Today, Monday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said, "What the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarem was subjected to by the Israeli occupation forces this morning is the best proof of the Israeli mentality of destruction and killing."

In his speech at the beginning of the government session, today, Monday, in Ramallah, Shtayyeh added, "The Israeli war machine does not stop taking more lives of our defenseless children, with crimes that claimed the lives of children and young men in their prime, as happened in the field executions of the young Fawzi Violating in the town of Sebastia, and the child Muhammad al-Bayed from the Jalazoun camp, and injuring a number of others."

He continued, "All of these crimes take place in parallel with crimes committed by settler gangs throughout the Palestinian territories, and the repeated invasions of Al-Aqsa Mosque. They are crimes stemming from the doctrine of erasure, burning, and genocide espoused by the ruling coalition in Israel."

He pointed out that the ministerial committee that followed up the attacks will follow up on the issue of Nour Shams camp as well.

On another issue, Shtayyeh said, "Israeli society is paying the price today for its silence over the crimes committed by its extremist government against our people. The criminal ideas and practices practiced by the occupiers quickly backfire today on their society, which must realize the danger of the ideology embraced by these extremists and work to combat it, and that the Israeli society must put pressure to end the occupation of our land and stop committing its crimes against our people."

In another context, Shtayyeh appreciated the decision of the Portuguese parliament to recognize the plight of the Palestinian people, 75 years after the forced displacement of our people from their lands and homes in 1948, and the massacres committed by the Israeli gangs against the residents of the displaced villages and towns, which claimed the lives of thousands of victims, including women, the elderly, youth and children.

He stressed that this decision reflects Portugal's solidarity with the plight of the Palestinian people, and constitutes a first step towards the Portuguese government's recognition of the State of Palestine, and thanked the members of Parliament and the friendly Portuguese people for this moral and legal position that is consistent with the decisions of international legitimacy and international law.

The cabinet discusses weekly reports, infrastructure projects, protection of archaeological areas, loans from India and Italy, a set of laws and regulations, and issues related to the Capital Market Authority and the University of Nablus.

Today, Monday, Palestinian factions affirmed that resistance is the only way to confront and defeat the Israeli occupation, praising the resistance fighters’ response to the occupation’s incursions into Nour Shams camp in Tulkarem and Askar camp in Nablus in the West Bank.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said, "The rising presence of the resistance reaffirms the resistance's ability to continue despite all the occupation's aggression and crimes."

Qassem added, "The escalating Zionist aggression in Jerusalem and the West Bank increases everyone's responsibility to formulate a unified national strategy to confront the fascist settler government," noting that it is one of the outputs of the general secretaries of the Palestinian factions in Cairo.

In turn, the spokesman for the "Islamic Jihad" movement, Tariq Selmi, said, "The ember of resistance will remain burning and will not be extinguished by all attempts and plans of persecution, repression and intimidation."

Selmi stressed that the unity of the resistance ranks is the beacon and inspiring model for all our people, who see the resistance as hope, victory, and a light that dispels darkness and a way to defend Jerusalem and liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque.

For its part, the Popular Front considered that the occupation forces’ incursions into the West Bank, the tampering and sabotage of the infrastructure, the destruction and burning of property, the theft of some personal belongings, and the arrest of a number of young men, are part of the systematic Israeli campaign targeting the citadels of resistance, especially in the steadfast camps, in a failed attempt to bring them to their knees and kill the resistance will within them.

The Front demanded the masses of our people and all resistance formations to continue to confront this frenzied attack, which will increase in its ferocity in the coming days, and which is closely linked to the plans and objectives of the occupation aimed at imposing unilateral steps and facts on the ground.

On Monday morning, the Israeli Navy arrested 4 brothers, fishermen, after attacking their boat off the coast of Al-Sudaniya, northwest of the Gaza Strip.

According to local sources, Israeli gunboats surrounded the boat carrying the four brothers of the Bakr family, amidst gunfire, and arrested them and took them to an unknown destination.

The Israeli navy constantly targets fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip.

Today, Monday, the Captive Club reported that the prisoners of the "Islamic Jihad" movement are holding a sit-in in the courtyards of the "Negev Prison", to protest against the overcrowding they face inside the rooms, with the prison administration continuing to transfer more new detainees and detainees to the prison.

The club stated, in a statement, that the suffering of prisoners in (Negev) prison has recently worsened, which is considered one of the largest central prisons in which prisoners are held, and their number is about (1,400) prisoners.

He added that the issue of overcrowding affected the prisoners on several levels and aspects related to the daily detention life of the prisoners.

Note that there is a decision by the Supreme Court of the occupation to specify the space for each prisoner inside the room, yet the prison administration neglects to implement or abide by the decision.

US President Joe Biden urged Israel not to rush into increasingly "divisive" judicial reforms, given the other challenges facing the US ally.

In a statement initially published by the Axios news website and sent to AFP by the White House, Biden said it was "illogical for Israeli leaders to rush this matter," adding, "The focus should be on bringing people together and finding consensus."

"From the point of view of Israel's friends in the United States, the current judicial reform proposal seems to have become more divisive, not less," Biden continued.

On Sunday evening, Israeli President Isaac Herzog entered into negotiations for the last quarter of an hour in order to reach a settlement between the opposition and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, on the eve of Parliament's vote on a key clause in the judicial reform bill, which sparked unprecedented protests.

The Netanyahu government, which includes far-right and ultra-religious parties, plans to limit the powers of the Supreme Court, under the pretext that the changes are necessary to ensure a better balance of powers.

The controversial judicial reform proposed by Netanyahu's far-right government last January caused sharp divisions in Israel and one of the largest protest movements in the country's history.

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of Jerusalem against Netanyahu's proposal to limit the powers of judges in a project that his opponents say would undermine democracy, while lawmakers began discussing a key item in it.

Opponents accuse the prime minister, who is being prosecuted on charges of corruption, which he denies, of seeking to pass reforms with the aim of overturning possible sentences against him.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Palestinian people are facing the most serious challenge in their history since the occurrence of the Nakba in 1948. The rulers of Israel, through their behavior and statements, leave no room for doubt about their intentions, to liquidate the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people, to annex and Judaize what remains of Palestine, and to try to subject the Palestinians, as Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said, to one of three options: “either departure, or complete submission to Israeli fascism, or death.” The Israeli fascist ministers also crossed the lines of calling for colonial expansion. Comprehensive settlement, annexation and Judaization to demand gradual ethnic cleansing, and the use of settler terrorism as a means to achieve this.

