government's support program for the colonial settlers, which opens a door for continued work by all Arab, Islamic and international parties to end the Israeli encroachment on the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, by applying serious pressure to boycott the colony and punish it politically and economically, until it retreats from its provocation and assault on the holiest of sanctities. Muslims.

There are two concepts of the Nakba of Palestine in 1948, and the second of them has two parts. The first applies to, and falls under, those horrific events during the period after the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to partition Palestine in November 1947 and prior to the signing of the armistice agreements between Israel and Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan in April 1949. The second concept is the concept of the Nakba. Continuing, it has two parts or two aspects: according to the first of them, the Palestinian Nakba continues as long as its effects are continuing and its wound is open, while according to the second, the Nakba continues as long as its wound is open, and that Israel is still committing crimes against the Palestinians, crimes similar in their kind and horror to those they committed during a year 1948:

The first concept: A lot of horrific and horrific things happened during the period between the Partition Resolution of 1947 and the aforementioned armistice agreements of 1949. During this stormy period, more than two-thirds of the Palestinian people were uprooted and deported, Palestinian cities were emptied of their residents, and dozens of massacres were committed (primarily the Deir massacre). Yassin), demolishing hundreds of villages after emptying them of the population, and seizing Palestinian property, both movable and immovable. This concept of the Palestinian Nakba applies to all these and other atrocities during this specific period.

The second concept, the continuous Nakba (a): The Nakba continues in this sense because the wound is still open, and ends, accordingly, when the wound heals. The medicine/healing requires a historical reconciliation that ends the conflict and removes as much as possible and what is necessary from its effects, and in a manner that does justice to its victims, the old and the young, the living and the dead.

The second concept, the continuous Nakba (b): The Nakba continues in this sense because similar horrific crimes committed against the Palestinian people have not stopped. Finally, new to these crimes was the burning of houses in the town of Hawara, south of Nablus, last March. This crime was followed by a call by a fascist minister in the current Israeli government to erase that town.

Hence, when we refer to the Nakba, talk about it, or recall it, we must not confuse the concepts. In particular, we must be well aware of the great difference between the two parts of the concept of the Nakba. Mixing concepts does not benefit us in anything, and it may be harmful at the theoretical and political/educational levels.

In my opinion, the Palestinian Nakba is what it is and not anything else: it is that series of horrific events that followed the partition decision and ended with the aforementioned armistice agreements. According to this understanding, the continuation of the Nakba does not mean more than the continuation of its visible consequences and effects. According to this understanding, too, the concept of the Nakba is "closed," meaning that it applies to specific events that took place in a specific period. And if this is the case, then the events that followed that period, despite their horror, horror, and abundance, do not fall under the concept of the Palestinian Nakba. I say this without minimizing the ugliness of those subsequent events.

Definition of the Palestinian Nakba: Each of the following conditions is necessary, and when met within a specified period, is sufficient to define the Nakba of Palestine in 1948. These four necessary conditions: Depriving the Palestinian people of exercising their right to self-determination on their land after the end of the 30-year British Mandate era . Emptying the Palestinian cities (Jaffa, Haifa, Lod, Ramla, Acre, Safed, and Tiberias) and hundreds of villages (more than 500) of their original inhabitants, and displacing no less than two-thirds of the Palestinians, most of them outside the borders of Mandatory Palestine, without allowing them to return and receive compensation. The Jewish state's seizure of public, private and endowment lands and buildings (which were not demolished), in addition to the theft of many movable properties. In short, displacing two-thirds of a people and stealing what they left and owned. Inventing a Jewish majority in the new state, by displacing the original population from it and bringing Jews into it, and imposing a system of Jewish supremacy for the artificial majority in the state, with what that means of comprehensive racial discrimination against the remaining Palestinian population within its new and sticky borders.

