The quiet expansion of myopia (or nearsightedness ) in all developed countries , with glasses that slow this type of vision disorder in children reported to be effective, offers hope for reducing what appears to be a major public health problem.
"Two years ago, Paul's teacher told us that he couldn't see anything written on the board in class," says Caroline Boudet, the mother of Paul and a writer in Nantes, in western France.

When Paul, accompanied by his parents, visited an ophthalmologist to check his condition, Paul was diagnosed with "great myopia", knowing that no one in the family faces this disorder in which the patient becomes unable to see things clearly from afar, due to the presence of a very large distance between the cornea and the retina. .

Then the doctor told them about a treatment, which is rather new glasses, which work to slow the deterioration of myopia. "Within a year, the result was positive because Paul's condition was stable," says Caroline Boudet.

These glasses, which are described as slowing myopia and have been sold in France for about two years, are based on combined technologies that correct visual disturbances but also slow down its deterioration in children with expandable myopia.

A study published in early April in the "Scientific Reports" magazine dealt with the development of a group of children wearing "Musmart" glasses, which were invented by the Japanese company "Hoya", within a period of six years. The study concluded that there was a slowdown in myopia and no "rebound effect" in children when they stopped wearing glasses.

Several other clinical studies have also demonstrated the effectiveness of the Styliste glasses, developed by the French company Essilor Luxottica, specifically noting that these glasses prevented children from losing more than one diopter from myopia, on average, over three years.

The glasses of the new generation work based on an innovative technology, as they are equipped with a set of fine lenses that aim to correct peripheral myopia, which is one of the characteristics of myopia, and thus slow down myopia.

The two optical innovation groups reported a slowdown in the expansion of myopia by an average of 60 to 67 percent, compared to traditional eyeglasses, when people wore their glasses for 12 hours a day.

Other specialized companies invested in the French market, such as the German company "Zeiss", which initially marketed its product in Asia.

These new glasses hold hopes for people with myopia, while current expectations indicate that half of the world's population will suffer from short-sightedness around the year 2050.

Researchers agree on the notion that among the factors that promote myopia are increased time people spend indoors, less exposure to natural light, and greater strain on near vision.

"We have tested many techniques to prevent myopia, but this is the first time that we are in front of an effective technique, and I am really amazed," says Claude Spieg-Chatz, President of the French Society of Ophthalmology.

She explained that she initially treats a child who suffers from nearsightedness by prescribing traditional glasses for him. "If his short-sightedness increases, I will quickly prescribe him new glasses," she says.

"These glasses constitute a great gain for children," says Jamie Chammas, an ophthalmologist in Strasbourg, adding, "We notice that myopia among those who wear these glasses increases less than half of what we expected."

However, the only obstacle in the matter is the price of these looks of about 180 euros, an amount that exceeds the price of traditional glasses by about 100 euros, while the guarantors do not fully cover them.

The general manager of "Hoya Vision Care" in France, Jean-Michel Lambert, believes it is necessary to adopt a better coverage system.

And last year, the Higher Authority for Health in France recognized a service provided by the eyewear department of the company, "Hoya Vision Care", considering it "simple".

In his defense of the need for the concerned authorities to bear the cost of the glasses, Lambert says that "every single diopter lost by the patient leads to an increased risk of future diseases, but if we slow the expansion of myopia, the cost will be less for society."

And when myopia is significant, i.e. exceeding -6 diopters, it leads to an increased risk of recording various damages (retinal detachment, glaucoma, early cataracts...), which may cause patients permanent visual disturbances.

The leader of the Hamas movement, Ismail Radwan , said today, Monday, "The issue of prisoners is on the list of priorities of the resistance, and we will not rest until we get your freedom."

This came during the celebration of the citizens and families of the prisoners in the Gaza Strip, the activities of the Palestinian Prisoner's Day, with the wide participation of the Palestinian factions, human rights institutions and prisoners' institutions.

