It is clear that one of the goals that Netanyahu wanted to achieve by launching the military operation and aggression against the Gaza Strip on the morning of Tuesday 9/5/2023 is not only the assassination of several military leaders of the Islamic Jihad, shackling and curbing the resistance, and working to restore the deterrent power of the entity state. It is eroding, and saving his government from disintegration and collapse, after the disputes that afflicted it, in light of the dispute between the "Bibian", the great Bibi Netanyahu and the little Bibi Ben Gvir, against the background of Ben Gvir boycotting the government sessions, due to what he considered a weak response to the missiles launched from The Gaza Strip is a response to the assassination of the mujahid Sheikh Khader Adnan by starvation in his cell inside the prison, and Netanyahu also wants to limit the development and escalation of the opposition force in the Israeli street, which for the eighteenth week was able to mobilize in several protest demonstrations half a million demonstrators, against his attempt to amend the Judicial legislation, weakening the authority of what is known as the Israeli Supreme Court, in a way that enables full control of the judicial system and liberating the government and the Knesset from judicial oversight.
Netanyahu and his government, after the assassinations that affected several Islamic Jihad military leaders, sought with America and through Arab countries that have influence on the Palestinian card, to establish a truce that would lead to “calm in exchange for calm” and impose deterrence equations and new rules of engagement, including breaking the relationship Between the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem, that unity of path and destiny that was created by the battle of the "Saif al-Quds" in May 2021, but it seems that what Netanyahu thought, dreamed and planned, in an attempt to pass his agendas and export his crises, did not succeed in shackling the resistance and making it accept the truce on his terms, especially The Islamic Jihad Movement, which launched a response entitled "Revenge for the Free", did not wage this battle alone, although it was the spearhead in it, as it followed with the rest of the resistance forces a variety of tactics in response to this aggression, tactics that were deeply etched into the consciousness and psyche of the Israeli public and its internal front. The delay in the response for thirty-six hours was part of the response, as well as the failure of Netanyahu’s lies and deceptions to create discord between the resistance forces, in particular the Jihad and Hamas movements, and the assertion that the joint leadership room is the one that decides on the response, its form, size, extent and start date, and in the field we saw How did the resistance forces excel tactically and strategically, through missile salvoes from multiple places and at different times, which enabled them to bypass the latest Israeli interceptor missile defense systems "Iron Dome" and "David's Sling", through the resistance's missiles possessing high-precision technologies, which was a surprise to the state of the entity Where the new dome was unable to intercept only 20% of the resistance's missiles, which reached the outskirts of Jerusalem and Bethlehem and caused great human and material losses.
The entity's state is based on security, economy and stability, and the resistance's missiles hit these three pillars, as we witnessed the great escape of settlers from the settlements around the Gaza Strip and the central regions, the paralysis of the commercial and economic movements, the closure of roads, the deployment of Iron Dome missile batteries throughout the entity's state, the opening of shelters, and the jogging And escaping to it, which affected the extremist Miri Regev, Minister of Communications.
The state of the entity wants the battle not to be prolonged, because its internal front is unable to bear staying in shelters and living under conditions of fear, anxiety and terror. The settlers of the entity feel that the military and political leadership of their state are lying to them, and it is unable to provide them with security and protection.
After the resistance’s missiles reached the outskirts of Jerusalem and demolished Tel Aviv, and he cut off contact with the Egyptians about the truce, he found himself in a deep dilemma. The policy of assassinations "leaders, cadres and citizens", and preventing the march of the flags from moving towards the old city and the Islamic quarter therein and handing over the body of the fighter Khader Adnan, and in return all these demands pour into the liquidation of the program of his partner in the government Ben Ghafir, by continuing the policy of assassinations and the march of the flags according to its path and the determination of sovereignty and control On Jerusalem, tightening the screws on the prisoners, withdrawing their achievements and gains, and stripping them of their rights, and in return expanding the circle of battle and aggression, by striking infrastructure, institutions, government headquarters, and civilian buildings, which may lead to targeting economic and vital targets in the entity’s state, such as power stations, gas platforms, trains, airports, ports, and others. Through more accurate missiles and the largest explosive power and the longest range available to the Hamas and Jihad movements.
The Minister of Staff of the Israeli army, Herzi Halevy, the Shin Bet official, Ronen Bar, and the Israeli opposition, called for an end to the operation, because, as they described it, it weakened the Islamic Jihad movement militarily and in leadership, through the liquidation of many of its military leaders, and the destruction of its military structure and missile stockpile, as well as there is no longer a bank of targets. Except for children, women, and civilian buildings, as well as the continuation and expansion of the aggression, which may lead to the unification of the arenas and the entity’s state to wage the battle on more than one front, and it experienced this in the ten-hour battle on 4/5/2023, when the resistance’s missiles entered from Lebanon, Syria and Gaza in favor of Preventing the settlers from continuing to storm Al-Aqsa and brutally attacking the stationed, seclusion and worshipers, which forced Netanyahu and his government to prevent settlers from continuing their storming of Al-Aqsa in the last ten days of Ramadan, and searched for a framed and restricted response accusing Hamas of being responsible for the rockets, so as not to get involved in a war On more than one front, he appeared deterred and maimed in front of the Jerusalem axis.
After this battle, I believe that the state of the entity that has entered the stage of no exit in light of its deep political, societal and structural crises, and the conflict raging within it ideologically and culturally over the entity’s identity, and the eruption of these crises through what is known as legislative and judicial amendments, and Netanyahu’s going to this aggression on the Gaza Strip and the assassination of many The military leaders, with the aim of restoring and restoring the deterrent force as one of the goals of the aggression and fortifying his government from collapse, all indications say that after reaching a truce with the Palestinian resistance under Egyptian auspices at ten o'clock last Saturday 13/5/2023, Netanyahu's reckoning will be coming, and he may overthrow his government and his political and personal future, and his fate will be imprisonment, and it seems that the dilemma in which he put himself is between the Jewish fascism that clings to the march of the flags in its planned path, and the resistance that settles itself, by insisting on stopping the march of the flags or changing its course, even if there is a truce, It considers that march, and according to its path on the eighteenth of this month, from the Bab al-Amoud area towards the Old City and its march and penetration into the Islamic Quarter, a transgression of all red lines and an encroachment on the Arabism and sanctity of the city, and seeking to change its identity, character, narrative, history and overall scene, and therefore this march may ignite the fuse of confrontation Again, perhaps the entity’s government will review itself and prevent it from proceeding according to the path that it agreed to, or it will insist on this path, which may ignite the fuse of confrontation again, because the resistance forces see Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa as the way to protect the Palestinian cause..
OPINIONS
Tue 16 May 2023 10:11 am - Jerusalem Time
Despite the truce, will the resistance allow the march of the flags to pass?
OPINIONS
Tue 16 May 2023 10:10 am - Jerusalem Time
The dust of aggression cleared, and the smell of blood remained, intermittent dreams and a continuous catastrophe
The last five days of the war of uprooting, which has extended since the Nakba, have come to an end. This time, too, by declaring a truce or truce in which the killing will stop temporarily, after new names have been added to the list of martyrs, orphans, widows, and bereaved families, some of whom have become homeless.
Gaza, which is inhabited by about two million Palestinians, more than seventy-five percent of whom are refugees who were expelled from their homes in 1948, and none of them, after they were misled that they would return after a few weeks, expected that the rounds of that war of aggression would extend to their grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and sometimes to their great-grandchildren, to fight in it In search of a homeland that some people are tearing apart in a struggle over a power that has nothing left of it except to gnaw at its credit and precious sacrifices that our people are still offering on the altar of their freedom.
Gaza, which made its way since the first days of the Nakba in the harsh refugee camps, is here today, and on the anniversary of the Nakba, renewing its oath to continue with a struggle that never stopped, and it irrigates the land with the pure blood of its best children. As for the great paradoxes, it is that the era of Gaza, which led the Palestinian refugee revolution, blew up the Eilabun Tunnel and gave birth to the finest founding leaders, found itself in this round alone, even among its rulers, whose only concern was to remain under the rule of the people of Gaza, or outside of influencing their fate.
