Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a citizen who tried to infiltrate the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip.

According to the Israeli army spokesman, no weapon was found in his possession and it was taken for investigation.

The Embassy of the State of Palestine to the Arab Republic of Egypt announced, at dawn today, Thursday, the arrival of buses carrying students and citizens of our people coming from Sudan to the Arab Republic of Egypt through the Arqin border crossing, where 194 citizens are heading to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah land crossing, accompanied by the embassy representative. And 29 citizens to Cairo International Airport to move to their next destination.

The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Egypt, Diab Al-Louh, affirmed that the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Egypt made intensive contacts with the concerned Egyptian agencies in order to transfer citizens from Khartoum to the Gaza Strip via the Arab Republic of Egypt, stressing the cooperation of the Egyptian agencies by providing Egyptian security insurance accompanied by the buses that accompanied them. Embassy delegates from the Sudanese-Egyptian crossing to the Rafah land crossing.

The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Cairo thanked and appreciated the Egyptian government and its concerned agencies for their keenness to secure the exit of the Palestinian returnees, and to overcome all obstacles until their safe return to their families and relatives.

Al-Louh affirmed the continuation of the work of the Crisis Management Cell at the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Cairo, under the supervision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki, and full coordination and cooperation with the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Sudan.

Today (Wednesday), the Lebanese authorities announced a series of administrative and security measures regarding Syrian refugees, the most prominent of which is strictness in pursuing violators and preventing illegal entry into Lebanon.

This came during a meeting of the ministerial committee tasked with following up the safe return of Syrian refugees to their country today, chaired by Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and in the presence of army leaders, internal security forces and public security.

The Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs, Hector Hajjar, said in a press conference that it was decided during the meeting to request the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide the Lebanese Ministry of Interior, within a week, with data on Syrian refugees.

He added that the committee stressed the implementation of a previous ministerial decision to drop the refugee status of every person who leaves Lebanese territory and then returns to it.

The committee called on the army and security services to tighten measures and procedures to prevent the entry of Syrians through illegal means who do not possess official and legal documents.

The Supreme Defense Council in Lebanon had taken a decision on April 15, 2019 to deport Syrians who entered Lebanon illegally.

The Committee requested that the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Directorate of Public Security continue to follow up on the voluntary return of Syrian refugees, taking into account the requirements of agreements and laws regarding the preservation of human rights.

The committee also asked the Ministries of Interior and Social Affairs to carry out the legal requirements in terms of registering the births of Syrians on Lebanese territory, in coordination with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The committee decided to ask foreign countries to share the burdens of the Syrian displacement, especially with the increasing number of refugees in light of the worsening economic crisis in Lebanon.

The committee also asked the Ministry of Labor and the Public Security Directorate to tighten labor control within the permitted sectors, and instructed the Minister of Justice to investigate the possibility of handing over pretrial detainees and those sentenced to the Syrian state immediately, taking into account the relevant laws and agreements and after coordination in this regard with the Syrian state.

The issue of Syrian refugees has recently interacted with the publication of a press report a few days ago about the deportation of about 50 Syrians by the authorities in Lebanon within two weeks and their return to their country after they entered Lebanon by smugglers through illegal land crossings.

On the other hand, Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi stressed, in a statement today, that "the Lebanese law must be respected and order maintained, and that the Syrians in Lebanon are subject to the Lebanese law and order, and they must be registered in the relevant official departments and their status regulated because chaos is harmful to Lebanon, their interests and the security situation." .

He added, "We will not allow incitement against the Lebanese army and the state, and the displaced Syrian must abide by the law," stressing "the protection of human rights and the appreciation of the rights of neighbors."

The Lebanese General Security had previously implemented a plan for the safe and voluntary return of refugees, in coordination with the Syrian authorities, which included, between 2017 and 2019, about 540,000 refugees, but work on this plan stopped with the outbreak of the Corona pandemic.

And the head of the Lebanese caretaker government, Najib Mikati, had called in June 2022 on the international community to “cooperate with Lebanon to return the displaced Syrians to their country, otherwise Lebanon will have a position that is not desirable for Western countries, which is to work to remove the Syrians from Lebanon by legal means through the application of laws.” Firmly Lebanese.

The number of Syrian refugees registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon is 825 thousand distributed in about 3100 random camps, while the Lebanese General Security estimates the number of Syrians residing in the country at two million and 80 thousand refugees.

The commander of the Central Command of the United States Army, Michael Korella, arrived this evening, Wednesday, in Israel.

According to a statement by the occupation army, Michael Korella will be a guest of the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Herzi Halevi.

Tomorrow, Thursday, Korella will hold a meeting with joint officials, while meetings will bring him together with some officials of the security establishment.

