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Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:58 pm - Jerusalem Time

England expels its curse and approaches continental glory, and Denmark's future is full of hope


لندن (أ ف ب) -طردت إنكلترا لعنتها واقتربت من المجد القاري عندما بلغت المباراة النهائية لكأس أوروبا للمرة الأولى في تاريخها حيث ستكون أمام “أكبر اختبار حقيقي” لها ضد إيطاليا بحسب مدربها غاريث ساوثغيت، وذلك على حساب منتخب دنماركي شدد مدربه كاسبر هيولماند على أن مستقبله يزخر بآمال واعدة.
فكت إنكلترا النحس الذي لازمها في الكأس القارية وحجزت بطاقتها إلى المباراة النهائية للمرة الأولى في بطولة كبيرة منذ 55 عاما بفوزها الأربعاء على “ويمبلي” بنتيجة 2-1 بعد التمديد.


وباتت أمامها عقبة واحدة فقط متمثلة بالمنتخب الإيطالي من أجل ترصيع سجلها بلقب ثان بعد أول في كأس العالم عام 1966 على حساب المانيا الغربية.
هي المرة الأولى التي تبلغ فيها إنكلترا مباراة نهائية لبطولة كبيرة منذ عام 1966 على أرضها، وتفادت بالتالي تكرار سيناريو استضافتها للعرس القاري عام 1996 عندما خرجت على يد ألمانيا بركلات الترجيح.
واعتبر مدرب الإنكليز ساوثغيت أن النهائي سيكون “أكبر اختبار (يمكن أن تتخيله إنكلترا)”، داعيا لاعبيه إلى “تقديم أداء افضل ضد إيطاليا، الأقوى حتى الآن. سيتعين علينا إيجاد الحلول”.


واضاف “كان أداء إيطاليا أفضل. إنه منتخب يقدم مستوى عاليًا حقًا منذ عامين حتى الآن. تابعناهم وراقبناهم جيدًا. إنهم فريق يلعب بالكثير من الطاقة والأناقة، ومن الصعب التسجيل ضدهم. إنهم يستحقون أن يكونوا في النهائي بعد إقصائهم منتخبين كبيرين هما بلجيكا وإسبانيا”.


وتابع “بالنسبة لنا، هذا هو أكبر اختبار يمكن أن نتخيله، ولكن علينا أن نستعد جيدًا وستكون فرصة عظيمة لنا لمواجهتهم”.
وأعرب ساوثغيت عن “الفخر باللاعبين. كان العمل مع هؤلاء اللاعبين رائعا، بفضل تعاونهم، ودعم زملائهم اللذين ليسوا في التشكيلة الأساسية، يستحقون ما يحدث”.
وأردف قائلا “نعرف حجم المهمة. ولكن يا لها من لحظة رائعة بالنسبة لنا. دعونا نستمتع هذه الليلة، ثم نفكر بعد ذلك في المباراة النهائية”.


ولم تخسر إيطاليا في مبارياتها الـ33 الأخيرة، لكن إنكلترا ستكون مساندة بالغالبية العظمى من الـ60 ألف متفرج الذين سيكونون حاضرين بملعب ويمبلي الأحد في المباراة النهائية، وهو عامل قال ساوثغيت كان حاسما في كسر مقاومة الدنمارك العنيدة.


وقال “كانت الميزة الكبيرة ضد الدنمارك وجود جماهيرنا في تلك اللحظات الصعبة من المباراة حيث كان علينا أن نقاتل ونمضي قدما. لم أسمع أجواء ملعب ويمبلي مثل هذا من أي وقت مضى. إنه مميز”.
من جهته، قال قائد إنكلترا مهاجم توتنهام هاري كاين الذي سجل هدف التأهل في الشوط الإضافي الأول، إنه “انتصار مختلف عن الانتصارات الأخرى، بذلنا جهدا كبيرا من أجل تحقيقه. أنجزنا المهمة. يا لها من فرصة للعب أول مباراة نهائية في كاس أوروبا! سنستمتع لكننا سنركز بسرعة على استعادة لياقتنا البدنية من أجل يوم الأحد واستغلال الفرصة”.


وأضاف “ستكون المباراة النهائية لحظة خاصة. سيكون هناك فائز وخاسر، لكن يتعين علينا بذل كل ما في وسعنا حتى نكون أبطالا”.
في المقابل، أبدى مدرب الدنمارك هيولماند خيبة أمله لتوقف مغامرة منتخب بلاده في دور الأربعة وتبخر حلمه في تكرار إنجاز عام 1992 عندما دعي في اللحظة الأخيرة للمشاركة في الكاس القارية وتوج بلقبها.
وقال هيولماند “بادئ ذي بدء، أود أن أهنئ زميلي غاريث (ساوثغيت) على طريقة عمله، خاصة مع اللاعبين الشباب، على القيم التي غرسها في فريقه وبلوغه المباراة النهائية”.


وأضاف “نشعر بخيبة أمل كبيرة ومن الصعب جدا أن أتحدث عن الأمر الآن. ربما سيكون الأمر أسهل في غضون أيام قليلة. كنا قريبين جدا من النهائي”.
وتابع “قرأت في وسائل الإعلام أنه لم تكن هناك ركلة جزاء لصالح إنكلترا، لذا فهي شيء يزعجني، أشعر بخيبة أمل” في إشارة إلى ركلة الجزاء التي اقتنصها رحيم سترلينغ في الدقيقة قبل الأخيرة من الشوط الإضافي الأول وسجل منها كاين هدف الفوز.


وأردف قائلا “لا أجد الكلمات لأقول كم أنا معجب بهذا الجهاز الفني واللاعبين، لقد مررنا بالعديد من المصاعب، لدينا لاعبان أنقذا زميلهما (كريستيان إريكسن الذي أصيب بنوبة قلبية خلال المباراة الأولى)، لعبنا كرة قدم جيدة، أنا ممتن للدنمارك، كنا بحاجة إلى هذا الدعم، هذا التعاطف، لقد تلقينا الكثير من الدعم وكان رائعًا. مستقبلنا مليء بالأمل، هؤلاء الرجال مذهلون ويمكن للأمة بأكملها أن تفخر بهم. إنهم فريق رائع، قاموا بعمل رائع، وحصلوا على احترام بلد بأكمله”.


من جهته، قال مهاجم برشلونة الإسباني مارتن برايثويت “علينا أن نهضم هذا الإقصاء، لكننا سنعود بالطبع. نحن فخورون ولكننا نشعر بخيبة أمل كبيرة أيضًا لأننا نعتقد أنه كان بإمكاننا الذهاب إلى أبعد من ذلك. الطريقة التي خسرنا بها تجعل الأمر أكثر صعوبة. يتعين علي الانتباه لما أقوله (بشأن ركلة الجزاء)، لكننا نشعر بخيبة أمل 100%. لدينا مجموعة رائعة ويمكننا بالتأكيد القيام بأشياء رائعة في المستقبل”.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

A year since the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan

Paris, 8-10- (AFP) - In the following are the most prominent stations since the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan a year ago, with the accompanying decline in human rights, especially women's rights, economic collapse and attacks:

On August 15, the Taliban occupied the presidential palace in Kabul without encountering resistance, after a lightning attack it launched in May, taking advantage of the start of the withdrawal of US and NATO forces.
President Ashraf Ghani, who had left the country, admitted that "the Taliban had won" and explained that he had fled his country to avoid "bloodshed".
Washington froze about 9.5 billion dollars belonging to the Central Bank of Afghanistan, while the World Bank suspended its aid to this country, whose 60 percent of its population depends on international assistance.

The collapse of the Afghan army and government has accelerated the withdrawal of the US military and their civilian Afghan allies. These operations witnessed, on August 26, an attack claimed by ISIS at Kabul Airport, which killed more than 100 people.
On August 30, the US military left Afghanistan permanently, ending a two-decade presence in the country.

On September 7 and 8, the Taliban announced the appointment of the most prominent ministers in its government, all of them from its ranks, headed by Muhammad Hassan Akhund, who was previously close to its founder, Mullah Omar.
Western countries criticized this government, saying that it "does not represent" the ethnic and religious diversity in the country, contrary to what the new regime promised. It made respect for human rights, especially women's rights, a precondition in negotiations over aid and recognition of the new Islamic regime.

The Taliban movement, despite its promises that its regime would be more lenient than its first period of rule between 1996 and 2001, imposed severe restrictions on women.
On March 23, 2022, the Taliban announced the closure of complementary and secondary schools for girls, just hours after they reopened.
In early May, the Taliban's supreme commander ordered women to fully cover their faces in public, with preference given to wearing the burqa.
Women were denied many jobs in the public sector and prevented from traveling without a male relative outside their cities.

On May 17, the Taliban regime announced the dissolution of the Human Rights Commission, a body that specifically monitors violence against the population. The Electoral Commission and the Higher National Council for Reconciliation had the same fate.
There have been successive decisions imposing restrictions such as banning non-religious music, banning human faces in advertisements, and banning the broadcast of films or series showing unveiled women. The movement required men to wear traditional dress and grow beards.

