Germany, Europe's largest economy, narrowly avoided a recession at the start of the year, with a contraction in activity in the first quarter disappointing compared to expectations.

The country did not register growth according to seasonally adjusted data, but rather recorded a decrease of 0.1 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, after a decrease of -0.5 percent from October to December, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Disstates" Friday.

So Germany narrowly avoided a technical recession defined by two consecutive quarters of decline in GDP.
However, the results are lower than the expectations of analysts polled by Facttest who expected a rebound of 0.2 percent.

Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING, said that the stagnation of the German economy "shows that the number one economy in the eurozone has not escaped the danger of a slowdown."

Thus, France's results are better than Germany's in the first quarter, as growth reached 0.2 percent during the same period, despite the serious slowdown that began at the end of last year and the repeated strikes against pension reform, according to a preliminary estimate by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies in France. Friday.

German industry was hit hard last year after it relied on Russian gas for a long time, and Moscow's invasion of Ukraine cut off supplies to Germany and raised prices.

However, according to Disstatis, "the positive momentum came from investments and exports" in the first quarter of the year, indicating a recovery in manufacturing activity.

This improvement was the result of a combination of factors: the recent sharp decline in energy prices, which benefits energy-intensive companies, the reopening of the Chinese economy after the closure of many cities due to COVID-19, as well as the gradual elimination of disruptions to supply chains.

The return of industrial activity contributed to compensating for the decrease in private and public consumption spending in early 2023.

The picture would have been worse without broad government support measures to mitigate the impact of rising energy costs for businesses and the loss of purchasing power for households.

Unlike France, where difficulties are likely to worsen in the coming quarters, Germany sees its economy on track to reach "acceleration during the year", according to the Economics Ministry's chief economist, Elga Bartsch.

Overall, hopes for an economic recovery later this year rest on continued improvement in the business climate.
In addition, Andreas Schwerle, an economist at Bank Deca, said that "the decline in inflation and large wage increases will stimulate consumption again."
On Wednesday, the German government raised its forecast for economic growth for 2023 to 0.4 percent, from 0.2 percent in the fall.
But not all parties are optimistic. Earlier in April, the International Monetary Fund predicted that German economic activity would contract by 0.1 percent this year.

Economists warn of the negative effects associated with the European Central Bank's apparent tightening of the cost of credit in the eurozone, in an attempt to curb inflation.

The European Central Bank has raised interest rates by 3.5 percentage points since July and is expected to raise interest rates again at its meeting next Thursday.

In particular, higher interest rates could slow the US economy, a number one customer for German exporters.

A number of citizens were injured by live bullets, rubber-coated bullets, and suffocation, during clashes that erupted with the occupation forces in the West Bank governorates, today, Friday.

In Bethlehem, the 16-year-old Mustafa Amer Sabah was killed by the occupation forces during clashes in the town of Tuqu', south of Bethlehem.

With the martyrdom of the boy Sabah from Tequ'a, the number of martyrs since the beginning of the year rises to 104, including 100 in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, and two martyrs in the Gaza Strip.

In Qalqilya, the Israeli occupation forces targeted the Palestine TV crew, while it was covering the aggression of the occupation soldiers and settlers on the lands of the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, which led to the injury of fellow cameraman Muhammad Inaya with rubber-coated metal bullets.

Three civilians were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, and dozens suffocated, during the Israeli occupation army's suppression of the weekly Kafr Qaddum anti-settlement march, and the demand to open the village street, which has been closed for nearly 20 years.

The coordinator of the popular resistance in Kafr Qaddum, Murad Shteiwi, stated that the occupation soldiers assaulted the participants in the march and fired metal bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas at them, which led to the injury of 4 citizens with metal bullets, including Palestine TV cameraman Muhammad Inaya, and dozens of suffocation cases. field treatment.

In Ramallah, five civilians were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, and dozens suffocated by toxic tear gas, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah.

And local sources reported that settlers attacked the lands of the citizens from the eastern entrance to the village, and broke a number of perennial olive trees, under the protection of the occupation soldiers, who fired bullets and gas bombs at the people, which led to the injury of five citizens with metal bullets, who were treated on the field, in addition to the injury of dozens of suffocation. .

In Nablus, civilians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and suffocated, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces' suppression of the weekly anti-settlement march in Beit Dajan, east of Nablus.

Medical sources reported that two civilians were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, one in the chest and the other in the foot, while dozens suffered from tear gas suffocation, and treatment was provided to them in the field.

In the town of Bita, four civilians suffocated by tear gas during the confrontations on Jabal Sabih.

On Friday, an Israeli settler's vehicle came under fire near the Avitar outpost near Nablus.

According to the Hebrew Walla website, the shooting did not cause any injuries or damage.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, infected with an enteric virus, suspended his campaign activities on Friday for the third day in a row, 16 days before the seemingly heated presidential and legislative elections.

According to the program announced by the Turkish presidency, the 69-year-old president will only speak via videoconference in the evening from the presidential palace in Ankara on the occasion of the inauguration of a bridge in Adana (south).

Erdogan, who has been in power for 20 years, canceled all his commitments since Tuesday evening, including the much-awaited event, the inauguration of Turkey's first nuclear power plant.

On Thursday, the Turkish president was forced to speak via video link on the occasion of the opening of the Akkuyu station in the south of the country, and he showed signs of fatigue, in his first appearance on television in a live broadcast in about 48 hours.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced Thursday afternoon that Erdogan had gastroenteritis. "He is in good condition. The effects of the gastroenteritis have subsided. He will resume his program as soon as possible," he said.

However, this malaise does not come at the right time for the country's president, especially since 3.4 million Turks registered their names to participate in the voting process outside the country, and Thursday began casting their votes.

And Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003 first as prime minister and then as president, faces an opposition that has formed a united front that puts it in a good position, according to the results of several opinion polls.

As for his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who was nominated by a coalition of six opposition parties, he received tacit support from the Peoples' Democratic Party, the third political force in the country, which is considered the kingmaker in the upcoming presidential ballot.
Kilicdaroglu holds two election rallies Friday in the northwest of the country.

The Israeli government is preparing, during the next few weeks, to begin procedures to legalize no less than 70 new settlements and outposts, most of which are located near settlement blocs and known settlements existing in the West Bank.

According to the Hebrew newspaper, Israel Hayom, these will join the 9 settlements that were legalized in the West Bank by the Israeli government last February.

These settlements, which will be legalized, will be provided with the full infrastructure of water, electricity, etc., and security protection will be ensured for them, like the rest of the existing settlements.

She pointed out that some outposts and settlements will not be legalized at the present time because their situation is complicated by their presence on private lands, but it is expected that a decision will be taken regarding them in the future.

And it indicated that within 4 to 6 weeks a list of the names of those outposts and settlements will be published to officially become part of the official infrastructure of the existing settlements.

Large financial budgets will be allocated by the current government for these outposts and settlements.

Large forces of the occupation army and undercover units stormed the city and camp of Jenin today, Friday, and violent confrontations took place in the alleys and streets of the camp, during which a child was injured by shrapnel from the occupation's bullets, after which he was transferred to Ibn Sina Hospital in the city.

And local sources reported that the occupation forces deployed snipers on the roofs of buildings and houses in the city and camp of Jenin, and that large explosions were heard in the camp, indicating that the occupation forces prevented ambulances from entering the camp.

The sources confirmed power outages in several neighborhoods in the camp.

The occupation forces arrested a young man from the camp.

At least 12 people were killed Friday in Russia's nighttime strikes on Ukraine, while President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was "an evil act against our country and against our people that brings the terrorist state closer to failure and punishment."

"Russian terrorism must be adequately answered by Ukraine and the world," the Ukrainian president said Friday morning on Telegram. "Every attack and every evil act against our country and against our people brings the terrorist state closer to failure and punishment," he said.

