Today, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a citizen and a number of foreign solidarity activists in Arab Al-Zuwaidin community, east of Yatta, south of Hebron.

Local sources stated that the occupation forces arrested the citizen Fayez Ka'abneh and a number of foreign solidarity activists while they were on his land, which was threatened with confiscation.

The coordinator of the popular and national committees to resist the wall and settlement south of Hebron, Ratib Jabbour, said that a number of settlers are carrying out rebellious operations and pursuing farmers and shepherds in this area, under the protection of the occupation forces, in preparation for seizing their lands.

Experts in Washington deplored that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Washington without an official invitation from US President Joe Biden to him to visit the White House, when such a visit would carry burdens and problems that may have unforeseen consequences for Netanyahu, who faces many political and judicial problems in Israel and in the Middle East. United State.

Vice President of the "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace", Aaron David Miller, who worked as a US official in peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel in the eighties and nineties of the last century, said on Monday: "I do not think that Netanyahu will visit Washington, or that Netanyahu will accept the invitation (Leis Kevin) is disastrous to visit Washington, because coming to Washington without visiting the White House makes Netanyahu look weak."

Miller added that if Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu accepts McCarthy's invitation, he (Netanyahu) will be seen as mismanaging US-Israeli relations, and it is expected that there will be massive protests against him wherever he goes (in the United States), which will complicate his problems. .

It is noteworthy that the Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, John Boehner, invited Netanyahu in 2015 to address the US Congress to oppose and thwart the efforts of the administration of then US President Barack Obama and his vice president, Joe Biden, to reach an agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program (at the time), which left great bitterness. When Obama and Biden, experts believe that it still bothers them.

Experts add that the matter is more complicated at the present time, especially since there is no excuse for negotiations to reach a new agreement with Iran, as was the case in 2015 prior to the signing of the agreement.

The controversy erupted Monday in the American capital, after the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, who is visiting Israel to participate in its founding celebrations, told the right-wing newspaper "Israel Hayom" on Sunday that he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Washington to deliver a speech before Congress if he did not US President Joe Biden invited Netanyahu to visit the White House soon.

Biden has not yet invited Netanyahu to visit the White House, as is customary, due to the ongoing demonstrations against Netanyahu’s decision regarding judicial reforms that the Biden administration does not support.

For his part, a spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House, John Kirby, said on Monday evening that he believes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House at some point, but there is no schedule now for the date of such a visit.

On Tuesday, the resistance fired successive rocket barrages towards the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip, hours after the death of the prisoner Sheikh Khader Adnan in the Israeli occupation prisons.

The Israeli army said that 22 rockets were launched from the Strip towards the settlements, 16 of which fell in open areas, and 4 rockets were intercepted, while two rockets fell in populated areas in the town of Sderot.

According to the Israeli Magen David Adom, its crews dealt with 3 injuries, which are foreign workers from Asia, one of whom described his condition as serious.

The Joint Operations Room of the resistance in Gaza announced its adoption of firing rockets as a first response to the assassination of Sheikh Adnan.

Previously, the Israeli artillery bombed two monitoring points of the resistance east of Gaza City, and Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The 102-meter-long Saudi warship "His Majesty the King of Diriyah" is usually used to accompany oil tankers across the Red Sea and in exercises with Western naval forces, but last week it carried out a different operation, evacuating civilians from the fighting in Sudan.

That mission was part of a broader evacuation effort that has given Saudi Arabia a central role in the current crisis in Sudan, highlighting the Gulf kingdom's regional influence in the eyes of the world.

As of Monday noon, Saudi Arabia had received more than 5,400 civilian evacuees, the vast majority of them foreigners from 102 countries on six continents.

"I was deeply impressed by the efficiency of their work to help evacuate people, to put their navy at the disposal of people fleeing," said Cameron Hudson of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"This is an opportunity to polish their (the Saudis') image a few kilometers away from Yemen, where some of their worst behavior has emerged," he added, referring to the war in which thousands of civilians have been killed and injured in air strikes launched by a Saudi-led military coalition since 2015.

However, some analysts warn that the evacuations may overshadow the complex role played by Saudi Arabia and other outside powers in the unrest in Sudan, particularly their support for the two generals at the heart of it.

Kholoud Khair, founder of the Khartoum-based think tank Conflict Advisory, said the fighting, which has killed hundreds and wounded thousands so far, resulted in part from "dealing kindly" with army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, when he was on the world. To insist on real reform.

"This is a temporary reprieve for the international community to focus on the evacuations as the main story, not how we got here," Khair added, continuing, "as if the evacuation efforts were the only story."

This is certainly the impression being perpetuated by the Saudi media these days.

State-run television stations film arrivals disembarking from ships in the port city of Jeddah, often with the Saudi flag in hand, and interview diplomats praising the swift mobilization of the Saudi navy.

Saudi analyst Aziz Al-Ghashian said Riyadh seems intent on getting the kind of goodwill effort that Qatar gained two years ago when it welcomed tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Al-Ghashyan added that the Kingdom "expresses its influence over the Saudi masses," with the aim of confronting "local frustration with the lack of effective media efforts covering Saudi achievements and its role as an international player."

However, this media campaign did not completely win everyone over to Saudi Arabia.

Last week, Khair found herself in Port Sudan with thousands of others in desperate need of an escape route.

She described a chaotic process where traumatized survivors wait for hours, sometimes days, to see if they will be approved for the Red Sea crossing, a journey that can take up to 20 hours, depending on the ship.

"It was a no-frills evacuation experience, I think it was expected but I think it didn't fit with the way the Saudis have promoted the evacuation as if it was a humanitarian mission," Khair said, before eventually getting a place on a British Airways flight instead.

However, she credited the Saudis for being "the only ones on earth who take any kind of responsibility by providing this safe way out, even if marred by politics."

Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said Saudi forces would continue to carry out evacuations "as long as the Saudi embassy receives requests from other embassies."

Meanwhile, Saudi officials are promoting the kingdom as a mediator, leveraging its ties to both generals stemming in part from their involvement in the Yemen war.

On Sunday, an envoy from Al-Burhan met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan. Saudi officials requested an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday.

This is in line with the recent regional peacemaking campaign that has seen Saudi Arabia make a surprising move to restore relations with Iran and Syria.

It is likely that the politics behind Riyadh's involvement will not mean much to its beneficiaries, including the 52 evacuees on board the HMS Diriyah on Sunday.

After dates and Arabic coffee, the men, women and children spread themselves out on the carpeted carpets trying to sleep, while battling seasickness as the warship steamed some 300 kilometers to Jeddah.

Near the port, a Saudi captain addressed the group, apologizing that he could not have made the trip more comfortable by providing beds for everyone. His last words caused them to applaud.

"Once you arrive in Jeddah, there will be hotels, God willing," he told them. "You will forget everything about this trip."

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met today (Tuesday) Ambassador Dafallah Al-Haj Ali, envoy of the head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ahmed Abu Zeid, stated in a statement that the Sudanese envoy conveyed to the foreign minister a verbal message from the head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi about the developments in the situation in Sudan in light of the ongoing military operations for more than two weeks, thanking Egypt for receiving it. With all the affection and welcome of Sudanese citizens fleeing the flames of war.

Shoukry said during the meeting that President Sisi's directives to all concerned state agencies since the first day (of the outbreak of the Sudanese crisis) are to provide the greatest amount of care and hospitality to the Sudanese brothers.

The Egyptian minister affirmed his country's firm and declared position since the first day of the Sudanese crisis, calling for the necessity of an immediate ceasefire in order to preserve the blood of the Sudanese people, and the importance of the commitment of all parties to fixing the armistice and not violating it in order to provide an opportunity for humanitarian relief operations, heal wounds, and start a serious dialogue aimed at resolving the existing differences.