As for killing, intimidation, massacres, arbitrary arrests, unjust legislation, and abhorrent military rule, they are tools and means to serve these necessary conditions, some or all of them. As I indicated earlier, the concept of the continuation of the Nakba (a) corresponds to all of this. This consensus is due to the absence of a just and healing solution, which removes as much as possible and what is necessary from the effects of the catastrophe. As for the concept of the continuation of the Nakba (b), it does not comply with these necessary conditions if they meet.

The Nakba: a founding period and founding events (By breaking the Seine): The closed concept of the Nakba, that concept that this article defends, applies only to a specific period that extends, as I said, from the partition decision or soon after that and ends with the aforementioned armistice agreements or before that, and what interspersed with it. From horrific and shocking events (to say the least). This period and those events created a new reality, from the political, geographical, demographic and legal aspects, radically different from the previous reality, a new reality that I want it to be permanent. In this new reality, the country has changed, by force of arms and intrigue, its owners, identity, language, land owners, the majority of its population, and the holders of sovereignty over it and over it. The Nakba, in this closed concept, is a period that has its beginning and its end. As for the horrific events that followed, such as wars, uprisings, massacres, arrests, and other crimes, it is not part of it, even if it was loaded with similar or reminiscent events. I repeat in this regard that the concept of the continuous Nakba (a) does not contradict this closed concept of the Nakba and the events that fall under it, or what applies to it.

To summarize, I say: It is not true what some Palestinian and Arab intellectuals are promoting that the Palestinian Nakba (b) is still going on, on the pretext that its effects are still present, and that similar crimes are still being committed and reminded of. Just as it is not true that the Second World War, for example, is still going on (b) because its effects are still there, and because similar events are still being committed and remembered. Just as it is not true that the Battle of Siffin nearly 14 centuries ago is still going on (b) because the conflict between Shiites and Sunnis is still present and raging. There is, in my opinion, a theoretical importance to separate one era from another that follows or precedes it, because the contexts differ, and the goals, interests, conflicting forces, and motives of each differ. During the period of the Palestinian Nakba and the horrific events that permeated it, the situation of the Palestinian national movement was different, and the Arab world and the wider world were different from the world after it.

Finally, in addition to the theoretical importance of the closed concept of the Nakba, there is also a practical, political and educational importance, not to confuse the period of the Palestinian Nakba with the subsequent period or periods, despite the "family resemblance" between the events that permeated these periods. Educationally, and when the Nakba is commemorated, for example, it is not a coincidence or random that it is said, "Their Independence Day, Our Nakba Day." On their independence day, they rejoiced and danced in the streets of Tel Aviv, while a stone or two away from the joyful and dancing people, sad Jaffa was emptied of its people, and the corpses of the dead Palestinians were lying in its streets and alleys, an intense symbolic image of the political, legal and demographic coup that was happening to the people and the country during those days. From that sad spring. As for the political importance of the closed concept of the Nakba, its meaning is as follows: A new reality has become visible since the first week of April 1949, a reality that is terrifying in its cruelty, imposed itself on us, and imposed on us, the Palestinian Arabs, a political / moral duty to change it or overcome it through struggle. This duty is still present and pressing despite the passage of 75 years since the Day of Remembrance of the Nakba. About "The New Arab"

Everyone knows, and the Israelis know too, that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is not just a place of worship and holiness for the Palestinians only, but for millions of Muslims all over the world, from east to west and from north to south. The incursions of the extremist Jews into its squares and courtyards, and the establishment of Talmudic rites in them, constitute a provocation to all these millions and anger from the depths.

Some of these extremists used to enter the Temple Mount, and all Jews saw how angry the reactions were to these practices. The Prime Minister of Israel, Netanyahu, realized this and felt the broad reactions these incursions evoke, and for this reason he decided to “suspend” the incursions from yesterday until the end of the day. blessed month of Ramadan.

This short-sighted and short-term decision will never be a solution nor a way out of the crisis and tension, because these ten days will soon end and the extremists will return to their assaults and raids. blessed month of Ramadan.