Palestine revives the memory of the catastrophe experienced by the cause of our people on every part of its valleys, mountains and plains.. in the Galilee, the Triangle and the Negev, and from Jerusalem, the capital, to all the frontiers of the country, and in all the places of refuge in the diaspora of capitals. However, Gaza, which remained loyal to Palestine, commemorated the Nakba this year in its own way emblazoned with the will of the free, and declared once again its seventy-five-year-old message, that the Palestine that they wanted to erase is back and returning, and it is unbreakable despite the “wisdom or lethargy” of those who appointed themselves They ruled over it and were distracted from the blood of its children, and from the oath of the founders of its revolutions, uprisings, and continuous gifts, until the next horizon of freedom looms with the dawn of one morning.
Gaza did not seek this round of war, as its people were preoccupied with searching for a living on the borders of the barbed wire of the siege, just as the Jihad movement did not seek power or struggle over its crumbs, and preferred to speak in the language of adults, so it did not admonish those who left it alone, as some of them left. The country swallowed his tongue so that the smell of blood would not compel him to speak, just as the same land swallowed the egos of others and they became masters of the "philosophy of wisdom" after they failed to rule.
Unusually, the language of the speakers was full of instructions full of "emergent wisdom", and we said at the time, "If wisdom is the master of the situation, then so be it!" Metaphysics when approaching division makers. However, it seems that the equations after the round are not the same as those before it, as it is the third round in which the jihad movement is left alone and it was not the initiator. But this time she decided to say that defeat is not destiny, although she did not sing of a victory yet to come.
The words that the Palestinians repeat as they commemorate their calamity for each of the leaderships of the two powers of division: “Every time our people prove that they are greater than their leaders, and if you are unable to carry the banner of return, freedom and self-determination, then let us rewrite our history, and redefine our calamity that began with the crimes of the movement.” Zionism, international complicity, and Arab negligence, and unfortunately it still continues due to your divisive hegemony at the expense of the higher interests of our people.”
The lessons of this battle remain visible, knocking on the walls of the reservoir, to be dealt with seriously, whether in regard to the fact that Israeli aggression, no matter how overwhelming, will never be able to deter our people’s adherence to the homeland of our fathers and grandfathers, or in terms of the requirements for building a broad and unified Palestinian front that restores consideration for the inclusive national institutions to take upon themselves the responsibility of protecting the cause Our people, and strengthening their steadfastness and ability to survive.
OPINIONS
Tue 16 May 2023 10:00 am - Jerusalem Time
It wasn't suicide
Eddie Cohen - the Israeli journalist - is trying to ward off the responsibility of killing Sheikh Khader Adnan from the ruling authorities in his country, by describing his tragic death as suicide, while some skeptics among our people picked up on this accusation and repeated it, perhaps to ward off the accusation of inaction.
What is known about Adnan is his talk full of hope, courage, altruism, sacrifice, and his bearing of responsibility towards the families of prisoners and martyrs. These qualities contradict risk factors and warning signs for people with suicidal tendencies. Whoever meets Adnan once, respects him for life.
It left a great positive impact on myself, on the "Beyond the Fronts" team, and on the viewers of the film, whose theme revolves around the resistance and steadfastness of the Palestinians. His presence in the film was on the occasion of the article I wrote, "Man does not live by bread alone," as his interview was in the hospital, where he was recovering after wresting his freedom from prison thanks to his hunger strike in 2015.
Those who are not aware of the levels of psychological oppression and subjugation attempts to which the Palestinian prisoner is subjected, especially the administrative prisoner who does not know a reason or an end to his captivity, do not understand the option of hunger strike as a form of resistance and a final attempt to wrestle the jailer. Some may consider this option a form of psychological extremism or an attempt to commit suicide. The hunger strike has been used as a tool of resistance in many historical movements and events, the most famous of which is its use by the Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, who carried out several hunger strikes to express his objection to the policies of the British occupation in India, and it has also been used in recent years as a tool to demand political rights and freedoms in some countries.
Adnan is well versed in the issue of hunger strikes. I once heard him talk about the reasons that prompted him to go on strike, and how to prepare himself for the strike. He also explained how the strike constitutes a tool of pressure on Israel, embarrasses it, and exposes its arbitrariness and tyranny to the world. Dr. Lina Qassem, the head of the "Physicians for Human Rights" in the occupied Palestinian territory, who supervised Adnan's case, stated that he refused to break the strike, but agreed to be resuscitated if he lost consciousness, because he was not concerned with death, but with freedom, which is his main demand.
He also insisted that pressure be taken to transfer him to a civilian hospital, which confirms that any talk of committing suicide is pure slander. Suicide is the killing of a person with intention and intent, but Adnan's intent is liberation.
On the other hand, Adnan's doctor explained that we must pay attention to the hypothesis of force-feeding as one of the reasons that led to his death, especially since he explained to her on the 80th day of the strike that the doctors and jailers in the Ramla prison clinic had talked to him more than once about the option of force-feeding, which contradicts Completely with the Malta Declaration approved by the International Federation of Doctors in 1991, as it clearly defines instructions for dealing with hunger strikes, as it indicated that force-feeding is unacceptable and absolutely unacceptable from a moral point of view.
The Israeli judiciary, which procrastinated and procrastinated in his case, and the Prison Authority, which did not put him in the hospital so that he could be saved when his health was delayed, and the absence of the unanimous national backer to support him. Everyone who asks: Did Adnan commit suicide? The answer is: It was not suicide, rather he was deliberately killed, and we consider him a martyr with God, and we do not commend anyone before God. Khader Adnan will remain a shining star that lights up the darkness of occupied Palestine, like Sherine Abu Aqleh and other free Palestinians.
ECONOMY
Tue 16 May 2023 9:50 am - Jerusalem Time
Arab Islamic Bank achieves a net profit of more than 4.11 million dollars
The Arab Islamic Bank achieved net profits after tax amounting to $4.11 million at the end of the first quarter of 2023, compared to profits amounting to $3.61 million for the same period last year, achieving a growth of 14%, mainly due to the remarkable growth in the bank’s revenues. operational.
In terms of other financial indicators, the bank's assets reached $1,686,808,320, while the total customer deposits amounted to $1,428,745,847, while the balance of direct credit financing amounted to $1,044,982,711. distinctive and solid financial performance.
In turn, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Rushdi Al-Ghalayini, explained that these positive results achieved by the Arab Islamic Bank came as a result of the flexibility of the plans drawn up by the Board of Directors and their adaptability in various circumstances, in addition to the effort exerted by the employees of this leading financial institution, to move it at a steady pace towards developing financial services. And banking and work to strengthen relations with customers from all sectors.
He pointed out that the bank continues to provide banking services and financing to all economic sectors in accordance with the policies drawn up and approved by the Board of Directors. at the end of the current year, especially since he is working to diversify his investments in a way that guarantees achieving the best returns. Al-Ghalayni thanked the bank's customers, shareholders and employees for their contribution to the growth and development of the bank.
For his part, the General Manager of the Arab Islamic Bank, Hani Nasser, explained that the results in the first quarter of 2023 represent an achievement for the bank, and the strong financial performance is evidence of its success and reflects the extent of the bank's customers' confidence in the safety and solidity of the bank's financial position, and these positive results also confirm the efficiency and flexibility. Executive policies and procedures that helped the bank develop its operations, overcome crises, address strong competition in the markets, take advantage of the opportunities available in them, and work to meet the needs of the largest number of customers in various sectors, in addition to directing and urging customers to use electronic banking services, which have proven high efficiency in facilitating the work cycle .
The bank seeks to continue investing in improving electronic banking services to ensure better service to its customers by focusing on digital services and digital transformation, which is one of the bank's strategic goals.
He added that these results confirm the bank's pioneering position as one of the largest banks in the Palestinian banking sector by strengthening its efforts in community service and participating in many initiatives to create a positive and sustainable impact.
In light of its commitment to community service, the bank always seeks to participate and contribute with community institutions in order to provide a better life for the most needy groups in various sectors and to achieve sustainable development in general.