Radwan warned the occupation of the consequences of continuing its aggression against our heroic prisoners, and we say to him: Your "prisoners" will not gain freedom until our heroic prisoners obtain their freedom.

He stressed that the resistance is capable of forcing this Israeli occupation to respond to its demands regarding the issue of prisoners.

"Radwan" indicated that: "The Palestinian Prisoner's Day coincides with the anniversary of the martyrdom of the lion of resistance - Abdulaziz Al-Rantisi, who carried the burden of this cause and was always striving towards their liberation. for the prisoners, and we are going until we get their freedom.”

US forces targeted at dawn on Monday a leader of the Islamic State in northern Syria who was responsible for planning attacks in the Middle East and Europe, according to what the Central Command of the US Army "Centcom" announced, and it is likely that he was killed.

The commander of the Central Command, Michael Korella, said that the operation, which was launched by his forces by helicopter, resulted in "most likely the death of the target person," and left "two other armed men dead" in the place.

Centcom explained that the targeted senior leader was "responsible for planning terrorist attacks in the Middle East and Europe."

Kurella said in the statement that the extremist organization "is still capable of launching operations in the region and should also strike outside the Middle East."

The operation did not result in the death or injury of any American soldiers or civilians, according to Centcom.

The operation took place, according to an AFP correspondent and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in the village of As-Suwayda, near the border city of Jarabulus, in an area under the control of Syrian factions loyal to Ankara.

The Observatory reported that clashes broke out in the area during the operation, during which the building in which the leader was residing was targeted with two missiles.

Residents of the area and the Syrian Observatory told AFP that the targeted person, who was previously detained by Kurdish fighters, moved to the village of As-Suwayda six months ago. They reported that he was killed and his body was handed over to his brother.

The Observatory stated that the operation also resulted in the killing of two members of the "Suqur al-Shamal" faction during the clashes during the operation, and it also reported the death of another person who was believed to be an escort of the targeted leader.

The faction confirmed the killing of the two members in its ranks, indicating that they were killed while they were inspecting what was happening.

"Many of the organization's former fighters have joined the ranks of pro-Ankara factions" in northern Syria, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Since the announcement of the elimination of the "Islamic Caliphate" in 2019, US forces and the international coalition led by Washington have pursued the organization's leaders. From time to time, raids, raids, or airdrops are launched against suspected members of the organization.

These operations are repeated in areas where the organization's members hide in the province of Deir ez-Zor (east), the areas controlled by the Ankara-loyal factions (north), and in the province of Idlib, which is controlled by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra).

And on April 4, Centcom announced that a senior ISIS leader who was responsible for planning attacks in Europe and Turkey had been killed in an airstrike in Idlib.

The US forces succeeded in liquidating or arresting leaders in several operations, the most prominent of which was the killing of the leaders of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in October 2019, and then Abu Ibrahim Al-Qurashi in February 2022 in Idlib Governorate.

At the end of November, the extremist organization announced the killing of its leader, Abi al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi, in battles whose date was not specified, and it later became clear that they took place in Daraa Governorate in the south in October, in which local fighters participated with the support of the Syrian regime forces.

Despite the strikes targeting its leaders, movements, and locations, the organization is still able to launch attacks and carry out sporadic attacks, especially in eastern and northeastern Syria, and in the vast Syrian desert.

On Sunday, more than 40 people were killed in two separate attacks in the center and east of the country, launched by gunmen believed to belong to the Islamic State.

After 13,981 performances in 35 years, the curtain fell on Broadway , Sunday, on “The Phantom of the Opera”, the oldest musical in the famous New York theater district and one of its symbols, due to the great weakness in the audience’s attendance after the pandemic.

One of the show's strongest moments was the fall of the heavy and majestic opera chandelier for the last time at the Majestic Theater near Times Square, where this musical, adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber from the French novel by Gaston Le Roux, was historically shown.

