Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - The US Department of Commerce announced plans to increase enforcement of pre-existing anti-boycott laws, in an effort to pressure the Arab League to normalize relations with Israel .

According to the ministry, the new policy announced by the ministry on Thursday, October 6, 2022, will increase fines imposed on American companies that boycott Israel, and will also increase its focus on foreign subsidiaries of American companies.

Assistant Secretary of Commerce Matthew Axelrod, who oversees the Commerce Department's anti-boycott enforcement, disclosed the new policy in a memo to department staff and in a speech to the American Jewish Committee in Washington, a right-wing American Jewish organization known for its support of the Jewish settlement movement in the West Bank. Occupied West.

Axelrod, who was delivering his speech before the American Jewish Committee on the occasion of Yom Kippur, said, "It may surprise some of you to know that the Arab League's economic boycott of Israel is in fact older than Israel itself. It is the truth... The boycott of Israel existed before The existence of Israel.

Israel was born in 1948 when it won its war for independence. At the time of Israel's birth, the boycott of the Arab League had already been in place for two years, starting in 1946 as a boycott of Jewish goods and services in British-controlled Palestine.

Axelrod noted that "the initial declaration of the League of Arab States on the boycott stated that" Jewish products and goods considered undesirable to Arab countries are not "Israeli products and manufactures, but Jewish manufactured products and goods."

In other words, the boycott of the Arab League, from its inception, was not aimed at the Israelis (who were not yet as a people), but rather at the Jews.

The policy is based on a US law passed in 1979, which states that US companies and individuals will face criminal and civil penalties for participating in the Arab League's longstanding position to boycott Israel.

In his letter, Axelrod emphasized that the US Department of Commerce is doing everything it can to have the strongest anti-boycott enforcement program possible.

The political changes come two years after four Arab countries - the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan - broke the long-standing consensus in the Arab world by normalizing relations with Israel. Paved the way for the UAE and Israel to strengthen economic and security relations, prompting the US Department of Commerce last year to remove the UAE from the list of countries that were subject to its anti-boycott law.

"There is good news to report," Axelrod told the gathering Thursday. "A number of Arab League members have formally ended their participation in the Arab League's boycott of Israel, realizing that their national security, political stability, and economic prosperity are best served by improved diplomatic relations with Israel."

Egypt abandoned the boycott as part of its peace treaty with Israel in 1979, Jordan dropped the boycott as part of its peace treaty with Israel in 1994, and the Gulf Cooperation Council states—including Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia—announced in September 1994 that they would not abide Any longer with what you consider to be the secondary and tertiary aspects of the boycott."

He added, "The 2020 Abraham Accords normalized relations between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, ending their participation in the boycott (the UAE). Recently, Morocco and Sudan renounced the boycott and of course took steps to strengthen their relations with Israel."

He continued, "The United Arab Emirates and Israel now share diplomatic relations, tourism exchanges, and even a free trade agreement since May, and trade between the two is thriving. Likewise, Bahrain and Morocco have established strong relations with Israel and have begun to realize economic benefits from the enhanced cooperation, but some Arab countries continue to move." In the wrong direction, naysayers such as Syria's Assad have flatly rejected "normalization" with Israel, and in May, Iraq passed a law criminalizing even normalization of relations with Israel.

In his speech on Thursday, Axelrod said the new policy could help create pressure on countries that have not yet normalized relations with Israel, including Syria and Iraq, which he noted were "moving in the wrong direction," noting: "Our office has strengthened Anti-boycott compliance now has tools to help deter violations of our anti-boycott rules, and where deterrence has proven unsuccessful, it has now enhanced tools to punish offenders."

The Arab countries have always maintained the position that normalization with Israel will only come after its withdrawal from the illegally occupied territories, in conjunction with a just solution for the Palestinian refugees and a settlement leading to the establishment of an independent and viable Palestinian state.

While an anti-boycott measure would penalize companies involved in boycotting the Arab League, lawmakers in the United States are pushing for legislation to strengthen the measure.

The US 1979 law applies only to companies that boycott Israel as a result of their compliance with the laws of a foreign government, and last March House Republicans introduced a bill that would effectively prevent US citizens and companies from providing information to foreign countries and international organizations that “have the effect of promoting” the boycott. Israel.

Meanwhile, lawmakers are also working to advance laws that would criminalize the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

More than 30 US states have already passed their own versions of legislation that effectively force individuals and companies contracting with the state to sign a pledge not to boycott Israel.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation forces launched, at dawn and today, Tuesday, a massive campaign of arrests among citizens in separate areas of the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

Those forces carried out a wide campaign of raids on separate camps, villages, neighborhoods, towns and cities, where they arrested no less than 20 citizens.

In Bethlehem, 4 young men were injured during a massive operation carried out by the occupation forces in the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of the city, where the camp witnessed violent confrontations between the young men and the occupation forces.

Al-Quds.com correspondent reported, quoting eyewitnesses, that the confrontations centered in the center of the camp, where young men threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the occupation soldiers who fired rubber bullets and rubber bullets, injuring 4 young men with medium to light injuries, in addition to recording other injuries of suffocation among the citizens. As a result of the Israeli military forces throwing tear gas canisters.

The occupation soldiers arrested the young men, Murad al-Khamour, Zaid Sadouq, and Muhammad al-Masi, after storming their homes.

The occupation forces also destroyed and stormed the main entrance of the Creativity Foundation. Khaled Al-Saifi, the executive director of the foundation, said that the soldiers wreaked havoc on the foundation's headquarters.

The town of Beit Fajjar also witnessed similar confrontations at dawn today, which concentrated at its entrance and center, without any reports of injuries or arrests.

In Ramallah, at least 10 citizens were arrested, including 7 from Silwad, which witnessed a campaign of large raids and subjecting dozens of village residents to field investigations, while the editor, Bahaa El-Din Shujaia, was arrested from his home in the town of Deir Jarir, and the editor, Saleh Nofal, from Ras Karkar.

In Hebron, Muhammad Azmi Al-Zughair, his brother Hakam, Anas Ahrez, Hani Abu Sneina, Tamer Muhammad Omar, his brother Saleh, and Muhammad Qafisha were arrested.

In Jerusalem, Mustafa Muhammad Nasser, Yassin Nasser Abu Ryala, and his brother Imad were arrested.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The currency exchange rates against the Israeli shekel today, Saturday, are as follows:

Dollar exchange rate: 3.35 shekels.

Dinar exchange rate: 4.75 shekels.

Euro exchange rate: 3.56 shekels.

The exchange rate of the pound: 0.18 shekels.

The Hague - (AFP) - The Netherlands , on Wednesday, officially announced a water scarcity due to the drought that has hit it for several weeks, while a new heat wave is recorded in Europe.

The Dutch authorities had previously imposed restrictions on agriculture and navigation in some canals. And she indicated in a statement that new measures are being sought to conserve water during this drought period.

The country is protected from sea water by a system of dams and canals, but is still vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with about a third of its area below sea level.

"The Netherlands is the land of water, but here too our water is precious," said Infrastructure and Water Management Minister Mark Harbers.