On Friday morning, at least 10 people were killed in the central city of Uman, when a rocket hit a residential building, according to the latest toll from the interior minister.

"Rescuers pulled three more bodies from under the rubble," Minister Igor Klimenko wrote on Facebook, bringing the total to "10 victims at 10:05 am (0705 GMT)".

At least nine people were taken to hospital, the district governor, Igor Taborets, wrote on Facebook.

A second strike on the city of Dnipro, in central eastern Ukraine, killed two people, "a young woman and a three-year-old child," according to the mayor, Boris Filatov.

And the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that “Ukrainian air defenses shot down 21 of the 23 missiles and two drones,” saying that Russia, the “terrorist state,” fired the ammunition from the Tu-95 strategic bombers.

And the Kiev municipality stated that the air defenses in the capital were able to shoot down 11 Russian cruise missiles on the night of Thursday to Friday, in addition to two drones, without causing casualties or noticeable damage.

In the city of Uman, with a population of about 80,000 in the center of the country, located 200 km south of Kiev, journalists from Agence France-Presse saw a heavily damaged apartment building with rubble on the ground, while rescuers were pulling two bodies from under the rubble.

Taborets indicated that two cruise missiles landed in Uman, one of which hit a residential building and the other a warehouse.

In Kiev, a power line was cut after falling debris also damaged the road, according to authorities.

For his part, Air Defense Forces Commander Sergey Popko said, "There were no reports of civilian casualties or damage to residential buildings or infrastructure" in the capital.

In the city of Ukrainka, near Kiev, shrapnel from a missile landed on a building, injuring a young girl who was taken to hospital, according to the region's governor, Ruslan Kravchenko.

Russia regularly bombed Ukrainian cities and energy facilities during the winter, but such heavy strikes have been rare in recent months.

This is the first massive missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since early March.

The Russian strikes, which were carried out during the winter, targeted energy facilities in particular, causing regular outages of electricity and running water. Dozens of missiles were used in these attacks.

But this Russian tactic did not capitulate Kiev.

Ukraine's air defense system has been beefed up in recent months after the country delivered Western equipment vital to the war effort. Among that military equipment, Kiev received the advanced US Patriot missile system in April.

Last week, the Ukrainian capital was the target of an attack by 12 Iranian-made drones, eight of which were shot down without causing casualties.

The bulk of the battles are currently taking place in the east of the country to control the industrial Donbass region, especially the city of Bakhmut, which has become almost destroyed.

Ukraine says it has been preparing for months for a counter-attack aimed at expelling Russian forces from the territories it currently occupies in the east and south of the country.

On the other hand, the Council of Europe considered, in a resolution adopted by its Parliamentary Assembly, that Russia's forcible transfer of Ukrainian children amounted to "genocide."

The council called for the safe return of the children to Ukraine, stressing that "documented evidence of these practices meet the international definition of the crime of genocide."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the decision, saying it was "important" and would help "hold Russia and its leaders accountable".
In his evening address, he said that the deportation of Ukrainian children was one of the elements of "Russia's attempt to erase the identity of our people and eradicate the soul of the Ukrainian people."

The political advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ambassador Ahmed Al-Deek, said that the second batch of Palestinian students and citizens who left Port Sudan, which includes the largest number of military students, under the supervision of the Palestinian military attaché, arrived this morning in Jeddah by Saudi ships.

Al-Deek indicated in a press statement that they were received by the Consul General of the State of Palestine in Jeddah, Ambassador Mahmoud Al-Asadi, as they will join the first group, to complete their arrival with a total of 68 citizens and students.

Ambassador Al-Deek added that another group of our citizens, consisting of 64 citizens, all of whom are Palestinian families, also left Port Sudan this morning on Saudi ships on their way to Jeddah.

The General Investigation Department arrested the main suspect in the armed robbery that took place the day before yesterday at a bank branch in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus.

The media spokesman for the police, Colonel Louay Arziqat, said that after searches, investigations and vigorous follow-up by the General Investigation Branch of the Nablus Governorate Police and the Aqraba Center, the suspects were identified and a follow-up process is underway to arrest them. A search warrant was obtained from the Public Prosecution. A force went to his house and searched it. They seized a weapon used in the crime and an amount of stolen money.

Arzikat confirmed that the suspect was arrested and the weapon and the amount of money were investigated until the necessary legal procedures were completed, and the follow-up process continues for the rest of the people involved in the crime.

Newcastle moved away in third place by defeating Everton 4-1, taking advantage of the service that Tottenham provided him by compensating for his two-goal deficit in front of his guest Manchester United, to a 2-2 draw on Thursday in the thirty-third stage of the English Football League.

At “Goodison Park”, Newcastle, coming from a landslide victory over Tottenham 6-1, achieved its seventh victory in the last eight stages, raising its score to 62 points in third place, two points behind United, who played a match less than coach Eddie Howe’s team.

Newcastle owes the victory, which strengthened his dream of participating in the group stage of the Champions League competition for the first time since the 2002-2003 season, to Callum Wilson, who scored two goals, the first in the 28th minute after the ball fell in front of him following a shot by his Brazilian colleague Joliton, which was blocked by goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, and the second in the 75th minute. With a shot from outside the area (75), raising his personal tally to 13 goals in the league this season.

Joliton scored a header after a pass from Joe Willock (72), and substitute Jacob Murphy after a pass from the other Swedish substitute, Alexander Isaac, after a solo effort (81), the other two goals, while Everton's only goal was through Dwight McNeil from a difficult angle after a corner kick seconds ago. From the fourth goal for the guests (80).

What increases Newcastle's chances of returning to the Champions League is that it is eight points ahead of Tottenham and the brilliant Aston Villa and nine ahead of seventh Liverpool, 5 stages before the end of the season, with two difficult matches remaining for it against leaders Arsenal in the thirty-fifth stage and Chelsea in the closing stage.

In London, with the spirit of qualifying for the cup final, where it will face its arch-rival Manchester City, Manchester United seemed on its way to continue its supremacy over its host Tottenham and achieve its fifth successive victory over it after it advanced 2-0 in the first half, but the latter came back from afar and saved a point.

And by forfeiting its fourth successive victory before facing Aston Villa on Sunday at Old Trafford, United failed to deepen the wounds of Tottenham, who played the match under the leadership of a new temporary coach, his former player Ryan Mason, who took over the task of supervising the team after the humiliating loss to Newcastle United 1-6 Sunday.

The 31-year-old became the third coach of Tottenham this season, after the Italian Antonio Conte, who separated in late March from the London club by mutual agreement, leaving the task of leading the team to his assistant, his compatriot Christian Stellini, until the end of the season.

But the humiliating loss against Newcastle on Sunday, in a meeting during which the London team fell behind 0-5 after only 21 minutes, prompted the club management to abandon the services of Stellini and replace him with Mason, who had previously taken over the job temporarily at the end of the 2020-2021 season after the dismissal of Portuguese Jose Mourinho.

Mason would have wished he had started his new job with an easier task, but by chance he would face United on Thursday and then Liverpool on Sunday in the latter's stronghold.

And returning in this way against United after finishing the first half, trailing 0-2, might give Tottenham the necessary morale boost to try to get the last fourth place to qualify for the Champions League, but the task will not be easy at all.

United struck early through Jadon Sancho, who received the ball from Marcus Rashford on the left side of the penalty area, and hit it with a beautiful arc in the left corner of Fraser Forster's goal (7).

After a series of opportunities for the two sides, United succeeded in strengthening its lead before the end of the first half, following a counterattack launched after a block by Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea, to reach the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes, who played it long and well for Rashford, so he advanced with it and fired it into the net (44), raising his score to 16 goals in the league this season.

Spurs entered strongly into the second half and besieged its guest's goal until he managed to reduce the difference with a wonderful goal by Spaniard Pedro Boro, who reached the ball after the United defense failed to clear it, so he fired it beautiful "on the fly" with his right hand to the left corner of De Gea's goal (56).

