ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

At least six people were killed in an explosion and shooting in the center of the Somali capital

Mogadishu - (AFP) - At least six civilians were killed Sunday in an attack launched by the Somali youth movement near the municipality building in the center of the capital, Mogadishu, according to police.


Somali police spokesman Sadiq Dudisheh said at the end of the four-hour attack that a suicide bomber detonated a bomb that destroyed a building near the municipality complex, and an exchange of gunfire ensued.


"The six attackers were killed, five of them during an exchange of fire with the security forces, and one of them blew himself up," Dudisheh told reporters.


"Six civilians were also killed during the attack and the situation has returned to normal," he added.


The police said that all workers in the municipality building were rescued.


Eyewitnesses said earlier that the explosion damaged nearby buildings, and gunfire could still be heard near the municipality building.


"There is shooting inside the vicinity of the main building, but we do not know what is happening inside," said a witness who runs a shop near the headquarters.


"There were some casualties, but the whole area is cordoned off, and the security forces asked us to move away" from the site, he added.


Omar Nour, another witness, said he was inside the mall when the explosion occurred and "was lucky that he managed to escape unharmed."


The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab extremist movement claimed responsibility for the attack on its social media pages, saying its fighters "made their way into the targeted building after killing the security guards."


Since 2007, the extremist Al-Shabaab movement has been fighting the federal government backed by the international community, and carrying out attacks in Somalia and neighboring countries.


The attack comes after the killing of seven soldiers on Friday in an army camp in the city of Galgad in central Somalia, about 375 km north of the capital, Mogadishu.


The US military said on Saturday that the attack - which took place in a Somali town that the army recaptured this week - involved more than 100 al-Shabab militants.


And the US military command for Africa (AFRICOM) stated in a statement that "the joint operations carried out by the partner forces on the ground and the collective strike in self-defense resulted in the destruction of three vehicles and the killing of approximately thirty terrorists from Al-Shabaab."


In recent months, the army and local tribal fighters have retaken swathes of territory in the center of the country in an operation backed by US air strikes and an African Union force.


However, Al-Shabaab fighters are still launching bloody attacks in retaliation, which shows that they are still able to strike in the heart of cities and target Somali military installations.


On Tuesday, Al-Shabaab launched a bloody attack on a military base in another part of central Somalia, the day after the government announced a "historic victory" over the jihadists.


Police said last week that eight people were killed in a roadside bomb blast in central Somalia claimed by al Shabaab. Earlier this month, 19 people were killed in two car bombings in the town of Mahas in the Hiran district of Hirshabelle.


Despite being pushed out of Mogadishu and other major cities more than a decade ago, Al-Shabaab is still active in parts of rural areas in central and southern Somalia.


In the jihadist group's deadliest attack since last year, 121 people were killed when two car bombs targeted the Ministry of Education in Mogadishu in October.


The group has also recently been active across the border in eastern Kenya participating in the African Union force in Somalia, where it has carried out several deadly small-scale attacks.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

'Murder She Root' star, actress Angela Lansbury, has died at the age of 96

Los Angeles - (AFP) - British-American actress Angela Lansbury died Tuesday at the age of 96, after a busy career during which she was known for her role as a writer and investigator in the TV series "Murder She Root" and has appeared in a number of musicals and in more than 60 films since the forties of the twentieth century. .


The family of the British actress, who acquired American citizenship, said in a statement distributed to a number of American media outlets that she "passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles (...) just five days before her ninety-seventh birthday."


For her entire career, Lansbury deserved an honorary Oscar in 2014, after she was nominated for an Oscar for her first role in the movie "Gaslight" when she was seventeen.


Soon after, she was nominated for an Oscar again in 1946 for “The Picture of Dorian Gray” in 1946, and a third time for “The Manchurian Candidate” in 1963, and for these two roles she won two Golden Globe Awards.


She also won four Golden Globe Awards for the American series “Murder She Root”, in which she starred when she was sixty, and in which she embodied the role of an author of police novels and an amateur detective.


Mordred She Root, which ran for 264 episodes between 1984 and 1996 on CBS and then around the world, won numerous Emmys and Golden Globes. And the actress, when she was ninety-one, expressed her desire to take on the role of Jessica Fletcher for the last time, after she was paid about $ 300,000 per episode.


Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925 in London to a family of politicians (her grandfather George Lansbury headed the Labor Party in the thirties) and actors. She moved to the United States in 1940 to escape World War II after the death of her father.


Her mother, Irish actress Moina McGill, opened the door for her to get her first role in "Hantise," a psychological thriller by George Cukor with Ingrid Bergman produced in 1944.


The role of the seductive and annoying maid earned her an Academy Award nomination in a supporting role and a seven-year contract at MGM Studios. She was then 19 years old.


However, Lansbury was often sidelined by being cast in minor roles, portraying characters much older than her.


"I used to do bigger roles when I was younger because I wasn't very pretty on the big screen," she told BBC radio in 2014. "I'm a character actor."


For example, she assumed the role of the mother of a tour guide, who was embodied by Elvis Presley, who was only ten years younger than her, in the musical "Blue Hawaii" in 1961.


Frustrated by her slow career in Hollywood, Lansbury took to the stage on Broadway in the late 1950s.


She became a star of the stage when she landed the title role in the 1966 musical Mame, about wealthy New Yorkers during the Depression, and won her the first of five Tony Awards she won during her career, most recently in 2009.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

During a ceremony at the "Nablus Chamber of Commerce"... computers were handed over to female entrepreneurs participating in the "Urjuan" project.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - Imad Saadeh - In the Nablus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, laptops were handed over to a number of female entrepreneurs participating in the "Urjuan" project, who had previously undergone training in the field of digital and graphic marketing, and formed success stories and presented conscious entrepreneurial ideas.


Computers were provided to them as a form of support and encouragement. The women entrepreneurs were selected based on their presentations before a specialized committee of the "Urjuan" project, the Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Labor, with the support of the PALM Labor Market Access Program, one of the GIZ projects.


The handover ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber, Omar Hashem, the representative of the (Urjuan) project, Kamil Al-Khalidi, the Director of the Chamber, Issam Abu Zaid, and the Coordinator of the Vocational and Technical Training Unit and the Employment Corner, Alaa Estitiyeh.


The President of the Chamber welcomed the female entrepreneurs, and praised their pioneering projects, the integrated cooperation that took place in the project with the Partners in Sustainable Development Foundation, and the ongoing partnership with GIZ.


The attendees listened to details from the entrepreneurs about the ideas of their own projects, and how the prior trainings had affected the performance of the projects, and their overwhelming happiness in the development reached by their projects, which are multi-sectoral, including the production of organic strawberries, the production of roses and handicrafts represented by hand-painting in golden colors, and the production of sweets. Western, selling intelligence and Montessori toys for children.


For his part, Al-Khalidi expressed the importance of partnership with the Nablus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its teams, which paved the way for the success of the project.


It is noteworthy that the delivery of laptops came as part of the Chamber's endeavor to implement activities to empower young people and integrate them into the labor market, especially in technical fields with global demand, and one of the activities implemented in cooperation with PALM, and this activity will be complemented by a directive activity for female participants in the field of digital platforms and their use to reach the local market. And universal.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The discovery of a centuries-old epitaph in northern China

SHIJIAZHUANG - (Xinhua) An epitaph dating from the Song Dynasty (960 to 1279) has been unearthed in Wu'an, north China 's Hebei Province, local authorities announced.


The epitaph, which dates back to 1126 AD, was found in Dongchang Village of Kangarcheng Township, with a history of 896 years. Experts said the epitaph is for a local official named Meng Xiao.


The epitaph is 0.88 meters long, 0.56 meters wide, and 0.2 meters thick, and is made of blue stone.


According to the city's Institute for the Protection and Management of Cultural Relics, the peripheral lines are inscribed with lotus flowers and other flowers.


The epitaph chronicles Meng's career from the beginning of his official career to his old age.


Jia Mingtian, an employee of the institute, said the epitaph is of high value for the study of society, politics, economy and calligraphy during the late Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)./Nha

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The Sixth Salesian Scouts and Guides Group concludes its scout training camp (Tell me about my country)


بيت لحم”القدس”دوت كوم -اختتمت مجموعة كشافة ومرشدات السالزيان السادسة مخيمها الكشفي التدريبي الواحد والعشرون الذي اقيم بدعم من البعثة البابوية القدس تحت شعار (عن بلدي احكيلي) على أرض دير راهبات كريمزان بيت جالا لمدة ثلاثة أيام بمشاركة (٦٠) شبل وزهرة من أفراد المجموعة ..