The government of Israel went beyond its imposition of restoring its military and security control over the so-called Areas (A) to imposing its civil control as well, and this is the significance of Smotrich's statements before the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee in the Israeli Knesset, that he wants to restrict Palestinian construction not only in Areas (C), but in the entire West Bank.

These statements confirm, what we have said repeatedly, the death of the Oslo Accords and Israel's intention to annex the entire West Bank.

It is important here to point out that the Israeli opposition, which opposes the judicial changes, supports the behavior and actions of the Israeli government in everything related to the Palestinians, settler colonialism, and the killing and abuse attacks against the residents of the West Bank, the latest of which was the brutal attack on the Jenin camp, as well as against the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian national movement will not be able to face this historic challenge and the fierce attacks of the Zionist movement, without unifying its ranks and energies. No force, regardless of its capabilities and sacrifices, can face this challenge alone.

Likewise, no force, whatever its history, has the right to claim the exclusive right to lead the Palestinian people and their just struggle.

It is no secret to anyone that the Palestinian internal division is the greatest factor of Palestinian weakness exploited by Israel and all the enemies of the Palestinian people, and the most reason behind which all those who fail to support the rights of the Palestinian people, and those who normalize with the fascist occupation government, hide behind it.

There are internal Palestinian differences in visions and convictions, and in interests as well. There are cases that adhere to visions that events and life have proven to be a complete failure, out of concern for individual interests, and sometimes factionalism.

But what is definitely proven, after all that happened, and what we have seen of successive brutal invasions of West Bank cities, repeated wars on the Gaza Strip, and dangerous expansion of settlement terrorism, is that the Zionist movement targets everyone without exception, including the interests of those who still cling to the illusion of the possibility of reaching a compromise with the Zionist movement.

In light of the existing political pluralism in the Palestinian arena, and pluralism is a healthy phenomenon, diversity and difference can be a source of weakness through division, or a source of strength through unity.
In order to get out of the circle of division, and by that I mean not only the division that took place in 2007, but the deeper division that crystallized after the signing of the Oslo Accords, there is no solution other than accepting the principle of democratic partnership, partnership in making political and militant decisions, and partnership in formulating a national strategy of struggle and joint resistance.

All of this is achievable if the collective national interest takes precedence over all factional, partisan, and individual interests, and if the sense of common danger is translated into action, a joint program of action and struggle, and a unified national leadership, to thwart the Zionist attack on the Palestinian people and their future.

There is great doubt among the masses of the Palestinian people about the meeting of the Palestinian forces scheduled to be held at the end of this month of July in Cairo. These masses cannot be blamed for their feelings of doubt and anxiety, after witnessing repeated meetings of the same forces, which end in failure, or in agreements that are not implemented so that everyone returns to the circle of division and exchange of accusations.

And if, God forbid, the next Cairo meeting ends in another failure, the anger of the Palestinian masses, after all that happened in Jenin and elsewhere, will be great and sweeping.

For all of this, and based on the interest of the Palestinian people in blocking the road to Israeli fascism, it is the duty of everyone to make every possible effort to make this last opportunity a success and an entry point for a new approach and path, and a unified national strategy of resistance, that adopts the principle of democratic partnership within a unified national framework, and a unified national leadership, and paves the way for giving the Palestinian people their usurped right in democratic elections for their leaders.

There are four indicators, prior to the Cairo meeting, that can suggest seriousness and keenness for the success of that meeting. The first of these is the immediate release of political detainees and an end to the phenomenon of political arrests.

The second is to stop the mutual media campaigns, which have crossed all limits.

The third is the willingness to give enough time to the national dialogue, so that it reaches tangible and specific results, which people see in implementation and not in statements and agreements that are not implemented.

The fourth is a clear declaration by all the participating forces to agree to the principle of democratic partnership and put it into practice, within the framework of a unified national leadership, whose work continues to take and implement collective decisions, and to lead the joint national struggle. This does not detract from the status of the Palestine Liberation Organization, but rather restores its dignity.

Once again, we repeat, no one will benefit us unless we benefit ourselves, and what scratch your skin is like your fingernail, and the lesson is in implementation and application, not in constructive words that are blown away by the wind.

The upcoming meeting of the general secretaries of the Palestinian national and Islamic action factions, which is expected to take place in Cairo at the end of this month, differs from the previous meetings and attempts to end the division, achieve national unity, and agree on a comprehensive Palestinian national strategy. They and their policies with a balance of gold.

This makes the misreading of this context and the lack of agreement in this meeting on a comprehensive Palestinian national strategy, and the failure to achieve Palestinian unity, the achievement of which is at its highest level a condition for achieving the minimum level of Palestinian rights, an argument for the two communities and evidence of their lack of appreciation for the importance of the moment when the Palestinian strategic environment is witnessing locally, regionally and internationally, radical transformations that entail a number of opportunities for the Palestinians, perhaps equal in size to the threats they entail.

Where success was not the share of the approaches that were employed in the previous attempts and meetings, as two approaches were employed in these attempts: the first sought to agree on all the details before going to general elections, and the second was based on starting with the Palestinian general elections first, and then agreeing on the details under the dome of the elected parliament.

Despite the relevance of the two approaches, neither of them achieved the desired goal, and the disorientation remained the same. Therefore, this article proposes a different approach that begins with what is not disputed by the Palestinians, which is here the Palestinian national security, in terms of the concept, goals and objectives, and here some may argue that the disagreement over the means and methods of achieving national security, may backfire and deepen the Palestinians’ predicament and increase their division and disorientation that they are in.

In order to avoid the Palestinian people being held hostage to disagreement and disagreement over means and methods, and to keep them forever in the predicament and disorientation in which they are now living, and in order to cut off those who try to steal their dream, the need increases to develop a general framework for Palestinian national security, from which emerges what this article will call (the Palestinian national security equation).

In this regard, Hussein Agha and Ahmed Sameh Al-Khalidi argued in the introduction to their book (A General Framework for a Doctrine of Palestinian National Security), which was published by the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy (Muwatin) in 2006, by saying, “The situation of the Palestinians is still critical. With Israel at times, and their commitment to the rules of negotiation with it at other times. Their strategic horizon is unclear, as it ranges from a comprehensive final settlement that includes the establishment of an independent, sovereign and viable Palestinian state, and a costly and protracted struggle that does not bear the promise of progress towards the goals of independence and liberation. Between these two extremes there are many possible endings, each of which carries its own results and consequences.