The play's team, in the presence of its author, was met with standing ovations and long standing ovations when the famous chandelier appeared for the last time in the full hall, which can accommodate about 1,600 spectators, as noted by Agence France-Presse.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, who composed pieces for the coronation celebration of Charles III as King of Britain next May, dedicated this performance to his son, who died in March of cancer. "Thank you all, thank you New York for being such an amazing home for us," he said.

Daniel Wright, 56, who attended the show several times previously, said the latter was "extraordinary".

He admitted to Agence France-Presse that he cried "in many moments", as "it was a perfect show".

He added, "There are reasons why this show has continued for 35 years, as it is a timeless work that has affected many people."

Since the premiere in 1988 in New York of the story of the ghost who lives hidden in the basements of the Paris Opera House and falls in love with the ballerina Christine, the play has achieved revenues amounting to a total value of $ 1.4 billion, meaning that it attracted about 20 million spectators, and about 6,500 people worked in it, Among them are 450 actors, according to the production department. And the play "The Phantom of the Opera" imposed itself on Broadway, with its old costumes and its own orchestra, two years after its launch in London, where it continues to be shown.

In 1988, she won seven theatrical "Tony" awards equivalent to the Oscars in cinema.

However, British producer Cameron Mackintosh noted in an interview with the New York Times in September 2022 that "the world has changed." He explained that the play, which relies on the turnout of foreign tourists, has become, after the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to the closure of Broadway theaters for a period of 18 months, high cost compared to its revenues, as it needs weekly “a little less than 950 thousand net dollars.”
Each show requires about 125 people, including musicians, actors and technicians.

He pointed to a "turning point" represented by "a significant reduction in the number of well-run weeks that make up for lost weeks". And she believed that “there is only one reasonable decision that should be taken at this stage,” at a time when Broadway musicals are attracting audiences, such as “MJ: The Musical” about Michael Jackson.

But Mackintosh asserted, amid final greetings, that the play had been a success.

"In our craziest childhood dreams, we could never have imagined the success of Phantom," he said.

The announcement of stopping the show's performance revived the box office, prompting the move to be postponed from February to April, and some do not rule out announcing a tour of performances. Last tickets this week sold for more than $500 on booking sites.

The Majestic Theater will undergo major restoration and modernization.

From now on, "Chicago" will be the oldest musical in New York, with its premiere dating back to 1996, before "The Lion King".

The 41 Broadway theaters constitute the cultural and tourist lung of New York, as they attract 200,000 viewers and 300,000 per week, and their average weekly revenue exceeds $30 million.

Christina Lewis and her teenage daughter, Sparrow, who love the "Phantom of the Opera," confirmed their willingness to go to London to see the show, although they had already attended it at least 11 times.

"It's sad that the play has stopped, but we are so excited to be watching the last show. We cried so many times during it," said Lois, 36, a nurse.

Lewis and her niece have already demanded the play's return, as have others.

"Let the ghost come back!" said Richard Rodriguez, 38.

Ismail Haniyeh , head of the Hamas political bureau, received on Sunday evening the Secretary General of the National Initiative , Mustafa Barghouti, in the Qatari capital, Doha .

The two sides discussed developments and developments at the political and field levels, especially in the blessed month of Ramadan, and the reflection of the regional and international conditions on the Palestinian cause and the multiple challenges and opportunities available in light of these developments at all levels.

During the meeting, he reviewed the behavior of the occupation and its crimes in the city of Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the assassinations in the occupied West Bank, the settlers' violations and their continuous attacks on citizens, their property and lands, the repercussions of the blockade on the Gaza Strip, and the role of our Palestinian people in confronting these aggressive policies and the racist Israeli government.

They discussed means of joint national action on the basis of confronting this extremist government and its escalating violations and plans against our land, sanctities and rights, and how to achieve field unity, activate the energies and capabilities of our people, enhance their steadfastness and build their strength to confront the occupation and its policies.

The two parties stressed the need to activate the regional and international dimension to confront and isolate the occupation government and show its true face to the world, and to emphasize the failure of the political track and the occupation's denial of the rights of all our people.