He stressed that "Egypt is keen to deal with the current crisis in Sudan as an internal matter, and hence its position was established during the meetings that dealt with the situation in Sudan in the League of Arab States, the African Union and the Security Council on the need for all international and regional parties to respect Sudan's sovereignty and not to interfere in the crisis in any way." It leads to fueling conflict and more bloodshed."

Shoukry reviewed all the contacts he made with his counterparts with a number of active and influential countries internationally and regionally, stressing the unity of the international community's message calling for the need to stop the ongoing fighting to protect the capabilities of the Sudanese people and to preserve the safety, unity and national institutions of Sudan.

He expressed Egypt's deep concern about the continuation of the current situation in Sudan, and indicated that it will spare no effort to help the brothers in Sudan overcome this ordeal based on its firm belief in the unity of destiny and the common history between the peoples of the Nile Valley.

Since April 15, Sudan has been witnessing bloody clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, which resulted, according to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Health, killing 528 people and wounding 4,599 others.

Last Sunday evening, the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces announced the extension of the humanitarian truce for a period of 72 hours.

A prominent leader in the "Islamic Jihad" movement confirmed today, Tuesday, that there are no negotiations with Egypt to hand over the body of Sheikh Khader Adnan in exchange for a guarantee of non-response.

He told Al-Quds.com: "This is media news published by Israeli media outlets that has no connection to reality."

He added: "The handing over of Adnan's body is a pure right for our people. It cannot be a place for bargaining, and we will recover the bodies of our martyrs, which are being held, by all possible means, and the liberation of the prisoners is a debt on our neck."

He stressed that the "Jihad" movement is still studying its options and receiving calls from various mediators, pointing out that the decision will be for the owners of the field and no one else.

Sources told Al-Quds: "Islamic Jihad is still conducting internal discussions about the limitations of its response or not, amid Arab and international contacts and pressures on the movement to refrain from responding."

Dozens of citizens were injured today, Tuesday, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in separate areas of the West Bank.

According to local sources, the occupation forces stormed the center of the town of Kafr al-Labad, east of Tulkarm, which led to clashes, during which a number of citizens' homes were raided and searched.

They occupied the roof of the house of Abdel-Qader Sidqi Hamdan, and turned it into a military barrack.

And in occupied Jerusalem, citizens suffocated after clashes between the Israeli occupation forces, at the entrance to the town of Al-Ram, after a march that came out to condemn the execution of the prisoner, Khader Adnan, inside the occupation prisons.

In Al-Bireh, 5 civilians were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, and dozens suffocated during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces at the northern entrance.

A number of civilians suffocated during clashes that broke out this morning in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.

The results of the PMA Business Cycle Index showed a decline in the overall index for Palestine, dropping to 13 points in April, compared to 14.9 points in March, as a result of the decline in the West Bank.

The Monetary Authority said that the overall index in the West Bank decreased from 17 points in March to 14.6 points in April, affected by the decline in the industry index (from 7.8 to 5.3), the agricultural index (from 4.9 to 3.1), and the renewable energy index (from 0.7 to 0.0). ), compared to an increase in the construction index (from 1.9 to 2.6), the trade index (from 1.5 to 2.2), and the transportation and storage index (from 0.0 to 1.5). While the Communications and Information Technology Index settled at -0.1 points.

In general, the owners of the targeted establishments in the West Bank reported a decrease in production levels, an increase in sales volume and inventory volume during this month, and their expectations regarding production and employment levels for the next three months were negative.

As for the overall index in the Gaza Strip, there was a slight improvement in the value of the index to 4.6 points in April compared to 4.4 points in March, due to the increase in the industry index (from 1.8 to 2.6) and the construction index (from -3.3 to -2.6), in addition to the increase in Trade index (from -5.7 to -3.5).

On the other hand, the agriculture index decreased (from 13.2 to 9.6), the renewable energy index stabilized at -1.6 points, the transport and storage index stabilized at 0.4 points, and the communications and information technology index stabilized at -0.2 points.

The owners of the targeted establishments in the Gaza Strip reported an increase in production and sales levels, and a decrease in the volume of inventory during the current month. As for their expectations regarding production and employment levels for the next three months, they were negative.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh confirmed today, Tuesday, that the Palestinian economic growth last year was 3.9%, and that this year will witness a slower pace, due to the escalating Israeli measures.

Shtayyeh said at the beginning of the government session in Ramallah, "The unemployment rate has decreased from 19% since we took over the government to about 12% in the West Bank, but it remained high in the Gaza Strip."

He added, "The local and clearing revenues increased by 19% with the stability of public spending, but the salary bill increased."

Shtayyeh pointed out that the general budget suffers from a deficit, expressing his hope that the donors would help bridge the funding gap to address the deficit, noting that the Israeli discounts and the decline in donor funds are still the main reasons behind the deficit suffered by the general budget.

He stressed that the Palestinian delegation participating in a meeting of donor countries to Palestine, in Brussels tomorrow, Wednesday, will present a report on the situation in Palestine, the reform plan, and the Palestinian economy.

Shtayyeh said: "The government will continue to work on implementing the reform program approved by the Council of Ministers and under the guidance of President Mahmoud Abbas, and presented to donors, which is summarized in reforming the salary bill, medical referrals, and addressing debts incurred by the water and electricity sectors, municipal issues, and local government, And other matters related to the Civil Service Law and others.

In a separate context, the Council of Ministers held the Israeli occupation authorities, its prison administration and all its agencies fully responsible for the death of the prisoner Khader Adnan, after a battle of hunger strike that lasted for 87 days, refusing to arrest him.

He considered the murder of the martyr Adnan deliberate, by rejecting his request for his release, neglecting him medically, and keeping him in his cell, despite the seriousness of his health condition.

He offered his deepest condolences to the families of the martyr Adnan, the captive movement, and all of our people for this great loss, stressing that he will remain a symbol of steadfastness, defiance and determination, calling for the immediate release of all prisoners, especially the sick, women and children.

On the other hand, the Prime Minister addressed those celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Israel by saying, I would like to remind you that this anniversary is the anniversary of the Nakba of Palestine, and that Israel is a colonial and colonial entity, established by Western countries to serve their interests, and that it was established on the ruins of 531 Palestinian villages and towns that were demolished, and whose people were displaced. For 75 years they have been in camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Gaza, the West Bank and Egypt, hoping to return to their homes.

He added, "We remind them that Palestine is a fertile land, and that the Palestinian was the first to use the plow to cultivate the land, and that in 1860 Palestine exported about 2 million bags of Jaffa oranges to Europe, 88 years before the establishment of the State of Israel."

He pointed out that if some congratulate Israel on its success, the Israelis are the product of Western technology and science, and that any advantage it has is that it is a military base and a functional state for its celebrants.

We remind the celebrants that the conflict over Palestine and in Palestine is based on the zero-sum game, meaning that every dunam of land that Israel seizes is a dunam of land that Palestine loses, and every liter of water that Israel steals is a liter of water that we lose, and that Israel was built on our land, we are the people of the country, and we The indigenous people, we are the ones who gave this land its name, this land is ours, and it is a sacred land, the birthplace of our Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, and the resting place of our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

He added, "The world has presented a historic solution, which is the two-state solution, and we have accepted it. Here, I call on the name of President Mahmoud Abbas for the countries of the world that believe in this solution to protect it and stop the systematic destruction that Israel is carrying out against our land and sanctities, killing our children, imprisoning some of them, and fragmenting Our land, the intensification of settlements, the storming of sanctities and the attempt to Judaize them, all of this is to destroy the two-state solution.”

And he added, "To those celebrating the anniversary of the founding of Israel, Green Palestine has been and remains green for thousands of years, and its mountains are still covered with olives, and there is a desert that is still a desert. Those who believe lies must open their eyes to see the truth. Palestine is a truth, Jerusalem is a truth, and our Palestinian people are true." Truth, and the truth and its narrators will prevail over the myth and its narrators.