The Arab Islamic Bank is considered the first Islamic bank to operate in Palestine since the beginning of 1996, and it provides its customers with a distinguished set of Islamic banking products and services for individuals, companies and projects through its network of branches consisting of 31 branches and offices spread across all governorates of the country, including a representative office for the bank in Dubai and a mobile branch. Banky on the road.
The bank has won many prestigious awards in many occasions and honoring forums, which is solid evidence of its efforts in various fields, including retail banking services, corporate banking services, as well as its distinguished contributions in the field of social responsibility. This indicates its leading position in the Palestinian banking sector.
PALESTINE
Tue 16 May 2023 9:37 am - Jerusalem Time
A fisherman was killed and his brother injured in an accident in the Gaza Strip
On Tuesday, the fisherman Nizar Muhammad Mutair (42 years old) was killed, and his brother was moderately injured, as a result of the capsize of the Hasakah they were on board off the coast of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
According to medical sources, the two fishermen were hit by the "Hasakah engine" after it overturned, injuring them both, and Nizar died later.
PALESTINE
Tue 16 May 2023 9:36 am - Jerusalem Time
Al-Nakhala receives the Deputy Secretary-General of the Popular Front
Secretary General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, Ziyad al-Nakhala, received Jamil Mezher, Deputy Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Beirut.
The meeting reviewed the political and field situation during the battle of "Revenge of the Free" and its aftermath, expressing their high appreciation for the positions of the families of the martyrs and the role of the popular incubator in the Gaza Strip during the aggression.
The meeting reviewed the field management of the battle, which made the Israeli occupation lose the element of surprise, and thwarted the goals of the aggression, despite the martyrdom of a few of the leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades and its Mujahideen, which forced the occupation to accept the condition of resistance.
The meeting stressed the continuity of coordination and integration between the Saraya, Al-Quds Brigades, the Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, which provided five of its knights during the last battle, and all the resistance factions, stressing the continuation of coordination within the framework of a Palestinian national unity based on the resistance.
PALESTINE
Tue 16 May 2023 8:57 am - Jerusalem Time
The occupation continues to close the two entrances to the village of al-Mughayyir
Today, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation forces continued to close the two entrances to al-Mughayyir village, east of Ramallah, for the fourth day in a row
According to local sources, these forces continue to close the two main entrances to the village, and prevent citizens from entering or leaving it, forcing them to take long roads.
PALESTINE
Tue 16 May 2023 8:47 am - Jerusalem Time
Foreign Ministry: Netanyahu's statements are an official admission of his involvement in committing crimes
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned, in the strongest terms, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's provocative statements regarding the so-called march of flags and his boasting that it will take place according to its traditional path and its incursion into the neighborhoods and regions of occupied East Jerusalem.
In a statement today, Tuesday, the ministry strongly condemned his inflammatory statements and calls, and the license he gives to assassinate Palestinians in bloody terms (his blood is wasted).
The ministry considered that the statements and expressions of the Israeli prime minister are similar to the approach of the gangs that deal with the Palestinian land as a field for training and shooting, and with the Palestinian citizens as permissible and easy targets for killing, in public and frank admissions before the international community of the involvement of Netanyahu and the political level of the occupying state in all crimes committed against the sons of Israel. Our people by giving instructions and facilitating the killing of Palestinians and providing political and legal protection for the perpetrators of crimes.
She said, "The Israeli government deliberately escalates the situation in the conflict arena in a systematic manner and closes a page of crimes to open another page in an open war against our people and their just and legitimate national rights, in a process of continuous ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian presence, especially in occupied East Jerusalem."
The ministry expressed its strong condemnation of the silence of the international community and countries that claim to be keen on the principle of the two-state solution and human rights towards the boasting of more than one Israeli official about the policy of assassinations, extrajudicial killings and the provocative media march.
She said, "The Israeli government is taking advantage of this silence to persist in attacking the rights of our people and committing more crimes, miserable international double standards and a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law."
PALESTINE
Tue 16 May 2023 8:40 am - Jerusalem Time
The occupation seizes 3 vehicles in Hebron
Today, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation forces seized three vehicles in Hebron.
According to local sources, these forces raided the village of Al-Zuwaidin in Badia Yatta and seized three vehicles.
The occupation forces also searched several houses in the city of Hebron and destroyed their contents, whose owners were Shadi Shaheen and Jawad Abu Aisha.
PALESTINE
Tue 16 May 2023 8:34 am - Jerusalem Time
The families of the prisoners of the Gaza Strip go to visit their children
Today, Tuesday, a number of families of prisoners from the Gaza Strip went to visit their children in "Ramon" prison.
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, 38 of the prisoners' families will visit 22 of their relatives in the "Ramon" military prison.
PALESTINE
Tue 16 May 2023 8:08 am - Jerusalem Time
Injuries in Jericho.. The occupation launches a massive campaign of arrests in the West Bank and Jerusalem
Today, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation forces launched a massive campaign of arrests in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.
According to local sources, the occupation forces stormed the Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho, and arrested Ibrahim Al-Alam, Shaday Kamal, Yasser Kamal, Yamen Kamal, Muhammad Bassam Hamidat, and Yahya Naseem Al-Muqaiti.
While a young man was wounded by live bullets in the thigh, and dozens suffocated with gas, during the confrontation with the occupation forces, which prevented ambulance crews from reaching the injuries in the camp.
In Bethlehem, Adam Abu Laban, Ramzi Abu Al-Raz, Ahmed Asaad and Fadi Al-Harimi were arrested after their homes in Dheisheh camp were raided.
In Ramallah, Muhammad Walid Abu Awwad was arrested from the village of Turmusaya, and Nour al-Azza and Abd Ahmed were arrested from Qaddoura camp.
In Jenin, the father of the young man, Muhammad Kamil, was arrested from the town of Qabatiya, south of the city.
In occupied Jerusalem, the occupation forces arrested Abd Abu Saima, Bisan Obaid, Majd Abd Darwish, Muhammad Mustafa, Kamal Mustafa, and Islam Sorour.
Tue 16 May 2023 4:28 am - Jerusalem Time
Musk chooses Linda Iaccarino, CEO of Twitter, to replace him
Elon Musk has chosen NBC Universal's advertising director Linda Iaccarino to succeed him as Twitter's helm, in the midst of his efforts to give a new impetus to the platform he bought last year for $44 billion.
Iaccarino is a highly respected person, and on Friday she stepped down with "immediate effect" from her position at "NBC Universal", after rumors circulated that she would take over the CEO of Twitter to succeed Musk.
Musk has been subjected to widespread criticism since he began supervising Twitter, on the grounds that this role distracts him from his other duties in his companies, Tesla and SpaceX.
Likewise, it has sparked controversy since its acquisition of the Twitter platform in October, when it laid off the majority of its employees, and allowed the return of extreme right-wing personalities to activate their accounts in exchange for suspending the participation of other personalities and journalists, and for charging financial fees for services that were free.
On Thursday, Musk announced the appointment of a new president in his place for the Twitter platform and the emerging “X” company, which will become its owner.
Musk, through his account on the social networking platform, expressed his enthusiasm "to appoint a new CEO for X / Twitter," without revealing her name.
He stressed that the new official "will begin her duties within about six weeks."
Iaccarino's departure from the company that owns NBC, Universal and Telemundo comes a few weeks after she interviewed Musk at a marketing conference in Miami.
Iaccarino began working for NBC Universal in 2011.
In December, Twitter users supported Musk's stepping down from the platform's presidency, according to the results of the controversial American rich man's pledge upon its launch to abide by its results.
The poll came weeks after he assumed the highest position on the platform, which he acquired in 2022.
Musk indicated that he would move to the position of "executive chairman" and chief technology officer, provided that his duties would include "supervising production, systems operations, and programs."
More recently, Musk made Twitter part of a startup technology company called "X", with the platform keeping its name. He spoke of his intention to launch an application called "X", which combines various services such as messaging and payments.
This week, he announced his intention to launch an encrypted direct messaging service via Twitter, in addition to voice and video calls.
