Total Swiss exports to Russia fell only slightly despite the sanctions imposed by Bern, while exports of medicines rose to record levels, according to a report published Sunday.

Switzerland imposed sanctions on Russia within the framework of the ten strict measures imposed on it by the European Union since the start of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The New Zurich Zeitung am Sonntag newspaper said, after analyzing the figures issued by the Federal Office of Customs and Border Security, that despite the suspension of Swiss trade with Russia in many key sectors, especially machinery and watches, pharmaceutical exports recorded a record high.

Medicines are considered humanitarian goods and are exempt from penalties.

Switzerland exported goods worth 2.9 billion Swiss francs ($3.2 billion) to Russia between March 2022 and February 2023.

The newspaper added that the value of exports declined from 3.5 billion Swiss francs recorded in the previous twelve months, but the value of exports exceeded the threshold of 2.9 billion francs only three times in recent years.
"Looking at the long list of goods that can no longer be shipped to the country at war, the impact seems very small," the newspaper added.

Pharmaceutical exports have risen by about 40%, from around CHF1.4 billion to around CHF2 billion since the invasion - and now make up about a third of all Swiss exports to Russia.

Switzerland is home to many large pharmaceutical companies, including Novartis and Roche.

"Sales in Russia were driven by a number of factors, including the influx of patients who postponed medical treatment due to the epidemic," the newspaper quoted Novartis as saying.

The company added regarding the war that "one of the factors was the resort of patients and hospitals to form stocks in anticipation of possible difficulties in obtaining medicines."

Despite respecting EU sanctions against Russia, landlocked Switzerland's military position is neutral.
But the issue has been hotly debated since the return of all-out war to Europe.

Despite pressure from Kiev and its allies, Switzerland has so far refused to allow countries that possess Swiss-made weapons to re-export them to Ukraine.

Tesla , the American automaker, announced last Sunday that it will build a new huge factory in Shanghai, which will be dedicated to the manufacture of the company's energy storage batteries, which bear the name "Megapac".

Tesla said at the signing ceremony for the project in Shanghai that it is planned to start building the new factory in the third quarter of this year and launch production work in the second quarter of 2024.

The new plant will initially produce 10,000 units of Megapack batteries each year, which equates to about 40 gigawatt-hours of stored energy. The products will be sold all over the world.

The new factory will be located in the Lin-gang area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.

The construction of the plant is expected to create another industrial park, valued at more than 100 billion yuan (14.6 billion US dollars), said Lu Yue, an official with the Lingang Special District Administration.

Zhuang Mudi, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai municipal government, said the project will help stimulate the development of new energy storage industry and the green and low-carbon transformation of Shanghai.

In January 2019, Tesla began construction of its Shanghai Gigafactory, becoming the first company to benefit from the new policy allowing foreign automakers to establish wholly-owned subsidiaries in China.

As Tesla's first large-scale plant outside the United States, the plant delivered 710,000 vehicles in 2022, up 48 percent from 2021. The plant has become Tesla's primary vehicle export hub, with electric vehicles selling well in Asia Pacific, Europe, and more. from regions.

Since 2019, Tesla has been increasing its investment in Lingang, expanding the production capacity of the Shanghai factory and building more facilities, including a supercharger manufacturing plant.

Tao Lin, vice president of Tesla, said that thanks to the superior business environment in Shanghai and Lingang Special District, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory has an industrial chain localization rate of more than 95 percent.

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank begin their spring meetings Thursday, two days after the release of global growth forecasts on Tuesday, in light of a charged atmosphere between the need for reforms, successive crises and an economic slowdown.

The publication of the revised outlook for the global economy on Tuesday will be the informal starting point for the meetings held by the two financial institutions at their headquarters in Washington, but IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has already hinted at the prevailing trend, with expected global growth below 3%.

Such an indicator does not include anything new, as the International Monetary Fund expected, in the latest revised figures issued in January, a growth of 2.9 percent.

However, what is new is that this trend may continue for a while, as the Fund expects global growth of no more than 3% at an annual rate until 2028, which reflects, according to Georgieva, "the weakest forecast we have issued in the medium term since 1990."

At the end of March, the World Bank was more pessimistic, as it predicted an annual global growth rate of 2.2% until 2030, which would make this period the weakest decade in terms of growth in more than forty years.

This reflects a significant slowdown at a time when the world is facing an unprecedented series of challenges, ranging from the repercussions of climate warming to the risks of global trade fragmentation and the possibility of a generalized debt crisis.

Faced with these problems, a number of countries, led by the United States, are increasingly calling for reform of international financial institutions.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen confirmed in an interview with Agence France-Presse that she "hopes to reform the tasks" of these institutions, especially the World Bank and its branches, so that "resilience to climate change, epidemics and conflicts" is included in their core.

Yellen added, "We hope to carry out other reforms during the rest of the year. This will be among the talks during the upcoming meetings of the International Monetary Fund, as well as during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Morocco" next October.

It is assumed that this development will begin with the regional investment banks and the World Bank under the administration of its next president, who is expected to be the American candidate, Ajay Banga, the only candidate for this position.
However, development should take place quickly, as Georgieva reminded that the environmental transformation of emerging and low-income countries will require a minimum of $1,000 billion per year in the coming years, an amount that international financial institutions currently do not have sufficient resources to provide.

And she stressed that it was imperative for "our wealthier members to help fill the gaps" in terms of fundraising, at a time when Banga intends to incentivize the private sector to join this effort after he takes office.

These topics will be among the main points of discussion during the spring meetings, provided that a first series of announcements will be issued on this occasion, especially related to the lending capabilities of the World Bank and its branches, Yellen told AFP.

