Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - During the month of July 2022, the Israeli occupation authorities arrested (375) Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territory, including (28) children and two women.

The number of administrative detention orders issued reached (191), including (65) new orders and (126) extension orders.

This came as part of a joint monthly report issued by the prisoners' and human rights institutions. (Council of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners Club, Addameer Prisoner Care and Human Rights Association and Wadi Hilweh Information Center-Jerusalem).

It indicated that the number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the occupation prisons reached about (4,550) prisoners, until the end of July 2022, including (27) female prisoners, (175) minors, and about (670) administrative detainees.

حقق يوفنتوس فوزا عريضا على حساب ضيفه ساسولو (3-0)، مساء أمس الاثنين، بمنافسات الأسبوع الأول من الدوري الإيطالي.

وسجل ثلاثية يوفنتوس في شباك ساسولو، كل من أنخيل دي ماريا (26)، ودوسان فلاهوفيتش (43 من ركلة جزاء، و51).

بهذا الفوز، حصد اليوفي أول ثلاث نقاط ليحتل المركز الثاني بجدول ترتيب المسابقة، فيما يقبع ساسولو بالمركز الأخير بدون نقاط.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Five female students and two teachers at Anata Secondary School for Girls suffocated, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces firing tear gas canisters in the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem, on Sunday morning.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces fired tear gas canisters during the morning assembly of female students, as a result of which 5 of them suffocated, in addition to two teachers, who were treated in the field.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Clashes erupted between the young men and the Israeli occupation forces in the town of Sur Baher, east of Jerusalem, after storming them. The forces also stormed the Wadi Al-Rababa neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces stormed the neighborhood and imposed fines on citizens' vehicles.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Tuesday, the Palestinian security services prevented a press conference for the "Palestinian People's Congress 14 Million", which was being held in Ramallah.

Sources confirmed to Al-Quds.com that the security services stormed the headquarters of the Popular Alliance for Change in the Al-Masyoun neighborhood of Ramallah, prevented the conference from being held, prevented journalists from filming, and confiscated the cards of some journalists.

The sources pointed out that those in charge of the conference organized the conference again in front of the headquarters of the Popular Alliance, amid tension prevailing in the place and the spread of the security services.

According to the sources, the organizers of the conference organized the press conference today, to clarify what happened with them during the last period, by preventing the security services, last Saturday, from holding the preparatory committee for the “14 Million” conference last Saturday, at the headquarters of the Popular Alliance for Change, and arresting two activists, including a member. The Preparatory Committee was Omar Assaf, who was released hours later. Days earlier, the conference was banned from being held in one of the facilities of the Ramallah municipality.

In a press statement, the Palestinian National Council denounced the call of the so-called "Palestinian People's Congress" to hold conferences in the homeland and in the diaspora, and considered it an attempt to circumvent the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and the unifying home for all Palestinians.

Ramallah - "Al Quds" dot com - Detainee Khalil Awawda continues his open hunger strike in rejection of his administrative detention, and the occupation refuses to this day to respond to his demand to end his administrative detention.

Awawdeh (40 years), from the town of Ithna, Hebron district, enters his 138th day of strike, as he was on strike for 111 days, suspended his strike for only a week, and returned to the strike after the prison administration refused to find a solution to his case and renewed his administrative transfer for a period of 4 months, which is the renewal his second.

Dozens of prisoners declared their strike in solidarity with the prisoner, Awadeh.

The Captive Club confirmed in a statement that the prisoner Awadeh is facing death, in light of difficult health conditions that are exacerbating with the passage of time.

The prisoner, Raed Rayan, had announced yesterday the suspension of his strike after reaching an agreement not to renew his administrative detention, and therefore after 113 days of the strike.

Sydney , (AFP) - Sydney, Australia's most populous city, Thursday recorded the most annual amount of rain in 70 years, following a year of devastating floods on the country's east coast.

By afternoon, Sydney recorded its highest annual rainfall total of 2,216 mm, 86 days before the end of the year.

Sydney recorded the previous record for annual rainfall in 1950, when it reached 2,194 mm of precipitation.

This was the highest number recorded since annual rainfall data began being collected in Sydney in 1858.

With the La Niña weather phenomenon expected to bring above-average rainfall, the level at the end of the year is likely to be much higher.

The entire state of New South Wales, including Cindy, is bracing for heavy rain again this weekend.
The state's emergency services minister, Steve Cook, said Thursday that more rain could have a severe impact.

"We know that our watersheds are saturated, our dams are full, and our rivers are already high.

Therefore, any additional rains that fall, regardless of how light they are, are likely to exacerbate flooding conditions."

"Any additional rainfall could cause flash floods," she added.

The annual figures were released by a weather station in Sydney's central business district.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Thursday that flood warnings were in effect for large sections of eastern Australia, including parts of Queensland, New South Wales and northern Victoria.