This came as the government expected the drought to continue "for some time", with its emphasis on providing sufficient quantities of drinking water.

Several regions of the Netherlands, the second largest agricultural exporter in the world after the United States, prevented farmers from irrigating crops with surface water. Some navigation channels have also been closed, especially since salt water seeps from the sea into some rivers where water levels are very low, according to Harper's.

The government has made it clear that priority will now be given to the safety of the Dutch dam system, and then to the supply of drinking water and energy.

"It is becoming more and more visible in nature," Habers said. "That is why I ask all Dutch people to think carefully before they decide whether to wash their car or fill the inflatable pool completely."

The last official cases of water scarcity were reported in the Netherlands in 2011 and 2018.

And in July, the country recorded its third highest temperature, at 39.4 degrees Celsius, since the data began being recorded. A month earlier, it had suffered its first deadly hurricane in 30 years.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The European Union provided 2.6 million euros to farmers in the Gaza Strip, to support the "Reconstruction of the Private Agricultural Sector in Gaza" programme.

The EU contribution of €2.6 million targets 113 farmers and agricultural companies to relaunch, repair or replace agribusiness affected by the conflict. It covers a wide range of activities including acquisition of agricultural supplies, rehabilitation of land, water wells and other small scale infrastructure works, while incorporating smart and adaptive farming technologies.

The total financial value of the program is 10.5 million euros. So far, the program has targeted 375 Palestinian farmers and agricultural companies. The program was designed and implemented by the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture and the Risk Prevention and Agricultural Insurance Fund. Payments are made by the Ministry of Finance in the Palestinian Authority through a network of local banks, according to the statement.

"The Occupied Palestinian Territories have strong agricultural potential especially in Area C and Gaza, where farmers suffer most from the consequences of the ongoing conflict and the ongoing attacks from Before Israeli forces or settlers, I appreciate the resilience of Palestinian farmers on their land, who have demonstrated their commitment and managed to create income-generating opportunities that support their families and the local economy.

These payments come amid a continuous deterioration in the situation of the Palestinians, especially in Gaza, and only a few days after the recent escalation in the Strip and its environs. There is a need for a radical change in the political, security and economic situation in the Gaza Strip, including the Palestinian Authority's full resumption of its governmental functions in Gaza as an integral part of a future, viable, contiguous and democratic Palestinian state."

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أحسنت المقاومة المسلحة في قطاع غزة صنعاً بعدم انجرارها لحرب جديدة كانت تعد لها دولة الاحتلال، وتحويلها الى حرب دينية لا تبقي ولا تذر، خاصة وان دولة الاحتلال اتخذت كافة الاستعدادات لشن هذه الحرب في حال تدخل المقاومة في قطاع غزة ضد قوات الاحتلال وقطعان المستوطنين الذين استباحوا الاقصى بأعداد كبيرة هذه المرة الى جانب مسيرة ما يسمى الاعلام التي شارك فيها اعضاء كنيست من اليمين المتطرف والعنصري في استفزاز واضح وعنجهية لم يسبق لها مثيل منذ احتلال القدس عام ١٩٦٧.
فعدم رد المقاومة على محاولات دولة الاحتلال لا يعني انكسار المقاومة أو هزيمتها أمام التحدي الاحتلالي، بل على العكس من ذلك فإن عدم تنفيذ المقاومة لتهديداتها كان قراراً صائباً رغم ان آمال الكثير من ابناء شعبنا كانت معلقة على رد المقاومة على الزعرنة الاحتلالية والتي حاولت من خلال المسيرة واقتحام الاقصى بهذه الاعداد الكبيرة وغير المسبوقة اعادة الردع لقواتها التي لقنتها المقاومة العام الماضي درساً لا ينسى رغم تقديم أهلنا في القطاع تضحيات جسام جراء العدوان الاحتلالي الذي استهدف المدنيين قبل قوات المقاومة في محاولة للتغطية على فشله في هذا العدوان وطلبه من الوسطاء وقف اطلاق النار.
وكما يقولون فإن القتال جولات وليس جولة واحدة، وما دام شعبنا يقاوم فإن النتيجة الحتمية هي انتصار شعبنا على الاحتلال والحاق الهزيمة به، ففي النهاية النصر حليف الشعوب والهزيمة للاحتلال والاستعمار الاقتلاعي والاستيطاني.
فجولة واحدة من العنجهية للاحتلال لا يعني ان الاحتلال انتصر وفرض ارادته وان المقاومة وشعبنا لحقت بهم الهزيمة، بل على العكس من ذلك فإن المقاومة الشعبية التي واجهتها قوات الاحتلال في القدس وسائر الاراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة وفي الداخل، أكدت بأن القدس والضفة والقطاع اراض محتلة، وان ابناء شعبنا من خلال تصديهم لقوات الاحتلال وقطعان المستوطنين ورفع الاعلام الفلسطينية في سائر فلسطين وفي مقدمتها القدس سواء خلال مسيرة الاعلام في شارع صلاح الدين أو في أحياء وبلدات القدس وعلى المنازل، لهو دليل واضح بأن القدس فلسطينية وان جميع اجراءات وجرائم قوات الاحتلال وقطعان المستوطنين لم تستطع ان تحول دون رفع العلم الفلسطيني ورفرفته في الشوارع وعلى السيارات وفوق أسطح المنازل. ويكفي في المرحلة الحالية المقاومة الشعبية التي أبداها ويبديها ابناء شعبنا في مواجهة الاحتلال وغطرسته.

Los Angeles - (AFP) - Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and comedian Pete Davidson have split after nine months of dating, US media reported.

E! The Specialist quoted an anonymous source as saying that Kardashian and Davidson broke up this week because their busy schedules "made it really difficult to maintain a relationship."

Billionaire Kim Kardashian, 41, met Pete Davidson, 28, star of the popular TV show “Saturday Night Live,” in 2019, but she did not start a romantic relationship with him until November 2021, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The two stars appeared together in many public events, such as the "Met Gala" in New York in May, in which Kardashian wore the dress of the late star Marilyn Monroe, who sang while wearing "Happy Birthday Mr. President" in 1962 to then-US President John F. Kennedy.

But the relationship was punctuated by scandals, including attacking Kardashian's ex-husband Kanye West Davidson on "Instagram".
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West divorced in March and they have four children, two girls and two boys.

This was the third divorce of Kardashian, who was married to music producer Damon Thomas between 2000 and 2004 and basketball player Kris Humphries in 2011, and in a marriage that lasted only 72 days.