However, this will not prevent the international financial institutions from raising a number of other points, foremost of which is the risk of destabilizing the financial sector if central banks increase interest rates additionally in the context of combating inflation.

On Thursday, Georgieva stressed that central banks should continue their efforts in this regard, stressing that they should "give priority to combating inflation, and then support financial stability through various tools."

Likewise, raising interest rates will increase the risks of a debt crisis in an increasing number of low-income countries, and the Director-General indicated that 15% of these countries suffer from a debt crisis, while 40% of other countries are close to this possibility.

To face such a situation, international financial institutions need more resources, which their managements will try to confirm to representatives of countries in the coming days, in order to avoid a more difficult economic environment.

China announced Monday that it had "successfully completed" its military exercises in the vicinity of Taiwan , which lasted for three days, during which it simulated "encircling" the island.

And the Eastern Command of the Chinese army stated in a post on social media, "From April 8th to the tenth of it, the Eastern Command successfully completed various tasks within the framework of war readiness patrols in the vicinity of Taiwan and within the framework of joint sword exercises, and it fully tested the integrated joint combat capabilities." of various military branches in actual combat conditions.

The Kremlin fully supported the military maneuvers that China is conducting in the vicinity of Taiwan, considering that Beijing is being subjected to "provocations" by the United States, which supports the island.

"China has the sovereign right to act in response to these provocative actions, in particular by conducting maneuvers," Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Today, Monday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh affirmed that the government will do everything within its legal powers to complete the educational process, calling on teachers to return to work.

At the beginning of the weekly government session, Shtayyeh said, "Yesterday and today, more than 2,500 male and female teachers returned to work, since the government responded positively to their demands."

Shtayyeh expressed his hope that the financial crisis would have ended by the end of the year, enabling us to complete the disbursement of dues, allowances, etc., and we will continue our struggle for all our rights, including financial ones, and to stop the unfair deductions made by the occupying power.

In another context, Shtayyeh held the Israeli government fully responsible for everything that is happening here and in the entire region.

Shtayyeh called on the world to hold the Israeli government accountable for its repeated crimes on a daily basis, the latest of which was the attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque, the march of ministers and members of Knesset in support of settlement, incursions and programmed killing, and the martyrdom of the child Muhammad Fayez Bilhan in Aqabat Jaber camp during his storming this morning.

He added: "The assault on the worshipers and those in i'tikaaf, and the desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque with the rugs of their soldiers, should not pass easily and without accountability. I salute our steadfast people in Jerusalem and the defenders of the sanctities, and the intense presence in Al-Aqsa Mosque is the guarantor of preventing the temporal and spatial division that Israel wants."

In addition to the educational process, the Council of Ministers discusses the development plan for the coming years, information security, and infrastructure projects for the Energy Authority and the Ministry of Education.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos confirmed on Monday that his country would not allow any "offensive actions" from the bases that he made available to US forces.

Last week, Manila identified four additional military bases that the United States could use, one near the disputed South China Sea and another not far from Taiwan.

Washington and Manila have been allies for decades and are linked by a 2014 defense treaty known as the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. This treaty allows US forces to use five Philippine bases and store military equipment and materials there.
The number of these bases was increased to nine in February, but without specifying the locations of the four additional ones.

China warned last week that "the strengthening of (US forces) deployment in the region" would "inevitably lead to an increase in military tension and threaten regional peace and stability."

Marcos said Monday that China's reaction was "not surprising," but reassured Beijing that Manila was only working to bolster its territorial defense.

"We will not allow our bases to be used for any offensive actions. This is only intended to help the Philippines when we need help," he told reporters.

"If no one attacks us, they don't need to worry because we won't fight them," he added.

The United States seeks to strengthen its relations with Manila, after it has witnessed tension in recent years. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte preferred cooperation with China at the expense of Washington, the former colonizer of the Philippines.

But the new Philippine government of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants to strengthen its partnership with Washington, spurred on by Beijing's claims over Taiwan and the establishment of Chinese bases in the South China Sea.

Marcos' comments came in the wake of the third day of China's war games around Taiwan Monday, as it simulated a "full encirclement" of the self-ruled island.

The Chinese maneuvers, which began on Saturday, came as a protest against a meeting Wednesday in California with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Last month, the Directorate of Precious Metals at the Ministry of National Economy stamped about a ton of gold (0.953 kg), while its revenues from the process of stamping gold jewelry that bears the Palestinian hallmark “The Dome of the Rock” amounted to approximately 1.11 million shekels.

The Ministry of Economy stated in a statement today, Monday, that the average price of an ounce of gold reached (1970) dollars last month, an increase of 2% compared to the same month of last year, at (1947) dollars.

Last year, the directorate stamped about 17.75 tons of gold, an increase of 93% from the average, compared to the previous five years, while the total revenues collected as a result of the stamping process amounted to 17.77 million shekels.

The Precious Metals Directorate annually stamps about 10 tons of gold jewelry, while around 577 factories, workshops, and shops work in the manufacture and sale of precious metals, employing 3,000 manufacturers and merchants, and are subject to the supervision and inspection teams of the Precious Metals Directorate.

The Directorate called on citizens to obtain an invoice containing details of the item, caliber, weight, statement, price of the item, total price, currency, and the name of the business when buying gold, and to verify the Palestinian stamp on the jewelry, in addition to the type of jewelry industry (local or foreign).

Today, Monday, the child Muhammad Fayez Bilhan (15 years old) was killed, and two civilians were injured during the Israeli occupation forces’ raid on Aqabat Jaber camp in Jericho .