These attacks often involve senior officials and ministers, which means that the government, in one way or another, is part of these incursions, and the Netanyahu government should not put barriers in front of worshipers or prevent their entry except at specific ages within the limits of fifty years, and it should not prevent Palestinians within the Green Line to participate in the establishment of religious duties.

On another subject, but consistent with this occupation mentality, they prevented a number of Christians from the Gaza Strip from reaching Jerusalem to participate in the Easter celebrations, and a number of them had permits, but the occupation authorities canceled these permits and insisted on preventing them from entering Jerusalem and praying in Alqiama charch.

These practices constitute a flagrant violation of all religious rights recognized by international laws, and the world must realize this, object to it, and hold the occupation accountable for it!!.

The Israeli occupation forces continue to tighten their military measures at the Hamra checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley , for the sixth day in a row.

According to local sources, these forces stopped citizens' vehicles and searched them thoroughly, and checked the identity cards of their passengers, which impeded their access to their places of work and farms.

The occupation forces set up the Hamra military checkpoint at a crossroads linking the cities of the West Bank with the central, southern and northern Jordan Valley.

Mayada Shreim, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Women and Family Affairs Committee, met at the House of Representatives yesterday, Wednesday, with Lynn Malkawi, Director of Wasl Foundation for Awareness and Education, and a group of female students participating in the “Shabak and Badir” program from Al-Hussein Secondary School for Girls and De La Salle Frere.

Shreem, in the presence of the committee’s rapporteur, Representative Marwa Al-Sa’ob, reviewed the role of the legislative parliament, the most prominent tasks it performs and its role in oversight and the stages of enacting laws in parliament, noting that Jordanian legislation has contributed to empowering and strengthening the role of women politically, economically and socially.

For her part, Al-Malkawi said that the Wasl Awareness and Education Project is a non-profit project that aims to enhance youth participation in social, economic and political life, and networking between private and public school students to create a safe environment for them to learn and work together.

For their part, the students presented some inquiries and observations through a discussion paper that sheds light on the rights of Jordanian women, in which they demanded that women be given the right to naturalize their children.

In addition, Shreim and Al-Saouab answered the students' questions and inquiries.

Today, Thursday, a child died of his injuries in a traffic accident in occupied Jerusalem .

According to local sources, the child, Karam al-Natsheh, died when a settlement vehicle collided with his family's vehicle a few days ago.

Akram Sbitany & Sons Company has worked since its establishment more than 62 years ago until the present day, to provide its best in order to serve the citizen and the Palestinian market, whether by providing the latest electrical and electronic devices with the best specifications and the highest technologies and seriously contributing to the advancement of this sector, or through Expanding its services to its customers and raising its standards, especially with regard to customer service and raising the level of customer satisfaction.

Sbitany always strives for excellence and sophistication in all its services in order to preserve its customers who represent its real capital. Where the company concludes customer service agreements with Palestinian companies that are the best and highest level to ensure the highest satisfaction rate for the company's customers.

This month, Akram Sbitani & Sons Company celebrates the two-year anniversary of its agreement with the "Staffio" company managed by Abdullah Khalifa to provide the online sales service and receive all customer complaints through social networking sites and WhatsApp. The relationship between the two companies was developed last month to become all services. The unified call center under the management of Staffio (1-700-550-110), which operates 12 hours a day, six days a week, to serve customers.

And due to the utmost importance that Akram Sbitany & Sons attaches to serving its customers and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction, it has been keen, in cooperation with the "Staffio" company, to work continuously to raise the efficiency of the services it provides through a staff characterized by the skill of dealing with customers and the ability to give satisfactory service to all customers in order to preserve its customers and ensure the achievement of its first goal, which is to ensure the trust and loyalty of its customers and dependents.

Today, Thursday, unknown persons carried out an armed robbery and stole a sum of money from a bank in Hebron .

Police spokesman Colonel Louay Arziqat confirmed that the police and security services are investigating the incident.

