(AFP) - Real Madrid regained its winning streak and defeated its guest, Cadiz, 2-1, humiliating the difference with leaders Barcelona to two points, at the end of the fourteenth stage of the Spanish Football League , Thursday.
In the last stage before stopping, marking the start of the Qatar World Cup 2022, and in the absence of Frenchman Karim Benzema, who still feels pain in the thigh, the “royal” found his way to victory after losing to Rio Faicano (2-3), this time with the goal of Brazilian Eder Militao (40). , and German Toni Kroos (70), while Lucas Pires scored the only goal for Cadiz (82).
With this victory, Real Madrid raised its balance to 35 points in second place, two points behind leaders Barcelona, while Cadiz's balance froze at 11 points in nineteenth place.
Militao opened the scoring for Real Madrid when he received a cross from the left side of Kroos, turning it with his head to the left of the goalkeeper (40).
Kroos himself succeeded in doubling the score with a missile shot "on the fly" from the outskirts of Area (70).
Peres reduced the score for Cadiz after he followed a ball that was blocked by Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, in the goal (82).
In two other matches, Valencia beat Real Betis 3-0, while Rayo Vallecano drew 0-0 with Celta Vigo.

Phnom Penh (AFP) - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Thursday urged restraint as China holds massive military exercises off Taiwan , warning the situation could lead to "open disputes".

Beijing launched its biggest military maneuvers around Taiwan in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island.

He warned the foreign ministers of ASEAN countries during their meeting in Phnom Penh of any "provocative act." They said in a joint statement that the situation "could lead to destabilization of the region and thus to miscalculations, dangerous confrontations, open conflicts and unpredictable consequences between major powers."

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the summit with his US counterpart Anthony Blinken, but they are not expected to hold a private meeting.

China considers Taiwan part of its territory and promises to take it back one day, by force if necessary. She was incensed by Pelosi's visit, the highest-ranking elected US official to visit the island in 25 years, and vowed a "punitive" response.

The European Union's foreign policy representative, Josep Borrell, also condemned Thursday the Chinese military maneuvers, and at the same time considered that "there is no justification" for using Pelosi's visit to the island as a "pretext".

"There is no justification for using a visit as a pretext for hostile military activity in the Taiwan Strait. It is normal and routine for legislators from our country to pay international visits," Borrell said in a tweet from Phnom Penh, too.

Kong Phuc, Cambodian Vice Foreign Minister and ASEAN spokesperson, called on the two parties to maintain the stability of the situation. "We hope that de-escalation will begin (...) and that things will return to normal in the Taiwan Strait," he told reporters.

And the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is divided between countries that have close relations with China, such as Burma, Cambodia and Laos, and others that are more wary of Beijing and its increasing international rise.

But none of the CIS countries officially recognized Taiwan, and none of them showed a desire to support Taipei against the Chinese giant.

The foreign ministers' statement, which did not name Taiwan, said the association was "ready to play a constructive role in facilitating peaceful dialogue," though it was not clear that the two sides were interested in outside mediation.

A meeting between the Chinese and US foreign ministers is not scheduled, but on Friday they will attend the ASEAN Regional Forum, the 27-country body set up to discuss security issues that also includes Russia and the European Union.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who will attend the forum meeting, stressed the need to maintain the fragile status quo in the Taiwan Strait. "All sides must consider how they can contribute to de-escalating the current tensions," she told AFP.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation authorities sentenced the prisoner , Ayman Hajj Yahya, from the lands of 1948, to an actual prison term of 7 years.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club reported that Haj Yahya has been detained since March 2020, and during his imprisonment he lost his wife.

It is noteworthy that Hajj Yahya is one of the most prominent activists in the issue of prisoners, and he is the secretary of the Association of Prisoners and Liberators in the occupied territories in 1948.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - An Israeli court in occupied Jerusalem extended today, Tuesday, the detention of Governor Adnan Ghaith until tomorrow, Wednesday.

Yesterday, the same court extended Ghaith's detention until this day.

The Israeli Public Prosecution is seeking to file an indictment against the Jerusalem Governorate, claiming that he violated the decision to prevent him from entering the West Bank.

Ghaith was arrested by the occupation forces yesterday morning, Monday, from his home in the town of Silwan.

الخرطوم- (شينخوا) قتل 16 شخصا وأُصيب 19 آخرون بجروح في حادث سير اليوم (الثلاثاء) في غرب السودان، حسب ما أعلنت الشرطة السودانية.

وقال المكتب الصحفي للشرطة السودانية في بيان صحفي إن الحادث وقع في الساعات الأولى من صباح اليوم على الطريق الغربي الرابط بين مدينتي أم درمان والفاشر بشمال دارفور.

وأضاف البيان أن الحادث وقع عندما انحرف أتوبيس قادم من الفاشر إلى الخرطوم عن الشارع واصطدم بعربة نقل كانت تقف خارج الطريق، ما أدى إلى مصرع 16 شخصا في الحال وإصابة 19 آخرين.

ويعاني السودان من ارتفاع معدلات حوادث الطرق، وتقول السلطات الرسمية إن 46.4 في المائة من هذه الحوادث ناتجة عن الإهمال، ونحو 40.83 في المائة بسبب السرعة الزائدة.

كما تتسبب حالة الطرق وضيقها وعدم صلاحية بعض المركبات المستخدمة في مجال النقل العام في ازدياد معدلات حوادث السير بالسودان.

GAZA - (Xinhua) - Dozens of Palestinians with special needs demonstrated in the Gaza Strip today, Sunday, to demand their rights, coinciding with their international day, which falls on December 3 of each year.

The demonstration took place at the invitation of the Palestinian NGO Network, in front of the headquarters of the Ministries of Labor and Social Affairs, west of Gaza, during which banners were raised reading: (Whatever your needs are, you are distinguished), (I am distinguished, and my disability is not my death from life) and (My disability does not mean my end).

The demonstration came in accordance with the United Nations' global slogan "Transformational Solutions for Inclusive Development: The Role of Innovation in Nurturing an Accessible and Equitable World", amidst the participants' demand to demand the rights of persons with disabilities and their alignment with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The young man, Muhammad Ajour, a young man with disabilities, said during the demonstration that countries are reviewing their achievements in supporting disability issues, and we consider it a day of advocacy and demand for basic rights, which continue to be ignored by all Palestinian parties.

Ajour called on the Palestinian government to pass a comprehensive and free health insurance law for people with disabilities, in a manner that guarantees the preservation of their dignity and rights, the provision of complete and uncompromised medicines, and the facilitation of "treatment abroad" procedures for them.

He also called on the Palestinian government to adapt all its buildings to facilitate the access of persons with disabilities independently, stressing the importance of the Ministry of Local Government and Municipalities preventing the issuance of any new licenses for public and private buildings and roads except after ensuring that they are suitable for persons with disabilities.