The east coast flood disaster in March, triggered by severe storm surges that left parts of Queensland and New South Wales in ruins, killed more than 20 people.

Tens of thousands of Sydneysiders received evacuation orders in July when neighborhoods on the city's outskirts were again inundated by floods.

Australia is suffering severely from climate change, with increasing droughts, deadly bushfires, coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef and floods.

The east coast of Australia has been repeatedly hit by torrential rains in the past two years under the La Niña phenomenon.

A third rare case of the "La Nina" phenomenon was recently announced, which led to more rain and warnings of flooding next summer.

Higher temperatures mean that the atmosphere retains more moisture, which leads to more precipitation.

The Insurance Council of Australia previously estimated that disaster claims filed in 2022 were worth more than A$5 billion ($3.2 billion).

Catastrophic bushfires ravaged large parts of New South Wales in the 'black summer' of 2019 and 2020, burning about 5.5 million hectares of land, about 7% of the state's total.

Washington (AFP) - The Taliban government has released two Americans held in Afghanistan, the US State Department announced Tuesday, a day the militant group faced condemnation for banning women's college education.

"We understand that it was a goodwill gesture on the part of the Taliban. It was not about any exchange of prisoners or detainees. No money was paid," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.

He explained that confidentiality rules prevented him from providing more details about the two Americans.

Their release comes on the day the Taliban government banned women in Afghanistan from attending universities, drawing condemnation from the United States , which warned the move would incur costs for the militant movement.

Price said, "We do not miss the irony that they made a gesture of goodwill towards us on the day they took such a step towards the Afghan people," adding, "The question is directed to the Taliban about the timing of this matter."

The United States has repeatedly condemned the Taliban's record since the hardline movement returned to power last year when President Joe Biden withdrew US forces from Afghanistan, leading to the collapse of the Western-backed government after two decades in power.

But the Biden administration said the Taliban were largely cooperative during that period in allowing American citizens to leave.

Paris, 8-17-2022 (AFP) - The French judiciary is studying photos and video clips showing abuses attributed to the Syrian regime in the Tadamon neighborhood in Damascus in 2013, sent to it by the French Foreign Ministry, according to what the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecution confirmed to AFP on Wednesday.

And the French Foreign Ministry announced in a press conference on Friday that it had received "a large number of documents on possible crimes that the Syrian regime forces may have committed."

She explained, "These documents, which include a large number of photos and video clips, show atrocities committed by forces loyal to the regime during the massacre in the Tadamon neighborhood in Damascus in 2013. Dozens of civilians were killed during these attacks."

She recalled that the items were collected thanks to the "resolute work of human rights defenders", praising their "courage".

The ministry indicated that "the alleged facts may constitute the most serious international crimes, especially crimes against humanity and war crimes," over which the French judiciary has universal jurisdiction.

The documents were sent to the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecution, which announced that they are studying them to determine "whether they fall within the ongoing investigations or require the opening of a separate investigation."

Several preliminary investigations are being conducted, and there are several lawsuits regarding accusations of abuses attributed to the Syrian regime or opposition factions, in the Crimes Against Humanity Division of the Paris Court.

In late April, the British newspaper The Guardian and the New Lines Institute in Washington published articles and video clips revealing the killing of dozens of people by regime forces in the Tadamon neighborhood.

A clip taken in April 2013 shows a member of the regime forces in military uniform ordering people who blindfolded and tied their hands to run, and when they start running they are shot and they fall into a hole in which other corpses are piled up. After killing 41 men, the bodies were cremated.

"After a decade of crimes committed against the Syrian people, France remains fully prepared for those responsible (for the crimes) to be held accountable for their actions before the judiciary," the French Foreign Ministry said, considering that "combating impunity is a matter of justice for the victims" and "a prerequisite for building a sustainable peace." in Syria".

Since its outbreak in 2011, the conflict in Syria has killed nearly half a million people, caused massive damage to infrastructure, and led to the displacement of millions of people inside and outside the country.

Baku - (AFP) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Monday that the European Union is seeking to double gas imports from Azerbaijan at a time when it is searching for non-Russian sources of supply after the invasion of Ukraine.

The issue of gas supplies has become a weapon between Russia and Europe since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 2.

"The European Union is becoming more reliable energy suppliers. Today I am in Azerbaijan to sign a new agreement. Our goal is to double Azerbaijani gas deliveries to the European Union within a few years. (This country) will become an essential partner for security of supplies and on the path to climate neutrality," von der Leyen wrote in a tweet. ".

Ahead of the visit, the European Commission stated that "with Russia continuing to weaponize its energy resources, diversifying our energy imports is a priority for the European Union."

Last year, Azerbaijan supplied Europe with about eight billion cubic meters of natural gas through pipelines passing from Georgia and Turkey.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said last week that "an important document related to energy security will be signed between the European Union and Azerbaijan."

In May, EU leaders agreed to halt most Russian energy imports by the end of the year as part of the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Moscow over its military action in Ukraine.