According to the Ministry of Health, the child, Bilhan, was killed by live bullets in the head, chest, and abdomen, while two civilians were wounded by live bullets in the lower extremities.

The number of martyrs since the beginning of the year has risen to 96.

Large forces of the occupation army surrounded a number of houses in the camp, which led to clashes.

Those forces imposed a tight security cordon around the area.

Today, Monday, an Israeli officer and soldier were injured during the Israeli occupation forces’ raid on Al-Ain camp in Nablus .

The occupation army confirmed that the officer and the soldier were slightly wounded by shrapnel from the local explosive devices that were fired at them.

Large forces of the occupation army stormed the Al-Ain camp at dawn today, amid violent armed clashes in the camp, and the throwing of homemade explosive devices, "albows".

A young man was shot, after midnight last night, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem .

According to local sources, a young man was wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets in the hand, during the clashes that centered in the "al-Tal" area, after which he was transferred to a hospital.

The United States is working to assess any risks to its national security that may arise from the leaking of classified documents , especially related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to the US Department of Defense announced Sunday.

This leak of classified documents, revealed by the New York Times last week, not only includes reports and documents related to the conflict in Ukraine, but also relates to very sensitive analyzes about the allies of the United States.

"Interagency collaboration has begun to assess the national security impact (leak) of these video documents and our allies and partners," said Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh.

According to US media analysis, these leaks may be beneficial to Moscow, as these documents show the extent to which US intelligence services have penetrated certain parts of the Russian military apparatus.

The US Department of Justice, which opened an investigation on Saturday, is trying to determine the source of the leaks and is still examining the validity of the published documents.

The Washington Post quoted US officials as saying that some of these documents were forged. But most of them are original and consistent with CIA reports circulating in the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department, according to the same source.

Some of them contain information related to the internal discussions of governments allied with the United States. For example, one document highlighted government discussions in South Korea about the possibility of supplying Ukraine with American artillery shells, according to The New York Times.

Twenty-four hours after an explosion brought down a four-storey building in Marseille , southern France , rescue services have found the first two bodies of eight people suspected of missing in the rubble.

The firefighters said in a statement shortly after dawn on Monday that "two bodies" had been found, but "given the difficulties... it will take time to recover (the bodies from the site)."

"Tonight, the sorrow and the pain are great," Marseille Mayor Benoit Payen said in a statement, adding, "We continue to do everything we can to complete the rescue operations."

The collapse of the building in the coastal city of Marseille injured at least five people, and there are still people missing, but a fire is hampering rescue efforts.

After a large explosion on Saturday night, Building No. 17 on Tivoli Street in a neighborhood famous for its cafes and restaurants in Marseille collapsed, and two adjacent buildings were damaged, one of which collapsed hours after the accident, while the second was about to fall.

Before the bodies were found, the Marseille public prosecutor, Dominique Lawrence, said, "We have eight people who are not responding in building number 17 on avenue Tivoli and at the level of the garden that connects buildings 15 and 17 (...) we have no news."

For their part, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanan and the city's mayor, Benoit Bayan, said that five people residing in buildings close to Building 17 were injured, but their conditions are stable.

"The eight people you spoke about told us their relatives and families that there is no news about them," Lawrence added.

Rescue teams have been searching for hours, and firefighting teams are racing against time to put out a fire under the rubble that prevents trained dogs from searching for possible survivors.

For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his "sadness" over this tragedy.

An AFP photographer from a tall building in the neighborhood on Sunday evening saw smoke continuing to billow near the ruins.

Earlier, Darmanan, who came to the site to support the residents and about a hundred firefighters during their work, announced the presence of four people under the rubble "for sure," and added that "there could be about ten people."

Lawrence indicated that "it is still impossible at this time to determine the causes of the explosion," which led to the collapse of the four-storey building.

She added that "gas is of course one of the possible possibilities" and may have caused the explosion, which was recorded by surveillance cameras at 00:46 (22:46 GMT).

Witness Aziz told AFP that when the explosion occurred, "everything shook and we saw people running and smoke everywhere, then the building collapsed in the street."

"We soon smelled a strong smell of gas, which we kept smelling this morning," said Savera Mosnier, who lives in a nearby street, to AFP.

The official in charge of security in the municipality of Marseille, Yannick Ohannesian, said that a number of witnesses spoke of "their suspicion of inhaling gas odors."
About 30 precautionary buildings have been evacuated, including 186 people or 90 families in four streets, according to Housing Minister Olivier Clain, who is visiting Marseille on Monday.

In November 2018, eight people were killed in the collapse of two buildings in another area of Marseille. These buildings were dangerously dilapidated in a city where 40,000 people live in slums, according to NGOs.

But the mayor seems unlikely that the building that collapsed on Sunday is dilapidated in a neighborhood known for its restaurants, bars and nightlife.

He said, "As far as I know, there are no special problems with this building. We are not facing the case of a street that includes unhealthy housing."

Today, Monday, settlers stormed the Suleiman Pools tourist area, south of Bethlehem , for the second day in a row.

According to local sources, a large number of settlers stormed the Suleiman Pools area under the protection of the occupation forces, and performed Talmudic rituals in the place.

"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" topped the North American box office over the Easter weekend, in perhaps one of the best performances for films released this year.

The animated film, which was produced by "Universal", "Nintendo" and "Ilumination" studios, generated revenues of $ 146 million in its first weekend, according to preliminary figures released by the specialized "Experience Relations" company Sunday.

Franchise Entertainment Research analyst David A. Gross noted that the film's results in theaters in the United States and Canada are "amazing."