In his turn, the Director of the NGO Network, Amjad Shawa, said in his speech that the rights of persons with disabilities require the implementation of the relevant Palestinian laws and the need to harmonize them within the international conventions and covenants for this category.

Shawa called on all Palestinian parties to assume their responsibilities and provide a safe environment, job opportunities and a future towards real development, especially for people with disabilities, calling on the international community to put pressure on Israel to lift its blockade imposed on the Strip.

There are approximately 49,000 people with disabilities in Gaza, equivalent to 2.4 of its total population, who live in "difficult conditions that their counterparts with disabilities in other societies around the world can hardly bear," according to officials of Palestinian associations.

In the year 1992, the United Nations designated the third of December of each year to be an international day for people with special needs, with the aim of increasing understanding of disability issues in order to guarantee the rights of people with special needs. This day also calls for raising awareness about the inclusion of people with disabilities in political, economic and cultural life.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - A group of Palestinian national, political and social figures, including about 70 personalities, launched today, Wednesday, a political initiative entitled "The National Salvation Document - A Transitional Authority to Achieve Change and Reconstruction."

And the initiative announced the release of the dismissed leader from the Fatah movement, d. Nasser Al-Kidwa during a press conference, held via "Zoom" technology, on behalf of the signatories to it, and the former leader of the PLO, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, also participated in it.

Writer Nihad Abu Ghosh told Al-Quds.com, one of the signatories to the initiative, “The initiative is important because it comes at a very dangerous moment of national decline, with the continuation of the division and the encroachment of the Israeli occupation, and the presence of manifestations of security chaos, in light of the decline in the place and role of the authority.” ".

Abu Ghosh continued, "This initiative comes to re-correct the direction of action towards changing the entire political system, on democratic bases whose title is to appeal to the people and for the PLO to be the sole and legitimate representative, and to work to find a unified national program, and it is an initiative whose texts are subject to amendment."

Abu Ghosh indicated that the initiative, in which about 70 personalities from different political tendencies participated and launched, does not represent a specific political party, but work is being done on common denominators among all, in order to expand the initiative, to rebuild the political system on a unified national program.

During the press conference, Al-Kidwa said: "The initiative comes more than a year after the cancellation of the legislative and presidential elections, and after insisting on convening the Central Council in February of this year, despite the legal and political defects it experienced, and with the continued sharp deterioration in the Palestinian situation and the political complacency towards it, and in an attempt to prevent the imminent complete collapse.

Al-Kidwa continued, "Our goal is to push for a national state that achieves a broad and profound change in the Palestinian political system, and rebuilds its institutions, in order to enable our people to confront the major dangers that threaten their existence and national goals."

Al-Kidwa stressed that the initiative presents a vision for the necessary broad and profound change, which includes rebuilding Palestinian institutions, especially the Palestine Liberation Organization through a new national council based on general elections, in addition to a package that includes ending division, restoring unity, forming a new government away from unfair conditions, and transition policy and how to achieve it.

Al-Kidwa stressed that "this perception requires a broad national consensus, as well as commitment to democracy and the foundations of good governance, and all the elements necessary to confront the aggression and the existing Israeli challenges, as the practical step to accomplish the above is to achieve a national meeting and dialogue that leads to consensus on the perception and the transition mechanism."

The initiative emphasized that the way to achieve change is through joint action in order to make a broad and deep change to the political system, that goes beyond what exists and creates seriousness. The initiative also emphasized commitment to the democratic nature of the Palestinian political system, according to the basic Palestinian documents, and the right of the Palestinian people to hold elections.

The initiative emphasized the commitment of the various factions and components of the Palestinian people, in all their places of residence, to dialogue and that the political arena has changed, and that there are new players and youth and social movements that have the right to be part of the reconfigured political system, and of the proposed transitional mechanism.

The initiative also emphasized adherence to the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in all its places of residence, and emphasized the need to extricate the organization from its crisis, by rebuilding it in a way that enables it to face challenges.

The initiative called for rebuilding the Liberation Organization and preserving its role through the formation of a new National Council on the basis of elections. The rebuilding of the Liberation Organization must include agreement on a new national charter, a political program based on common denominators to which everyone is committed, and the organization's missions, provided that the central national goal is very clear.

The initiative touched on the mechanism of transition and the achievement of change and reconstruction, stressing that this requires achieving the aforementioned mechanism represented by the formation of a temporary body, which is responsible for conducting the national dialogue and implementing its results, provided that the date of the work of the body is specified for a period not exceeding one year, and that the membership is specific It is known, and in a way that reflects the actual Palestinian situation, including the recent changes that prevailed prior to the canceled elections, provided that the mechanism is formed through national consensus and is not a substitute for the existing bodies.

The initiative emphasized that the success of the proposed mechanism requires political, public and legal pressure to mobilize support for change.

DOHA - (Xinhua) The Qatar Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy revealed today (Thursday) that ticket sales for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 amounted to two million and 450 thousand tickets, about three months before the start of the first edition of the World Cup in the Arab world and the Middle East. .

The committee stated in a statement on its official website that the International Football Association (FIFA) announced the sale of two million and 450 thousand tickets, so that the list of the most obtaining World Cup tickets is issued by fans from Qatar, the United States of America, England, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, the UAE, France, Argentina, Brazil and Germany.

The statement added, quoting the official website of FIFA, that during the last sales period that extended between July 5 and August 16, according to the first-come, first-served basis, a total of 520,532 tickets were sold from the FIFA ticket website.

He stated that most of those tickets were for attending group stage matches such as Cameroon vs Brazil, Brazil vs Serbia, Portugal vs Uruguay, Costa Rica vs Germany, and Australia vs Denmark.

He pointed out that fans residing in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Mexico, the Emirates, England, Argentina, Brazil, Wales and Australia were able to top the digital waiting lists and secure the largest number of tickets.

He pointed out that FIFA will announce the stage of last-minute sales in late September, according to the first-come-first-served purchase, as the fan will receive the tickets immediately after paying their value, and sales will begin in the ticket distribution outlets in Doha after the launch of the last-minute sales stage that continues until the end of the tournament.

The World Cup will start on November 20, with the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador at Al-Bayt Stadium, a day earlier than previously scheduled, after the International Football Association (FIFA) confirmed last Thursday that the start date was brought forward by one day, to ensure the continuation of the ancient tradition of Organizing the opening ceremony prior to the opening match, in which one of the sides is the host country team or the defending champion.

The tournament will witness 64 matches hosted by 8 stadiums throughout the World Cup, while the curtain will fall on the competitions on December 18 in Lusail Stadium, the largest stadium in the World Cup, which can accommodate 80,000 fans.

Cairo - (AFP) - From the temples of Luxor to the pyramids of Giza, famous historical landmarks in Egypt host concerts, fashion shows and exhibitions, in light of the country's attempt to benefit from its ancient heritage to enhance its image as a major tourist destination and attract major brands.