The Washington Post reported that a gun-obsessed young man recently leaked classified US government documents and initially shared them on social media.

The breach - which prompted the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation - carries classified information about Ukraine's fight against Russian forces, as well as classified assessments of US allies.

In this context, two members of a group on the social networking platform "Discord" told the "Washington Post" that hundreds of pages of these documents were published there by a young man who told them that he worked at a US military base, and had taken the documents home with him.

The man, who called himself "OG", published documents in front of this group for months, according to the two members of the "Washington Post", on the condition of anonymity.

According to the newspaper, some of the documents were so sensitive that they were stamped "No Foreigners," meaning they were not shared with foreign nationals.

And the “Washington Post” added that the group, which includes about 24 people, including people from Russia and Ukraine, was formed based on “their mutual love of firearms, military equipment, and God,” and they also set up “via Discord an invitation-only club in 2020.”

According to the Washington Post, OG told members of the group that he had spent "part of his day in a secure facility where cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited."

He also indicated that he "worked for hours writing secret documents to share with his buddies via Discord," according to the newspaper.

Dozens of images of the documents have been found on Twitter, Telegram, Discord and other sites in recent days, although some of them may have been circulating online for weeks, if not months, before they aroused media interest.

US officials have not publicly confirmed that the material in the images posted to social media and other sites is authentic, and their authenticity cannot be immediately independently verified.

However, the leaking of these documents caused problems for Washington, which revealed its fears about the feasibility of a Ukrainian counterattack against Russian forces. It was also reported that it had spied on two close allies, Israel and South Korea.

Many of the documents are no longer on the sites where they first appeared, and the US is reported to be working to remove them.

The repercussions of this leak could be significant, as it could potentially endanger American intelligence sources, while the enemies of the United States obtained valuable information.

Two civilians suffocated today, Thursday, when a fire broke out in a carpet store in the Saftawi area, northwest of Gaza City.

The civil defense confirmed that its crews are trying to control the fire.

North Korea launched Thursday a "new type" of ballistic missile, likely to be solid-fuel, according to the South Korean military, which would represent a major technical and strategic advance for Pyongyang's weapons programme.

The launch of the missile caused a state of alert for a short period in the Japanese island of Hokkaido (north), before Tokyo confirmed that it had not fallen on its territory.

"It appears that North Korea has launched a new type of ballistic missile, most likely solid fuel," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff told AFP.

All of the ICBMs that North Korea has launched to date are liquid-fueled. The solid-fuel missiles Pyongyang has long sought to develop are more stable and faster to prepare for launch than liquid-fuel missiles, making them harder for US forces to detect and destroy.

The South Korean military said the missile, which was launched Thursday at 7:23 am (22:23 GMT), "traveled 1,000 kilometers before falling into the East Sea", the Korean name for the Sea of Japan.

The United States "strongly" condemned Thursday's launch by North Korea of a "long-range ballistic missile," the White House said.

"This launch flagrantly violates many UN Security Council resolutions, unnecessarily increases tensions and threatens to destabilize security in the region," said Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.

"The United States will take all necessary measures to ensure" its security and the security of its allies, South Korea and Japan, she added.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said details of the launch were being analyzed.

And Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Thursday that the missile launched by North Korea "did not fall on Japanese territory."

For his part, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told the press that the missile "is likely to be an intercontinental ballistic missile," noting that its trajectory was "severely inclined to the east." He added that the missile did not appear to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone.

North Korean missiles have repeatedly flown over Japan in the past.

The missile launch caused a brief alert on Hokkaido, in the northern Japanese archipelago.

On Thursday morning, the Japanese government urged residents of the Hokkaido region to take shelter after North Korea fired the missile.

"Evacate immediately. Evacuate immediately," the government said in a warning, asking Hokkaido residents to take shelter in buildings or underground.

But the coast guard and local authorities quickly ruled out any danger.