However, the bloc refrained from banning Russian gas, which reached 155 billion cubic meters in 2021, equivalent to about 40% of Europe's needs.

Mingora (Pakistan) (AFP) - An MP was having tea with constituents in July in his constituency in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, when his phone vibrated when he received a call from the Taliban asking him to "donate" money.

"We hope you won't disappoint us," said the threatening text message, sent by a mediator for the Pakistani Taliban.

A second message quickly followed, warning: "Refusing financial support will make you a problem. We think a wise man will understand what we mean."

Since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in August 2021, the Pakistani Taliban's attempts to extort money on the border with Afghanistan have increased.

The Pakistani Taliban is a separate group from the Afghan Taliban, but it is driven by the same ideology and has a common history. Its resolve was intensified after the Afghan movement took control of the neighboring country last year.

The deputy, who asked not to be named since the summer, was forced to pay khawat to the Pakistani Taliban, which has so far amounted to 1.2 million rupees (5,200 euros).

"Those who don't pay face the consequences. Sometimes they throw a grenade at their door, sometimes they shoot at them," he told AFP.

He continued, "The vast majority of the elites pay the brothers. Some pay more, some less, but no one discloses the matter, everyone fears for their lives."

The Pakistani Taliban was founded in 2007 and established by Pakistani jihadists allied with al-Qaeda, who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1990s before opposing Islamabad's support for the Americans after they invaded the neighboring country in 2001.

Most of the movement's elements are ethnic Pashtuns, similar to the Afghan Taliban.

The tribal areas in northwest Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan are the cradle of the Pakistani Taliban, which in less than a decade has killed tens of thousands of civilians and members of the Pakistani security forces.

And it reached the peak of its influence between 2007 and 2009 when it controlled the Swat Valley, 140 km north of Islamabad, imposing its strict interpretation of Sharia law.

After the decline of its strength due to the bombing of American drones, internal divisions, and the joining of its elements to the Islamic State, the movement was expelled from the tribal areas during a large-scale operation carried out by the Pakistani army in 2014.

The Pakistani Taliban began to regain its strength in the summer of 2020 with the accession of dissident factions to it, but the real turning point was with the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan.

The Pakistani security analyst Imtiaz Gul said that Afghanistan has since become an "open haven" for the movement's fighters, after the US-led coalition was chasing them there.

"They now have complete freedom of movement" in the neighboring country, he said, adding, "This is one of the reasons that led to the increase in the attacks of the Pakistani Taliban."

Although these attacks were less bloody than the past and directed primarily against the security forces, they have increased by 50% since August 2021, killing 433 people, according to the Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services.

"They are playing the same game as before: targeted attacks, bomb blasts, kidnappings and extortion money calls," said activist in Swat Ahmed Shah.

Extortion is a means of financing the movement, which also allows it to undermine the confidence of the population in local institutions. Representative Nasser Muhammad says that it affects 80 to 95% of the region's well-to-do population.

Some parliamentarians were attacked after they refused to pay money, while others stopped visiting their constituencies for fear of being attacked.

Muhammad said that the Pakistani Taliban has "its own system of reward and punishment. It has established an alternative government, so how can people resist it?"

There are old differences between the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. The Afghan Taliban has repeatedly confirmed that it will not allow terrorist groups to operate on its soil.

However, the first indication of an attempt to extort from the Pakistani Taliban is the caller number, which begins with the Afghanistan code 0093, followed by a text message dispelling any confusion, or a voice message in the Pakistani accented Pashto language.

Agence France-Presse saw a message addressed to one of the owners, warning him, "The hour of cruelty is approaching. Do not think that we are finished."

The required amount is often paid through an intermediary, and extortion victims are required to contribute several times a year.

The Pakistani Taliban, which has lost much of the popular support it had domestically before 2014, claims that this system of extortion is the work of criminals using its name.

But an official in the local intelligence confirms that the movement "is behind the threat."

The residents of the Swat Valley fear the return of the gloomy days, and they expressed their opposition to the movement by organizing several demonstrations in the past weeks.
Peace negotiations are underway between Islamabad and the Taliban, which declared a truce that neither party respects.

The return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan after two decades of war with the West proves that the solution is unlikely to be military.

"We have to look for a solution that is acceptable to both parties," said Muhammad Ali Saif, one of the government's negotiators, stressing that "a permanent agreement must be reached."

Washington, (AFP) - The United States announced Tuesday that it has imposed new sanctions on the Taliban movement over the extremist Islamist movement's violation of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.

In a statement he issued on the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, "Today I'm announcing visa restrictions for... current and former Taliban members and other individuals responsible for or complicit in the oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan through restrictive policies and violence." .

He added that Afghanistan has been "for a year, the only country in the world in which girls are systematically prevented from attending school after the sixth grade, without any date on the horizon" for the Taliban to reverse this decision.