A young man was killed, on Wednesday evening, as a result of a new crime that occurred near Acre, in the occupied territories.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the young man arrived from the village of Kafr Yasif near Acre, in a critical condition, to the Galilee Medical Center, and soon breathed his last there.

He pointed out that the Israeli police opened an investigation into the incident.

Egypt announced today (Wednesday) the transfer of members of its diplomatic and consular mission from Khartoum to another location in Sudan, in light of the increasing security risks in the Sudanese capital.

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement that "in light of the increasing threats and security risks in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as a result of the continued armed clashes, the members of the diplomatic and consular mission and the technical offices of the Egyptian embassy were transferred today from Khartoum within the framework of repositioning them in another location in Sudan, so that they can practice their activities." Its work and follow-up on the implementation of the national plan for the evacuation of Egyptians in Sudan, as circumstances require.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zaid said that the concerned state agencies continue to assess the security situation in Sudan around the clock and implement the plan for evacuating citizens to ensure their safe return to the homeland, taking into account the highest priority for the safety of citizens and a safe return to the homeland.

He pointed out that the two Egyptian consular missions in Port Sudan and Wadi Halfa are continuing to assist in the evacuation of Egyptians in Sudan.

In a related context, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received today a phone call from the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, about the developments in the situation in Sudan.

The President of the European Council expressed deep concern about the deteriorating political, security and humanitarian situation in Sudan and its impact on civilians and foreign communities, pointing to the importance of the role played by Egypt to advance efforts to reach a cease-fire and calm the situation in Sudan, according to the statement of the Egyptian presidency.

For his part, President El-Sisi affirmed Egypt's full support for the Sudanese people in the serious crisis they are going through, and reviewed the latest developments in Egypt's efforts to reduce escalation and reach a comprehensive and permanent cease-fire and the contacts it is making in this regard with regional actors at all levels. and internationally.

Al-Sisi stressed the importance of intensifying efforts to activate the political track and peaceful dialogue in a way that pushes towards the return of stability and security and takes into account the supreme interests of the Sudanese people.

Since April 15, Sudan has been witnessing bloody clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which have killed 512 people and injured 4,193 others, according to the latest statistics of the Sudanese Ministry of Health.

This evening, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested 3 young men from occupied Jerusalem and Jenin.

According to local sources, the occupation forces arrested the young man, Hani Atta Abu Rumaila, from Jenin, at a sudden military checkpoint near the town of Zababdeh, south of Jenin.

Other forces arrested the young man, Osama Zaid Salahat, while he was passing through a military checkpoint near the village of Zibda, in the Ya`bad area, southwest of Jenin.

In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrested the young man, Adnan Al-Rajabi, near Bab Hatta.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem confirmed that the performance of Talmudic rituals and dancing by an extremist group of settlers inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, with the participation of the extremist Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, is nothing but a continuation of the religious war waged by the occupation against our Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and Hebron.

Qassem said in a statement today, Wednesday, "The occupation and its leaders are determined to provoke the feelings of every Palestinian, Arab and Muslim with these disgraceful violations, which are criminal and terrorist violations that reflect the mentality of a criminal fascist occupation, and do not value the feelings of any Muslim on the face of the earth."

He added, "The occupation government continues its aggression against our people and their sanctities, and is striving with every effort to impose hegemony on the Ibrahimi Mosque in all ways and means."

The Hamas spokesman pointed out that all the methods and attempts undertaken by the extremist fascist government cannot change the facts of history and reality, because these are sacred places for our Palestinian people and there is no place for strangers in them.

He stressed that our Palestinian people will continue their legitimate struggle to preserve the identity of our Islamic and Christian holy sites throughout the Palestinian land.

Qassem called on the Palestinian people to travel to the holy places and bond there in order to thwart the plans of the occupation and its extremist fascist government that seeks to implement its Judaization plans against our Islamic and Christian sanctities.

The Council of Ministers approved, this evening, Wednesday, a package of government performance indicators and their results for the past years (2019-2022).

The Council assigned heads of government departments to identify sources of data and information to accurately and reliably reflect the Palestinian situation for the calculation of national and international development indicators.

He also agreed to raise the annual vacation for radiology technicians at the Ministry of Health to (45 days).

The Council of Ministers approved completing the referral of the tender for the construction of Al-Jabal Al-Janoubi Secondary School for Boys in Nablus, while approving the legislative plan for the year 2023.

The Cabinet also approved a number of organizational structures and external cooperation agreements for government departments.

Hackers believed to be Iranian hacked, Wednesday evening, the account of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Facebook.

According to the Hebrew Channel 7, the hackers published many passages in the Persian language, as well as audios from the Holy Quran.

The family of the prisoner, Walid Daqqa, confirmed this evening, Wednesday, that there has been no new news about Walid's health condition, despite the seriousness of his health condition.