وإشتمل المخيم على العديد من الأنشطة والفعاليات الكشفية والرياضية والترفيهية الهادفة وهي زيارة مركز التعليم البيئي في مدرسة طاليتا قومي بكافة أقسامه ، ومحاضرات كشفية وإسعاف أولي والعاب رياضية ومسابقات والعاب تلمتش وأشغال يدوية ومسرحية دمى عن كيفية التعامل مع الطبيعة ومسار خلوي في أحراش دير كريمزان ، بالإضافة للبروتوكلات الكشفية الدورية المتبعة في المخيمات الكشفية وحفلة السمر ورحلة ترفيهية إلى مسبح العمل الكاثوليكي .. وهدفت هذه النشاطات إلى تقوية شخصية الأشبال والزهرات وزيادة قدرتهم على التحمل ومواجهة الصعاب وتعزيز العمل الجماعي من خلال نظام السداسيات …
وتجدر الإشارة أن هذا المخيم التدريبي سيستكمل لباقي الفرق الكشفية في الفترة الواقعة ما بين 19-23/7/2021 ..

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

A reading on the return of Hamas's relations with Damascus

Written by: Rasem Obeidat
In the meeting that brought together the delegation of the Palestinian factions on Wednesday 10/19/2022, including the delegation of the Hamas movement led by the official in charge of Arab and Islamic relations in it, Commander Khalil Al-Hayyah, and the membership of brother Osama Hamdan, the official of its arena and representative in Beirut, with the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, a new page was opened From the relations between Damascus and the Hamas movement, a page was turned of the estrangement that extended for ten years, as a result of a hasty reading by Hamas and many other Palestinian and Arab forces of what happened in and over Syria. It was known as the "Arab Spring", and let everyone discover that what happened in Syria and over Syria has nothing to do with the "revolutions" or the spring, but rather a dark autumn that led to the destruction of many Arab countries and the looting of their resources and wealth, and the dismantling of their geography and striking The central authority in it, and raising the severity of sectarian, sectarian and tribal differences in it.

It is a great war of aggression led by America and the colonial West countries, along with many countries in the region, along with more than 100 countries, and dozens of terrorist, takfiri and “ISIS” groups that were brought in, armed, funded, and provided residence and political and media custody for their leaders and members, as well as facilitating their travel and entry into Syrian territory In a clear targeting of the Syrian national state, what is required is the dismantling of Syria and changing the character of its national, pan-Arab identity, and pushing its new leadership to public normalization with the entity state, so that the flags of the entity state flutter in the heart of Damascus...

What happened in terms of international, regional, Arab and local developments and changes, and the discovery of the truth and nature of the project hostile to Syria and the Arab nation, and that what was known as the “Arab Spring” is nothing more than a political project targeting the Arab and Islamic nation, and all its parties, organizations, movements, centers and systems of resistance. Hamas is a deep review of its positions and options, as it spent years digging its choice and charting its path until it was crowned with a visit to Damascus, during which leaderships changed, conflicts took place, and locations and roles were decided.

Hamas decided its options, in the priority of its Palestinian identity and resistance, over its origins in the Muslim Brotherhood movement.

The return of Hamas to Syria came at a stage in which the axis of resistance achieves achievements with a strategic dimension. Syria is in the final stages of achieving a complete victory over terrorist and takfiri groups, and Lebanon and its resistance impose a new deterrence equation on the state of the entity through maritime demarcation and Lebanon obtaining its rights from the maritime economic wealth, and in Palestine the resistance It is intensifying and escalating in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and a great state of anxiety and fear is occurring among the leaders of the entity state, who have come to fear an existential threat to it.

Al-Haya in Meeting Al-Assad presented reading and reading about the importance of Syria's role in supporting the resistance, as well as the role of President Al-Assad in consolidating the resistance, and the resistance in Syria before the war against it and after it, is not subject to outbids or external influences, as Syria has always been the impenetrable fortress of the resistance, and formed " It has a millstone.. Despite all the difficult circumstances that Syria went through, as it fought its battles on more than one front and against more than one occupation, it remained the main supporter of all resistance movements and our Palestinian cause and resistance. Some may argue that the return of Hamas to Syria will gain great importance and significance. Meaning if it came during the difficult circumstances that Syria went through, and not after victory became close to the final achievement... This point of view should not obscure our comprehensive vision of the changes taking place and the alliances that are forming in the world and the region, where new balances of power emerge, in the context of Variables integrate to create a new regional landscape.

We are aware that Hamas's exit from Syria resulted in a great loss for Hamas, Syria, and the axis of resistance. Betting on what was known as the "revolutions" of the Arab Spring led to dropping many of the red lines of involvement in the American project by many countries of the official Arab regime, in order to The destruction of Syria and the overthrow of its national, pan-Arab identity, and this naturally brought down the position in which Palestine and the resistance are supposed to remain as a compass that draws the direction and priorities of the battles in favor of the illusion of the priority of democracy.


We realize that there are those who will put sticks in the wheels, and will launch a relentless war against Hamas, and will employ all their capabilities, financial capabilities, media "machines", and religious references, in order to discourage Hamas from this return, and will engage them in side political and media battles, but the Hamas leadership that took this The decision, she became fully convinced, after the series of official and regional Arab normalization jogging for her political and financial cradles with the entity state, that the geography is narrowing in front of her to work, and that her activities, presence and freedom of movement will be restricted, and therefore this was part of the Hamas movement's review of its positions, and the decision to return to Damascus.

I say clearly that there are those who tried to confuse the Arab mind about Syria, by making it a sign of division, and not unification of a Palestinian and Arab position on it,...but it has been proven on the ground that the Palestinian flag will not be neutral when the Arabs are divided between resistance and normalization, and it is enough for Syria to be proud to appear and legitimize Its victory is from the Palestinian gate as an incubator for the forces of resistance and its fortified fortress. Syria, as president, army and people, made great moral sacrifices to turn a page full of wounds and pains, in order to pave the way towards the return of Hamas to Syria and the integration of the resistance axis.
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PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

Haniyeh calls the Qatari Foreign Minister and stresses the need to stop the aggression on Gaza

Doha - "Jerusalem" dot - The head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh , telephoned the Qatari Foreign Minister, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and discussed with him the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip .


A statement from Haniyeh's office said that the latter said during the call that the crimes against our people in Gaza are an expression of the aggressive intentions harbored by the occupation under flimsy justifications.


Haniyeh stressed the need to stop the aggression completely and lift the sinful hand from the sector. like he said.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

A demonstration by Israelis to demand the return of prisoners held by "Hamas" in Gaza before the elections

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - On Tuesday evening, Israelis demanded that their government work to return the prisoners and missing persons held by " Hamas " in the Gaza Strip, ahead of the Knesset elections on the first of next November.


According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the family of the soldier, Hadar Goldin, organized a march from the house of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, to the office of his army minister, Benny Gantz, at the Kiriah base, to demand the return of the soldiers and what they describe as "civilians" who were captured in Gaza, after 8 years since their family.


Hadar Goldin's brother said, "We are here to say clearly: Bring our children home before the elections. Their voice is our voice. Soldiers fight on the battlefield and in return they are abandoned. Soldiers cannot vote in this election and that is why we are here to be their voice." ".


Security guards at Lapid's home refused to allow Hadar's family to meet him or his wife.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

In Nablus, they chose from the end to hold it

Written by: Nevin Abdel Hadi

Once again, five young men from Nablus and a sixth from Ramallah chose from the conclusion Meskah. They sacrificed their lives for the homeland and for freedom. They moved away from everything that tongues can convey of heroism and struggle, so they approached with their bodies and souls towards the real victory that can only be through confrontation, so that they are “alive with their Lord.” They are provided for.” It is the path by which they see their life and glory in heaven and earth.


The day of the Palestinian city of Nablus was not an ordinary day. The streets and alleys of Nablus were watered with the blood of five young men, during the Israeli occupation forces stormed the city, specifically after midnight on Monday and Tuesday, while more than 21 people were injured in an armed clash that took place between the occupation soldiers and the Palestinian youths who tried to repel The aggression against the city, and at the same time, a Palestinian young man was killed by live bullets from the occupation in the chest, in clashes that erupted in the village of Nabi Saleh, north of Ramallah, during the occupation’s suppression of a march that took place in solidarity with Nablus, using live and metal bullets and tear gas canisters.


