Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew website Ynet reported today, Wednesday, that two delegations from 5 Central Asian countries, which are neighboring countries of Iran , and whose population is mostly Muslims, visited Tel Aviv with the encouragement of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

According to the site, the two delegations are from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.

He pointed out that the two delegations are still in Israel, and will visit Al-Aqsa Mosque today.

And he indicated that the two delegations include 30 personalities, including those who are considered future leaders, including bloggers and youth leaders.

Paris - (AFP) - From the United States to China via Germany, the average wage increase is expected to exceed 4 percent in 2023 in seven major economies in the world, according to a study published Tuesday by Willis Towers Watson, a financial advisory firm.

The rate of revaluation companies intend to make for next year ranges from 4 percent in France to 6.6 percent in Brazil, according to the British-American insurance and advisory firm.

It is expected to be 4.6 percent in the United States and 5.67 percent in China, according to the company, which conducted a survey in 135 countries, but cited only responses collected in seven major economies of the world.

In six of the seven countries concerned (Germany, Canada, China, France, the United Kingdom and the United States), the rate of increase planned for 2023 is greater than that recorded in 2022. Only Brazil is an exception, with average increases expected to reach 7 percent in 2022 and 6 6 percent next year.

Among the reasons companies give more generous raises are inflation and tensions in the labor market.

In each of the seven countries, it acknowledges that it is facing increasing difficulty in recruiting and retaining its employees in 2022 compared to the previous year.

Estimates for 2023 vary, as Canadian and US companies expect employment tensions to ease, while Chinese companies believe it will continue. Germany, France, Brazil and the United Kingdom fear that they will face greater difficulty in recruiting and retaining employees in 2023.

Companies, especially in the information technology and digital professions sector, are facing more difficulty in hiring, as the demand for engineers increases.

"The overall economic outlook for 2023 is pessimistic, with recessions expected in many economies," said Khalil Ait Mouloud, who heads the wage study at Willis Towers Watson.

The study was conducted online from October 3 to November 4, 2022, and included 25,000 companies in 135 countries, including Germany (802), Brazil (500), Canada (882), China (888), the United States (1,550) and France. (800) and the United Kingdom (1109).

BAGHDAD - (Xinhua) - The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity announced that it is negotiating with Qatar and Turkmenistan to import gas in order to fill the shortage in electric power, stressing that it is still in dire need of Iranian gas and is negotiating with Tehran in this regard.

The spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Musa, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) today (Tuesday) that "Iraq is now in continuous discussions with the Qatari side and Turkmenistan to supply gas with specific parts to fill the existing shortage."

Moussa did not give more details, where these negotiations reached, and how the gas reached Iraq.

He added, "Iraq is still in dire need of Iranian gas," noting that his country has fully paid its gas debts to the Iranian side.

The Ministry of Electricity recently expected an increase in emissions after Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani's talks with the Iranian side, during his recent visit to Tehran.

A spokesman for the ministry said, "We expect and hope that there will be an increase in gas releases in favor of the ministry's stations, especially as we enter the peak of winter loads, and then we have a large and implementable plan that is urgent to keep pace with the peak of summer loads from now on."

He added, "There are agreements and contracts signed between the Iraqi and Iranian sides on specific launches in winter and others in summer."

Iraq has been suffering for decades from an electric current crisis that intensifies in the summer, as temperatures rise more than 50 degrees Celsius.

لوس انجليس – (أ ف ب) -دفعت فتاة في السابعة عشرة من العمر بيديها المجردتين أنثى دب هاجمت كلابها بعد دخولها حديقة منزلها في جنوب كاليفورنيا، ما دفع بالحيوان إلى الهرب.
وحققت صور عن هذه المواجهة الخطرة غير المتوقعة التقطتها كاميرا مراقبة موضوعة في منزل الفتاة، انتشارا كبيرا عبر قنوات التلفزيون الأميركية.
وكانت هايلي مورينيكو ووالدتها تعتنيان بحديقة المنزل في برادبوري شمال شرق لوس أنجليس عندما بدأت دبة سوداء تمشي بتؤدة على حافة جدار وتبعها صغيراها.
وأدى هذا التسلل إلى استنفار كلاب عائلة مورينيكو التي تهافتت إلى حافة الجدار وبدأت بالنباح على الدببة. وفيما فرّ الدبان الصغيران من المكان، بدأت والدتهما بتسديد ركلات بقوائمها للكلاب في الحديقة من على الجدار.
وعندما تنبهت إلى ما يحصل، هبت الفتاة هايلي مورينيكو لنجدة كلابها. وهي قالت لقناة “كي تي ال ايه” المحلية “ركضت لأرى سبب نباحها وأدركت أن الأمر ليس عائد إلى وجود كلب آخر بل إلى دب”.
وأضافت “أول ما فكرت به كان دفع الدب بعيدا. ونجحت في ذلك”.
وقد استطاعت الفتاة إفقاد الدبة توازنها وإسقاطها من حافة الجدار إلى خارج الحديقة حيث عادت إلى صغيريها.
ولم تتعرض هايلي مورينيكو إثر هذه الواقعة سوى لإصابة بسيطة في الإصبع لكنها باتت تدرك حجم المجازفة التي قامت بها. وقالت “لا تكرروا فعلتي، إذ إن النهاية قد لا تكون مشابهة”.
ورجّح خبير في الحيوانات البرية أن يكون وزن أنثى الدب السوداء نحو 75 كيلوغراما، موضحاً أن صغيريها يبلغان بضعة أشهر فقط.

– الدكتور البرغوثي: إزعاجات وأعراض ومطلوب من المحيطين التفهم

رام الله- “القدس” دوت كوم- روان الأسعد- في عمر المرأة مراحل كثيرة تمر بها، لعل أبرزها سن اليأس “سن الأمل”، وإن صح التعبير “فترة ما بعد الخصوبة”، باعتبارها مرحلة جديدة، متطلباتها مختلفة، قد نجد فيها نساء لم يفارقهن النشاط، وبدأن ولادة حقيقية جديدة، وأُخريات قد يعانين من أزمة نفسية وروحية وعدم رضا ومخاوف لا تنتهي، فالأمر مرهون بالدرجة الأولى بالمرأة نفسها، لذلك على المرأة تقبّل الأمر، فهو ليس بداية النهاية، بل بداية مرحلة عمرية تمتلك فيها المرأة جسدها وروحها من دون أن تفقد شبابها، الخيار متروك للمرأة ذاتها، فإما حياة جديدة متجددة مقياسها الأمل وحصاد السنين، أو رمادية لم يبقَ منها إلا مجرد ذكرى بشعة وأوقات صعبة.
ما هو سن الياس؟ وما علاماته ومظاهره؟ وكيف يمكن للمرأة التعاطي معه بالشكل الصحيح وتحويله لسن الأمل والتفاؤل والنضج والتمسك بالعطاء؟ كل هذه الأسئلة طرحتها “القدس” على الدكتور عدوان البرغوثي، الاختصاصي في الأمراض والجراحة النسائية والتوليد والعقم وأطفال الأنابيب ورئيس جمعية الخصوبة الفلسطينية والمدير العام لمركز الهبة لأطفال الأنابيب.
تحدث الدكتور البرغوثي بداية عن مرحلة سن اليأس، مشيراً إلى أن تسمية سن اليأس التي فُرضت على المرأة غير متوافقة مع العصر الحالي، وتسميتها الصحيحة والمناسبة هي “فترة ما بعد الخصوبة”، ليُعرفها بأنها فترة من فترات العمر تبدأ بالمعدل بعد العمر (٤٨-٥٢ عاماً) تتلخص بانقطاع فترة الطمث نتيجةً لنفاد مخزون البويضات عند المرأة، التي تكون مصحوبةً ببعض الإزعاجات والأعراض التي أولها انقطاع فترة الطمث أكثر من ستة أشهر، إضافةً إلى الشعور بالهبات الساخنة والتعرق الليلي مع احمرار الوجه وارتفاع في هرمون FSH (Follicle-stimulating hormone)، وهو الهرمون المنبه للجريب أو الهرمون المنشط للحوصلة الذي يعمل على المبيضين ليحفز نمو البويضات عند الأنثى، إضافة إلى بعض المشاكل أثناء ممارسة الحياة الزوجية والناتجة عن الجفاف وقلة الإفرازات المهبلية التي تؤدي إلى التهابات المسالك البولية والمهبلية، إلى جانب نقص الرغبة الجنسية.
ويضيف: كما يصاحبها أيضاً القلق والتوتر والوضع النفسي السلبي الذي ينعكس على نفسية المرأة بسبب المفاهيم الاجتماعية المغلوطة التي تعتبر المراة آلة للإنجاب، وبيولوجياً فترة ما بعد الخصوبة تعني انقطاع الطمث، فهي كأي مرحلة عمرية تمر بها الأنثى، إلا أن المجتمع بأفكاره السلبية يزيد الضغط النفسي للمرأة كأنها آلة وتعطلت، لأنها فقدت قدرتها على الإنجاب، ما يزيد شعورها بأنها فقدت إحدى أهم الوظائف التي تقوم بها، ما يعني أن هذه الفترة مؤشر إلى أنها دخلت في مرحلة من مراحل العمر المتأخرة، وهو ما يزيد من حالة التوتر والقلق.