In a statement, the Daqqa family called on all official or popular authorities to investigate accuracy in publishing and fully adhere to what the family officially issues, whether with regard to Walid's health or legal status.

The prisoner, Daqqa, suffers from cancer that spreads to several parts of his body, and he is currently in the "Israeli Barzlai" hospital. He also recently suffered from severe infections, as a result of which he underwent surgery on 4/12/2023.

The deterioration of the prisoner Daqqa’s health condition came to the crime of medical negligence that he was subjected to and still is in recent years.

On Wednesday, the Saudi authorities released Hani al-Khudari, the son of the representative of the "Hamas" movement in the Kingdom, Muhammad al-Khudari, who was also released months ago.

Al-Khudari was deported to Jordan, as was the case with his father, who was released last October.

During the past months, the Saudi authorities released many Palestinian and Jordanian detainees in what was known by their families as the case of "supporting the resistance."

The release of Al-Khudari's son came days after the visit of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, and a delegation from his movement's leadership to the Kingdom, on a two-day visit to perform Umrah.

Today, Wednesday, settlers attacked a number of citizens and their property in separate areas of the West Bank.

In Bethlehem, the settlers uprooted about 100 vine seedlings from the lands of "Al-Sha`f" in the Ain Al-Qasis area, adjacent to the "Sidi Boaz" settlement, which is perched on the citizens' lands to the west of the town. They belong to Hassan Ismail Jadallah Sobeih.

It is noteworthy that settlers have recently escalated their attacks on citizens' lands in the town of Al-Khader, which consisted of uprooting hundreds of trees and olive and vine saplings, closing agricultural roads, and preventing land owners from accessing them.

In the northern Jordan Valley, hundreds of settlers stormed the monastery springs area and chased the shepherds.

According to local sources, a group of armed settlers pursued the shepherds in the Sakot area and threatened them with death if they continued to graze their livestock in the area, and gathered at the springs of Khirbet al-Deir, at the invitation of the so-called "Settlement Council."

Over the past two days, settlers had established a cowshed in the area, amid fears that it would be the nucleus of a pastoral outpost.

It is noteworthy that, during the past two years, the settlers escalated their confiscation of the remaining springs and water sources for the Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley, establishing parks in their vicinity, and preventing citizens from exploiting them. Many pastoral outposts are spread in the area, according to which settlers have seized thousands of dunums of these lands.

Today, Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian forces killed about 300 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries, and destroyed a British-made L-118 howitzer.

Defense Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing: "During the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses on this axis amounted to up to 300 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries, two infantry fighting vehicles, four armored fighting vehicles, seven vehicles, and two D-howitzers." 20 and MSTA-B, and the self-propelled "Acacia" cannon, in addition to the British-made "L118" howitzer.

He referred to the destruction of an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the town of Fimka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

A new University of Maryland "Critical Issues" poll shows that support for Israel continues to decline among Democratic voters.

According to the poll, which was organized between March 27 and April 5, 1,203 American voters across the United States were asked about their opinions about the country. According to the newspaper, the first question is, "You may have been following recent developments in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza." “Which of the following do you think comes closest to describing the way you see Israel”, the answers narrowed down to four available answer options: Is Israel a “vibrant democracy”; or a "democracy imperfect", or a "state with restricted rights for minorities", or a "state with an apartheid-like segregation".

Fifty-six percent of respondents answered that they did not know, but among those who did have an opinion, only 22% said Israel was a "vibrant democracy," 31% said it was an "imperfect democracy," and 16% said it was "a country with restricted rights for minorities." , and 31% said “It is an apartheid-like country.”

When a political party splits, the poll reveals a stark partisan divide on the issue. Forty-one percent of Republicans said Israel was a "vibrant democracy," while only 20% said it was "an apartheid-style country." 44% of Democrats said it was "an apartheid country", while 34% said it was an imperfect democracy.

The timing of the poll came at the height of Israel's unprecedented and ongoing protests against judicial reform proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and which - according to all experts - threatened to significantly weaken the judiciary, grabbing headlines in the US. These protests also coincided with the escalation of violence by the Israeli occupation authorities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

And although the protests largely ignored Israeli military rule over millions of Palestinians in the Palestinian territories (and the blockade applied) to the Gaza Strip, "they drew attention to threats to democracy even within the borders of pre-1967 Israel," according to a University of Maryland survey in collaboration with The “Ipsos Institute” in Washington, which was supervised by Professor Shibley Telhami (of Palestinian origin) and his colleague Stella Rose, which was published on the website of the “Brookings Institute” in Washington on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

"It is difficult to know if these protests have any impact on the way Americans view Israel, and if they do, in what direction?" Whereas these protests have drawn attention to the authoritarian ambitions of the right-wing (Israeli) government It may also have highlighted the existence of a free environment, at least for hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens, to freely protest and reject the government's plans.