Gorse considered that what the work achieved represents the best start for the first part of an animated movie, which constitutes a success due to the fact that the work attracts different age groups, from children to adults who feel nostalgic towards one of the most famous characters in the history of video games.

And second in the ranking was the movie “John Wick: Chapter 4”, in which Keanu Reeves plays the role of a professional killer fighting an international criminal group, achieving $ 14.6 million, in a result that shows a significant difference from what the Mario movie achieved.

The movie "Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves", which was at the top of the box office last week, fell to third place. The film, which stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant and Reggie-Jean Page, grossed $14.5 million.

The fourth place went to the movie “R”, directed by Ben Affleck, which deals with the history of the “Nike” sports brand and the role of the famous American basketball player Michael Jordan in launching this brand, with revenues amounting to 14.4 million dollars, which David Gross described as “very good.” for a movie of this kind.

Fifthly, "Scream 6", starring Courteney Cox and "Wednesday" star Gina Ortega, came in with revenues of $3.3 million.

Here are the remaining films in the top ten rankings at the North American box office this week:
6. He's Only Sun ($3.3 million)
7- "Creed 3" ($2.8 million).
8. "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" ($1.6 million)
9- “Paint” ($750,000).
10- “A Thousand and One” ($600,000).

The US Navy announced that the destroyer "Milius", which carries guided missiles, sailed Monday in the waters of the South China Sea , which Beijing claims sovereignty over, at a time when the Chinese army is conducting maneuvers around Taiwan .

"This freedom of navigation operation respected the rights, liberties, and lawful use of the sea," the US Navy said in a statement, adding that the ship passed near the Spratly Islands.

About 1,300 kilometers from here, Chinese fighters and warships are conducting three-day maneuvers in the vicinity of Taiwan, including simulated raids on the island.

The maneuvers came after a meeting last week in California with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

These maneuvers raise condemnation from Taipei and calls for calm on the part of Washington, which said it was "monitoring Beijing's actions closely."

Beijing said Monday that Chinese fighter jets carrying "live ammunition" had conducted "simulated strikes" near Taiwan and that the Chinese aircraft carrier "Shandong" was taking part in the maneuvers, which entered their third day.

China also said the maneuvers included a simulated "collar strike" on Taiwan.

On Monday morning, hundreds of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque , under the strict protection of the occupation police.

More than 1,500 settlers made provocative tours of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and performed Talmudic rituals.

Settler groups storm Al-Aqsa on a daily basis, except for Friday and Saturday.

The Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids and arrests in separate areas of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem .

Large forces of the occupation army stormed, at dawn on Monday, the city of Nablus, and arrested the editor, Abdul Rahman Akouba, from the Northern Mountain area in Nablus.

They also stormed Al-Ain camp, amid violent armed clashes in the camp, and threw homemade explosive devices "Al-Akwa".

According to the Red Crescent, two young men were wounded by shrapnel, and field treatment was provided to them. A slight fall and 10 suffocation injuries were recorded.

In Hebron, the occupation forces stormed the town of Beit Ummar, north of the governorate, and arrested the young man, Musab Khalil, from his family's home, after thoroughly searching it.

The occupation forces also stormed the town of Kafr Nima, west of Ramallah.

Other forces stormed the Shuafat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, and searched a number of homes.

The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said, on Monday, that the so-called Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir , and his ally, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich , discovered after the last cabinet session that was held a few days ago in light of the state of security tension, that these meetings do not serve them politically.

According to the newspaper, Benjamin Netanyahu tried for months not to convene the Cabinet for reasons that may relate to the fact that a group of his ministers do not have security experience, including Ben Gvir and Smotrich, but in light of the recent conditions he was forced to do so, and decisions were taken that apparently did not suit the political campaign of the two extremist ministers.

Ben Gvir, along with Smotrich, was criticized from the right for their role in what was described as "very moderate" decisions issued by the cabinet, and their commitment to secrecy emanating from the meeting made it difficult for them to speak publicly about the cabinet's decisions.

After the operation that took place in the Jordan Valley , Ben Gvir came out trying to defend his position, expressing his frustration, and wrote on Facebook: "It is clear that I often find myself frustrated with certain decisions... I cannot talk about what is happening in the inner chambers of the Council of Ministers and security consultations. Unfortunately, I do not determine the security policy of the government.. My positions have not changed, and I believe that deterrence cannot be achieved through containment.

Smotrich also expressed his feelings regarding his failure to implement the policy he pledged to promote during the election campaign, writing in an internal WhatsApp group, "I try very hard to be sincere and not attack the government of which I am a member, but it simply cannot go on like this." ".

After the operation in the Jordan Valley, Smotrich criticized the fact that the cabinet to which he belongs did not order the closure of the exits from Nablus.

Despite the criticism, the two ministers made it clear that they did not intend to overthrow the current government, and on the political level there were those who estimated that their public criticism was a move aimed mainly at dispelling anger against them in the ranks of the right. As the paper says.

The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz said today, Monday, that the Israeli police could have refrained from storming the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacking the worshipers, which pushed the situation to security tension and the firing of rockets from more than one front.

The newspaper referred to the passage of the past two days with relative calm in the Al-Aqsa Mosque after it stopped storming at night and attacking Palestinian worshipers in it, noting that it was possible to act in a similar way last week and avoid storming the mosque.

Officers in the Israeli police claimed that the raid was aimed at preventing Palestinians from hurling pilgrims and throwing the firecrackers they brought into the mosque, while in the past two days no similar tools were entered, while in the Islamic Waqf there is a conviction that until last week it was possible to prevent the break-in. And reach a truce without entering into a violent conflict. As the paper says.