Written by: Dr. Dalal Saeb Erekat
Last Thursday, Israel and Lebanon signed a maritime border agreement mediated by the United States, which was reached this month, opening the way for energy exploration in the sea. To develop the offshore natural gas field off the coast of the Gaza Strip, indicating that talks are underway to reach a final agreement
It is no secret to talk about gas fields and their extraction, as the Egyptian-Israeli negotiations began two years ago, and agreements were signed between Israel and the countries bordering the coast, i.e. the exclusive water economic zone. We mention Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, and now Lebanon. ‏
Following the example of the pragmatic school, what is happening is very understandable, but from a realistic view, we wonder: Where is the Palestinian role in these agreements? ‏
There has been public talk about the gas production agreement from the (Gaza Marine) field. For information, there are billions of dollars in the depths of the sea that can build an independent and resistant Palestinian economy. ,
(Gaza Marine), is the first field discovered in the waters of the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the nineties, before the Egyptian and Israeli gas fields, and it was a motive for the countries of the eastern Mediterranean basin to intensify exploration operations.
The Palestinians tried to work on the gas project with the British and the Dutch, but the occupation prevented that, but with the entry of the Egyptian party, there is a clear-cut project, as the Republic of Egypt has 45% of the project! ‏
The gas field is located 36 km from the shores of Gaza, and it is an area under full and sole Israeli control. As for international law regarding the territorial waters of countries, the Palestinian right is fixed, just like the right of any of the countries that enjoy territorial water borders around this region. ‏

The parties benefiting from this project are clear, and the gas reserves in this field are estimated at about 30 billion cubic meters, and at a production rate of one and a half billion cubic meters annually, it will generate revenues between 6-7 billion dollars annually. In the event that the Palestinian Authority enters as a partner, it will obtain a number of billions, not less than two, and this is worthy of increasing its revenues and supporting its budget, which amounts to 5 billion dollars annually, meaning that this income will increase the revenues of the Authority by no less than 40% annually, and this is a great thing if We have not looked at approving the authority's budget and its direct connection with the donor countries, and what this project will achieve in terms of economic independence if the authority plays its natural role in this project. Official data provided by the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum indicates that the gas reserve in Gaza Marine is estimated at about one trillion cubic feet, while its production capacity extends to between 10 and 12 years, and is expected to generate high returns during its operation period. ‏
The worrying issue is that while Israel appears as a supplier of natural gas and engages with European Union countries to export gas as an alternative to energy sources, the Palestinians are still divided; From the point of view of Hamas in Gaza, its interest lies in obtaining electricity 24 hours a day for the entire Gaza Strip, and this is very important for Hamas, and it is self-evident because there are Egyptian efforts and interests behind this project. It is difficult for Hamas to play a negative role in this file. While the authority has not yet expressed an official position and has not provided clear information about its existence as a party or not, in light of the emergence of some news that talked about the participation of the Palestinian Investment Fund and Palestinian private companies in this project, and this was reported by a group of state parties, which confirmed that the Palestinians are a party In this agreement! ‏
Gas is the treasure of the century, and therefore it is necessary to know where the Palestinian role is and how to serve the Palestinian interest by employing gas in a pragmatic and national manner. ‏

- Dalal Erekat: Professor of Diplomacy and Strategic Planning, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Arab American University. ‏

Barcelona - (AFP) - When they were eight years old, Sergio and Javier Torres decided to become chefs and achieve great achievements in this field. More than forty years later, the twins from Barcelona have risen to this challenge with a three-star rating, the Michelin Guide's highest score.

"The plan was perfect," said Javier, 51, smiling in an interview with AFP.

In order to achieve success, the two brothers, whose choice of field of work surprised their family, decided to undergo training, each one individually, with the aim of collecting the largest amount of information possible.

"When we left Barcelona, the idea was that Sergio would take one path and I would take another, and then we would meet when we were ready," Javier adds.

During the training years, they moved between several Michelin-starred restaurants in Spain, Switzerland and France.

Before settling in Paris, where he worked at the Alain Ducasse restaurant, Sergio worked for two years at the Jardin des Sens restaurant in Montpellier (southern France) alongside two other three-star Michelin twins, Jacques and Laurent Pourcel.

Sergio continues, sitting near his brother in their restaurant, "The Torres Brothers' Kitchen."

Their restaurant, which opened in 2018, represents the culmination of the dream of two children from a popular neighborhood in Barcelona who loved cooking thanks to their grandmother, who, like many, came to Barcelona from southern Spain in search of a better future in Catalonia (northeast) after the civil war (1936-1939).

"Our grandmother took care of us, and since she spent her day in the kitchen, we grew up in a kitchen. Literally," says Sergio.
The twins grew up in a warm atmosphere that they revived when they decided four years ago to open their own restaurant after they won two stars in the Michelin Guide. Their first start was in a project within a large hotel in Barcelona, "Dos Cielos".

The two brothers then visited more than two hundred sites before their choice fell on an old industrial warehouse that receives fifty people on each front it offers, so they sit around three tables extended in the center of the hall while the chefs are busy around them.

The cost of testing this unique meal is 255 euros, in which the visitor gets dishes from the tasting menu, in addition to 160 euros if he wants to eat wine with the dishes. This amount is considered too high for many in Spain, where the minimum wage is around 1,000 euros.

However, high-end restaurants, with their exorbitant costs, are not as profitable as they think, according to Sergio and Javier Torres.

"We did a lot of work in parallel with our own project to be able to finance it," says Javier, such as working on television programs or preparing cookbooks, noting that the project represents "an investment of about three million euros that Sergio and I had to secure, in the absence of any other investor."

It's noon, and fifty employees working in the kitchen and hall are busy completing the last details before the customers arrive. Among these workers are many young men eager to succeed in a profession whose difficulties are often overlooked.

Sergio says, "There is an impression today that the chef is like a superstar" hosted by television stations, but the reality is that cooking is "a very difficult path with long working hours, and success in it is very difficult. An incredible percentage of perseverance must be shown."
He concludes with a smile, "It is necessary to take risks, to give everything we have, otherwise we will not live our lives."

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs warned in its report today, Thursday, of the worsening health conditions of the sick prisoner, Nasser Abu Hamid , who is subjected to systematic medical violations, so that he is constantly targeted, and the prison administration deliberately practices a policy of slow killing against him.

After the visit of her lawyer, Karim Ajwa, the commission added that the detainee Abu Hamid, who is in Ramla prison, has spread cancer to new and different parts of the body of the prisoner, Nasser Abu Hamid, including the brain.

The authority indicated that the occupation prison administration continues to detain Abu Hamid in the so-called Ramla prison clinic, which is considered one of the worst prisons, and dozens of our brave prisoners have been martyred as a result of the crime of willful medical negligence.

The Commission confirmed that the health condition of the prisoner, Abu Hamid, requires unremitting efforts at several local and international levels, in order to release him and obtain his freedom.

The authority held the occupying state fully responsible for the fate of the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, and the hundreds of sick prisoners in his prisons.

Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan (Xinhua) - At least 4 passengers were killed and 10 others injured in a traffic accident that occurred in northern Afghanistan's Balkh province, the provincial police office confirmed in a statement on Sunday.

The statement said that the fatal accident occurred on a road linking Shulgara district with Mazar-i-Sharif city, capital of Balkh province, yesterday evening (Saturday), when two Corolla cars collided with each other, killing 4 passengers, including women and children, on the spot and injuring 10 others.

The statement blamed the recklessness of drivers and the poor condition of the roads for the fatal accident in the mountainous region.

On Tuesday, 4 passengers were killed and 8 others were injured in a similar accident in Badigs province, in the west of the country.