On Saturday, the French House of Dior presented a fashion show for its men's collection at the Giza pyramid complex near Cairo, in an event that was its first in Egypt.

In October, the Temple of Hatshepsut in the southern city of Luxor hosted a fashion show by Italian designer Stefano Ricci.

The head of the Dior Group, Pietro Picciari, told AFP that the prestigious French house chose the Pyramid Complex to hold the show because it was "much more than just a background", as it was inspired in its new collection entitled "Celestial" ("Heavenly") from the history of ancient Egypt.

Perhaps the large "parade of mummies" that was held in Egypt last year, in a scene broadcast by television screens around the world, had an impact on attracting visitors to a country whose tourism sector contributes approximately 10% to its national product.

Even before the golden procession celebration, the Pharaonic archaeological sites remained a destination for world famous artists in various fields, as the international hip-hop and rock bands "Black Eyed Peas" and "Red Hot Chili Peppers" performed at the foot of the Giza pyramids. The French artist JR also exhibited his pictures there.

Prominent Egyptian art historian Bahia Shehab believes that such performances "encourage other brands and international cultural activists to come to Egypt."

This was confirmed by Egyptian fashion photographer Mohsen Othman, who told AFP that "it is necessary to organize such events in Egypt," as a fashion house the size of Dior "brings with it a huge budget," hoping that this will "support young designers who may put Egypt on the global fashion map.

Indeed, in September during Paris Fashion Week, the French luxury fashion house Balmain presented works bearing an Egyptian brand called "Okhtein", referring to two young sisters from Egypt who designed the products.

Despite the success of "Okhtein" products in penetrating Paris Fashion Week, exporting the products of Egyptian fashion houses abroad is still a complex process, in light of the need to reconsider the way this sector operates.

Most of the representatives of this sector, Othman says, "are self-taught people who have worked hard with few resources to reach the required level of global brands."

For her part, Engy Ismail, whose agency Flair works in luxury brand consulting, told AFP, "We have a large group of young designers who, with some professional training, can ... transform creativity into products."

Despite this, the Egyptian market in the fields of fashion and luxury jewelry has witnessed a remarkable boom, as Ismail says that the number of local brands has increased "from less than a hundred Egyptian brands to more than a thousand brands today."

Ismail explained that this large increase began in 2016 after the decision of the Central Bank of Egypt to devalue the local currency by approximately 50% against the US dollar, which deprived the largest Arab country in terms of population, with more than 104 million people, the ability to import.

In the face of reducing imports, according to Ismail, "a local market has emerged," especially since "(the class of) the richest 1 percent is sufficient to create demand" in a country that includes 86,000 people with wealth exceeding one million dollars, according to the "Credit Suisse" bank. .

"A recent competition organized by the Italian Vogue group enabled Egyptian brands to participate in Milan Fashion Week," she said.

However, these facilities seem insufficient for local creators, who complain about red tape in terms of customs procedures and the difficulty of obtaining travel visas.

"The (Egyptian) government's permission for Art Digit and Dior to organize events at the foot of the pyramids is a big step," says Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, whose agency, Art Digit, organizes an annual exhibition of contemporary art in the Giza pyramids area.

Abdel Ghaffar believes that Cairo is a magnet because of its ability to "merge contemporary and ancient art and heritage."

Shehab, a professor at the American University in Cairo, told AFP that Egypt has become "increasingly aware of the influence of soft power," relying on "culture to present its image."

Abdel Ghaffar says that it is necessary for the authorities to establish a unit dedicated to organizing marches, exhibitions, and even concerts and filming films in archaeological sites that qualify for this.

In the same context, Shehab adds, "If there is one sector in which we lose a lot of opportunities, it is the cinema," explaining that "we lost many of the great international producers who sought refuge in Morocco or even Saudi Arabia" due to the lack of permits to film in Egypt.

Because of these complications, the creators of the series "Moon Knight", one of the latest productions of the Marvel Hollywood studios that revolves around a superhero character granted power by an ancient Egyptian deity, had to create decorations that refer viewers to Cairo... in Budapest.

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - The Islamic Christian Organization for the Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites called on Jerusalemite institutions to carry out the widest campaign of solidarity with Jerusalem schools and stand by them in refusing to implement the Israeli curriculum that the occupation authorities seek to impose by force on the city's schools.

The authority said in a statement today, Sunday, that the battle of rejecting the Israeli curriculum is a political battle par excellence that affects the entire Jerusalemite community.

The authority commended the position of the parents of the students, refusing to impose the Israeli curriculum, stressing that they should not deal with any curriculum outside the decisions of the Palestinian Ministry of Education, and take escalatory steps before the start of the next academic year to confront the implementation of this curriculum.

It called on the National Authority to take urgent action with international institutions to thwart this plan and to provide all forms of support and aid to Jerusalemite schools in their battle to reject the Israeli curriculum.

The commission called on UNESCO to assume its responsibilities and intervene to stop this targeting of the Palestinian educational system, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international covenants and treaties that prohibit the occupation authorities from interfering in the education curriculum for peoples under military occupation.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - A citizen was killed, on Sunday morning, as a result of being shot at by an Israeli military force, claiming that he attempted to carry out a stabbing attack near the Ofra settlement near Ramallah. However, this account was refuted by the citizens in the area.

And the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of Ahmed Hassan Kahla (45 years), after he was shot in the neck, near Silwad .

According to the Hebrew channel Reshet Kan, a group of Palestinian youths from the village of Silwad threw stones at the Israeli forces, during which one of them advanced with a knife and was neutralized by shooting at him.

Eyewitnesses denied this story, and confirmed that the citizen was accompanied by his son when he was passing by and the occupation soldiers shot him in cold blood.

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday evening, in a speech he delivered to the US Congress with both representatives and senators, that the assistance provided by the United States to his country to confront the Russian invasion is "not charity" but rather an "investment" in global security. and democracy.

"I would like to thank you very much for the financial assistance that you have provided us and that you may decide to provide later," Zelensky said, addressing members of Congress in the session chaired by US Vice President Kamala Harris and the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, stressing that "your money is not charity." It is an investment in global security and democracy, and we are managing it in the most responsible way."

Zelensky told Congress that Europe is more powerful and Russia has failed to subjugate Ukraine, stressing that Ukraine will continue the battle until victory is achieved.

And US President Joe Biden announced during his reception of Zelensky at the White House on Wednesday that the United States "will continue to strengthen Ukraine's ability to defend itself, especially in terms of air defense," stressing his guest, who is making his first foreign visit since the start of the Russian military operation in a month. Last February, he supported Ukraine's aspiration for a "just peace".

Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of using the "winter cold" as a weapon against Ukrainian civilians by targeting electricity and water networks.