Telhami and his colleagues ask, "Do Americans view Israel as a vibrant democracy, or as much less than that?" And he answers by saying: “To find out the answer, we sent some questions in the Critical Problems Survey of the University of Maryland with the Ipsos organization, as the survey was conducted (on this content) from March 27 to April 5, 2023, surveying 1203 participants by the Probabilistic Knowledge Panel from Who by Ipsos (margin of error 3.2%).

The researcher points out that “Among Democrats, the story was strikingly different: the largest number of those who expressed an opinion, 44%, said it was a “segregated country like apartheid South Africa,” followed by 34% who said it was a “democracy imperfect” that Remarkable because the use of the term "apartheid" in mainstream discourse in America, though increasingly heard of, remains largely uncommon and even taboo in many circles.

Clearly, public attitudes toward Israel are changing. The term "apartheid" seems to have become a popular term among many Americans, especially Democrats, and even the BDS movement, which has faced significant obstacles in the American mainstream, seems to have a lot of support among Democrats who have spoken out.

Rouhi Mushtaha, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said today, Wednesday, that the prisoners will be surprised by the method of their release.

And Mushtaha stated in his statements during his visit to an exhibition containing pictures of prisoners in the occupation prisons in Gaza City, that this amazing method will be in the event that the prisoners are not released by the known methods, as he described it.

He stressed that "Hamas" will not tire and will not tire until it works to liberate them.

And Mushtaha is a freed prisoner who was released in the Shalit deal in 2011, and he is one of the figures close to the Qassam leadership.

Thousands of Palestinians from the 1948 lands participated in the 26th return march held this year in the lands of the depopulated village of Lajoun.

The participants in the march raised Palestinian flags and banners bearing the names of the displaced Palestinian villages and the captive Walid Daqqa, son of the western city of Baqa, in addition to shouting slogans calling for freedom and the right of return.

The march started near the main Wadi Ara Street, reaching the depth of the displaced village of Lajoun.

In conjunction with the return march, Palestinian organizations and movements, along with a number of displaced Palestinians from their villages who remained in the lands of 1948, organized marches and events in several displaced villages in the country.

A number of the people of the displaced villages in the Galilee region visited their villages from which they were expelled in the year of the Nakba 1948, including Hittin, Meyar, Al-Damoon, and Al-Ghabisiyya.

In the context, the Association for the Defense of the Rights of the Displaced, in coordination with the Higher Follow-up Committee for the Arab Masses, the People's Committee, and popular circles in Umm al-Fahm announced the program of the 26th return march.

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What can we do as Palestinians to end the hateful division, which has turned all the elements of our lives into a collection of endless nightmares? The answer is short; Nothing, after about (17) years after its occurrence, we are closer to devoting it to separation, and we are farther from regaining our unity that we lost in (a moment of indiscretion), and what we thought on the day of its occurrence was just a summer cloud that passed in the sky of the homeland, has become more like the fate written on the foreheads And the eyes must see it.

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We are "not an exception," as the poet of humanity, Mahmoud Darwish, described us on the day our sword fell on our sword, and today we add that we are "an exception to the exception itself." Divisions occurred in various countries, and the blood of citizens was shed by the hands of citizens, but this situation did not last long, and he soon realized Reasonable people believe that this should not be the end, and they chose to sit at one table, and decided at a defining moment to turn this page in the history of their country, so partnership took place, and then the joint struggle, freedom, then prosperity and prosperity, except in my country, as politicians entered us into this tunnel Then they closed the door on us, and behind it they placed rocks that would prevent them from being moved by the aspirations and wills of the overwhelmed peoples.

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All attempts by the “popular will” to end the division of shame failed. The charge is ready (agenda), the club is ready (restoring order), the statement is ready (a rogue faction), and the charge is ready (violating legitimacy). Over these years, thousands of scenes were shown on screens to break up sit-ins. Feminism, youth, students, workers, etc., all of them called for turning the page on the division, and all of them returned to the homes bloody or were taken to detention centers, and when you see the amount of hatred carried by those who own the gun and the club, and his extreme anger while striking the protesters for the continuation of this disastrous situation, we know at that time the meaning The real phrase (blood over blood is bridges).

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The greatest duty of Palestinian patriotism was once represented in keeping the Palestinian on the land of his homeland, immersing him in it, and steadfastness and steadfastness in its riches. Competencies are a method, displacing young people is a strategy, and supplying European countries with doctors, engineers, programmers, intellectuals, academics, and technology specialists is a daily work program. Wadi, and the masses of citizens who hasten to comment with the word (Mubarak) on the social media platforms of a young man who finally obtained residency in Belgium in another valley!!!