Today, Monday, the Israeli Shin Bet announced the arrest of a military cell in the West Bank belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian Quds Force organizations.

According to Hebrew sources, the Shin Bet arrested two young men from the West Bank, Youssef M. and Marcel M., during the last two months, following their communication with Huda M. and Hajj Muhammad R., who belong to the Lebanese Hezbollah.

It claimed that the two agreed to work on smuggling and trafficking in weapons to the West Bank through the use of criminal entities, and they collected information about the occupation's activities in the West Bank and the interior, and recruited others to carry out military operations.

While the sources confirmed, Hezbollah members communicated with the two men through encryption software and private "emails".

Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a citizen from the town of Dura, south of Hebron .

According to local sources, the forces arrested Ahmed Munif Qazaz, after they summoned him for interrogation in the "Etzion" camp, north of Hebron.

On Monday, three planes transported about 100 prisoners who were being held by the coalition supporting the Yemeni government, led by Riyadh, to Yemen, the day after a major prisoner exchange operation that lasted for three days and included about 900 prisoners from both sides of the Yemeni conflict , according to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the coalition on Monday.

Jessica Mossan, media advisor to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told AFP that two planes each transported 48 prisoners from Abha in southern Saudi Arabia to Sanaa, the Yemeni capital under Houthi control, while a third plane transported eight prisoners from Abha to Aden, the temporary seat of the recognized government. internationally.

For his part, the official spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition, Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki announced, "The completion of the exchange of prisoners and detainees by releasing 104 Houthi prisoners from the coalition."

This brings to 973 the number of those released since Friday.

The conflict in Yemen began in 2014, and the Iran-backed Houthis took control of several areas in the country, including Sana'a. The following year, Saudi Arabia intervened at the head of a military coalition, exacerbating a conflict that left hundreds of thousands dead and created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

Al-Maliki said, "The initiative is an extension of previous humanitarian initiatives from the Kingdom related to prisoners."

Musan indicated that the "unilateral" release process that took place on Monday "is outside the negotiations that took place in Switzerland last month," during which the Houthis and the government reached an agreement to exchange about 900 prisoners.

"The ICRC facilitates the transfer and provides logistical support, in addition to carrying out other procedures," such as interviewing former detainees, Musan said.

And she affirmed that the committee "welcomes" the Saudi initiative, saying, "We are pleased to see that humanitarian considerations are being taken into account in order to reunite families," adding that this "will give the detainees' families great relief."

The recent exchange process coincided with diplomatic efforts resulting from the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement, aimed at consolidating a long-term ceasefire and putting the bloody war in the impoverished country on the path to a solution.

Al-Maliki confirmed that today's release also comes to "support efforts aimed at stabilizing the armistice and creating an atmosphere of dialogue between the Yemeni parties to reach a comprehensive and sustainable political solution that ends the Yemeni crisis."

You set foot on the streets of the Egyptian city of Nabruh in the Dakahlia Governorate in the Nile Delta. At first glance, you will imagine that you are in a coastal area, although it does not overlook the sea, due to the smell of salted fish emanating from its many shops, which the Egyptians call "Al Fesikh".

"Nabruh is the castle of Fesikh in Egypt," said Sherif Al-Yamani, 44, the owner of one of the most prominent shops selling Fesikh in Nabroh, to AFP, while opening a wooden barrel covered with paper.

The barrel and a number of other barrels near it contain a quantity of fish.

Al-Yamani continues, "We master this profession, and I have been working in this field for 26 years. I learned it from my late brother, who had more than 40 years of experience in it."

He tells that more than a hundred years ago, there were three or four families who started the craft of salting fish. With the passage of time, a large number of residents became skilled in the craft, and the demand for buying fesikh from Nabaruh, "whether on holidays, seasons, or others, became very good," adding, "We receive customers from all governorates of Egypt."