Deprived of the international aid that was vital to the country, Afghanistan has plunged into an acute financial and humanitarian crisis with skyrocketing unemployment. According to the United Nations, more than half of the country's population, about 24 million Afghans, are threatened by food insecurity.
On March 31, the United Nations made the largest appeal to the international community for funds for a single country. However, the initiative only allowed the collection of 2.44 billion dollars, while the required 4.4 billion.
Negotiations took place between Washington and the Taliban about releasing the seized funds after an earthquake that killed more than a thousand people and displaced thousands at the end of June in the east of the country.

In October 2021, an attack on Shiites who have long been persecuted in this Sunni-majority country resulted in 60 dead, the deadliest attack since the withdrawal of US forces.
The Islamic State Khorasan Province, with which the Taliban have clashed for years, claimed responsibility for the attack.
In the spring of 2022, dozens of people were killed in a series of bombings, most of which were claimed by the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province.
The Taliban asserts that it has defeated the Islamic State in Afghanistan, but analysts believe that the extremist group still poses the main security challenge to the new Afghan authority.

On the evening of August 1, US President Joe Biden announced that the United States had killed by a drone the leader of Al-Qaeda, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, in Kabul. Al-Zawahiri was among the most wanted by the American intelligence services for years.
Al-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden in the leadership of Al-Qaeda, was one of the masterminds of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, which resulted in nearly three thousand deaths.
The Taliban condemned the attack, but did not confirm the killing of Al-Zawahiri or his coming to and presence in Kabul.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

A drug dealer who was sentenced to 25 years in absentia was arrested in Hebron

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the police arrested a drug dealer who was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in prison on charges of drug trafficking in the city of Hebron .


The Public Relations and Media Department of the police stated that, based on a phone call received from the governorate police operations room from citizens about their detention of a person in possession of suspected narcotic substances, a force from the Anti-Narcotics Branch immediately moved and arrested him, as it was found that he was wanted for justice two years ago and confiscated against him. He was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking and a fine of 100,000 Jordanian dinars.


The police confirmed the arrest of the arrested person and referred him to the competent authorities to implement the judicial ruling issued against him in accordance with the rules.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Google allows Trump's social network "Truth Social" to display its application on his store

San Francisco (AFP) - Google announced Wednesday that it has allowed the social networking platform "Truth Social", which was founded by former US President Donald Trump, to offer its application on the "Play Store", the store for downloading applications on mobile devices running the Android system.


The internet giant said it made the decision after TruthSocial agreed to abide by its policies to remove content that violates its rules, such as "incitement to violence."


He added that the platform has updated its application in accordance with the policies of "Google Play" in terms of blocking objectionable publications, reporting and removing unwanted content, in addition to banning abusers on the platform.


At the end of August, Google announced that the "Truth Social" application was not welcome in the Play Store until it complied with content rules, including the prohibition of violent threats.


The company said it notified TruthSocial on Aug. 19 that its app violated Play Store policies and required "effective systems to moderate user-generated content."


According to the technology company, the app was violating its content rules for making physical and violent threats.


TruthSocial is Trump's project to strike back at platforms like Twitter, which he banned after a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol in January 2021.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Finalizing the time and place for the new round of nuclear talks

TEHRAN, (Xinhua) -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said on Sunday that the time and venue for a new round of talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal are being finalized, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.


Baqeri Kani said, "The Doha negotiations took place within a predetermined framework," adding that "the time and place for the next negotiations are being finalized in exchanges" between Iran and the European Union.


Baqeri Kani did not specify whether the next round of talks would take place between Iran and the "B4 + 1" group (Britain, China, France and Russia in addition to Germany), or whether it would be held indirectly between Iran and the United States.


Iran and the United States held indirect talks on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Qatari capital, Doha, mediated by European Union coordinator Enrique Moura, to address their differences over reviving the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.


The Doha talks did not yield results, but Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian described the talks as "positive".

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

US court allows “WhatsApp” to sue an Israeli spy company

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - The US Supreme Court decided this week that the popular messaging platform WhatsApp (owned by the parent company of the social networking platform Facebook) has the right to proceed with the lawsuit against the Israeli spyware company NSO. NSO Group Technologies The Israeli NSO Group's request for immunity has already been rejected by lower courts before reaching the US Supreme Court.


Meta (Facebook's parent company) filed a lawsuit against NSO Group in October 2019 over the Behassis hacking and spyware program. In its lawsuit, Meta alleges that Pegasys allowed users to illegally access WhatsApp servers and monitor and spy on about 1,400 people.


In 2021, a press consortium investigated the leak of Israeli NSO group data (initially obtained by Paris-based Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International) and discovered that Pegasus had been used by what At least twenty authoritarian governments spy on activists, journalists, and lawyers.


"Project Pegasus exposes how NSO spyware is the weapon of choice for repressive governments seeking to silence journalists, attack activists and crush dissent, putting countless lives at risk," Amnesty International's Secretary General Agnes Callamard said at the time.


“These findings refute any claims by NSO that such attacks are rare and attributable to rogue use of its technology,” it added. “While the company claims its spyware is only used in legitimate criminal and terrorist investigations, it is clear that its technology facilitates systemic abuse.” They are trying to paint an image that they are legitimate, and in fact they are profiting from human rights violations on a massive scale.”


NSO Group has argued in court filings that it should be classified as a foreign government agent, which would give it immunity from US laws. Apple also sued the company over the hacking software.


relationship with the Israeli government


According to the lawsuit, the Israeli government has well-documented connections to the company. It is she who sold NSO the export license that enabled it to cooperate with foreign governments, despite its pledge to refrain from selling technology to countries that commit human rights abuses. All sales of Pegasus have been approved by the Israeli Ministry of Defense. And in 2020, then-Israel Defense Minister Naftali Bennett celebrated the fact that NSO had worked with the Israeli military to track coronavirus exposure in the country.


And last year, Democracy in the Arab World Now-Don published an investigation documenting how four American lobbyists (Brian Finch, David Tamasi, Steve Rabinowitz, and Timothy Dickinson) violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act by misrepresenting the Israeli government's relationship with : NSO NSO.


"Despite the well-documented human rights abuses committed with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, the four lobbyists and their companies chose to contribute to the company's abuses by misleading government officials about its reputation," a statement from the Dawn Group said. deservedly disgraceful,” said a statement from Don DAWN Advocacy Director Adam Shapiro, who said, “Our investigation shows that the four lobbyists and NSO Group mislead the US Congress, the Biden administration, and the American public by failing to record the Israeli government’s control of the company on forms Registration of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.


Biden administration sanctions


And in November 2021, the US Department of Commerce blacklisted NSO Group, which prevents the company from acquiring US technology. The ministry said NSO and another Israeli company called Candiru acted "contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States."


The Israeli government has put pressure on the Biden administration to lift these sanctions, but it has not succeeded. The administration had called on the US Supreme Court to reject the appeal. The Justice Department told the court last June that "NSO clearly has no right of immunity here".


The US Supreme Court says WhatsApp can pursue its lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group Technologies over its Pegasus hacking and spying technology.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

At least six people are trapped under the rubble of a landslide at a religious shrine in Iraq and rescue work continues

Karbala ( Iraq ) - (AFP) - Since Saturday, Iraqi rescue teams have been trying to pull out people trapped under the rubble following the fall of an earthen mound on a Shiite religious shrine in Karbala governorate in the south of the country, while at least six people are believed to be still trapped, he said. Sunday Civil Defense.


Rescue teams have succeeded in pulling out three children so far from under the rubble, and said that they are "in good health and have been taken to the hospital to monitor their health status."


However, it is expected that "there are still six to eight people stranded," said a spokesman for the Civil Defense Directorate, Nawas Sabah Shaker, to AFP.


"The evictions are still going on," he added.


The incident took place on Saturday afternoon, when an earthen berm fell on the Qattara shrine of Imam Ali, located 25 km west of Karbala, due to "the saturation of the earthen berm adjacent to the shrine with moisture," as reported by the Civil Defense Directorate and the Iraqi News Agency.


A civil defense spokesman told AFP that "sand dunes and rocks collapsed due to the high humidity on the shrine building," which is located on low ground surrounded by sand and rocks.


He added that this "caused the collapse of about 30 percent of the building's area, which is estimated at 100 square meters."


The Civil Defense Directorate told the Iraqi News Agency that the work was continuing throughout the night. It stated that its teams were able to "deliver oxygen, drinking water and food to the detainees by making holes in the pile of rubble and concrete blocks, with continuous verbal communication to reassure them."


Large numbers of visitors from various governorates of Iraq constantly flock to visit Al-Qattara, which is sacred to Shiite Muslims.


Al Qattara site extends over an area of 1,000 square meters and includes a hall where water flows from one of its rock walls.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Two brothers from Al-Fawar camp were arrested

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two brothers from Al-Fawar camp, south of Hebron.