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We do not know of all the flags of the world except the national flag of countries and peoples, except in occupied Palestine, as the world was perplexed as it watched the strange mixture of the colors of the partisan flags, which exceeded the colors of the spectrum in their multiplicity, and ended with the generations forgetting the flag of their homeland, and contenting themselves with the flag of the partisans, who are in the path of Raising their flag, they are ready to trample on the flag of the nation and on the heads of the citizens, as the colored cloth has become more important than the rule of law, the constitution, the slogans of the nation, and all its institutions, while the world watches in silence and alertness the experience of this people, whom political books in the last century described as a legend. And the miracle, which today, through the actions of the parties, their guns, and the clubs of their soldiers, has become a laughing stock, with which the privileged carried out their plans, and slept full of eyelids, after they turned the division of humiliation and humiliation in Palestine into a way of life..

Donald Trump was accused in a civil court in New York on Tuesday of raping a journalist in the mid-nineties of the last century, but his lawyer strongly denied this and accused the former columnist of greed for money and the pursuit of fame.

After more than 25 years of facts, nine jurors, six men and three women, who were chosen Tuesday before a federal court in Manhattan, will try to reveal this case, which is represented by the existence of two completely contradictory narratives.

In an indication of the sensitivity of the trial, which is supposed to last between five to ten days, Judge Louis Kaplan confirmed that the jurors' identities would not be revealed to avoid any pressure.

And since 2019, E. Jean Carroll and her lawyers have confirmed that the former President of the United States "touched and raped" her after he lured her into a fitting room at Bergdorf Goodman's store in New York, at a date she does not remember precisely, but in "spring 1996."

"As soon as they entered (the cabin), everything changed. Suddenly it wasn't fun," Sean Crowley of Carroll's lawyers said at the start of the hearing.

"Trump's build is almost twice as strong as her (journalism's) build," said the lawyer.

She explained that the columnist kept silent for 20 years, fearing her reputation would be ruined by a powerful man. But after the #MeToo movement, the journalist who was writing for Elle magazine in the United States decided to speak out in a book published in 2019.
Two female friends of the journalist, who had confided to them what happened shortly after the incidents, will give their testimony.

Donald Trump's attorney, Joe Tacopina, criticized what he considered "contempt for the judiciary". "She is taking advantage of the system for money, for political reasons and for her prestige," he told Carol, 79, who was staring at him.

But, realizing that the personality of Donald Trump, who was absent from the opening hearing of the trial and will likely miss the following sessions, may cause a refusal in New York, Tacubina made sure to tell the jury: “You can hate Donald Trump (...) but not here in court".

The jury will have to determine the amount of damages that can be awarded to the writer.

The 76-year-old former president (2017-2021) is seeking a second term in November 2024, but he faces mounting lawsuits.

And in early April, in an unprecedented event for a former US president, Trump was formally charged in New York with 34 accounting and tax fraud related to payments to cover up confusing cases before the 2016 presidential election, including a sexual relationship with porn actress Stormy Daniels that he denied.

In 2019, Carroll first filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump because he described her accusations as a "complete lie", stressing that she was not his "type (of women)".

His lawyer said he enjoys immunity as head of state.

But in November 2022, a law went into effect in New York State (the “Adult Survivors Act”) that allows victims of sexual assault within a year to re-launch civil legal proceedings, even if the facts are criminally obsolete.

So E Jean Carroll filed a new civil complaint for "defamation" but also "assault".

Judge Lewis Kaplan noted that Donald Trump has not been criminally charged with rape, but that "assault" could be "unwarranted touching without the consent of the person concerned."

During a statement during the proceedings, Donald Trump reiterated his line of defense: "I will say it with the utmost respect: first, she's not my type, and second, it never happened."

But in front of the photo in which he appeared with E. Jane Carroll at a reception years before the facts, Trump confused his accuser with his ex-wife, actress Marla Maples, whom he married from 1993 to 1999.

The Republican billionaire has been accused of sexual assault by other women on several occasions in the past, which he has always denied.

An Israeli army warplane landed, Wednesday noon, at a military air base, after it sustained minor damage after it collided with a bird while it was flying in a military parade.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the F-15 plane landed at Nevatim Air Base in Beersheba, and suffered minor damage due to the collision in the skies of southern occupied Palestine.

The plane was participating in an air squadron in a festive parade of the so-called "establishment of the occupying state" (the Palestinian Nakba).

Today, Wednesday, the Minister of National Security in the extremist occupation government, Itamar Ben Gvir, stormed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.

And local sources reported that the storming of Ben Gvir comes as part of a series of continuous incursions by the occupation and its settlers into the Haram since yesterday, Tuesday, as the settlers performed Talmudic dances inside it, to celebrate the so-called "Independence Day."

The Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs, Sheikh Hatem Al-Bakri, denounced this incursion, considering it a flagrant violation of the holy places and places of worship.