Zelensky, in turn, expressed to Biden "gratitude from the bottom of my heart" for Washington's role in confronting the Russian military operation in Ukraine.

It is noteworthy that Washington announced during Zelensky's visit a new package of military assistance that includes the Patriot air defense system, as US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated that "the United States will provide Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine for the first time," and Blinken revealed that "the allocation of $ 850 million in security aid to Ukraine And a billion dollars to develop air defenses.

The legislators from both sides of the political aisle (Republican and Democratic) responded to the speech delivered by the Ukrainian president, while the war against Russia continues, with applause and standing more than once to express their enthusiastic support for the support provided by the United States to Ukraine, while Zelensky thanked the Americans constantly and increased American support.

Senate GOP Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said Zelensky was "inspirational as always" in his speech. "This is very important, the most important thing is to beat the Russians in Ukraine, and fortunately, they (Ukrainians) have a leader that everyone can admire, and also, it's good that we have something here at the end of the year that we all agree on," he said, referring to endorsing the continuation of Bipartisan US support.

At the end of his speech, which was described as historic, the Ukrainian President presented to the US Congress a Ukrainian flag that he brought with him from the battlefield. Zelensky told members of Congress in both chambers that this flag is a gift from the Ukrainian military who are fighting on the front line in Bakhmut, the city he said he visited on Tuesday, on the eve of his first trip abroad since the Russian forces began their operation in his country on February 24, 2022.

KABUL , (Xinhua) -- At least 21 people were killed and 33 others injured late Wednesday in an explosion targeting worshipers at a mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a security official confirmed Thursday.

In a press conference, Khaled Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police, confirmed that: "The explosion occurred during evening prayers inside a mosque in Police District No. 17, killing 21 people and injuring 33 others on the spot."

Eyewitnesses heard a loud explosion that shattered the windows of nearby buildings.

No one has claimed responsibility for the fatal accident so far.

The blast came just days after a prominent pro-Taliban cleric was killed in a suicide bombing in the capital, Kabul, claimed by the Islamic State group.

Gaza - by Al-Quds Sports Correspondent and Ahmed Al-Masharawi - Al-Sheikh's stud was crowned with gold in the International Purebred Arabian Horse Showcasing Championship hosted by the French capital, Paris, represented by the heroic filly "Aisha Al-Sheikh", and thus Palestine came to the throne of world champions. Al-Sheikh Stud represented Palestine in the championship organized by the "Ecaho" organization, which is concerned with organizing international competitions for the beauty of purebred Arabian horses at the end of each year, amidst wide participation of ponies and horses.

An arbitration committee that manages the tournament, which includes elite arbitrators, awarded the filly "Aisha", who represents the Sheikh Stud, the golden prize in the tournament, after achieving first place in the foals category. Palestine had won several times in the tournament hosted by the French city of Menton for the beauty of purebred Arabian horses, as the cleats competed in the world to achieve a great victory and achieve impressive successes that immortalize history. .

For his part, one of the owners of the Sheikh's stud said: "Over the course of several consecutive years, we have achieved advanced titles, and thank God we were able this year to obtain the golden championship for the filly Aisha Al-Sheikh for the filly category, which is produced by the first generation of the Sheikh's stud from Umm Al-Jamra, the world champion for the year 2019," expressing He expressed his happiness with these successive victories, the last of which was this year 2022, and renewed the dedication of this achievement and the great and precious joy to all the great Palestinian people, the first supporter and fan, and fans of the Sheikh's stud around the world and fans of equestrian sport.

It is noteworthy that in 2021 the dowry de Meziane won the title of World Champion for Purebred Arabian Horses, and in 2019 the "Al Jamra" mare won the World Championship and returned to the stud for the gold medal for two years in a row.

The Federation of Degrees pays tribute to its riders

In turn, the Cycling Federation praised its cyclists, especially from the category of girls who participated in the Gaza Integrated Olympic Day at the Yarmouk Municipal Stadium, organized by the Palestinian Olympic Committee in partnership and cooperation with the United Nations Development Program in Gaza "UNDP". A member of the Palestinian Cycling Federation and a member of the Organizing Committee, Rania Al-Daour, Chairperson of the Women's Committee in the Federation, and Jihad Munifi, the Palestinian national team coach and coordinator of the Federation in the event, expressing his appreciation for their presentations.

This, and the Palestinian Weightlifting Federation expressed its deep appreciation for the presence of the quartet in the activities of the Olympic Day, indicating that this popular game, which is popular with the masses, confirmed its presence through a group of young and young players in a step to confirm the communication of generations and work to spread weightlifting that has achieved global achievements.

The athlete's crisis is on

Crises still float on the surface of the management of the Gaza Sports Club, the dean of the Palestinian clubs, which was founded in 1934, with basketball star Muhammad Ashour apologizing for joining the council in place of the resigned elected member Atallah Abu Assi, as Ashour ranked 13th in the democratic electoral process in light of his resignation Four of the current board. Atallah Abu Assi resigned from his position for reasons he refused to disclose, which is the fourth resignation, after the resignation of Ibrahim Al-Ashi, Majid Tarazi, and Kamal Saqr.

In a step to overcome the crisis, Al-Nay appointed Mamoun Saqallah, Montaser Al-Husseini, and Muhammad Ashour in their place, before the latter apologized and the crisis worsened, especially since the journalist Osama Felfel also refused to join the council because he came in the eleventh place, and it is expected that the council will discuss in its meeting Next, matters related to this file, in addition to discussing, as well as addressing Counselor Muhammad Abu Daf to join the council, or addressing Dr. Marwan Ajour, according to the election results and according to the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports law.

Efforts to overcome the club crisis

The Football Association, headed by Lieutenant General Jibril Rajoub, is making efforts to alleviate the financial crisis suffered by the clubs, and in this regard, the Federation Council in Gaza will hold a meeting with the clubs tomorrow, Monday, at its headquarters. The clubs, which held several previous meetings to discuss their continued participation in the league championship, stated that there are ongoing efforts to provide part of the sponsorship of Ooredoo, the sponsor of the Premier League championship, and to pay it to the clubs before the end of this year, and that the Rajoub team will meet the company’s board of directors during its presence in the State of Qatar. On the sidelines of the World Cup to discuss providing a sum of money from the value of sponsorship. The federation stressed that it is siding with the clubs and standing by them in light of these difficult financial and economic conditions, to overcome the crisis of delaying President Abbas’s grant. It is noteworthy that the postponement of the meeting in Gaza after the central meeting came due to the Football Association's announcement of mourning for the 21 martyrs of the Abu Raya family in the Jabalia fire.