Local sources reported that the occupation forces arrested the two brothers. Osaid and Khalil al-Tarturi, after storming the camp.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Manar and Osama... a story that illuminated the darkness of the eight lives

Bethlehem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Rawan Al-Asaad - Despite the distances between the cities of Bethlehem and Tulkarem, the occupation cells shortened hundreds of kilometers in the heart of the prisoner Osama Al-Ashqar and his fiancée Manar Khalawi, so that their connection is comprehensive through which Osama breathes freedom.

Manar, the young woman who looks like other girls of her generation, persists in her speech and is filled with hope as she tells Al-Quds.com the story that began in 2016 when her cousin, the prisoner Bahaa El-Din Odeh, carried out a stabbing operation, and as a result he was injured and arrested in the Ramla clinic prison, and before For his wounds to heal and recover, he was transferred to Raymond Prison, where he met the prisoner Osama Al-Ashqar, and they became friends and brothers.

Manar says: By virtue of the closeness of our relationship with my cousin Bahaa El-Din, that we used to contact him a lot, and a conversation is not devoid of mentioning the name Osama over and over in our ears, and his name did not leave Bahaa’s tongue, here I am curious to know who this prisoner is, because I am naturally inclined I pay a lot to the issue of prisoners , and as soon as I hear about any prisoner, I read about him and know the details of his arrest. Indeed, I searched on Google for the prisoner Osama Al-Ashqar to know more about him.

For Manar, Osama was a super hero, and I was amazed at a twenty-year-old young man who would be a commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the “Fatah” movement, and be chased when he was eighteen years old for two years before being arrested in an ambush. What attracted Manar the most is How can a young man be like this, and despite the circumstances of his arrest, the charges that were brought against him, and his exposure to all forms of abuse and torture that the occupation did not hesitate to use against him, he did not lose his will, but completed his education inside the Israeli occupation prisons, took the high school exam, and wrote articles And since I got to know the nature of Osama's personality, Manar began to relate to him.

Manar explains: By virtue of the strength of the relationship between Osama and Baha’, the family got to know each other, and as for me, I used to communicate with them by broadcasting the voice of the prisoners, and he always heard me, and attached to me as well, as he used to ask Bahaa about me, until Osama spoke to Baha about the issue of engagement and sermon, So Bahaa rejected the idea immediately, because he was sentenced to eight life sentences and fifty years, and it is impossible for my family to agree, and I did the matter at the time, until then Osama was transferred to Gilboa prison, and there was no way to communicate between the prisoners, so I was the messenger between them via radio transmitting messengers Osama's captives.

In 2018, Osama requested Manar’s number to contact her to thank her for her stand with the prisoners, and her efforts to communicate with them to be frank with her.
After that, and asking her if she had the desire to be associated with him, and for him to propose to her, Manar explains, who says: I certainly did not mind, as I had been waiting for him for two years, and I answered him that it was an honor for me to be with him, his companion and his life partner.

November 15th.. The engagement took place


And she continues: Here was the muscle and difficulty, how did the family accept the idea, and despite the categorical rejection of both sides, we did not lose hope, but rather increased our insistence, and over the course of seven months, Osama sent mediators to my family to change their thinking, until we got engaged on the fifteenth of November, the day after the anniversary of his arrest The eighteenth, to begin his nineteenth year inside the prison, but this year I am his eyes outside the bars, and his body that breathes freedom, what was the motive and motivation for me to complete after a bachelor's degree in journalism, a master's degree in Israeli studies.

Burningly, Manar says: I have not visited Osama until now, we only know each other through pictures, and I am waiting for the completion of the Qur’an contract transaction so that I can visit him.


Manar, who dreamed, like any girl, of getting married and linked to a young man holding his hands and turning the world around with him while he was talking to her. Her outlook and life structures changed, and she realized that the life of the Palestinians is not an ordinary life, and she was fully convinced that it is part of this issue, and her attachment to the issue of prisoners increased.

Manar is a hostage of the imprisoned, the betrothed, and the betrothed, who is fully aware of the choices before her in life, and Osama’s story turned into admiration, then love, then a sermon, with all its pain of a special kind, in which there is anticipation and hope, and fear may creep in despite her complete belief that God’s will is above Everything, and there may be a miracle overnight, that turns the scales, and Osama emerges from the darkness of prison to the spring of life, despite her awareness that the existence of the prisoner sentenced to 8 life sentences in her life now is a spiritual presence in the absence of the body, but the idea of spiritual connection was the most important factor in Her balance is to defend her spiritual connection with her fiancé in front of all the people who are amazed at her decision and the step she took.

With her soft and calm features, and with complete composure, Manar wonders at the people who say that Osama is far from her, and that her dream of his liberation
Far from reaching, and she says: I see him as closer than my breath, and if people think his release from prison is an impossibility, and my happiness is in a place they see as a form of madness or a path to destruction, I see the exact opposite, because my association with a person who has values and principles that no one else has thought of is stronger and loftier than these nonsense What they say is enough for my happiness when he said to me: “I was buried in a grave and you revived me and took me out of it.” I see that the prisoners were not placed by Israel alone in the cemeteries of the living, unfortunately.

Osama, who decided from his first day in prison that this was a test for him and a new life, did not despair or give up, but was full of determination and persistence and believed that it was a period and it would pass. He continued his studies behind bars, and joined a university for only one semester, then he was prevented from completing his studies by the occupation. He suffered a lot until, after 15 years, he obtained a BA in teaching social studies.


Prison is another taste


Osama wrote many political and cultural articles, and he is still writing to convey to the whole world that the prisoners are alive if their bodies are inside the prison. The prisoner is a living person despite all the circumstances, and is capable of giving, not limited by bars and restrictions, as his thought is free despite his shackled body, and soon the second book of Osama will be published and see the light under the title "Letters that broke the shackles" to see the light, which is the completion of the maturity of the cultural project, including what it includes in its folds.

On Manar's face there is a smile of pride and pride as she says: "I write Osama's articles while he tells them on the phone." On the fourteenth of November 2020, although it is the anniversary of Osama's arrest, the launch party of his book "Prison Has Another Taste", the first part of it He wrote it through her over the phone, and as for the second part, he wrote it in 2010 and took it out for her from prison on a notebook.

Manar, whom many bet on her patience and love for Osama, and her inability to complete the road with him, lost the bet, and these years only increased her love for him and insistence on completing her life with him, and about her eagerness and longing to visit him, and her eagerness for that day impatiently, she says with happiness and love: If time returns to me a million A year in which I will repeat my love for Osama in all of them, and although I only see him for 45 minutes, they are the happiest moments of my life. They pass like seconds in which I live a life of happiness despite the measures and the glass separating us, but the feelings cannot be described in words, as nothing expresses them.

And she continued: Osama is the most beautiful choice in my life. I always thank God for him. His ambition, determination and persistence give me strength and courage. My personality has changed a lot and has become stronger than before. Before, I always live eagerly to meet him from month to month.

In a voice full of hope mixed with sadness, she said: Although Osama and I became closer, and I began to understand the details of the painful life of the prisoners in all its details, unfortunately something has changed inside us, as if the great light inside the tunnel of freedom has become very weak, dim and cold, after retreating in our Palestinian cause in all forums Our interest in the prisoners and their cause has weakened and it is limited to slogans, but the determination and persistence within us is a burning flame that never extinguishes its flames.

There are more eloquent words than what Manar narrated about Osama, the absent present, who chose him and her to complete the journey of life together under a heavenly expanse and a dungeon, hoping that freedom would bring them together. Isn't their story more amazing and stranger than fiction stories?

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator launches an emergency plan of $95 million to support those affected by the aggression

نيويورك- “القدس” دوت كوم- أطلقت منسقة الأمم المتحدة للشؤون الإنسانية في الأراضي الفلسطينية لين هاستينغز، اليوم الخميس، خطة طارئة لدعم المتضررين من العدوان الإسرائيلي الأخير في قطاع غزة والضفة الغربية، بما فيها القدس الشرقية.

ودعت هاستينغز مع الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة أنطونيو غوتيريش ووكيل الأمين العام للشؤون الإنسانية ومنسق الإغاثة في حالات الطوارئ مارك لوكوك، الدول الأعضاء إلى المساهمة في دعم هذه الخطة، للسماح بتنفيذها بشكل سريع على مدى الأشهر الثلاثة المقبلة.

وأشارت خلال مؤتمر صحافي، اليوم الخميس، إلى أنها توجهت إلى قطاع غزة بعد الإعلان عن وقف النار والتقت مع الفلسطينيين الذين فقدوا منازلهم وسبل عيشهم نتيجة العدوان، واطلعت على الضرر الذي لحق بالبنية التحتية المدنية.

وذكرت أنه وخلافاً للعدد الكبير من الضحايا، ومن بينهم النساء والأطفال، فقد أسفرت الهجمات العسكرية الإسرائيلية عن تدمير أكثر من 2000 مبنى، وتركت 800 ألف شخص دون إمكانية الحصول على مياه صالحة للشرب تنقل بالأنابيب بانتظام.