Al-Bakri warned that the occupation, and through the continuous Judaization operations, including broadcasting pictures of settlers dancing inside and outside it with comfort and reassurance, is working to displace Palestinian citizens from the places that it wants to control in Old Hebron in particular, according to a systematic plan implemented by the occupation government with the settlers.

He explained that the occupation forces, by exchanging roles with the settlers, allowed them to raise the flag of the occupying state and the menorah and launch firecrackers and fireworks on the roof of the sanctuary and in its outer squares, and this falls within the framework of imposing their complete domination over the Ibrahimi Mosque and its surroundings, with the aim of converting it into a Jewish synagogue.

He pointed out that what the occupation is doing is a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the Ibrahimi Mosque and a special endowment property for Muslims that no one else has the right to practice worship in, and this requires serious work to stop it and limit it completely and with all force by flocking to the sanctuary.

Al-Bakri called on international institutions concerned with human rights and the follow-up of religious places to work to stop the hand of this occupation, which has become tampering with our land and sanctities without oversight, especially under this racist right-wing government.

He also called for the need to place ambassadors, consuls and all humanitarian associations operating in Palestine and the world in the manner of what is happening inside the Ibrahimi Mosque and its surroundings in terms of flagrant violations and attacks by force of arms.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he would cancel his campaign activities scheduled for Wednesday, after suffering from stomach flu, less than a month before the presidential elections in Turkey.

"Today (Wednesday) I will rest at home on the advice of our doctors," Erdogan, 69, wrote on his official Twitter account.

On Tuesday, Erdogan cut off a live television interview before returning to apologize, speaking of his stomach flu.

The Turkish leader is campaigning tirelessly in an effort ahead of presidential and legislative elections on May 14, the results of which seem inconclusive.

Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party have dominated Turkish politics for 20 years. But the current election campaign is one of the biggest challenges for the outgoing president, as opinion polls show that the competition will be intense between him and Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Erdogan was scheduled to end the evening with a direct joint interview with Ulke and Kanal 7. He started his television appearance after a delay of more than 90 minutes, and then cut it off after ten minutes when he was asked a question.

Erdogan returned 15 minutes later and apologized, saying he had fallen ill.

He explained, "Yesterday and today there was a lot of work. Because of that, I got stomach flu. For a moment, I wondered if I canceled the meeting, would it be misunderstood. But we had made a promise. I ask your forgiveness and your audience."

Erdogan's face looked tired and his eyes watered as he spoke. The Turkish leader then answered a few more questions before the meeting ended.

The Islamic Christian Organization for the Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites warned of a rolling scheme that the occupation authorities are seeking through the Minister of Extremist Security Itamar Ben Gvir to achieve, which is to control the Bab al-Rahma chapel, and turn it into a Jewish synagogue that serves as a desired foothold for the spatial division of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in light of the repeated attacks on it.

In a statement issued today, Wednesday, the Commission confirmed that all indications confirm the targeting of the eastern part of Al-Aqsa Mosque within the division plan, which is the area extending from Bab Al-Rahma Chapel in the north to Al-Marwani Chapel in the south, where the occupation police imposed a siege on this area and allocated it for paths for settlers. during their storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

She added that targeting the Bab al-Rahma chapel comes as a continuation of the plan to Judaize the Bab al-Rahma cemetery, which is connected to the chapel from the outer eastern side, which the occupation plans to turn into biblical gardens and allow settlers to perform Talmudic rituals in it.

The authority warned the occupation authorities of the dangers of implementing this plan, and the resulting unprecedented explosion of conditions on the ground.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh confirmed, today, Wednesday, that the current academic year will continue until the end of the prescribed curriculum in all schools, and that the “Tawjihi” general secondary exam will remain on its scheduled date without any change, and all elements of its success will be provided as in every year.

And Shtayyeh indicated, at the beginning of his government’s weekly session, that the Ministry of Education has done everything that can be done, and lessons will be drawn from what happened in the educational process over the past two months, with the aim of protecting the most important component of the future of our children and our national ammunition, which is education, which is for us a survival strategy. And that playing broadcasts is tampering with the future of our children, just as dragging teachers into the unknown is something that cannot be overlooked. like he said.

He added, "The issues that began as a demand turned into another path that wanted to drag us into chaos, and we dealt with matters on this basis, and from this standpoint."

He praised the commitment of teachers and students and the return to the educational process, expressing his thanks to them and the presidency, to the owners of the initiatives presented, and to all the parties that participated in this.

Shtayyeh said: "We have preserved the dignity of the teacher and his gains, and we will continue to do so, and if the scheme of chaos has been broken, we do not want the teacher to be broken, and only dialogue, rationality and national foundations are the pillars of reaching a solution to any problem in our abnormal circumstances under occupation, and if this is not possible, then the law is sovereign." Rulings, this was a crisis with its most complex inputs, goals, and characters, and we dealt with it with all wisdom and deliberation, with the effort of my fellow ministers and the wisdom and guidance of the president.