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 10:23 pm - Jerusalem Time
Netanyahu: We carry out assassinations in other arenas and have strengthened deterrence in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed, Monday evening, that his security forces are carrying out operations in several arenas, not only in Gaza, but he cannot disclose their details at the present time.
In an interview with the Hebrew Channel 14, Netanyahu said, "We are able to repeat what we did in Gaza, in other areas."
He added, "I am the prime minister for the sixteenth year, and whenever I am in this position, we engage in carrying out focused countermeasures (assassinations), but now we have raised it to a higher level, and we have done it in a time of calm, and we have done it sometimes within a comprehensive work, and this It changes the balance of deterrence in the region.
Netanyahu considered that Israel had strengthened deterrence, and that he understood the message from the recent operation, threatening anyone who tries to disrupt the march of flags in Jerusalem on Thursday, that "his blood will be wasted," considering that this is a challenge that will not be allowed.
He added, "We have changed the deterrence equation, I have no doubt about that at all."
And about the expected time for the continuation of calm on the Gaza front, Netanyahu said: "I can not say that we will never return to attacks, and when exactly that will happen, but there is no doubt that we have succeeded in strengthening deterrence."
He claimed that Israel had also achieved deterrence against Hamas, which had not fired any rockets since the "guard of the walls", and had been dealt a strike the likes of which had not been exposed in history, and since then two years ago, it had not fired any rockets, but it had fired some anti-aircraft missiles in the airspace of Gaza, But it does not fire missiles directly at our lands, and it did not participate in the last round, nor the one that preceded it. According to his statement.
He added, "Now we have dealt a very strong blow to the Islamic Jihad, and I believe that this matter has become noticeable to all, and it carries a message to all parties on all fronts.. Israel comes and works in times of calm and other times, and it deals a first strike that hits the top of the pyramid, then in the other half it deals a second strike." .
And about whether Iran learned a lesson from the recent operation in Gaza, Netanyahu said: "Iran received a 360-degree message... We will take direct and very painful measures against those who direct fire and those who send terrorism and terrorists... We are directly attacking the heads of organizations."
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time
Occupation forces arrest a young man in Tulkarm
On Monday evening, the Israeli occupation forces arrested Salah El-Din Ammar Bidou (18 years old) from the Shweika suburb, north of Tulkarm.
Local sources said that the occupation forces arrested Bedou after raiding his family's house in the suburb.
OPINIONS
Mon 15 May 2023 8:01 pm - Jerusalem Time
G20 is on the agenda of the Indian-led Resina Dialogue
In the 8th edition of the Global India Conference on Geopolitics and Geoeconomics, the Raisina Dialogue was held in New Delhi from 2-4 March 2023, with the theme “Provocation, Uncertainty and Disruption: A Beacon in the Storm”. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inauguration of the Raisina Dialogue coincided with the holding of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi under the Indian presidency on the 1-2 of the same month.
This year's version of the Resina Dialogue is of particular importance. Because it comes with India assuming the rotating presidency of the Group of Twenty, - since December 1, 2022, which will continue until November 30, 2023, i.e. a year -; Where the G20 topped the agenda of the Resina Dialogue; After two discussion sessions that dealt with the dimensions of the group's work at the multilateral level, on the second day of the Resina Dialogue Conference, corresponding to March 3, 2023.
The periodic Indian presidency of the G20 coincides with multidimensional challenges of a global nature that may require collective action to address them, in light of an international system in which a state of chaos prevails at various levels. Resulting from many crises that imposed themselves on the international arena.
The G20 represents an international multilateral forum, and the Raisina Dialogue is a global multilateral conference. At that juncture, how can Indian foreign policy interact at a multilateral level, to manage and address international issues through its leadership of the G20; Where the members of the group include countries with different and multiple interests; It is governed by strategic considerations - at the bilateral, unilateral level - in international politics.
The meeting of the G20 foreign ministers under the presidency of India, with the leadership of New Delhi and one of the largest and pioneering global conferences in international affairs such as the “Resina Dialogue”, may constitute a global platform with diplomatic, political and economic dimensions, which may provide an opportunity for India to manage a variety of international issues in the system international.
The G20 is an "intergovernmental forum of the world's major developed and developing economies"; The Forum was formed in 1999; In response to emerging financial crises in the world. The group was raised to the summit in 2008 to address the global financial and economic crisis that arose from the same year. Collectively, the G20 accounts for more than 80% of global GDP, 75% of global trade, and 60% of the world's population; Making it the "main forum for international economic cooperation".
The Resina Dialogue was launched in 2016, as an annual global conference held in New Delhi; It is organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in association with the Observer Research Foundation.
It is a conference "committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. It brings together heads of state, ministers and government officials, who are joined by thought leaders from the private sector, media and academia to discuss the state of the world and explore opportunities for collaboration on a wide range of contemporary matters." The Raisina Dialogue is thus "an inclusive and diverse forum with participants from different backgrounds".
Based on the "principle of pluralism" in the G20; The "Summary and Outcome Document" after the meeting of foreign ministers clarified the aforementioned group, with the members agreeing on the need to "enhance multilateralism" to face international challenges ranging in multiple international issues, namely: food and energy security, climate change and biodiversity, global health, cooperation for Development, New and Emerging Technologies, Counterterrorism, Drugs, Global Skills Mapping, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment.
In Raisina's recent dialogue, the conference's agenda includes two discussion sessions on the G20. Both sessions asked a set of questions that might answer how the group operates, and the possibility of addressing issues at a multilateral level in an international system that is witnessing political and economic transformations.
A panel discussion titled: “The New High Scale: Realigning the G20 in a Changing World” asked a set of questions, namely, “How can a group traditionally driven by technocratic approaches to global finance reimagine itself as a platform where practical solutions to multidimensional problems can be identified and implemented?” How can G20 initiatives be redefined and made more inclusive and sustainable across multiple presidencies?'Are the conversations within the G20 accurately reflecting the broader fault lines in geopolitics?'
Within the framework of the G20 workstream, it is an informal "intergovernmental economic forum", rather than a political or strategic forum for discussing political issues in the international system. At the same time, the G20 is not an international organization governed by international law, and it does not rely on a binding legal basis, i.e. there are no official votes in the meetings based on agreements and legal clauses, and therefore its decisions are not legally binding on the member states of the group in the international system.
But at the same time, the G20 provides working meetings throughout the year, in addition to the annual summit meeting of heads and governments of members; This may allow the holding of diplomatic meetings that elicit political statements from powerful and influential countries on important issues in the international system. By shedding light on world issues among a group of 19 countries alongside the European Union.
By following the G20 work agenda and putting forward initiatives under "multiple presidencies", it is important to pay attention to the role of the member state in the group when it is part of the "troika" or presiding over the group. a term of three years; India - that is, before the end of November 2022 - was part of the Troika, which includes the presidency at the time (Indonesia), the previous (Italy), and the next (India). The troika currently includes the presidency (India), the former (Indonesia), and the next (Brazil).
As for the next "troika", India will be part of the troika. Being the former presidency of the Group of Twenty.
The aforementioned period of time may include follow-up of the group's work agenda, as well as an opportunity for member states to address issues in line with the group's objectives, through coordination between the countries of the "tripartite administration", along with the member states.
In that direction, there may be some ways for India towards the possibility of raising and addressing global issues that may allow relying on the legal dimension to address an issue; A work agenda can be set up in line with the agendas of legally binding international organizations; For example, the climate issue is one of the priorities of the Group of Twenty, while it is also a global issue for the United Nations and other global and regional organizations. At the same time, India has many climate plans, which may provide an opportunity for New Delhi to push its climate plans forward through a group. twenty; A good example of this is the “International Solar Alliance” - the Climate and Clean Air Coalition - which is a joint Indian-French initiative, which was launched during the Paris Global Conference, “during the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” in 2015 It is the first intergovernmental organization headquartered in India.