Since the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's restoration of power in Kabul on August 15, 2021, the hardline Islamic movement has prevented secondary and secondary school students in the country from returning to their schools.

On the other hand, the movement allowed female university students to complete their studies, but under strict conditions.
Girls' education is a very sensitive issue in Afghanistan.

In his statement, Blinken said, "We call on other governments to join us in taking similar actions and continuing to affirm the collective message that an Afghan government that can be considered legitimate is one that represents all of its people and that protects and promotes the human rights of every individual."

" The United States strongly supports the Afghan people, and remains committed to doing everything in its power to protect and promote the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans, including women and girls," he added.

Barely a few weeks after taking power, the Taliban imposed severe restrictions on women and girls in the country, keeping them out of public life, in accordance with their strict interpretation of Islamic law.

At the end of September, at least 53 people, including no less than 46 girls and young women, were killed in a suicide attack targeting an educational center crowded with students in a Kabul neighborhood whose residents belong to the Shiite Hazara minority, according to a toll published by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

BAGHDAD - (Xinhua) - The Iraqi Oil Ministry announced today (Monday) the export of more than 100 million barrels of crude oil last July, with revenues exceeding ten billion dollars.

The ministry said in a statement that the total exports of crude oil for the month of July amounted to 102 million and 385 thousand and 49 barrels, with revenues amounting to 10.608 billion dollars, according to preliminary statistics issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO).

It explained that the total exports of crude oil for the month of July from the oil fields in central and southern Iraq amounted to 99 million and 965 thousand and 94 barrels.

The quantities exported from the Kirkuk fields through the port of Ceyhan amounted to 2,344,536 barrels, according to the statement.
The statement added that the average daily quantities amounted to three million and 303 thousand barrels, at an average price of more than $103.60 per barrel.

Crude oil exports during the month of June amounted to 101 million and 191 thousand and 236 barrels, with revenues amounting to 11.505 billion dollars, according to the Iraqi Oil Ministry.

The Iraqi economy relies heavily on crude oil exports, which constitute more than 90 percent of the country's revenues.

Ramallah - "Al Quds" dot com - Detainee Khalil Awawda continues his open hunger strike in rejection of his administrative detention, and the occupation refuses to this day to respond to his demand to end his administrative detention.

Awawdeh (40 years), from the town of Ithna, Hebron district, enters his 145th day of strike, as he was on strike for 111 days, suspended his strike for only a week, and returned to the strike after the prison administration refused to find a solution to his case and renewed his administrative transfer for a period of 4 months, which is the renewal his second.

Dozens of prisoners declared their strike in solidarity with the prisoner, Awadeh.

The Captive Club confirmed in a statement that the prisoner Awadeh is facing death, in light of difficult health conditions that are exacerbating with the passage of time.

The prisoner, Raed Rayan, announced the suspension of his strike after reaching an agreement not to renew his administrative detention, after 113 days of the strike.

Washington, (AFP) - A network participating in the US "Mega Millions" lottery won Friday night a jackpot of more than $ 1.33 billion, in one of the largest cash rewards in lottery history, organizers announced Saturday.

And the lottery game account in the state of Illinois in the middle of the eastern country wrote, in a tweet on Twitter, "Mega Millions players, check your tickets! We have a winner (...) in Illinois. Stay tuned for more details!"

"We can't wait to find out the winner and hope to congratulate him soon!" said Pat McDonald, CEO of Mega Millions, in a statement.

The grand prize was initially estimated at $1.28 billion, but "the final value was higher than that estimated," based on actual sales, Mega Millions said.

Lucky in Friday's draw will get 1.337 billion if he agrees to pay the installments over 30 years.

But if he wants to receive his prize in one go, he will get “only” $ 780 million, an amount that will be deducted in part for taxes, according to the estimates of those in charge of “Mega Millions”.

The value of the grand prize for this lottery continued to increase steadily for more than three months, and the dreams of the participants in the game grew with it, while no one succeeded in guessing the correct six numbers in the last 29 draws that preceded Friday's draw.

The chances of winning this tempting amount did not exceed one in 303 million. For comparison, the probability of being struck by lightning is one in a million, according to data from US health authorities.

The largest prize in lottery history was $1.586 billion. It was won in January 2016 in the other major US lottery , the Powerball, but the money was divided among three winners.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation army announced, on Wednesday evening, its intention to demolish the home of the martyr Uday al-Tamimi , the perpetrator of the " Shuafat " checkpoint, and the entrance to the "Ma'ale Adumim" settlement in occupied Jerusalem.

The family of the martyr Al-Tamimi lives in the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem.

On the eighth of last October, he carried out a shooting attack at the Shuafat checkpoint, which led to the death of a female soldier, and he was chased until he appeared to carry out another operation on the nineteenth of the same month at the "Ma'aleh Adumim" settlement.