The basketball star included Ghazal

In addition, Khadamat Al-Bureij Club – the Premier League champion for Gaza Strip clubs for this year 2022, is making contacts to include Khadamat Al-Maghazi basketball star, Muhammad Abu Ghazal, as part of its preparations to supply players for the start of the new season 2022/2023. Abu Ghazal is considered one of the distinguished stars of the sector, and he contributed greatly to the crowning of his club, Al-Maghazi, in the league and cup double in the season before last, before his neighbor and arch-rival Al-Bureij achieved it.

Abu Ghazal’s choice comes despite the penalty imposed on the player by suspending him for a period of one calendar year, but he will be able to submit a request for mercy to the Basketball Association to lift the suspension after half the period has passed, which will push Al-Bureij to register Abu Ghazal on his statements in the Players’ Affairs Committee before the expiry of the period, especially since Abu Ghazal I agreed with Al-Bureij on all the details, especially the contract period, stay with the team, and the financial value.

Olive is looking to survive

And as part of its efforts to get out of its crisis, and to overcome the bottleneck, Al-Zaytoun club contracted with 3 players during the winter transfer period to be with the green team in the second leg of the second-division league for Gaza clubs for the 2022-2023 season for the Gaza and North branches, and the three players: right-back Abdul Rahman Aram, and striker Bilal Hamad, transferred from Nuseirat Services in the excellent grade, and Muhammad Al-Khatib, transferred from the Jabalia Youth Club in the excellent grade, and the decision to include the players came at the request of the technical staff, to overcome the crisis, as the team suffered at the bottom of the list in the seventh and last place with 3 points from a single victory, so it did not receive five Harsh defeats.

Paris, (AFP) - Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on Wednesday became the first European to command the International Space Station, 400 kilometers above Earth, during a ceremony broadcast live from space.

The occasion provided an opportunity for the outgoing station commander, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, to wink at the channel of the conflict in Ukraine, as he said, "Despite all the thunderstorms on Earth, our international communication continues."

This is the second period spent in space by Samantha Cristoforetti, the 45-year-old engineer and war pilot who moved to the International Space Station on April 27. She set the record for the longest space mission spent by a woman on a mission, with 199 days in orbit, between 2014 and 2015.

The Italian is also the fifth woman, and the first non-American woman to lead the vehicle since its official designation in 2000.

During a friendly ceremony overshadowed by the atmosphere of fun, the station's outgoing Russian commander, Oleg Artemyev, handed a symbolic golden key to his successor in launching its mission, which it will take over until the tenth of October, until its return to Earth.

The Russian cosmonaut praised the work of the crew of ten cosmonauts from three countries. He described the International Space Station as "a continuation of the Soyuz-Apollo program, when the relationship between these countries was complicated, and when men took up this path leading to peace and ending war everywhere."

Russian-Western cooperation in the space field has been affected by the military offensive launched by Russia since February 24 against its neighbor Ukraine.

Western sanctions against Russia as a result of this invasion affect, in part, the Russian space sector, and may have repercussions on the International Space Station, especially in terms of disrupting some catering operations.

Cristoforetti praised the work of her colleagues, noting that the station crew is "a small part of the enormous team that is on Earth" managing the operations of the International Space Station.

The decision to choose the leaders of the International Space Station is up to the five space agencies participating in the International Space Station: NASA (the United States), Roskosmos (Russia), the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency and the Japanese space agency "JAXA".

UNITED NATIONS - (Xinhua) -- The number of children suffering from severe drought conditions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, according to figures released by the United Nations on Friday.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said some 20.2 million children in these countries now face the risk of extreme hunger, thirst and disease, compared to 10 million in July, as climate change, conflict, global inflation and grain shortages ravage the region.

UNICEF said that nearly two million children across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia currently need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition, the most deadly form of hunger, adding that nearly 2.7 million children have stopped going to school due to dehydration, and it is estimated that there is Another 4 million children are at risk of dropping out of school.

UNICEF warned that as families come under increasing pressure, children face a range of risks, including child labor and child marriage.

"We urgently need a global effort to mobilize resources to reduce the devastating and irreversible harm to children in the Horn of Africa," UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lyk van de Wiel said in a statement.

New York - "Jerusalem" dot com - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres affirmed that "the rule of law is the essence of achieving a just and comprehensive peace, based on the two-state solution, in line with United Nations resolutions, international law and previous agreements."

This came in his briefing during the open debate held today, Thursday, at the ministerial level, under the title "Encouraging and strengthening the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security: the rule of law among nations."

Guterres stressed in his speech that "the expansion of settlements by Israel, as well as home demolitions and evictions, lead to anger and despair," expressing "grave concern about the unilateral measures that we have witnessed in recent days."

He stressed that "any annexation of the lands of a country by another country as a result of the threat or use of force constitutes a violation of the Charter and international law."

Guterres stressed that ending impunity is essential.

He said that United Nations entities and mechanisms are working to strengthen the rule of law and its implementation through the International Court of Justice, the Human Rights Council and its fact-finding missions and commissions of inquiry.

In this context, he explained, the International Court of Justice, with its unique mandate, occupies a special place.

It noted the importance of accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court and called on all Member States to do so without any reservations.

He said that the members of the Security Council had a special responsibility here and should play a leadership role.

He also stressed that "the rule of law is the foundation of the United Nations and our mission of bringing peace," noting the vital role of the Security Council in supporting it.

The Secretary-General has made it clear that the cornerstone of the rule of law is that all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are held accountable to the law.

Quoting from the UN Charter, he said, "We the peoples of the United Nations have sworn to ourselves...to show conditions under which justice and respect for obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained."

He added that today's debate in the Security Council sends a powerful message that "ensuring the rule of law is our priority, and that all countries must abide by international standards."

"Stakeholders, including Member States, regional organizations, civil society and the private sector - have a responsibility to contribute to building and supporting the rule of law," he added.

He pointed out that "the international situation shows that we still have a lot to go," warning of the rule of chaos, "as civilians in every region of the world suffer from the effects of devastating conflicts, loss of life, and increasing poverty and hunger."

The meeting, which is a highlight of Japan's presidency this month, was chaired by Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa.

In addition to Secretary-General António Guterres, ICJ President Joan Donohue and Oxford University professor Dabo Akande briefed during the discussion, which aims to reaffirm the meaning and role of the rule of law among nations and the shared understanding that rules agreed upon by all member states must To be observed by all, according to a United Nations statement.

Jenin - Ali Samoudi - Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation authorities in Salem camp sentenced a prisoner from Jenin to 7 years in prison, in addition to a heavy fine.

Montaser Sammour, director of the Prisoners' Club in Jenin, stated that the occupation authorities sentenced prisoner Ziyad Yasser Al-Saadi, 20, to 7 years in prison and a fine of 30,000 shekels.

Sammour indicated that the prisoner Al-Saadi has been detained since 12/29/2020, after the occupation raided his family's home in Jenin.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - On Monday evening, settlers , under the protection of the occupation forces, attacked citizens' vehicles near the entrances to the villages of Jaba' and Mikhmas, northeast of occupied Jerusalem .