In such a vague horizon, Agha and Khalidi add, "the importance of crystallizing a general structure for Palestinian national security emerges as an important tool for framing and arranging Palestinian strategic and political priorities. Such a framework, whether adopted publicly or tacitly agreed upon, would be a means to express the Palestinians' security needs, a way to ward off their fears, and a mechanism to help them achieve their goals."

In fact, there were several calls by other Palestinians to develop a framework such as that called for by researchers Hussein and Ahmed, and there were also modest attempts in this regard by those appointed as Palestinian national security advisers, as well as by some non-governmental organizations (NGO), and by law specialists, especially in the recent attempt to develop an informal draft of the constitution for the State of Palestine, which I believe is the best of all attempts despite its importance, but none of these attempts resulted in developing an equation for Palestinian national security, neither publicly nor implicitly. Which is worth looking into and addressing the causes.

And if the situation of the Palestinians today is compared to what it was in the year 2006, it can easily be asserted that it is more critical politically, economically, security and socially, which makes the development of the “Palestinian national security equation” a higher national priority, especially since it has become clear to the youngest Palestinians that the settlement and negotiations did not lead to an independent state as desired by the Palestinians, despite their achievements of strategic weight in this field, such as the transformation of the organization’s status into a non-full member state in the United Nations according to the resolution No. (19/67) issued by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2012, which allowed Palestine to join the institutions of the United Nations, especially the International Criminal Court, despite the international organization’s recognition of the Palestinian plight and its commemoration of the anniversary of the Nakba in accordance with Resolution issued by the United Nations General Assembly No. (A/RES/77/23) in the year 2022,

It also became clear to them that the armed resistance did not liberate an inch of the land and did not lift the siege on Gaza, according to what Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri said in a rare audio recording made in 2020, where Al-Arouri added in this recording that the settlement project did not advance, just as the resistance project did not progress either, and the only project that advances is the occupation project!!!

It is true that the situation of the Palestinians is still critical, as they are still under occupation, siege, oppression, killing and displacement, as happened recently in the camp and governorate of Jenin and before that Nablus, Tulkarem, Jericho, Bethlehem and Azza, and they are still in exile and diaspora, and their independent state is still not behind the doors, but on the other hand, with their steadfastness and steadfastness on their land and their insistence on achieving their national goals and aspirations, they have brought the Western Zionist colonial project to the brink of failure and the end, as the lack of Insight is the only one who does not see this truth, and in order for the Palestinians, especially the future generations, to be able to declare victory over this project, they must control their methods and means with a balance of gold, which is provided only by the Palestinian national security equation, on one side of which stands the national capabilities of the people, and on the other side stands the national aims, purposes and objectives, and the means and methods mediate them.

Day after day, the attacks of Jews and herds of settlers on places of worship of Muslims and Christians are increasing, whether in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, or the Palestinian interior, especially in mixed cities and elsewhere, within the framework of the desperate Jewish attempts to force Palestinian citizens, Muslims and Christians, to leave their land and their country, in order to resolve the conflict that has been going on for more than a century in favor of the occupying state and the notable settler state, but rather existing in the West Bank, where the massive settlement attack and the attacks of herds of settlers against our people and the arming of these people You will settle those who wreaked and continue to wreak havoc with the occupation army in the Palestinian land.

Yesterday, the attack took place again for the second time in less than a week, against the Church and Monastery of Mar Elias in Haifa, under various allegations and allegations, but in reality they are attempts by state-supported Jews targeting the Palestinian Arab presence in the country, as a prelude to a wide ethnic cleansing that the occupying state is preparing for, pending favorable conditions.

The state's security services could have prevented this attack, especially since it is the second within a week, which proves that these agencies are complicit with extremist Jews. The same applies to the authority in Israel, especially the political one, which does not move a finger about these attacks, which also affected churches and monasteries in East Jerusalem, including the Church of the Virgin Mary, which was defended by Palestinian guards and youths as evidence of true brotherhood between Muslims and Christians in this country, whether before or after the occupation.

Also, these attacks affected the request of a Christian cleric to hide his cross, which is a Christian rite, while accompanying a German minister when she visited a few days ago the Al-Buraq Wall, which was seized by the occupying Power after its occupation of Jerusalem in 1967 AD, which it calls according to its claims the Western Wall, although this wall is Islamic and belongs to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque with international recognition and investigation committees were held during the Al-Buraq Revolution in 1922 AD, that is, before the establishment of the Israeli entity in addition to the Attacks on the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, and other churches and monasteries.

As for the attacks on the sanctities and the Muslim clerics, it is an event without embarrassment. Every day, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is stormed and Talmudic prayers are held inside it, and it has been divided temporally.

This is in addition to the measures taken by the occupation authorities against clerics by deporting them from the mosque and from Jerusalem, as well as what happened and is happening to the stationed men and women stationed in the mosque in terms of arrests and deportations from the mosque and outside Jerusalem.

This is in addition to the attacks on mosques at home and throughout the West Bank, and some of them inside are turned into gambling shops and other immoral practices inside.

Faced with this reality, what is required of the Palestinians first is to confront these attacks with unified unity, especially since the international community, including the Christian West, does not move a finger, as if the matter does not concern it.

Today, Monday, two citizens were injured during the Israeli occupation forces’ raid into the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus.

The Red Crescent in Nablus told Al-Quds.com: The outcome of the occupation forces' raid into the camp was two injuries, one of which was a volunteer field paramedic.

Activists and human rights activists in the American arena called on employees working for Google and Amazon to join their colleagues who refuse to work in these two companies, in light of their continued provision of services to the occupation army and the Israeli apartheid regime.

Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud signed a $1.22 billion contract to provide cloud technology to the Israeli government and military.

Activists believe that by dealing with the Israeli apartheid regime, Google and Amazon will make it easier for the Israeli government to monitor Palestinians and force them to leave their lands.

Activists are preparing to gather a larger crowd of workers in the two companies, as well as advocates for Palestinian rights, to stage a sit-in in front of the annual Amazon Web Services Summit in New York City on the 26th of this month, titled: "#NoTechForApartheid", to deliver a message to the management of the two companies by refusing to allow business as usual as long as Amazon continues to profit from the violence and oppression that Palestinians face daily.

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On Monday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Sheba Hospital, after he underwent surgery to place a pacemaker.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the medical team recommended that Netanyahu rest at home for at least 48 hours, and for two weeks in general, and reduce his movements.