And the newspaper adds: “As with any “what if” question, there is no definitive answer to this dilemma, but after the recent events, the citizens of Israel have the right to know who decided to storm the mosque, and did he take into account all the risks and consult all the relevant authorities, and whether The fact that the Ministry of National Security is headed by a person (Ben Gvir) who appears unfit for the position influenced this set of considerations."

The newspaper pointed out that today will begin the first of the last ten nights of Ramadan, which will be particularly sensitive, noting that the Israeli government must decide whether it will respect the status quo by stopping the storming of the mosque during these days, or prefer to expose Israelis and Palestinians to danger. In order to try to show its sovereignty and a small group of "Temple activists" over Al-Aqsa.

In another report, the same newspaper said that Al-Aqsa Mosque, as it was clear and expected for the Israeli government and the security establishment, is at the heart of the current escalation, stressing that caution could have been taken when storming it, especially the use of violence against worshipers, especially since what was published of video clips was clear that It will cause an escalation of the situation, which resulted in the firing of rockets from every front, and the implementation of shooting operations in the West Bank.

The newspaper indicates that in the previous government in 2022, the behavior was different and there was great care to neutralize the state of tension, especially in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, and therefore there were no storming of the mosque and attacking the worshipers, and political steps were taken towards the relationship with the United States and the Arab countries and an attempt to strengthen the Palestinian Authority, Ramadan passed relatively quietly.

And the newspaper says: “This time the situation is different, in the office of the Minister of National Security sits a clown preoccupied with provocations on Twitter and every time he interferes in what is happening under his leadership the situation gets worse, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is busy with a hundred other problems most of which are of his own making, and perhaps most of all In recent months, the government removed seat belts when relations with the United States, Jordan, and the Gulf states soured due to security tensions in the past months in the West Bank, and internal crises.. It can be said that when there is no one to help calm the situation, it is difficult to stop escalation in Jerusalem.

Dozens of citizens were injured today, Monday, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in the Jabal Sabih area, south of Nablus .

According to the Red Crescent, 115 citizens were suffocated, and two were shot with rubber bullets, including journalist Mahmoud Fawzi, the cameraman of "Roya", while 4 were injured as a result of their falling as a result of the soldiers' pursuit.

The confrontations are still going on.

Thousands of settlers , with the participation of at least 7 Israeli ministers and more than 20 Knesset members, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir , stormed the Jabal Sabih area of the lands of Beta, Wetma and Kaplan, south of Nablus.

The march aims to demand the legalization of this "Avitar" settlement outpost, and to respond to the attacks, according to the occupation's claims.

The occupation forces were heavily deployed on the road between Ramallah and Nablus, while the Za'tara and Hawara checkpoints impeded the movement of citizens from time to time.

Liverpool came back from afar and made up for falling behind with two clean goals, forcing a draw against leaders Arsenal on Sunday in the thirtieth stage of the English Football League , thus providing a service to Manchester City, the second and defending champion.

And Arsenal seemed on its way to its eighth successive victory and regaining the eight-point difference that separates it from Manchester City, who won Saturday at Southampton 4-1, after leading with two goals for the Brazilians Gabriel Martinelli (8) and Gabriel Jesus (28).

But his knot at Anfield, where he fell during his last six league visits and has not emerged victorious from it since September 2012 (2-0), continued after Liverpool narrowed the difference through Egyptian Mohamed Salah (42), who then missed a penalty kick (54). ), before Brazilian substitute Roberto Firmino snatched the equalizer (87).

Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who shone in the final seconds and avoided his team's fourth defeat of the season, said that the point is better than nothing, telling Sky Sports that there are "mixed feelings, but we will feel after a few days that it is a good point."
He continued, "We found ourselves under pressure for 35 minutes and came back from Anfield with a point. They are a high-class team. It is true that we dropped two points, but we could have dropped three. I think we were excellent. We were good for 50-60 minutes... We have to get back to building." Again, a point is much better than nothing.”

With its fourth draw this season, Spanish coach Mikel Arteta's team raised its score to 73 points in the lead, 6 points ahead of City, who has a postponed match, while Liverpool's score is now 44 points in eighth place.

And this tie will not relieve the pressure on German coach Jurgen Klopp, since since the sweeping victory over rivals Manchester United 7-0 in the twenty-sixth stage, Liverpool did not taste victory in its next five matches, as it lost to Bournemouth (0-1) and Manchester City (1-1). 4) And Spanish Real Madrid (0-1) in the second leg of the Champions League final, and tied with Chelsea (0-0) and Arsenal in the last two stages.

Arsenal struck early and opened the scoring from the eighth minute after a mistake by Dutch defender Virgil van Dyck, who failed to intercept a pass from the Norwegian Martin Odegaard to Martinelli, so he gifted the ball to the latter, who penetrated into the area and followed it on the ground to the right of Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson, thus raising his tally to 14 goals in the league. this season.

Ukrainian Oleksandr Zinchenko was close to adding the second goal for the guests with a shot from outside the area, but Alisson excelled in defending his goal (12).

Liverpool waited until the 20th minute to threaten Ramsdale's goal through his defender Andrew Robertson, but the Scotsman's shot went past the left post.

This opportunity was the beginning of the awakening of the “Reds”, who pressed in search of an equalizer, but the goal came from the opposite side with a Brazilian flavor, through a header by Jesus, after a cross from his compatriot Martinelli (28), scoring his third goal in his fourth match in the Premier League after returning from an injury he suffered with His country's national team in the World Cup Qatar kept him out of action for four months.
But Salah returned Liverpool to the atmosphere of the meeting before the end of the first half after a team game and a series of passes inside the area between Curtis Jones and the Portuguese Diogo Jota and captain Jordan Henderson, who had the decisive pass from which the “Pharaoh” scored his thirteenth goal in the league this season (42).