According to press sources, dozens of settlers gathered at the entrance of the two villages, threw stones at passing vehicles and smashed the windows of a number of them.

In the Jordan Valley, settlers hung a banner on one of the identification boards, at the Ain al-Hilweh junction, in the northern Jordan Valley, calling for "revenge" against the Palestinians.

According to local sources, the settlers hung a banner with the word "revenge" written in Arabic.

Today, groups of settlers attacked citizens and their property in several areas in the northern Jordan Valley.

In Nablus, settlers attacked shops and citizens' vehicles and threw stones at them, in Deir Sharaf town, west of Nablus, wounding several civilians and damaging several vehicles.

The occupation forces closed the road at the Deir Sharaf roundabout, and completely closed the "Shaveh Shomron" checkpoint, preventing citizens from passing.

Istanbul - (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded Wednesday to Western criticism after the political ban imposed on the opposition mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, ahead of next year's elections.

Last week, a court sentenced Imamoglu to more than two years in prison and banned him from holding an official position for the same period for "insulting a public official" in 2019.

The case arose after the municipal elections, which were canceled and which Imamoglu won again after being re-run.

Imamoglu has emerged as one of the most capable opposition leaders to confront Erdogan in the presidential elections scheduled for next June.

The 52-year-old mayor will continue in office while the courts consider his appeal. But a senior official said Imamoglu would not be allowed to serve as president if he wins the election. After that, the official said, a second presidential election would have to be held.

Western countries condemned the ruling, led by the United States, whose foreign ministry said it was "deeply disappointed" while Germany described it as a "strong blow to democracy".

- 'Political manipulation' -
Erdogan told supporters of his ruling party that foreign powers were trying to exploit the issue to manipulate Turkish politics ahead of the vote. He asked them, "Are you looking for political engineers? Are you looking for foreigners who use an individual crime to manipulate politics in our country?"

After the conviction of the mayor of Istanbul, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the city to show their support.

Some analysts said the ruling could galvanize the faltering campaigns of Turkey's opposition parties, who have yet to agree on who will challenge Erdogan next year.

Unusually, Erdogan declined to comment on the conviction for three days. He then distanced himself from the ruling and indicated that it could still be appealed.

Erdogan's recent comments suggest he will play the nationalist chord and align the opposition with foreign powers during the election campaign.

Jerusalem - "Al Quds" dot com - A woman was killed last night, as a result of a traffic accident that occurred on the tunnel road connecting the towns of Biddu and Al Jib, northwest of Jerusalem.

According to local sources, Mrs. Amal Hamid, a resident of the town of Beit Anan, died as a result of the accident.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The General Directorate of Police issued, on Sunday, a statement to the public opinion on the details of the events in Bethlehem .

In its statement, the police said that, based on a report received by the police about the disappearance of a girl from Bethlehem governorate, the police and security services searched, investigated, and collected information for this event. The girl was found in Nablus, and a number of suspects were arrested, and investigations are still ongoing.

And she added: As a result, some acts violating security and public order took place, including closing roads, shooting and kidnapping citizens between the two families.

And she continued: The police, the security services and the national security forces controlled the events and reopened the roads with continuous and intensive efforts since yesterday, in the presence of the governor of Bethlehem governorate, the leaders of the security services, the Fatah movement, the reform men and the clans.

The police appealed to citizens not to take the law into their own hands, not to attack public and private property, and the need for restraint and to resolve disputes through legal and peaceful means.

Nablus - "Al-Quds" dot com - Ghassan Al-Katout - Academic Dr. Nasir Al-Din Al-Shaer said that the target of his shooting yesterday, Friday, is national reconciliation, ending division and restoring national cohesion.

He added, in an interview with a number of journalists, including the correspondent of "Al-Quds" dot-com, a day after he was injured in his feet: "The word unity is the target, and national unity is the target, and the Palestinian cause is the target."

The poet, who is lying in the intensive care room at An-Najah National University Hospital in Nablus, recounted the details of the assault he was subjected to, indicating that he was in the village of Kafr Qalil to participate in the sermon of the freed prisoner Dirar Abu Jamous, who spent 19 years in the occupation prisons.

After the end, he took his vehicle to leave, and saw a car blocking the road for him, and a masked man got out of it, approached his car and tried to open its door, adding: “I tried to drive away, but the masked man fired heavily, and he followed us with the car he was riding in, and he fired a barrage of bullets at us..and when we arrived To Al-Quds Street, the car broke down, so the masked man got out of his car, approached me, fired several bullets, then put his hand inside the car and started shooting at my knee without stopping.

Al-Shaer considered that what happened to him falls within a plan to occupy the Palestinian people with internal disputes instead of uniting in the face of the occupation, its aggressions and policies.

He said: "The bats want to occupy us with each other, sometimes with inter-personal problems, sometimes with family disputes, and sometimes, as happened with me."

He added, "Every time there is talk of national unity and achieving achievements for the benefit of the Palestinian people, there are those who do not want that so as not to harm their interests."

He stressed his refusal to take the law into his own hands and that he did not and will not ask and will not accept anyone to take his right into his own hands, for this is not his way.

He added, "I accept that my blood be a fuel for national unity, and I will not accept any action or reaction related to security chaos and the taking of rights by force."

And he continued: "I count this with God, and I accept that my blood be a splash in the channel of national unity and the pursuit of the aggressors against everything that is sacred in this country."

He said that his message to President Mahmoud Abbas, who called him and to everyone, is that there is no way for the aggressors to escape punishment, adding: "If we remain silent today, you do not know who the next victim will be.. We are a people who want life on a safe and stable land, and the occupation's aggression is enough for us."

He called for achieving national unity and accelerating it, holding accountable all those who deviate from the national ranks and practicing security chaos, and lifting the cover for anyone who practices lawlessness, whether big or small, because this will control the situation and set things right.

He said, "Candid and bold steps must be taken, and the perpetrators, whoever they are, must be punished, because the recurrence of these events will cause a catastrophe and set us back."

He stressed that his demand and the demand of everyone is to end the division, return to unity and national cohesion, protect our social fabric, and devote ourselves to occupation, settlement and assault on sanctities because the world is not ready to give us any of our rights, and the occupation does not want to back down by an inch and does not recognize any political rights for us.

He warned of the danger of broadcasting hate speech that establishes such acts, and concluded his speech with a message to everyone: "Remove hate speech from your speeches, because hate speech will make us lose ourselves as we lost our homeland, and we must return to ourselves in order for our homeland to return to us."

Written by: Issa Qaraqe

When the Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa entered his thirty-sixth year in prison and was transferred to the Negev desert prison, the tent section, where the prisoners remain until ten o'clock at night in the outer yard, he looked at the sky and cried: Oh my God, I saw the moon, and it was the cry of the amazed, the discoverers, the inventors, and the dispossessed who emerged from their narrow graves to the capacity of life.