Netanyahu stayed in the hospital for two days, amid doubts about his health and the transparency of the information he was providing himself through short videos that were recorded and posted on his social media accounts.

And the Hebrew Channel 13 said, last night, that Netanyahu was subjected to an irregular heartbeat for 12 seconds, which prompted his urgent transfer, Saturday night - Sunday, to the hospital, and it was decided to perform the surgery on him.

Today, Netanyahu will participate in the Knesset session to vote on the controversial "reasonableness" law.

On Monday morning and dawn, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of arrests among citizens in separate areas of the West Bank.

According to local sources, these forces arrested Alaa al-Hajj Muhammad and his son Muhammad from al-Mughayyir village in Ramallah.

In Nablus, the student at Birzeit University, Rayan Khreyoush, and the two young men, Ayoub Hamayel and Diaa Dweikat, were arrested, all from the town of Beita, south of Nablus.

Meanwhile, the editor, Nour Khuwaira, from Nablus, was arrested.

In Jenin, the young man, Adham Turkman, was arrested after storming his family's home.

In Hebron, a student at the Polytechnic University, Issa Asafra, from the town of Beit Kahil, and a young man, Ibrahim Maher Khamis, from Bethlehem, were arrested.

The next few hours will be decisive in the fate of the state of division within "Israel", in the event that the Knesset plenary votes on amendments to the controversial "reasonableness" law that relates to the work of judicial bodies.

The Knesset session will be held amidst noisy demonstrations called by the opposition and protesters from political, security, economic, health and other sides, to demonstrate against these legislations led by the far-right government led by Benjamin Netanyahu.

This morning, hundreds of demonstrators arrived near the Knesset and blocked the main street in an attempt to impede the access of Knesset members to the headquarters in order to participate in the session that will be held to vote on the law.

Dozens of demonstrators set up tents in front of the Knesset building, amid a great alert for the Israeli police, who use water to disperse the demonstrators and try to open the road.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, several protesters were arrested.

And major commercial companies announced the closure of their doors and stores in various Israeli regions, as part of a call from the business forum to completely disrupt the economy.

Yesterday evening and until the early hours of dawn, Israeli President Isaac Herzog tried to bridge the gap between the government coalition and the opposition, in an attempt to prevent the situation from worsening.

Herzog put forward a plan to try to freeze these legislations and enter into serious negotiations, and it seems that the dispute revolves around the period of time in which the legislation should be frozen.

Opposition leaders will meet today before the Knesset session to coordinate their positions.

The Israeli occupation forces launched, at dawn and Monday morning, a massive military campaign in Nour Shams camp, Tulkarm district.

Those forces raided many citizens' homes and wreaked great damage.

The occupation forces deliberately sabotaged and bulldozed the infrastructure in some streets in the camp, in the same way they carried out their operation in Jenin camp weeks ago. They also demolished the walls of houses, and deliberately sabotaged citizens' vehicles, breaking some of them.

During the hours-long raid, the resistance confronted the occupation forces, clashed with them and detonated explosive devices with their vehicles, amidst violent explosions.

It was reported that two young men were wounded, and described as stable, while at least two young men were arrested from inside their homes, including Moamen Qaraawi, the son of Hamas leader Fathi Qaraawi.

Hebrew Channel 13 said, on Sunday evening, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not reveal that he was in danger before being transferred to the hospital on Saturday night - Sunday.

According to the Hebrew channel, Netanyahu was exposed to irregular heartbeats for 12 seconds, and the device that was installed under his skin did not give him any signal, but he activated it himself after he felt a danger to his life.

According to the channel, the medical team monitoring his condition immediately decided to transfer him to the hospital due to the seriousness of his condition. Upon his arrival at the hospital, it was decided to perform surgery on him by installing a pacemaker.

On Sunday evening, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a girl from the village of Deir Razeh in Dura, south of Hebron.

According to local sources, these forces arrested the girl, Suzan Samir Amr, while she was near the al-Majnouna camp, which is located on the town's lands.

The head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, said, "Hamas has taken the measures through which it aspires to make the Cairo meeting a success, and to raise its results to the level of the current political and field moment, including the bilateral meetings that take place with the factions and the intensification of contacts with the Egyptian brothers."

Haniyeh praised the statement issued by the national meeting that was held in Gaza and Ramallah today, Sunday, in which representatives of our people in the diaspora and the occupied interior participated, which carried contents that constitute an important platform for the meeting of the general secretaries in Cairo.

He said: "This national meeting has expressed the collective will of the broad spectrum of our people at home and abroad calling for the need to build a comprehensive national plan to confront the fascist government of the occupying entity."

He added, "The national situation, which was reflected in this meeting, believes that Cairo's next station, which comes in light of existential challenges, must put us before a new stage by building a national strategy that is based on comprehensive resistance and changing the rules of political behavior with the enemy."

Haniyeh stressed that this requires serious preparation for the success of the leadership meeting and immunizing it from failure, pointing to the release of political prisoners.

Two young men were wounded by metal bullets, on Sunday evening, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in Rummana village, west of Jenin.

According to local sources, the clashes erupted after those forces stormed the village, firing stun grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets at the citizens and their homes, wounding two young men with metal bullets.

Two former US ambassadors to Israel called on US President Joe Biden's administration to cut off military aid to Israel, arguing that the relationship between the United States and Israel would be more appropriate without feeling financial dependency.

Famed columnist Nick Kristof of The New York Times, one of the most influential columnists in liberal circles, said on Saturday that former US ambassadors Dan Kurtzer and Martin Indyk told him it was time for a new approach to the US-Israel relationship that did not focus on foreign aid.

According to Christophe, Kurtzer told him, "The Israeli economy is strong enough that it does not need assistance. Security assistance distorts the Israeli economy and creates a false sense of dependence."

"The aid provides the United States with no leverage or influence over Israeli decisions to use force, because we sit quietly while Israel pursues policies we oppose, we are seen as 'enabling' the Israeli occupation," Kurtzer told Kristoff.

"The United States provides billions of dollars in aid to Israel that allows it to avoid difficult choices about where to spend its own money, and thus allows Israel to spend more money on policies we oppose, such as settlements," Kurtzer continued.

As for Martin Indyk, who also served as the US special envoy for peace in the Middle East between August 2013 and April 2014, he said, "Israel can bear it, and it would be better for the relationship if Israel stood on its own two feet."