Fernandez was very close to returning the difference to two goals, but luck stubbornly stubborn the Portuguese after his shot rebounded after a distinguished effort from the crossbar (57).

Tottenham returned to pressure, but wasted many opportunities, most notably the Korean Heung-min Son (66) and Eric Dier (69), who were in an ideal position to score, before Al-Faraj came through Son after a cross from Harry Kane (79).

Bournemouth deepened the wounds of its last host, Southampton, who appears to be on its way to the second level, “Championship”, by beating it with a single goal scored by Marc Tavernier in the 50th minute before he was injured, raising his team’s balance to 36 points, 7 points from the danger zone.

Fiorentina joined Inter, the defending champion, to the final of the Italian Cup in football, by tying goalless with its guest Cremonese, Thursday, in the second leg of the semi-final.

On Wednesday, Inter qualified for the final by defeating Juventus with a clean goal, after the two teams tied 1-1 in the first leg, then Fiorentina joined it on Thursday as a result of its 2-0 victory in the first leg away from home.

This is the first time that “Viola” has qualified for the Cup final since 2014, when it lost to Napoli, forfeiting the opportunity to win the first title since 2001 and the seventh in its history, in which it played the final 10 matches previously.

Fiorentina is also competing at the continental level by reaching the semi-finals of the “Conference League” competition, where it will face Swiss Basel on May 12 and 18.

On the other hand, the adventure of Cremonese, who was a Yemeni, ended by playing the final for the first time in his history, after eliminating Napoli, the league leaders, from the final price, by penalty kicks, after a 2-2 draw at Diego Armando Maradona, then Rome from the quarter-finals by beating him 2-1 in Capital.

The final will be held on May 24 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Juventus holds the record for the number of coronation times (14), against Roma (9), Inter (8), Lazio (7) and both Fiorentina and Napoli (6).

The almost daily Israeli violations against Islamic and Christian sanctities in Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories, especially in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Ibrahimi Mosque, clearly indicate that the goals of the Netanyahu government are to transform the conflict into a religious one instead of the national one that the Palestinians demand to achieve their goals in the end of the occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state The independent city with its capital, Al-Quds Al-Sharif, on the borders of June 4, 1967. Otherwise, what is the meaning of the daily incursions by settlers into Al-Aqsa Mosque, their performance of Talmudic prayers inside it, and the preparations by organizations of the so-called Temple Mount to establish their alleged temple in place of the Dome of the Rock?

What is the meaning of their storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday and raising the Israeli flags in its courtyards, in a clear challenge to all Muslims in the world, and not only to our Palestinian people and our Arab nation? Raising the flags of the occupation in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa means that sovereignty over it rests with the occupying side, and that this is a prelude to the establishment of the alleged temple in its place, at the moment they see fit to implement that.

Also, raising the flags of the occupation means not only harming the sanctity of Al-Aqsa, which is the first of the two qiblahs, the second of the two mosques, the third of the Two Holy Mosques, and the place of resting place for the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, but rather a renunciation of the agreement with brotherly Jordan regarding the Hashemite guardianship of the holy places in Jerusalem, which was mentioned in the peace agreement between The occupying power and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

What also means the storming of the Ibrahimi Mosque by a group of settlers headed by the so-called Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir, and his performance of Talmudic dances in clear defiance not only of the people of the city of Hebron, but of all Arabs and Muslims, and this, if it indicates anything, indicates that the authorities The occupation, represented by Netanyahu's extremist government, is preparing for a religious war that may not remain or be left behind, especially since Arabs and Muslims will not remain silent in the face of these violations that have prolonged and prolonged. As well as deporting many of them and preventing them from entering the Old City of Jerusalem.

And if we take into account the continuation of settlement expansion, the confiscation of more lands, the Judaization and annexation processes, and the consideration of the occupation government and leaders that the West Bank is an occupied Jewish land, according to their claim, and their rejection of peace and the annihilation of the two-state solution according to the international vision, then everyone - that is, Arabs and Muslims - must prepare for a confrontation This war, which the occupying state seeks to turn into a religious war, in an attempt to end the Arab-Palestinian-Jewish conflict in its favour.

This is what many of Netanyahu's extremist government ministers declared, that what we are doing is resolving the conflict in favor of the occupying state, and that there is no place for the Palestinians in this land and country.

Will the international community remain silent about this, or will the national, religious and national duty call on Arabs and Muslims to take action to prevent this, because the consequences of this will be dire if action is not taken now and urgently?

Silently, calmly, balanced and conscious policy, and real awareness of the importance of the influence of the Arab region on the balance of international alliances and its ability to change the western orientations of the region. Influencing it, especially China and Iran, and this can only be achieved by ending all crises in the Arab region, internal tensions, and cases of clashes that drain all the capabilities of the Arab nation and turn it into a mere consumer market for the weapons of the West and Israel. Its colonial interests in the region as a strategic region full of wealth, not only this, but dominance over the independent Arab political decision and make the governments of the countries of the region completely dependent on Western and American protection. Through it, all the peoples of the region, and at the same time, provide nothing but a real service to the Zionist occupation state in Palestine, transform it into a superpower in the region, and contribute to its involvement in the Arab world, while remaining a brutal occupying entity.

Because Saudi Arabia entered a new era built on the basis of having a philosophy and great political capabilities that enable it to lead the region towards a new face that strengthens Arab-Arab relations, neighborhood relations and common interests. Its central position easily contributed to leading the region towards playing a major regional role in preserving the neutrality of the Arab region and distancing it from it Aside from international conflicts and thus not to engage in any alliances that may drain more Arab wealth and return them to the dark years. Today, Saudi Arabia seeks to create a coherent and strong Arab state that can stand up to the potential challenges of the development of the great international changes created by the war between Russia and Ukraine. Saudi Arabia has been working for some time to reformulate the relations of the countries of the region with each other as a basis for drawing a map of Arab interests. Not only that, but the two parties have established a new era of strategic cooperation, which of course will establish a stage that no one in the world expected the region to reach one day.

Recently, the fourteenth consultative meeting of the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Egypt, Jordan and Iraq concluded in Jeddah, which affirmed the centrality and priority of the Palestinian cause and the condemnation of all occupation practices in the occupied territory that would undermine the two-state solution and the chances of achieving a just and comprehensive peace in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative as well. The conferees condemned the Israeli attacks on worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque and the violation of the sanctity of religious sanctities. The statement stressed the need to respect the historical and legal situation in Al-Aqsa Mosque. Everyone stressed the need to solve the Syrian crisis politically and the importance of having an Arab leadership role in the efforts to end the crisis, setting up the necessary mechanisms for this role and intensifying Consultation among Arab countries to ensure the success of these efforts. On this basis, the Saudi, Egyptian, and Jordanian efforts intensified to put a political end to the Syrian crisis. The first step was to re-open the bridges between Riyadh and the Syrian Republic, and to play a vital role in restoring the bridges between Syria and most of the Arab countries, which had been closed as a result of the events in Syria, which led to Damascus being outside. The circle of joint Arab action is therefore outside the framework of the League of Arab States. The Syrian Foreign Minister (Faisal Al-Miqdad) recently visited Jeddah at the invitation of the Saudi Foreign Minister (Faisal bin Farhan) and they held an in-depth discussion session that dealt with the efforts exerted to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis and restore relations between the two countries. ) as a guest of Assad in Damascus to complete the talks on Syria's return to the Arab embrace and to prepare the atmosphere for the arrival of humanitarian aid to areas that are still witnessing armed clashes between the Syrian army and other forces, in addition to Syria's return to the League of Arab States. Saudi Arabia intends to invite President Bashar al-Assad to attend the Arab summit in Riyadh on May 19. Riyadh is currently seeking to prepare for this summit in a way that guarantees a coherent Arab position in the face of the great challenges that threaten many Arab countries, especially the Palestinian cause, which the Israeli occupation is trying to liquidate and replace any peace process. True, with a false peace with some Gulf countries and the normalization of relations that are still forbidden as long as the occupation of the Palestinian land has not ended and the occupying state has not recognized the right of self-determination for the Palestinian people.