The prevailing system in Zionist prisons requires that the doors be closed to prisoners at seven in the evening, so that they do not see the sunset or the nightfall and the shine of the stars.

The prisoner Walid Daqqa shouts, “Oh, my God, I saw the moon.” He was sure that the moon looked at him, hung on his shoulders, hugged him, kissed him, and reprimanded him for this long absence. More than a thousand prisoners in the Negev prison celebrated Walid’s meeting with his moon, and they heard the reproaches between them, the conversations, longings, and the exchange of secret messages in an intimate relationship. Between a prisoner and a moon in the middle of the desert.

According to eyewitnesses from the prisoners of the Negev, Walid ascended above the surface of the moon and flew with him in the heights of space, and when Walid returned, he narrated about his flight through all the spheres and orbits and how he met many loved ones and friends. Walid said: I saw Palestine from the sea to the river, all the abandoned villages And buried under the rubble, I saw Haifa, Acre, Baqa al-Gharbiya, and Nazareth. You did not intercept warplanes or military checkpoints. You did not chase missiles and bombs. I am the master of space. There are no borders, settlers and settlements. The entire universe is mine.

In the orbit of Mercury, I saw the holy men stationed and stationed, humble and worshiping, with the Koran, Bibles, stones and lamps on their sides burning in prayer.

In the orbit of Venus, I met the martyrs sitting on their high peaks, surrounded by dazzling sunny shadows, luminous clusters of stars, their homes adorned with fluttering spirits, ascending and descending as if celebrating the arrival of the first visitor from the living.

In Jupiter, the male and female captives received me. They carried me, gave me a wedding, dressed me in a wedding suit, and perfumed me with henna. They asked me about the rest of the prisoners there in the prisons and camps. I passed through a wide gate on which was written the Gate of Freedom, and what amazed me was that on the head of each prisoner there was a moon that did not leave him. Then I knew why the prisoners were released. From the darkness of prison to the day of attention.

On the planet Saturn, I met the father of history, Herodotus. For the first time, I know that Herodotus was crucified in history and narration because he discovered Palestine as a name, geography, identity, and place. He took out an ancient manuscript and showed me the location of my house and the graves of my ancestors. Along the map from north to south, he told me about the development of the Canaanite and Phoenician civilizations and kingdoms. Bygone, Herodotus wept because biblical researchers, colonialists, and orientalists crucified him and stuck him in oblivion.

Oh my God, I saw the moon. More than half of the life of a Palestinian prisoner is night. The day is short, scarce and slow in the world of prisoners. The day is the naked, rough and cruel time. The day is for the jailers, the oppressive forces and the busta cars, for the system of numbers, transportation and searches, but the night of the moon was the longest and the quietest. Walid traveled In the mind of the moon, the mind of the moon is the mind of freedom, the most contemplative. The journey broke this unjust binary between daytime minds and night minds, the mind of water, spirit, tranquility and peace, a mind that humanizes thoughts and breaks iron minds.

Walid revealed that he wrote his novel trilogy: The Secret of the Sword, The Secret of Oil, and The Secret of the Spectrum. There is above the surface of the moon between bodies, suns, heavens, and air turns, and when he wrote down his journey in the play Parallel Time, Tel Aviv was terrified, waging war on the play, exhibition halls, and actors, how does the backward become the front? Turning the hands of time? wondered the generals of Tel Aviv as they watched a prisoner free not only himself, but the future.

Oh my God, I saw the moon, the windows were open, there were no restrictions or chains, the moon pulled him out of the fence and the walls, the feeling of transcendence as if he was inside a painting by the artist Van Gogh on that night full of swirling stars, this is not a virtual reality or a fantasy in a painting, Walid swore he saw Darkness dies, and the unknown turns into the known.

Hello, moon, said Walid while embracing his daughter Milad, from the seventh heaven and after the journey of the ascension from the Negev prison to the Sea of Fog, Milad was born from the womb of the moon in its fertile cycle, Milad is the daughter of the moon, it is the blessed vision of the captive, Milad came from the Palestinian lunar calendar and not Israeli calendar, hello moon, hello milad.

When the Occupation Prisons Administration learned of the story of Walid traveling with his moon outside the prison borders, they punished him and isolated him in tight cells. He was forbidden to communicate with his moon, which formed a link for him with the outside world. This moon sends signals, messages, and encrypted symbols. The moon became wanted by the State of Israel and a danger to Its existence, and for this reason all prison yards are fenced off with wires and sheets, and the windows are covered so that Walid does not see his moon from the window.

Hello moon
Hi Walid
How did you get to Gilboa prison?
from cracks in the walls
from under the cement
From the house of silence

القدس”القدس”دوت كوم -أكد عضو المكتب التنفيذي لتجمع قدسنا للاتحادات والالعاب الرياضية جمال عديلة ان اجتماعا موسعا عقد في مقر نادي شباب العيزرية بحضور عدد من شركاء الماراثون لوضع الخطوط النهائية لمسار الماراثون، وأشار عديلة أن كافة الاستعدادات الفنية والادارية واللوجستية لأنطلاق النسخة الثالثة عشر من ماراثون قدسنا الذي ينظمه تجمع قدسنا للاتحادات والالعاب الرياضية برعاية اللجنة القطرية الدائمة لدعم القدس وبمتابعة مباشرة من امين سر اللجنة القطرية اللواء بلال النتشة تتواصل حيث تم الاتفاق على أنطلاق الماراثون مطلع تموز المقبل، وسوف تعقد لقاءات مع الفنيين وأعضاء اللجنة الفنية العليا وشركاء الماراثون .

وأشار عديلة ان مجلس ادارة التجمع يتواصل مع امين سر اللجنة القطرية الدائمة لدعم القدس اللواء بلال النتشة لأطلاعه على سير التحضيرات ونتائج لقاءاتهم مع اللجان الفنية للماراثون والتي يرئسها المدرب محمد قاسم ابو عرة ، ومع شركاء الماراثون من المؤسسات الفاعلة والناشطة .

وأشاد عديلة بالرعاية السنوية الكريمة من قبل اللجنة القطرية الدائمة لدعم القدس ، وبالرعاية الفضية للماراثون من خلال رئيس الغرفة التجارية الصناعية بالقدس المحامي كمال عبيدات الذي رصد مكافآت مالية لأول ثلاثة فائزين بالماراثون.