The International Solar Alliance may serve as a regional and global platform for cooperation at a multilateral level under India's G20 presidency; The Alliance's mission is, "to provide a dedicated platform for collaboration between countries rich in solar energy resources and the broader global community, including bilateral and multilateral organizations, industry and other stakeholders, to support the increased use of solar energy." Thus, the joint French-Indian leadership may allow the coalition to coordinate and work within the framework of the G20. Through the presidency of India and the member state (France) in the group, along with the possibility of cooperation with countries that have joined the "International Solar Alliance", and at the same time represent a member state of the Group of Twenty, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Argentina, Mexico and China, certainly in addition to Indonesia and Brazil; Being also part of the tripartite administration "troika" of the Group of Twenty.
It is worth noting that the International Solar Alliance has a legal personality. It is a treaty-based intergovernmental organization; The accession procedures require "signature and entry into force", and membership to join the coalition is open to member states of the United Nations, which may entail responsibilities and duties on the state, and perhaps from here it is possible to rely on the legal dimension to address an issue, such as the issue of climate change.
At the above-mentioned G20 ministerial meeting, according to the "summary and outcome document" of the meeting, the parties agreed on the need to "enhance multilateralism"; With reference to the main role of the current international governance structure in promoting international cooperation in global issues, stressing that “the United Nations must respond to all membership, in accordance with the purposes of its founding and the principles of its charter and adapt to the implementation of its mandate. Emphasizing the “need to revitalize multilateralism to address contemporary global challenges for the twenty-first century.”
As for how to address multilateral problems, building consensus in the G20 constitutes a major challenge for India's leadership of the group. As a result of the existence of differences and differences in viewpoints on issues prevailing in the world. But New Delhi may know how to find consensus policy among the G20 member states. India has historical experience by adopting a "non-aligned policy" in foreign policy. Through which it follows a "consensus strategy" to manage its issues in international politics, which may allow it to interact effectively at a multilateral level in global forums, including the G20. For example, it was published in news papers on the final statement of the G20 summit, which was held from 15-16 November 2022; The discussion revolved around whether or not to refer in the closing statement of the group summit to condemning Russia in its war with Ukraine. White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre said in a press conference on the 18th of the same month: "India played a key role in negotiating the summit declaration."
At the aforementioned G20 ministerial meeting, there was a discussion on the issue of "The war in Ukraine negatively affected the global economy." In the course of that controversy, a "joint statement" was not issued after the meeting, and a "summary and outcome document" was adopted, which clarified, "We reiterated our national positions expressed in other forums, including the Security Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations."..."Recognizing The G20 is not a forum for solving security problems, we are aware that security problems can have serious consequences for the global economy. Perhaps that case may form part of a typical answer to a question posed in the Resina Dialogue, "Do the talks within the G-20 accurately reflect the broader fault lines in geopolitics?"
As for the other discussion session, under the title: "The Emerging Consensus: The G20 and the Inevitability of Development." The session asked the following questions: “Do advanced members of the G20 feel that they have a significant interest in the development-oriented issues discussed by the grouping? Given that the G20 has proven its competence in dealing with issues related to the international financial architecture, how can these tools be directed towards the needs of Emerging economies? How can the G-20 escape those differences between the developed and developing worlds that have paralyzed or constrained other multilateral forums?
The main objectives of the G20 are, first, "to coordinate policies among its members in order to achieve stability and sustainable growth of the global economy. Second, to strengthen financial regulations that limit risks and prevent future financial crises. Third, to create a new international financial architecture."
The latest G20 Summit Statement, issued by the White House on November 16, 2022, clarified the global challenges resulting from multidimensional crises, including impeding the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The statement continued to stress the collective responsibility, and the need for cooperation to address global challenges. "As great global economies."
According to the "Summary and Outcome Document" of the aforementioned G20 ministerial meeting, it was agreed on cooperation for development, emphasizing "achieving the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda, and inclusive economic growth is critical...", as well as "the need to address the gap Funding for the implementation of the plan, and based on the spirit of pluralism, using all available tools and mobilizing all possible resources towards achieving development.
Earlier, on November 8, 2022, Prime Minister Modi referred to him in a conference on launching the slogan for the G20 meetings and issuing the website for India's presidency of the group, "to the state of crisis and chaos in the world, as a result of the effects of the global pandemic, conflicts and a lot of incompetence." economic certainty. "Our agenda will be comprehensive, ambitious, decisive and action-oriented. We will work to achieve all aspects of our 'One Earth, One Family, One Future' vision. Our effort will be to have no first world or third world, but only one," Modi said. He added that "India maintains close relations with developed countries on the one hand, and at the same time understands and expresses the views of developing countries very well."
Perhaps there may be a possibility for India to set a North-South consensus agenda for the G-20 member states; The troika administration of the G20 consists of three countries with dynamic emerging economies (India, Indonesia and Brazil); Perhaps “the issues that determine the priorities of the G20 and the methods for resolving them will change to reflect this reality,” which was indicated by the Resina Dialogue session.
In a likely Indian move, New Delhi may re-demand "the flow of money from rich industrialized countries to emerging economies to help them combat global warming"; At the 2022 United Nations Climate Conference, "India called on rich countries to fulfill their promise of $100 billion in annual climate financing to developing countries and urged them to increase the amount for coming years," a promise made by the developed countries most responsible for global warming in 2009. This undertaking enjoys unanimous agreement towards development and building consensus between the North and the South (the developed and developing worlds), which could constitute an important, rewarding and constructive step in the framework of developing the work of the "international financial architecture", through the G20 under the Indian presidency.
In conclusion, India's involvement in its foreign policy on a multilateral level through the presidency of the G-20 and the leadership of an international conference such as the Resina Dialogue may provide it with an opportunity to set an international agenda through which it can manage international issues. Through its diplomatic, political and economic capabilities. Guided by Prime Minister Modi's vision, "India's foreign policy is evolving to assume leadership roles on the world stage. The G20 presidency provides a unique opportunity for India to contribute to the global agenda on pressing issues of international importance."
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 7:21 pm - Jerusalem Time
The Council of Ministers approves the electric tariff for the year 2023
Today, Monday, the Council of Ministers approved the electric tariff for the year 2023, and the provision of government support for the tariff at a value of 170 million shekels.
In its weekly session held in the city of Ramallah, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh, the Council approved the completion of the referral of bids for projects related to the Ministry of Education, and the project of transferring the main water lines feeding the towns of Arraba and Anza in Jenin Governorate.
He referred a number of government department employees to early retirement at their request, and a number of legislations for study by the competent authorities.
The Council of Ministers discussed a number of issues related to the challenges facing education in remote areas, and work to provide all the requirements for steadfastness for the people of those communities and provide education for their children.
The Council also discussed a report submitted by the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi Al-Hadmi, on the reality and conditions of the industrial school of the Arab Orphan School in the occupied city of Jerusalem, and ways to preserve it and ensure its continued provision of education to its students.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh had demanded, in his speech at the beginning of the session - which was devoted to talking about the Nakba and the right of our people to return - the United Nations to stop excluding Israel from the application of international law and international humanitarian law, not to allow the perpetrators to go unpunished, and to work to lift the historical injustice that The Nakba inflicted on our people.
He added, "The Nakba is a crime spanning 75 years, and our people are still paying the bill of aggression with their blood and living flesh, and we are continuing the struggle to recover their rights, and to thwart the Zionist, colonial, expansionist project."
He said, "Our people continue to offer martyrs and blood throughout the homeland, in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and in the Gaza Strip," referring to the victims of the recent barbaric Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which left 33 martyrs, including children, women, and the elderly, and hundreds of wounded and homeless, who were demolished. their homes, and lost their homes.
And he continued: "On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Nakba, our people proved that even if the adults died, the young are not forgotten, and after 75 years of the Nakba, we still believe and fight for the right of return. Return is an inherent right of our refugee people in all parts of the earth."
The Prime Minister called for the awakening of the global conscience, and for starting to lift the historical injustice inflicted by the Zionist movement and the international system on the Palestinian people, adding: "In the words of 14 million Palestinians, we say that we have been subjected to the largest massacre, the largest grievance, and the largest theft and expropriation of property and property."
He pointed out that the United Nations had established a database for the property of Palestinian refugees, detailing the dispossession suffered by the Palestinian people, and documenting the property of every Palestinian. Copies of this database are available in some countries, but the original copy is deposited with the United Nations.