AMMAN - (Xinhua) Jordan announced today, Tuesday, that it has adopted a pre-booking mechanism for users of the "King Hussein Bridge" to facilitate the movement of departing passengers to the Palestinian territories and prevent crowds, starting next Sunday.

The Jordanian Ministry of Interior said, in a statement, that the reservation will be made through the electronic link of the company that works to provide the service of transporting departures from the "King Hussein Bridge" or through its offices "without the company charging any additional sums" as of August 14.

The ministry stated that this measure comes within the framework of "continuing support efforts for the Palestinian brothers, and within the ministry's procedures, to facilitate the movement of departures on the King Hussein Bridge towards the Palestinian territories, in a way that guarantees preventing overcrowding and overcrowding and not costing the departing more time and effort."

The Jordanian Minister of Interior, Mazen Al-Faraya, announced last July that there were logistical problems on the Israeli side of the bridge.

Al-Faraya said, "The logistical problem is related to the very low capacity of the Israeli side to receive travelers, and this prevents all travelers from crossing the bridge," noting that the crossing from the Israeli side opens at 8 am, and the arrival of travelers to the bridge starts early, which results in overcrowding.

The unprecedented increase in the number of travelers is due to several reasons, including the interruption of travel for two years due to the Corona crisis, school holidays, the return of expatriates, and the summer period.

In its statement, the Jordanian Ministry of the Interior clarified the reservation procedures, and said that "the departing person makes reservations through the electronic link that the company recently created after the cases of congestion witnessed by the King Hussein Bridge in the middle of last July, or reservations through the company's offices, and thus the departing person can know the timing of departure." And the number of the bus and the number of the complex designated for crossing to the other side.

According to the ministry, this measure will prevent congestion on the bridge.

In the same context, the ministry, in coordination with all concerned authorities, will continue to facilitate the movement of departures by simplifying procedures at the "King Hussein Bridge" from the Jordanian side, according to the statement.

The "King Hussein Bridge" is used by those departing from Jordan to the Palestinian Territories, after which the traveler goes to the Israeli crossing (Allenby) and undergoes precise inspection procedures that take time, followed by departure to the Palestinian side through the (Al-Karama) crossing.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saed Irzeigat, Secretary General of the Palestinian Teachers Union , revealed today, Wednesday, the details of the meeting held yesterday between the Union on the one hand, Finance Minister Shukri Bishara, Minister of Education Marwan Awartani, Chairman of the Retirement Authority Majed Al-Helou, and a representative On behalf of the Office of the Presidency, to end the differences regarding the implementation of the decisions of the Council of Ministers issued regarding what was previously agreed upon.

In an interview with the official "Voice of Palestine" radio, Irzeigat explained that it was agreed between all parties in the government to end the current crisis and start the opening of a safe and stable academic year, by starting to implement what was agreed upon during the current week, ending implementation procedures and resolving points of disagreement.

Erzeigat said: During yesterday's meeting, it was agreed on the mechanisms of implementation procedures, and today some legal procedures will be implemented and some decisions will be amended in order to facilitate their implementation procedures, noting that implementation steps will start during the very near period in order for us to reach an academic year of implementation. All decisions we agreed upon.

He pointed out that when the actual implementation begins, this will be announced through an official letter that will be issued to announce the details, noting that "all we want is the implementation of the relevant Cabinet decisions."

Gaza - Ahmed Al-Masharawi - 20 players from the Gaza club players are participating in the training gathering, which was launched by the National Teams Committee in the Football Association about a week ago at the stadium of Arab football star Muhammad Abu Trika in the Namaa Sports Complex in northern Gaza, which concludes this week, under the leadership of coach Sami Salem, in preparation for the upcoming foreign competitions, in the Arab Cup, which will be held on the first of October in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Asian qualifiers for the Asian Cup.

The training witnessed the participation of new faces, most notably: Muhammad Naim Ubaid, Muhammad Shabeer, Ahmed Marzouq, Ahmed Abu Ubaid, Islam Abu Ubaidah, Muhammad Abu Musa, Walid Abu Musa, Musaab Abu Dhaher, Ismail Jabr, Thaer Abu Ubaidah, Ibrahim Abu Omair.

Coach Salem also summoned 7 players from the participants in the second West Asian Championship held in the city of Jizan in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to participate. Returning from Egypt, Muhammad al-Qadi. training for unknown reasons.

It is noteworthy that the federation, which attaches great importance to beach soccer, seeks through the technical staff to choose the best elements of the team that will fill the national beach team.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Talal Dweikat, a spokesman for the security services , revealed today, Tuesday, that some suspects have been arrested in the two shooting incidents of Dr. Nasser Al-Din Al-Shaer , and the citizen Mahmoud Hijab and his family.

In statements to the official news agency, Wafa, Dweikat said that investigations are underway by the security services with the suspects, to complete the necessary legal procedures to achieve justice within the framework of the law.

Dweikat stressed the continuation of the security establishment with its various arms in its efforts and security work to pursue outlaws and perpetrators of attacks on citizens, according to the directives of President Mahmoud Abbas, stressing that there is no cover for anyone, and that everyone is equal before the law.