وعي المحيطين بالمرأة
ويتابع: وهنا من المهم جداً وعي المحيطين بالمرأة بحساسية هذه الفترة وخصوصيتها وكيفية التعامل معها، خاصة أن هذه الفترة تصاحبها تغيرات هرمونية (ارتفاع هرمون FSH، وانخفاض الهرمون الأنثوي الأستروجين)، وبالتالي تكون المحصلة لهذه التغيرات الهرمونية وانقطاع الطمث دوراً كبيراً في التسبب بالحالة النفسية السيئة وزيادة التوتر والقلق.
ويشير البرغوثي إلى أن هذه الأعراض لا تمر بها كل النساء، فبعضهن تكون الفتره الانتقالية لديهن ما بين انتظام الطمث إلى انقطاعه فترة سلسلة وسهلة، والبعض الآخر تترك لديهن أعراضاً شديدة ومزعجة جداً تحتاج الأنثى خلالها للعلاجات التي تتضمن نصائح، أهمها ممارسة الرياضة مع الحفاظ على نمط التغذية المتوازن والمحتوي على كمية كافية من الكالسيوم لتتجنب فيما بعد هشاشة العظام، كما أنه من الممكن في هذه الفترة إعطاء الداعم الغذائي على شكل حبوب الكالسيوم، لأن نقص الهرمون الأنثوي (estrogen) يؤدي إلى نقص في امتصاص الكالسيوم في الجسم، وبالتالي يتطور إلى هشاشة عظام.
ويستطرد: لذلك أُكرر بأن التغذية المتوازنة مهمة، وحتى عند اتباع برامج الحمية للتقليل من الوزن يجب أن تكون متوازنة تحتوي على كميات كافية من البروتينات والكربوهيدرات والفيتامينات المتنوعه والكالسيوم، كما أن اللباس الذي ترتديه في هذه الفترة يجب أن يكون من الأقمشة الخفيفة التي تمنح شعوراً بالبرودة، وأن يكون قطنياً، كونها تشعر بالهبات الساخنة، ليخفف من الشعور بالحرارة ولا يزيده.

اللجوء لعلاجات غير هرمونية
ويلفت البرغوثي إلى أنه “من الممكن أيضاً أن نلجأ إلى بعض العلاجات غير الهرمونية، كالحبوب التي تحوي هرمون الإستروجين من المصادر النباتية كالصويا، وإعطاء بعض الأدوية التي تحتوي على أنواع من الفيتامينات كي تساعد على تخفيف هذه الأعراض، وفي الحالات التي لا نحصل فيها على النتيجة المطلوبة من الممكن إعطاء الهرمون البديل، وهو أدوية هرمونية بديلة “ثنائية الهرمون” شبيهه بحبوب منع الحمل، تحتوي على هرومون الأستروجين وكذلك البروجستيرون، وتعمل على تعويض النقص لهرمون الإستروجين الذي يسبب نقصه هذه الأعراض”.
ويتابع الدكتور البرغوثي: هذه الأدوية من الممكن أن تعمل على تأخير فترة مابعد الخصوبة، كونه ينتج عنها طمث مصطنع، لأنها بالأساس تعمل على تعويض نقص الهرمونات، إضافة إلى أن الطمث المصطنع يلعب دوراً في تحسن الحالة النفسية للأُنثى والتخفيف من أعراضها، إلا أن هناك محاذير لاستخدام الهرمونات، فلا يتم اللجوء إليها إلا في حالة عدم السيطرة على الأعراض بالأدوية غير الهرمونية، لما لها من أعراض ومضاعفات جانبية، من ضمنها زيادة نسبة الإصابة بسرطان الثدي، لذلك لا يتم اللجوء إليها إلا بعد التأكد من خلو التاريخ العائلي للمرأة، وإجراء فحص الثدي، والتأكد من عدم وجود أي شكوك لوجود كتل أو أورام، وبعد استشارة الطبيب للتأكد من أنها ليست عرضة للإصابة بهذا السرطان، أو لديها أي احتمالية للإصابة به.

العمر.. وعاملان رئيسيان
ويضيف: أما بالنسبة للعمر الذي تتعرض له الأنثى لهذه المرحلة، فيعتمد على عاملين رئيسيين، أولهما العامل الوراثي، لأن له علاقةً بمخزون البويضات، فكلما ارتفع المخزون أكثر تأخرت فترة انقطاع الطمث، والعكس صحيح، ففي كل شهر تفقد المرأة بويضة وينفد المخزون في وقت مبكر، كما أن هذا المخزون يتأثر بالوقت الذي بلغت فيه الأُنثى، فكلما كان البلوغ في سن مبكرة (في سن 9 أو 10 أعوام)، كانت فترة انقطاعها مبكرة أكثر لانتهاء مخزون البويضات في سن أصغر، أما العامل الثاني فهو عدد الأطفال الذين أنجبتهم المرأة، والعلاقة هنا طردية، فكلما ازداد عدد مرات الحمل والولادة، تأخرت فترة انقطاع الطمث، لأن فترة الحمل والإرضاع تمنح المرأة وقتاً ينقطع فيه الحيض، وهذا يؤدي إلى توفير عدد كبير من البويضات، وبالتالي التأخر في الوصول إلى فترة ما بعد الخصوبة، لذلك يجب على النساء بشكل عام اللجوء للاستشارة الطبية إذا توقف الطمث عندهن أكثر من شهرين من أجل إجراء الفحوصات، والتأكد من أن أسباب الانقطاع للدورة الشهرية ليس مرضياً نتيجة لوجود أكياس على المبايض على سبيل المثال، وليس على سبيل الحصر.
ويشير الدكتور عدوان إلى أن الأصعب هو انقطاع الطمث المبكر، الذي يحدث عند البعض في مراحل العمرية مبكرة كالعشرينيات والثلاثينيات، كونه من الممكن أن يحرم الأنثى من الأمومة، وفي حال حدوثه للأسف الشديد لا توجد له علاج في المستقبل وتصاحبه الأعراض نفسها، لكن الحالة النفسية هي الأصعب والأشد، وبالتالي من المهم جداً إذا كان انقطاع الدورة الشهرية في عمر مبكر قبل بلوغ الـ45 عاماً يتم اللجوء إلى الحبوب الهرمونية التي تعمل على إنزال الطمث حتى وصولها إلى العمر الطبيعي لانقطاع الطمث، بعد اتباع كل الإجراءات الطبية والفحوصات اللازمة.
ووجه الدكتور عدوان البرغوثي رسالة للنساء في هذه المرحلة العمرية من أجل تحويله إلى سن الأمل والعطاء بالحديث مع الطبيب والاستشارة الطبية، لأخذ النصائح والإرشادات، ومن الأهمية بمكان إدراكهن بأن هذه المرحلة ما هي إلا مرحلة عمرية ولها خصائصها وليست مرضية.
وشدد على أهمية تنمية المرأة لذاتها من ناحية العمل والوظيفة، كونها في كامل عطائها وأوج قدرتها على الاهتمام بذاتها، ونصح بممارسة الرياضة اليومية وتناول الفيتامينات المتعددة والكالسيوم، لأن نقص الهرمون الأُنثوي يؤدي عملياً إلى نقص في امتصاص الكالسيوم في الجسم، وبالتالي يتطور إلى هشاشة العظام، وأن تكون تغذيتها متوازنة، والأهم أن يكون المحيط بالمرأة متفهماً تماماً لهذه التقلبات التي تمر بها واستيعابها بشكل صحيح والوقوف معها.

Written by: Hamdi Farrag
The Arab and non-Arab crowds will continue to follow the World Cup even if no Arab team remains in the qualifiers after the exit of the teams of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia from the first round, because the World Cup this time is held on Arab soil with an Arab flavor and Arab foods, and the Arabs in general and the specialists in particular will keep With my exploits, Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina and Tunisia defeated France.
The Arabs will also maintain that the World Cup in Qatar has exposed the cover of the Arabs normalized with Israel, and has cornered them in one of its narrow corners, to the extent that some did not hide their resentment at the success of the organization, so they attacked Qatar and attacked the World Cup, but the Israeli position, which completely identified with their position, increased their scandal and perhaps In their isolation on the level of the Arab masses from the ocean (Morocco) to the Gulf (Bahrain and the Emirates).
The Israeli identification with the Arabists, represented in official complaints against Qatar, which endangers its citizens, and anti-Semitism, but the statement of the Swiss FIFA President on the eve of the World Cup exceeded the racism of religion and Semitism to the racism of the white race and blue eyes in the persecution of this nation for three thousand years, and here is Tunisia France is defeated while Morocco excludes Belgium and Canada from the World Cup.
This Israeli identification with the Arab printers continued through an editorial for Yedioth Ahronoth, the largest Israeli newspaper, in which it called on the Israelis to look at the glass half full (the Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco), where the Israeli goes there freely and enjoys respect and hospitality. Qatar, the newspaper says, is the Sunni version of Shiite Iran, and it is teeming with Palestinians, and this is the empty half of the cup.
The UAE, in turn, identified itself in a shameful manner with Israel, when it invited Bin Ghafir to attend a ceremony commemorating its fiftieth independence day, and Bahrain is preparing to receive the Israeli president amid protest demonstrations against hosting him.
Whatever it was, the World Cup quickly folded, and the details folded with it, just as the events and details of twenty-one World Cups before were folded, and people hardly remember the winning team in the World Cup, so that they can remember who participated and who did not, and if this or that country had qualified for the second round Or I got out of the first round, and so on.
But we will keep remembering that at a time when the masses were obsessed with following the events of the World Cup, Israel went to re-elect Benjamin Netanyahu and with him the clique of priestly and priestly parties, and during that time it killed about thirty Palestinians in the West Bank and the list has not yet been closed, and after a few days Lapid will hand over the keys of government to Netanyahu. And soon he will retract what he said two months ago at the United Nations, boasting that Israel is the only country in the world that wrote a book “by God’s decision.” But all this made the veteran writer, Shimon Sheffer, say: “And I, very much longing for the country from which we came, A small village in Hungary that no longer exists.
Israel's neck to host the World Cup after eight years, with the participation of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, will it host it, or will it make its way to Hungary? .