Bank of Palestine Group achieved a growth in its net profits for the first half of the year 2022 by 20.4%, as the profits after calculating taxes and expenses amounted to $34.9 million, compared to a net profit of $28.9 million for the same period last year. Assets also recorded a slight decrease in the first half, to record $6.30 billion.

The consolidated financial results of the Bank of Palestine group, which were disclosed to the stock exchange, showed an increase in total income by 15.3%, amounting to $133.5 million for the second quarter of this year, compared to $115.8 million achieved by the group in the corresponding period of last year. In light of the financial statements disclosed by the Bank of Palestine Group, the total equity has increased to reach $512.6 million, achieving a growth of 3.3%, compared to $496.1 million at the end of 2021. While the paid-up capital amounted to ,577223,958 million American dollar.

With regard to credit facilities, they recorded a slight decrease in their numbers for the first half of this year, at the level of $3.43 billion, compared to $3.45 billion recorded at the end of 2021. Customer deposits also decreased slightly during the aforementioned financial period, by 2.1%, to reach $5.19. One billion dollars, compared to $5.31 billion recorded at the end of 2021. This is due to the depreciation of the dollar against the shekel and other currencies.

Mr. Hashim Shawa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of Palestine Group, expressed his happiness with the group’s financial performance for the first half of the year 2022. He said: “We are proud of the financial results that the group was able to achieve, which were evident, especially in light of the political and economic challenges that Palestine is experiencing, to represent As a reflection of our directions towards promoting economic development, sustainability, and financial digitization that we have adopted in the group.

Shawa added that the group is looking forward to meeting the needs of its customers and shareholders by providing the best and advanced financial services, stressing that the Bank of Palestine Group is constantly reviewing its strategy with regard to its operations and financial activities for the coming years, in search of growth opportunities at home and abroad, in addition to focusing on diversifying its sources of income. Revenues by increasing the share of its subsidiaries in the local and regional market, and investing in new financial and commercial businesses.

In line with its strategy for digital transformation, the Chairman of the Board stated that the Bank of Palestine Group has recently invested in Mada Al-Arab Company, which is considered one of the leading companies in the field of optical fibers, in line with the long-term vision of the Board of Directors of the Group, to support efforts in preparing the infrastructure Able to accelerate the process of digital transformation in Palestine. In addition to its role in supporting leading companies, including startups, and business incubators, as the Intersect incubator of the group accelerates the time in order to enhance the role of young people in the fields of financial technology, develop their ideas, open markets for them at home and abroad, and connect them with investors and financiers.

In his turn, Mr. Mahmoud Shawa, General Manager of Bank of Palestine, said that the financial results achieved during the first half of this year were based on the expansion of financial inclusion to include all segments of society, and focus on distinguished customer service, including the productive sectors.

Mahmoud Shawa confirmed that these profits would not have been achieved had it not been for Bank of Palestine’s continued investment in developing and designing modern digital services, by providing multiple digital channels that keep pace with changes in the local and global environment, and are in line with the needs of its customers and meet their banking financial aspirations, in a way that achieves the principle of financial inclusion and creating A sustainable development environment for both our society and our economy.

Mahmoud Shawa referred to a number of the group's achievements within the sustainability efforts and investment initiatives, including the bank's joining as a member of the Global Impact Investing Network, to explore prospects for searching for new opportunities to build relationships and partnerships with international organizations, to create a better world. For future generations, taking into account climate change, working to reduce carbon, and meeting community investments.

It is noteworthy that Bank of Palestine won the award for the best bank in treasury and cash management during this year, and the best bank in Palestine for the year 2022 from Global Finance magazine, and the bank also won the silver award for gender and economic inclusion from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- Official data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday showed that the unemployment rate based on a survey of urban areas in China continued to decline in July, from 5.5 percent in June to 5.4 percent in July.

In the first seven months of this year, 7.83 million new jobs were created in urban areas, according to the authority.

The survey-based unemployment rate among 25-59-year-olds, who make up the majority of the labor market, fell to 4.3 percent in July, according to the data.

The surveyed unemployment rate in 31 major cities came to 5.6 percent in July, down 0.2 percentage points from June.

The urban survey-based unemployment rate is calculated based on the number of unemployed people who participated in the urban employment survey, including migrant workers in cities.

Al-Bireh - exclusive to Al-Quds.com - The journalist and freed prisoner , Bushra Al- Taweel, from the city of Al-Bireh, confirmed that she left the female prisoners to suffer in light of the winter weather and its bitter cold, from a lack of heating means, and from a lack of clothing, especially for the new prisoners.

Al-Taweel, who was released on the eleventh of last month, said, "There are currently 30 female prisoners in Damoun prison, and the living conditions of the female prisoners are difficult in the winter, with a lack of heating means, and electric heaters are not enough, as there is one for every four female prisoners, and the families are trying to Bringing clothes in, but the prison administration oppresses them and tries to prevent them, as there is a shortage of entering clothes, as well as blankets.”

According to al-Taweel, "female prisoners are allowed once every 3 months to bring in clothes and some light blankets, which constitutes a shortage in the needs of female prisoners, especially the new ones, and this deficiency affects their psyche more."

With regard to food and drink, Al-Taweel confirms in an interview with Al-Quds.com that the food provided and the ingredients of hot drinks are bad, including bread, as well as drinking water. The prisoners are forced to buy mineral water at their own expense from the cantina, because the water in the network is worrisome and has a strange color. .

Al-Taweel indicated that the female prisoners refuse to eat the food provided by the prison administration, which forces them to collect food ingredients such as vegetables and others, and they cook the food with their own hands, or buy some ingredients at their own expense.

On the other hand, Al-Taweel confirmed that when she was released from the occupation prisons, she left behind 5 female prisoners suffering from mental illnesses and their conditions are worsening, and the female prisoners are all calling for action to treat them. "A complaint was submitted about this through lawyers and human rights institutions, but to no avail."

Al-Taweel indicated that among the female prisoners who suffer as a result of their injuries are: Israa Jaabis and Marah Bakir, both from Jerusalem, and they need treatment for the effects of their injuries, despite the passage of about 8 years since their arrest, and there is also the prisoner Ataf Jaradat, who suffers from chronic diseases and needs care. .

According to Al-Taweel, the female prisoners demand an improvement in their living conditions, as well as the provision of treatment for sick female prisoners, whether for psychological conditions, chronic diseases, or the injured, and work for their release, and for human rights institutions to stand by them, especially in light of the threats and escalation against male and female prisoners in prisons, and the above. This is out of neglect of their case, while Al-Taweel indicates that he did not move anything after the martyrdom of the captive Saadia Farajallah.

According to Al-Taweel, there are 30 female prisoners in Damon Prison, including 3 minors and four mothers, and their daily life conditions need to be improved, stressing that the female prisoners, in light of the statements and threats by the new occupation government, demand more attention to their case.

Al-Taweel indicated that the occupation tried during the past periods, especially after the "Freedom Tunnel" operation, to impose measures on the prisoners, and found in the female prisoners a point of provocation against the captive movement, and began to impose measures on them, which prompted the captive movement to escalate afterwards, while Al-Taweel warns that the occupation authorities should legislate By imposing procedures and penalties on female prisoners, as a prelude to escalation against the captive movement.