وصرح عديلة ان الماراثون سينطلق بمشاركة أكثر من الف متسابق يمثلون طلبة المدارس والجامعات والاندية المقدسية وأبرزها: نادي العيزرية، ابو ديس، السواحرة وعرب الجهالين وجامعة القدس، ويشارك لاول مرة مائة متسابق من نادي العاصمة والاكاديمية الفلسطينية للموهوبين رياضيا، وبالشراكة مع لجنة الرياضة والبيئة الفلسطينية والاتحاد الفلسطيني للرياضة للجميع وجمعية برج اللقلق، ومديرية التربية والتعليم، وجامعة القدس، وملتقى الرواد المقدسي.

ووجه عديلة وبصة الشكر للجهات الشريكة والراعية لهذا العام ممثلة بالشرطة الفلسطينية في العيزرية وابو ديس التي تحافظ على النظام وتسهيل سير خط الماراثون، وأيضا رجال الهلال الاحمر الفلسطيني والدفاع المدني الفلسطيني وبلدية العيزرية.

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Thursday, settlers attacked sheep shepherds and forced them to leave their pastures in the Al-Ain Al-Baida area in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.

Local sources reported that an armed group of "Tsekhar Man" settlers, established on citizens' lands east of Yatta, attacked sheep herders in Al-Ain Al-Bayda area, chased their livestock, and forced them to leave their pastures by force.

It is noteworthy that the occupation and settlers escalate their attacks on shepherds and farmers at this time of the year, to deprive them of pastures and cultivate their lands with seasonal crops, in an attempt to harass them and displace them from their lands to facilitate their seizure, in favor of its settlement expansion.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Dozens of settlers stormed, on Thursday morning, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque , under the strict protection of the occupation police.

The settlers made provocative tours inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and performed Talmudic rituals.

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

Istanbul - (AFP) - The end of the war in Ukraine and perhaps the start of another war in Syria will dominate the new meeting Friday in Russia between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Three weeks after their meeting in Tehran, the Turkish head of state is meeting his Russian counterpart in Sochi on the Black Sea, building on his recent diplomatic success in securing the international agreement to resume Ukrainian grain exports through the Bosphorus.

And in Tehran last month, the Russian president clearly warned him against any further military operations in Syria aimed at pushing back Kurdish fighters in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its allies.

Analysts believe that these repeated differences form part of the "competitive cooperation" that defined the relationship between the two presidents twenty years ago.

Asli Aydintasbas, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, wrote recently that "Russia's war against Ukraine has restored the image that Turkey wants for itself, the image of the main geopolitical actor, and brought Erdogan back to the fore."

And she believed that "most Turks stand their country's semi-neutral position between East and West."

Turkey's desire to remain neutral towards Moscow on the issue of Ukraine, even though it is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is bearing fruit.

After months of efforts, Moscow and Kiev signed a UN-backed agreement in Istanbul that allowed for the first shipment of corn from Odessa since the invasion began on February 24 to supply Lebanon, with other shipments to follow, alleviating fears of a global food crisis.

Turkey now wants to try to open the door to negotiations in Istanbul, if possible, for a truce between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents, Volodymyr Zelensky.

"We discussed (to see) whether the grain deal could be an opportunity for a permanent ceasefire," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday after meeting his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Asia.

However, these efforts are complicated by Ankara's repeated threats of a military operation in Syria, where Russian and Turkish interests collide.
Moscow has largely supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the face of groups backed in part by Turkey.

Today, Erdogan wants to cross the border again to create a security zone in a sector where Russian forces patrol, but he wants to expel the Kurdish groups he considers "terrorists" from it.

"The (Friday) meeting will likely focus on a possible incursion into Syria for which Turkey did not get a green light from Russia or Iran," said international relations expert Soli Ozel of Has University in Istanbul.

"Russia should get something in return," he said.

Turkish media believes that what Putin really wants are drones.

Turkey has provided Ukraine with its famous "Bayraktar TB2" combat aircraft, which have proven effective against Russian tanks.
US officials said that a Russian delegation visited Iran to discuss the purchase of hundreds of drones. Erdogan himself, after his return from Tehran, conveyed a request from Putin in this direction.

But a Turkish official corrected this information, saying that the Turkish president was joking.

However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov painted a picture of the idea, stressing that "military and technological cooperation is always on the agenda of the two countries."
Finally, there is still a potential source of tension between the two presidents, who are known for their chronic delay in meetings.
In Tehran, Erdogan made Vladimir Putin wait alone for fifty seconds, standing in a room in front of the official Turkish news agency's camera, which focused on his tense face.
Many saw that this was the Turkish president's response to the delay imposed on him by the Kremlin president for about two minutes in 2020.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Dozens of young men were injured today, Saturday, as the Israeli occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at them intensively, at the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh .

According to local sources, the young men marched from Birzeit University, at the invitation of the student movement at the university, to denounce the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, for the second day in a row, which resulted in dozens of them suffocating.

He added that the occupation forces obstructed the work of journalists and tried to prevent them from covering.

(AFP) - Iran's delegate to the Conference of the Least Developed Countries held in Doha entered into a quarrel with his Yemeni counterpart, who criticized Tehran during his Monday speech, accusing it of sending "gifts of death" to his country.

Yemen, the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula, has witnessed a bloody conflict since 2014 between forces loyal to the internationally recognized government and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The conflict escalated with the intervention of Saudi Arabia at the head of a military coalition in March 2015 to stop the Houthis' advance after they took control of the capital, Sana'a.

Since then, the conflict has killed tens of thousands of Yemenis and caused a humanitarian crisis that the United Nations described as the worst in the world, with the displacement of millions of people.

A member of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Othman Majali, said from Doha that Yemen is living in "exceptional circumstances, not among the reasons for which are the scarcity of resources ... (rather) the coup and the war launched by the terrorist Houthi militia against the Yemeni people, the militias that were trained and funded by the Iranian regime."

Mojalli spoke about "terrorist and racist movements created by Iran in Arab countries to spread chaos and control the region, its countries and capabilities."

He also referred to "Iran's continued sabotage practices in Yemen," accusing the Islamic Republic of "sending gifts of death that kill our people across the seas and across land from drones and ballistic missiles," to withdraw from the conference when the head of the Iranian delegation, Vice President Mohsen Mansouri, ascended to the podium.

Mansouri was quick to respond, saying at the end of his speech, "I feel sorry for the untruthful, baseless and irresponsible statements made by the person who spoke on behalf of Yemen. His attempt to divert attention from the agenda of the meeting is regrettable."

This comes days after the British Navy announced on Thursday that it had seized, on February 23, with the help of the US Navy, "Iranian" anti-tank missiles and components used in the manufacture of ballistic missiles from a boat in the Gulf waters during an attempt to smuggle them.

The weapons seized include Iranian-made anti-tank guided missiles, similar to the Russian Kornet, and components for medium-range ballistic missiles, according to the British Navy.

On Friday, Iran denied the accusations, which it described as "false allegations."

Tehran is accused of supporting the Houthi rebels militarily, but it denies this and insists that it only provides political support to them.