Regarding the martyrs of Nablus, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the martyrs of the Israeli aggression on Nablus at dawn yesterday are Hamdi Subaih Ramzi Qayyim (30 years old), Ali Khaled Omar Antar (26 years old), Hamdi Muhammad Sabri Hamed Sharaf (35 years old), and Wadih Subaih Houh (31 years old). years), and Mishaal Zahi Ahmad Baghdadi (27 years), their souls ascended, leaving in all of our necks the Trust for the Liberation of Palestine, and there was nothing left for him after their souls and bodies to sacrifice for the homeland, so that the Trust for Liberation and Freedom would remain with the necks of those whose breath is still above the ground, for they went on a path whose beginning is light. And the end is glory, so that the cause remains waiting for justice to return the right to its owners, and to achieve a true, just and comprehensive peace that protects the owner of a long-awaited right to obtain it, or even to obtain part of it.


Nablus, this city is a city of love in my heart, as it is the ancient city in which my father, grandfather and most of my family members were born. It tells the details of a history that Israel cannot create a parallel to, or realize its importance. In every house and palace of its palaces there are millions of proofs that it is a complete history that cannot be stolen or obliterated. They will be the first five martyrs, and they will certainly not be the last, as their steadfastness is based on the fact that the owners of the land have a right that they will not relinquish.


It is the mountain of fire, and it will remain. It presented, progresses, and will offer martyrs. Yesterday it was covered with black, but it will decorate its path with Nabulsi jasmine over the coming days and years. Her five children cried, and she will cry for them for eternity, but she married them in the wedding of freedom, dignity and struggle. There was no one left in Nablus yesterday. In his house, they went out to the wedding of their five martyrs, confirming that liberation is coming, and injustice will end, and that they are moving on the same path, either martyrdom or liberation, as there are no other solutions in their lives.


And Israel, as confirmed by Jordan in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, must stop all its military operations against the Palestinians and all its measures described in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “illegitimate” that undermine the two-state solution and the chances of achieving peace. A real effort to achieve a just peace.


Let Nablus and Palestine excuse us, for in our reactions there is weakness and shortcomings, but what can be said is that Nablus and Palestine slept calmly and reassuredly, for your tomorrow, which is made by the testimony of your children, inevitably beats with freedom. About the "Jordanian Constitution"


ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The death sentence for the murderer of a Mansoura student in Egypt

Cairo - (AFP) - An Egyptian court ruled on Wednesday the death penalty for a young religious man who killed a female student in front of her university in the Nile Delta, north of Cairo, after she refused to marry him, a judicial official said.


"The Mansoura Criminal Court decided, unanimously, and after the approval of the Grand Mufti, to execute the murderer of the student, Naira Ashraf," the official told AFP.


Last week, the court referred the accused's papers to the Grand Mufti of Egypt to take an opinion on his execution.


The accused still has the opportunity to appeal the ruling before the Court of Cassation.


On Tuesday, some local media reported that the famous Egyptian lawyer, Farid El-Deeb, who took over the defense of former President Hosni Mubarak and his family, had taken over the defense of the accused.


Al-Deeb was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper, "I am waiting for the court's verdict tomorrow (Wednesday), and after that I will make my decision, whether to defend the accused before the Court of Cassation or not."


And the Egyptian Public Prosecutor, Hamada Al-Sawy, had referred the accused to the Criminal Court on charges of “deliberately and premeditatedly killing the victim student, Naira (Ashraf), and stabbing her several times with a knife, and slaughtering her with the intention of taking her life” in front of her university in Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate.


The perpetrator admitted "to committing the crime of killing the victim," according to the Public Prosecutor's statement.


The case sparked controversy and anger among Egyptians on social media platforms, and the spread of the case was increased by the occurrence of a similar crime in Jordan against a student named Iman Rashid who was killed by a young man, which prompted many Jordanians and Egyptians to demand the death penalty for the accused in both countries.


According to the United Nations and the Egyptian Statistics Authority in 2015, about 8 million women were subjected to violence in Egypt by their husbands, relatives, or their entourage in public places.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The warehousing sector continued to recover in China last July

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- Survey results released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and CMST Development Co., Ltd. showed that China's warehousing sector continued its recovery in July.


The survey showed that the index that tracks the development of the sector reached 53.1 percent last July, to continue to remain in the expansion range.


An indicator reading above 50 percent indicates expansion, while below that indicates contraction.


The sector recorded an improvement in business performance, as the sub-index for tracking business profits reached a record level in one year.


The survey also predicted steady growth for the sector in the future, given that policies to stabilize economic growth will lead to further strengthening of demand and supply.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The Ministry of Culture: Launching the third Palestine National Theater Festival at the end of this month

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Ministry of Culture announced the launch of the Palestine National Theater Festival on the twenty-fifth of this month, in its third session.


The culture stated in a statement today, Sunday, that the launch of the festival comes from its belief in the importance of the Palestinian theater as one of the most important tributaries of culture, and its keenness on its continuous support for this important sector and as a continuation of the previous two sessions, after it was interrupted for two years due to the Corona pandemic.


It was decided that the activities of the festival will begin on Tuesday, 25 to 31, with a series of theatrical performances, two performances per day, in the Al-Kasaba Theatre, in addition to organizing a number of theater-related seminars in a number of governorates.


On the sidelines of the festival, three intellectual seminars will be held in which specialists and those interested in the theatrical field will speak, distributed spatially over three governorates (Jenin, Ramallah, and Bethlehem). In Jenin Governorate and the Freedom Theater as a model.


The competition between the participating shows will be for several awards: Best Integrated Show, Best Direction, Best Scenography, Best Actress, and Best Actor.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

Western military aid to Ukraine continues, and Russia is waiting for Turkey's mediation offer

Kiev ( Ukraine ) - (AFP) - Ukraine continues to receive military assistance from its Western allies to defend its airspace in the face of Russian strikes, while Moscow is awaiting an offer of mediation from Turkey during a meeting in Kazakhstan between the presidents of the two countries on Thursday.


Kiev, which confirmed that it had recovered areas from the Russians in the south of the country, welcomed the support of its Western allies, who promised to provide anti-aircraft defenses "as soon as possible" after a wave of bombing operations.
The Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, confirmed that providing these systems capable of neutralizing Russian missiles in the skies of Ukraine is a "priority".


The Group of Seven major countries and the International Monetary Fund confirmed on Wednesday that they would support Ukraine "as long as necessary" to deal with the economic consequences of the Russian invasion, which amount to billions of dollars.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his daily speech that "the main issue is to cover our budget deficit and quickly rebuild infrastructure," expressing his thanks to the allied countries.


The new promises came as Ukraine has faced, since Monday, "big" batches of missiles, missiles and drones, targeting the civilian energy infrastructure in particular, in response to the bombing on the Crimean bridge on Saturday, which Moscow attributed to Kiev.


Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiych Reznikov spoke of a "new phase of air defense" with the arrival of the "Iris-T+ system from Germany" and the imminent delivery of the American "NASAMS" systems, he said.


On Thursday, the United Kingdom announced that it would provide Ukraine with additional air defense missiles, including ammunition capable of shooting down cruise missiles.


The British Ministry of Defense confirmed that the AMRAAM missiles, which will be delivered "in the coming weeks" to Kiev for use by the US-promised "NASAMS" air defense system, are the first offered by London and are capable of shooting down cruise missiles.


On Wednesday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron promised anti-aircraft "radars, systems and missiles", without specifying a date for their delivery.


He reiterated that France was working with Denmark to send six Caesars artillery, in addition to the 18 others that had already been delivered.


In a virtual meeting with the Group of Seven on Tuesday, Zelensky asked for help in creating an "air shield," warning that Mr. Putin "still has the means for escalation."


At the same time, the 27 member states of the European Union agreed to organize a military mission to train Ukrainian forces in a number of member states. Two diplomats said that would initially involve about 15,000 troops.


The head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said early Thursday morning that Russia had bombed the capital, Kiev, with Iranian-made drones. "Another suicide drone attack on critical infrastructure," he said, without elaborating.


And the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Senkevich, said Thursday in a telegram that this city in southern Ukraine, which was heavily bombed by the Russian army, was subjected to "intensive bombing" at night, which led to the destruction of the upper two floors of a five-storey residential building.