The occupation forces released the journalist, Bushra Al-Taweel, on the eleventh of last month, after an administrative detention that lasted 9 months in the occupation prisons, noting that she spent more than 4 years in the occupation prisons.

Khartoum , (AFP) - Sudanese police fired tear gas canisters to disperse thousands of demonstrators who took to the streets of Khartoum again Thursday, demanding the return of civilian rule and an end to the military coup carried out by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan last year.

According to eyewitnesses, the demonstrators carried Sudanese flags and chanted "No to military rule" and "Civilian people's choice."

Sudan, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world and mired in its political and economic crises since the fall of former President Omar al-Bashir in 2019, has been suffering from continuous unrest since the military coup that took place on October 25th.

This prompted the Sudanese to demonstrate regularly since then, to demand an end to military rule, and the demonstrations often included violent confrontations with the security forces, which resulted in the killing of 116 demonstrators, according to the Central Committee of Doctors of Sudan against the coup.

The worsening economic crisis and security chaos led to an escalation of ethnic clashes in areas far from the capital.

Al-Burhan has always insisted on describing what happened as "correcting" the course of the transitional period and that it was not a military coup.

On July 4, al-Burhan announced that the military institution would "not participate" in the national dialogue called for by the United Nations and the African Union to "pave the way for political and revolutionary forces ... and to form a government of independent national competencies."

However, Al-Burhan's announcement was rejected by the demonstrators and opposition forces. The Forces for Freedom and Change described the announcement as an "exposed maneuver".

Recently, Al-Burhan announced his support for an initiative known as "The Call of the People of Sudan", which is sponsored by the famous Sufi religious leader, Al-Tayeb Al-Jedd Badr, aimed at ending the political crisis in the country. Its conference was launched on Saturday in the presence of dozens of political parties.

Absent from the conference was the main opposition coalition in the country, the Forces for Freedom and Change, whose members were ousted from the transitional body in the Burhan coup.

Also absent are members of the Resistance Committees, informal groups that emerged during the 2019 protests against former President Omar al-Bashir and have regularly opposed the military coup during recent demonstrations.

In an interview earlier this month with BBC Arabic, the deputy head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, criticized the military coup and said, "Unfortunately, we also did not succeed in change."

البيرة – اختتم اتحاد الكيك بوكسينغ، يوم السبت، ورشة عمل للحكام، في مركز الفهد الرياضي بمدينة رام الله، بمشاركة 20 حكماً من مختلف المحافظات الشمالية.

وحاضر في الورشة، الحكم الدولي، تامر بكر، رئيس لجنة الحكام، حيث تضمنت الورشة الجانب العملي لمهام القضاة وحكم الوسط لتخصصات الحلبة التالية: “فل كونتاكت – لو كيك – كي ون”.
وأوضح سمير عثامنة، رئيس الاتحاد، أن هذه الورشة تأتي ضمن خطة الاتحاد لتهيئة الكادر التحكيمي، لإدارة مختلف المنافسات التي ينظمها الاتحاد.

وشكر عثامنة الحكام على التزامهم بالمشاركة، مثمناً جهد الحكم الدولي تامر بكر على كل ما قدمه في الورشة التي تهدف إلى الارتقاء بالجانب التحكيمي، الذي يعد أحد الأركان الرئيسية للعبة.

وأشار عثامنة إلى الاتحاد مستمر في تنفيذ أجندته التطويرية لكادر اللعبة، خلال الدورة الأولمبية الحالية، بهدف الحفاظ على المكتسبات التي حققها الاتحاد على الساحة المحلية.

Kiev ( Ukraine ) - (AFP) - Ukraine announced Monday that it expects to export the first shipments of grain "this week" in accordance with the agreement signed with Moscow, despite the Russian bombing that targeted Saturday the port of Odessa, which is considered pivotal in sending shipments.

"We expect work on the agreement to begin in the next few days, and we expect a coordination center to be established in Istanbul in the next few days. We are preparing everything to start this week," Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov told a press conference.

He pointed out that the main obstacle to the export of grain is the dangers of Russian bombing, especially after the strike that targeted the port of Odessa on the Black Sea on Saturday, which is considered pivotal for the shipment of grain.

Kubrakov called on Turkey and the United Nations, the guarantors of the agreement, to secure the Ukrainian shipments, warning that "if the parties do not guarantee security, it will not work."

What also impedes the export of grain is the presence of naval mines laid by Ukrainian forces to prevent Russia from carrying out a landing operation on its coast. The minister said that the mines would only be cleared "in the corridor necessary for export operations."

He added that Ukrainian ships would accompany the shipments, which could also transport fertilizers as well as grain.

For his part, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yuri Vaskov stated that the port of Chornomorsk (southwest) will be the first port from which shipments will be launched, followed by the port of Odessa (south), then the port of Pevdenye (southwest).

"During the next two weeks, we will be technically ready to export shipments of grain from all Ukrainian ports," he said.

Ukraine's grain exports are essential to global food security, and 25 million tons of them have been stuck in the country since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Prime Ministry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Palestinian factions condemned, on Sunday, the crime of field execution carried out by the Israeli occupation forces against the citizen Ahmed Hassan Kahla (45 years), who was martyred at an occupation checkpoint near the town of Silwad , east of Ramallah.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh held the occupation authorities fully responsible for the ongoing crimes, calling on the United Nations to provide international protection for our people.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates also condemned the heinous crime of execution, and considered it part of a series of daily crimes committed by the occupation forces against Palestinian citizens, with instructions from the political level in the occupying state that made it easier for soldiers to kill any Palestinian without posing any danger to the occupation soldiers.

The ministry held the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for these crimes and their consequences and repercussions on the conflict arena.

The ministry called on the International Criminal Court to break its silence and speed up its investigations. Especially in light of the escalation in the occupation’s crimes against the Palestinian people, and in the face of the official Israeli disregard for international condemnations and UN calls for stopping the escalation, achieving calm, and stopping illegal unilateral measures.

For its part, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine mourned the martyr Kahla, stressing that "the field executions carried out by the occupation against our people in the West Bank and Jerusalem under flimsy pretexts will not break the will of our people, who rose up in the face of the occupation and its aggressions that escalate day after day, especially with the escalation of actions." resistance to this enemy in the occupied West Bank.

The front said: "The assassinations and field executions against Palestinians in cold blood reflect the racism and fascism that characterizes the state of the Zionist entity, which requires a popular and national response to it in all forms and means."

The Islamic Jihad Movement also mourned the martyr Kahla, considering that the scene of his execution in front of the eyes of the world, is a heinous crime that proves over and over again the extent of oppression against all our people, who will increase their determination, determination and adherence to our just cause. As stated in the text of its statement.

And she stressed that the resistance will not be silent for long in the face of this fascist crime, and in the face of the killing of 13 citizens within two weeks.

بكين - (شينخوا) كشفت الصين يوم الاثنين الماضي عن خطة لتعزيز النمو الأخضر في القطاع الصناعي لأجل مساعدة الدولة على تحقيق هدفها بالوصول إلى ذروة انبعاثات الكربون.