The process of arranging the Arab region is progressing in a coordinated, balanced and vigorous manner for a new stage dominated by mutual understanding and cooperation among all countries of the region despite the outbreak of a new crisis, namely the struggle for power in Sudan, which seems to have exploded to impede the completion of arranging the papers of the Arab region, resolving its crises, and Saudi Arabia’s leadership of the Arab scene. It seems that some do not like the success of Saudi Arabia in changing the face of the Arab region politically, economically and security in a way that preserves Arab interests and works for the growth of its countries economically and politically and wants to create a new crisis in the Arab world that confuses the Arab region and wants to preoccupy the Arab summit in Saudi Arabia with the crisis in Sudan and the war between the army And the Rapid Support Forces, but I do not think that this will significantly affect and stop Saudi Arabia’s path towards drawing a map of Arab interests in the first orbit and a map of joint cooperation in the second orbit between Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and Iran, and a map of an Arab-Chinese-Russian alliance in the third orbit, and these three orbits constitute a new pole aware of The common interests of all countries are built on the basis of political and security stability, economic growth, scientific progress, and unprecedented medical and technological development.
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Villarreal returned to the path of victories, which deviated from it with two defeats in a row, by defeating its guest, Espanyol, 4-2, Thursday, in the thirty-first stage of the Spanish Football League.

The "Yellow Submarine" team took full advantage of Real Betis' 0-0 draw with Real Sociedad on Tuesday, to return strongly to the struggle for the final fourth place that qualifies for the Champions League.

Villarreal advanced to fifth place at the expense of Real Betis, by a point, while it was five points away from Sociedad, seven stages before the end of the season.

The fifteenth victory was not easy at all for Villarreal, as it faced a fierce opponent struggling to avoid relegation to the second division, and ended the first half, lagging behind with a goal in the final seconds through Javier Boadu (45).

The owner of the land returned strongly at the beginning of the second half, scoring two goals by Frenchman Etienne Capo (53) and Danny Parejo (63), but Espanyol equalized through Joselo (73), who raised his tally to 12 goals this season, before returning Senegalese Nicholas Jackson Villarreal to the fore. (80) Then Capo finally settled matters with his second personal goal in stoppage time (2 + 90).

With this defeat, Espanyol's balance froze at 28 points in the nineteenth place, four points behind the safety zone, to which Valencia climbed with 33 points, after its precious killer victory over its guest, Valladolid 2-1, thanks to a goal in the third minute of stoppage time for Javier Guerra, who entered as a substitute. In the 89th minute.

The conflict in Sudan so far is not a civil war, as the people and parties do not participate in it, and it has no sectarian, ethnic or ideological basis. Both the army commander, Al-Burhan, and the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), are from the same regime and military institution, just as the Rapid Support Forces and the army are The official is from Muslims and of the same Sunni sect and all of them are Arabs, without ignoring the tribal and regional character of Sudanese society, and therefore what appears on the surface until now is that it is a war and a struggle for power, which has been a struggle that has been going on since independence.

For decades, we have been hearing that Sudan, whose area is 1,882,000 square kilometres, is qualified to be a food basket for the entire Arab world due to the fertility of its lands and the raw materials stored in the land. It also has a strategic location in the Horn of Africa and its borders are open to seven countries: Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya. Chad, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, and South Sudan. Nevertheless, the country continued to be poor until it became unable to achieve its food security or achieve political stability. Since its independence in 1956, the country witnessed several successive military coups and civil wars, the most dangerous of which was in southern Sudan, which separated from its north in July 2011 after years of civil war.

There have also been attempts at rebellion and protests in the Darfur region since 2003, which have led to the loss of more than 300,000 lives and the displacement of 2 million, according to official statistics of the United Nations, and they were severely suppressed by the government of Omar al-Bashir with the help of the (Janjaweed) militia, which later turned into the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, who is attempting a coup today against the army and the state led by Al-Burhan.

If we hope that the conflict will remain confined to the military establishment and that it will be stopped quickly, however, there is a fear of repercussions that may lead to the division of Sudan and open the way for the intervention of external parties, and its repercussions on Sudan and the countries of the region may be more dangerous than the repercussions of the chaos of the Arab Spring for several reasons:

1- If there is no sectarian and ethnic conflict, the Sudanese society is a tribal society, and tribalism is no less than sectarian and ethnic in its ability to mobilize and polarize, and Sudan consists of 18 states, each with its own specificity, and some of these states are formed from mixed Arab and non-Arab groups.

2- What is happening in Sudan coincided with the expansion of Russia and China's influence in Sudan and all of Africa, and talk about the role of the Russian Wagner Group in training and supporting the Rapid Support Forces.

3- What is happening coincided with a struggle between NATO, especially Washington, with both China and Russia for hegemony and control of Africa's vast resources, also with the Ukraine war and its potential for it to turn into a world war.

4- In the event of the weakness of the Sudanese state, extremist groups may transfer their terrorist activities to Sudan, especially from the neighboring countries, Libya, Chad and Mali, where these groups are active.

5- Sudan is of strategic importance to Egypt because of its control over the amount of water that reaches Egypt from the Nile River also because it is one of the countries that overlooks and controls the Red Sea, and any political regime in Sudan hostile to Egypt will affect the strategic security of Egypt, especially since Egypt's other borders with Libya and Israel are not completely safe. .

6- The commander of the Rapid Support Forces would not have attempted to seize power and confront the official army, which outnumbered him in numbers and equipment, had he not been supported by foreign parties or promised to support them.

7- Israel has a good relationship with the two parties to the conflict, and it has expressed its willingness to mediate. If it succeeds, it will strengthen its influence with the two parties, and if the mediation fails, it may support one party over another, especially since it has been looking forward for years to have a foothold in the Red Sea.

8- The US State Department's statement that Washington is concerned about the future of the unity of the Sudanese nation. NATO's warning that it will not allow the continuation of the war in Sudan indicates the possibility of direct Western intervention.

9- Even if the confrontations in the capital, Khartoum, are resolved in favor of one party at the expense of the other, this does not mean the end of the war, as the losing party will resort to its tribal support, and in this case we will plunge Sudan into a civil war.

10- In view of the existence of a long history of civil wars, some of which were within the framework of secession, the possibility of the emergence of separatist tendencies is possible, and the Darfur region will be the first to do so.

Someone might say that there is no need to employ the conspiracy theory and exaggerate what is happening in Sudan because what is happening is different from what happened in the (Arab Spring) countries, where the conflict in Sudan is confined to the components of the military institution, and therefore there is no relationship between the two events and there is no fear of the repercussions of the conflict in Sudan, whether on the unity of the state. community or neighboring countries.

We do not say that there is a coincidence between the two cases, but we have to recall that before the chaos of the Arab Spring, many reports and strategic studies leaked from Washington and NATO were talking about the plan (Balkanization) or the fragmentation of the countries of the Arab world, and these reports were talking about the fragmentation of Egypt, Sudan, Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon and Iraq into small states The American project for (The New Middle East 2004) and then (The Greater Middle East 2006) referred to this, and the West, especially Washington, with the help of internal parties, succeeded in achieving some achievements in this field, as happened in Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria, in the areas of the Palestinian Authority, and even in Sudan, where South Sudan separated from its north in the first year of 2011 from the chaos of the Arab Spring.