The Ukrainian presidency said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian forces had regained five towns on the southern front in Kherson, one of four regions Moscow announced its annexation, which constitutes a new setback for the Russian army, which has been retreating in this region as well as in the northeast and east since the beginning of September.


And the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that the Russian forces repelled the Ukrainians in the small pocket of the Kharkiv region (northeast) that is still under Moscow's control, in the north of the Kherson region and in the two regions located in the east of Donetsk and Luhansk.
In the east, Ukrainian authorities announced the discovery of two mass graves in towns in the Donetsk region that were recently recaptured from Russian forces.


In Liman, an AFP journalist said a forensic team wearing protective gear recovered dozens of bodies at the railway junction that was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in early October.


The Kremlin announced on Wednesday that it expects Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to present to his Russian counterpart, during a meeting between them in Kazakhstan, on Thursday, a concrete proposal for mediation over the conflict in Ukraine.


The Kremlin's diplomatic advisor, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters, "The Turks are offering their mediation. If (Russian-Ukrainian) contacts will take place, they will take place on" Turkish territory.


He confirmed that he expected "a useful and interesting discussion".


Amid fears of a possible nuclear accident, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, returned to Kiev, in agreement with Zelensky, he wrote on Twitter, after meeting Vladimir Putin as part of his efforts to create a "protection zone" around the Zaporizhia nuclear plant.


At the same time, the United Nations General Assembly condemned Wednesday, by an overwhelming majority, the "illegal annexations" of Ukrainian lands, and thus sent, according to US President Joe Biden, a "clear message" to Moscow.

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

Abu Rumaila, the Palestinian judo ambassador for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics


القدس”القدس”دوت كوم -أكد رئيس الاتحاد الفلسطيني للجودو جهاد عويضة ان تدريبات لاعب الجودو الفلسطيني الذي حجز مقعده في طوكيو وحصل على البطاقة البيضاء المقدسي وسام ابو رميلة تتواصل بشكل مكثف وذلك مع بدء العد التنازلي لأضاءة شعلة الاولمبياد في العاصمة اليابانية طوكيو، حيث تم وضع برنامج تدريبي مكثف تحت اشراف مدربه والمرافق معه الى طوكيو ٢٠٢٠ المدرب المقدسي نضال ابو كف تحت اشراف مباشر ومتابعة من قبل رئيس اللجنة الفنية الحكم الدولي عبد الكريم ابو رميلة.


ومن ضمن البرنامج التدريبي الذي يمارسه البطل الاولمبي ابو رميلة، اللياقة البدنية والسباحة في جمعية الشبان المسيحية في القدس يوميا بالاضافة الى وجبات تدريبية يومية في رياضة الجودو.


بدوره وضع رئيس الاتحاد جهاد عويضة كل الإمكانيات وما يحتاجه اللاعب قيد التنفيذ، ليمثل فلسطين خير تمثيل.
وتجدر الاشارة الى ان البطل الاولمبي وسام ابو رميلة ينحدر من عائلة رياضية معظم أفرادها تخصصوا بالجودو والكراتيه والسباحة وهو ينطلق في رياضته من القدس القديمة الى آولمبياد طوكيو في حلم بدء صغيرا الى ان أصبح حقيقة خلال سنوات من التدريب واللعب والمثابرة في عالم الجودو.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

Tlaib launches a campaign calling for linking US aid to Israel to ending its occupation of Palestine

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Rashida Tlaib, an American representative of Palestinian origin, launched a campaign calling for linking US aid to Israel to ending the occupation of the Palestinian territories and ending the policies of apartheid .


The Palestinian-American Network of Organizations adopted this campaign, titled it under the slogan: "Everyone deserves security, freedom, and justice."


The petition referred to the billions of dollars that the US government collects from American taxpayers' money to unconditionally fund the Israeli army every year without any accountability.


It demanded that the US administration hold the Israeli government accountable for its ongoing violations against the Palestinian people, and called on the Americans to sign it, in an attempt to link US aid to the Israeli government ending its occupation, stopping its racist policies, and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people.


Source: Wafa Agency.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

For the twenty-first day... the prisoners continue their disobedience against the prison administration

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - For the twenty-first consecutive day, prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons continue to escalate disobedience steps against the prison administration, in protest against the implementation of the abusive measures against them recommended by the extremist minister Itamar Ben Gvir, the first of which is the control of the amount of water, Reducing the hours of using the bathrooms for showering in the new sections (Nafha and Gilboa).


The Prisons Administration had informed the Supreme Emergency Committee for prisoners that it would double and expand its range of punishments and threats if they continued with their current steps. In light of this, the prisoner movement announced, on the basis of unity, to double the state of alert and mobilization among its ranks, until the date of announcing the open hunger strike.


It is noteworthy that the Emergency Committee announced a series of struggle steps against Ben Ghafir's measures, starting with disobedience, and culminating in announcing a hunger strike on the first of the next month of Ramadan.


The number of prisoners in the occupation prisons is about (4,780), including (160) children, (29) female prisoners, and (914) administrative detainees.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

Porto's all-time top scorer, Fernando Gomez, has passed away

Lisbon - (AFP) - Porto's historic top scorer , Fernando Gomez, who won the Golden Boot twice in the 1980s, has died at the age of 66, his former club announced Saturday.


Porto wrote on its official website, “Fernando Gomez, the historical top scorer for FC Porto, has passed away,” praising the striker who contributed to “turning Porto into a winning club.”


The statement stated that the legendary striker died "from cancer he had been battling for three years."


Gomez, who scored 355 goals in 452 official matches, wrote his name in Porto's records, where he spent 13 years, before moving to Spanish Gijon and ending his career in Lisbon with Sporting in 1991.


The former “Seleção” national team star, who won the Golden Boot for the best European scorer in 1983 and 1985, also wore his country’s shirt in 47 matches, during which he scored 13 goals.


The Portuguese Football Federation praised the qualities of the late, who was "synonymous with elegance, sophistication and goals throughout his career," making the decision to stand a minute of silence before this weekend's matches in honor of Gomes.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The President lays the foundation stone for the "Haseeb Al-Sabbagh Rehabilitation Building" and "Saeed Khoury Sustainability Building" projects in Ramallah.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Saturday, President Mahmoud Abbas laid the foundation stone for the "Haseeb Al-Sabbagh Building for Rehabilitation" and "Saeed Khoury Sustainability Building" projects, in memory of the late teacher Hasib Al-Sabah and teacher Saeed Khoury. The two projects will be built on an area of ten Dunums belonging to the lands of the municipality of Surda, north of Ramallah.


This came in the presence of a number of ministers, members of the Executive Committee of the PLO, representatives of political forces, the private sector, international institutions and civil society, with the participation of teacher Samer Khoury, head of the Global Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), and teacher Suhail Sabbagh, member of the board of directors of the Global Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC). And teacher Walid Sayel Salman, head of the Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) in Palestine.


His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his happiness and great pride in launching this important national project, who bear the names of two men who worked with dedication and sincerity for the sake of Palestine, and set an example of giving, and today the children continue the approach of their fathers in serving their country, while the President confirmed that (CCC) is not a company for the sons of Sabah and Khoury It is for all the Palestinian people.


President Mahmoud Abbas said: We are confident that the Palestinian government and all concerned institutions will contribute to providing the necessary facilities for these two important legislators.


President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the young women and men of Palestine, assuring them that the prosperous future of the people is made by the people, and made by perseverance and creativity, calling on all civil and governmental institutions to support the youth by presenting a common vision towards the future.


The President stressed that "we are a people who deserve to have their local and global marks, which we want to become a source of pride for our future generations."


President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Palestinian people to persevere and continue the march and steadfastness on the ground, and he said: “We will not leave our country, whatever the circumstances, steadfast in our land and the land of our ancestors, demanding our national rights in our state and its Christian and Islamic sanctities and our capital, East Jerusalem, Holy Jerusalem, and we must continue our demand for the right refugees and the release of all brave prisoners.


For his part, Mr. Samer Khoury, Chairman of the Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation for President Mahmoud Abbas' presence and sponsorship of this celebration, indicating that these two buildings will contribute to achieving President Mahmoud Abbas's vision of encouraging creativity and excellence, and providing the best health and scientific services. To the Palestinian people, appreciating the presence and participation of all personalities in this important event.


Khoury stressed the importance of moving to sustainability in the construction sector, due to its economic, environmental and social importance, adding, "We seek to spread and increase the number of buildings that take into account sustainability standards (green buildings), in order to achieve our vision of establishing a national center for sustainability, green buildings and the circular economy in Palestine." ".