The statements, made by two of the most important supporters of Israel historically, come at a time when this issue has been confined to a handful of progressive House representatives, and at a time when the relationship between the United States and Israel may be facing unprecedented tension, given the Biden administration's deep dissatisfaction with the policies pursued by the far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu related to judicial reform, settlement expansion and other issues related to Israel's approach to the Palestinians, which makes the two-state solution, in which the administration verbally clings, almost impossible.

Perhaps one of the indications of this tension is Biden's refusal to officially invite Netanyahu to the White House for an official visit, which led to conflicting readings between the two parties, which unleashed many interpretations.

Kristof's call also comes as Democrats have become increasingly divided over the state of US-Israel affairs, with progressive voices critical of Israel being officially portrayed as anti-Semitic by Republican rivals and the rest of the Democratic Party unsuccessfully seeking to avoid politicizing the issue.

While judicial reform has forced many Democrats to contemplate whether they can continue to unabashedly support Israel if it loses its status as a democracy, senior US officials used President Isaac Herzog's recent visit to insist that the relationship is solid and unbreakable.

“I don't think any change should happen suddenly or in a way that jeopardizes Israeli security,” Kristoff suggests. The reason for rethinking US assistance is not to seek leverage over Israel — although I do think we should get tougher on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who destroys any hope for a two-state solution and is, in the words of former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, “determined to shatter Israel into a corrupt, racist dictatorship that will lead to the collapse of society.”

Instead, Kristof says, "The reason for having this dialogue is that US aid to another rich country squanders scarce resources and creates an unhealthy relationship that harms both sides.

"Today, Israel has legitimate security concerns but is not in danger of being invaded by the armies of its neighbours," he says, "and is richer per capita than Japan and some European countries. One sign of the changing times: Almost a quarter of Israel's arms exports last year went to Arab countries."

According to Christophe, the annual aid value of $3.8 billion to Israel is more than 10 times what the United States sends to the most populous country of Niger, which is one of the poorest countries in the world and is under attack by jihadists. In countries like Niger, that amount could save hundreds of thousands of lives annually, or here in the United States, it could help pay for much-needed early childhood programs.

Next Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Turkey, Faed Mustafa, said that an official reception ceremony will be held for President Abbas at the Turkish presidential palace in the capital, Ankara.

He added that President Abbas will meet with President Erdogan and the Turkish leadership, within the framework of the regular political consultations that take place between the two presidents and the two friendly countries, in light of their historical ties and relations.

Ambassador Mustafa stressed that the visit is of great importance at this delicate stage in the march of our national cause, in light of the local, regional and international developments, the increasing frequency of Israeli aggressions against our people, and the Israeli government's disavowal of all agreements and the foundations on which the political settlement process was built.

He pointed out that these and other developments will be on the agenda of discussion between the two presidents and the leaders of the two countries, in addition to consultations on various regional and international developments and their repercussions on our national cause, and ways to strengthen bilateral relations.

The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Turkey praised the Palestinian-Turkish relations, which are witnessing positive developments and great progress in all fields.

On Sunday, the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, Ziyad al-Nakhala, stipulated that his movement attend the meeting of the general secretaries that will be held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, at the end of this month, on the release of detainees.

Al-Nakhala said in a brief press statement, "We will not go to the meeting of the general secretaries in Cairo before the release of our mujahideen brothers in the prisons of the Palestinian Authority." According to the text of his statement.

The Palestinian Authority denies that it has any political detainees, and says that those it arrests are based on criminal cases, especially after attacking a police station in the town of Jaba, south of Jenin.

Hamas had confirmed that it would participate in the upcoming meeting, as announced by Khalil al-Hayyah, a member of the movement's political bureau, during a national meeting in Gaza.

On Sunday, Palestinian factions, forces, and legal personalities in the Gaza Strip organized a national meeting about the meeting of the secretaries-general on the 30th of this month in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

Politicians and many personalities delivered speeches that emphasized the importance of making the upcoming meeting a success.

Khalil al-Hayyah, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said that there is keenness and desire from all forces to make the meeting of the general secretaries a success, stressing that his movement is going to the meeting and will make every effort to make it a success as it is a great opportunity to advance the national situation and unity.

Al-Hayya called for a comprehensive national vision to confront the occupation and its fascist government, and for the sake of Palestinian reunification and the unity of his home, calling for the formation of a new national council through elections, even if it was not possible to agree on a transitional national council, and the formation of an inclusive national leadership, and the formation of a government emerging from it.

The Hamas leader said: We want the meeting to come out with clear results in confronting the occupation government.

He added: The constants of the Palestinian cause today are in great danger, but despite the fascism and danger of this government, it gives our people a new lever and a new opportunity to confront it.

He pointed out that the occupation entity is no longer an oasis of democracy and freedom, and the current government finds no one to support it from the world, indicating that the occupation entity is torn from within and is struggling, and has become isolated.

He continued: We have an opportunity to isolate the entity and put pressure on it. The opportunity is available to us today how to confront and resist the occupation. We have no choice but to go united. like he said.

The Hamas leader added: This entity, which is reeling from its differences and its might among the world, is not permissible in any way to receive its criminal leaders in our Arab and Islamic capitals.

For his part, Khaled al-Batsh, a leader in the Islamic Jihad, called for immediately starting measures to release political detainees, stop all forms of prosecution, stop security coordination in all its forms and manifestations, and disengage from the Oslo Accords and the Paris Economic Agreement.

In his speech, Al-Batsh stressed the need to stop the campaigns of incitement, media squabbles, and the exchange of accusations with the resistance, calling for the need to agree on a national plan and strategy that adopts the option of resistance and national struggle in all its forms to confront the crimes of the occupation.

He also called for the need to form a unified national leadership represented by the forces, factions, popular activities and independent personalities to assume the tasks of the challenges of the occupation and rebuild a political system on the basis of unity and partnership by proceeding immediately to re-form a national council with the participation of the national whole and the diaspora without ignoring our people at home, and the implementation of the Cairo and Beirut agreements. like he said.

Al-Batsh demanded the rebuilding of the PLO, the establishment of a unified national leadership, the formation of a national unity government without any obligations or conditions, and the start of resolving the issues of the Palestinian people, realizing their just demands, alleviating their suffering, and lifting all forms of sanctions on the Gaza Strip.

He added: Time is of blood and there is no room for tampering with the interests and destiny of our people.