In another context, the Cabinet expressed its rejection of the so-called "Return Conference" in the Swedish city of Malmö, and considered it a circumvention of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, at a moment when pressures are escalating and challenges targeting the existence of our people on their land and the establishment of his state.

He called on those in charge of the conference not to go in the wrong direction, not to deviate the compass, to be of help to our people, and not to add a new burden on it as it tries to confront those who embrace the policies of burning, erasure, and abolition.

He also called on those who intend to participate in it to reconsider the matter, work towards achieving national unity, expose the policies and practices of the occupation, and work to mobilize the international effort to end the occupation of our land and establish its state.

During its session, the cabinet will discuss security and political reports, the Zakat Fund, legal aid for the poor, draft laws related to cultural heritage, dealing with foreign stock exchanges, infrastructure projects, solar energy, and cooperative work.

The Israeli protests resumed for the 17th consecutive week, after the end of the Jewish holidays, and the parliament's return to work, with the beginning of this May.

The protests began with the encroachment of the Israeli extreme right, allied with the religious extremists, who seek together to impose new values, procedures, and laws, which constitute a coup in the course of the colony, transforming it from a state of compatibility with Western European-American values, and making it a new model with internal backwardness and extreme hostility to everything that is: 1 - Non-Jewish, 2- Non-religious, 3- Not adhering to the map of the colony from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River at this stage, and for the next stage, and the required laws, regulations and procedures consistent with this option, with this orientation, with this expansion, and political rejection And religious to retreat from the map of the expansionist colony, and to acknowledge: 1- that unified Jerusalem is the capital of the colony, 2- and that the Palestinian West Bank is Judea and Samaria, i.e. part of the map of the colony through settlement legislation and legality and providing it with all means of survival and development.
The protests by different Israeli segments do not target the political side or demand justice and equality in the 48 areas, or end the occupation and prevent settlement in the 67 areas. Rather, they refuse to impose religious values and the measures of the extreme right on political, social and legal life, i. Palestinians from near or far.
The head of the colony, Isaac Herzog, described what is happening inside Israeli society as the "most serious internal crisis" that has engulfed the colony since its establishment in 1948.

The conflict revolves around the so-called "judicial reform plan" announced by the Likud Minister of Justice to the colonial government of Yelvin. Netanyahu suspended its legislative procedures in parliament at the end of last March, and it will return to the forefront of the Knesset program after the failure of all attempts to cancel it or make any amendment to its content, especially: 1- Limiting the powers of the Supreme Court and curtailing its powers, 2- The government coalition’s control over the appointment of judges, and the aim of this is for Netanyahu to write off the criminal charges he was implicated in, which were leveled against him and their titles: bribery, bad credit and breach of trust.

Protest demonstrations continue on a weekly basis, but this is the second time that the extreme right-wing religious coalition has headed to the street, which witnessed a demonstration in support of the government, to counter the continuation of anti-government protests, which deepened the crisis and exacerbated the division facing Israeli society.

The negative factors surrounding the colony: 1- The Palestinian division, 2- The inter-Arab wars, 3- The world's interest in what is happening in Ukraine and its repercussions, encouraged the state of internal explosion, because the Israelis felt the absence of an enemy targeting them, so the dispute and conflict broke out between: 1- Religious and non-religious, 2- Between Easterners and Westerners, 3- Between the right and the extreme political right, due to the absence of moderate or intermediate trends and the diminishing of their influence.

The colony is now fundamentally different on the internal level than it was before the 25th Knesset elections on 1/11/2022, even if it is still colonial, expansionist, fascist, and racist that practices apartheid against the Palestinians, and it has increased, and it will pay the price for this option, even after a while.

International Labor Day comes on the first of May of this year in exceptional circumstances whose effects are reflected on the Palestinian working class in a way that burdens it, especially as it faces two imminent dangers, one of which is no less a threat than the other to the reality of life, which is experienced by Palestinian workers in particular and all classes and social groups. In general, they are the danger of the rise of fascism in Israel and its domination of decision-making centers in everything related to the future of life in the Palestinian territories occupied by the aggression of June 1967 and its calls for resolving the conflict on the basis of its project inspired by the legends of Joshua bin Nun and the sayings of fortune-tellers and false prophets, and the danger of the continuation and escalation of settlement activity Continuous attacks in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Jordan Valley, and the northern Dead Sea areas, in a manner that warns of dangers that have become clearly visible. On an occasion like this, whoever is on the left and on the side of the labor and trade union movement stands in the position of defending the rights and interests of workers, the forefront of our national struggle, in facing the dangers the country is exposed to and in the face of the injustice and exploitation they are exposed to at the hands of employers, whether the circumstances are normal or not. Exceptionally.

With the rise of fascism to power in the State of Israel, many questions remain about its impact on various classes and social groups, especially on Palestinian workers, whether those working in Israeli projects inside Israel or in the settlements, or working in Palestinian projects in the private sector, especially with the continued rise in In unemployment rates as a result of work restrictions in Israeli projects or as a result of the government’s failure to assume its responsibilities and the failure of the Palestinian private sector to fulfill its obligations towards these workers
At the same time, regardless of the challenges of the circumstances in which we live, our national economy stands at a crossroads, as a result of its exposure to two imminent dangers as well. Their differences and the danger of continuing to rotate in the vicious circle of dependence on the Israeli economy, which places heavy restrictions on the chances of moving towards broader horizons that open up opportunities for independent development.

The performance of the Palestinian economy is still poor according to the data of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, and despite the increase in the number of workers in a number of economic activities, the unemployment rate is still high. In the labor force, 45% are unemployed, compared to about 20% in the West Bank, in addition to the large disparity in the unemployment rate between males and females; 21% among males and 39% among females. Unemployment among young graduates (20-29) years of intermediate diploma holders and above reached 48%, 28% in the West Bank and 73% in the Gaza Strip. The data indicates a continued slowdown in the performance of the Palestinian economy for the second year in a row, driven by the increasing state of uncertainty resulting from the government's financial situation, the noticeable rise in local price levels, and the decline in the purchasing power of per capita income, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics data.

And in such difficult economic and national circumstances that we are going through, I do not find, from my position as a Palestinian leftist, an embarrassment in defending the Palestinian working class and the Palestinian industrialists and the Palestinian industry at the same time. This does not violate the ideological commitment that I hold towards the working class and not others. It is true that I do not belong to the “party or class of capitalists and industrialists” that lacks a party to represent it, but to a party that steadfastly defends the rights and interests of workers, poor peasants, and other toilers. Between defending the rights and interests of workers and defending the national industry, whose conditions have deteriorated alarmingly, not only because of the occupation policy, but also the wrong policy practiced by successive governments in the Palestinian National Authority.

There is a clear correlation between the state of stagnation and poor performance, which the national industry is going through in particular, the national economy in its various branches, especially productivity in general, and the state of frustration and congestion experienced by the Palestinian working class. It is true that the national industry in our country is a simple industry, and in its basic structure it is a manufacturing industry, some of which made its way with great difficulty in light of the enormous restrictions and pressures of the Israeli occupation policy and the restrictions that were shackled by the Paris Economic Agreement, which was signed with the government of Israel in 1994. With a single economic market, a single customs cover, and a financial policy dictated by the Central Bank of Israel between a simple economy and a developed one that is led by the revolution of science, technology, and communications, and in light of a helpless economic-social policy of the government that constantly generates restrictions and pressures that cannot be ignored with its negative repercussions on the performance of the Palestinian economy and the development of Palestinian industry and other sectors. National production, where there is no protection for national markets and no protection for the national product in light of intense competition with Israeli products, including settlement products.