When the chaos of the so-called (Arab Spring) erupted in 2011, the prominent face of the conflict and its direct parties were the people in confrontation with the authority, and there was no direct presence in the political scene in the early days of the events of external parties or local armed groups or those coming from abroad, and the slogan of the demonstrators was (the people wants to overthrow the regime), but as soon as days passed, armed groups such as al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Muslim Brotherhood rode in, and foreign countries began to intervene, sometimes hidden by funding opposition groups or directly militarily, as happened in Libya, Syria, and Yemen, and sectarianism, sectarianism, and ethnicity emerged. regionalism, and instead of overthrowing the regime, the state fell.
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The leading Al-Ittihad approached a step closer to the title, with a difficult and fatal victory over its third guest, Al-Shabab, 2-1, Thursday, at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, at the summit of the twenty-fourth stage of the Saudi Football League, in front of about 50,000 spectators.

The two goals of Al-Ittihad, who are looking for a first title since 2009, were scored by Moroccan striker Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah (18 and 90 + 15 from two penalty kicks), while the goal of Al-Shabab was scored by Argentine player Christian Guanca (68 from a penalty kick).

Al-Shabab missed the opportunity to win after the Al-Ittihad goalkeeper saved a penalty kick that was executed by Gabonese Aaron Bubenza a minute before the end of the match (89).

Al-Ittihad raised its score to 59 points in the first place after achieving its sixth successive victory, six points behind the second victory, while Al-Shabab remained third with 50 points.

The first half started quickly, especially from Al-Ittihad, who almost scored an early goal with friendly fire, but the Polish ball, Grigorz Krechowiak, passed by the post (5).

Al-Ittihad missed a valuable opportunity when the Brazilian, Romarinho Da Silva, faced the goal, but his ball passed near the post (6).

Al-Ittihad got a penalty kick, which was executed by Abdul-Razzaq Hamdallah, and he played the ball to the left of the Korean goalkeeper, Kim Seong (18).
Al-Shabab almost equalized the score when Al-Braili sent Iago Santos a powerful projectile that passed by the post (28).

The model sympathized with her owners when she tackled Guanca's ball before making her way outside the field (35).

In the second half, the youth rushed to attack in search of an amendment, and it would have been close to that had it not been for the ingenuity of Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe, who tackled Guanca's ball and turned it with difficulty into a corner (58).

The referee awarded a penalty kick to the youth, which was executed by Guanca, and he played the ball strong to the right of Grohe (68). Al-Ittihad would have resumed progress quickly had it not been for the ingenuity of Seong, who brilliantly grabbed Ahmed Sharahili's header (71).

Al-Shabab got a second penalty kick for Al-Shabab and a third in the match, which was executed by Aaron Bubenza, but he played the ball easy in the hands of Grohe (89).

In stoppage time, the referee declared the red card to Al-Ittihad defender Zakaria Hawsawi due to disgraceful behavior, before awarding a penalty kick for Al-Ittihad, which Hamdallah executed and played easily inside the goal.

Al-Adalah scored three important points in the struggle to survive in the adult league, by defeating its guest, Al-Taawon 2-1, at Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium in Al-Ahsa.

Justice advanced early through his attacker Pedro Ogino in the first minute, before David Tjanish strengthened his team's lead by scoring the second goal in the 40th minute, while Samihan Al-Nabit narrowed the difference by scoring the only goal for cooperation at the 51st minute, at a time when Al-Taawoun professional Alvaro Medran missed a penalty kick. In the 71st minute.

Al-Adalah raised its score to 21 points in the fourteenth place, while Al-Taawun’s balance stuck at 37 points in the sixth place.
Algerian Amir Saeoud led his team, Al-Tai, to a valuable victory over its guest, Abha, thanks to the goal he scored in the 25th minute at Prince Abdulaziz bin Musaed bin Jalawi Stadium in Hail.
Al-Taei raised its score to 31 points in seventh place, while Abha remained on its previous balance of 27 points in tenth place.

The second part

On October 28, 2022 AD, the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth published an article entitled "The New Kamikazes" in its appendix, referring to the Iranian-made suicide drones that struck Ukraine. In this part, we review the most important things that can be mentioned and commented on in this context:

1- The author of the article followed a zigzag path, up and down, and down throughout the pages of his long article, between the feeling of terror and the dilemma experienced by the Israelis and their military and security institutions in front of the development of Iranian capabilities on the one hand, and between the attempts to underestimate the simple technology that the Iranians have reached on the other hand.

2- At the same time, he was reaching results that aroused many concerns in him, which came in the form of many questions he raised in the context of his article; To confirm that "the Jews are not the only ones who have minds", and to confirm that the face of the next war will change.

3- The writer conveys and confirms the state of balance of terror imposed by the Iranians on Israel despite his focus on one issue, which is the drones, and at the same time tries to reassure the Israeli public by stressing that Israel has succeeded in developing its defense systems and is continuing to develop them, the latest of which is the laser system, then he cannot deny The state of panic, terror and astonishment that the Israelis will enter into if Hezbollah, Iran's arm in the region, one day manages to strike the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, an expression that hides much of what works in the hearts of the Israelis in terms of panic and terror.

4- This article and the previous and subsequent articles, reports, statements and political analyzes come to confirm that the Israeli government, army and people now consider that the first strategic threat that threatens it is coming from Iran, and not from the conflict with the Palestinians, especially after its internal security has been significantly strengthened through the absence of operations The guerrilla movement, especially the explosive one, is internal. Today, only 8% of the Israeli people (according to the latest polls) consider that the most important issue in Israel is the conflict with the Palestinians.

5- "Ehud Ya'ari," the Israeli political analyst on the Israeli channel 12, considered that the war with Iran is ongoing, and the form of war that the Iranians want with Israel is not direct confrontation, but rather through the use of its arms in the region to occupy Israel in it, and considered that the missiles that were launched from Lebanon On 4-9-2023 AD on northern Israel, the Hamas rockets launched from Gaza and the operations in the West Bank, the latest of which was the shooting of three settlements in Al-Jiftlik, all of which come within the framework of this war that Iran is supporting.

6- The attack on Jerusalem and the worshipers in Al-Aqsa during Ramadan, despite its seriousness, turned into a transient event when all eyes were intentionally directed towards the Iranian threat, which stands with its Hezbollah arm behind the missile launches from Lebanon.

7- The official and unofficial Israeli discourse directed its accusations publicly at Hamas and secretly at Hezbollah, which created a balance of terror with Israel more than anyone else, and behind it Iran. All of this confirms that Iran is the target today for Israel and is the danger that must be eliminated.

8- Under the title “The Address is Tehran” in an article by the Israeli writer Yossi Yehoshua on 4-9-2023 AD in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, it stated: “With the deliberations and discussions that the Israeli army held in the past days, the army presented a clear position in which it said: We In direct confrontation with the Iranians, who are trying to heat up all fronts, and who have turned the Palestinians into their special envoy for terrorism in the West Bank and Gaza and among the Arabs of Israel.

9- The same writer adds in the same article: "The right opportunity has come for the Iranians to pay Israel the price for its attack on the lands of Syria and Iran, and that this is with supreme instructions from Khamenei."

10- Thus, matters become more and more clear. The title is Tehran, and Israel is preparing for its next war with it.

11- There is no doubt that Israel is one of the most important arms producers in the world, especially high-tech weapons, which made many countries feel compelled to strengthen their relations with them, with the aim of obtaining advanced weapons, which enabled them to be among the central countries.

12- The central countries, in which knowledge has become the essential element, work to reproduce underdevelopment by widening the gap between them and the peripheral countries and not enabling them to achieve sustainable development, which is what preserves the future of Israel in the Middle East as a center.
13- Normalization (in other words, normalization) with the countries of the Middle East region, especially the Arabs, comes as a result of Israeli superiority and within the context of consolidating the political, military and economic role of Israel as a center and keeping other economies in the region as parties to a sustainable backwardness belonging to this center.

14- The strength of such a force, according to this strategy, will curb the movement of the enemies. Therefore, any Iranian move that tries to get out of the position of the peripheral states and towards approaching the influential regional center countries in the region will be met with a strong reaction from the influential central state in the region (Israel), which pushes Israel To work in several directions:

■ First: Continuing to develop, produce knowledge and modern weapons, and contain global technology and continuous development in it.