The leader in Islamic Jihad said: It is required to strengthen the steadfastness of the Palestinian citizen in all arenas of his presence. In order to continue confronting the Zionist project on the land of Palestine. according to his expression.

He added: A national response to Arab normalization with the occupation is required, so that the Arabs can return to their role in supporting the Palestinian cause.

Today, Sunday, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs called on humanitarian, human rights and women's institutions to intervene immediately to stop the daily violations and harassment of female prisoners in Damon Prison.

According to the commission’s lawyer, Hanan al-Khatib, the life reality of a number of female prisoners is getting worse and more complicated, specifically that the psychological situation of a number of them has become reflected in the details of daily life, and there are no interventions by the prison administration to deal privately with sick female prisoners or provide them with the necessary and appropriate treatment.

She added that in terms of demands, procrastination and indifference are present on the part of the prison administration, as there are a number of matters and necessities that requests have been submitted to them, but the administration ignores that.

It indicates that there are 28 female prisoners in Damon prison, in addition to two female prisoners in the so-called Ramla prison clinic, and two female prisoners in “Abu Kabir” Madani, thus bringing the total number of female prisoners to 32.

On Sunday, it was announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Cyprus and Turkey has been postponed.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the postponement of the visit came due to Netanyahu's health conditions.

On Tuesday, Netanyahu was scheduled to travel to Cyprus, to meet with senior officials there, and then go on Friday to Turkey, which he received an invitation to visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The last foreign tour of Netanyahu last March to Paris, and since then did not leave "Israel", which is witnessing widespread protests against the judicial reforms led by his government.

This postponement comes after repeated postponement of his visit, which was approved several times to the Emirates.

Last night, Netanyahu underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker.

And it was reported from Sheba Hospital - Beitel Hashomer, that Netanyahu is in good condition and that he will remain in the hospital for observation.

In a videotape, Netanyahu said that he is expected to leave the hospital during daylight hours today to arrive tomorrow, Monday, at the Knesset to vote on the bill to reduce the reasonableness argument.

The sessions and talks in which Netanyahu was scheduled to participate today have been postponed, including the government session and a discussion with Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi about the refusal of hundreds of officers and soldiers to serve.

After a period of the Hamas coup in the Gaza Strip in June 2007, and the cadres and leaders of the Fatah movement were assassinated and arrested, voices came out calling on Hamas to release the political detainees, i.e. the Fatahists. Hamas responded by a number of its leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh and Mahmoud al-Zahar, that there are no political detainees and that all those arrested have criminal charges. I remembered this when I heard official sources in the West Bank these days saying that there are no political prisoners in the West Bank.

A political prisoner is a prisoner of conscience and has rights and privileges. Therefore, the ruling regimes in the countries of the Third World, and we are among them, and even in some countries that consider themselves among the civilized countries, refuse to apply this adjective to their opponents and assign them various titles, foremost of which is the accusation of terrorism! What I mean to say is that the denial of the status of a political prisoner is not limited to the Palestinian case, but rather extends to many countries, because the security services in all countries "refer to one sheikh."

Before I touch on the issue of political detention in the Palestinian arena, I would like to refer to the invitation made by President Mahmoud Abbas to the secretaries of the Palestinian factions to hold an urgent meeting, and that this call came in the aftermath of the Israeli attack on Jenin camp, killing twelve citizens, wounding dozens, destroying homes and sabotaging the camp’s infrastructure, including the electricity, water and roads network. Everyone gathered around it and everyone stands together in one trench, and that this is the goal of the Cairo meeting.

This is in theory and based on the logical conclusion that one should expect if one assumes that the call itself came in the context of logic and reality.

I do not want to discuss the effectiveness and extent of the field presence of some members of this framework, which is called the secretaries of the factions, nor do I want to discuss the validity or validity of this title, although some will, rightly, say that many of those who bear this title are today outside the temporal, spatial and struggle context with all due respect to their history, which we do not deny them, but we do not believe that it justifies their continued acquisition of the power to make fateful decisions related to the issue. And I go back and repeat what I said, which is that this talk is about some, not all.

The attack on the Jenin camp and what resulted from it is a war crime by all standards, and the response to it must be a massive and resounding response at the same level as the attack, in order to assure our people that we are not easy prey for the madmen of the occupation who like to dance over the remains of dead Palestinians or their bloodshed, like Smotrich and Ben Juffair. Is this response what the president wanted? Is the framework of the secretaries of the factions the real framework and address for such a response? I leave the answer here for the reader.

And if we assume for the sake of argument that the president really wanted everyone to assume their fateful national responsibilities, then this requires us to assume that everyone, government and opposition, each from his side, makes every effort to clear the air and create healthy conditions that provide an opportunity for the success of this meeting.

One can imagine the political and financial pressure exerted on the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank and the blackmail it is subjected to under the so-called "support for terrorism". However, I believe that some of the actions taken by the PA in the West Bank were not necessary and did not contribute to creating the conditions for the success of the secretaries' meeting. I do not think that anyone can defend the arrest of members of the Student Council or a preacher in their seventies, or the refusal of some security services to implement court decisions to release detainees, or the continued detention of fighters who carried weapons at the height of the attack on Jenin camp, and there were promises to release them immediately after the president's visit to the camp ended.

From this rostrum, I call for not repeating the saying that there are no political detainees, and for the release of Sheikh Mustafa Abu Arra and all the activists who are under arrest in the prisons of the Authority, with their commitment to stop any actions that contradict the official policy of the Authority at this stage.

At the same time, I call on all factions that disagree with the authority's approach to freeze all activities that are not consistent with this approach to provide the necessary healthy atmosphere for the success of the secretaries' meeting on the 30th of this month.

Despite all of the above, I affirm that I belong to those who do not deceive themselves and do not expect that the Cairo meeting will come out with something new. Repeating the same work, using the same tools and methods, and expecting different results is stupid in and of itself. We have repeatedly watched this movie and watched the meetings, compliments, banquets and grandiose speeches, which ultimately resulted in nothing. The term political tourism has become a common currency, and the matter of these seasonal protocol meetings has become an opportunity for convalescence trips for some, and a festival that satisfies the desire of others to feel that it is still present.