وحسب الخطة الصادرة من وزارة الصناعة وتكنولوجيا المعلومات واللجنة الوطنية للتنمية والإصلاح ووزارة الإيكولوجيا والبيئة، فإنه بحلول عام 2025، سينخفض استهلاك الطاقة لكل وحدة قيمة مضافة لدى الشركات الصناعية التي لا تقل الإيرادات السنوية لكل منها عن 20 مليون يوان (حوالي 2.96 مليون دولار أمريكي)، سينخفض بنسبة 13.5 في المائة مقارنة مع عام 2020 .

وذكرت الخطة أنه سيتم بذل جهود لتعزيز التحسين والترقية للهياكل الصناعية، وكبح التطور الأعمى للمشروعات منخفضة المستوى ذات الاستهلاك المرتفع للطاقة والانبعاثات العالية، علاوة على تطوير صناعات خضراء ومنخفضة الكربون.

وبحلول عام 2030، ستبلغ نسبة المركبات العاملة بالطاقة الجديدة والطاقة النظيفة حوالي 40 في المائة من إجمالي المركبات الجديدة، بينما ستنخفض كثافة انبعاث ثاني أكسيد الكربون من سيارات الركاب والمركبات التجارية بنسبتي 25 في المائة و 20 في المائة على التوالي مقارنة مع عام 2020 .

وأشارت الخطة إلى سيتم تعزيز التكنولوجيات الرقمية بشكل أكبر لتمكين التحول الأخضر ومنخفض الكربون للقطاع الصناعي، مع تسريع وتيرة تطبيق وترويج الحلول الرقمية منخفضة الكربون.

Jerusalem - Pal Sport Agency / The first military swimming championship was inaugurated in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, today, Monday, in the presence of the official presence of the leadership of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the presence of the military attache at the Embassy of the State of Palestine. It was marked by the presence of a group of the Palestinian community who came to support the military swimming team.

The opening ceremony included a speech by the Sudanese Armed Forces delivered by the Sudanese Deputy Chief of Staff and the speech of the Arab Union for Military Sports, under whose supervision the tournament is being held, and a presentation of Sudanese folklore and show swimming.

The preliminary competitions for the 400-meter freestyle, 50-meter breaststroke, 200-meter backstroke and individual medley, 100-meter butterfly and freestyle, and 4 * 200-meter freestyle relay were launched.

The Palestinian military team mission consisted of:

Major Muhammad Khataba, head of the delegation

Captain Youssef Iyad Rammal, team manager

Captain Ahmed Al-Hamidi 100-meter freestyle race

First Lieutenant Osama Kaabih 50-meter backstroke

Wael Jabara, the first sergeant in the 50-meter freestyle race

Abdel Hamid Assaf, the first sergeant in the 100 freestyle race.

Written by: Jamal Zaqout
"Bye bye PLO" This was announced by Brzezinski, the former US National Security Adviser during the Carter administration in 1979, and Menachem Begin repeated it after the PLO's steadfastness in Beirut during the Israeli war on the Palestinian political and armed presence in Lebanon in 1982, which, although it led to Until the PLO and the bases of the Palestinian revolution left Lebanon, it was still able to reject the American conditions to join the so-called American settlement train at the time. We remember how the Palestinian leader Abu Ammar answered at the time when a journalist asked him, "Where are you going, Abu Ammar?" Arafat replied, "To Palestine."

This answer and that force had its costs, which must be paid through attempts to contain the PLO, which it was impossible to succeed in without working to tear it apart and weaken it, in preparation for its subjugation. Despite the correctness of the demands raised by the Democratic Reform Movement in the Fatah movement at the time, it quickly slid into a bloody schism in which a number of Arab regimes became involved, and it culminated in attempts to harm the organization’s legitimacy and status, until the arduous dialogue between the Democratic Alliance and the Fatah movement resulted in the completion of the Aden Agreement. -Algeria and the convening of the National Council in Algiers "April 1987", a step that paved the way for mobilizing the energies of the Palestinian people and the outbreak of the great Palestinian uprising "December 1987".

The occasion of this urgent narration is the unprecedented state of weakness and disintegration of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the keenness of its influential members to maintain the state of impotence, and the limitation of its role to sealing the representation that no longer has a serious impact on the political reality for various reasons, the most important of which is the failure of betting on the organization with all its credit. In the course of the Oslo settlement, without achieving anything but the expansion of the fragmentation of the organization’s reality and the marginalization of its position behind the authority, which also began to erode, especially after the Hamas coup in 2007.

The failure of the Oslo process as a transitional phase to end the occupation and enable the Palestinian people to determine their own destiny, without the forces of the Liberation Organization striving to revise this path, formed and continues to constitute the infrastructure for the state of division that deepens and opens the gates of hell for further dismantling the organization, which has turned into a mere tool in The hand of the Palestinian presidency to proceed with the process of engineering the Palestinian situation away from the popular will, and instead of national consensus with rising political and social forces in political life on a vision outside the Oslo track, the PLO restores its broad, pluralistic coalition character as a national front to lead the stage of national liberation.

This fragile and eroding reality revitalizes and revives attempts to create alternatives and control the organization, a strategy that has never disappeared from the agenda of Hamas, or proceeded with its dismantling and erasure, as Israel has sought throughout the past era.

The fundamental question facing Palestinian patriots, in light of the overthrow of Fatah pluralism, the disappearance of what is known as democratic forces, and the alignment of most of its components on both sides of the division, is how to build an independent democratic national movement that contributes to saving the national cause, because any attempt does not distance itself from the state of division and restore Focusing its mission on building a historical popular bloc, which risks slipping towards further fragmentation of the “disintegrated and eroded state of the organization,” rather than repairing it, restoring its unity, or even rebuilding it.

And so that the good intentions of reviving the PLO do not turn, the road to hell has always been a bed of roses, even if it was adorned with slogans of democratizing the organization, merely as a new tool for division and warfare against "eroded legitimacy"; The true guarantor of this historical process calls for building a broad national democratic current that is open to all patriots who believe in political and intellectual pluralism in the face of policies of hegemony, monopoly of power, and exclusivity in the national political and struggle decision, and they seek to end division and restore unity in the face of occupation.

Building the popular bloc that pressures to stop the policy of dismantling the organization cannot be successful by siding with either side of the divisive scene, but rather by unifying the efforts of the components of that popular bloc away from the factional diseases that aborted attempts to build a democratic assembly, and undermined the efforts of independent democratic patriots to build an independent democratic national movement. The invitation to the founding conference of the Independent Democratic Current was canceled at the last moment.