Liverpool was very close to ending the first half tied after a double chance, which Jota started with a shot from a narrow angle.

At the end of the first half, Robertson went to assistant referee Konstantine Hadjidakis to protest, and the latter raised his arm and hit the Scotsman in the face on his neck, which led to a wave of protests by Liverpool players, according to pictures by "Sky Sports".
Robertson shouted: "He elbowed me in the throat, the linesman hit me in the throat!"

After the match, the authority responsible for professional arbitration in England indicated, in a press statement, that it had “knowledge of the incident of Assistant Referee Assistant Referee Constantin Hadjidakis and Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson,” adding, “We will study the matter in detail after the match.”
Klopp's men started the second half with great pressure and got a golden opportunity to equalize from a penalty kick that Jota grabbed from Rob Holding, but Salah missed it after he hit the ball next to the right post (54), then the Egyptian scorer got the opportunity to compensate with a shot from inside the area, but Ramsdale starred in his face (57).

After that, the two teams exchanged opportunities, the most prominent of which was the Uruguayan substitute Darwin Nunes, who almost equalized, but collided with the brilliance of Ramsdale, but without any of them succeeding in reaching the net until the 87th minute, when Firmino succeeded with a header after a cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold to equalize.

Liverpool pressed in the last seconds in search of snatching the victory and was close to that through Salah (5 + 90) and Frenchman Ibrahima Konate (6 + 90), but Ramsdale shone in defending his own goal.

Crystal Palace continued its revival under the leadership of its new-old coach Roy Hodgson, with a landslide victory over Leeds United 5-1, in a match that started lagging behind with a goal by Patrick Bamford (21) before returning at the end of the first half thanks to Mark Guehi (1 + 45) and then completing the return. In the second, with goals from Ghanaian Jordan Ayew (53 and 77), Ibrishi Eze (55) and French Odson Edouard (69).
Hodgson took over the job on March 21, succeeding Frenchman Patrick Vieira, who had originally arrived in the position, succeeding the 75-year-old.
Hodgson succeeded in his first match by defeating Leicester City 2-1 in the last stage, putting an end to the series of consecutive matches that the London team played without winning at 13 in all competitions, and then on Sunday he was able to add a second victory in his second match led by the team that supervised It is between September 2017 and May 2021.

This is Palace’s first victory in the Leeds stronghold in all competitions since March 2006 (1-0 in the second-level league) and the first in the Premier League since August 1997 (2-0).

Atletico Madrid continued its uprising recently and achieved its fifth successive victory, tightening the screws on its neighbor and arch-rival Real Madrid when it defeated its host and neighbor Rayo Vallecano 2-1 on Sunday in the twenty-eighth stage of the Spanish Football Championship .

Argentine international defender Nahuel Molina gave Atletico Madrid the lead in the 22nd minute, and celebrated by raising the shirt of his compatriot Angel Correa, who withdrew at the last moment from the squad due to the death of his mother.

The other defender, Mario Hermoso, added the second goal two minutes later with a header from close range (24).

Rayo Vallecano suffered a painful blow by expelling his French defender Florian Lejeune in the 62nd minute, but that did not prevent him from scoring the goal of honor through Fran Garcia in the 85th minute.
Atletico Madrid strengthened its position in third place with 57 points, two points behind its other neighbor Real Madrid, who suffered a sudden loss at home to Villarreal 2-3 on Saturday, while Rayo Vallecano's balance froze at 38 points and fell to ninth place.

Kosovar striker Vedat Murichi denied Valladolid's new Uruguayan coach, Pablo Cesar Besolano, his first victory at the head of the technical management of his team, by equalizing Real Mallorca 3-3 in stoppage time.

Besolano played the first match as coach of Valladolid, which is headed by former Brazilian star Ronaldo Nazario, after he was appointed last Wednesday to succeed Jose Rojo "Bacheta", who was dismissed from his position on Monday.

Valladolid started the match in the best possible way and ended the first half in their favour, with a goal by Kiki Perez in the 33rd minute, but Real Mallorca hit hard at the beginning of the second half by scoring two goals via Morichi (53) and Manu Morlanes (58).
Moroccan international midfielder Salim Amlah equalized one minute after entering the place of Brazilian Lucas Rosa (68), then Moncho gave Valladolid the lead for the second time in the match in the 86th minute.

And at the time when the match was taking its last breath, Murichi managed to equalize in the fourth minute of stoppage time, scoring his second personal goal in the match.

Valladolid fell to the seventeenth place with 29 points, while Real Mallorca strengthened its position in the twelfth place with 34 points.

Cadiz breathed a sigh of relief by defeating Real Betis 2-0.

Cadiz took advantage of the numerical shortage in the ranks of the landowners after the expulsion of playmaker Regio Canales in the 38th minute, and they succeeded in opening the scoring through midfielder Robin Alcaras in the 53rd minute, and Ramos added the second after six minutes (59).

And the ordeals of Real Betis continued, by expelling its striker, Aitor Roibal, after one minute, so he completed the match with nine players (60).

Canales wrote on his Twitter account after the match: “I am sorry, team, fans, Real Betis,” adding, “Today I made a mistake, a huge mistake, and I am responsible for the defeat.”
"I must be self-critical and continue to work like never before to help you."

Cadiz rose to the fourteenth place with 31 points, one point behind Getafe, who lost to Real Sociedad 0-2 on Saturday, while Real Betis suffered its second successive loss and fell to sixth place after its balance froze at 45 points, two points behind Villarreal.
Almeria followed the example of Cadiz and strengthened its hopes of staying in the first division by defeating its guest, Valencia, 2-1.
Goncalo Melero (49) and Serbian Srdjan Babic (58) scored Almeria's goals, and Samu Castillejo (61) scored Valencia's goal.