The Prime Minister addressed the world by saying: "No right has been lost behind it are demands, and every Palestinian has the right to demand verification of his property, and to file lawsuits before international courts to restore his rights, while continuing our struggle to realize the collective right of our people wherever they are."
He demanded the unification of all forces of liberation, justice, peace and equality in Palestine and in the world to confront colonialism, settlement, exploitation, injustice and racial discrimination wherever it may be.
He called on states, governments, international bodies and courts to stop excluding Israel from applying international and humanitarian law, calling for it to be held accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity that it continues to commit against the Palestinian people for the eighth consecutive decade.
He stressed that "our great people are struggling to end the occupation and to embody the Palestinian state with sovereignty over its capabilities, contiguous viable parties, with Jerusalem as its capital, and the right of return for refugees."
The Prime Minister said: "From here, in Palestine, we stand united for Palestine and the souls of the martyrs, prisoners and wounded, Jerusalem, Palestine and return."
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 7:16 pm - Jerusalem Time
President Abbas before the United Nations: Britain and the United States bear responsibility for the plight of our people
The President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, affirmed that the colonial countries, which bear a historical responsibility for the Nakba, must bear the responsibility of redressing the Palestinian people and ending their suffering.
President Abbas said in his speech at the United Nations on the anniversary of the Nakba, today, Monday, that Britain and the United States in particular bear a direct political and moral responsibility for the plight of our people, as they are the ones who participated in making our people a victim when they decided to establish and plant another entity in our historical homeland, for colonial goals. their own.
President Abbas officially demanded that Israel be compelled to respect Resolutions 181 of 1947 and 194, or to suspend its membership in the United Nations, especially since it did not fulfill its obligations to accept its membership in the UN organization.
The President stressed that the most important condition for achieving peace and security in our region lies in recognizing the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, the independence of their sovereign Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, resolving the issue of Palestinian refugees on the basis of Resolution 194, and the release of all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
In his speech, President Abbas touched on the fabricated Zionist claims, which are trying to falsify the Palestinian narrative, which claimed that Palestine was a land without a people and should be given to a people without a land, and that the Palestinians left their country voluntarily in 1948, stressing that the truth is that our historical homeland Palestine has never been A land without people.
He added that Israel continues to repeat these allegations despite the published evidence and secret Zionist documents recognizing and acknowledging that the Palestinians persevered, fought and resisted forced displacement, and the latest of these evidences is the movie Al-Tantura, in which the Israeli soldiers who killed more than 200 Palestinians in cold blood admit their witnessed crime.
President Abbas pointed out that Israel is making other false allegations to cover up its aggression and crimes, and claims that its wars against the Palestinians and Arabs were defensive wars, asking: How is committing massacres, destroying villages, and displacing half of the population of Palestine in 1948 a defensive war?
President Abbas said that the biggest lie is Israel’s claim, and those who support it from among the colonial countries, that it is “Israel” the only democratic country in the Middle East, wondering: How can it be the only democratic country when it committed the Nakba of the Palestinian people in 1948, and occupies it since 1967, and it is the only country In the world occupied by another people.
President Abbas referred to another false narrative propagated by Israel and picked up by its supporters, without scrutiny or scrutiny, which is the claim that the Palestinians do not miss an opportunity in order to miss another opportunity, and that there is no Palestinian partner for peace, asking: What does it mean, then, for the Palestinian people to accept a state on 22%? Only from the land of his historical homeland, and recognizes Israel and prepares to live alongside it in security, peace and good neighbourliness?
In the context of talking about the Israeli narratives, His Excellency indicated that Israel says that it is celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of its independence these days, I just want to ask from whom did it become independent? And who was occupying it?
President Abbas stressed that the Palestinian narrative, related to the Nakba and the Palestinian cause in general, has begun to make its way to the consciousness of peoples and countries that are discovering the falsity of the Israeli narrative, through the efforts of our people, and with the support and assistance of benefactors in this world.
He stressed that the continuation of the Israeli occupation of our land and the imposition of the blockade on the Gaza Strip is the real reason for the continuation of the cycle of violence, and if the occupation is gone forever, there will be no justification for violence and wars.
The President stressed that Israel should not remain a state above the law, and if it and its partners do not acknowledge responsibility for this catastrophe, which it still denies, and responsibility for the massacres and crimes committed against the Palestinian people and their displacement, and the apology and request for forgiveness and reparation, and the implementation of all decisions of international legitimacy. Relatedly, the roots of the conflict will remain, and we will continue to demand our right everywhere, including in international courts, foremost of which is the International Criminal Court.
President Abbas affirmed that we are rightful owners. We have been here since the dawn of history, and we will remain here until the end of the world. This is the only bright truth that we deal with, and we call on the whole world to deal with it.
The President said: Our people have the right to live in freedom and dignity and to defend themselves, their existence and their national rights, calling on the United Nations to help them achieve their freedom, independence and full membership in the United Nations, implement the relevant resolutions, and live in security and peace, like the rest of the peoples of the world.
President Abbas stressed that we will preserve our national unity by all means and whatever the challenges, within the framework of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and adherence to international legitimacy.
President Abbas thanked the United Nations for its unprecedented historic decision to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, which Israel committed against the Palestinian people, after it had been ignored for the past years.
The President said that this decision represents an acknowledgment by the international organization of the continuous historical injustice and injustice that befell our people in 1948, before and still is, and it also constitutes the first refutation by the United Nations of the Zionist-Israeli narrative that denies this Nakba.
President Abbas expressed his confidence and hope that the United Nations will spare no effort to restore respect for the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights and remove the effects of this catastrophe, first by adopting it as an annual event that establishes it within a UN resolution, and deeming May 15th of each year as an international day to commemorate the tragedy of the Palestinian people. And secondly, by working to achieve the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people.
President Abbas concluded: The memory of the Nakba will remain present in our consciousness and as a beacon and motivation for our people until the end of the occupation and the achievement of freedom and independence, stressing that the occupation will end, and the Palestinian right will triumph in the end, whether it is time or not.
OPINIONS
Mon 15 May 2023 4:55 pm - Jerusalem Time
On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba
The stories of grandfathers and grandmothers about asylum, displacement, erasure, genocide and massacres committed by the Zionist gangs, and the injustice and persecution of the Palestinians, are still present in the memory of the Palestinians and the continuation of these massacres in various ways, means and tools by the settler-colonial racist regime, which is working diligently to complete it, by confiscating lands And deepening settlement, terrorizing settlers, imposing sovereignty and racist Jewish supremacy. Daily killing, military occupation and control tools to subdue the Palestinians.
Despite all that the occupying state is doing in terms of terrorism and attempts to raise awareness of the continuation of crimes and ethnic cleansing, racism and fascism, and the policy of dismantling and separation that the occupying state is carrying out towards the Palestinians.
However, it was not in the dreams of the Zionist movement and the leadership of the occupying state, later and now, to imagine the persistence, determination and will of the Palestinians and the challenge they are doing. .
You can imagine the extent of the destruction in the Gaza Strip and the targeting of citizens' homes in only five days, and the occupying state claims that it did not use all its power to confront the Palestinians in an unequal battle.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, and the documentation of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, the outcome of the center’s ongoing monitoring and documentation work, the number of martyrs rose to (33), including (6) children and (4) women, and (147) were injured. (48) children and (26) women. The outcome of the monitoring work until the date of writing the article indicates that the occupation forces completely destroyed (96) housing units, inhabited by (96) families consisting of (514) individuals, including (206) children and (86) women. In addition to hundreds of partially damaged housing units. And the displacement of its residents who lost their homes and became homeless.
On Monday morning, the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, Israel and its media began promoting the extraordinary success and capabilities of Israeli pilots to commit war crimes against Palestinian children and women in the aggression on Gaza.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper published, with a kind of celebration and pride, details about the assassinations carried out by the Israeli army in its military aggression against Gaza in the past few days.
According to the newspaper, the opening strike, which shocked the Islamic Jihad Movement after the assassination of 3 of the most prominent leaders of its military wing, was simultaneous, with a difference of only 4 seconds between each strike.