Khoury indicated that the Saeed Khoury Sustainability Foundation building project will also be designed and developed in accordance with green building standards and technology approved by the "Edge" classification, to serve as a beacon for sustainability and increase.


It is noteworthy that the two buildings are currently under design, and within a few months the two designs will be ready for implementation, in consultation and cooperation with the relevant and relevant authorities and institutions, and in cooperation with the best experts in this field.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

It is not Biden who protects the Christian presence!!

بالمختصر ... وربما المفيد
ابراهيم دعيبس
ليس بايدن من يحمي الوجود المسيحي !!


غني عن القول ان فلسطين هي مهد المسيحية التي تنتشر في كل انحاء العالم ، ففيها انطلقت البشرى والميلاد والصلب والقيامة، والوجود المسيحي يشهد منذ سنوات ولأسباب مختلفة، تناقصا كبيرا من اهم اسبابه الهجرة اولا ، ثم عقلية العائلات قليلة العدد والزواج المتأخر.
وفي زيارة الرئيس بايدن قبل ايام قليلة ، التقى عند مدخل كنيسة المهد، اي ميلاد السيد المسيح، ممثلي الكنائس الثلاث التي تدير وترعى هذه الكنيسة التي لا مثيل لها في كل العالم، وخلال هذا اللقاء الهام، اكد ثيوفيلوس الثالث بطريرك القدس وسائر انحاء فلسطين والاردن على ضرورة التدخل الاميركي الفاعل لحماية الارث والوجود المسيحي في الاراضي المقدسة ، وخاصة في مدينة القدس التي تشهد حملة غير مسبوقة من الجمعيات الصهيونية المتطرفة.
وانا اعتقد ان من يحمي الوجود المسيحي ليس بايدن وامثاله وانما المسيحيون انفسهم وبالدرجة الاولى والمسؤولية الاستراتيجية كبار رجال الدين ورعاة الطوائف المختلفة، والمؤسسات الدينية الكثيرة والمسؤولة عن حماية هذا الوجود. ومن يتجول بالقدس مثلا ، او يعيش فيها ، يلاحظ بلا ادنى شك تقلص الوجود المسيحي ، وسيطرة جهات مختلفة اسرائيلية وغير اسرائيلية على الكثير من المباني والمواقع الاستراتيجية . ولعل ما هو معروف بحارة النصارى بالقدس اكبر دليل على هذا بحيث لا يكاد يبقى من النصارى هناك الا الاسم فقط.
في كل الاحوال ، فإن فلسطين ستظل مهد المسيحية وسيظل الوجود المسيحي والدور التاريخي له ، قائما وصامدا رغم كل التحديات.
اقتراح الى رئيس الوزراء د. محمد اشتية !!
اتذكر حين كان سلام فياض رئيسا للوزراء، انه كان يعقد اجتماعات شهرية يشارك فيها الصحفيون ورجال الاعمال، وتتم مناقشة كل القضايا وبكل حرية للمشاركين من الصحفيين والتجار.
وانا اعتقد ان تلك الاجتماعات كان لها تأثير ودور لا يمكن تجاهله في مجمل سياسة الحكومة وقراراتها خاصة في ما يتعلق بالقضايا الاجتماعية والاقتصادية. وانا اقترح على رئيس الوزراء د. محمد اشتية ان يتخذ مبادرة كهذه ويلتقي عددا من هؤلاء الاشخاص كل في مجال عمله ، لكي يطلع على الواقع بكل صراحة ، لأن ادارة الحكومة من وراء المكاتب والمواقع ، يظل يدور ، بصورة عامة ، في حلقة مفرغة بعيدة عن الواقع.
التطبيع يزداد وعلينا تفهم نتائج ذلك !!
توجه الرئيس بايدن مباشرة من اسرائيل الى السعودية ، حيث التقى هناك كبار المسؤولين وبالمقدمة ولي العهد. وبدون الاهتمام كثيرا بما جرى في هذه المحادثات ، فإن المظهر الاقوى والاهم هو بداية التطبيع بين اسرائيل والسعودية ، لأن رحلة بايدن كانت الاولى من نوعها ، بعد ان فتحت الرياض اجواءها امام كل الرحلات وبالمقدمة الرحلات الاسرائيلية او القادمة من اسرائيل.
وللحقيقة فإن لهذا التطبيع نتائج قوية علينا وعلى قضيتنا والاهتمام بها ، لأن اسرائيل تحاول القفز من فوقها وخلق قضايا جديدة بينها وبين الدول التي تمارس هذا التطبيع، ويحاولون خلق عدو جديد هو ايران ويعملون على تقليص اهمية قضيتنا، ويهددون دول الخليج بصورة خاصة من هذا « العدو الجديد» ، وعلينا ان نعمل بالتعاون مع دول التطبيع هذه ونحاول بكل امكانياتنا ، ان تكون قضيتنا في اولوية اي تطبيع مع اسرائيل وليس تجاهلها ، ولعل القمة المصغرة الاخيرة في جدة تشكل نموذجا جديدا للعمل وكيفية التعامل مع المعطيات لتي بدأت تسيطر على الواقع.


SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

Rajoub confirms that women are partners in delivering the value message of Palestinian sports



القدس - إعلام اللجنة الأولمبية: أشاد الفريق جبريل الرجوب، رئيس اللجنة الأولمبية، بدورة الانقاذ الذي أقامها اتحاد السباحة لمدربات من مختلف المحافظات الشمالية، في مدينة رام الله.
جاء ذلك خلال حفل تخريج الدورة الذي احتضنته اللجنة الأولمبية، بحضور فواز زلوم، رئيس الاتحاد، وعضو مجلس الإدارة رائد ميلاد، وعبد المجيد حجة، أمين عام اللجنة الأولمبية، والمدربتيّن اللتيّن أشرفتا على الدورة ضحى خويرة وأسيل البرغوثي.
وأكد الفريق الرجوب على أهمية تطوير الكوادر النسوية في الاتحادات الرياضية الفردية والجماعية، على الصعيد الفني والإداري.
ودعا الرجوب المدربات إلى الاطلاع بدورهن في تأدية الرسالة الوطنية الرياضية في تشكيل وعي المتدربين بأهمية الرياضية وآثارها الإيجابية على سلوك الفرد وصحته النفسية والجسدية، مؤكداً أن المرأة نصف المجتمع ولها الحق في أن تكون حاضرة في كافة الميادين ومنها الرياضية.
ولفت الرجوب إلى أن دخول المشاركات في المجال التدريبي يمثل حالة إيجابية للرياضة الفلسطينية، في أن تكون مدربة وإدارية كشريكة لإيصال الرسالة القيمية الإنسانية الأخلاقية للرياضة.
وأشار الرجوب على أن المنظومة الرياضة الفلسطينية، تعمل بعيداً عن التجاذبات السياسية والجغرافية والجهوية، وتشمل الكل بما يضمن خدمة كافة المكونات والمضي قدماً في مسيرة التطوير.
بدوره، شكر فواز زلوم، رئيس اتحاد السباحة، الفريق الرجوب، على دعمه الدؤوب لاتحاد اللعبة وأنشطته على الساحة المحلية والدولية، كسائر الرياضات المنضوية تحت مظلة اللجنة الأولمبية.
وقدم زلوم شرحاً حول الدورة التي شملت مشاركة مدربات من مختلف المناطق والفئات العمرية، على مدار عدة أيام، تخللها جانب نظري وعملي كذلك اسعاف أولي، واختبار نهائي لكافة المشاركات.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

Hamas: The Israeli bombing of Gaza is part of the aggression and terrorist behavior

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Saturday, Hamas considered the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at dawn and this morning, as part of its crimes, aggression, and behavior of the non-stop terrorist occupation against the Palestinian people in all its places of residence.

Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for Hamas, said in a press statement, "The Zionist occupation will not be able, with all the tools of terrorism and American support for it, and it will not break the will of our steadfast people and their valiant resistance, and we will continue our resistance and legitimate struggle until the occupier is expelled from our entire Palestinian land." He said.

While Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said in another statement, "The Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip is a continuation of the comprehensive aggression against our people, our land, and our sanctities everywhere in Palestine."

Barhoum added, "This escalation, which came immediately after US President Joe Biden's visit to the Zionist entity, reflects the amount of American support and encouragement that the Israeli occupation received for continuing its aggression and committing its crimes."