وأكدت هاستينغز أن الضرر الذي أصاب 54 مدرسة يقوض حصول الأطفال على التعليم، كما يحُول الضرر الذي لحق بـ6 مستشفيات و11 منشأة من منشآت الرعاية الصحية من تقديم الخدمات الصحية، بينما أدى نقص الوقود وتدمير شبكة الكهرباء إلى وصول التيار الكهربائي بواقع 4–6 ساعات يومياً في المتوسط في جميع أنحاء قطاع غزة.

وأعلنت منسقة الأمم المتحدة الشؤون الإنسانية قبل أيام أنها رصدت 18 مليون دولار من الصندوق الإنساني للأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة، إلى جانب مبلغ إضافي قدره 4.5 مليون دولار أعلن عن تقديمه منسق الإغاثة في حالات الطوارئ مارك لوكوك.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The anti-racism conference is important.. however

حديث القدس

لا شك ان عقد المؤتمر الوطني لمناهضة الفصل العنصري والنتائج التي خرج بها من خلال بيانه الختامي سواء على الصعيد الداخلي الفلسطيني او على الصعيد الخارجي هما من الاهمية بمكان خاصة في ضوء المرحلة الراهنة التي تشهد تصعيدا احتلاليا دمويا ضد شعبنا وأرضه وممتلكاته ومقدساته وفي مقدمتها المسجد الاقصى المبارك.


كما ان اهمية عقد المؤتمر ونتائجه تأتي متزامنة تقريبا مع الحكومة الاسرائيلية القادمة والتي ستكون من اكثر حكومات دولة الاحتلال يمينية وعنصرية ومتعطشة لدماء الفلسطينيين ، مع تسلم المتطرفين في هذه الحكومة لمناصب وزارية ، هدفهم من خلالها تضييق الخناق الضيق اصلا على شعبنا سواء في الاراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة عام 1967 ، او على فلسطينيي الداخل عام 1948.


فالتوصية بضرورة تشكيل تحالفات وطنية وعربية ودولية لمحاربة النظام العنصري الاسرائيلي ، وبلورة استراتيجيات يشارك فيها الكل الفلسطيني لمواجهة «الأبارتهايد» الاسرائيلي وفي مقدمتها المقاومة الشعبية التي تشارك فيها كافة جماهير شعبنا في الداخل والخارج، وغيرهما من التوصيات هي ضرورية ، بل كان من المفروض ان يتم اتخاذها منذ سنوات ، لأن المجتمع الاسرائيلي منذ ما يزيد عن عشرين عاما او اكثر وهو يميل نحو اليمينية بكل الوسائل والتي لا تعترف بحقوق شعبنا الوطنية فوق ارضه ، بل انها تعمل بكل الوسائل والسبل من القيام بعمليات تطهير عرقي بحقه من خلال الممارسات والجرائم التي ترتكب بحقه والزعم بأن هذه الارض اي ارض فلسطين هي لليهود ولا حق للفلسطينيين فيها وعليهم الرحيل عنها ان عاجلا ام آجلا.


وكان على المؤتمر ان يوصي ايضا بالطلب من الامم المتحدة العودة عن قرارها بعدم اعتبار الصهيونية شكلا من اشكال العنصرية، والذي كان قائما لحين ما زعم بأن دولة الاحتلال على استعداد للسلام ، وتبين من خلال مؤتمر مدريد واتفاقات اوسلو رغم انها انتقصت وتنتقص من حقوق شعبنا الوطنية الثابتة ، بأنها، أبعد ما تكون عن السلام، بل ان هدفها هو فرض الاستسلام على شعبنا، ولكن هيهات ان تنجح في ذلك ما دام شعبنا يقاوم وصامد فوق ارضه التي لا ارض له سواها ولا وطن له سوى فلسطين.


والشيء الاهم من كل ما ذكر سابقا هو ان يتم تنفيذ هذه التوصيات وتجسيدها على ارض الواقع ، الى جانب دعم صمود شعبنا، خاصة في مدينة القدس ، حيث تهديدات الحكومة اليمينية المقبلة بتقسيم الاقصى مكانيا بعد تقسيمه زمانيا، وعدم الاكتفاء بهذه التوصيات ، بل العمل ايضا على استعادة الوحدة الوطنية التي تتطلبها ليس فقط المرحلة المقبلة التي ستشهد تصعيدا دمويا احتلاليا، بل ان الوحدة الوطنية هي الطريق الوحيد لتحقيق المنجزات والانتصارات والسير بالقضية الوطنية نحو بر الامان.


ولنا في الوحدة التي جسدتها منظمة التحرير في اعقاب هزيمة عام 1967 ، خير مثال على ذلك، حيث انجزت هذه الوحدة الكثير من المنجزات على طريق الحرية والاستقلال الناجزين.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Rescue of more than 360 immigrants in the English Channel

Lille - France (AFP) - More than 360 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to reach England on board small boats were rescued Sunday at sea during several operations, according to the French authorities.


The Department of Maritime Operations in the English Channel and the North Sea said in a statement that the Surveillance and Rescue Operations Center sent several boats after spotting several boats facing difficulty in the Bad de Calais Strait, in order to help them.


The migrants were taken to several French ports, where ambulance teams and border police were waiting for them.


Since the beginning of the year, more than 33,500 people have crossed the Channel, which is fraught with danger, as this sea is one of the busiest sea routes in the world. The number of these migrants has continued to rise since 2018.

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The launch of the 15th round of the Premier League and the First Division


غزة”القدس”دوت كوم -تتجه أنظار الجماهير الكرويّة في قطاع غزة، عصر اليوم السبت صوب مباراة القمة المبكرة التي تجمع بين المتصدر شباب رفح، واتحاد خان يونس على ملعب خان يونس البلدي، في افتتاح مباريات الجولة الرابعة من دور الإياب لبطولة الدوري العام الممتاز، الـ15، حيث ستقام 6 مباريات على مدار ثلاثة أيام حتى الاثنين.


ويتصدر شباب رفح الدوري برصيد 31 نقطة، من 9 فوز و4 تعادلات وخسارة وحيدة، ويملك 22 هدفاً متشابهاً مع مضيفه الذي يملك 29 نقطة من 9 فوز، أيضاً وتعادلين، وفوز أيُّهما سيقربه من حسم اللقب.


ويستضيف الصداقة في المركز السادس برصيد 20 نقطة، شباب جباليا في المركز الثالث برصيد 27 نقطة على ملعب فلسطين الدوليّ، وفوز جباليا وتعادل شباب رفح مع اتحاد خان يونس سيغير واجهة المقدمة.
يستضيف الأحد شباب خان يونس في المركز التاسع برصد 13 نقطة، اتحاد بيت حانون الرياضيّ في المركز السابع برصيد 19 نقطة، على ملعب بيت حانون البلديّ، فيما يستضيف اتحاد الشجاعية في المركز الخامس برصيد 22 نقطة، البطل خدمات رفح المتقدم عليه بمركز واحد ويساويه بالنقاط على ملعب اليرموك البلديّ،


ويلتقي يوم الاثنين الهلال المتذيل في المركز الـ12، برصيد 6 نقاط فقط، التفاح المتقدم عليه بمركز برصيد 9 نقاط على ملعب اليرموك البلديّ، فيما يلاقي الجلاء في المركز العاشر برصيد 11 نقطة، خدمات الشاطئ في المركز الثامن برصيد 19 نقطة على ملعب فلسطين الدوليّ.


دوري الدرجة الأولى
وينطلق الأسبوع الرابع من دور الإياب في الدرجة الأولى السبت، ويلاقي بيت حانون الأهلي الثامن 17 نقطة خدمات المغازي المتذيل في المركز الـ12 برصيد 9 نقاط على ملعب بيت حانون البلديّ، ويستضيف خدمات النصيرات في المركز الثاني 24 نقطة، القادسية- قبل الأخير برصيد 12 نقطة على ملعب الشهيد محمد.
ويستضيف يوم الأحد نماء السابع برصيد 18 نقطة، الأقصى العاشر برصيد 16 نقطة على ملعب بيت حانون البلديّ، ويلاقي خدمات البريج السادس 19 نقطة، غزة الرياضيّ الرابع 23 نقطة، على ملعب الشهيد محمد.
ويلتقي الاثنين خدمات خان يونس التاسع برصيد 17 نقطة، والأهليّ الفلسطينيّ المتصدر 26 نقطة على ملعب خان يونس البلديّ، وتختتم المباريات، ويلاقي شباب الزوايدة في المركز الثالث برصيد 24 نقطة، المجمع الإسلامي في المركز الخامس برصيد 20 نقطة، على ملعب الشهيد محمد.