And that when Ahmed Abu Daqqa was assassinated, those in charge of the operation took into account that the building had no supporting walls, and therefore its roof would collapse on it.
Without the entire building collapsing, the operation was carried out with care and careful planning, and the assassination of Tariq Ezzedine was also carried out with careful planning.
Of course, careful planning to kill by targeting a person and his family with multiple missiles. What heroism and what courage, brazen pride in committing war crimes and killing innocent civilians, and recognizing their crimes before the world. This country that is proud of its alleged democracy?
It is supported by an unjust scientist who is a partner in killing innocent people, and works to protect criminals and help them escape accountability and accountability, and remain silent by granting them immunity in killing and defending them.
The continuation of the Nakba on a daily basis, and the recent aggression and assassinations are the natural context for a country that is outside international humanitarian laws, and it is a true expression of its criminal behavior carried out by the occupying state, and what the Israeli media mentions and the Israeli pilots confessed to their crimes without shame.
On the second day of the latest aggression, Yossi Melman, security and intelligence analyst at Haaretz, said: “The assassination reminded me of the night in 2002 and the bad statement of the Israeli Air Force commander at the time, Dan Halutz, when he was asked how the pilot felt after dropping a ton bomb. At that time, Israel targeted the martyr Salah Shehadeh, a senior official of the Al-Qassam Brigades, along with 16 civilians, in his home in Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City.
These targets are mostly civilian and agricultural lands, and this is evident through the statistics mentioned by human rights organizations.
At a time when the Israeli occupation continues its operations of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, the blockade of the Gaza Strip and the imposition of collective punishments, and its denial of their national and human rights, their right to liberation and the establishment of their independent state, and the right of return of the Palestinian refugees to their homes.
On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the United Nations commemorates the Nakba of the Palestinian people with great effectiveness at the organization's headquarters in New York City.
The decision to commemorate the anniversary is an achievement of Palestinian and Arab diplomacy, but this does not represent justice for the Palestinians, as the tragedy continues, without them being able to return and be liberated from the occupation. And the inability of the Palestinians to achieve their unity, which is a prisoner of division and the struggle for power and governance, before liberation from the occupation, and in contradiction to the nature of national liberation movements, and the transformation of the Palestinian national movement into a self-governing authority under the authority of the occupation, which is deprived of its will, and a hybrid political system that is dictatorial and repressive, to serve its objectives personal interests and privileges.
On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the encroachment of the occupying state, its continuous aggression, the escalation of resistance in the West Bank, and the continuation of the political crisis of the occupation, the Palestinian division continues.
There is no glimmer of hope for achieving Palestinian unity and confronting the occupying state and its policies.
Instead of opening a national dialogue, and in light of the weakening of the Palestinian Authority, the fading of its role, and its becoming more subject to the occupation, and talk from the Israeli media that preparations are underway to hold a regional security meeting with the participation of the Authority, Israel, Egypt and Jordan, and under American auspices. The meeting is a continuation of the "Aqaba" and "Sharm al-Sheikh" meetings, and its aim is to discuss security cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and Israel in confronting the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank.
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 4:28 pm - Jerusalem Time
Netanyahu threatens to assassinate anyone who tries to attack the flag march
On Monday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened anyone who "tries to harm the Israelis" with assassination, in connection with the flag march scheduled for next Thursday.
Netanyahu told members of his Likud party in the Israeli Knesset that the flags march will take place as planned.
And he considered that what happened in Gaza during the recent operation as a message to everyone who tries and plans to attack the Israelis, saying: "We are changing the balance of deterrence, and whoever plans to harm the Israelis, his blood will be spilled."
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 3:45 pm - Jerusalem Time
An Israeli was killed and another injured in a plane crash in Galilee
An Israeli was killed and another injured, Monday afternoon, when a light plane crashed near the village of Tuba Zangaria in the Galilee.
According to the Hebrew Walla website, those on board were seriously injured, and one of them died after being transferred to the hospital.
The Israeli police found the light aircraft crashed in an open area between Tobat Al-Zangariya and Elifelt, north of Lake Tiberias.
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 3:31 pm - Jerusalem Time
Detainee Hisham Awwad begins a hunger strike
The Prisoner Club said, "The administrative detainee Hisham Hamed Awwad (21 years old) from Askar al-Jadeed camp in Nablus, yesterday, began an open hunger strike, in rejection of his administrative detention. After announcing the strike, the prison administration began transferring him to the cells."
The club stated in a statement, this evening, Monday, that the prisoner Awad has been detained since the date of 12/15/2022, and he has been transferred to administrative detention for a period of 6 months.
He pointed out that the prisoner, Awwad, was re-arrested shortly after his release, as he was arrested in 2020, and was transferred at the time to administrative detention, and three administrative detention orders were issued against him, totaling a year and a half.
The Prisoner's Club stated that the prisoner Awad's strike comes with the escalation of the crime of administrative detention, as the number of administrative detainees in the occupation prisons exceeded more than 1,000 detainees.
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 3:26 pm - Jerusalem Time
The occupation arrests two young men from Jerusalem
Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men from the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
According to local sources, those forces stormed the old town of the city and arrested Ibrahim al-Natsheh and Khattab al-Sharabati, and took them to the al-Maskubiya detention center.
ECONOMY
Mon 15 May 2023 3:07 pm - Jerusalem Time
American media group Vice declares bankruptcy
The American media group Vice announced its bankruptcy, due to the decline in its advertising revenues, in a news that was expected in the market a few weeks ago.
A statement published by the company on Monday indicated that a consortium including Fortress Investment Group, Vice's main creditor, has offered to take control of the media group for $225 million, unless a higher bid is made from other parties.
Vice Media Group, valued at $5.7 billion in 2017, produces content in 25 languages and has more than 30 offices around the world. The media group, which can be viewed for free, relies on advertisements in particular to collect its revenue.
However, with the deterioration of the economic situation, the advertising market has become directed mainly towards giant technology companies such as "Google" and "Meta" (Facebook, Instagram...).
The statement pointed out that Vice will continue its activities throughout the period of the process following its bankruptcy.
In the early 2000s, Vice launched a new generation of digital media, such as Buzzfeed and the Huffington Post.
The media, whose content is available for free, is the most facing a difficult economic situation, which prompted a large number of its prominent journalists to submit their resignations, starting with the public broadcaster "NRB" and ending with the "Washington Post" and "CNN".
At the end of April, BuzzFeed announced that it was shutting down the BuzzFeed News website and firing 180 employees.
ARAB AND WORLD
Mon 15 May 2023 2:19 pm - Jerusalem Time
Türkiye is heading towards an unprecedented second round of elections... It led Erdogan in the first round
On Monday, Turkey is heading for the first time in its history towards a second round of the presidential elections, following a disputed first round.
And it must be decided on May 28 that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, will win.
This comes as the final results of the presidential and legislative elections that took place on Sunday are still awaiting release. And 64 million Turkish voters turned out to the polls, with the initial participation rate reaching 90 percent.
With more than 99 percent of the votes counted, Erdogan won 49.4 percent of the vote against 44.95 percent for his main opponent, the Social Democrats, a better result than expected for the president compared to recent opinion polls.
However, this result is not suitable for the opposition camp, which has called in recent weeks to "finish (the elections) in the first round," and confirmed on Sunday evening that it is "in the lead."
"If our nation wants a second round, then we will win the second round," said Kilicdaroglu, who heads a broad alliance of six opposition parties, noting that "the desire for change in society is greater than 50 percent."
Erdogan also spoke at night in front of a crowd of his supporters. "I believe from the bottom of my heart that we will continue to serve our people in the next five years," said the president, who has been in power since 2003.
Erdogan was re-elected in 2018 in the first round of the presidential elections.
In recent weeks, he had doubled down on election promises to try to mitigate the very high inflation hitting the country.
Meanwhile, the president's Justice and Development Party and its allies are on track to retain a majority in Parliament.
However, in light of the atmosphere of uncertainty, the main index of the Istanbul Stock Exchange fell by 4 percent on Monday.