In light of this, the suffering of the Palestinian workers from the policy and practices of the occupation was exacerbated. The occupation is not only a military occupation, but also a settlement occupation. In the settlements that Israel established in the occupied Palestinian territories since June 1967, Israeli settlers and investors built relatively modern industrial and agricultural areas that depend on Palestinian labor. In these projects, which were established on the lands of Palestinian citizens, employers practice oppression and exploitation in the worst way against Palestinian workers. Only a few years ago, and after a 14-year legal battle in the Israeli courts, the Israeli Supreme Court recognized the applicability of Israeli labor law to Palestinian workers who work officially in these projects, including social rights, minimum wages, annual vacation entitlements, sick leaves, holidays, and retirement benefits. Despite this, not much has changed in the conditions of these workers, who fall victim to labor brokers and accept little in order to preserve the workplace and source of income in the face of intense competition in the labor market due to the high rates of unemployment in the Palestinian labor market.

And if this is the case with our workers under the occupation, its policies and practices, then what is the situation of these workers in the Palestinian labor market in national projects? With an objective view of things, no one can underestimate the difficulty and seriousness of the conditions that the national economy is going through and the Palestinian private sector operates under. The national economy is still a prisoner of the Paris economic agreement and a prisoner of the policy of blockade and economic suffocation, not in the Gaza Strip, but also in the West Bank.

The suffering experienced by the Gaza Strip has no limits and cannot be described. Things worsened and deteriorated for the worse after Hamas took control of the Strip, where the closure became suffocating to the extent that it resulted in a noticeable decrease in exports as well as in imports, and a large number of industrial facilities stopped working, and the productivity of the rest of them decreased to the limits of half of their production capacities. Poverty rates increased. In a sharp way, as well as unemployment rates, and more than 70 percent of families in the Strip live below the poverty line. The same is the case of the national economy in the West Bank. It is better than in the Gaza Strip, but the unemployment rate is high and poverty rates are high as well. As for the labor force in the private sector, the percentage of employees who live below the poverty line maintains itself at best in conditions of relative stability and rises significantly in conditions of tension and instability.

If the Palestinian governments continue to follow the same approach in managing the affairs of the national economy and its job-generating sectors, then the citizen, especially the workers, will not find a space of hope. The citizen wonders what is the percentage, which has been allocated from the total financial resources available to the Palestinian Authority over the years, whether from the various tax revenues or the funds of countries and donors to invest in development to improve the conditions of the private sector. The answer is really alarming, as this percentage did not exceed 5 percent over these years. Beyond that, the Palestinian governments have practiced a policy that has contributed to inflicting the greatest damage on the industrial, agricultural and service sectors of the Palestinian national economy, when it opened the national markets for everything that is imported at the expense of encouraging national products and providing an acceptable level of requirements for their protection.

We realize that the private sector has a role in development, and in our circumstances it is a vital role, not a marginal one, and the requirements for it to fulfill its responsibilities and role should be provided in this regard. At the same time, we realize that injustice should be lifted from workers in this sector by respecting the provisions of the Palestinian Labor Law, despite its gaps and shortcomings.

Here, the government must intervene in two main directions: the first is to oblige the private sector to respect a minimum wage in the private sector that was agreed upon among the social partners to approach the average wage for workers in the government sector and to link wages to the cost of living schedule and to reinforce this step by providing support for basic commodities that reduce the cost of living. The impact of the exorbitant rise in their prices is on the conditions of the weak social strata, and the second is the push towards national consensus on a law for social insurance and the Social Security Fund, with all the consequent obligations that the government performs, as well as those of employers and employees in the private sector, because of this’s great impact on providing security career and the simplest requirements of a decent human life for these employees, foremost among them are the workers.

In addition to all this, the role of the Palestinian labor and trade union movement should be upgraded and rehabilitated to defend the rights of the working class, organize its role in the struggle against the occupation, strengthen its steadfastness and develop its struggle in the face of the widening scale of unemployment, poverty and destitution and the deterioration of living standards as a result of the Israeli control tools and by the government policy and its imbalance in the distribution of The burdens of steadfastness on the various classes of the people and their different social groups, and to the preservation and protection of trade union freedoms, and the development of laws for social security and trade union organization, in a manner consistent with international legislation and laws and all applicable agreements from the Arab and international labor organizations, to which the PLO and the Palestinian government declared their commitment, this In addition to activating the National Fund for Employment and Social Protection, which contributes to reducing poverty and unemployment rates among workers, and developing the Palestinian Labor Law in order to provide protection for the rights of male and female workers in the Palestinian labor market.

And the establishment of specialized labor courts to settle and resolve labor disputes between workers and employers away from procrastination and procrastination. This is in addition to the urgent need for full equality in wages between male and female workers in private projects, combating discriminatory politics and all violations against Palestinian working women, and implementing the minimum wage agreement. Particularly on working women and obligating all institutions, companies, offices, clinics and other places of work in the private sector to this agreement, and to end the injustice of these workers, men and women, and liberate tens of thousands of workers, especially women, from working conditions and conditions that are closer to forced labor and servitude.

Whoever follows the developments that the People's Republic of China has witnessed and is witnessing, sees these amazing developments at all levels and in various political, diplomatic, economic, commercial, scientific, technological and technical fields.

This country was able, through the revolution led by Mao Zedong, and achieved victory in 1949. Over the years, it was transferred from a country dominated by feudalism and destroyed by occupation, to a superpower. Rather, it is the second country in the world, if not the first.

The important thing about the developments that took place and is happening in this country is its industrial reach to the first country, especially in clothing, as its industries spread in various countries of the world, including the State of Palestine.

On the political and diplomatic level, it supports the rights of our Palestinian people to establish their independent state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. It also maintains relations with the Palestinian Authority and has an embassy in Ramallah that works on strengthening and developing friendship relations with Palestine, and helps in establishing various economic, commercial and cultural projects. It is a state Loyal to the struggles of peoples, especially our Palestinian people, because it suffered from the scourge of occupation, so we see it supporting without borders and according to its capabilities, the struggles of our people in order to achieve its goals of freedom and independence.

On the diplomatic level, it stands by the Palestinian right, votes at the United Nations and the Security Council in favor of our people and their cause, and believes in a two-state solution based on truth and justice.
On the Arab and international level, we do not deny its role in restoring relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which will have a clear impact on the cause of our people. The Israeli bet on the Arab countries continuing to normalize relations with them, especially Netanyahu's previous promotion of the possibility of Saudi Arabia normalizing its relations with the occupying state, is far from reach.

Here, a question arises: As long as China has succeeded in restoring relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, why does China not work to mediate to end the Palestinian division, despite our knowledge that it is with this reconciliation and the unification of the Palestinian ranks to continue the struggle to achieve the goals of our people whose contemporary revolution was launched in 1965 to liberate land and people .

Our people are looking forward to a Chinese role to end this devastating division, which the occupying power and America have played a role in maintaining until now, and are working to turn it into separation, which is delaying the Palestinian struggle by stages and may wreck the achievements of the contemporary revolution during its battles to revive the cause of our people after it It was neglected and attempts were made to turn it into a refugee issue only in need of aid, so that the contemporary revolution would come and turn it into a political issue par excellence.

We thank the Republic of China for the assistance and political and diplomatic support it has provided. Our people will not forget China and other countries that stood by them. A thousand salutes to China and all countries that support our people and their just cause.

China has a pivotal and essential role in the Middle East and the world, based on helping people, not exploiting them, and taking them by the hand towards progress and development.

The extreme right-wing Israeli occupation government continues the policy of plundering and confiscating Palestinian lands and expanding and legitimizing settlement therein at an accelerated rate, and it takes advantage of the silence of the international community, especially the United States of America, which does not express any serious opposition to this policy, and suffices only to announce the issuance of verbal statements rejecting settlement without exerting any pressure Seriously to stop this policy.