The survival of the state of the Liberation Organization and the authority as it is of the disintegration and erosion of its social incubator needs careful and calm treatment, not the security fist to prevent and suppress jurisprudence and initiatives, nor leaps in the vacuum of the divisive atmosphere, and perhaps the first step that constitutes the direction of the main blow to rebuild the Liberation Organization on democratic foundations, It begins with continuous pressure by the real affected by the division and its national, economic and social consequences, especially youth, women and other marginalized groups, to agree to form a government of national unity, and not colluding to write off this pivotal step, as happened in the recent Algerian dialogue, and so that the highest priority of this government is concentrated in Providing all means of popular and national steadfastness in the face of the plans of the fascist right-wing government, and establishing an environment and internal political and security climates that pave the way for holding general presidential and legislative elections, and open the way towards the election of “and consensus where it cannot be held” a new National Council, to rebuild the organization and comprehensive national unity within its framework, Including all gatherings of the Palestinian people in all places of their presence on the basis of absolute adherence to the right to self-determination and the rules of international law and United Nations resolutions related to the Palestinian cause, and focus the general national effort on rebuilding the identity and the unifying national institution in the face of the Israeli strategy of liquidation, expulsion and displacement.

Washington - (AFP) - The family of journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh , who was killed while covering the occupation forces' storming of the Jenin camp in May, urged the United States today, Tuesday, to conduct an independent investigation and hold Israel accountable, on a visit to Washington at the invitation of Secretary of State Anthony. blinkin.

The family, who will also meet deputies, said it calls on the United States to conduct a "comprehensive, credible, independent and transparent" investigation into Abu Aqleh's killing.

"For far too long, the United States has enabled Israel to kill with impunity by providing arms, immunity, and diplomatic cover," her brother Tony Abu-Aqleh wrote in a statement.

"Impunity leads to repetition. We are here to do our part and ensure this cycle ends," he added.

"If we allow Shireen's murder to be ignored, we are sending the message that the lives of American citizens abroad do not matter, that the lives of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation do not matter, and that the most courageous journalists in the world, those who cover the human impact of armed conflict and violence, They can be dispensed with."

The Palestinian-American journalist Abu Aqleh, who had been working for the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera for 25 years, was killed on May 11 after being shot in the head while she was covering the occupation's raid on the outskirts of Jenin camp, in the northern West Bank.

On July 4, the United States issued a statement saying that Abu Aqeela was likely hit by Israeli fire, but that there was no evidence that her killing was intentional, and that the bullet was too badly damaged to reach a "final conclusion."

The Palestinians and the journalist's family condemned the statement at the time, describing it as "attempts to obscure the truth" in the case of the murder of journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh.

Israel says it is still investigating her killing and rejects allegations that it targeted a female journalist.

The Abu Aqel family tried in vain to meet US President Joe Biden when he visited Israel and the West Bank earlier this month. However, Blinken invited the family to visit Washington, as National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced at the time.

Blinken earlier spoke to her family by phone and publicly criticized Israel for using force at her funeral when police prevented mourners from raising Palestinian flags and chanting patriotic slogans. Abu Aqelah's coffin almost fell to the ground from the hands of the mourners after they were beaten with batons by the Israeli police, who arrested some of them.

Khartoum - (AFP) Tribal clashes in Darfur have claimed the lives of at least seven people in this vast and turbulent region in western Sudan , according to the official Sudan News Agency.

Clashes took place between Arab tribes of pastoralists and other African tribes in a village near Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, according to eyewitnesses.

The reasons for these confrontations could not be determined immediately.

"A group of shepherds riding camels and motorbikes began attacking the village of Amori, and the village was burned, four citizens were killed and three others were wounded," as well as two other people who were killed on Wednesday and Thursday, the Sudan News Agency reported, quoting the South Darfur State Security Committee.

After that, another person was also killed in these confrontations, which spread to neighboring villages, whose shops were looted and partially burned, according to the same source.

A medical source confirmed to AFP that 20 wounded patients had been transferred to Nyala Hospital.

Tribal clashes are recurring in the Darfur region, which has been witnessing a state of instability since 2003 as a result of the conflict that began after armed groups belonging to African minorities took up arms against the Arab-backed Khartoum government, claiming that the region was marginalized politically and economically.

According to the United Nations, the conflict has left 300,000 dead and 2.5 million people displaced.

And the frequency of tribal conflicts increased after the coup of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the army commander, against the civilian government that took power after the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in 2019.

Washington (AFP) - US e-cigarette maker Juul said Tuesday it had reached a landmark agreement to end more than 5,000 complaints filed by 10,000 people over accusations it targeted teens in its marketing strategy and sales of its products to them.

"Jules Labs has reached agreements with the plaintiffs," the group said in a statement, without giving details.
She pointed out that the financing of this process will be through "money in the form of shares."

The American company pointed out that the solution is "global" and covers complaints against "Jules Labs and its heads and managers" before a court in California.

Some of the lawsuits were brought on charges of bodily harm, while others were filed en masse by consumers, government entities, or indigenous tribes.

"These settlements represent a major step in strengthening Juul Labs' operations and securing the company's path to fulfill its mission of providing adult smokers with a transitional solution to smoke-free (tobacco)-based cigarettes while addressing their use by minors," the company said.

The company is facing a series of lawsuits, and a decision was issued against it by the US health authorities, which in June banned the sale of electronic cigarettes in the country, a decision that was partially lifted by an appeals court in Washington.

And "Jul" recently announced a restructuring plan that includes employee dismissals, which would avoid bankruptcy thanks to capital provided by shareholders.

And the American company stated that “during the past year,” it “reached agreements with 37 states and regions,” stressing that it will continue “talks with other major parties to resolve the remaining disputes.”

The past months have witnessed the announcement of several agreements, one of which was in September with 34 states and territories in the United States, for which compensation amounted to $438.5 million.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Federation of Bodybuilding and Physical Fitness announced that it had obtained professional cards for Palestinian players, in an achievement that is considered the first of its kind in the history of the Federation.

Professional cards are considered a key towards facilitating the participation of Palestinian players in international forums, and ensuring their classification by the International Federation.

The Federation stated, in a statement, that this achievement came as a result of the efforts and correspondence of the Palestinian Federation with the International Federation, which is headed by Rafael Santoja.

The President of the Federation of Bodybuilding, Bashir Salama, confirmed that the presidency of the International Federation did not hesitate to provide unlimited support for this sport in Palestine, referring to what the President of the International Federation, Santoja, confirmed his pride in the efforts of the Palestinian Federation during the past two years in developing the management of the Federation.

Salameh pointed out that Santoja expressed his appreciation for the efforts of the Technical Committee of the Palestinian Federation, which is headed by Ghaleb Tartir, for its tireless efforts in developing the game.

He also pointed out that the President of the Arab, African and Egyptian Federation, Vice President of the International Federation, Adel Fahim, praised the achievements of the Palestinian Federation, which represent a positive distinction during the recent times, and that he stressed that Palestine is his second country and will not hesitate to provide support and assistance to advance this sport in Palestine.

For his part, Al-Tartir confirmed that the technical staff of the Federation of referees and technicians have a high responsibility and a professional level that enables them to reach advanced stages in this sport, as the Technical Committee had participated in a refresher arbitration course in Jordan under the supervision of the International Federation, in which the Palestinian Federation referees proved their professionalism and high readiness.

Al-Tartir indicated that the technical committee's achievements were one of the pillars for obtaining international professional cards.