The outcome of the second round will depend in part on a third man, Sinan Ogan (nationalist), who won about 5 percent of the votes in the first round, but has not yet called on his supporters to support one of the two candidates.
In Istanbul's Sishane district, opinions were divided Monday morning over the verdict, which is expected to be issued at the polls on May 28.
Batool Yilmaz, 26, thought that "Kilichdar Oglu could win if he made an alliance with Sinan Ogan." However, she added, the results may be "close".
A few meters away, Hamdi Karam Mahmoud, 40, who works in the tourism sector, said, "Tayyip Erdogan will win. He is a real leader, the Turks trust him and he has a vision for Turkey."
"Sure, there are things that have to improve, in the economy, in education, in the refugee policy. But we know he's the one who can fix all of this," he added. The two camps fought the battle of numbers until the night, and they also ordered their observers to remain in the vote count centers "until the end."
Kilicdaroglu's camp directly objected to the preliminary numbers, which gave Erdogan a comfortable lead, stressing that the results of the polling stations most suitable for the opposition candidate had not yet been calculated, especially due to the multiple appeals.
The pro-government newspaper, Sabah, said that the outgoing president's release of the results of the first round "is considered a great success."
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 2:14 pm - Jerusalem Time
The Israeli police arrest a young man inside the occupied territories
Today, Monday, the Israeli police arrested a young man from the town of Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, while he was working inside the occupied territories.
According to local sources, the police arrested Musa Nahed Zyoud while he was at his workplace in Umm al-Fahm.
Mon 15 May 2023 1:56 pm - Jerusalem Time
The trial of Islamic thinker Tariq Ramadan on charges of rape begins in Switzerland
Monday, the trial of Islamic thinker Tariq Ramadan began before a criminal court in Switzerland on charges of "rape and sexual coercion", which he denies committing.
Tariq Ramadan arrived shortly after 08:30 (06:30 GMT) to the court, where many had come to follow up on the hearings.
The Islamic researcher and his lawyers refrained from making any statement to the journalists who came in large numbers to cover this first trial, which will last for three days.
The Swiss plaintiff, who says she lives under threat and uses the pseudonym "Brigitte", was about 40 years old when the alleged incidents took place some 15 years ago.
She asserts that Ramadan subjected her to brutal sexual acts, accompanied by beatings and insults, on the evening of October 28, 2008, in a hotel room in Geneva.
Tariq Ramadan, who is sixty years old today, and who may face trial for similar incidents in France as well, admitted that he met the plaintiff, but confirmed during the investigation that he had given up the idea of having a sexual relationship with her.
The Swiss thinker, who is causing controversy in European Islamic circles, faces the possibility of a prison sentence of two to ten years if he is convicted. Contacted by Agence France-Presse, one of his French lawyers, Philippe Ohayon, declined to comment.
The verdict will be issued on May 24, according to what the judicial authorities in Geneva told AFP. Tariq Ramadan can appeal the verdict.
Ramadan holds a PhD from the University of Geneva, where he wrote a thesis on the founder of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna, his maternal grandfather. He was a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom until November 2017 and a guest professor at several universities in Morocco, Malaysia, Japan and Qatar.
Ramadan is popular among conservative Islam, but it raises controversy, especially among advocates of secularism, who consider it a supporter of political Islam.
In France, he is suspected of committing rape between 2009 and 2016, targeting four women, a case that caused his downfall in 2017.
In July, the Paris Public Prosecution requested that he be referred to the Criminal Court, and it is up to the investigative judges to decide whether or not to try him.
As part of the French file, he was imprisoned for nine months in 2018 and released in November of the same year. He has been under judicial control since then.
One of the legal conditions imposed on him is to reside in France, but he obtains exceptional permissions to leave French territory to go to Switzerland in the context of the current case.
During the investigation, Brigitte, who converted to Islam, said that she met Ramadan during a signing session for one of his books months before, on the night of October 28, 2008, and then during a conference in September.
This was followed by more intimate correspondence through social media. On the night of the supposed facts, she met him at a hotel where he was staying in Geneva.
According to "Brigitte", Ramadan forced her in the room for hours to perform sexual acts accompanied by violence.
The indictment states that he committed "three rapes" during the same night, as well as "sexual coercion" during which she almost suffocated. The Islamic researcher denies that he is older than what he is accused of.
"This trial is an ordeal for my client, not a cure," said Brigitte's French lawyer, Francois Zimmerai, a former diplomat and expert in human rights.
"It expects a difficult and painful confrontation, but it is ready for it and convinced that this battle is a duty and an ordeal at the same time," he added.
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 1:45 pm - Jerusalem Time
Pictures || Large crowds mourn the body of the martyr Saleh Sabra in Nablus
Today, Monday, large Palestinian crowds mourned the funeral of the martyr Saleh Muhammad Sabra (22 years old), in Askar camp, east of Nablus.
The funeral mourners departed from Rafidia Hospital, after a military funeral for the martyr Sabra, to Martyrs Square in the city center, then to Askar camp, where the last farewell look was given to him.
The body of the martyr Sabra was buried in the camp cemetery.
The martyr, Sabra, was killed this morning by the Israeli occupation army, as he stormed the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus.




PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 1:34 pm - Jerusalem Time
Pictures || Citizens commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba in Ramallah
Today, Monday, thousands of citizens celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, with a central festival in the city center of Ramallah.
Citizens gathered in front of the tomb of martyr President Yasser Arafat, where employees and school and university students participated, and marched towards Al-Manara Square in the center of Ramallah.
A central festival was held, punctuated by many national events, and several speeches were delivered emphasizing the right of return, the importance of national unity for liberation from occupation, and the importance of President Mahmoud Abbas's speech at the United Nations, which commemorates the Nakba at its headquarters for the first time.
Banners were raised bearing the names of the displaced villages, countries and cities, and banners emphasizing the right of return, while Palestinian flags and black flags with the slogan of return were raised.
Scout and artistic teams also participated in the festival, and the movement stopped for 75 seconds, according to the number of years of the Nakba, in conjunction with the sounding of the mourning whistle through mosques and local radio stations, and the ringing of church bells.




PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 12:44 pm - Jerusalem Time
Reconstruction of Al Tahadi School 5 east of Bethlehem
Today, Monday, the "Challenge 5" school was rebuilt in Beit Tamar, east of Bethlehem, coinciding with the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba.
According to local sources, in cooperation between the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee, the Beit Tamar Village Council and the Education Directorate, the school, which was demolished three times, was rebuilt.
The sources pointed out that tents were erected on the rubble of the demolition, and wheelchairs were provided, in order to enhance the steadfastness of the parents and the survival of the students in their school, and to emphasize the continuation of the educational process as a clear challenge to the arrogance of the occupier.
It is noteworthy that the mixed school, which consists of grades one to four, includes 60 students. It was demolished three times, the first in 2017, and the second and third this year within one month. It was rebuilt with tents and demolished before being restored again.
PALESTINE
Mon 15 May 2023 12:32 pm - Jerusalem Time
The murder rate among Palestinians inside Israel is higher than among Jews
Israeli data, published today, Monday, showed that between 2018 and 2022, 690 murder incidents took place, in which 731 victims were killed, 70% of whom were Palestinians from inside the country.
According to these data, as published in the Hebrew newspaper, Israel Hayom, the monthly rate of deaths due to homicides among Palestinians in Israel increased between 2022 and 2023.
And it appears from the data prepared by the Information Center in the Knesset for a special discussion in the Security Committee, that solving the mystery of murders by the Israeli police, among the Palestinians inside Israel, is much less than the Jews.
The data show that from the beginning of this year until the third of May, 82 killings occurred, in which 86 were killed, and the absolute majority of the victims, 72%, are Palestinians from the interior, 22% are Jews, and about 6% are from other nationalities.
With regard to the killing of women, in the years 2018-2022, 126 women were killed, which represents about 17% of the total number of deaths, and the largest number was from the Palestinians inside, and from the beginning of this year until the third of May, 12 women They were killed, including 7 Jews, 4 Palestinians, and one of another nationality.