On the measures of the occupation, the Prime Minister affirmed that "the Bab al-Rahma chapel is an integral part of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and no one else has a right to it, and the destruction of its contents and the confiscation of some of the chapel's contents is a condemnable matter committed by the occupation forces. The incursions of the Al-Aqsa Mosque must be stopped completely and not only The holy month of Ramadan, as well as stopping attacks on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the rest of the churches.

Shtayyeh called for lifting the siege on the city of Jericho and stopping the incursions into Aqabat Jabr camp, expressing his condemnation of the killing of the young man, Suleiman Ayesh, by the occupation forces in the camp.

He thanked the friendly and brotherly countries that cooperated with Palestine and helped and facilitated the evacuation of our Palestinian nationals and students from Sudan, especially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt and Jordan.

He said, "We are following through the state's civil and security agencies and our embassies in Sudan's neighboring countries to complete the evacuation process until it is completed, and we wish brotherly Sudan peace and security and that the spirit of dialogue will prevail over the language of guns."

He indicated that the cabinet will discuss the legislative and development plan, infrastructure projects, and a system for medical errors.

Palestinian bodies and movements, along with a number of displaced Palestinians from their villages, who remained in the territories, organized 48 marches and events in several displaced villages in the occupied interior, today, Wednesday.

A number of the people of the displaced villages in the Galilee region, in the north of the country, visited their villages from which they were expelled in the year of the Nakba 1948, including Hittin, Mayar, Al-Damoon and Al-Ghabisiyya.

The 26th return march for this year took place in the lands of the depopulated village of Lajoun, near Haifa, with the participation of thousands of residents of the interior, under the slogan "Their Independence Day, Our Nakba Day," as reported by Arab48.

A survey of the Central Statistical Organization, the results of which were distributed today, Wednesday, showed a decrease in the value of the deficit in the trade balance, which represents the difference between exports and imports, by 41% during the month of February, compared to the previous month, while it increased by 7% compared to February of the same year. In 2022, the deficit amounted to $497.2 million.

The "Statistics" stated that exports recorded a decrease during the observed month by 11% compared to the previous month, while it increased by 10% compared to the corresponding month of the year 2022, and its value amounted to 136.2 million US dollars.

He pointed out that exports to Israel decreased during the month of February by 10%, compared to the previous month, and exports to Israel accounted for 87% of the total value of exports for the month of February of 2023. Exports to the rest of the world also decreased by 18% compared to the previous month. the previous.

Imports decreased by 14% compared to January, while it increased by 7% compared to February 2022, with a value of $633.4 million.

Imports from Israel decreased last February by 13% compared to the previous month, and imports from Israel accounted for 60% of the total value of imports for February of 2023. Imports from the rest of the world also decreased by 15%.

Today, Wednesday, the Ministry of National Economy said that efforts are being made to confront the continuous Israeli attempts to steal the components of the Palestinian national identity, and distort the geographical indications to mislead the international community.

In a press release today, Wednesday, on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Rights Day, which falls on April 26 of each year, the Ministry of Economy stated that efforts are continuing to modernize and develop the legal environment regulating intellectual property rights, and to enhance its leadership in various fields.

She referred to the implementation of an awareness campaign highlighting the importance of preserving property rights by publishing on the official Ministry platforms, Facebook and Twitter, MEN Palestine.

The State of Palestine participates in this day, by implementing a series of community events that remind of the value of intellectual property in society at the economic and cultural level, reviewing the reality of intellectual property in Palestine and the services it provides, and highlighting Palestinian inventors and inventors registered with the Ministry of Economy.

The Director General of the General Department of Intellectual Property at the Ministry of Economy, Rajaa Khuwaylid, said that there has been an increase in the demand of women in recent years to register some of their own trademarks, industrial designs, and excellence in patents, as the Ministry provides all facilities to register their creativity, innovation, and distinction.

She stressed the participation of Palestine's experience in creativity and excellence with the world, and communication through minds in addressing the challenges facing the world, as we have productive Palestinian minds capable of placing Palestine on the map of creativity and global excellence.

Khuwelid considered updating the legislative environment for industrial property laws to be at the heart of her strategic goals for this year, to align these legislations with supporting creativity, Palestinian entrepreneurs and innovators in general, and women in particular, especially in patent registration.

She explained that the number of registered trademarks until the end of last year reached about 42,000 trademarks, while the number of patents officially registered with the Ministry reached 195 patents in the fields of health, agriculture, environment, information technology, and others.