لندن – (أ ف ب) -فازت رواية “فرير دام” (“شقيق الروح”) الفرنسية بالنسخة الدولية من جائزة بوكر الأدبية البريطانية المرموقة التي كافأت كلاً من مؤلفها دافيد ديوب ومترجمتها البريطانية آنا موسكوفاكيس.
وأصبح دافيد ديوب (55 عاماً) أول كاتب فرنسي يفوز بهذه الجائزة التي تُمنح للكتب الأجنبية المترجمة والمنشورة خلال العام في بريطانيا أو إيرلندا.
وقال الروائي لوكالة فرانس برس “أنا سعيد جداً بالفوز، فهذا يدل على أن لا حدود للأدب” ، مبدياً ارتياحه إلى أن ترجمته أتاحت “امتداد الشحنة العاطفية التي أثرت في القراء الفرنسيين (…) إلى العالم الناطق بالإنكليزية”.
وستتقاسم المترجمة آنا موسكوفاكيس، وهي أيضاً شاعرة معروفة، الجائزة البالغة قيمتها 50 ألف جنيه استرليني (نحو 71 ألف دولار) مع ديوب، علماً أن بوكر هي واحدة من الجوائز القليلة التي تكافئ الدور الرئيسي للمترجمين.
وهذه الرواية هي الثانية لدافيد ديوب الذي نشأ في السنغال وقاتل جده الأكبر في الحرب العالمية الأولى. ويمكن قراءة الكتاب الفائز على أنه تحية للمحاربين الذي خاضوا هذا النزاع وخصوصاً الأفارقة البالغ عددهم نحو 200 ألف الذين قاتلوا في صفوف الجيش الفرنسي.
وتتمحور القصة على شخصية الراوي ألفا ندياي، وهو جندي سنغالي، أصيب رفيقه في السلاح وصديق طفولته بجروح خطيرة خلال هجوم مما يجعله يتوسل إلى ألفا أن يطلق عليه رصاصة الرحمة، لكنّ الأخير لم يقوَ على ذلك. ويحكي الكتاب عن محاولة ألفا ندياي تخليص رفيقه الذي مات بعد معاناة مروعة.
ولاحظت موسكوفاكيس أن الرواية، رغم “خصوصية سياقها” الذي يعني أكثر القراء الناطقين بالفرنسية، تمكنت من إثارة اهتمام لجنة التحكيم الناطقة بالإنكليزية نظراً إلى ما تثيره من قضايا، ومنها “الهيمنة القائمة على العرق والعنف الاستعماري، الموجودة في كل مكان في العالم”.
وقالت رئيسة لجنة التحكيم لوسي هيوز هاليت إن “لِقصة الحرب والحب والجنون هذه قوةً مرعبة”، معتبرة أن “النثر التعويذي والرؤية المظلمة والرائعة” للرواية “سحرا” جميع أعضاء لجنة التحكيم.
في مواجهة استحالة ترجمة اللعب على الكلام في العنوان الفرنسي، اختارت آنا موسكوفاكيس للنسخة الإنكليزية عنوان “آت نايت أول بلود إز بلاك” (“في الليل كل الدم أسود”)، وهي جملة مأخوذة من أحد فصول الكتاب الأولى.
ورأى الكاتب أن عنوان النسخة الإنكليزية “يعكس رغبة الرواية في الإيحاء بأن الحرب وعنفها يؤثران على الجميع، وأن الدم عندما يسيل، يكون له اللون نفسه، أياً كان البشر”.
وتنافس 125 كتاباً على جائزة بوكر الدولية هذه السنة. وتقدمت “شقيق الروح” على أعمال خمسة كتّاب آخرين هم الأرجنتينية ماريانا إنريكيز وبنيامين لباتوت من تشيلي، والدنماركية أولغا رافن والروسية ماريا ستيبانوفا والفرنسي إريك فويلار.
وكانت الرواية حصلت على جائزة “غونكور” للطلاب الثانويين وعلى جائزة أمادو كوروما السويسرية.

LOS ANGELES - (Xinhua) -- NASA and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on Tuesday announced their cooperation to test a thermonuclear rocket engine in space, a major step in preparation for the first manned missions to Mars.

The two US agencies will participate in the Draco space operations agile rocket program to use a thermonuclear rocket that allows for faster space travel time, reducing risks to astronauts, according to NASA.

Reducing travel time is a key component of human missions to Mars, as longer journeys require more supplies and more powerful systems.

"NASA will work with our long-term partner DARPA to develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology as early as 2027," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

With the help of this new technology, astronauts can travel to and from deep space faster than ever before--a great capability in preparation for manned missions to Mars."

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - Every year, with the release of high school results, thousands of students are confused about the nature of the majors they should study, and most importantly, where?

In 2022, 58,107 male and female students passed out of 85,300 who sat for the general secondary exam. The latest report issued by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, under the title “Fields of Study and Relationship to the Labor Market for Individuals 20-29 Years Old,” shows that the number of graduates of Palestinian higher education institutions reached 41,137 male and female graduates. The academic year 2019/2020, while the local labor market annually absorbs an average of 9,000 job opportunities for graduates only.

In Palestine, the number of accredited and licensed educational institutions is 51 higher education institutions, including 16 traditional universities, and two universities for open education, according to the annual statistical book of Palestinian higher education institutions issued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for the year 2020/2021.

Thus, students must carefully choose their specializations as well as the educational institution that meets their aspirations, bearing in mind that the geographical factor - the proximity of the educational institution - the value of fees and expenses, the university student environment, the university's reputation and its global ranking are all factors that play an important role in this regard.

The last factor, which students may not give much weight to, is an important factor, especially after graduation, as higher education institutions in Palestine in general, and universities in particular, compete for advanced ranks in international rankings. Education quality, academic and research level, and other criteria that will be addressed in this report.

What are the most reliable global rankings?

There are many international rankings, and they differ in their methodology, indicators, standards, calculation methods, and work mechanisms, and there is nothing that can determine the superiority of one classification over another. However, analytical studies agree that the three most famous and most widespread and credible international classifications are the Chinese Shanghai Classification - Academic Ranking of World Universities. World University), the British Times Higher Education rankings, and the British QS University Rankings.

Shanghai Academic Ranking of World University:
This classification began by evaluating the level of Chinese universities compared to others around the world, but then it became one of the best accredited international classifications, which is relied upon by all countries around the world in evaluating and ranking universities, and is based in its criteria on the availability of graduates and teachers from the university who have won Nobel Prizes, Research production in international journals, and others.

These standards are among the most difficult in international rankings, and there are no Palestinian universities included in this classification due to the difficulty of achieving its standards.

Times Higher Education University Rankings:

The Times magazine began issuing annual rankings of universities since 2004, and it has evolved from its classification several times to become one of the most famous international rankings, and annually issues several rankings, such as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which includes the best about 1,600 universities around the world, And the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which includes the best universities in the world in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations in 2015, and this classification includes about 1,400 universities around the world in its latest version, in addition to the Times classification according to geographical region, This includes the Times Arab University Rankings, the Asia University Rankings, and the Emerging Economies University Rankings.

The Times Magazine classification criteria are generally based on measuring the quality of the educational environment, scientific research, research citations, university internationality, and income from industries. These criteria include a number of indicators, which differ in their weights from one sub-classification to another.

As for the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, it contains indicators to measure the university's performance in achieving the 17 sustainable development goals.

With regard to the status of Palestinian universities in this classification, it appears, based on the results published on the websites, that An-Najah National University is unique in its presence in Palestine in the Times World University Rankings and among the top 500 universities in the world, and the ranking of universities in countries with emerging economies is ranked 94 among universities in those countries. countries, and the ranking of universities in the continent of Asia ranked 89 on the continent.

The reason for the uniqueness of An-Najah University in these classifications is due to the existence of conditions for the participation of universities in them, which depend mainly on scientific research, and only An-Najah University could achieve them.

As for the other sub-rankings issued by the Times magazine, it also appears that An-Najah University ranked first in the Times classification of Arab universities, at a rank of 51-60, followed by Birzeit University, at a rank of 61-70 among Arabs.

With regard to the Times classification of the impact related to the achievement of sustainable development goals, four Palestinian universities appeared in the classification, namely An-Najah University among the best 200 universities in the world, Birzeit University among the best 300 universities in the world, and both Arab American University and the Islamic University in Gaza among the best 1000 universities in the world. .

QS University Rankings:

This classification is published by Quacquarelli Symonds, a company specializing in higher education, based in the United Kingdom. Such as the QS Arab University Rankings, the QS World University Rankings by Subject, the QS Graduate Employability Rankings, and others.

The QS classification criteria depend mainly on academic and operational reputation criteria, and it is measured through a questionnaire circulated to academics and operators around the world, as well as standards for teacher-to-student ratio, research citations, and international student-teacher ratios. These criteria and their weights vary based on the sub-classification.