He said: This security work will not be seasonal, but will continue in all governorates of the country, in order to eliminate all manifestations of chaos and chaos, in order to preserve civil peace, and the rights and property of citizens.

Qalqilya - “Jerusalem” dot com - Mustafa Sabri - The assassination of the young Ibrahim al-Nabulsi and his comrades by the occupation forces in Nablus last Tuesday generated a great resonance in the Palestinian street, especially the audio message recorded by the martyr Ibrahim al-Nabulsi minutes before his martyrdom, and included his love for his mother and Palestine and his demand to preserve weapon and not leave it.

The martyr's message was widely circulated on social media, and hundreds commented on the meanings it conveyed.

The editor, Saji Abu Athba, who works as a teacher, said: "I followed the siege and assassination as if I had known him before, for he is brave despite his young age (he was born at the end of the second intifada in 2003), and he refused to surrender himself to the occupation forces and resisted until his last breath, in a heroic and poignant scene." And his voice message was resounding in the horizons, to assure everyone near and far that the Palestinian youth does not accept occupation, humiliation and sacrilege.

Journalist Musab al-Khasib from Nablus said: “The funeral of the martyr al-Nabulsi and his companions brought to mind the funerals of the martyrs in the first and second intifada, and most of the mourners were from the youth category, and this has a strong indication that the Palestinian youth carries their soul on their palms, and the funeral was like a collective wedding, and the martyr’s mother eulogised.” She resounded in the horizons, and she became one of the females of Palestine, mourning her martyr son while smiling.

For his part, Ziyad al-Arouri, a student at An-Najah University, said: "If we brought the greatest poets and writers to describe what happened in terms of resistance to an armed army and a solemn funeral, they would be unable to describe the field scene, and this confirms that the blood of the martyrs does not go in vain, and the street talk about the martyrs and their heroism. An example for all."

As for the editor-in-chief, Lama Khater, from Hebron, she said: “The will of the martyr Ibrahim al-Nabulsi will continue to echo in Palestine to plant in the mast of light, and guide the walkers to a path that does not disappoint those who accept it.

The writer Fouad Al-Khafash from Nablus said: “After the martyrdom of the satellites of Nablus, my daughter Taqi, with her feather, immortalized the martyr Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi while he was holding his weapon in an expression of solidarity and emotion. of concern and solidarity.

In her turn, Dr. Asma Hawtari, the wife of the prisoner Raed Hawtari, said: "The message of the martyr al-Nabulsi was received by everyone with sadness and pride. It is the testimony of a stubborn fighter who rejected humiliation and humiliation, rejected all the pleasures of the world, insisted on martyrdom, and was able to surrender himself."

Frenchman Osman Dembele has become the star of Barcelona , as a new deal concluded by the Catalan team, to support the offensive line before the new season.

Dembele, who cut a long period of negotiations with Barcelona, ended at the end of his contract and became outside the Camp Nou, decided to back down from his intention to leave, and signed new contracts with Barca.

clear change

During the preparatory period in which Dembele participated with Barcelona in the United States of America, he succeeded in scoring 4 goals, with a goal against Inter Miami, two goals against Juventus, and a goal against New York Red Bulls.

Dembele was one of Barcelona's best players during the preparatory period, and his dazzling level won the admiration of the fans, who wished him well before the start of the new season.

Observers praised the player's discipline, his continued scoring and making dangerous attempts at the opponents' goal.

Xavi bet

Xavi was one of the main reasons for Dembele's stay despite receiving a group of offers, as he pressed the administration to return to renewal negotiations, after the two parties reached a dead end.

Xavi expressed great confidence in Dembele since last season, and confirmed that he will be at the helm of the new Barca project in the coming years, and it seems that he is beginning to reap the fruits of his bet even before the start of the new season.

Xavi's confidence appeared, from his words after the victory over the New York Red Bulls, saying, "Dembele has great confidence, I believe in him a lot, and he is able to make a difference and is doing so now."

In the same context, Othman Dembele confirmed, in his interview with the media, that the confidence of his colleagues in him and coach Xavi clearly benefited him.

And press reports stated, through sources inside the dressing room, that Dembele had completely changed from the past, as he believed in himself and gave up introversion. Two years ago, he only spoke with compatriot Griezmann only.

There is no doubt that Dembele's brilliance and strong competition in the offensive line help him to show his best, provided he preserves himself from injuries, so that he will be a deadly weapon in Barca's attack in the coming years.

Kabul - (AFP) - Taliban militants fired in the air Thursday to disperse a gathering of women organized in front of the Iranian embassy in Kabul, in support of Iranian women who have been demonstrating in their country for days, according to AFP journalists.

About 25 women demonstrated for 15 minutes on the road in front of the Iranian embassy and chanted "Women, life, freedom", before they were separated by gunshots in the air fired by the Taliban who were standing in front of the building. They also tried to beat female demonstrators with sticks.