The missile launch came as two ministerial meetings of the rich G7 countries are scheduled to be held in Japan in the coming days: a meeting of environment ministers in Hokkaido on Saturday and Sunday, and a meeting of foreign ministers Sunday and Monday in Karuizawa (center).
Pyongyang has stepped up weapons tests in recent months, raising tensions with Seoul and Washington, which have both stepped up their military cooperation and carried out large-scale joint exercises in the region.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on Monday to increase his country's deterrent capabilities "to counter the increasing maneuvers of the American colonialists and traitorous puppets in South Korea."

Since March 23, Pyongyang said it had conducted three tests of an "unmanned nuclear submarine" capable of "causing a large-scale radioactive tsunami".

The North Korean regime also said it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on March 16. Last year, North Korea declared itself an "irreversible" nuclear power, and Kim recently called for a "massive" increase in weapons production, including tactical nuclear ones.

Satellite images taken a month ago revealed a high level of activity at North Korea's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, according to the US-based "38 North".

Also in March, Kim ordered his forces to intensify their maneuvers, in preparation for a "real war." Washington and Seoul responded with new joint military exercises, including US stealth aircraft.

Seoul and Washington carried out joint air exercises on April 5 that included at least one US nuclear-capable B-52H bomber, according to the South Korean military.

North Korea regards the maneuvers as rehearsals for an invasion of its territory and has repeatedly warned that it will take "crushing" measures in response.

The General Authority for Crossings and Borders in the Gaza Strip announced today, Thursday, that the Rafah crossing will be closed starting next Monday, on the occasion of Sham El-Nessim in the Arab Republic of Egypt .

The Eid Al-Fitr holiday will start from Thursday, April 20th until Tuesday, April 25th, with work resuming on Wednesday, April 26th.

Today, Thursday, the Israeli police arrested a 37-year-old from the town of Al-Tur in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem , for allegedly planning to carry out a stabbing attack during the "Jewish Passover" holiday.

The Israeli police claim that a deportation order was issued against the young man from the town and Al-Aqsa, after his arrest a few days ago.

Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned in the strongest terms the occupation's measures and its racist repressive restrictions against Christians , aimed at limiting and reducing the numbers that can reach the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , in light of preventing thousands from participating in the Holy Saturday celebration under flimsy pretexts that are repeated every year.

In a statement, the ministry considered that these measures are collective punishment targeting all Palestinians in Jerusalem, its sanctities, identity and citizens. It is also a flagrant attack on the existing political, historical and legal situation, and a flagrant violation of the obligations of Israel, the occupying power in Jerusalem.

The Ministry affirmed that the occupation measures are null, illegal and illegal and will not establish a right for it in Jerusalem and other occupied Palestinian territories, which are gross violations of international law, international humanitarian law and signed agreements, and provocative and escalating steps to the situation in the conflict arena.

The Ministry called on the international community to quickly provide international protection for our people in general and for Jerusalem and its sanctities in particular.

Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report in the American "Substack" website, which claimed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was aware of the rampant corruption in Ukraine and the embezzlement of American aid.

The report said the Ukrainian government was using American taxpayer money to buy diesel from Russia to fuel its army. Hersh said that Volodymyr Zelensky "was buying fuel from Russia, the country with which he and Washington are at war, and that the Ukrainian president and many of his entourage siphoned off untold millions of US dollars intended for diesel fuel payments."

Hersh said that, according to one CIA analyst estimate, at least $400 million in funds was misappropriated last year. Sources told Hersh that Ukrainian officials are also "competing" to set up front companies for export contracts for private arms dealers around the world.

According to the report, "the issue of corruption was raised during a meeting between CIA Director William Burns and Zelensky himself last January." An intelligence official with direct knowledge of the meeting told Hersh that Burns had sent a startling message to Zelensky.

"The top generals and government officials in Kyiv were enraged at what they saw as Zelensky's greed, so Burns told the Ukrainian president, because he was taking a larger share of the skim money than the generals were going for," Hersh wrote.