Last Friday, 4/28/2023, the newspaper "Israel Hayom" revealed a "semi-secret" meeting held at the beginning of last week, with the participation of ministers and leaders of the settlers, a plan to legalize the outposts based on the "cabinet's decision, according to which all random outposts will be approved." ".

According to the newspaper, it is expected that the Israeli government will start procedures for a plan to legalize 70 outposts in the occupied West Bank, in the coming weeks, in addition to the nine outposts that were approved by the cabinet for political and security affairs (the cabinet) last February. And that the plan includes an unprecedented number of random outposts, which are described as "youth settlement", which will be legalized based on "the Cabinet's decision according to which all youth settlement will be approved."

The newspaper quoted Yishai Merling, director general of the settlement department that operates through the World Zionist Organization and the Ministry of Settlement, as saying about the outposts that were not part of the plan to legalize dozens of outposts, that "the government will decide to approve them later."

Merling added during the "semi-secret" meeting that "it is difficult to notice much field work in light of the huge uproar about (judicial) reform. We have a distinguished government that is pushing unprecedented settlement projects in Judea, Samaria, the Negev and Galilee."

The list of outposts that will begin legalization procedures will be published within four to six weeks. According to the newspaper, immediately after that, "the outposts will be able to begin to connect to the official vital infrastructure." The head of the Religious Zionist Party, Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for Settlements in the Ministry of Defense, Bezalel Smotrich, said during the meeting that the government intends to push as many outposts as possible. which will be legalized.” He added, “Our goal is to impose youth settlement as a fact that has been settled. The Settlement Directorate works day and night to develop settlements, whether in construction or infrastructure. We are working to spread infrastructure - electricity and streets, and together we will continue to settle youth settlements. The state intends to develop settlements and bring another half a million residents to Judea and Samaria.

Sources who participated in the meeting said that they are aware that there will be opposition to the plan to legalize dozens of settlement outposts, and these sources claimed that "the (Israeli) pledge during the Aqaba Conference not to build in Judea and Samaria has nothing to do with reality, because the settlement decision was taken by the government before the conference." The settlements are like an expansion of existing settlements. Everyone was involved in this event, and the Americans know about this decision, according to what the newspaper quoted him. According to Merling, there are outposts on "state lands", that is, the lands seized by the occupation, "and when a budget is approved The state (during the next month) will get the infrastructure - water, electricity, sanitation and public buildings. We are on the ground and extending power lines."

The newspaper added that work teams from various ministries are working to increase the efficiency of legalizing settlement outposts as soon as possible, especially with regard to announcing the confiscation of lands in the West Bank, especially since many of these random outposts were established on private Palestinian land or unconfiscated land. The newspaper added, "The government is looking forward to settling the vast majority of youth settlements, which threaten them with dozens, within two or three years."

It is clear that the plan to legitimize settlement outposts in the occupied Palestinian territories, which was revealed by the recent secret Israeli ministerial meeting, will begin to be implemented within the next few weeks, which will practically mean the confiscation of more Palestinian lands, and the expansion and legitimization of settlement therein, in light of the silence of the international community and its inability to Stopping the settlement crime, which contradicts international law and international legitimacy resolutions. This confirms that we are facing a comprehensive confrontation to stop this plan, which requires the mobilization and mobilization of all Palestinian national and popular capabilities and energies.

As soon as the Iranian-Saudi reconciliation was achieved in partnership with China, which paved the way for the war on Yemen to come to an end, and a breakthrough occurred in the relationship between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, until the conflict erupted in Sudan, which is likely to exacerbate, between generals fighting over leadership and interests, executing interests and serving agendas. Externally, Al-Burhan, the army commander on the one hand, and his deputy, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, "Hamidti", the leader of what is known as the "rapid intervention" militia. From his blood, land, resources, wealth, security, stability, unity of his land and geography, and those driving forces of the conflict, have the same colonial goals, in continuing to weaken the Arab nation, destroying its countries, killing and displacing its people, plundering its goods and wealth, and arresting its development. This policy was applied in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Lebanon, and before it in Somalia, by transforming these states into failed states, plundering its resources and wealth, and standing at the head of its leadership, corrupt, submissive and humiliating leaders and leaders, who have no control over their political decisions, and to remain in a position of subservience to the colonial powers, and its land is being violated by the forces of aggression, even if those Politics has failed to achieve its goals in Syria through a military solution, but Syria is still subject to unfair economic and financial blockade and sanctions by the United States and Western Europe.

This colonial policy in Sudan began by separating its oil-rich south from its north, and now the second phase begins, with the dismantling of Sudan into warring states on the basis of ethnicity and regions, after they dissolved the central army and formed warring militias... to reach chaos and division.

The interest of the entity state in Sudan's internal situation, its political structure, and its foreign policies, do not only go back to recent years, but Sudan has been the focus of attention of the entity state and its security services since a long time, as Sudan formed a logistical error to smuggle weapons from Iran to the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, and the entity's warplanes In October 2012, it bombed the Yarmouk military factory in the Sudanese capital, and said that the bombing targeted shipments of advanced Iranian weapons, which were said to belong to the resistance forces in the Gaza Strip.

Fear in the entity state that the raging struggle for power between its friends, General Al-Burhan, with whom the normalization agreement was signed, and Hemedti, who came crawling to Tel Aviv and the Mossad man, provided great services to the entity state directly and indirectly, that the conflict would prolong and overthrow the normalization agreement, which During his visit to Sudan last February, the Foreign Minister of the State of Israel, Eli Cohen, was seeking to have his signature soon in Washington, bearing in mind that Sudan has joined the path of normalization that the United Arab Emirates paved its way, and what was known as the “Abrahamic” peace. In light of the failure to include Saudi Arabia, which has political and economic weight, after its reconciliation with Iran, and perhaps normalization with Sudan, it would have been compensation for the failure to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia.

The entity's state is interested in Sudan remaining weak and disjointed, so that it can easily work in it freely according to its interests, but the most important thing is that Sudan completely exit the path and the anti-Sudanese coalition.

The state of the entity followed and continues to follow the developments of the crisis in Sudan, and the ongoing conflict there, diligently, so that its foreign minister, Eli Cohen, took the initiative to invite his "brothers" Al-Burhan and "Hamedti" to hold a meeting between them in Tel Aviv in order to conclude a settlement between them, even if the visit was not It is taking place, which took place with American coordination, but it reflects a state of concern on the part of the entity state that the crisis and conflict in Sudan may develop, in contradiction with its goals and interests, and it sees whoever wins this war, he serves its interest and goals, so weakening Sudan and dismantling it serves it, in order to exercise Its role freely in Sudan, and this strengthens its relations with Ethiopia, which stands against Sudan.

Normalization with Sudan is very important for the state of the entity, and it has several dimensions, as it constitutes a “kia” for the Arab and Islamic consciousness, that this is the country that embraced the Arab summit after the defeat of June 1967, and resulted in what is known as the three “no’s” no peace, no negotiations, no recognition of the entity state, Here it is being penetrated and normalized with the state of the entity, and diplomatic relations are established with it, as well as normalization with Sudan, which will enable the state of the entity to expand into the heart of the African continent, and normalize relations with its countries, as there are Arab and African countries, which form a barrier to this expansion. The recent African Union, Algeria and South Africa, succeeded in canceling the previous decision of the President of the Union to grant the entity state observer membership in the African Union, and also in light of the raging political crisis in the entity state, normalization constitutes a basic lever for Netanyahu, which he presents as an achievement to the public of his country, and that any failure, delay or A retreat to normalization with Sudan would prevent or postpone the expansion of the entity state in the Arab world and Africa, and therefore Israel expresses its concern about what is happening in Sudan. In addition, the entity state is concerned about the increasing Russian, Chinese, and Iranian influence in it, and that the crisis does not lead to the return of Sudan. In order to become a logistical corridor for the transfer of weapons from Tehran to the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip... Sudan, from an economic point of view, is a new and large economic market, and its geostrategic location places the state of the entity on the Red Sea, and this is important for it to follow up and monitor Iran and its axis, and uncover their plans and goals, especially That a large part of its trade and ships use this waterway, and that this normalization enables it to target Egypt's role, location, civilization and regional influence, and pressure and blackmail it in its national and water security, in its strategic relations with Sudan and Ethiopia, and it also wants to get rid of illegal immigration from the Sudanese to Its entity, which brought in more than 150,000 immigrants, plays a role in influencing the entity's identity as a Jewish state.