The demonstrators chanted slogans, including "Iran is rising up, now it's our turn" and "From Kabul to Iran, say no to dictatorship!"

They were carrying banners with slogans written on them, before the Taliban snatched them from their hands.

The women, who had hidden their faces behind sunglasses or masks, collected what was left of the banners, turned them into paper balls and threw them at the Taliban who were standing opposite them.

The officers ordered the journalists to delete the photos and videos they took during the gathering.

Demonstrations have been organized in Iran every evening since September 16, following the announcement of the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, in the hospital, three days after she was arrested by the morality police in Tehran because of her non-compliance with the strict dress code imposed on women in the Islamic Republic of Iran .

London, (AFP) - About 40,000 British rail workers are going on strike Wednesday to protest over wages and jobs, a month after their biggest strike in 30 years, in the midst of Britain's purchasing power crisis.

After not achieving their demands following a historic three-day strike in late June, the National Union of Railway Workers (RMT) called for a 24-hour strike in the hope notably of better wages, in the face of severe inflation in the country that could exceed 11% by year end.

It is a burning issue that the successor to Prime Minister Boris Dunson will have to address. Johnson resigned on July 7 after a series of scandals. Foreign Secretary Liz Terrace and former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak are in the race to succeed him.

As a result of the strike, about one out of every five trains will operate on Wednesday, only in approximately half of the network, while no train will run throughout the day in some areas.

The strike also affected the movement of Eurostar trains crossing the English Channel, causing cancellations and change of flight times.

In addition, the RMT and TSA unions will carry out coordinated strikes on August 18 and 20, while the former announced a strike in the London Underground on August 19.

RMT General Secretary Mike Lynch said the members of his union are more determined than ever to secure a pay rise and ensure job stability and good working conditions.

He confirmed that Network Rail, which operates most of Britain's railways, had not made "any improvement over its previous salary offer".

Transport Minister Grani Shapps attacked the unions, accusing them of intensifying strikes and threatening to carry out strikes at the expense of thousands of employees.

"We must do more to prevent these very far-left unions from causing disruptions to the daily lives of ordinary people," the minister told Sky News on Wednesday.

Beirut - (AFP) - On Sunday evening, Yasmina Zeitoun won the title of Miss Lebanon for the year 2022, after a competition that was held for the first time in four years.

Zaytoun (20 years), who is from the town of Kfar Shuba in the south of the country, won the title that Miss Lebanon 2018 Maya Reaidy retained for four years after the competition could not be held during the last three years, beginning due to the popular protests in October 2019, then The COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crisis in the country.

The elected queen, who studies journalism, is 167 centimeters tall and weighs 51 kilograms, will receive a prize of $100,000. She will also represent Lebanon in the Miss World and Miss Universe competitions.

Maya Abu Al-Hassan was the first runner-up, Jacinta Rashed the second runner-up, Lara Hrawi the third runner-up, while the Khalasiya Dalal Hoballah came the fourth runner-up.

Seventeen participants competed to win the title of the competition sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism under the slogan "We miss Lebanon", and was broadcast by "LBCI" channel directly from the "Forum de Beirut" hall.

The jury consisted of musician Michel Fadel, “influencer” on social networks Karen Wazen, general director of “An-Nahar” newspaper and “An-Nahar Al-Arabi” website, Nayla Tueni, producer Mohamed Yahya, director of the Caracalla Theater Ivan Caracalla, presenter Hilda Khalifa, and Miss Lebanon for the year 1993, Samaya Chadrawi, and the current Miss World, Poland, Karolina Bilawska, who was replaced by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Organizing Body of the Miss World contest, Julia Morley, due to a health problem.

The contestants passed first in bathing suits, and then swayed in front of the audience and the jury in evening dresses signed by the Lebanese designer Georges Hobeika.

The jury then selected nine contestants, and its members asked them various questions.

After that, five participants qualified for the final stage, and they were asked a unified question about their opinion of the Ministry of Tourism’s campaign to promote the summer season in Lebanon and the region that they choose to highlight in this context.

The Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram revived the party, which included dancing paintings, and it was presented by the Lebanese presenter and actress, Aimee Sayah.

The return of this aesthetic competition, which began during the French Mandate of Lebanon more than nine decades ago and has been scheduled annually since the sixties, is symbolic in light of the stifling economic crisis that the country has been going through for nearly three years, during which the majority of the Lebanese have become below the poverty line.

The repercussions of the multiple crisis were evident in the statements of the contestants during the party, as a number of them touched on various problems experienced by the Lebanese, including youth emigration, the scarcity of medicines, and the strict restrictions on bank withdrawals.

Ramallah - "Al Quds" dot com - Detainee Khalil Awawda continues his open hunger strike in rejection of his administrative detention, and the occupation refuses to this day to respond to his demand to end his administrative detention.