With regard to the status of Palestinian universities in this classification, it is better than its position in the Times magazine rankings. Based on the latest published data from the institution, three Palestinian universities were able to participate in the QS classification version of international universities, which are An-Najah University, Al-Quds University, Birzeit University, and Kan An-Najah University and Al-Quds University are ranked among the top 1,200 universities, with a slight difference between the two universities.

As for the results of Palestinian universities in the QS Arab University Rankings version, 8 Palestinian universities appeared in this classification, namely An-Najah University (46 Arab), Birzeit University (one of the best 60 Arab universities), and Al-Quds University (one of the best). 70 Arab universities), the Islamic University in Gaza (of the best 120 Arab universities), the Arab American University (of the best 130 Arab universities), Al-Azhar University in Gaza, Palestine Polytechnic University and Palestine Technical University Kadoorie (of the best 180 Arab universities).

United Nations (United States) - (AFP) Several countries, including France, on Wednesday condemned Russia's "militarization" of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant in Ukraine , which threatens nuclear security.

The foreign ministers of Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Britain and Ukraine, and representatives of South Korea, the United States and Switzerland stressed in a joint statement after a meeting in New York that "Russia's seizure and militarization of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant are the main cause of the current threats in terms of nuclear security and safety."

"We recall that the increased risk of a nuclear accident will remain dangerously high as long as Russia is in the Zaporizhia site," the statement added.

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, warned Wednesday that the situation at the Zaporizhya plant, the largest in Europe, was "deteriorating further", while the Ukrainians accused Russia of bombing it again.

"The situation is still deteriorating, and we cannot afford to waste time until something catastrophic happens," Grossi said after a meeting on this subject held at the headquarters of the French mission to the United Nations and opened by President Emmanuel Macron.

He stated that he discussed the matter with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, whom he met on Wednesday morning on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

"As long as the bombing continues, the risks are great," he added.

Grossi also confirmed during a press conference that he had spoken with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, expressing his hope that "the possibility of going to Kiev soon and perhaps to Russia later."

He pointed out that no agreement had been reached to establish a protection zone around the station, explaining that "the real talks about the standards" of this zone are still in their "beginnings".

On Wednesday, the Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of bombing the site of the largest power station in Europe again, stressing that the radiation in this facility did not exceed the normal rate.

"Even in the worst circumstances, diplomacy should never stop (...) It is our responsibility to do this with practical and realistic proposals, and this is what we are trying to do," Grossi said.
For her part, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna declared that the goal is "the demilitarization of the station within the framework of Ukraine's sovereignty."

On Wednesday, the state operator of Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Energuatom, called on the IAEA to "take firmer action" against Moscow, announcing new bombings.

The Zaporizhia station, occupied by Russian forces since the first weeks of their February 24 invasion of Ukraine, has been repeatedly bombed in recent months.

Kiev and Moscow share responsibility and accusations of nuclear blackmail.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Lions' Den group announced raising the state of alert and full readiness among all fighters in Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron and Jenin.

In a statement issued by it, on Tuesday evening, the group decided to cancel the events that were previously scheduled to commemorate the martyrs of the den and the martyrs of the resistance on Friday, for security purposes, welcoming any memorial festival held by any faction.

The group sent a message to the resistance in Jenin and its camp, so that they be vigilant, explaining that the Israeli enemy did not enter Jenin and its camp a few days ago, except to prepare for the resistance a great and difficult matter.

The group, the Lions of Al-Areen group in Ramallah and Hebron, appealed to the Palestinian people not to circulate any narrative of the occupation regarding the resistance fighters.

Brasilia - (AFP) - Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico on Friday denounced Israel's decision to legalize settlements in the occupied West Bank , following a series of attacks on East Jerusalem.

A statement issued by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry and signed by the four countries expressed its "grave concern" over Israel's announcement last Sunday that it would legitimize nine settlement outposts in the West Bank and give the green light to build 10,000 settlement units there.
"These unilateral measures constitute serious violations of international law and UN Security Council resolutions," the statement added.

Most Western powers consider Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 illegal and in violation of international law.

About 475,000 Israeli settlers live in outposts not recognized by international law in the West Bank, among more than 2.9 million Palestinians.

The return of left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the presidency on January 1 ended a four-year period of Brazilian alignment with Israel under his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro , who even raised the issue of moving the Brazilian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The governments of the four countries called on both sides to "refrain from actions and provocations that might lead to a new escalation of violence" in the region, and urged negotiations for a "peaceful solution" to the conflict.

Washington (AFP) - A cleaning company in the United States has paid a $1.5 million fine for putting more than 100 children into "hazardous jobs" and putting them to work in meat processing and packaging centers, the Labor Department said Friday.

Authorities concluded that Packers Sanitation Services employed at least 100 and two children, ages 13 to 17, and put them to work night shifts at 13 meatpacking centers in eight states.

"Children were using hazardous chemicals to clean meat-processing equipment, including hand saws, meat cutting machines and animal decapitation machines," the Labor Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry indicated that at least three minors were injured while working for the company.

Major companies, including "Tyssen", "GBS Foods" and "Cargi", manage meat processing centers, according to investigations.

These companies were not fined.

The fine was imposed on Packers Sanitation Services following an investigation launched in August 2022.

"The child labor abuses in this case were systemic... and clearly indicate a corporate failure," said Jessica Lohmann, a Labor Department official.

She told reporters that officials had noticed an increase in child labor violations by about 50 percent since 2018.

"These children should never have been employed in meat-packing centres," she added, emphasizing that "this only happens when employers take no responsibility in terms of avoiding child labor abuses."
The imposition of the fine comes at a time when some states are seeking to ease protective measures related to child labor, to help companies with problems at the level of workers find more employees, while bills were raised in this regard in both Iowa and Minnesota.

DAMASCUS, (Xinhua) -- The US forces stole 398 tanks of Syrian oil during the past five days and sent them to their bases in Iraqi territory through illegal crossings, the official news agency (SANA) reported on Tuesday.

The official agency quoted local sources in Al-Hasakah countryside (northeastern Syria ) as saying, “The American forces have intensified during the past days the theft of oil from the Syrian Al-Jazeera fields, as the number of tanks loaded with stolen oil since last Thursday reached 398 tanks, all of which were transported to Iraqi territory through a crossing.” Illegitimate Mahmudiyah.

SANA indicated that the US forces stole today 65 tanks of Syrian oil from inside the Syrian territory to Iraq through the Mahmoudiyah crossing, which is an illegal route established to send oil tankers from Syria to Iraq.

The American forces, who took control of the main oil and gas fields in Hasakah with the help of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), regularly smuggled oil out of Syria.

Yesterday, Monday, the American forces removed 100 tanks loaded with stolen Syrian oil from Hasakah to their bases in neighboring Iraq, according to SANA.

Last Saturday, a convoy of 89 tankers loaded with stolen oil was sent to the US bases in Iraq through the same crossing.

SANA added that last Thursday, the United States sent a convoy of 144 oil tankers in the same way.

The official Syrian news agency stated that the incident comes within the framework of America's continuous violations of international principles and its involvement in plundering the natural resources of other countries and starving their people.

Damascus repeatedly accuses the United States of stealing oil and wheat from the areas it controls in northern and eastern Syria and transporting them through trucks and tankers to Iraq.

And the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources in Syria announced in a statement posted on its Facebook page last Tuesday that 66,000 barrels of oil per day were stolen by the American forces from the occupied fields in the eastern region, noting that the total direct and indirect losses since the beginning of the war are in Syria amounted to about 105 billion dollars until the middle of the year 2022.

رام الله- “القدس” دوت كوم- احتفلت جامعة بيرزيت، الأربعاء، لليوم الثالث على التوالي بتخريج طلبتها من كليتي الآداب والعلوم ضمن احتفالها السنوي بتخريج الفوجين 45 و46.

وألقت الطالبة منى الكرد وهي ناشطة بالدفاع عن حي الشيخ جراح، كلمة الخريجين وقالت “درست الإعلام في هذا الصرح العظيم، حتى أسلط الضوء على قضية بيتي وحارتي ومدينتي ووطني، شكراً لجامعة بيرزيت التي كانت دائما منارة الحريات في فلسطين.”

وخاطبت الكرد زملاءها الخريجين قائلة: “اليوم سنستلم شهاداتنا الجامعية التي ستكون سلاحنا الذي ندافع به عن بيوتنا وأرضنا وأشجارنا وعن حقنا، فكل من على المنصة اليوم سيقاوم بمجال تخصصه”. وأضافت: ” لا تسكتوا عن الظلم والاضطهاد والقمع والاعتقالات السياسية، فالكلمة وصوت الحق ووحدتنا الوطنية هي من تحرك أنظار العالم تجاه فلسطين وقضيته”.

ولم يكن حي الشيخ جراح فقط متصدرا للمشهد في حفل التخرج، بل كان لممارسات الاحتلال وانتهاكاته تجاه التعليم في فلسطين الأثر الكبير، حيث استلمت والدة الطالبة الأسيرة ليان كايد، والمغيبة في زنازين الاحتلال شهادة تخرج ابنتها بتخصص علم الاجتماع، فيما لم تستطع والدة الطالبة المقدسية لين دقة حبس دموع القهر عند استلامها لشهادة ابنتها بتخصص الإعلام، والتي حرمها الاحتلال من المشاركة في حفل تخرجها، فارضاً عليها الحبس المنزلي.