الدرجة الثانية
وفي افتتاح الأسبوع الـ11، من دوري الدرجة الثانية، في فرع غزة والشمال، يلتقي السبت الزيتون والرضوان على ملعب اليرموك، ويلتقي الأحد المشتل والوفاق على ملعب فلسطين الدوليّ، ويلتقي الثلاثاء فلسطين وبيت لاهيا على ملعب فلسطين، أمّا في فرع الوسطى والجنوب، يلتقي في الأسبوع الـ13، يلتقي الاثنين جماعي رفح وجمعية الصلاح على ملعب رفح البلديّ، ويلتقي الثلاثاء أهلي النصيرات والاستقلال على ملعب الشهيد محمّد، ويلتقي الأربعاء خدمات دير البلح والمصدر على ملعب الشهيد محمّد، وأمّا الخميس فيلاقي اتحاد دير البلح العطاء على ملعب الشهيد محمّد.


الدرجة الثالثة
وفي الأسبوع الثالث من دوري الدرجة الثالثة في فرع غزة والشمال، في الأسبوع الرابع يلتقي الأحد اليرموك والجزيرة على ملعب بيت لاهيا، واتحاد جباليا وحطين على ملعب بيت حانون البلديّ، والمغراقة والسلام على ملعب بيت لاهيا.


وفي فرع الوسطى والجنوب في الأسبوع الرابع، يلتقي الثلاثاء الرُّباط وشباب المغازيّ على ملعب خان يونس البلديّ، ويلتقي الأربعاء الشوكة والعودة على ملعب رفح البلديّ، وتختتم اللقاءات ويلاقي أهلي البريج شباب معن على ملعب خان يونس البلديّ.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Democracy: Our delegation to Algeria carries an initiative to end division

Gaza - "Alquds" dot com - The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine said, on Sunday, that its delegation to the Palestinian National Dialogue, which will be held in Algeria, carries ideas contained in its initiative to end the division, restore internal unity, and rebuild the Palestinian political system on democratic foundations that are inspired by the standards and values of the movements. national liberation in the world.


In a statement, the Front indicated that its delegation arrived in Algeria at the invitation of the Algerian Republic, and includes Ramzi, a member of the Executive Committee of the Liberation Organization, and a member of the Political Bureau, as head of the delegation, with the participation of two members of the Political Bureau, Saleh Nasser, and Khaledat Hussein and Muhammad Hamami, a member of the Central Committee of the Front and the director of its office. And its representative in the Algerian capital.


The Front said: Its initiative calls for ending the division in two stages: the first is a transitional one based on the commitment of everyone to stop the media bickering and arrest over a political background, which leads to creating an atmosphere and showing good intentions, followed by the second stage and based on balanced and parallel steps, in forming a national unity government that reunites Palestinian Authority institutions and work at the same time to reconfigure the Central Council, which has the powers of the National Council, so that it includes everyone, from which an inclusive executive committee is formed, which, with the government, supervises the rebuilding of the institutions of the Authority and the Liberation Organization, including the formation of a new National Council that elects a new Executive Committee And launching a unified struggle and struggle strategy that strengthens the struggles of our people in their comprehensive popular resistance, as well as strengthening the representative and legal struggle position of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole and legitimate representative of our people. According to its statement.


The "democracy" saluted the Algerian efforts, which converge with the Egyptian efforts, in order to support the national efforts to end the division and restore internal unity. as she said.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The Lebanese army announces the killing of three soldiers in clashes with wanted drug dealers

Beirut - (AFP) - The Lebanese army announced Thursday that three of its soldiers were killed during their participation in raids on the homes of wanted drug dealers in the east of the country.


The army said in a tweet on its account, "Three soldiers were killed and three wanted men were killed during the clashes that took place in the town of Hortala" in the Bekaa region.


The army had announced earlier that its units had carried out "raids on homes wanted for drug trafficking" in the town, pointing out that "the soldiers came under fire, and they responded to the sources of fire."


The army often carries out raids in that region in search of wanted drug dealers, especially Captagon pills, whose industry has flourished in the country during the past years, especially in the Bekaa region near the Syrian border. Lebanon is also a major conduit for smuggling operations from neighboring Syria.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Macau reopens beaches, but swimming is prohibited for fear of Covid

Hong Kong (AFP) - Authorities in Macau reopened two beaches on Saturday, but banned swimming and water sports, amid fears of the coronavirus .


The city, known for gambling clubs, is gradually regaining its activity after an outbreak that is the most serious of the epidemic so far, prompting officials earlier this month to close casinos and most commercial activities for about two weeks.


With the temperature reaching 34 degrees Celsius on Saturday, Macao residents were allowed to "enter the beach for picnics and relaxation", but officials banned water sports.


The government said that beachgoers should "at all times wear masks of specific specifications, adhere to social distancing, avoid crowds and refrain from strenuous exercise."


Families flocked to Hac Sa Beach on Saturday morning, and one frequenter expressed his understanding of the restrictions, Macau's public radio announced.


Since Wednesday, the city has not announced any new Covid-19 cases since the outbreak in mid-June, when the death toll reached just over 1,800.


Macau is implementing strict restrictions to combat the epidemic. A citizen was fined 3,000 patacas ($370) last week after he drove his car to Hac Sa Beach against instructions, according to local media.


Macau is implementing China's "zero COVID" strategy which includes strict lockdown measures, border control and social distancing.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

53 years since the Al-Aqsa Mosque fire

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the twenty-first of August, marks the 53rd anniversary of the burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque , on this day in 1969.


A huge fire broke out in the eastern wing of the Al-Qibli prayer hall on the southern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the fire devoured the entire contents of that area, including the historic Salah al-Din minbar, and the fire was supposed to reach the Dome of the Rock.


This premeditated crime was committed by Michael Dennis Rohn, a Jew holding Australian citizenship, who came to Palestine under the pretext of tourism, and who then claimed that he was "crazy" and deported him to his country, and he died in 1995 inside Australia.


This crime led to angry reactions in the Arab and Islamic street, while thousands of Palestinians answered the Friday prayer call the next day in the outer square of Al-Aqsa, and later demonstrations spread in various Palestinian governorates and various capitals.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Police arrest a person for shooting a woman in Hebron

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - The police arrested a person for shooting at a woman and seriously wounding her in the city of Yatta, south of Hebron.

The Public Relations and Information Department of the police stated that, ten days ago, a 32-year-old woman was admitted to Al-Mizan Hospital with several gunshot wounds, and she described her injuries as serious.

She added that, as a result, the General Investigation Department initiated search and investigation procedures, as the suspect was identified, arrested, and the firearm used in the crime was seized.

The police confirmed the arrest of the arrested person and referred him to the competent authorities with the seizures to complete the legal procedures against him according to the rules.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

An avalanche leads to the burial of about ten people in Austria

Vienna - (AFP) - About a dozen winter sports practitioners were buried Sunday in an avalanche in the Vorarlberg region in western Austria , police said.


"One person has been rescued and the operation is continuing to find the others," a police spokesman told AFP, without giving further details.


Helicopters and teams with trail dogs are involved in the search.


The avalanche occurred in the afternoon at about 2,700 meters above sea level, in the Lech Zurz ski area. No information was provided on the identity of those affected.


Rescue workers warned this weekend of an avalanche risk in this area as well as in neighboring Tyrol, noting the fragility of the snowpack in fair weather.


In recent years, avalanches have caused about twenty deaths per year, on average, in Austria.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The deterioration of the health of an Iranian dissident who is on hunger strike

Paris - (AFP) - The health condition of a prominent Iranian dissident who was arrested in September as protests began in the country is "deteriorating" after he began a hunger strike, his brother announced Sunday.


Hussein Ronaghi, a prominent activist in defense of freedom of expression, was transferred to a medical facility inside Evin prison, according to a tweet released by his brother Hassan.


Ronagi has been detained in Evin Prison since his arrest on 24 September. His family says that he is at risk of death due to health problems, especially in the kidneys, and confirms that he has two broken legs.


Ronagi is on hunger strike and decided to stop drinking water on Saturday to protest the authorities' refusal to allow him to leave prison for treatment, according to what his brother had previously announced.


"Hussein's condition worsened and he was transferred to a clinic in Evin Prison," Hassan Ronaghi tweeted on Sunday.


Hassan Ronaghi accused the Public Prosecution of preventing the transfer of his brother "under false pretexts" and of seeking to "kill Hussein".


The famous Iranian directors, Jaafar Panahi and Muhammad Rasoulof, who are detained with Ronaghi in Evin Prison, expressed concern for his life, warning that he might suffer a heart attack at any time.


"According to the prison doctors, the risk of a heart attack is very high," said a letter to them, published by the IranWire news website.
They pointed to the "risks of repeating the tragic" death of a political prisoner in detention.


Ronaghi is one of dozens of human rights activists, journalists and lawyers who were arrested during the crackdown on protests that erupted over the death of young woman Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the "morality police" for not adhering to the strict dress code imposed by the Islamic Republic on women.


Ronaghi, 37, is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and is based in Iran, where he has been fiercely opposed to the Islamic Republic for years.