■ Second: Continuing to open the horizons of "normalization" with the Arab countries and the countries of the region and developing them to the extent that it facilitates luring the economies of these countries to become dependent and unable to disengage from the Israeli political and economic influence and under the tutelage of the Israeli military and security policy.

■ Third: Continuing to drag the United States of America to support it in its anti-Iranian tendencies and development of its military capabilities, by escalating sanctions against it and strangling its economy.

■ Fourth: Continuing to strike and pursue Iran's arms in the region and on all fronts assumed by Israel, whether in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon or Syria.

15- A military strike against Iran is a matter of time, and the prerequisites for that are clear, which is represented by the continuation of sanctions on Iran and their gradual doubling, similar to what happened in Saddam’s Iraq when the military strike was prepared for with sanctions that lasted 13 years.
16- The delay in this strike stems from the American-Israeli need to ensure that there is no threat to Israel's security as a result of the strike, especially from Hezbollah and perhaps Hamas.

17- Therefore, America and Israel are active in attempts to dismantle or dissolve these parties from within and preoccupy them with their internal affairs by creating internal conflicts that dissipate efforts to develop tools of military resistance in them, and preoccupy them with efforts to preserve governance and power:
A- It can be pointed out that the continuation of the Palestinian division and the sharp disagreement between Fatah and Hamas and the attempts to annihilate it have become an Israeli-American supreme security issue to neutralize their danger and push the Palestinian cause into a dark corner and on the sidelines of the issues that the world aspires to resolve.

B- It is also possible to refer to the continuation of the Lebanese sectarian division and the sharp disagreement between Hezbollah and the rest of the parties of other sects in Lebanon, and attempts to deepen it, which is also an Israeli-American supreme security interest aimed at neutralizing the threat of Hezbollah's military power.

18- What Israel is doing on a daily basis of high-accuracy security intelligence penetration into Syria and its attack on convoys carrying weapons for Hezbollah - according to its claim - and its attempts to prevent Hezbollah from obtaining technologies to improve the performance of its missiles and make them more accurate, and Israel's development of its defense systems against missiles and drones and monitoring Billions of dollars for that, all in preparation for what's to come.

19- The balance of terror that Iran creates through its arms, especially Hezbollah, forces Israel to sit squatting, waiting for the moment when these arms are neutralized from the next battlefield, to pounce on Iran. Undoubtedly, it will be a severe strike that will destroy all of Iran's nuclear and military facilities.

20- The goal is Tehran, and behind this goal is deterring everyone around it or supporting it. Therefore, Israel is the next danger, not only to the region, but also to Russia and China, and this is what you must understand.

A state that existed and will not remain. This is the state of nations and peoples and the Sunnah of the Creator on earth. This is what the leaders of Israel acknowledged by saying that the age of their state is nearing the end. The events that Israel witnessed in the recent period are conclusive evidence of the depth of the political and ideological dispute between the components of the Israeli parties. The State About seven and a half decades ago on the land of historic Palestine, the elite of the entity were at the height of their ego. This came after they defeated seven Arab armies combined. In the context of that picture, their military doctrine states and still is on surprise in war, blitzkrieg, and setting the conditions for peace according to the Zionist vision and Jabotinsky's thought, and they have succeeded to a great extent in imposing a fait accompli on what they call the ring states. There are visions among political leaders that the Nakba and its consequences left traces Negativity of the Arab and Islamic peoples alike with regard to the use of sticks and brandishing of their military arsenal. The life of the catastrophe that befell the Palestinian people is long for a people dispersed in the camps at home and abroad, but it is short for those who stole the land and harnessed everything that Palestine produces for their benefit, the sea, rivers, mountains, hills, plains, and lush land. It produces filtered honey, and among the bounties of Palestine, the occupying state exports the finest types of what the earth produces, and from its hollows it extracts water to irrigate their crops, which constitutes a significant percentage of their military budget support, through which they fight the Palestinian people wherever they go and travel.

The Nakba is just a memory
Intellectuals have written a lot about the independence of the Zionists and their entity, and the catastrophe that befell the Palestinian people, and their pens are still examining the history of the catastrophe, but it has been proven that the pen alone does not change the direction of Arab and Islamic public opinion about the shrines and sanctities in Jerusalem and elsewhere, and the memory of the Nakba remained just a day to be remembered. The Nakba has not been afflicted by its flames, when we roam the streets and alleys of the camps, we see the extent of suffering and oppression in the faces of those who live in the camps, and the misery that appears on the secrets of their faces. This is how the Palestinian situation appears from 1948 until today, as the keys to the homes from which they were forcibly displaced are still exposed in the face of injustice And aggression, this is a message to the world that injustice, no matter how long it lasts, will end sooner or later.

The invalidity of Israeli propaganda
As a reminder, Amira Hass wrote in Haaretz: It is the Jewish state that proves, time after time, the veracity of the Palestinians’ claims that since the 1920s and 1930s.. Zionism is a colonial movement, in which the expulsion of a people from their homeland is its goal and by-product. As summarized by Nehemiah Shtursler / Haaretz Scene His country: On the eve of Independence Day, it is worth realizing how much we depend on the United States, which gives us military superiority, highly advanced planes, Merkava engines and tanks, and funding for Iron Dome and Arrow missiles. It is the one that provides us with weapons systems worth 3.5 billion dollars, and cooperation in intelligence and science.
Zionism failed to promote the idea of the Land of Israel

The first goal of the Zionist movement was and still is to build a safe house for the Jews in the world, but it did not achieve the goal, as Israel today is the most dangerous site in the world for the Jews, after Zionism plunged them into a bloody conflict according to its aggressive and violent colonial policies, and it brought together the Jewish diaspora in the world under the pretext of This is the land that God promised our master Ibrahim. Despite this slogan raised by the Zionist movement before its establishment and the absence of the Basel conference in Switzerland, the vast majority of the Jews of the world were not convinced of this idea, so the movement went to ways to make them run for Palestine, by giving free rein to associations The secrecy in the Arab countries and others to cause explosions here and there, the aim of that is to terrorize the Jews in those countries and deport them under the blows of the swords. The malicious deported hundreds of thousands of Jews to the corners of the globe to replace the original owners of the land.

The Palestinian people are not dead
Days pass by like clouds, and despite the passage of seven and a half decades with the life of the entity, the Palestinian people are still clinging to their land, we find them remembering the details of the details of its history, and it tells generations about a history deep in the past, in which they have journeys and tours, they have the past here, the present, and the future. The saying of one of Israel's senior leaders, "The old ones die and the young ones are forgotten," has fallen forever. No matter how hard they tried to turn the compass, they failed to pass this slogan.

In the presence of the Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait, Rami Tahboub, and the President of the Palestinian Wheelchair Basketball Federation, Ihsan Idkidek, the Palestinian wheelchair basketball team achieved a valuable victory over its brother, the Jordanian team, with a score of 49-37, “as part of the Arab Wheelchair Basketball Championship, which is hosted by the State of Kuwait with the participation of eight Arab countries.

Our Palestinian team started its first match in Group A, which also includes Egypt and Morocco, with a wide victory. Due on the Jordanian brothers.

The first quarter witnessed a clear superiority for the Palestinian team, which completely dominated the first quarter by 15 points. In the second quarter, the performance of the Jordanian team improved, and the first half ended with a difference of 12 points.

In the third quarter, the Jordanian team increased its pressure on the Palestinian team and reduced the difference to 6 points, but the Palestinian team coach, Captain Ibrahim Abu Rahal, restored balance to the Palestinian team through the substitutions he made, so that the match ended with a comfortable victory, with a difference of 12 points, with a score of 49-37.