كما رفع الطلبة الخريجون صور زميلهم الشهيد فادي وشحة، الذي استشهد على أيدي قوات الاحتلال الشهر الماضي في مسيرة سلمية متضامنة مع مدينة القدس وحي الشيخ جراح.

من جانبه، هنأ عميد كلية العلوم حجازي أبو علي الطلبة على تخرجهم، وقال: ” يسعدني أن أهنئ الخريجين وأهاليهم الذين يرون اليوم حصاد تعبهم وسهرهم، بعد سنوات من الدراسة والجهد، وبعد عام صعب، عانى فيه العالم من جائحة كورونا، التي حالت دون أن ننظم هذا الاحتفال العام الماضي. ولأننا وعدنا خريجي الفوج الخامس والأربعين، أن الجامعة ستحتفل بهم ومعهم في تخرجهم عند عودة الحياة إلى طبيعتها، فها نحن ننفذ وعدنا، ونحتفل بهم وبالفوج السادس والأربعين.”

وأضاف: “نحتفل اليوم بهذه الكوكبة من الخريجين والوطن ليس بأحسن أحواله، فمن جهة لا يزال الوطن يئن تحت تأثير جائحة كورونا وتداعياتها، ومن جهة أخرى يعاني الوطن من هجمات مستعرة من قبل الجماعات الاستيطانية تهدف إلى نهب الأراضي والبيوت وتهجير أصحابها خاصة في الشيخ جراح، وسلواد، وجبل صبيح بالقرب من قرية بيتا. ويتعرض الوطن في الأيام الأخيرة إلى أزمة داخلية حقيقية تهدد النسيج الوطني، وتتطلب الكثير من الحكمة والتعقل لتجاوزها إلى بر الأمان.”

فيما تحدث عميد كلية الآداب إبراهيم موسى عن الدور الوطني والمسؤولية المجتمعية التي تلعبها جامعة بيرزيت، حيث تقدم منحا دراسية كاملة أو جزئية لطلبتها غير المقتدرين بمبلغ 5.4 مليون دينار كل عام لمساعدتهم على استكمال مسيرتهم التعليمية، يخصص جزء منها للطلبة الجدد، من بينها 50 منحة لطلبة القدس والأغوار، و20 منحة لطلبة مسافر يطا، في مبادرة لدعم ومساندة العائلات الفلسطينية التي تواجه خطر تنفيذ مخطط الضم والاستيطان، الذي سيحرمهم من حقوقهم الأساسية في العيش الكريم.

وخاطب الطلبة الخريجين قائلاً: ” هذا يوم فرحكم أنتم وأهاليكم، ونحن سعداء بقرب عودة الحياة إلى طبيعتها، لتسجلوا في ذاكرتكم هذا اليوم الذي كنتم تنتظرونه من يومكم الأول في جامعة بيرزيت. سننتظر أن نشاهدكم تحفرون طريق نجاحكم في حياتكم العملية، راجين لكم التوفيق والنجاح الدائمين.”

كما قدمت الطالبتان زينب سمارة من كلية العلوم، وفاطمة زلوم من كلية الآداب، كلمة بالنيابة عن زملائهم الخريجين، أكدتا بها الدور الكبير الذي لعبته الجامعة في تطوير معارفهم العلمية والعملية، وبناء شخصيات الطلبة وتميزهم.

وفي نهاية الحفلين، وزعت الشهادات على الخريجين، بعد موافقتهم على الالتزام بعهد الخريجين الذي قرأه عميد الآداب وعميد العلوم.

يشار إلى أنه سيتم غداً، تخريج الفوج 45 والـ 46 من طلبة كلية الأعمال والاقتصاد.

BEIJING (AFP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese leaders in Beijing on Friday that Berlin expects reciprocity in trade exchanges as it looks to boost economic cooperation despite growing mistrust of the Asian superpower in the West.

Schulz is under pressure to push Beijing to take a hard line on Russia over the war in Ukraine, and said Friday that Germany and China had agreed that they opposed any use of nuclear weapons in the conflict.

Schulz is the first among the G7 leaders to visit China since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has prompted the world's second largest economy to largely close its borders.

The visit sparked controversy, as it comes shortly after Xi strengthened his grip on power and in light of the high level of tension between the West and Beijing over issues starting from the Taiwan file and not ending with human rights violations.

Schulz held talks with human rights lawyers opposed to the regime in Beijing before the trip, according to a source in his accompanying delegation told AFP.

Schulz, who was received by the Chinese president after his arrival in Beijing at the Great Hall of the People, said he seeks to "develop" economic cooperation further, while acknowledging the existence of divergent views on a number of issues.

"It is good that we can exchange views here on all issues, including those that we see from two different perspectives. That is the purpose of the communication," he was quoted by a German government source as saying.

"We also want to discuss how we can develop our economic cooperation on other issues: climate change, food security and heavily indebted countries," he added.

In turn, Xi Jinping stressed the need for China and Germany to work together in times of change and instability and contribute more to world peace and development, as reported by the Xinhua News Agency on the meeting.

Schulz also met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at a meeting, in which he called for fair trade between the two countries.

"We do not believe in ideas of severing relations (with China), but it is also clear that this is linked to equal economic relations with reciprocity," he said in a statement.

He urged Beijing to do more to pressure its ally Russia, which has been at war in Ukraine for months.

"I told President (Xi) that it is important for China to use its influence over Russia," Scholz said during a meeting with reporters.

Scholz also called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to extend the grain export agreement from Ukraine.

Both sides have said they oppose the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict, with Schulz telling reporters that "everyone in China knows that an escalation (of the war) will have consequences for all of us."

"That is why it is so important for me to stress that everyone says clearly that escalation with a tactical nuclear weapon is out of the question," he added.

China avoided criticizing Russia over the Ukraine invasion, instead blaming the United States and NATO for the war.

The German delegation, consisting of more than 60 people, was greeted by a military guard on the tarmac at Beijing Airport, in addition to health workers wearing protective suits who conducted corona detection tests in buses converted into mobile laboratories.

Schulz was examined on the plane by a German doctor who came with him under the supervision of officials from the Chinese health sector, according to the German government.

The German and Chinese economies are closely linked. Some in Berlin believe that the relationship is of great importance to Germany, which is witnessing an energy crisis sparked by the Ukraine war, and its economy is heading towards recession.

China provides an important market for German products, from machinery to vehicles made by companies such as Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

German industries' heavy dependence on China is also facing criticism at a time when Berlin is greatly affected by the repercussions of its overreliance on Russian energy imports, which left it in crisis when Moscow decided to cut supplies.

Commenting on this, opposition lawmaker Norbert Röttgen told the "Rheinisch Post" newspaper that Schulz's approach is still based on the idea that "we want to continue doing business with China, regardless of what that means for our economic dependency and our ability to move."

Figures within the ruling coalition also did not hide their concern about the relationship with China, as Foreign Minister Analina Berbock said that mistakes made in the past with Russia should not be repeated.

The sensitivity of the issue was highlighted when a row erupted last month over whether Chinese shipping giant Cosco should be allowed to buy a stake in a container terminal in the port of Hamburg.

While Schulz refused to heed calls from six ministries to reject the deal over security concerns, the company was instead allowed to buy a smaller stake.

There are concerns that the visit, which takes place after Xi secured a historic third presidential term during the Communist Party Congress last month, may have raised concerns in the United States and the European Union.

"For Beijing, it's less about tangible results and more about the symbolism of the German chancellor coming to Xi's visit shortly after the party congress," said Noah Barkin, associate professor in the Asia program at the German-American Marshall Fund.

"This gives international legitimacy to his term as leader for life and shows that China is not isolated," he added.

But Berlin stresses that it has consulted with its most prominent partners, while Schulz insisted that he was visiting China as a "European" and not just as a German official.

The leader of Europe's largest economic powerhouse defended the visit, stressing that direct talks with Chinese leaders had "become more important" after such talks were halted by the pandemic.

"We will not ignore controversial issues," he said in a press article, while enumerating a series of topics he will raise, including respect for civil liberties and the rights of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

Colombo, (AFP) - Six-time Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian country, his office said.

Wickremesinghe, 73, who was elected by parliament on Wednesday, was sworn in by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya in the heavily guarded parliament complex.

The Sri Lankan police chief and senior military officers stood behind the new president during a ceremony attended by Parliament Speaker Mahinda Abeywardana.

The short ceremony was to be broadcast on local television, but was cut short just before the swearing-in began.
Officials said an investigation had been launched into the cause of the sudden interruption.

Official sources indicated that the new president is expected to form a government of no more than 30 ministers to extricate the country from its worst economic crisis since its independence from Britain.

The population of 22 million has been suffering from a serious shortage of basic materials since the end of last year, as the country no longer has foreign currencies to finance its basic imports.

Sri Lanka defaulted on its $51 billion external debt in mid-April and is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund to approve a rescue plan.

الجزائر - (أ ف ب) -لقي ثمانية أشخاص ينتمون إلى عائلة واحدة بينهم خمسة أطفال، حتفهم في حادث مرور في شرق الجزائر حسبما أعلن الدفاع المدني السبت.

وقضى الأطفال الذين تراوح أعمارهم بين 4 أعوام و13 عاما، والوالدان وعمة في اصطدام سيارتهم في ساعة متأخرة الجمعة بشاحنة قرب مدينة باتنة، على ما جاء في بيان مندون تقديم تفاصيل حول ملابسات الحادث.