Tripoli - (dpa) - Members of the Supreme Council of State in Libya considered the Dbeiba government to have "necessarily expired," referring to the time period of the road map it produced, which ends today, Tuesday.
Members supporting the Bashagha government issued a statement on Monday night, in which they welcomed the achievement of more consensual points between members of the House of Representatives and the state in the Constitutional Path Committee, and urged the two houses to complete what remains.

He also called on the members, whose names or number the Dabaiba did not specify, to assume his moral and legal responsibilities by expediting the smooth handover of government headquarters to Bashagha's government, following the example of his predecessor.

They stressed the need for those holding senior positions in political institutions to assume their legal responsibilities, warning of any divisions within the institutions that might result from their wrong positions.

The statement called on the members of the UN mission to respect the consensus that took place between the two councils and to acknowledge the mandate of the Bashagha government over the entire soil of the country, as it is the legitimate government emanating from the elected official bodies. According to the description.

The statement comes after the Constitutional Track Committee failed to reach a complete consensus on the constitutional framework necessary for holding elections.

The UN Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, announced on Monday morning the end of the third and final round of negotiations of the Joint Constitutional Committee of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State related to the constitutional track, without progress being made on agreeing on a constitutional framework for the elections.
According to a series of tweets on Williams' account on the social networking site "Twitter", "disagreements remained regarding the measures organizing the transitional period leading to the elections."

In what appears to be a sign that the joint committee has not reached a complete consensus on the constitutional basis for the elections, Williams called on the presidencies of the two chambers to meet within ten days at a place to be agreed upon to overcome the sticking points.

The statement also comes on the night of the end of the term of the Geneva Agreement, which unified the executive authority in Libya, represented by the Presidential Council and the National Unity Government.

On more than one occasion, Bashagha called on the head of the national unity government, Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba, to hand over power, while al-Dabaiba insisted on not handing over until after the elections.

Dabaiba also affirmed on more than one occasion his adherence to power even after the date of June 21, which coincides with the end of the Geneva Agreement, which increases the ambiguity surrounding the fate of the current political bodies, and warns of the possibility of the country returning to the square of political division.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Jerusalem Water Authority signed an agreement for consulting services for the wastewater treatment project in the Ramallah region (wastewater treatment plant - Ein Jaryut), with the consortium of the German company Tractable and GFA and the local partner, the Center for Engineering and Planning (CEP).

It was signed by the Director General of the Authority, Mr. Abdul Khaleq Al-Karmi, with Dr. Christoph Thun, representing the German company Tractable, in the presence of Eng. Shereen Al-Shelleh, Director of the Engineering and Planning Center, and a group of department directors and engineers of the Authority and the Engineering and Planning Center.

It is noteworthy that the project - which has been long-awaited as a result of several challenges - is a vital and strategic project for the region, as it will mainly serve the entire population of Beitunia, parts of Ramallah and some neighboring towns. This includes consulting services: reviewing, developing and building on previous studies, and preparing designs and permits necessary and preparing bid documents to build and operate a sewage plant to serve the area and supervise its implementation, in addition to the accompanying measures by providing technical support and preparing the necessary studies to establish a specialized sewage department in the authority with all its components, as this project is considered the first step to start managing the authority to serve sewage in the area its franchise.

For his part, the Director General of the Authority stressed the importance of the project, and praised the distinguished German support, as the value of the project is about 27 million euros, which were allocated and signed an agreement for the implementation of the station and the accompanying advisory services.

It is noteworthy that the authority referred the work of consulting services to the harmony between international companies and the Center for Engineering and Planning as a local partner, after a technical and financial evaluation of a bid that several international companies competed for.

Shanghai - (AFP) - A Shanghai court announced Friday that it had sentenced a Chinese-Canadian tycoon, Xiao Jianhua, who went missing in 2017 in a Hong Kong hotel, to 13 years in prison for financial crimes.

Xiao He was one of China's richest men, with an estimated fortune of $6 billion.

The No. 1 court in Shanghai, where Xiao Din was being tried, said in particular on charges of "embezzlement of public funds" and "illegal use of funds".

His disappearance in 2017 shocked Hong Kong.

It is known that he was close to senior Chinese communist leaders, and according to press information, he was kidnapped by agents of Beijing.

Since then, little information has been leaked about the case and the Chinese authorities have remained silent about it.

It appears that the investigation targeting Xiao Jianhua falls within the framework of the broad anti-corruption campaign launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping when he came to power in 2012.

The alleged kidnapping of Xiao took place in Hong Kong at a time when mainland Chinese agents were not allowed to move in the semi-autonomous city.

At the time, some feared that residents of the city would be forcibly transferred to neighboring mainland China, where the judiciary is largely under the jurisdiction of the ruling Communist Party.

These fears were the motives of the pro-democracy demonstrations that rocked Hong Kong in 2019.

London (AFP) - A British man in his 60s who was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting more than 100 women's bodies in hospital morgues was handed new convictions Wednesday, in the final phase of an "unprecedented" case in British justice.

David Fuller, who confessed his actions, did not seem affected during a London court sentencing him to four years in prison on charges of having sex with women's corpses and possessing pornography of 23 victims between 2007 and 2020.

In December 2021, this 68-year-old electrician received a life sentence for similar acts on dozens of dead women and for killing two young women in 1987.

In total, David Fuller sexually assaulted the bodies of "no less than 101 women and girls, although the identities of ten of these have not been identified and may never be," according to what the public prosecutor confirmed during the hearing. While the youngest victim was nine years old, the oldest was a hundred years old.

"You will be in prison until the last day of your life," the judge said while pronouncing the additional sentence issued against Fuller.

Turning to the facts, the Attorney General noted that this was a case "unprecedented in the history of British justice".

Fuller worked as an electrician for two hospitals in the south of England on night shifts, so he was often left alone after the staff left, so he had easy access to the morgues and refrigerators where the bodies were placed.

Fuller's actions were not revealed for more than ten years, but in December 2020, thanks to DNA techniques, the police were able to stop him as the suspect in the 1987 murder of two young women in Tunbridge Wells (southeast England). Fuller sexually assaulted and strangled the two women.

During a search of his home, the investigators found a very large amount of pornographic images, in addition to video clips he filmed during the assaults he was committing in the morgues.

Before the verdict was issued on Wednesday, family members of the victims had interventions before the court, including the daughter of one of the victims, who indicated that she felt "great disgust", describing Fuller as a "monster".

Another victim's brother said, "David Fuller has blotted out every memory I have of my sister, because all I can think about is what he did to her while she should have been resting."

Last month, the families of the victims were awarded financial compensation for the trauma they had experienced as a result of this case.

The judge addressed his conversation to David Fuller, telling him, "You did not care about the dignity of the dead. Your perverted actions towards those you killed and the women you assaulted after their death show that you are unscrupulous."

This case sparked panic in the United Kingdom, prompting members of the House of Lords to demand tougher punishment for anyone who sexually assaults dead bodies. Currently, those who commit similar acts are punished with two years' imprisonment.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson commented on Fuller's conviction of the two murders dating back to 1987, while then-Minister of Health Sajid Javid launched an independent investigation to find out how the sixty-year-old managed to sexually assault corpses in public hospitals for a long time without anyone realizing what was happening.

The results of the investigation are expected to be released next year.