It is very important for the entity state to turn the conflict in Sudan into what serves its interests, and it prefers that the conflict be resolved by Vice President Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti”, the leader of what is known as “rapid intervention”. To the Israeli “Kan” channel, in which he says, “I say to the Israeli people and their government that what Khartoum and the Rapid Support Forces are being exposed to is an attack launched by the army, which the Islamic terrorist gang took advantage of.” He added, “What Sudan is exposed to is similar to what Israel has been exposed to thousands of times. Terrorist groups such as Hamas and other organizations that "the Israeli people know well"

Today, Tuesday, the occupation court issued a verdict against the Jerusalemite youth, Moab Abu Khudair, to an actual prison term of 8 years, for allegedly participating in acts of resistance.

It is noteworthy that Abu Khudair was arrested more than a year ago after a settler severely beat him in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, and released him on the condition that he be removed from the Old City and Sheikh Jarrah for 30 days, and that he pay a financial guarantee and a fine.

Today, Tuesday, the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs stated that settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque 19 times, and the occupation prevented the call to prayer in the Ibrahimi Mosque 61 times, during the month of April.

The ministry said in its monthly report, “The Israeli occupation committed a serious and unprecedented violation of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the past month, by cutting the wires of the speakers of the minarets of Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent the sound of the call to prayer from reaching outside it in a provocative manner, and by storming the Bab Al-Rahma Mosque and cutting the electrical wires inside it.” And desecration of it by entering it with shoes, in a plan to close it and prevent prayer in it, and this is a major and dangerous violation of the exclusive right of Muslims to Al-Aqsa Mosque, and all its mosques, prayer rooms, and squares.”

The Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, Sheikh Hatem Al-Bakri, affirmed that the occupation authorities are continuing their daily violations of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Ibrahimi Mosque, and Islamic and Christian places and sanctities during the observed month, especially in the blessed month of Ramadan, in an attempt to disturb the atmosphere of prayers, and harm the religious feelings of Muslims in this holy month.

He said: "The occupation is working to pass its plans through these violations, which are moving at an escalating and systematic pace to implement its vision of temporal and spatial division inside Al-Aqsa Mosque with its mosques, squares and facilities."

In its report, the ministry noted that the occupation forces intensified their repressive measures against the worshipers who came to perform prayers and seclusion in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan, and also forced the worshipers and those in seclusion to leave it by force, in preparation for the settlers’ incursions. Easter in preparation for its implementation in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

She pointed out that extremist settler groups called on their supporters to carry out the largest storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Passover holiday, coinciding with what the occupation army announced to impose a closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and to close all checkpoints during the holiday period.

The report indicated that dozens of worshipers and those in retreat were suffocated during the repeated incursions of the occupation forces into the Al-Qibli prayer hall in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

And it reported that a quarter of a million worshipers performed the fourth Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite the Israeli occupation’s restrictions on worshipers, and its attempt to impede their access to Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the occupation forces continued their violations against the Palestinian people, as they arrested hundreds of citizens from its squares, and from different regions.

And she continued: The occupation police stormed the courtyard of the Dome of the Rock in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. To remove the Palestinian flag from the tribal scales of the Dome of the Rock chapel on the last day of the holy month of Ramadan.

The occupation police also stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Al-Qibli prayer hall several times during the last third of Ramadan, coinciding with the Jewish "Passover" holiday. Thousands of settlers stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the days of the holiday.

With regard to the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, the report monitored that the occupation forces prevented the call to prayer there for 61 times, and Ben Gvir stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque and closed its gates and prevented citizens from going to perform prayers in the Ibrahimi Mosque. The occupation also closed the Ibrahimi Mosque for two days under the pretext of Jewish holidays.

With regard to Islamic and Christian sanctities and religious places, the report monitored the notification of the Israeli occupation authorities to demolish seven graves in the village of Al-Burj, southwest of Hebron, under the pretext of building in the area called "C", noting that the cemetery is built on lands belonging to the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs.

While settlers stormed the Solomon Tourist Pools in the city of Bethlehem, and performed Talmudic rituals for two consecutive days, and settlers who sponsored a guard north of Salfit under the protection of the occupation forces stormed and attacked Islamic shrines, desecrated them, performed Talmudic rituals in the town, and chanted anti-Arab slogans and phrases under the pretext of Jewish holidays.

The occupation forces also stormed and desecrated a mosque in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem, in search of the perpetrator of a shooting attack. The occupation forces also stormed the town of Al-Zawiya in Salfit, and handed the citizens a notice to stop work and construction in a mosque.

The report also monitored a number of violations against Christian religious sites and their Christian visitors, and the occupation forces imposed strict restrictions to limit the access of Christians to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied Jerusalem, and reduced the number of those celebrating the Holy Saturday in the holy month of Ramadan, which precedes Easter, and prevented Christians from Only a few people could enter, and the settlers insulted and spat at the nuns in front of a church in occupied Jerusalem.

The so-called Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, threatened the prisoners if they went on strike and refused to eat.

He said during a security assessment session today, Tuesday, "Any disturbances will be responded to harshly, and harsh penalties will be imposed on anyone who disturbs security."

It was decided to raise the security level in prisons and close the cells in front of the exit and entry of prisoners to control any unusual events.

The wife of the captive martyr, Khader Adnan, said today, Tuesday, "Whoever does not rise to support my husband, we do not want him to be a revenge for him. Congratulations to you. Live and climb in your house and among your children. Store your weapons until they rust."

She added during a press conference, in front of her house in Arrabeh, south of Jenin, "My husband used to say in all his previous strikes that it will not fall and not a drop of blood will be spilled. He could not lift the injustice he was suffering from, we do not want him today.”

And she continued, "We will not wait for anyone to respond to the sheikh, as he has 9 sons behind him."

The wife of the martyr, Adnan, indicated that her husband told them in the last interview in the courtroom last Sunday, "I am martyred, I am dying, and no one believes."

And she said: "My husband obtained a wish with his empty intestines - to hold accountable all those who fell short and neglected him.

The wife of the martyr Adnan directed her message to the Israeli occupation, saying: "Preserve the faces of my children well, for by God, we have only raised them on pride and dignity, and you will see from my children what he did not see of vegetables."

And she demanded that she work according to her husband's will, saying: "He should not touch his body or dissect his body, and we know who killed him."

For its part, the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority said, "The occupation authorities transferred the body of the martyred prisoner Adnan to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir."

The extremist Israeli minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, once again demonstrated his loyalty to the founder of the far-right Kach movement, Meir Kahane.

According to the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, it obtained documentation showing Ben Gvir participating in the "Independence" festival (the Palestinian Nakba), which was set up by an institution affiliated with the far-right "Kach" movement.

Behind Ben Gvir, an inscription glorifying the extremist Baruch Goldstein, the perpetrator of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre in 1994.