في 2021 سجلت الجزائر حوالى 22 ألف حادث مرور تسببت بمقتل 3601 شخص وجرح 29,763 آخرين وفق السلطات.

ولم يُعلن بعد عن حصيلة حوادث عام 2022.

وتعد السرعة السبب الرئيسي لحوادث المرور في الدولة الواقعة في شمال إفريقيا، بحسب وكالة حكومية معنية بالسلامة المرورية.

بروكسل- “القدس”دوت كوم- (أ ف ب) – أعلن رئيس الوزراء الإيطالي ماريو دراغي الجمعة، أن لقاح “سبوتنيك” الروسي المضاد لكوفيد قد لا يحصل أبداً على موافقة في الاتحاد الأوروبي، ملقياً أيضاً بظلال من الشك على لقاح “سينوفاك” الصيني.

وقال دراغي في بروكسل: “سبوتنيك (…) لم يتمكن حتى الآن، وقد لا يحصل أبداً على موافقة وكالة الأدوية الأوروبية”.

وأضاف، “اللقاح الصيني الذي لم يتقدم أبداً للحصول على موافقة أوروبية، وأظهر أنه غير مناسب، وانظروا إلى التجارب في تشيلي”.

واعتمدت تشيلي بشكل كبير على لقاح “سينوفاك” الصيني في حملتها للتلقيح، وتدرس الآن إضافة جرعة ثالثة لتعزيز الحماية ضد المتغيرات الجديدة.

وفي تعليقاته قال دراغي: “إن هناك حاجة لـ”تعزيز، وربما إجراء إصلاح في وكالة الأدوية الأوروبية لتحاشي تكرار الإرباك الكبير حول اللقاحات”.

وأشار الى “التناقض” حول سلامة لقاحات كوفيد بين الوكالة الأوروبية والهيئات الصحية الوطنية.

وكان دراغي يتحدث في نهاية قمة الاتحاد الأوروبي، التي استمرت يومين وتناولت نقاشاتها الوضع المتعلق بفيروس مكورونا.

وقال المسؤول الأوروبي: “إن الجائحة لم تنته بعد، ولم نخرج منها حتى الآن”، لافتاً إلى انتشار “متحور دلتا” في بريطانيا.

استهداف الحركة الأسيرة من قبل دولة الاحتلال لم يكن وليد الساعة، بل هو استهداف منذ قيام دولة الاحتلال عام 1948 على أنقاض شعبنا، وبعد احتلال بقية أرجاء فلسطين عام 1967 ، إلا أن الحركة الأسيرة دفعت من دماء أبنائها وصمودهم الكثير واستطاعت من خلال ذلك تحقيق الكثير من الانجازات التي أقرتها المواثيق والاعراف الدولية، وحاولت دولة الاحتلال حرمانهم منها، وما زالت دولة الاحتلال تحرمهم من الكثير من حقوقهم المقرة دولياً.
وبعد تشكيل حكومة اليمين الاسرائيلي المتطرف والعنصري، قامت وتقوم هذه الحكومة باستهداف الحركة الأسيرة الى جانب كل أبناء شعبنا في فلسطين، في محاولة للنيل من صمودهم وكرامتهم من خلال سلسلة تقليصات وسلب العديد من المكتسبات التي حققوها عبر تضحيات جسام.
غير ان الحركة الأسيرة مصممة على مواجهة هذا الاستهداف وهذه الهجمة الشرسة، مثلها مثل بقية أبناء شعبنا من خلال مختلف الطرق النضالية وعلى رأسها الاضراب الشامل عن الطعام كسلاح أخير يتم اشهاره أمام سلطات السجون ومن خلفها دولة الاحتلال وحكومة بنيامين نتنياهو الاكثر يمينية وعنصرية.
واعلان الحركة الأسيرة أمس عن سلسلة خطوات لمواجهة هذه الهجمة والاستهداف والتي تبدأ بالعصيان وتنتهي بالاضراب الشامل عن الطعام في الاول من شهر رمضان المبارك، يدق جرس الانذار أمام دولة الاحتلال بأن الحركة الأسيرة لا يمكنها أن تستسلم أو ترضخ لهذه الهجمة الشرسة التي سيكون مصيرها الفشل، كما كل الاستهدافات السابقة.
كما ان هذا الاعلان من قبل الحركة الأسيرة يستدعي من الكل الفلسطيني اعداد العدة للوقوف الى جانب أسرى الحرية الذين ضحوا بحريتهم من أجل حرية شعبهم ووطنهم الذي لا يزال يئن تحت وطأة الاحتلال بانتظار يوم الخلاص.
فليس من المعقول ان فعاليات التضامن مع الحركة الأسيرة تقتصر فقط على أهالي الأسرى وبعض المتضامنين الآخرين، ان من الواجب الوطني والديني والاخلاقي ان تكون فعاليات التضامن شاملة للكل الفلسطيني وان تضم خيم الاعتصامات كافة قطاعات شعبنا.
وعلى المنظمات المعنية بشؤون الاسرى وحقوق الانسان مضاعفة جهودها ونشاطاتها على مختلف الاصعدة والمستويات المحلية والعربية والاسلامية والعالمية، لضمان أكبر وأوسع قاعدة تضامن مع الحركة الاسيرة التي تستعد لخطوات نضالية ضد التغول الاسرائيلي ضدها.
وعلى السلطة الفلسطينية ممثلة بمختلف الوزارات مضاعفة تحركاتها والتوجه من جديد لمختلف المحاكم الدولية ورفع قضايا ضد دولة الاحتلال على استهدافها للحركة الأسيرة ومحاولات النيل منها.
ونحن على ثقة بأن الحركة الأسيرة من خلال وحدة صفها ستحقق الانتصار على القمع الاحتلالي.

Amman-"Jerusalem" dot com- Our national Olympic football team tied with its Jordanian counterpart with two goals for one, in the second friendly match that brought them together, this Friday evening, at Petra Stadium in Al-Hussein Youth City in the Jordanian capital, Amman.

The players of our national team wore black armbands, mourning the soul of the martyr Ahmed Atef Daraghmeh, player and scorer of the Tulkarem Cultural Center, which competes in the Palestinian Professional League.

The Olympic "Fedayeen" opened the scoring in the 23rd minute through the star of Jabal Al-Mukaber Al-Maqdisi Club, Zaid Qanbar, to finish the first half, ahead with a goal to none.

And our team strengthened its lead with a second goal at the beginning of the second half through Yahya Abu Fara in the 49th minute.

After that, the Jordanian national team imposed control on the match, and succeeded in reducing the difference through Saif Al-Bashabsha, before Amer Abu Jamous equalized, so that the match ended in a positive tie with two goals for the same.

The Jordanian national team had won the first friendly match that took place last Tuesday with a goal without a response.

The camp of our national Olympic team in Jordan comes as part of its preparations to participate in the upcoming Asian competitions.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - About 100 Palestinian women from the Gaza Strip demonstrated, on Tuesday, to demand reunification with their husbands in the West Bank .

The participants in the vigil in front of the Beit Hanoun "Erez" checkpoint raised slogans in Hebrew and Arabic, demanding their right to change their place of residence from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank, with the aim of reuniting them with their husbands, and for them to live a normal family life.

Hanan Abu Saa, representing the women, said in front of the journalists: "Our message to the international community is to intervene to solve our human issue that is far from politics. Here, in front of the Erez checkpoint, we are separated from our husbands by a few kilometers because of this separation wall, and all we want is to live a normal life." with our husbands."

She pointed out that among the married women and others who are engaged, they have not been able for many years, up to 16 years, to enter or even obtain a visitor permit to the West Bank, noting that their husbands also cannot enter the Strip because of the racist occupation policies.

She pointed out that a complete file on their case was submitted to the Civil Affairs, but no solutions were found, appealing to President Mahmoud Abbas and Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh to intervene to resolve their crisis.

Abu Saa said: "The occupation has a dirty racist policy and refuses to change addresses, even though this is a human demand. We do not understand what will harm our marriage and our children meeting with our husbands to form one family. We want to live and have a life only, we do not want to fight and we do not want to harm anyone." ".

(AFP) - The defending Bahraini national football team begins its journey to defend the title with a strong confrontation against the UAE national team, Saturday, at Al-Mina Stadium in Basra Governorate, as part of the competitions of the second group teams, which also witness the confrontation between Kuwait and Qatar in the twenty-fifth edition of the Arab Gulf Cup. for football.
The Bahraini national team achieved its only title in the previous edition, which was held in the Qatari capital, Doha, in 2019, while the UAE national team achieved the title twice, the first in the Gulf 18 on its soil in the year 2007, and the second was in the Gulf 21 that was held in Bahrain in 2013.
The Bahraini national team, led by its Portuguese coach Helio Sousa, who led the Bahraini Reds to the historic achievement of winning the Gulf title from Doha, enters.
Coach Souza was criticized prior to the delegation's departure to Basra after he announced the final list of the Bahraini national team, which saw him summon only one outright striker, Abdullah Youssef, while the attackers Mohammed Al-Rumaihi, Sayed Hashim Issa, the veteran Ismail Abdul Latif, and the top scorer in the Bahraini league in the last two seasons, the Manama club player Mahdi Abdul-Jabbar, were absent. The squad also witnessed the use of promising players, most notably Ibrahim Al-Khattal, Hamza Idris and Abdullah Al-Khalasi.
It is expected that Souza will rely on his stars, Mahdi Humaidan, Kamil Al-Aswad, Muhammad Jassim Marhoon, Ali Haram, Walid Al-Hayam, Amin bin Uday, Ahmed Bogmar and Jassim Al-Sheikh.
On the other hand, the UAE national team is led by Argentine coach Rodolfo Arwabarina, who was also criticized for not calling the historic UAE national team scorer and top scorer in the UAE Professional League, Ali Mabkhout.
Arwabarina said about the reason for the exclusion, "Ali Mabkhout is a good player and he was with me in the team more than once, but I am looking for other advantages on the field, different from what the player possesses."
He continued, "I know Ali Mabkhout's importance to the team and the fans, but team play is the most important."
Mabkhout is criticized for not adapting to the Argentine coach's style, which relies on pressure and defensive support in counter-attacks.
Aruabarina may miss his best player, Vaio Lima, of Brazilian origin, who suffered a back muscle injury in training, and his participation against Bahrain is in doubt.
The Latin coach will rely on the experience of his goalkeeper Khaled Issa, along with Majid Hassan, Hareb Abdullah Suhail and striker Caio Canedo.
"The national team includes 17 players who are participating for the first time at the international level, supported by some elements of experience," said Yasser Salem, UAE administrator. "However, our goal is clear from the beginning, which is to compete for the title."
He continued, "Our focus is on the Bahrain match, as it is the starting point, and at the same time it will be against the defending champion, who is trained by a good coach, and includes in his squad a group of distinguished players."