And he continued: "The head of the occupation government, Yair Lapid, is desperately trying to prove to the Israeli society that he is capable of achieving and restoring the lost deterrence that was dispelled by the qualitative resistance strikes and destroyed all the enemy's equations."

The Hamas spokesman saluted the resistance fighters who repelled the Israeli warplanes during its raids on the Gaza Strip, saying: “The valiant resistance will remain the protective shield for our people, which will continue, escalate and develop its tools in all arenas of the homeland despite all forms of aggression until the full rights of our people are taken away and the occupation is defeated.” ".

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The conclusion of Al-Yasser's championships with the anniversary of his passing and the financing of the Maghazi Hall construction project


Gaza - Ahmed Al-Masharawi - The Motor Sports Bureau concluded the "Al-Yasser" tournaments in football, athletics and karate, which were held in memory of the death of President Abu Ammar, under the auspices of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, at the Gaza Sports Club stadiums, in the presence of Ahmed Helles, a member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, and Salah Abu Al-Ata Amin The secret of the movement office and the members, the movement office, brother Ibrahim Abu Sheikh, director of the works of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, the cadres of the council, Ibrahim Abu Salim, vice president of the Football Association, Musa Al-Wazir, director of the Arafat Foundation, Khaled Al-Wadiya, head of sports, Walid Ayoub, president of the Olympic Council, and Ali Abu Hassanein, president Athletes Forum and a large crowd of personalities.

Hellas said that the organization of this event was because Abu Ammar was an icon of all the free people who supported sports and athletes and placed them on the top of his priorities, and he thanked those in charge of the events and their success.

In turn, Mustafa Al-Awadi stressed in the speech of the Supreme Council the efforts made by Major General Jibril Rajoub and Minister Essam Al-Qaddoumi, and that the Council is always ready to support national activities and events that embody identity, expressing the Council's pride in the success of sports tournaments in cooperation with the Association of Veteran Athletes and federations.

Crowning the winners

At the end of the ceremony, the attendees crowned the Darj team with the Arafat Football Cup and first-place medals, the Police Union with the second-place cup, referees Abdullah Abu Osheba, Muhammad al-Hassani, Omar al-Kilani, shields for the participating clubs, and supervisors Ziyad Abu Samra, Hossam al-Gharabawi, Osama Shbeir, Saeb Jundiyeh, and Saleh Mabrouk. And the coronation of the marathon champions, Mahmoud Sbeitan, Tamer Al-Qaoud, Allam Al-Amour, Khalil Al-Tarabin, Ahmed Al-Kurd, Hashem Abu Amra, Khalil Al-Masry, Muhammad Abu Mahadi, Ahmed Abu Kwaik, Haitham Abu Balima, and the supervisors Majed Abu Marahil, Samir Al-Nabahin, Ahmed Abdel-Hadi, and the karate champions to the elite, headed by Hassan al-Rai. He presented the athlete with a shield of appreciation and the Arafat Foundation for its partnership in the events, and concluded with many heritage paragraphs, national anthems and popular Dabkeh.

Scorers clash

The competition intensified for the top scorer rankings in the Premier and First Division leagues, with the approaching final eleventh round of the two competitions. In the Premier League, the top scorer is Mohamed Naim Obaid, the Palestinian Al-Hilal striker, with 4 goals, while he ranks second equally with 5 points. Moamen Al-Bawab from Rafah Youth Club - the defending champion, Youssef Lulu, the striker of Ittihad Khan Yunis, and the duo of Al-Shujaiya, team captain Alaa Attia and Ahmed Harara, and followed by a score of 4 goals, Muhammad Al-Jarmi, the star of the services of Rafah – the league leader, and the scorer of Ittihad Al-Shujaia in the second standings of the league to the left of the two mornings, and the Jabalia youth striker Youssef Dawood, and with a score of 3 goals, the star of the services of Rafah, the young Imad Fahjan, and Khaled Haniyeh, the striker of Al-Sadaqa, and Imad Abu Jamous.

It is noteworthy that the player Sar Al-Sabahin is the only player to receive a red card in the first-leg role among the scorers, while the two players, Muhammad Obaid and Muhammad Al-Jarmi, who have two yellow cards, except for Imad Fahjan, Khaled Haniyeh and Jamous from the warnings, and Youssef Lulu and Alaa Attia missed two penalty kicks.

First class scorers

In the first division, the young star Ahed Abu Maraheel, the Namaa striker, is at the top of the first scorers with a score of 13 goals, followed by a score of 10 goals, with a difference of 3 goals, the player Muhammad Shabeer from Khan Yunis services with a score of 8 goals, players: Tamer Makram and Muhammad Al Salibi from Khan Yunis services Saad Al-Sabakhi, Nama Club expert, Sultan Abu Obeida, and with a score of 4 goals, the rest of the players, and they are: Bilal Assaf, an expert, Hamada Saleh from the Palestinian Al-Ahly club, Muhammad Abu Toha, Ibrahim Al-Taramsi, Bahda Al-Daalsa, Muhammad Barakat from Beach Services, Anas Abu Sita, and Ahmed Al-Krunz. It is noteworthy that all of the aforementioned players did not receive any colored warnings.

Al-Maghazi Club Hall Project

Abdel Salam Haniyeh, Assistant Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, praised the efforts of Dr. Ahmed Abu Houli, a member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, in financing the construction of the covered hall for the Maghazi Services Club, after announcing an amount of 300 thousand dollars to establish the hall. In a phone call with Abu Houli, Haniyeh expressed his appreciation for his efforts to stand by and support sports. In turn, Abu Houli thanked Haniyeh's follow-up and blessing for the Maghazi Hall project, and expressed his appreciation for Haniyeh's efforts in supporting sports and developing infrastructure. On the other hand, Haniyeh congratulated Al-Maghazi and its fans on the achievement and hoped that the celebration would take place as soon as possible to host the activities of sports talents in the camp and achieve the achievements. He thanked the Al-Maghazi municipality for its continuous efforts to support the club and the United Nations Development Program for its constant efforts in supporting the sports infrastructure in Palestine. And the opportunity to provide halls and stadiums suitable for athletes and youth.

Beit Hanoun starts moving

Ittihad Beit Hanoun Riyadh club, ninth in the Premier League, began completing its winter deals, by including the star Mohamed Salem Al-Dalu, coming from Al-Mujma’a Al-Islami Club, one of the first-class clubs. The right-back player appeared with the Hebron Youth Club in the Palestinian Professional League in the West Bank at the beginning of the current season.

On the other hand, the Appeal Committee of the Football Association decided to postpone consideration of the case of the Palestinian beach soccer team striker, Muhammad Abu Riyala, submitted by him against his club, Al-Umm Al-Radwan. both parties.

League matches

This, and tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, will open the matches of the last 11 round of the Premier Division Championship, and the Khan Yunis Union and Rafah Services will meet at the Khan Yunis Municipal Stadium, and the Shujaia and Friendship Union at the Yarmouk Municipal Stadium, and in the first degree, the Bureij Services and the Nuseirat People will meet at the Martyr Muhammad Stadium, and Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun Al-Ahly at Beit Lahia Stadium.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

OCHA: The occupation demolished and confiscated 50 homes in the West Bank within two weeks


Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today, Saturday, that the Israeli occupation authorities demolished, confiscated or forced Palestinian citizens to demolish 50 buildings in the West Bank within two weeks.


The office stated, in a periodic report, that the houses were demolished under the pretext of lack of building permits, which resulted in the displacement of 55 people, including 28 children, and the livelihoods of about 220 other citizens were damaged.


The report indicated that the occupation authorities have demolished, since the beginning of this year, 10 homes as part of their punitive policies against the families of those who carried out the attacks, compared to three homes in 2021 and six in 2020, stressing that “punitive demolitions are a form of collective punishment and therefore are illegal.” under international law.”


The report pointed out that two schools were at risk of demolition in the south of Hebron and Ramallah, noting that the occupation authorities issued a final demolition order against two rooms that form part of a school in the Sha’ab al-Batem community, south of Hebron.


Also, on August 10, an Israeli court ordered the immediate demolition of Ein Samia School, northeast of Ramallah, which will affect about 17 students.