He was giving an interview to London-based Iran International on September 22 when security men came to his house, the channel reported.


The channel indicated that the activist managed to sneak out of the building in which he lived through the parking lot, and later published a video message from an undisclosed location.


But he was later arrested and beaten by security agents when he went to Evin prison in Tehran to meet the public prosecutor on September 24, according to his brother.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Kochavi: We prevented 400 attacks from the West Bank and achieved deterrence against Hamas

A translation of "Jerusalem" dot com - Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, Aviv Kochavi , claimed on Friday that his forces thwarted more than 400 attacks in the West Bank last year.


In an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, Kochavi indicated that most of the operations carried out from the West Bank are individual and that no Palestinian factions or organized cells stand behind them.


And he indicated that his forces are operating within 3 main elements of its campaign in the West Bank, represented in strengthening the line of contact, continuing internal activity on roads and settlements, and most importantly, carrying out activities deep inside Palestinian cities around the clock based on intelligence information that he described as "excellent" from the Shin Bet.


He expressed his hope that the Palestinian Authority would play more roles in terms of improving the economic situation as well as politically, noting that security coordination with it is surprisingly good and maintained well in most areas, but it hardly works in Jenin and Nablus and therefore our operations there are broader, he said. .


Regarding the Gaza Strip , Kochavi said that his forces succeeded in "achieving deterrence" against the "Hamas" movement, especially in the past two years, which led to the cessation of demonstrations at the border, the throwing of balloons, and a significant reduction in rocket fire since Operation "Guardian of the Walls / Sword of Jerusalem." The deterrence force deepened during the "Dawn" operation against the Islamic Jihad months ago.


Kochavi claimed that the head of the "Hamas" movement in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, himself admitted that his movement had been hit hard in recent years and had not achieved anything.


He considered that the current situation represents a favorable opportunity for the return of the Israeli prisoners and missing persons held by the "Hamas" movement.


In another context, Kochavi strongly criticized the transfer of the powers of the so-called "Border Police" to the Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, as well as his criticism of the transfer of powers to Minister Bezalel Smotrich related to civil administration and the coordinator of government actions.


And he considered that such measures, especially the issue of transferring the powers of the "Border Police", may affect any future confrontation, and will push the Israeli army to bring in other reserve forces in order to fill the shortage, and this will cause harm to the regular force of the army in any war.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The United Nations calls for the release of a Saudi activist, who was convicted of tweets

Geneva - (AFP) - The United Nations called on Friday for the immediate and unconditional release of the Saudi student and feminist activist, Salma Al-Shehab , who was sentenced to 34 years in prison after she posted tweets critical of the government.


"We are upset by the conviction of doctoral student Salma Al-Shehab ... regarding a series of tweets and retweets related to political topics and human rights in Saudi Arabia," said Liz Trussell, a spokeswoman for the UN Human Rights Office.


"She should not have been stopped and condemned for such behavior," the spokeswoman said in a statement.


On August 9, a Saudi appeals court sentenced Salma Al-Shihab, 34, to prison on charges of “providing aid” to dissidents seeking to “destabilize the state” due to tweets and retweets on Twitter, under the Anti-Terrorism Crimes and Financing Law.


She has also been banned from leaving the country for 34 years, according to the text of the ruling seen by AFP.


The spokeswoman called on "the Saudi authorities to cancel the sentence and release her immediately and without conditions."


She also expressed concern about "this exceptionally long-term condemnation" and the impact it might have on "critics of the government and on civil society in general."


It also noted that this conviction "constitutes a new example of the Saudi authorities' use of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws in the country to target human rights defenders and people who express their dissenting opinions by intimidating them and taking revenge on them."


In addition, the Human Rights Office called on the Saudi authorities to review all convictions related to freedom of expression and human rights defenders. This includes, according to the statement, "all the women who were imprisoned after they demanded reforms to discriminatory policies, in addition to clerics and journalists."

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Zamalek is hard on Pyramids and away from the top of the Egyptian league

Zamalek continued its series of victories in the Egyptian League , with a valuable victory at the expense of its guest, Pyramids, with a score (3-0) this evening, Monday, at Cairo Stadium in the twenty-eighth round of the competition.


Zamalek advanced early after receiving a penalty after only 27 seconds had passed, including Ahmed Sayed “Zizou” scoring the first goal in the second minute, then Tunisian Saif Al-Din Al-Jaziri strengthened the white team’s lead in the 24th minute, and Mahmoud Abdel Razek “Shikabala” scored the third goal in a wonderful way. In the 90th minute + 4.

Zamalek achieved its seventh consecutive victory in the league, led by Portuguese coach Josevaldo Ferreira, to move away from the lead after raising its score to 66 points at the summit.

Pyramids, led by its Greek coach Takis Junias, froze at 59 points in second place, after suffering its first defeat in the league since losing to Al Ittihad of Alexandria on May 22, 0-1 in the twentieth round.

The match as a whole was of a mediocre level and was dominated by the tactical character, with the individual brilliance of some players, headed by Imam Ashour, the star of the match, who made a great effort for the white team, and goalkeeper Mohamed Awad, who was a strong barrier in front of the Pyramids players.

The match started with great excitement after Imam Ashour penetrated the Pyramids defense and won a penalty kick after a collision between him and Ali Jabr after only 27 seconds had passed.

Zamalek scored the lead goal in the second minute through Ahmed Sayed Zizou, after he hit the penalty kick in Ahmed El-Shennawy’s goal.


Zamalek retreated to the defense after the Pyramids goal, with intense attempts to control the ball in the depths of the defense, while Fakhr El-Din Ben Youssef directed a shot that hit the post.

Awad blocked a dangerous opportunity from Pyramids from a quick cross kicked by Abdullah Al-Saeed, but the Zamalek goalkeeper shone and blocked the near opportunity for the guests, while Al-Wensh removed a cross from Pyramids.

In the 24th minute, Zamalek was able to organize a quick attack through the brilliant Imam Ashour, who passed the ball to Sayed Abdullah “Neymar” on the right front, who brilliantly dodged Hussein Al-Sayed and passed to Saif Al-Din Al-Jaziri, who ably deposited the net, and the video referee confirmed the validity of the goal.

The return of Pyramids retreated after the second goal, and Fakhruddin Bin Youssef fired a shot over the crossbar, and Abdullah Al-Saeed entered into an air clash with Mahmoud Hamdi “Al-Wensh”, who suffered a severe injury in the face.

The first half lasted 10 minutes after the end of the original time, and Al-Winch was keen to complete the half despite his dizziness, and pushed a through ball before it reached the ball at the end of the first half, with Zamalek advancing.

Zamalek included its player Mohamed Ashraf “Rouqa” at the start of the second half at the expense of the winch, so Abdel-Ghani retreated to the center of defense, while Pyramids pushed midfielder Nabil Emad “Dunga” after Toure was injured.


Pyramids tried to impose their control over the second half by exchanging balls, while Imam Ashour organized a quick counterattack that was not completed, and Zamalek included its player, Islam Jaber, instead of Obama, and Pyramids pushed Ibrahim Adel and Muhammad Hamdi at the expense of Lakai and Hussein Al-Sayed.

Awad removed a dangerous opportunity for Pyramids from a heel pass from Ibrahim Adel to Al-Saeed, who passed a quick cross, but the Zamalek goalkeeper saved it, while a close opportunity arose for Zamalek with the launch of Sayed Abdullah, who was late in passing the ball to the solitary Imam Ashour, but Osama Jalal pushed it away.

Abdullah Al-Saeed directed a shot that passed near the post, and an attempt was missed between Al-Saeed and Ibrahim Adel, and Pyramids pushed his player Eric Traore at the expense of Fakhreddin Bin Youssef to activate the attack.

Awwad complained about the injury, but he stuck to completing the match, and Ahmed Aboul Fotouh missed a real opportunity after a quick start, then a heel shot that was caught by Al-Shennawy.

Zamalek paid the duo, Mahmoud Abdel Razek, “Shikabala” and Youssef Osama Nabih, at the expense of Saif Al-Din Al-Jaziri and Zizou.

Eric Traore missed a header, and Youssef Osama Nabih missed a quick effort that was pushed away by the Pyramids defense, before Shikabala scored a wonderful goal in the 90 + 4 minute with a powerful shot that hit the goalkeeper Al-Shennawy.

Youssef Nabih missed a dangerous opportunity after being alone in Al-Shennawi’s goal, where he shot next to the post, and Hazem Imam participated at the expense of Sayed Abdullah in the last moments, and Awad grabbed a dangerous opportunity for Pyramids, and Zamalek came out winning the match.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The situation cannot be tolerated...but a thousand but?!

بالمختصر ... وربما المفيد
الوضع لا يمكن السكوت عليه ... ولكن وألف لكن ؟!
بقلم : ابراهيم دعيبس


قال الرئيس أبو مازن بعد اتصال هاتفي مع زميله الفرنسي ان الوضع الحالي في الاراضي الفلسطينية لا يمكن السكوت عليه ولا احتماله ولا بد من اتخاذ اجراءات لمواجهة التصعيد الاسرائيلي وكل ممارسات الاحتلال التي تدمر كل احتمالات التسوية والسلام.