I hope that the Cairo meeting will come out with new positive data that will disappoint all pessimists like myself and prove that this time we are different from what we have always been in the past, and that we have preferred the interest of the country and the people over narrow factional and individual interests.
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If I could go back in time, I would have chosen for my undergraduate studies in federal Germany the science of ancient history and archaeology, rather than political science, modern history and international law. I am motivated by this hysteria, which is sweeping wide political circles in Israel, starting with the Religious Zionist Party headed by Bezalel Smotrich, passing through the Jewish Power Party headed by Itamar Ben Gvir, and ending with the Likud Party headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. This hysteria is not new today. It was latent in the so-called document of independence of this country, which came to this region on the wing of the Balfour Declaration, and not on the wing of a divine promise.
It is the hysteria of searching for history without historical support. This is the case of Benjamin Netanyahu, as is the case of Bezalel Smotrich and many others. It should be noted here that a fundamental disagreement is taking place in Israel on this level between two schools: the first reads the books of the Torah and conducts excavations on the basis of that in the length and breadth of this country in order to prove the validity of its myths, and the second conducts excavations, and then returns to the books of the Torah to refute these myths.
The kingdom of Benjamin Netanyahu goes far in history, to three thousand and five hundred years ago, as he claims, and so is the case with Bezalel Smotrich. As for the new state of Israel, it is the return of the soul to that kingdom. This was the case, in any case, in the declaration of the independence of this country in 1948, when Israel was resurrected again in that year. It is the kingdom of Saul, David and Solomon resurrected again. So what is the story of that kingdom?

In the beginning, the "Bani Israel", and specifically the priestly institution, were not enthusiastic about the idea of ​​ruling in a state or a kingdom. The Prophet Samuel, the greatest of their prophets, was very disappointed when those pastoral tribes of the "Bani Israel" put him before one of two options, either the kingdom, as is the case of the neighboring peoples, or bear the consequences of remaining in misery and submitting to the neighboring kingdoms, which in this case are the Canaanite kingdoms. Samuel had no choice but to submit to the desire of those tribes, to choose Saul and anoint him as king over the "children of Israel". It was coincidence that played a role in that, as Samuel was not previously acquainted with that shepherd, who went out looking for his father's donkeys, which got lost and lost their way. That shepherd was Saul himself, a tall boy, taller than his own skin by a head, and very handsome. Samuel admired him and anointed him without prior knowledge as king over Israel. This Saul did not build a kingdom, as he soon became involved in a conflict with the priestly institution, for nothing but that he himself offered the sacrifice before he went out to fight the Philistines, which aroused the ire and anger of Samuel. It is, in short, the well-known story of the struggle in history between the secular and theological. Samuel's anger turned into a search for an alternative king who was more willing to obey the priestly institution, so his choice fell on David, leaving Saul in a big dilemma, especially after he learned that Samuel had secretly anointed David as king over the "children of Israel." This Saul is the creation of the Prophet Samuel, nothing more or less. His luck was miserable, and that prophet predicted a miserable fate for him. He lived between the hammer of Samuel and the anvil of his obsessions with David. He did not build a kingdom and killed his two sons in a battle with the Philistines.

David's story is more complex. David was a problematic character from start to finish. Before he was anointed king over Israel, David was, according to the accounts, just one of the eight sons of a man from the tribe of Judah from Bethlehem. He was like a shepherd of his father’s sheep who was fluent in playing the harp, and his star shone in the well-known interesting story, The Fassa of David and Goliath. Goliath was a giant Palestinian knight, who stood in one of his battles with the "Children of Israel" challenging Saul and his army leaders to a duel for forty days without anyone appearing to him, until David came and what was the matter of the legend of David and Goliath. However, this myth contains a contradiction that still awaits resolution. In the first book of Kings, David is mentioned as the killer of Goliath, but the second book of kings refutes the account and states that Elhanan, who is from Bethlehem, is the killer of Goliath. This contradiction was resolved through the use of the texts of Mary. In those texts, David appears as a title or an adjective, and in this sense it means the leader. Thus, the Torah scholars resolved that contradiction and considered David (the adjective) and Elhanan as one person, and they called Elhanan the name David, in appreciation of him for his valor. However, the contradiction in the legend of David and Goliath did not stop at these limits, because the legend also states that David / Elhanan, according to the seventeenth chapter of Saqr I Samuel, moved Goliath's head to Jerusalem, which was exclusively for the Jebusites, and there was no presence of any of the "children of Israel" or of Saul and his followers.

Before he became king, David was the leader of a gang that included six hundred bandits in its ranks, and he was pursued by King Saul, and he often resorted to the Philistines asking for protection, and the Philistines granted him that according to the Books of Kings. And when he became king after the tragic fate of Saul, David was also expelled across the Jordan to his son Absalom, who usurped power from his father. The beginning of his reign did not suggest stability, which would allow him to build a kingdom capable of waging wars and expanding victories over neighboring kingdoms and establishing an empire. And what came in the account of the Book of Samuel and the Book of the First Kings regarding that empire, which extended from the Nile to the Euphrates, did not exist in the first place.
But what is the source of the legend of that empire? Many historians assert that this myth is a borrowing from Egyptian writings about the wars of "Thutmose III" and his victories over the alliance of kingdoms in Aram, Moab, Edom and Canaan, which called for repelling the Pharaonic expansion in this country down to Mesopotamia, and who built an Egyptian empire that actually extended from the Nile to the Euphrates. These wars and victories are inscribed in their details on the walls of the Karnak Temple. The biblical narrative about David's empire came in the form of a metaphor, almost without modification, and it appeared naked. This is indicated by the book of Samuel II in the eighth and tenth chapters, as they are completely borrowed from the wars of that pharaoh.

However, Israeli archaeologist Israel Finkelstein of Tel Aviv University goes further. In his report, published by the Israeli magazine Jerusalem Report on August 5, 2011, he denies any historical proof of the existence of David. warrior king Who took Jerusalem as his capital, and confirms that the personality of David, as a highly honored leader who united the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, is nothing but an illusion and imagination and had no real existence.

In conclusion, Benjamin Netanyahu, like that reckless fascist Bezalel Snotrich, reminds me of that coin that embarrassed Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of August 2017, after he posted its picture on his Facebook page, claiming that it was an exciting discovery and further evidence of the deep connection between the people of Israel and his country, Jerusalem, the Temple, settlements, Judea and Samaria, and that it dates back to the days of the Second Temple two thousand years ago, so that it quickly became clear later that the piece is nothing but a souvenir for children minted at the initiative of the Israel Museum about 1 5 years from that date. The story of David's kingdom is like the story of that coin.

At the request of a Palestinian, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the highest international judicial body (the International Court of Justice) on the legal nature of occupation.