During the meeting, Burns presented Zelensky with a list of 35 generals and senior government officials whose corruption the CIA was aware of. Zelensky responded by firing 10 officials involved in blatant corruption. "The 10 he got rid of were brazenly bragging about the money they had - driving around Kiev in their new Mercedes," the intelligence official said.

Hersh said Zelensky's "lukewarm reaction" and "lack of interest" in the White House angered some US intelligence officials. The intelligence official who spoke with Hersh criticized President Biden's two key foreign policy advisers, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

"They have no experience, no judgment, and no moral integrity. They just tell lies, make up stories." Diplomatic denials are another matter, the official said. The official also said there was a "breakdown of a major rift between the White House leadership and the intelligence community."

The report said the dispute began in the fall when the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline was blown up. According to Hersh's previous report, President Biden ordered the operation that brought down the pipelines. "The destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline was never discussed, or even known in advance, by the intelligence community," the official said.

The official said there was "no strategy to end the war" within the Biden administration and offered harsh criticism of Blinken and Sullivan.

"Burns is not the problem," the official said. The problem is with Biden and his key aides — Blinken, Sullivan and their loyalists — who see those who criticize Zelensky as pro-Putin. “We are against evil. Ukraine will fight until the last military missile disappears, and it is still fighting. And here is Biden telling America that we will fight, no matter how long it takes and whatever it takes.”

Hersh's report comes after a series of top secret documents leaked from the Pentagon and other government agencies surfaced online. Some of the documents show US planning for the war in Ukraine and reveal US skepticism about Kiev's ability to mount a successful counterattack, offering a very different view of Ukraine's capabilities than what Biden officials have said publicly.

Today, Thursday, the Prisoners ’ Affairs Authority stated that the occupation authorities decided to release the West Bank detainees during the Israeli occupation forces’ storming of Al-Qibli Mosque in Al-Aqsa last week, on the condition that they pay fines of one thousand shekels.

According to the authority, the detainees are: “Muhammad Abu Hammoud, Islam Ghazal, Osama Al-Salihi, Abdullah Idais, Baraa Rummana, Muhammad Rummana, Yazan Hammad, Hamza Hajj, Hamed Sabah, Louay Sabah, Zaid Hamed, Yasser Murad, Amer Turabi, and Muhammad.” Sweet."

Today, Thursday, the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh , briefed the US Special Representative for Palestinian Affairs, Hadi Amr , on the latest political and field developments, and the escalating Israeli measures against the Palestinian people .

During his meeting with Amr in his office in Ramallah, the sheikh stressed the need for effective and effective American intervention in putting pressure on Israel and forcing it to stop its escalatory measures against the Palestinian people.

The meeting was attended by the President's Diplomatic Adviser, Majdi Al-Khalidi.

On Thursday, Norway announced the expulsion of 15 employees of the Russian embassy in Oslo, whom it considers "intelligence agents".

"These 15 intelligence agents have been declared persona non grata for activities not commensurate with their diplomatic status," Norwegian Foreign Minister Annekin Hotvelt said in a statement.

"It is an important measure to counter and reduce the size of Russian espionage activities in Norway," she added.

The Norwegian Foreign Ministry indicated that the fifteen Russians present in the country with diplomatic cover should leave the Norwegian territory "soon".

The Russian embassy in Oslo has not yet responded to a call from Agence France-Presse. The Norwegian intelligence services classify Russia and China as two major threats in the field of espionage to the NATO member state, which shares a 198-kilometer border with Russia in the Arctic.

And in April 2022, a few weeks after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oslo, like many other European capitals, expelled three Russian diplomats suspected of espionage, prompting Moscow to respond by expelling three Norwegian diplomats.

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated greatly due to the conflict in Ukraine, after they had maintained close relations for a long time, especially in the far north.

Norway has approved almost all of the sanctions that Brussels imposed on Russia, even though Oslo is not a member of the European Union.