She noted that work is underway to develop and improve intellectual property services, as many electronic services have been launched, and electronic publishing is being done through WIPO Publish, where all submitted applications are published on the website.

She referred to the efforts made to raise awareness of various categories of the private sector, small projects, universities and incubators, and gender in the field of intellectual property rights, in addition to addressing many problems related to trademarks and disputes.

It is noteworthy that the World Intellectual Property Organization took the organization’s celebrations this year to accelerate innovation and creativity among women under the slogan: Women and Intellectual Property: by highlighting the enormous creative potential, will and attitudes of female inventors, creators and entrepreneurs all over the world and their pioneering work, which plays a significant role in the pace of development and the economy.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, said today, Wednesday, that the extremist Israeli government is looking for ways to detonate the situation in the region, blaming it for the dangerous policies it leads that aim to destroy any regional or international effort made to provide stability and prevent the situation from deteriorating.

In a press statement, Abu Rudeineh indicated that extremist settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and raised the occupation flag in its courtyards, and the occupation police repeatedly stormed Bab Al-Rahma chapel and sabotaged the electricity installations inside it.

Abu Rudeina said: The Israeli occupation authorities are dragging the region into the square of violence, escalation, tension and instability, through its insistence on continuing the policy of collective punishment, killing and attacks on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, in addition to stressing that our people will not allow the occupation authorities to harm or tamper with the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, even The repeated attacks on the Bab al-Rahma chapel in Al-Aqsa Mosque are playing with fire, as the chapel is an integral part of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

And he considered that the siege imposed on Palestinian cities, in addition to the continued storming of cities, villages and camps, is tantamount to collective punishment for our Palestinian people, stressing that this policy will not bring security and stability to anyone, but rather will push matters to further escalation and tension.

Abu Rudeineh called on the American administration to intervene immediately to stop these dangerous practices, and to put pressure on Israel to stop all its unilateral measures. To continue terrorizing settlers against our people with murder and theft, under the protection of the occupation army.

The municipality of the Belgian city of Liège decided to sever its relations with the Israeli occupation state, and all its public and private institutions, due to its repeated violations of the rights of the Palestinian people.

The municipality, which has had a twin relationship with the city of Ramallah since 2014, voted yesterday on a decision to stop dealing with Israel and all its institutions, and to refuse to deal with any institution that deals with settlements or plays any role in perpetuating the occupation.

The decision, which won the majority of the members of the municipal council and was submitted by the Belgian Labor Party group, and was supported by the Belgian Socialist Party group, the Green Party, and the representative of the “Vega” movement, in accordance with Belgian laws and the laws of the European Union, due to the violations of all obligations towards the human rights system. European human beings, and violating the rules of international law and the decisions taken, especially Resolution (242), issued in 1967, which rejects the seizure of lands by force, and calls for withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as based on Security Council Resolution No. (2334), which considers the establishment of settlements Israel is contrary to the rules of international law, and threatens the principle of establishing a Palestinian state, within the framework of a just and lasting peace.

The resolution confirms the support of the Palestinian people who suffer from the Israeli military occupation, from the apartheid regime and from settlements, and affirms its support for the boycott movement (BDS).

The resolution demands that Israel stop all its settlement activities, including in the city of East Jerusalem, and rejects all attempts to change the reality before the occupation that began on June 4, 1967.

The Department of Expatriate Affairs in the PLO welcomed the decision of the Municipality of Liège to sever its relations with the institutions of the occupying state, considering it an affirmation of the extent of rejecting the policies of apartheid, and the escalation of the occupation's crimes against our people, their land and their sanctities.

She praised the efforts of the Palestinian community and its movement in Belgium with the Belgian institutions and parties in organizing protests and events condemning the crimes of the occupation and its racist policies towards our people.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cut off a live television interview on Tuesday before returning to apologize for having stomach flu.

The 69-year-old leader delivered three election speeches on Tuesday ahead of the presidential and legislative elections on May 14, the results of which appear inconclusive.

Erdogan was scheduled to end the evening with a direct joint interview with Ulke and Kanal 7. He started his television appearance after a delay of more than 90 minutes, and then cut it off after ten minutes when he was asked a question.

Erdogan returned 15 minutes later and apologized, saying he had fallen ill.

He explained, "Yesterday and today there was a lot of work. Because of that, I got stomach flu. For a moment, I wondered if I canceled the meeting, would it be misunderstood. But we had made a promise. I ask your forgiveness and your audience."

Erdogan's face looked tired and his eyes watered as he spoke. The Turkish leader then answered a few more questions before the meeting ended.
Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party have dominated Turkish politics for 20 years. But the current election campaign is one of the biggest challenges for the outgoing president, as opinion polls show that the competition will be intense between him and Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

"My best wishes to Mr. Erdogan," Kilicdaroglu wrote on Twitter moments after the meeting was broadcast.