The "Olympic Port Stadium" will be a testing ground for the start of Kuwait with its renewed young squad against a Qatari opponent who is competing in the Olympic team, fed by a number of the first team members who participated in the 2022 World Cup.
Al-Azraq is armed with the fact that it is the leader of the “regional championship” with ten titles, and it is self-defeating to return to play the first roles in its favorite competition after years of confusion, problems and suspensions, and forgetting its exit from the group stage in the last two editions, in addition to its failure to reach the 2023 Asian Cup finals. .
Despite his absolute leadership in the championship and being the most goals scored in the history of the Gulf Cup (194 goals), ahead of Saudi Arabia (163) and Qatar (130), this does not intercede for him to be the first candidate to enter the highest point of the podium in Basra in light of the coach’s dependence. Portuguese Roy Pinto attacked a group of young men, most notably Shabib Al-Khalidi, in light of the turning of the page of veteran Bader Al-Mutawa (37 years), who was not summoned.
Among the rising names, Mubarak Al-Fenini, Hassan Hamdan and Mahdi Dashti, stand out, without forgetting the presence of a number of expert names such as Fahd Al-Hajri, Khaled Ibrahim and veteran goalkeeper Suleiman Abdul-Ghafour.
It is worth mentioning that the team's list includes 14 players who have never been in the Gulf championships.
For his part, "Al-Annabi" enters the tournament with three titles in his pocket, in which he shares second place with Saudi Arabia and Iraq behind Kuwait, which he achieved in 1992, 2004 and 2014.
The local federation decided to play the Gulf Cup with the Olympic team, led by its Portuguese coach Bruno Pinheiro, instead of the first team that was coached for a long time by Spaniard Felix Sanchez, before the Qatari federation decided not to renew his contract, which expired after the World Cup, in order to give young players an opportunity to show their potential.
The Qataris view the tournament as an opportunity to heal the wounds of the painful exit from the last World Cup that was held on their land, when their team suffered three consecutive defeats and was eliminated in the group stage.
The Qatari national team suffered a painful blow in the tournament after striker Mohamed Muntari, who scored the only World Cup goal for Annabi in the World Cup against Senegal, was excluded due to injury, to be replaced by Al Gharafa player Ahmed Alaa, and the two players who did not get the full opportunity during the World Cup.
Harmony will be the coach’s obsession with finding a harmonious formation in light of the multiplicity of teams for which the invited elements play. However, the basis will be relying on the players of the first team, such as goalkeeper Mishaal Barshim, defenders Tariq Salman and Hammam Al-Amin, along with midfielders Asim Madibo and Ismail Muhammad, while there are talents that have been proven. In the local league, she may find herself a place in the formation, along the lines of Khaled Mounir, Ahmed Fadel and Nayef Al-Hadrami, in addition to the presence of Ahmed Alaa as a spearhead with expertise and experience.
Former Qatari international Wissam Rizk (41 years), who won the title on two occasions (2004 and 2014) and the current coach of Umm Salal, says, "Our team will participate with new blood and good players who have a great future ahead. Achieving the title does not seem difficult, especially since Al-Annabi is competing with elements grafted with experience and international contacts."
The Kuwaiti and Qatari teams had previously met in the Gulf Cup, which started in 1970, in 18 matches, so the first prevailed on 11 occasions, compared to 6 for the second, while a tie dominated one match.

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- The total value of China's top 100 brands exceeded 1 trillion US dollars for the second year in a row, hitting 1.24 trillion US dollars in 2022, according to a report released Thursday by Kantar International Market Research.

The company's report indicated that among the top 10 on the list in 2022 was Tencent, with a brand value of $204.4 billion, ranking first for the second year in a row, while e-commerce giant Alibaba and Kuicho Maotai ranked first. The famous wine maker ranked second and third, with $137 billion and $108.5 billion, respectively.

Among the newcomers at the top of the list, lifestyle-focused social networking platform Xiaohongshu ranked 37th with a value of $6.6 billion, while iFlightic, a smart speech and AI technology company, had a brand value of $4.2 billion, ranking 53rd. in the list.

The report indicated that the popularity of Chinese brands in markets outside China has increased significantly over the past year. Overall, overseas business accounts for about 8.8 percent of the business volume of these companies on the list of the top 100 Chinese brands.

And about that; Strong brands have inherent strengths to effectively absorb the impact of difficult economic times, Doreen Wang, executive director of Kantar's Greater China Division, said, suggesting Chinese enterprises should embrace the concept of sustainable development, while enhancing the sector's full-chain innovation capacity.

Hebron - "Al Quds" dot com - At dawn today, Sunday, 4 citizens were killed as a result of a traffic accident that occurred on the bypass road north of Hebron.

According to local sources, the four young men who died include two brothers: Fayez al-Hawareen, Yazan Rabaa, Rasim Jarad al-Tal, and Qusai Jarad al-Tal.

The media spokesman for the Palestinian police , Colonel Louay Arziqat, explained that the accident resulted from a vehicle colliding with a truck in the opposite direction on the bypass road north of Hebron, which caused the death of 4 citizens and the injury of 3 others.

Arziqat indicated that the Public Prosecution Office was informed and an investigation into the accident was initiated by the traffic police to find out its causes.

Irziqat appealed to all drivers to abide by traffic laws, signs and permitted speed, especially on the external roads between the governorates.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom stated, on Wednesday, that the so-called far-right "Temple Mount groups" will seek to exploit the presence of extremist Itamar Ben Gvir in the position of Minister of National Security, to change the status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque .

According to the newspaper, these groups submitted to Ben Ghafir demands related to opening all the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque to settlers even on Jewish holidays and holidays, including Saturday, as well as to increase the number of assailants to Al-Aqsa in the hours after the noon prayer, and to extend the storming hours in the evening.

The incursions are currently limited to taking place from the Mughrabi Gate, for a period of 4 hours in the morning, and briefly after the noon prayer for an hour, and over a period of five days, from Sunday to Thursday. As reported by the newspaper.

She pointed out that in the first years after the Six-Day War in 1967, settlers were allowed to storm Al-Aqsa until Saturdays, and it was done from several gates.

These groups seek to take advantage of Ben Gvir's presence as a minister to hold discussions about these demands with the Israeli police, which also include allowing individual raids, not just by allowing groups, which requires a change in security procedures.

According to the newspaper, these issues will be raised by Ben Gvir to the Shin Bet, the police and the relevant security authorities, as well as to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, noting that Ben Gvir and Netanyahu agreed that any change to the situation at Al-Aqsa requires the approval of the latter.

Written by: Daoud Kuttab

For decades, the solution to the Middle East conflict has centered around one diplomatic phrase: the "two-state solution." Originally, it was clear that the slogan symbolized a concrete idea - the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. But for most politicians it has become an empty slogan, repeated unconvincingly and without any real desire to see it implemented.

Watch, for example, what was announced about the call of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. According to the US State Department statement, "Blinken stressed that the United States is committed to improving the quality of life for the Palestinian people in tangible ways, and that the (Biden) administration supports a two-state solution through negotiation.

There is nothing new in this talk. Although the United States officially recognized in Israel its acceptance of the 1947 partition resolution, it still does not recognize the Palestinian state mentioned in the same partition resolution. Since that time, Israel has occupied the rest of the areas designated for the Palestinian state, and although the United States and most of the rest of the world have called on Israel to end its occupation of millions of Palestinians, it has not done anything to change the status quo. And this is despite the fact that the United Nations has recognized Palestine as a non-member state, and 139 countries in the United Nations have officially recognized the State of Palestine, but the United States, the European Union, Japan, and Australia did not take the same important decision.

Yet American officials continue to routinely repeat the phrase "two-state solution," which has become a meaningless phrase. And since few expect the United States to boycott Israel or arm the Palestinians (as it works with the Ukrainians), there are practical steps that the United States and the international community can take so that the phrase two-state solution is translated and so that it is not an empty slogan.