الوضع لا يمكن السكوت عليه فعلاً ولكن ليس من اليوم ولكن منذ سنوات عديدة ونحن نرى الاحتلال يلتهم الارض ويقيم المستوطنات ولا يعترف بإقامة دولة فلسطينية ووصل الحد بأحد قادتهم العنصريين وصف الرئيس بـ «الارهابي السياسي» وكأنه هو وأمثاله دعاة سلام واحترام القوانين وفي منتهى التسامح والتساهل السياسي، مع ان الكل بالعالم يعرف من هم الارهابيون السياسيون ومن هم الذين يحتلون الارض ويعملون على تهجير اصحابها، ولكن وكما نقول بأمثالنا الشعبية «القوي عايب والضعيف خايب».


واذا كان الرئيس يؤكد ان الوضع لا يمكن السكوت عليه فإن التساؤل الذي يتكرر لدى سماع كل أمثال هذه الاقوال ما هو رد فعلنا وما هي الاجراءات التي علينا اتخاذها للخروج من هذا الوضع الذي لا يمكن السكوت عليه، وان كنا نصف الداء وصفاً مؤلماً فما هو الدواء لمعالجة ذلك؟ والجواب عند القيادات ولا نقول القيادة الواحدة لأن لنا أكثر من قيادة، وعلى هذه القيادات ان تبادر مجتمعة الى اتخاذ ما يلزم وأول ما هو لازم وواجب وفي منتهى الاهمية هو انهاء هذا الانقسام المخزي ونحن في هذه الاوضاع التي لا يمكن السكوت عليها، وبعد ذلك اجراء انتخابات رئاسية وتشريعية لكي يختار الشعب قيادته لمواجهة التحديات المصيرية التي تواجهنا، وبدون ذلك ستظل التصريحات والتعليقات من القيادات مجرد حبر على ورق وكلام في الهواء.
ان المواطن وهو يرى الانقسام بكل ممارساته وتداعياته يحس بالألم وفقدان الثقة بكل ما يسمعه من تصريحات ومواقف لا قيمة لها. فيا أيها الجالسون والراقدون على كراسي الحكم استيقظوا واتقوا الله في شعبكم وارضكم ومستقبلكم لأن التاريخ لا يرحم والشعب قادر على اسقاط كل المتجاهلين لسماع صوته ومطالبه سواء أطال الزمن أم قصر ..!!
بايدن قادم ... فهل يحمل شيئاً أم مجرد كلام !!
من المقرر ان يزور الرئيس الاميركي المنطقة منتصف الشهر القادم وسيلتقي الرئيس أبو مازن في بيت لحم كما سيلتقي رئيس حكومة الاحتلال وعدداً من قادة دول عربية مختلفة.
وحسب تقارير صحفية فإن بايدن يهتم بالدرجة الاولى بخفض أسعار النفط خاصة لدى زيارته السعودية، وسيزور مستشفى في القدس الشرقية ويعلن عن تقديم مساعدات للفلسطينيين، ولكن لم يتحدث أي مصدر أميركي عن اية مواقف سياسية له خلال زيارته للمنطقة، وبالتأكيد فإنه سيتحدث عن ذلك خلال لقائه ابو مازن والقادة العرب الآخرين وبدون اعلان عما يفكر أو يهتم به رسمياً وقبل الزيارة.
ان الزيارة تبدو مهمة ولكن يجب عدم التوقع كثيراً لأن اهتمامه بإسرائيل و«القبة الحديدية» التي دفع مليار دولار من اجل تمويل شراء الصواريخ لهذه القبة التي تعتبر من اهم مراكز القوة الاسرائيلية.
مأزق الوضع الداخلي الاسرائيلي
اسرائيل التي هي قوية عسكرياً ومسيطرة الى حد كبير، تبدو من الداخل دولة مهترئة ومنقسمة ويتنافس فيها القادة على السلطة والنفوذ.
وقد قال رئيس حكومتها نفتالي بينيت «ان اسرائيل تقف أمام حالة اختبار حقيقي وحالة من الانهيار، واتهم المعارضة بقيادة نتنياهو ببث السموم والفوضى، وقال لقد وصلت اسرائيل قبل عام الى واحدة من أصعب لحظات الانحطاط التي عرفتها على الاطلاق».
يجب ألا يخفى على أحد هذا الوضع وان يدرك من يعنيهم الأمر هذه الحقيقة وان قوة اسرائيل تكمن أساساً في ضعفنا وانقساماتنا وخلافاتنا الوطنية والعربية ...!!
5 حزيران 1967
اليوم 5 حزيران 2022 أي 55 سنة على كارثة حرب حزيران 1967 التي قضت على الدور العربي القوي والبارز بالمنطقة، وحولت كل أرضنا الى منطقة محتلة، وصارت هي صاحبة النفوذ الاكبر وأخذ الكثيرون يهرولون نحو التطبيع معها ...
ولكن في ذكرى هذه المناسبة المؤلمة يظل شعبنا صامداً قوياً فوق أرضه متمسكاً بحقوقه وحريصاً على مستقبله شاء من شاء وأبى من أبى على حد قول ابو عمار رحمه الله، ولم يعد الحديث عن تلك المأساة مهماً ولا يستمع أحد اليه لأن المطلوب أفعال لا أقوال وقد تكررت المناسبة عشرات المرات ..!!

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

This is how Raeda fought cancer and won

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Rawan Al-Asaad - Pioneer's story began in 2016, without warning, when a heavy, unwelcome visitor, breast cancer, invaded her life and turned her life upside down. However, her strong faith and arming her with will, determination, hope, and support Her family made her forcefully challenge him to expel him from her body and defeat him.


Her journey was multiple chapters of pain and hope, of sadness and joy, of fear and courage, to finally triumph and open a new page in her life that made her stronger than before, inspiring many women like her that victory is their ally in the end.

disease detection..


The stage between cancer until recovery is a journey that Raeda Hamad chose and did not choose.. but she chose to live positively to overcome and defeat the malignant disease, and she managed to do so.


She says about the stage of discovering the disease: Although I got married at a young age, I completed my university education majoring in business administration, and enrolled in courses to care for the elderly and provide nursing services for them, and I have worked in this field for years, in the year 2016 in particular I felt severe dizziness and fatigue, and I had many The examinations and my blood rate was low, and the doctors advised me to take vitamins, tonics, etc., and at that time they explained the reason for following a diet to maintain my weight, although this diet was healthy, and indeed I took the tonics and vitamins and my blood rate rose for a while, but it came back down and the symptoms of dizziness returned with it, until I asked The doctor asked me to do a breast cancer examination, and at that time I was surprised, especially since I do not suffer from a lump or a change in the appearance of the breast, but she told me that the examination should be done regularly, especially since I am in my late thirties.


And she continued: Indeed, I went to undergo the necessary examinations in government centers, and the result was like a thunderbolt that descended on me. I can't describe those feelings because they were mixed with each other, but they were strong. The doctor told me that the lump is two centimeters in size. I went to the Dunya Center and underwent tests again and a mammogram, and they told me to see a doctor according to my condition, and indeed I went to the first doctor and he was not in the clinic at the time, so I went to another doctor and he told me you have cancer, like this without any introductions and asked me if I was afraid, so I answered him: No, why am I afraid, and I thanked God for everything Something, he advised me to perform an operation and wrote a medical report for me, and I went to Ramallah Governmental Hospital. It is known that cases are transferred at that time to Al-Mutalaa Hospital, but I was not transferred based on the doctor’s report, and it was decided to perform an operation to remove the tumor in the same hospital.

treatment stages..


Raeda was silent for a while, perhaps she was remembering those unforgettable moments, to say: When I learned that I had cancer, at first I was so brave that I told my family, and everyone started crying and grief dominated them, and I was the one who consoled and patiently, and on that day I left them and went to attend one of the weddings, And while I was there, I started thinking about what would happen to me and what would happen, and thinking about my children and my husband. I came back from the wedding burdened with worries, as if I were another human being, and as soon as I arrived, I began to cry for my relief, and my children began to comfort me, support me, and relieve me.

During the period of sickness, the days pass heavily, as if it were a stick that hits the patient’s body with force before leaving, and whoever eats the sticks is not like the one who prepares them, as they say. She was afraid, as she said: Despite my courage and faith, fear was creeping into me from the cracks of hope, so I spoke with my friend Ghada Khoury and she was also my manager at work, so she encouraged me and encouraged me, and I went for the operation, and the first time only the tumor was removed, and before I left he told me Doctors have to come back after a week because of the cancer cells reaching the lymph nodes.