Bibi realizes how much influence Saudi Arabia has on Israeli public opinion, so that an allegation of less connection with it seems useful in terms of improving the image and attracting popular support, especially at a time when the chances of the "magician" to remain at the top of power for a new term have declined.

Since his last victory, "Bibi" has not stopped spreading good tidings to voters and opponents that the relationship with Saudi Arabia is just around the corner from being achieved, and that his entry into history through this door has become guaranteed!!

Netanyahu knows, but ignores it
Unfortunately for Bibi, there are those in Israel itself who lie to him and consider that he is misleading himself, before the public, and is trying to fabricate an achievement that has no basis in reality.

Netanyahu knows, but ignores that the kingdom has a highly credible, and clearly declared policy, the basis of which is that "there is no official and normal relationship with Israel before it responds to the Arab peace initiative." This is exactly what Netanyahu does. It also works to turn the rules of the game upside down, denying the essentiality of the Palestinian cause in the Arab world, and giving priority to normalization and establishing relations with those with whom Israel has no relationship, as if the central issue of the Arab world had been buried and its presence abolished, and the Arabs have only to acknowledge its end or its sinking in the ocean of relations. The new Israeli in the region.

Netanyahu finds in Israel someone who tells him facts of reality that are completely contradictory to his propaganda propositions, especially when he presents himself as the protector of the region from the “Iranian threat,” ignoring the fact that he is more in need of someone to protect him and his country from the threat strongly present within it, and from his denial of the permanent threat represented by Iran. The confiscation of the rights of a people numbering in the millions is spreading in and around the Israeli body. This is indicated by the strategic report on the real threats to Israel's security, which is usually drawn up by a government apparatus, and Netanyahu and everyone like him do not ignore this evidence-supported diagnosis, but rather work against it.

What embarrasses Netanyahu and all those who exclude the solution of the Palestinian issue from their programs and policies is that the new package of relations that was achieved in the Arab and Islamic spheres did not distance the Palestinian cause from its deep position in the Arab and Islamic worlds, and did not even convince those who carried out it that Israel is a source of protection and reassurance for them, and what What happened in response to the wave of attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan was the most telling evidence of that.

Returning interest in the Palestinian cause
Perhaps the regional and international developments have reduced the urgent interest in the Palestinian cause due to the emergence of more urgent issues, including the war raging in Europe, but the lack of interest will not continue forever, nor will it negate the cause of the depth and effectiveness of the Palestinian cause. This is what the reality says and is confirmed by the events, which, as soon as attention turns away from the Palestinian issue, it returns to it with greater force. Didn't the American administration bring all its leaders to Jerusalem, Amman and Ramallah in an effort to calm down, even if it was temporary? Didn't the Al-Aqsa raids by the Ben Ghafir police become the preoccupation of the whole world, and we don't just say the Arab and Islamic worlds?

Wasn't reducing participation in the prayers of Palestinian Christians in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and preventing Gaza Christians from coming to it the preoccupation of the whole world, who saw on screens how the Israeli police nullify the Hebrew state's boast of providing freedom of worship to all sects??

If Netanyahu and those like him in Israel want security and stability, they will not find it thousands of miles away, but rather they will find it when the Palestinians are satisfied with a just solution to their issue, and then Netanyahu's dream of establishing relations with Saudi Arabia will not be as rambunctious as it is now... This is if he remains in place until then. the time!!

The blind prisoner, Ezzedine Amarneh, from the town of Ya`bad, west of Jenin, continues his hunger strike in the Israeli occupation prisons, for the sixth day in a row.

Last Sunday, Amarneh announced that he had begun a hunger strike, rejecting his administrative detention.

Amarneh suffers from difficult health conditions, and he has two children, Ahmed and Mujahid, who are detained.

Years ago, Samer and his family took refuge in Lebanon to escape the war in his country, but the security they sought was accompanied by difficult living conditions and often racist rhetoric against Syrian refugees, leading to the fear of deportation. Last week, there was no news of his brother after the Lebanese army handed him over to the Syrian authorities, who arrested him.

During the past few weeks, the army launched massive raid campaigns to arrest Syrians who do not possess residency or identity papers, which resulted in the arrest of about 450 people, more than sixty of whom were deported to Syria, according to a source in a humanitarian organization familiar with the refugee file.

The raids in a suburb of Beirut included Samer's brother's humble home. The army accompanied Samer, his wife and two children to the border, where they were handed over to the Syrian security forces, who released the wife and two children a few days later, and arrested the husband, according to his brother's account.

Samer, 26, who asked to use a pseudonym for fear of his safety, told AFP, "We are afraid that we will live the same fate. They will deport us to Syria, where we do not know when we might be arrested or even disappeared."

The young man, who and his brother were among those who participated in the popular protests against the Syrian regime when it broke out in 2011, added, "We are afraid that my brother will go missing" in the regime's prisons.

After the conflict broke out in neighboring Syria, a large number of Syrians sought refuge in Lebanon. The authorities currently estimate that there are more than two million refugees on their lands, while the number registered with the United Nations just exceeds the 800,000 threshold.

Since the Syrian army regained control of the largest part of the country, some countries are exerting pressure to deport refugees from their lands under the pretext that the intensity of the battles has diminished. However, this does not mean, according to human rights and international organizations, that the return of refugees has become safe in light of the crumbling infrastructure, difficult economic conditions, and security prosecutions that include arbitrary arrests and torture.

In Lebanon, pressures on Syrian refugees varied from curfews at certain times, arrests, and forced deportations to raids and restrictions on residency procedures. While the authorities view the refugee file as a burden and consider that their presence contributed to the acceleration and exacerbation of the ongoing economic collapse since 2019.

Samer says, "We are tired, too, and we want a solution. We don't want money, and we don't want anything from Lebanon."

"They accuse us of taking aid from the United Nations in dollars, but that is not true," Samer explains.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees confirms that those registered with it receive cash assistance in Lebanese pounds only, and that the funding available to it covers 43 percent of the refugees in need.

The Commission recently indicated, in a statement to Agence France-Presse, an increase in the number of raids in areas where Syrian refugees live in the regions of Mount Lebanon and the North, including at least 13 raids in April.

The organization reported reports that among the arrested and deported were refugees registered with it.

The source following the file told AFP that in some cases children were separated from their families.

A number of Syrians have expressed a fear that they have possessed in recent days, preventing them from even going out into the street.

Abu Salim, who asked to use a pseudonym, says, "For days, I have been sitting with about twenty other Syrian workers in the warehouse of the place where we work, for fear of being arrested."

Abu Salim fears that he will be handed over to the Syrian authorities after he suffered six years in their prisons, where he was subjected to severe torture, he said.

He added, "I do not want to live the experience of detention again. If I enter prison again, I will not get out of it."

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati chaired two meetings on Wednesday to discuss the file of the Syrian refugees, during which it was emphasized that the army and security forces would continue to take measures "against violators, especially those who entered illegally and did not have official and legal documents."

This month, Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar considered that the issue had become a "issue of life and death," warning of "serious demographic changes and we will become refugees in our country."

Over the past weeks, hate speech against the Syrians has risen once again, and many Lebanese have called on social media to expel them from Lebanon.

Ammar (31 years old), a Syrian refugee in Lebanon since 2014, asks, "Why all this hatred towards us? We are a people who sought refuge here to escape death. What did we do to you?"

Ammar, the father of an infant, has been confused since the start of the latest raids.

He says, "I have not left the house since I heard about the deportation, but I am also afraid that the army will break into my house and hand me over, and I will have to go back to work to buy milk for my baby."

Ammar had hoped to graduate from the College of Business Administration, but the conflict in his country prompted him to seek refuge in Lebanon, where he works as a delivery service.

"If I had known that things would be so difficult, I would not have married and destroyed my family's life with me," he added.

With the continued deterioration of living conditions in Syria, many are crossing into Lebanon via smuggling routes, hoping to board illegal immigration boats. Lebanon has become a starting point for them to reach Europe for some time.