For example, the United States can withdraw the name of the Palestine Liberation Organization - which signed the Oslo Accords with Israel - from the list of terrorist organizations. The United States could also ban the import of any items manufactured in illegal Jewish settlements that bear the label "Made in Israel," an incorrect source statement. It could also demand that Israel stop its daily use of violence against Palestinians and work for justice for Sherine Abu Aqleh, an American-Palestinian journalist who American officials have acknowledged was likely killed by an Israeli bullet.

America can do more to help the Palestinian people, building the institutions of state that are necessary to end Israel's control of the land, water and air in Palestine. Israel limits the use of water for Palestinians, puts in place measures to prevent Palestinian construction in the occupied territories, permanently demolishes homes, and refuses to even update the transmitters of Palestinian cellular phones, while allowing the construction of illegal Israeli towers in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Under these circumstances, it is impossible for an independent Palestinian economy to be established, but support for improvement and better economic interaction with neighboring Arab countries, especially Jordan and Egypt, will have an important role in ending compulsory dependence on Israel.

There should be a Palestinian police force at the Karama crossing, the only crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, and Palestinians should be allowed free movement between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Israel itself complied with these two demands when it signed the Oslo Accords.

Political developments indicate that all this is possible. When US President Biden visited the region, Israeli centrist President Yair Lapid was prime minister in a caretaker government. Unlike former right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Van Lapid supports the two-state solution and is a supporter of negotiations with the Palestinian leadership.

Lapid's term may be short, especially since the Israelis are heading to general elections to choose a government next November. Once again, the Palestinians have to wait for the results of Israel's elections, which has become a waste of time.

That the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River should be divided into two independent states or that the two peoples be shared in a state in which all citizens are entitled to equal rights.

Israeli and American leaders who believe in a two-state solution must prove that they mean what they say. At the very least, America should demand - under the threat of sanctions - that Israel cease any actions that might affect the establishment of a contiguous Palestinian state.

When Biden was vice president, the Obama administration authorized Security Council Resolution 2334, which declared Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 illegal and demanded that Israel prevent any further settlement construction in the occupied territories. However, after Biden leaves, Israel is scheduled to announce approval of a settlement plan that will prevent the connection between the north and south of the West Bank.

The continuation of Israeli settlements turns the idea of two states and the leaders who support it into a laughing stock. The question remains: Is Biden serious when he talks about a democratic Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel? In the absence of a real change in policy, the "two-state solution" slogan will be an empty and meaningless slogan.

(AFP) - The Manchester United striker continued his scoring hobby, especially after the World Cup finals, by scoring a brace for his team against Leicester City, to emerge victorious 3-0 on Sunday in the twenty-fourth stage of the England Football Championship , while Tottenham rose to fourth place with its victory. On its neighbor West Ham, taking advantage of Newcastle's loss to Liverpool, 0-2, on Saturday.
Manchester United strengthened its chances of occupying one of the first four positions, after raising its score to 49 points, compared to 41 for Newcastle IV, who has a postponed match.
The "Red Devils" may even be able to enter the struggle for the title because their team is 5 points behind leaders Arsenal and 3 points behind their neighbor Manchester City.
Rashford suffered a lot last season before the appointment of the new Dutch coach, Eric ten Hag, but the latter succeeded in extracting the best potential of the player, thus becoming the most influential this season, as evidenced by his scoring 24 goals in various competitions.
Ten Hag said after the match, "Leicester played in a great way in the first half and we owe it to our goalkeeper De Gea, who saved two dangerous chances."
"We fixed things up in the second half and put on a great show," he added.
Manchester United started the match pressing, but Leicester soon created two dangerous chances, the first of which was a pass from Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho, who passed the ball towards Harvey Barnes alone, but Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea was on the lookout.
Then De Gea excelled in pushing Iheanacho's powerful header.
Manchester United succeeded, contrary to the course of the game, in opening the scoring by Rashford, who was alone with the Leicester City goalkeeper and hit a ball creeping out of his reach (25). Rashford became the first player to score in 7 consecutive matches at Old Trafford since Wayne Rooney in 2010.
Manchester United appeared in a completely different face in the second half, after the entry of Jaidon Sancho instead of the young Argentine winger Alejandro Garnacho, so the offensive front moved in greater harmony.
And Rashford succeeded in breaking the offside trap to add the second goal after a forward pass from the Brazilian Fred (56).
The goal is the sixteenth in Rashford's last 17 matches after the World Cup, including 10 goals in 7 league matches.
Sancho concluded the scoring after a wonderful counter-attack and exchanged the ball with the Portuguese team captain, Bruno Fernandes, to be followed by the first left-hander into the net from close range (61).
It is noteworthy that Manchester United is the only team in the five major leagues that is still fighting on four sides, as it will play the League Cup final next Sunday against Newcastle, and before that the second leg of the play-off in the Europa League against Barcelona, Spain, after returning with a valuable draw from the stronghold of the latter, “Camp.” No" 2-2, and West Ham will meet at home in the FA Cup competition.
On the other hand, Leicester City started the season poorly, but it regained its balance recently, specifically by beating Aston Villa 4-2 away from home, and then inflicting a severe defeat on Tottenham 4-1 in the previous stage.
Tottenham dusted off its harsh loss to Leicester City 1-4 last week by beating its neighbor West Ham 2-0.
Tottenham rose to fourth place with 42 points, ahead of Newcastle by one point, but the latter has a postponed match.
And continued the absence of Tottenham coach Antonio Conte from the bench because he did not fully recover from surgery to remove the gallbladder about 10 days ago.
Tottenham was the best side in the first half, but all his attempts were shy.
Things were different in the second half, as the pressure of the landowners yielded a first goal after a wonderful game in which the ball reached the Brazilian right-back Emerson Royal, who followed it crawling into the net (56).
Soon, South Korean substitute Heung-min Son, who replaced Brazilian Richarlison, added the second after an elaborate pass from team captain Harry Kane (72).

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - Israeli sources denied today, Tuesday, that Naftali Bennett will join new parties in the upcoming elections, after announcing the dissolution of the Knesset yesterday.

Bennett's Yamina party, Avir Kar, a member of the Knesset, said that the latter will not leave political life, and will run in the upcoming elections within Yamina.

Meanwhile, Merav Cohen, a member of Knesset for the There is a Future party, ruled out that Bennett be included in her party's list for the upcoming elections.

Cohen said in an interview with the Hebrew website Ynet, "I do not think that we and our right have the same ideology. We can sit in a government and cooperate within common denominators."

In a related context, Yair Golan, Deputy Minister of Economy, said that he will decide in the coming days whether he will run for the leadership of the Meretz party, after holding meetings with those close to him.

For his part, Knesset Member Eli Cohen of the Likud Party said that his party will achieve a great victory in the upcoming elections, and with a majority that will enable it to establish a government.

On the other hand, Israeli sources expected that the leader of the Shas party, Aryeh Deri, would return to the political arena and run in the next elections, after he was forced to resign recently in agreement with the Public Prosecution after a guilty plea bargain by admitting to illegal actions.

In the context, Bennett instructed the head of the National Security Council, Eyal Kholta, and his military secretary, Avi Gil, to prepare a broad and in-depth plan that would address the main security and political issues on the agenda, in preparation for the date of the Prime Minister's rotation, "Lapid."

Written by: Walid Al-Hodali

These days, the West Bank is witnessing a remarkable rise in the activities of the resistance, especially shooting operations. The revolutionary level in the chests and on the ground rises and falls. If it decreases, the cost of the occupation decreases, and if it increases, its cost increases. Based on this rule, what is required is to raise the occupation’s human and material bill, which would make its calculations difficult, and to think seriously about getting rid of this costly occupation.
This is the only recipe for salvation from the occupation, and it was tried in Lebanon, where the Israeli army carried out an "escape" operation in the cover of darkness in May 2000, which it called Operation Dusk, and it was humiliating and humiliating. History wrote a bright end to the resistance to the occupier and wrote on dark black pages its bitter end in Lebanon, and this beautiful scenario was also repeated in the Gaza Strip, as its days turned black and shooting operations spread, which began with the "Imad Akl" operations, then expanded and expanded and it is no longer a force. The occupation and its tyranny are able to stop the state of regressive loss, and keeping the occupation without loss or potential loss became impossible, so the best option for Sharon was to withdraw, despite the fact that he is one of their most bloody, criminal and extremist leaders.
And because the year of life does not go along with the oppressor, and because the oppressor does not know how to seize the opportunity, or because his ambitions blind him from seeing reality as it should, the matter returns to its normal situation, where the opposite struggle is against the opposite. Every free person rejects the continuation of his oppression and tyranny, and refuses for his people to be deprived of their freedom, dignity and sovereignty over their land.
There are many factors confirming this path, including the obstruction of the horizon in front of the Palestinian Authority, as the occupation wants it to play its functional role without realizing the aspirations of the people in it to achieve a truly national authority with sovereignty, dignity, and an autonomous ability to be independent from the occupier, liberation, and self-determination. He is in charge of everything, meaning its soul is in his hand, if he stops the tax clearing, for example, its balance is disturbed and it is no longer able to pay the salaries of its employees, except for all the main aspects of its life in his hand, the crossings, import and export, water and the open market for its goods...etc.
Therefore, we found in the model of Jenin and the north of the West Bank and the ability of the resistance fighters to formulate a new equation that brought back the conflict between the two main opposites. Therefore, the continuation of the West Bank in this way, while feeding all the cultural and media tributaries that raise the revolutionary level in the collective consciousness of the people of the West Bank, would restore the equation to Its natural condition makes the occupation costly and thus its continuation on this land impossible.