The newspaper refers to the black history of Ben Gvir, who used to put a picture of Goldstein in his home, and used to describe him as a “hero”, before he removed the picture in 2020 from his home, and he said in a speech in 2022 that he did not see that “Goldstein is a hero, and I do not think he should He killed the Arabs.” Even today, he is keen on being called “Doctor.”

On Tuesday morning, dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the strict protection of the occupation police.

The settlers made provocative tours inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and performed Talmudic rituals.

Settler groups storm Al-Aqsa on a daily basis, except for Friday and Saturday.

The Jordanian army announced the death of a drug smuggler during an operation to thwart an attempt to infiltrate and smuggle quantities of narcotic substances coming from Syrian territory, which resulted in the death of a smuggler and the escape of others into the Syrian depth.

An official military source in the Jordanian Army Command said in a statement on Monday that the Border Guard forces, in coordination with the military security services and the Anti-Narcotics Department, detected through forward observations yesterday evening (Sunday) an attempt by a group of smugglers to cross the border illegally from Syrian territory to Jordanian territory, adding that rapid reaction patrols were launched and rules of engagement and direct shooting were applied to them.

The source indicated that after intensifying the search and inspection operations of the area, 133,000 Captagon pills, a Kalashnikov firearm and quantities of ammunition were found, and the seized items were transferred to the competent authorities.

The source stressed that the Jordanian Armed Forces continue to deal with attempts to infiltrate and smuggle with full force and firmness, and with any threat on the border fronts, and any endeavors intended to undermine the security of the homeland and terrorize its citizens and destabilize its security and stability.

The Jordanian army has been waging a war against drug dealers, smuggling operations and infiltration from Syrian territory since 2011, at the time of the outbreak of the Syrian crisis.

The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz revealed, on Tuesday, that the far-right Ateret Cohanim Association presented a plan to establish a new settlement neighborhood east of occupied Jerusalem, located within the Ras al-Amud neighborhood, with the support of the “General Property Guard” in the Israeli Ministry of Justice.

According to the newspaper, the settlement neighborhood will include the construction of 384 settlement units, including public institutions and the development of their infrastructure.

According to the newspaper, the plans show that the settlement neighborhood will be built on lands purchased by hundreds of Jewish families at the beginning of the last century after Jordanian forces seized the area in 1948, and its lands were transferred to the Jordanian guardian to manage the assets of the enemy. Absentee property, "the Israeli administered the area, and determined the location of some of the heirs and the land registry in their name, and the other plots of land remained under his administration, before activists from the right, with the help of the American millionaire Irving Moskowitz, were able to buy some lands from their owners, and with the construction of the separation wall, a large part of them remained on the Palestinian side .

According to the newspaper, in 2004 the right-wing association established a small settlement called "Kedmat Zion", which is the same name that will bear the new settlement plan, as the settlement was established at the time on the Israeli side of the separation wall, and several settler families live there under strict security measures, trying to The association has been promoting the establishment of a large settlement neighborhood for years, and was supported by the former mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, but the United States' opposition to this step and fear of international pressure prevented it from promoting the establishment of the neighborhood.

In 2013, a plan to build the neighborhood was registered with the Jerusalem Municipality, with the support of the General Guardian of Property. The plan included a security annex to fortify it with unprecedented measures when it was built.

Aviv Tatarsky, a researcher at the "Ir Amim" association, says that the settlement on the eastern edge of Jerusalem will be devastating for the tens of thousands of Palestinians who live throughout the region.. In the days when the Jewish public struggles for the future of the regime in Israel, this project demonstrates The word democracy has no place when it comes to East Jerusalem."

An Amnesty International report, published on Tuesday, revealed an advanced facial recognition system installed at Hebron checkpoints.

According to the report, as reported in the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, the "Red Wolf" system scans the faces of Palestinians without their knowledge, and in cases where they are not recognized, their vital information is automatically saved.

The international organization called on international companies to ban the provision of surveillance technologies to Israel and to stop selling weapons and military and defense equipment, considering what is happening as part of the establishment of the apartheid regime in the occupied territories.

According to the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, previously, reports and information were published about the use of systems, including what was known as the "Blue Wolf" at the time, to identify the faces of Palestinians in the West Bank in general, and Hebron in particular, but the new report provides additional information about the advanced system installed at checkpoints. City inspection.

According to Amnesty International, the faces of the Palestinians are scanned without their knowledge and they are compared with the information available in the databases on them, and no one who does not appear in the system is allowed to pass through the checkpoints, as well as in cases where it is found that he is wanted for investigation or arrest.

The report quotes the testimony of the "Breaking the Silence" organization regarding the "Red Wolf", where the testimony states that inside the checkpoint there are approximately 10 to 15 cameras, and from the moment the Palestinians arrive and cross, identification photos are taken of them with the help of the soldier near them.

The organization notes that the "Red Wolf" is linked to other monitoring systems that were previously published, as well as a database of information about Palestinians within an application used by soldiers to identify any Palestinian through the face or ID number.

The organization pointed out that the use of surveillance cameras increased significantly in East Jerusalem, especially in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, after Operation "Guardian of the Walls / Sword of Jerusalem" in May 2021, which are cameras manufactured by two companies, one Chinese and the other Dutch.

"The Israeli authorities are using sophisticated surveillance tools to promote apartheid against the Palestinians," said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International.

She added: “In the H2 area of Hebron, we documented how a new facial recognition system called ‘Red Wolf’ enhances severe restrictions on the freedom of movement of Palestinians, using illegally collected biometric data in order to monitor and monitor the movements of Palestinians throughout the country, especially Hebron.

A spokesman for the Israeli army said that its forces are working to ensure order, security and discipline in the West Bank, and as part of the "combating terrorism" they are carrying out necessary security and intelligence operations.

Today, Tuesday, the captive movement announced general mourning and full alert inside all prisons, stressing that the mourning will continue until the response to the murder of the prisoner Khader Adnan is equal to its size.

In a statement, the movement held the Israeli prison administration fully responsible for all its consequences inside and outside prisons for this crime.

And it called on all factions to be at the level of the event and up to the responsibility for this cowardly assassination, and that this crime not pass without a response, punishment, or punishment that is of the same nature as action.

The movement said: "The martyrdom of Khader Adnan, a prisoner shackled in his cell, reminds all the free people of the world and all national and Islamic parties and factions of their moral and religious duty towards the prisoners, their cause and their continuous suffering."

She added, "Everyone must stand up to his responsibilities, and devote all efforts and energies on all fronts and in all arenas in order to end the tragedy and suffering of the prisoners and their pain, which is increasing day after day."

For its part, the legal staff of the Prisoners' Commission announced the suspension of work today before the Israeli occupation courts, in protest of the death of the prisoner Adnan.

Today, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of arrests in separate areas of the West Bank.

According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested Yazan Yasser Abu Muhaimid (26 years old), after raiding and searching his father's house in the village of Beit Tamar, east of Bethlehem.

In Ramallah, similar forces arrested Ziyad Abdel-Ghani Fayez Qatash (29 years old), Murad Mahmoud Naim Zaid (33 years old), Riyad Muhammad Ibrahim Alyan (19 years old), and Muhammad Ramadan Ibrahim Alyan (24 years old), after raiding their homes. and searched in Jalazoun camp.

Al-Maqdisi arrested Khaled Abu Arafa (61 years old) from his house in Ramallah.

In Hebron, seven citizens, including 3 released brothers, were arrested: Omar Sadim Adel Al-Salibi (27 years old), his two brothers Amr (23 years old), Alaa (22 years old), the young Diaa Ibrahim Khalil Sabarneh (18 years old), and the boy Baraa Saqr Ahmed Sabarneh (17 years old), and Sharif Zuhdi Sharif Awad (16 years old), all from the town of Beit Ummar.

In Ariha, the released prisoner, Majdi Abdel Qader Oweidat (30 years old), was arrested after storming his house and wounding him in Ain Al-Sultan camp.