The demolition of Palestinian facilities and buildings is considered an Israeli policy pursued by the occupation authorities in the occupied Palestinian territories in order to turn the lives of the Palestinians there into hell, with the aim of forcing them to leave their land by seizing and stealing it.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:03 pm - Jerusalem Time

A culture of power and control

Written by: Abd al-Ilah Belkaziz

Man's relationship with nature has witnessed, in our modern era, a dramatic transformation in which it has changed from what it was in the past. That is, over a long history, man remained a part of nature, not distinct from it or separated from it. A new feeling of distinction and superiority within the natural system led him to think of leaving this system and establishing a parallel and antithetical system that would be more compatible with the type of new view that he began to form about himself. This marked the birth of the modern era.


The idea of controlling, conquering, subjugating and harnessing nature does not have a long history; Its history dates back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in particular: the results of modern science tempted man to come to that control, and to transform nature from a pet into a harmful being that needs subjugation and taming, and from an incubator to an external subject for his conquests! It is the moment when man separated from natural morals; That is, the morals that he derives from the feeling of belonging to nature, in order to impersonate in it other morals, which are the morals of power: the power that was inspired by science, and inspired by the feeling of the centrality and uniqueness of man, and the authority of reason and rationality entrenched it in him to transform, with the effect of all of this, into the warrior morals.


Nature has been defamed since then, and it has become represented in consciousness as a synonym for what preceded the act of human creation, then everything that man produced was placed against it: history versus nature, culture versus nature, science versus nature, industry versus nature, and technology versus nature..then Soon, the philosophy of the social contract in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries consolidated this view through the defense of its philosophers (Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau...) for an alternative system to the natural system, which is the political and civil system, with strong criticism of it. The natural order, according to him, is a system of perpetual war.


Thus, all human activities seemed to be organized within a new system. post-nature system.


It is the age of power par excellence, and the age of the philosophy of power even before Nietzsche's thought entered its space, the age of the scientific revolution, the discovery of gunpowder, the violence of religious wars, the industrial revolution, the advance of the capitalist system, the rule of rationality and the experimental spirit. With these resources and tools, man was able to accomplish his conquests and to control nature and man himself, and to absorb their powers by exploiting them.


With gunpowder, he controlled the land, extracted forests and jungles from the animal after he exterminated it to turn it into farms or cities, keeping some of its original inhabitants in cages to watch in zoos. And with gunpowder he took control of three quarters of the land in which the “man of nature” lives, who, according to his custom, has not yet become a human being in the manner of the white European man, and he justified his colonization by spreading civilization and urbanization in “barbarian” societies.


Through industry, he transformed nature and harnessed it for an interest, without caring what it entailed in terms of disturbing the environmental balance, and through it and with science, he produced its opposite: technology, and established its authority in the material world. And with reason and rationality, he made the human faculties that came before them insignificant and more ignoble than them: imagination, intuition, and creation.


The age of power worship is that age; the era in which we are still living; The era of a new religion in which the human being is deified with power to impose his mighty will on nature and man. There are no limits in it to the law of force: Natural Darwinism elects the strongest: man versus nature and animals, and legitimizes for the stronger the dominion over what is less powerful, and Social Darwinism elects the strongest: white man versus all blacks and colored people, “precious” races versus “vile” races, and the upper classes of society Society versus the lower classes, and thus the new master/slave relationship is established to justify all kinds of crimes: genocides, colonial wars, racism, slavery, and class exploitation..!


This power and its carriers (science, reason, capital) that imposed its law in the modern era, and established its institutions that begged for control and subjugation, imposed its morals on all morals (natural morals, religious morals, human morals...), and looked with contempt at the values of mercy and kindness And pardon, charity, solidarity, and peace, considering them morals for the defeated slaves (Nietzsche), venerating the morals of force. On the other hand, its dominant culture, which was spread by its institutions, is positivism, scientism, and pragmatism: the new religions of the age.

In agreement with the Gulf

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:03 pm - Jerusalem Time

The Journalists Syndicate calls for the widest media coverage of the Shuafat camp siege

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Journalists Syndicate called for the widest media coverage of the occupation forces' siege of Shuafat camp and the town of Anata for the fourth day in a row.


The Syndicate said in a statement that Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian sanctities will remain the compass of the Palestinian national struggle, and that all attempts by the occupation to Judaize it, uproot the steadfast Jerusalemites, and those who challenge the occupation measures in all forms of struggle need and require all national, Arab and international media, especially radio stations, to open daily broadcasts. About this legendary steadfastness of the Jerusalemites, especially their historic decision to civil disobedience, which was announced by the people of all their national and social components, in protest against this siege and unjust aggression.


The Syndicate called on all Palestinian, Arab and international journalists and media institutions to send their press crews to cover the occupation siege of Shuafat camp and Anata town, which the occupation turned into a large prison in which more than 150,000 Jerusalemites live in Shuafat camp and Anata town.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:03 pm - Jerusalem Time

The occupation arrests two young men on the Gaza border

Translated by "Al-Quds" dot com- An Israeli military force arrested, on Tuesday evening, two young men for allegedly trying to infiltrate the security fence of the Gaza Strip borders.


According to an Israeli military spokesman, the two young men were taken for interrogation and did not have any weapons.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:03 pm - Jerusalem Time

Ukrainian grain stirs congestion in the waters of Istanbul

Istanbul - (AFP) - With the acceleration of grain exports from Ukraine, traffic is forming at the gates of the Bosphorus, as cargo ships line up endlessly off the coast of Istanbul.


150 cargo ships, some empty and others loaded, were waiting on Tuesday at the entrance and exit of the strait before undergoing the rigorous inspection process that would allow them to sail, with the waiting period possibly reaching about 12 days sometimes.


The agreement signed with Kiev and Moscow on July 19, under the auspices of the United Nations and Turkey, for the export of Ukrainian grain , has allowed more than 630 ships to cross in both directions since it entered into force on August 1.


In total, more than 6.9 million tons of grain went to Europe and the Middle East, and a smaller percentage to Africa, according to data from the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul, which authorizes and checks flights.


Wheat and maize constitute the main part of exports aimed at relieving pressure on global markets and responding to fears of a food crisis.


The crew of the black-and-white cargo ship "Nordfind", which flies the Barbados flag, is relieved as the team of investigators prepares to board.


Marwan, a Syrian sailor, told AFP that they had been waiting "for 11 days, which is a very long time."
He explains that what makes waiting more difficult is that "the berthing area is difficult. The ship's location must be constantly changed and the engines re-launched," asking, "Why are we waiting like this?"


It was the Joint Coordination Center that warned of the situation at the end of last week, pointing to the long waiting times, despite its efforts to double the number of inspection teams, "from two teams to four."


While the navigation traffic with the Ukrainian ports returned to normal, the Joint Coordination Center stated in a statement that "the waiting time for cargo ships leaving (from Ukraine) last week reached an average of nine days," referring to the "crowding of the Sea of Marmara" with ships.


While there was a discussion about renewing the agreement on November 19, the Coordination Center asked the ship owners to strictly adhere to the approved procedures and to complete all preparations “before announcing that they are ready” because “in more than fifty cases, it was not possible to complete the inspection process from the first time.” ".


For their part, shipping companies complain about the deadlines that cost them "five thousand dollars a day, in addition to the lost profits," according to an observer who requested anonymity.


Each team includes eight inspectors, two of them for each of the parties to the agreement, Russia, Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey, with the two Turkish inspectors handling logistical issues in particular.


The inspection of the 169-meter-long "Nordfind" ship, loaded with 27,250 tons of wheat, takes no less than two hours.


While part of the team was on the ship, the other members noticed that the doors of the holds were open, which posed a danger to the inspectors, so everyone rushed to get off again, which led to wasting about ten minutes.


Odani Pereira, the inspector who was dismissed by the Sri Lankan navy to the United Nations, explained that each shipment is supposed to be treated with insecticides through steam sterilization technology, to protect the grains from various pests.


"After that, the wards should be ventilated, but they should have been closed before our arrival for the sake of the team's health," she added.


After they board the ship, the inspectors share tasks between verifying the ship's logs and documents, examining the identity papers of the crew members, the voyage the ship took, the fuel tanks, and of course the status of the grain.



Odani Pereira checks the crew's documents and checks out the section designated for their accommodation "to ensure that no unauthorized person is on the ship".


In the meantime, her two Ukrainian colleagues check the amount of fuel in the tank, and the two Russian inspectors descend along the corridors to check the wards.


One of them says to the captain, "Your ship is one of the best."


Nord Find finally gets the green light to head to Tunisia, its final destination.


In the morning, the inspection of the 225-meter-long Singapore-flagged Cola Treasure took more than three hours as it waited empty to proceed to Kronomorsk, near Odessa.