The ancient Egyptians knew Fesikh more than four thousand years ago, according to the prominent Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, who confirmed in statements in the past that the center of Fesikh or salted fish for the Pharaohs was in Esna in the south of the country.

"In our archaeological discoveries, we uncovered traces proving that the ancient Egyptians salted fish to extend its edibility and for workers to eat it while building the pyramids," Hawass said.

Al-Yamani says that the demand for buying fesikh was high in the week preceding the month of Ramadan, indicating that fasting people fear feeling thirsty if they eat fesikh during the month. After fasting, "everyone is anxious about it."

Al-Yamani attributes the reasons for the popularity of al-Fesikh in Nabaruh to "cleanliness and salting.. We leave al-Fesikh as it is, we only use salt and water with fish."

In other governorates, the producers or sellers of al-fesikh may resort to adding some spices during the salting process, according to al-Yamani, who says that he is keen on respecting the desire of customers who, according to him, tend to prefer the original taste.

In the place, workers are active in rowing the fish one above the other in a specific way after filtering it from the water inside wooden barrels, and they sprinkle coarse salt between the layers of fish, down to the last layer in the barrel. Then they put a plastic bag on the face, and a quantity of salt on top of it to protect it from anything leaking into it.

Some people can't stand the strong smell of fish in the place, but many enjoy eating its meat. Thus, salted mullet or fesikh remains one of the most controversial meals and foods in Egypt.

Karim Abdel-Gawad, a customer of Al-Yamani shop, told AFP, after he bought a quantity of fesikh for him and his family, "I drive my car from the Gharbia governorate to buy fesikh from Nabaruh ... it has a different taste," adding, "experiments do not work with fesikh.. no." You must buy it from a place you know."

During the spring festivals, which are the seasons in which Egyptians eat this meal the most, cases of food poisoning are sometimes attributed to Fesikh.
But Al-Yamani says, "Al-Fisikh is innocent of what is rumored about him, so the way the seller deals with him is the decisive point."

There are certain standards for the preparation of fesikh, it should not be salted while it is still wet, just as there is a certain amount of salt that must be used, to avoid causing poisoning.

Fesikh was affected by the wave of high prices in Egypt. Al-Yamani says, "We did not imagine that we would sell at these prices in Nabroh, but the demand for Al-Fusikh was not affected," he said.

The price of this fish currently ranges between 220 and 240 pounds (about 7 to 8 dollars), per kilogram of large size.

From Cairo, Muhyiddin Abd al-Warith, a police officer, came to Nabrouh to buy fish, and he says that the city is "the source of al-Fassikh," indicating that he is visiting it for the first time, but in the past he used to ask his relatives to buy fish from the place, which is about 150 kilometers away. of the Egyptian capital.

Today, Monday, the citizens revived the activities of the Palestinian Prisoner's Day , in the various governorates of the West Bank .

Citizens gathered in the city centers in response to the call of the national and Islamic forces and the institutions and activities of the prisoners, with the participation of the families of the prisoners and the freed prisoners, to commemorate this memory, then marches were launched that roamed the streets of the main cities.

The participants raised Palestinian flags, pictures of the prisoners, and banners emphasizing the freedom of the prisoners, amid cheers for the prisoners and patriotic songs emphasizing their freedom and showing their suffering.

The deputy head of the Fatah movement, Mahmoud Al-Aloul , said in a speech during a stand in the city of Ramallah, "Every day is a day for the prisoner, but this day came to remind the world of the prisoners' suffering and sacrifices, which are never equaled. forget them.”

Al-Aloul recalled the prisoners, their leaders, child prisoners, female prisoners , and sick prisoners, and said: "We entrusted the prisoners to keep working for their war and the freedom of our people in full and undiminished."

Al-Aloul stressed that the prisoners, with their unity, thwarted the policies of the Israeli occupation government, headed by Itamar Ben Gvir , which targets the prisoners with racist procedures and laws.