Barcelona, the leaders of the Spanish Football League, continues its pursuit of its 27th title in its history and the first since 2019, when it receives Osasuna at its “Camp Nou” stadium, on Tuesday, in the 33rd stage competitions.

The “Blaugrana” team leads the standings, 11 points ahead of its direct chaser Real Madrid (79 versus 68), and seeks to raise the difference to 14 hours before the perilous trip to the Royal Club to face Real Sociedad IV on the same day.

Barcelona hopes to continue its revival and achieve the second successive and 26th victory this season to consolidate its lead, waiting for a service from Real Sociedad to topple the royal club so that it becomes one victory away from winning the first title since 2019.

However, the Catalan club's task will not be easy against Osasuna VIII (44 points), who is having a great season and is on a historic date to face Real Madrid in the King's Cup final next Saturday, so he is looking forward to his trip to the "Camp Nou" as the best preparation 4 days before the expected match.

Barcelona suffers from fatigue within a reality that its coach and former midfield maestro, Xavi Hernandez, is well aware of.
The players are playing their fourth match in 10 days, and many of them have spent a lot of time inside the green rectangle in recent weeks, knowing that Barcelona, with the end of its match against Osasuna, will not play before the 14th of this month due to the lack of league matches in the cup final week.

In the event that Xavi decides to rest some players, his first choice will be Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo, knowing that the latter has played all matches since his return from injury and will welcome the rest, especially with the Danish Andreas Christensen recovering and ready to play after he participated mainly in the victory over Real Betis and opened his team’s quadruple.

Christensen scored his first goal at the club level since he achieved this with the shirt of his former club, Chelsea, in the cup against Chesterfield in January 2022, and his first goal in the league since 2017.

Barcelona also got an additional dose of confidence with the return of its French striker Osman Dembele from the injury that kept him out of action for a period of three months, as he is likely to replace Brazilian Rafinha (10 goals and 11 assists this season in various competitions) on the right side or play With him in the event that Xavi decided to return Ansu Fati to the bench.

Polish Robert Lewandowski, top scorer with 19 goals in 28 matches, leads the offensive line, hoping to score for the third match in a row, after he scored in the 2-1 loss to Rayo Vallecano and the victory over Real Betis.

And Lewandowski, who returned to the scoring track after a lean period that lasted 4 matches, became the most scored player in “La Liga” in his first season with Barcelona since Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o (24 goals in the 2004-2005 season), according to the “Opta” statistics website.

The Betis match witnessed a historic event, with the entry of Barcelona teenager striker of Moroccan origin, Lamine Jamal, instead of Gavi in the 83rd minute, becoming, at the age of 15 years and 290 days, the youngest player to play his first match with the first team shirt in the league.
"We managed to rotate (the team), and this is another step towards the title," said Xavi after the victory over Betis. "In general, we needed a reaction (after losing 2-1 to Rayo Vallecano)...".

"It was an important day, and we have an identity again. It's a giant step to win this league. The reaction was vital, and we also won in a good way. I was convinced of what I saw. I have good feelings about winning the title."

For his part, and after beating Almeria 4-2 thanks to a hat-trick from his French striker Karim Benzema, who returned to the top scorer race with 17 goals, the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti's men are preparing for the fourth Real Sociedad, seeking the last fourth card to qualify for the Champions League next season (58 a point).

The royal club suffered a painful blow due to the injury of its veteran Croatian midfielder, Luka Modric (37 years), in the knee groin, which will keep him out of action for at least two weeks.

The royal club is awaiting the King’s Cup final against Osasuna on the sixth of this month, 3 days before its most important continental entitlement in defending its Champions League title against English club Manchester City, which it will host at its “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium in the semi-final first leg.

Ancelotti expressed his happiness with his team's performance during the press conference defeating Almeria, revealing that he assured his players of the need to focus more defensively, referring to conceding six goals in his last two matches (losing 2-4 against Girona and conceding two goals in the victory over Almeria).

Despite this, Ancelotti believes that some defensive errors may benefit the team to develop in its upcoming benefits, while he praised the attacking trio Benzema, the Brazilians Vinicius Journio and Rodrigo, stressing the similarities with the former super trio with Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Welsh Gareth Bale and Benzema.

And about Neil Vinicius Jr., his tenth yellow card this season and his absence from the next match against the Basque club, the Italian coach said, “It is clear that he does not win anything because of complaining, but it is surprising that he has 10 yellow cards. The most ruthless midfielder in La Liga does not have even 10.” Cards".

"He got a lot of cards and less to those who kicked him," he added.

The former Milan, Bayern Munich and Chelsea coach praised Benzema's offensive efficiency, saying, "He is performing well and has shown that. We are very good and dangerous in attack. When we are at the top defensively, the team performs very well in attack."

Real Madrid is well aware of the importance of the three points, as it will enable it to remain in second place amid enormous pressure from its direct pursuit of its neighbor, Atletico Madrid, who is facing a relatively easy test against Cadiz XIV.

Atlético, which is only two points behind the Royal Club, is looking for its third victory in a row after beating Real Mallorca 3-1 and Valladolid 5-2 in the past two stages under the aura of its brilliant star, French striker Antoine Griezmann.

Leicester City and its guest Everton, who are struggling to avoid relegation in the English Premier League, tied 2-2 Monday in the thirty-fourth stage competitions.

Both teams hoped to score three valuable points in the fierce battle this season to avoid relegation.

Everton opened the scoring with a penalty kick to Dominic Calvert-Lewin (15), before Leicester equalized through the Turkish Chalar Suyondjo (22) and advanced later through Jamie Vardy following a deep pass from James Madison to penetrate the area, dodging the goalkeeper and entering the net (33).

Before the end of the first half, goalkeeper Jordan Pickford prevented the hosts from consolidating their lead by blocking a penalty kick taken by Madison (44).

Nigerian Alex Iwobi equalized after the break with a shot from inside the area (54).

And with an expected relegation for bottom-twentieth Southampton (24 points), a four-way struggle is taking place to avoid the other two places, as Everton ranks bottom with 29 points, just a point away from each of the eighteenth Nottingham Forest, the seventeenth Leeds United and the sixteenth Leicester City.

Athletic Bilbao failed to catch up to the qualifying places for European competitions, by contenting itself with a 1-1 draw against its host Real Mallorca in the thirty-second round of the Spanish Football League on Monday.

Things almost got worse for Bilbao, as he snatched the equalizer in the sixth minute of stoppage time through a penalty kick for Ghanaian Inaki Williams, after South Korean Kang-In opened the scoring for the hosts (58).

The Basque club raised its score to 47 points, in seventh place, two points away from Real Betis VI, which occupies the last qualifying positions for the continental competitions.

This is the second match in a row without a win for Bilbao after falling against Sevilla in the last stage.

For his part, Mallorca raised its tally to 41 points in eleventh place after falling against Atletico Madrid.

And later, Seville XII will play with its guest, Girona X, at the end of the stage.

On Tuesday morning, an Israeli settlement was injured as a result of being shot by Palestinians near Tulkarm.

According to the Hebrew Channel 7, the settler sustained minor injuries as a result of the fragments of her vehicle's windows, after she was shot at.

It indicated that the operation took place near the settlement of Avnei Hefetz, east of Tulkarm, and that large forces arrived at the site and began combing operations.

Well-informed Palestinian sources revealed, on Tuesday morning, that the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, mobilized all its elements after the martyrdom of the prisoner, Sheikh Khader Adnan.

According to the sources that spoke to Al-Quds.com, the alert includes all military units of the Brigades.

The sources pointed out that it was decided to cancel the travel of the movement’s political bureau delegation from the Gaza Strip, towards the outside, to hold the first meeting of the recently elected political bureau from inside and outside.