"The duration depends on the size of the ship and how prepared it is. This morning, there were missing documents," the young inspector said.
This resulted in a great deal of wasted time, and by the end of the day, only two of the four ships originally scheduled had been inspected.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:03 pm - Jerusalem Time

Jerusalem Hadith:: The Palestinian internal situation must be changed

الوضع الداخلي الفلسطيني على الصعيد السياسي يسير من سيء الى أسوأ، بسبب الانقسام المدمر من جانب، وبسبب الانتهاكات الاسرائيلية وارتكابها الجرائم بحق شعبنا وأرضنا ومقدساتنا، والتهاء العالم بالحرب الروسية – الاوكرانية، والتي هي حرب بين روسيا والغرب ممثلاً بحلف الاطلسي، الامر الذي جعل قضية شعبنا في آخر سلم أولويات العالم.


ومع ذلك فإن الانقسام يزداد تعمقاً بدلاً من انهائه لمواجهة التحديات التي تمر بها قضية شعبنا، ومؤامرات الاحتلال التي تستهدفها مستغلة بذلك الوضع الدولي الراهن الذي بات لا يعير أي اهتمام لقضية شعبنا، وجل اهتمامه نحو الحرب الروسية الاوكرانية والتي قد تتحول بين عشية وضحاها الى حرب كونية جديدة قد لا تبقي ولا تذر.


وباستثناء المقاومة الشعبية التي تشهدها الضفة الغربية بما فيها القدس لمواجهة قمع وجرائم الاحتلال، فإن التحركات الفلسطينية سواء على صعيد القيادة أو فصائل العمل الوطني والاسلامي، لا تحرك ساكناً باتجاه خطوات عملية ليس فقط لإنهاء هذا الانقسام المدمر، بل ولدعم واسناد ما يقوم به ابناء شعبنا في الضفة من مقاومة للاحتلال الذي يصعد من اعتداءاته وجرائمه يومياً دون ان يخشى أحدا.


لقد أصبح الاحتلال لا يعير أي اهتمام لبيانات الشجب والتحرك الدبلوماسي الذي لم يؤد الى حل قضية شعبنا الوطنية منذ اكثر من قرن من الزمان.


وهنا نعيد ونكرر بأن استمرار الوضع الداخلي الفلسطيني على ما هو عليه الآن من سوء، ومعاناة الناس من جرائم الاحتلال، لن تقود إلا الى تمرير دولة الاحتلال لمخططاتها في الضم والتوسع الاستيطاني والتطهير العرقي وضياع القدس وغيرها الكثير.


لقد ضاق أبناء شعبنا ذرعاً بهذه الاوضاع وعلى الجميع تغليب المصلحة الوطنية العليا على المصالح الشخصية والحزبية والعمل على السير بقضية شعبنا نحو بر الأمان.


صحيح ان شعبنا قدم ولا يزال يقدم التضحيات الجسام، سواء في الضفة بما فيها القدس الشرقية أو قطاع غزة، غير ان ذلك يتطلب من الكل الفلسطيني تقديم الدعم والاسناد لهذه التضحيات لكي تستمر، ولكي تفشل بالدرجة الاولى مخططات الاحتلال ورهانه على تعب شعبنا واستسلامه، وهذا غير وارد على الاطلاق وسيواصل شعبنا مسيرته الوطنية حتى احقاق كامل حقوقه الوطنية الثابتة وغير القابلة للتصرف.
فماذا تنتظر القيادة والفصائل في ضوء هذه الاوضاع التي لا تسر أحدا، والتي تهدد قضية شعبنا؟! فالوضع الداخلي يجب ان يتغير لما فيه مصلحة الوطن والقضية.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:03 pm - Jerusalem Time

The work of the Permanent Committee for Broadcasting in Tunisia begins with Palestinian participation

Tunis - "Al-Quds" dot com - Today, Tuesday, the Director General of the Arab Broadcasting Union, Abd al-Rahim Suleiman, inaugurated the work of the Permanent Committee for Arab Radio at the headquarters of the Union of Radios in Tunis.


The State of Palestine was represented in the meetings by Ayed Oweimer, Director General of Voice of Palestine Radio, and Haider Douglas, Director General of News at the Radio.


The program included a discussion session on the organizations' experiences, "The stakes of public radio in the face of the growing number of private radio stations."


Haider Douglas, General Director of News, Voice of Palestine, gave an intervention on the experience of the radio, and Voice of Palestine was a model. The massive restrictions imposed on its correspondents, who used to deliver the Palestinian news as soon as it happened.


With regard to the increase in private radio stations, Douglas stated that she was never a challenge to the official radio, but rather stood by it to expose the practices of the occupation against the Palestinian people wherever they are.


The meetings of the Standing Committee for Broadcasting will continue over the next three days.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:03 pm - Jerusalem Time

Are we on the cusp of a religious war?

حديث القدس


بعد فوز اليمين الاسرائيلي المتطرف في انتخابات الكنيست الاسرائيلي وحصوله على المرتبة الثالثة بعد الليكود ويوجد مستقبل ، فإن الامور في عموم فلسطين التاريخية تسير من سيء الى الأسوأ، خاصة وان هذا اليمين الممثل بـ «بن غفير» ومن معه سيصعدون من اعتداءاتهم وهجماتهم ليس على الفلسطينيين في الضفة بما فيها القدس الشرقية، بل أيضا على فلسطينيي الداخل.


فبن غفير وزبانيته هم الذين يمارسون الاعتداءات على الفلسطينيين وخاصة على المقدسيين في حي الشيخ جراح، والمرابطين والمرابطات في المسجد الاقصى المبارك والذي يقوم المستوطنين في اقتحاماتهم له ويعيثون بداخله فسادا ويقيمون الصلوات التلمودية ويعملون ليل نهار من أجل هدمه واقامة الهيكل المزعوم مكانه، كما انه يسكن في مستوطنة كريات اربع في الخليل ويمارس ايضا هناك اعتداءات على المواطنين ويشجع المستوطنين على الاعتداء على مواطني حي الرميدة.


والى جانب كل ذلك فهو الذي دافع ويدافع عن قتلة الفلسطينيين على أيدي قطعان المستوطنين وعلى أي مستوطن او يهودي يعتدي على المواطنين في الضفة الغربية بما فيها القدس وايضا في الداخل الفلسطيني، وهو الذي دعا ويدعو الى قتل الفلسطينيين وتهجيرهم الى الدول العربية المجاورة وتشجيع الاستيطان وضم الضفة باعتبارها حسب زعمه هو وزبانيته أرض اسرائيلية، وان على الفلسطينيين الرحيل عنها.


غير ان ما هو مهم ايضا ان بن غفير ومن معه هم من اليمين المتطرف الذي يسعى ويعمل على تطبيق التوراة في دولة الاحتلال، وهذا يعني انه يعمل مع اعضاء الكنيست من أجل أعضاء حزبه والمتحالف معه والذين يؤيدونه على تحويل الصراع من صراع سياسي على الحقوق الوطنية الفلسطينية الى صراع ديني قد لا يبقي ولا يذر خاصة وان المجتمع الاسرائيلي يميل بسرعة هائلة نحو اليمين المتطرف والعنصري ، الامر الذي يؤدي هذا الصراع الديني الى ما لا تحمد عقباه.


وعليه فإن المنطقة مقبلة على تطورات في غير صالح شعبنا وقضيتنا، وهذا الامر يدعو الكل الفلسطيني لتوحيد الجهود من أجل مواجهة المرحلة المقبلة الصعبة وإفشال مخططات اليمين المتطرف والعنصري بل والفاشي.


اما ابقاء الانقسام على حاله وعدم التحرك العاجل لانهائه وتوحيد الساحة الفلسطينية سياسيا وجغرافيا ودعم المقاومة الشعبية ولجان الحراسة ، فإن الامور ستسير من سيء الى أسوأ كما ذكرنا سابقا وعندها يتحمل الكل الفلسطيني أي القيادة والفصائل المسؤولية الكاملة، ولن يرحم التاريخ أحدا.


والسؤال الذي يطرح نفسه الآن: هل نحن على أعتاب حرب دينية تنعكس ليس فقط على شعبنا وإنما ايضا على دولة الاحتلال والمجتمع الدولي الذي هو الاخر يتحمل المسؤولية التاريخية عما آلت اليه الاوضاع في دولة الاحتلال ؟!