Almeria took advantage of Espanyol's loss to Athletic Bilbao 1-2 on Saturday, and Valladolid stumbled against Real Mallorca, so it got rid of the penultimate nineteenth place and rose to sixteenth with 30 points, while Valencia fell to eighteenth place after its score froze at 27 points.
The stage ends on Monday with Barcelona's meeting with Girona.

Lyon continued its awakening when it turned the tables on its guest, Rennes, with a precious 3-1 victory on Sunday in the thirtieth stage of the French Football Championship .

Rennes was the first to score through the center of his attack of Algerian origin, Amine Guerre, in the 11th minute, but Lyon rose up in the second half and scored a hat-trick, which was alternated by Corentin Tolisso (60), Alexandre Lacazette (68) and Bradley Barcola (79).

Lacazette consolidated its position in second place on the scorers' list with 18 goals, one behind the leaders, Paris Saint-Germain strikers Kylian Mbappe and Lille Canadian international Jonathan David.

Lyon quickly regained its balance after its exit from the Cup competition at the hands of Nantes (0-1) on Wednesday, and achieved its second victory in a row after three consecutive draws.

Lyon, who beat leaders Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the “Parc des Princes” in the last stage, rose to seventh place with 47 points, refreshing its hopes of competing for one of the continental cards, as it is separated by five points from Lille, the fifth-placed player who qualifies for the “Conference” competition. League”, and 11 points from Monaco, who qualified fourth for the European League competition, "Europa League".

"You always have to have faith in sport and in life," his coach Laurent Blanc said after the match. "The last match in a series of three matches in a week is often the most physically demanding and after Wednesday's disappointment, the first 45 minutes were proof of that as Rennes took advantage and scored a goal." He could have benefited more."

"I was confident that we would improve in the second half and I was right because we hit hard in the second half," he added.

On the other hand, Ren continued bleeding points and suffered his second loss in a row, so his balance froze at 50 points in sixth place.

In turn, Marseille continued to bleed points and failed to catch up with Lens to second place by falling into a goalless draw against its host Lorient.

It is the second consecutive draw for Marseille and the third in its last three matches, so it fell to third place with 61 points, two points behind his former partner Lens, who won Strasbourg 2-1 on Friday at the opening of the stage, while Lorient strengthened its position in tenth place with 45 points.

Monaco wasted the opportunity to tighten the screws on Marseille by falling into a 2-2 draw at Nantes.
Monaco advanced with two clean goals in the first half through Axel Desassi (21) and the Belgian Elliot Matazzo (30), and Nantes responded with two goals to Egyptian international Mustafa Mohamed (65) and Ludovic Blass (78).
Mohamed scored his personal goal for the second and third for Nantes, but it was canceled due to offside after resorting to the video assistant referee (VAR) in the 85th minute.
Monaco strengthened its position in fourth place with 58 points, while Nantes raised its score to 31 points in fourteenth place.

Auxerre continued its quest to move away from the positions leading to the second division with its second successive victory, and it was at the expense of its host Ajaccio, who ranked nineteenth before the last, with three clean goals, which were alternately scored by the financials, Perama Toure (3), Nuno da Costa from Cape Verde (6), and Michael Alphonse (45). +1 for an own-goal foul).

Auxerre rose to fifteenth place with 29 points, one point ahead of Brest, who wasted a victory within reach at the expense of its host Reims, and fell into the trap of a tie with a goal by Pierre Le-Melo (6) against a goal by the Englishman Folarin Balogan (90 from a penalty kick).

It is the eighteenth goal for Balogan this season, making it equal to Lacazette in second place on the scorers list.

Toulouse regained its winning streak after two consecutive losses when it defeated its host Montpellier with two goals from Dutchman Theis Dalinga (31) and Algerian international Fares Chaibi (85) against a goal by Elie Wahi (88).
Troyes XVIII was not better than Ajaccio, losing to its guest Clermont-Ferrand with two clean goals scored by the Austrian Mohamed Cham (27) and Johan Gastien (30).

Clermont-Ferrand strengthened its position in the eleventh place with 40 points, two points behind Toulouse, who snatched the twelfth place from Montpellier, by one point.

Al-Ain kept its chances of preserving its title and chasing the leaders Al-Ahly youth after its great victory over its host Khorfakkan 3-0 in the twenty-second stage of the UAE Football League .

Brazilian Eric Menezes broke the steadfastness of the landowner's defense with a powerful shot that hit goalkeeper Ahmed Hamdan (54), before adding the second Togolese Laba Kodjo, taking advantage of Menezes' pass (63).

Kodjo strengthened his lead in the scorers' ranking with 23 goals, ahead of Al Jazira striker Ali Mabkhout, by a goal difference.

Ukrainian Andriy Yarmolenko scored the third for Al Ain after a pass from Kodjo, which put him in an easy confrontation with the Khor Fakkan goalkeeper (66).
Al Ain, the defending champion, raised its score in second place to 44 points, and regained the five-point difference that separates it from Shabab Al-Ahly, four stages before the end of the tournament.

Al-Wasl moved away from the competition for the title after its great fall in front of its host, Ajman, with four goals scored by Moroccan Walid Azaro (9 and 20), Tunisian Firas Belarabi (24), and Bahraini Ali Madan (51 from a penalty kick) against two goals by Argentine Thomas Shanclay (56) and Fabio Lima (85). .