Awawdeh (40 years), from the town of Ithna, Hebron district, enters his 146th day of strike, as he was on strike for 111 days, suspended his strike for only a week, and returned to the strike after the prison administration refused to find a solution to his case and renewed his administrative transfer for a period of 4 months, which is the renewal his second.

Dozens of prisoners declared their strike in solidarity with the prisoner, Awadeh.

The Captive Club confirmed in a statement that the prisoner Awadeh is facing death, in light of difficult health conditions that are exacerbating with the passage of time.

The prisoner, Raed Rayan, announced the suspension of his strike after reaching an agreement not to renew his administrative detention, after 113 days of the strike.

MADRID - (Xinhua) European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell admitted recently that the European Union has applied double standards to the Ukraine crisis, given its handling of the situation in the Gaza Strip .

"We are often criticized for double standards. But international politics is very much about applying double standards. We don't use the same standards," Borrell, the bloc's top representative for foreign affairs and security policy, told the Spanish-language El Pais newspaper in a recent interview. for all problems.

Borrell said that the Ukrainian crisis directly affects Europe.

On the other hand, he described Gaza, which has no electricity or drinking water, as an "open prison", saying that the solution to the conflict in the Middle East "is not in the hands of the European Union".

When commenting on Borrell's remarks on the application of double standards in international politics, Jose Luis Centilla, head of the Communist Party of Spain, told Xinhua on Monday that "it shows a cynical model of colonial mentality."

He called on the international community to actively promote reform of the global governance system to make it more just, supportive and effective in solving problems and challenges facing humanity today.

Paris - (AFP) - A judge and members of the French gendarmerie arrived in Israel as observers, as part of an investigation into a fraud in France that led to the arrest of suspects, a judicial source said Tuesday.

The source in Paris said that the arrest of suspects in Israel is related to “an investigation by the Israeli authorities into money laundering and financial fraud, in connection with a judicial investigation opened” by the Paris Public Prosecution on January 5, 2021.

According to sources close to the file in Israel, the arrested are Israelis, four men and a woman. They are suspected of laundering part of the money and converting it into cryptocurrency.

And on Monday, the Israeli police arrested "three main suspects" and "a number of people" believed to belong to a criminal organization that stole the registered names of existing companies and their identification numbers to request compensation in France as part of government submissions to address the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The investigation was opened in Israel against the backdrop of suspicions of "laundering tens of millions of shekels using complex mechanisms" for cryptocurrencies.

The Israeli police announced that the suspects are in custody pending questioning.

The judicial source stated that "an investigative judge and investigators are in Israel" as observers.

According to the source, the judicial investigation in France deals with "about four thousand forged requests for compensation for the partially unemployed."

The financial losses incurred by the French state as a result of these operations are estimated at 8.5 million euros, according to a document seen by AFP.

Three persons have been investigated in this case in France since June 2021, one of whom is 31 years old and placed under preventive detention.

He is suspected of having opened bank and intermediary accounts in Lithuania to which public funds and laundered funds were transferred.

He "denies being the mastermind of this fraudulent operation," according to what his lawyer, Philippe Avon, told AFP.

The judicial source considered that "this procedure reflects the quality of cooperation with the Israeli judicial authorities and full security cooperation in combating fraudulent operations that are carried out from Israel and target French victims."

In a statement to AFP, David Katz, head of the cybercrime unit at Lahav 433, the anti-crime organization in Israel, said that "crimes centered around encrypted operations are on the rise, and the Israeli police are developing technological tools to combat them."

He also stressed that "cooperation between the French and Israeli police is excellent and is being strengthened."

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Prisoner's Club said today, Tuesday, that the Israeli occupation prisons administration transferred the prisoner Thaer Hammad from the "Ashkelon" prison to the "Ofer" interrogation center, and this is the second time that the prisoner Hammad has been transferred to the investigation since the date of the seventh. From August Al-Jariubin.

And the club stated in a statement that the prisoner Hammad was subjected to threats by the occupation forces during the previous investigation, as these threats escalated, after he published his latest novel, (Fares and Bisan), early this month.

It is noteworthy that the prisoner Hammad, from the town of Silwad / Ramallah, has been detained since 2004, and he carried out the "Oyoun Thieves" operation. The occupation sentenced him to life imprisonment 11 times, and he previously published a short story entitled "The Light of Fire" in which he tells the details of his implementation of the "Oyoun" operation. The thief."

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Ministry of Education announced the results of the level exam for the academic year 2022-2023, noting that the number of applicants in the northern and southern governorates reached 139 students, and the success rate reached 48.92%.

The Ministry stated that the certificates of the successful students will be delivered to the education directorates in the Gaza Strip on Thursday 11/24/2022.

It is noteworthy that the successful person in this exam is granted a certificate equivalent to the ninth grade, which qualifies him to either enroll in the tenth grade or take the general secondary exam according to specific conditions.