"I may find hope in the sea, but in Syria there is no hope anymore," says Ammar.
"I would rather die at sea than return to Syria," he added.

The Hebrew website Ynet claimed, on Friday morning, that the leader of the "Black's Den" group turned himself in to the Palestinian security services in Nablus.

According to the Hebrew site, Uday al-Azizi, the leader of the "Lions' Den", surrendered under an agreement with the Palestinian Authority to protect him from Israeli arrest.

According to the site, Al-Azizi is responsible for a series of shootings against the Israeli forces, and he was leading the groups that are active in Nablus, after the assassination and arrest of a group of wanted persons by the Israeli army in recent months.

It is noteworthy that Al-Azizi is the brother of the founder of the same groups, Muhammad Al-Azizi, who was assassinated by the occupation forces in July 2022.

On Friday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 4 young men from separate areas in the West Bank.

According to local sources, these forces arrested the editor, Raouf Sanobar, after storming his residence in the town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah.

The two young men, Essam and Izz al-Din Saba'na, were arrested before their vehicle was confiscated after they were detained for hours at Deir Sharaf checkpoint near Nablus.

The young man, Muhammad al-Araj, was also arrested after storming his house in the Thanabah suburb of Tulkarm.

More than 100,000 people took part in a pro-judicial reform demonstration in front of the Knesset on Thursday evening, under the slogan: "The people demand judicial reform."

Protest organizers said they had more than 100 fully booked buses to transport demonstrators to Jerusalem, where the protest is taking place.

Various government ministers and Knesset members are participating in the demonstration, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Energy Minister Yisrael Katz, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman and others.

In turn, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who came to Jerusalem to support his government.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh, during his meeting with the Governor of Ariha and the Jordan Valley, Jihad Abu Al-Assal, and the head of the People's Committee of Aqabat Jabr Camp, Jamal Awadat, was briefed on the conditions of the governorate, in light of the unjust siege imposed by the Israeli occupation forces on it, and the repeated incursions into the camp.

During the meeting, which was held in his office in the city of Ramallah, today, Thursday, the Prime Minister stressed that all efforts and contacts were made to lift the siege imposed on the governorate for the sixth day in a row, to stop the repeated incursions into Aqbat Jaber camp, and to provide all forms of support to strengthen the steadfastness of our people there.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed Thursday that his country is "working hard" with the parties to the conflict in Sudan to extend the armistice, which ends at the end of the day.

Blinken said, "We are working hard to extend the ceasefire" between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hamidti, indicating that he expects to say more "in the coming hours."

At the beginning of the week, Blinken announced the agreement on a 72-hour armistice, which came into force at midnight Monday-Tuesday local time (22:00 GMT), and its effects expire at midnight tonight.

Despite this, the two sides largely ignored this agreement, and continued the battles that began on April 15, especially in Khartoum and the Darfur region in the west of the country.

"We had a 72-hour ceasefire that was not ideal, as is the case with most ceasefire agreements, but despite that it reduced the level of violence. This naturally provided somewhat better conditions for the people in Sudan," Blinken added.

The relative decline in the level of clashes during the past few days has enabled the organization of large-scale evacuations of foreign nationals and diplomatic missions, by land, sea and air.

Blinken indicated that the United States is also working on defining a more regular route for the departure of foreigners.

The Washington Post published a report Thursday under the headline "Desantis seeks to hone his foreign experience with a speech to Israel," in which it pointed out that Ron DeSantis (Governor of Florida who ran for the 2024 presidential election) traveled to occupied Jerusalem, as a member of Congress, here to explore sites to the US Embassy and encouraged President Donald Trump to break with diplomatic tradition and recognize the disputed holy city as Israel's capital.

As governor of Florida, DeSantis has visited an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank — a largely Palestinian land he describes as “disputed” — and noted his campaign promise to be “the most pro-Israel state governor in the United States.” Thursday to Jerusalem for his highest-level visit yet to discuss foreign affairs ahead of the 2024 presidential campaign, where he delivered a keynote address at an event that also featured the largely ceremonial presence of Israel's president.

The report notes that "this appearance highlighted DeSantis' close alliance with Israel - an important advantage in the Republican primaries - during what DeSantis described as "a time of needless tension between Jerusalem and Washington." Past Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to reduce the power of the judiciary in his country, a plan that sparked mass protests and alarmed some government officials.

According to the report, "Desantis argued in his speech that the United States has nothing to do with interfering in Israeli policy measures. He said, "We must also in America respect Israel's right to make its own decisions about how it is governed. Your country is a smart country," and later confirmed that he would meet with Netanyahu. DeSantis has gained a reputation in the United States as an ultra-conservative politician who opposed many restrictions related to the emerging coronavirus, imposed restrictions on schools' discussion of gender and sexual orientation, and sought to punish Disney after it opposed the legislation.

According to the newspaper, DeSantis addressed a crowd of several hundred American conservative donors during his visit, which may help distinguish him among strongly pro-Israel Republican candidates, as Joel Rosenberg said that Israel is the “new Iowa” for Republican politicians, comparing it to the state Frequented by hopeful candidates running in 2024, he attended the event in Israel as a correspondent for the Christian news organization Trinity Broadcasting Network and noted Israel's importance to many conservative evangelical voters in the United States as well as Jewish voters.

DeSantis mentioned the presence of his “girlfriend” Miriam Adelson, wife of the late Sheldon Adelson, a senior Republican. Ken Griffin, a major donor to DeSantis’ re-election campaign, also attended the event as a guest of the state governor. DeSantis received a lot of support in Jerusalem when He has criticized Iran's 2015 nuclear deal and called the United Nations biased against Israel.The audience mumbled and clapped as he told an old story about using water from Israel's Sea of Galilee to baptize his children, but many American voters in the audience said they were still weighing their options for the 2024 election. .”

Tunisian President Qais Said Al-Khamis appointed Mohamed Al-Mahdhabi as his country's ambassador to Damascus, after a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries since the start of the conflict in Syria.

Al-Mahdhabi received his credentials from Saeed, according to what the presidency announced in a statement.
The appointment follows a visit last week by Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to Tunisia.

Damascus had announced its intention to appoint an ambassador to Tunisia, following the initiative of the Tunisian president to resume diplomatic relations between the two countries, which were severed since the beginning of the conflict in Syria.

The exchange of diplomatic representation between the two countries comes at a time when Syria is witnessing unprecedented openness towards it from several Western countries, especially after the devastating earthquake that struck it and neighboring Turkey in February.

Saeed had asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about a month ago to start procedures for appointing a Tunisian ambassador to Damascus. This came after he announced the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, considering that "there is no justification" for not exchanging ambassadors between the two countries.

In 2012, Tunisia caught up with several Arab countries and severed its diplomatic relations with Damascus during the reign of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, in a move that was met with severe criticism from Tunisian opposition parties.

In 2015, Tunisia took its first diplomatic steps towards Syria with the appointment of a consular representative in Damascus.

Following the outbreak of the conflict in Syria in 2011, several Arab countries, especially the Gulf countries, severed diplomatic relations with Syria and closed their embassies. The League of Arab States also suspended Damascus' membership.

However, over the past few years, signs of Arab openness towards Damascus have emerged, starting with the UAE's reopening of its embassy there in 2018. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has visited the UAE twice since then, the last of which was last March.

However, since the devastating earthquake occurred, Assad has received a torrent of contacts and aid from the leaders of Arab countries, in solidarity that seems to have accelerated the process of normalizing his relations with his regional environment. This was also evident in the landing of Saudi aid planes in government areas, which is the first since Riyadh severed its relations with Damascus.

The Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a young man near an intersection near Ariel settlement near Salfit.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the young man tried to carry out a run-over and stabbing attack, before being shot by one of the soldiers.

The site indicated that the young man was martyred, while official Palestinian sources did not confirm this.