And she continued her speech: Indeed, after a week, I returned to the hospital to perform the second operation, in which the breast was completely drained, and there are no plastic surgery or breast reconstruction operations in the hospital, and here the disease was probably the most difficult after I woke up from the operation and saw what happened to me, and the psychological impact was the most difficult and severe. Lethality, pain, and pain more than anything else, and this pain is still a lump inside me until now that will not go away, and here I cry out to the government to provide such operations in its government hospitals because of the great psychological impact they have on women.

The most deadly psychological trauma..


Raeda, who did not feel pain, not even pain, and her life was going on normally even when she knew what had happened to her and she was going to work. No one can understand or know what is going on inside her of mixed and distracted feelings, when she undergoes such a procedure, even if the reason is to save her life.

Hamad narrates her psychological trauma during the treatment phase and the treatments she went through over the course of five years: I am still up to now, and after five years of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, and all that has happened to me in terms of hair loss, pain in the sessions and beyond, and my hair loss, I am still taking the medicine, which is About tablets, which are like diluted chemotherapy in the form of pills, and according to the medical protocol, I will try it for five years as well, and what really hurts is not the disease itself, but rather its complications that destroy and devour the body and the psychological scars and deep wounds it leaves. I am still not completely satisfied with my appearance after the amputation. The breasts are like a heartbreak and a lump.

And she went on: The most important thing the patient needs is psychological support from her family and surroundings and the inner belief in healing and overcoming this monster in its battle and victory over it. As a healer and survivor, she triumphed over this enemy, fought it, and overcame it.

The center of the world and its impact..


A person cannot forget the one who stands with him in his distress and distress, the one who relieves him in times of distress, and the one who takes his hand from the whirlpool of pain to bring him out into the light and holds his hand to guide him on the right path to become a part of it, “my family.” This is how Raeda described the Dunya Gynecological Cancer Center, where she said: The Dunya Center is the first, the best, and the best. Dr. Nofouth Al-Muslimani is the best of all, and I am not flattering when I say that because it is the reality that imposes itself, because of the love, sincerity and dedication I found inside this center. female patients. All psychologists, without exception, are an example of splendor for the support they provided that made us strong. I will never forget all that they gave me and their standing by my side in all stages until today.

And she added: The warm atmosphere provided by the center away from the material is enough to make the patient feel happy and hopeful to overcome all stages of treatment with strength and to draw a smile on his face when he feels that he is important, and there are those who care about his health, even if he does not have the money to conduct an examination and take care of him, in addition to support programs. And the rehabilitation they do for the patients, which instills in our souls the strength and courage to fight this enemy that has occupied our bodies.

Honey production project.


Hamad speaks with a voice mixed with optimism and joy about her new project, saying: After recovering from the disease and during the treatment phase, I was still practicing my work, but unfortunately, because these associations are supported from abroad, and with the cessation of support, I stopped working. Here I had to take a new step and start working on a new project, and since the profession of beekeeping and honey harvesting is a profession inherited in the family, I decided to help with it, especially in the marketing field and in packaging and packaging, and indeed my family and my husband’s family raise bees, and I started learning since 2019 how Dealing with bees, raising them, harvesting honey, marketing and promoting it.


And he continued: Although I learned a lot from my husband and my mother, I still need a lot to learn, but the honey project that we called “Hamad Al-Bari Apiaries” remains a family project that returns to the whole family, and it needs a lot and we will work to develop and expand it.

future projects..


Hamad, who finished 16 sessions of chemotherapy, during which she lost her hair and her body was exhausted, to the point that she was sometimes unable to stand on her feet, and she suffered greatly to see her husband and children squeezing pain on her to the extent that her husband asked her not to complete the sessions. With her patience, she was able to overcome all these difficulties and dream In the bright future, it even seeks to develop itself and work in various fields to be a pioneer in a field that you love. She started taking new steps on the path to success to start her new project, which she talked about: We always have to search for everything that is new and that we can learn, and take the first step and initiate and strive, and this is the case. Through a project for women to be entrepreneurs, and I chose this profession specifically on the grounds that I am a housewife and I love to cook and prepare food and master it, and this is the first step that follows the opening of my project for preparing foods and sweets to be a project of my own alone, through which I aspire to help the Dunya Center and support it with everything I can repay them part of what they gave me in terms of help and support.

message for women..


Raeda, a breast cancer survivor, has become stronger and has a message that she is trying to deliver to help patients and all women: Do not wait until you feel the symptoms to get tested. Do not make a disease defeat you, and challenge it to reach safety.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Hamas affirms its rejection of all forms of normalization with the occupation

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - Hamas confirmed, this evening, Friday, its rejection of all forms of normalization with the Israeli occupation, including the step of exchanging ambassadors.


In a statement, Hamas strongly denied the validity of the statement circulated in its name regarding its support for the exchange of ambassadors between Turkey and the occupation, stressing that it was fabricated.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

Growth in the euro area reached 0.6 percent in the second quarter of the year

Brussels - (AFP) - Economic growth in the eurozone increased by 0.6 percent in the second quarter of the year compared to the first quarter, while employment witnessed slow progress over the same period, up 0.3 percent, according to a review of figures published by Eurostat (Directorate European Commission General Data) Wed.


In a preliminary report published at the end of July, Eurostat estimated the growth in GDP of the 19 countries that share the single currency at 0.7 percent, a significant improvement after growth of 0.5 percent in the first quarter of the year.


On an annual basis, this means a growth of 3.9 percent in the April-June period compared to the same period in 2021 (and 5.4 percent in the first quarter).


With this performance, the eurozone is ahead of the United States, which saw its GDP contract in the second quarter by 0.9 percent annually, after recording a sharp decline of 1.6 percent in the first quarter.


Despite the increase in the rate of inflation due to the war in Ukraine and contrary to the concerns of economists, the euro area benefited from the continuation of sustainable activity thanks to the recovery of the services sector in particular, especially tourism, after the lifting of restrictions related to the epidemic.


But within the European bloc, growth remains uneven, with strong growth recorded by Spain (1.1 percent quarterly), Italy (1 percent) and France (0.5 percent), while Germany, the first economy in Europe (0 percent), according to updated Eurostat figures.
At the same time, employment progressed slowly: the number of people with a job increased by 0.3 percent in the eurozone in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of the year, after a 0.6 percent increase between January and March. March. This represents an increase of 2.4 percent over the year, after a 2.9 percent increase in the first quarter.
Economic growth reached 0.6 percent in the European Union as a whole in the second quarter, i.e. at the same level for the first three months of the year, indicating stability in economic activity.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The European Union suspends duties imposed on goods imported from Ukraine

Brussels - (AFP) - Representatives of the European Union agreed on Tuesday to suspend duties imposed on products imported from Ukraine in an effort to support Kiev's economy, which was badly affected by the Russian invasion.


European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said the suspension of fees is a temporary measure that "will make it easier for Ukraine to continue doing business in the face of Russian aggression and will generally support the Ukrainian economy."


The value of trade transactions between the European Union and Ukraine, which is one of the leading agricultural exporters, amounted to 52 billion euros ($56 billion) last year, according to the European Commission.


The value of commercial transactions between the two parties has doubled since 2016, but the outbreak of war at the end of February negatively affected the production of the agricultural and industrial sectors, especially with the Russian navy controlling the country's seaports.
The International Monetary Fund warns that the Russian invasion will cause Ukraine's economy to deteriorate by 35 percent this year.


A statement stated that the legislation, which was previously approved by the European Union Parliament, will enter into force the day after its publication in the bloc's Official Gazette.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

The National Rally participates in the National Dialogue Conference in Algeria

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The National Gathering of Independents is participating in the National Dialogue Conference, which will be held this week in Algeria, at the invitation and sponsorship of Algeria, as part of the efforts exerted to end the Palestinian division .


The National Assembly is represented in the meetings by the President of the National Assembly, the Chairman of the Goodwill Authority, Munib Rashid Al-Masry, and the member of the Goodwill Authority, Taher Al-Disi.


For his part, Al-Masry thanked the Algerian president, leadership and people for their efforts to end the Palestinian division and for their constant and steadfast support for the Palestinian cause. Al-Masry stressed that this meeting is considered a pivotal meeting, either through which we win over the will and aspirations of our people and declare an end to the division from the country of a million and a half martyrs, or we continue with this great national crime, which is the division and all its consequences.


Al-Masry added that the difficult stage we are going through necessitates an immediate end to the division. Calling on the two parties to the division, Fatah and Hamas, all the participating factions and forces to do everything possible to make the Algeria Dialogue a success and restore national unity.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:57 pm - Jerusalem Time

A limited Israeli incursion east-central Gaza Strip

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - On Wednesday morning, several Israeli vehicles made a limited incursion into citizens' lands, east-central Gaza Strip .


According to eyewitnesses, about 6 bulldozers and two machinery moved into the lands east of Al-Bureij camp, and carried out razing operations, amid sporadic gunfire.


This coincided with shooting at farmers and shepherds in more than one border area, as well as shooting at fishermen's boats off the coast of the Strip, without any injuries reported.