The court in the Netherlands issued on 8-2-2023 a decision that the United Nations and member states are able to provide information about questions submitted to the court pursuant to Article 66 of its statute, and set 7-25-2023 as a time limit for submitting written statements about questions to the court, and 10-25-2023 as a time limit for states and organizations to submit written comments or objections to written statements submitted by other countries or organizations.

The question that I wish to include and study, and repeat in every political or diplomatic meeting, 75 years after the recognition of the State of Israel at the United Nations, and after the intransigence of Member States - which have been calling for the dissolution of the two powers for decades - on recognizing the Palestinian state, and from here, if there is an international consensus on the necessity of ending the occupation, why not ask the following questions:

Why does the United Nations not demand that the State of Israel define its geographical borders, as it does for other member states, and in accordance with the principles of the international system? Based on an explicit answer, member states decide whether to continue proposing the two-state solution or dispense with it out of respect for the imposed realities on the ground.

Isn't it wise for the international system to deal with the occupation as a UN legal issue and not as a subject for negotiation? Isn't it time to realize that negotiations in themselves are a means, not an end?

Is the tool of "bilateral negotiations" between the Palestinians and the Israelis really a "single and sufficient tool" for achieving peace and securing a politically independent Palestinian state? Isn't it time to draw the court's attention to consider peaceful measures and means of conflict resolution other than "negotiations" to achieve the same goal? Is it not wise to resort to mediation, conciliation, or arbitration, among the methods that the court may deem appropriate, while maintaining the ultimate goal of achieving peace for the two peoples? Avoid further procrastination and achieve self-determination for the Palestinian people, as it is an inalienable right in the international system.

It is necessary for the Palestinians to learn from their experiences in these arenas. In 2004, when an advisory opinion was issued by the International Court of Justice on the wall, it affirmed the duty to establish a Palestinian state as soon as possible, affirmed the illegality of the wall, and placed responsibility on the United Nations. However, the advisory opinion was not properly built upon and is not binding in the end!

The international community is aware of the extremist Israeli government's determination to continue its occupation and undermine the right of Palestinian self-determination. This time, the court will present an advisory opinion on the legitimacy of the long-term Israeli occupation. It is necessary that the statements and questions focus on exposing the obsessive settlement purpose of prolonging the occupation, which is an explicit violation of the peremptory standards of international law. Therefore, we hope that the Palestinian legal and diplomatic team will conduct a hearing and feed the public with the developments of the sessions. It is necessary to present written statements, comments and international responses to achieve the supreme Palestinian interest. It is necessary to reactivate the national and legal committees to mobilize and unify efforts to follow up the file and avoid wasting any opportunity!

Going to the ICJ, coinciding with a bloody extremist Israeli government, is a positive Palestinian diplomatic step to seek an advisory opinion, which constitutes an initiative to break out of the circle of emptiness and to direct the gravity towards the "occupation" and the need to start ending it.

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

The occupation continues in its rebellion and arrogance, killing, injuring and arresting day and night without accountability or oversight, and it does not care about statements of denunciation and denunciation that have become an unpurchasable commodity, as long as it is not attached already on the ground to curb the occupation and the herds of settlers who shed the blood of our people. Denounced, which has become neither fattening nor singing from hunger.

Yesterday only, the occupation killed in cold blood two citizens, one of whom was assassinated by firing a hail of bullets at the car in which he was with another young man, for no reason other than killing, which are orders from the leaders of the Israeli forces, to kill all that is Palestinian within the framework and context of the policy of resolving the conflict in favor of the occupying state and the herds of settlers using brute force, and if this force does not achieve its goals, then with more force.

Hours before that, the occupying forces killed in cold blood a young man who did not exceed 17 years of age, that is, according to international custom, he is still a child, without caring about any action by the international community who did not and will not move a finger in punishing the occupying state. Which explicitly stipulates the right of the people under occupation to resist it by all available and internationally recognized means and methods.

In the face of this continuous reality and in front of the daily Palestinian bloodshed, the unity of the national ranks is necessary to confront these crimes that shame humanity and that are caused by the Palestinian weakness resulting from the division and the primacy of partisan and individual interests over the supreme national interest.

Despite this devastating division, which is on its way to turning into secession unless it is remedied, there is still an opportunity to unify ranks and develop programs and action plans in order to confront this occupation and the herds of settlers who have come to believe that the conditions are ripe for liquidating the cause of our people and resolving the conflict in their favor, leading to carrying out the widest ethnic cleansing operations against our people.

Will the national interest prevail over other interests of the Palestinian leadership, or will the occupation continue its countless crimes?
Tomorrow we will see it soon, and history will not be merciful to anyone.

Israel faces a decisive fate in the coming hours, especially with the Knesset vote tomorrow, Monday, on the "reasonableness" bill, which allows the passage of judicial legislation sought by the far-right government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, which has created an unprecedented state of division among the Israelis.

The protests expanded this time to reach the depth of the most important Israeli military arm, represented by the "air force", which is witnessing a state of rebellion against the current government and the leadership of the Israeli army, in light of the refusal of hundreds of officers and soldiers from the reserves to comply with any instructions to join military operations.

And according to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, published on Sunday, there are serious fears that this crisis will spread to regular officers and soldiers, considering that what is happening has not happened before in the Israeli army and its various units, especially the Air Force.

Netanyahu was supposed to meet today with the Chief of Staff of his forces, Herzi Halevi, to discuss this crisis and find out the truth about its dangers, but a surgery performed by the Israeli Prime Minister caused the meeting to be postponed.

This coincides with news of the Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's intention to vote against the "reasonableness" law, which angered the Likud and the government coalition parties, from which sources threatened that they would dismiss and expel every member of the coalition who votes against his choices regarding judicial legislation.

The Knesset plenary will convene this morning to hold a debate in preparation for a vote on reducing the reasonableness argument in the second and third readings tomorrow, Monday.

The debate will continue for more than 24 hours, during which the opposition will explain its reservations about the proposed bill.

It is expected that the Knesset will vote on it finally at noon on Monday.

This comes amid the continuation of widespread protests by the Israelis, who reject all these moves.

On Sunday morning, an Israeli court extended the detention of 3 young men from Bethlehem, accused of carrying out a stabbing attack last Thursday evening in occupied Jerusalem, which seriously injured a settler.

According to the Hebrew Channel 7, two of the detainees were extended until next Sunday, and the third until Monday of next week.

She indicated that they are still under investigation by the Israeli security services.