The balance of Al Wasl Fifth stopped at 40 points, 9 points behind Shabab Al Ahly, and Ajman Seventh raised its balance to 38 points.
Sharjah rose to third place by defeating its guest, Al Dhafra, with the goal of Salem Saleh in the 75th minute.

Sharjah raised its tally to 42 points, while Al Dhafra remained in last place with 8 points.

Yesterday evening, the occupation authorities released the captive, Zamzam Al-Qawasmeh , from Hebron , after she spent 5 months in the occupation prisons.

The Captive Club stated that the prisoner, Zamzam, has completed her 18th year while she is in detention, as she was among the child prisoners when she was arrested in October of last year.

It is noteworthy that the occupation continues to detain 29 female prisoners in "Damoon" prison.

Ismail Haniyeh , head of the political bureau of Hamas, and the delegation of his movement's leadership concluded, on Sunday evening, a visit to the Lebanese capital, Beirut .

Haniyeh and the Hamas delegation met with the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah , where the discussions included important developments in the Palestinian cause and the region in general, with a focus on what is happening inside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

A meeting was also held with the leaders of the Palestinian forces and factions, and a number of Palestinian and Lebanese national figures and actors.

During the visit, Haniyeh and his accompanying delegation discussed the political and field developments, especially in the city of Jerusalem, and the violations taking place in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the overall plans aimed at imposing a reality in Al-Aqsa, and the open aggression against the people of the West Bank, Gaza and everywhere, stressing the continuation of the Palestinian resistance in confronting the crimes. And the plans of the occupation leading to its abortion.

The delegation also reviewed the extremist occupation government's policy and its danger to Palestine and the region, and its endeavor to detonate the situation based on its racist convictions, its criminal and extremist approach, and its desire to overcome its internal crises, even at the expense of Palestinian and Arab blood. As stated in a statement by Hamas.

The meetings held by the Hamas delegation witnessed extensive discussions about the reality of the people of the camps in Lebanon in light of the worsening humanitarian situation, in a way that does not affect the complete adherence to the right of return.

The meetings also witnessed ways of dealing with the overall recent developments, achieving the broadest base of rejection of the occupation's behavior, ways of confronting it, dealing with its policies and the successive threats it poses towards the Palestinian people and the peoples of the region, and devoting cooperation within the framework of the united resistance front for the liberation of Jerusalem and Palestine.

On Sunday evening, the Israeli security system estimated that Palestinian cells were behind the rocket fire from Syria last night.

According to the Hebrew channel Reshet Kan, it is estimated that the Iranian groups deployed in Syria had nothing to do with the missiles that were fired.

She indicated that the Israeli response focused on the sites and targets of the Syrian army, as a message to the Bashar al-Assad regime that it bears responsibility for what is happening from its territory.

An Israeli political official said, on Sunday, that the pictures of his government's police storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque in recent days and attacking the Palestinians inside caused great harm at the international level .

The Hebrew Channel 12 quoted the Israeli official as saying that these images helped the Palestinians tell them that Al-Aqsa is in danger.

The Israeli official described the activity of his police forces as somewhat excessive, stressing the need for an investigation.

On Sunday evening, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men at the Lions Gate in occupied Jerusalem.

According to local sources, these forces arrested the two young men, Adel Osama Al-Rajabi and Subhi Mesbah Al-Rajabi, from the Bab Al-Asbat area, while they detained the young man, Ahmed Rukn, from the same area.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced today (Sunday) that "unorganized and non-Lebanese" elements fired rockets from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel last Thursday.

Mikati said in front of his visitors, according to a statement issued by his media office today, that "it was clear from the preliminary investigations conducted by the Lebanese army that those who fired the missiles were not organized parties, but rather non-Lebanese elements," whose identity he did not specify.

He added that "it was a reaction to the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian territories and the Gaza Strip" amid tension and confrontations between Palestinian worshipers and the Israeli police during their repeated storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Mikati stressed that "Lebanon absolutely rejects any military escalation from its land," and also refuses "to use its lands to carry out operations that destabilize the existing stability."

He said, "From the first moment the events began in the south, we made the necessary contacts with all concerned, and with international actors away from the limelight."

Mikati pointed out that in this context, he had asked Italian Defense Minister Guido Cruzetto, who visited Beirut recently, to "pressure Israel to stop any operations that lead to more tension in southern Lebanon."

Last Thursday, more than 30 rockets were launched from southern Lebanon at northern Israel. Israel responded by bombing open areas in the vicinity of Tire, from which the rockets were launched, causing some material damage but no human casualties.

No party has claimed responsibility for the rocket fire from southern Lebanon, which submitted a complaint to the UN Security Council against Israel, asking it to condemn its bombing of the south and holding it responsible for the repercussions of any escalation.

The Lebanese complaint warned of "the seriousness and repercussions of provocative Israeli practices in Jerusalem, and the violation of the sanctity of holy places."

In this regard, Mikati said, "The Israeli attack on worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque and its violation of its sanctity is completely unacceptable and constitutes a transgression of all laws and customs, and requires a comprehensive Arab and international stance to stop this blatant aggression."

On the other hand, in a separate context, a statement issued today by Hezbollah stated that its Secretary-General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, received the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, his deputy, Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, and a leadership delegation of the movement.

The party's statement stated that "the two sides discussed the most important developments in Palestine, the course of events in Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the escalating resistance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip."

The two sides also discussed "the political developments in the region in general, the readiness of the resistance axis and the cooperation of its parties in confronting all these events and developments."

Haniyeh, at the head of a delegation last Wednesday, started a visit to Beirut, during which he met with the leaders of the Palestinian factions in Lebanon.