Yesterday evening, Sunday, the forces and events lit the flame of freedom in front of the square of the Baladna Cultural Center in the city of Al-Bireh.

Marches and events took place this afternoon, at Al-Manara Circle in Ramallah, at Ibn Rushd Circle in the center of Hebron, and in Martyr Yasser Arafat Square in front of Jenin Governorate, while an event was organized in front of the Red Cross office in Jericho, and another in front of Martyr Abu Ali Iyad Square in The city of Qalqilya, in addition to an activity at Bidya High School for Boys in Salfit.

Other activities will be held this evening, in front of Gamal Abdel Nasser Square in the center of Tulkarm, in the Bab Al-Zaqaq area in the center of Bethlehem, in front of the Martyrs' Square in the city of Nablus, and in front of the Martyrs' Circle in Tubas.

The European Union , France and Spain provided 26.3 million euros to pay social allowances through the National Cash Transfer Program for the benefit of 106,596 vulnerable Palestinian families.

“Social protection is a priority and a basic human right that must be preserved and protected by governments around the world,” said EU Deputy Representative Maria Velasco.

She added that the special social protection system, which includes the cash transfer program to support the poorest and most vulnerable, is currently facing unprecedented challenges due to the chronic financial crisis of the Palestinian Authority.

She pointed out that this contribution, co-financed by Spain and France, confirms once again our common European commitment to the Palestinian people, while we continue to call for the regular and continuous disbursement of social allocations through this program.

In turn, the head of the French Cooperation, Guillaume Robert, said: “In these difficult times, France is proud to support the Palestinian government in meeting the needs of its population, through social allowances for the most vulnerable groups. With the help of our contribution, many poor and vulnerable Palestinian families will receive much-needed support from the Ministry Social Development This support is essential to help reduce poverty and alleviate the social and economic crisis in Palestine.”

For his part, Head of Spanish Cooperation Ventura Rodríguez García said, "For many years, Spain has been providing reliable and predictable support to the Palestinian government, in order to provide basic public services to the Palestinian population, and to play its role and contribute to the reduction of multidimensional poverty.

Our support this year is focused on "fulfilling the urgent needs of the most vulnerable families identified by the Ministry of Social Development to receive social assistance."

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, Head of the Supreme Ifta Council, Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein , called on citizens to observe the crescent of the month of Shawwal , after sunset on Thursday, Ramadan 29, 1444 AH, corresponding to April 20, 2023 CE.

The Grand Mufti urged everyone who sees the crescent to review the Palestinian Dar Al Iftaa office located in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, or the nearest fatwa department to his area, to testify, with the possibility of contacting one of the following numbers:

02-6260042, 02-6260102, Fax: 02- 6262495, Mobile: 0599-111984, Mobile: 050-5-748584

He noted that at least two good witnesses are required to prove sighting of the Shawwal crescent, because it is a departure from the worship of fasting.

Today, Monday, the captive movement affirmed that the real revival of the Palestinian Prisoner's Day and its fulfillment is represented in the practical and real pursuit of liberating the prisoners from the occupation prisons , and achieving our freedom is a duty for all the sons of this living cause, and we expect actions, not words, from you.

The movement said in a statement, on the occasion of the Prisoner’s Day, “The Prisoner’s Day is not just deaf pictures and loud slogans, but rather a day for sounding the alarm that our bleeding has not stopped. To seek to rescue 4,900 prisoners from prisons, including 31 women, 160 children, and more than 1,000 administrative detainees, including hundreds of patients and the elderly.

She added, "The prisoner is one of the symbols of our living cause, and he remained - and still is - representing the living, patient, patient pillar of this cause, despite the fierce war waged by the occupation against him and its failed attempts to detach him from his cause and cast him into oblivion."

And she continued: "The basic role of the prisoner is to defend his sanctities, on top of which is the place of the Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace -, for which he gave years of his life, and this role will continue and will not stop until the completion of the comprehensive liberation of the prisoners and the prisoners, and we will remain The staunch freedom fighters to defend our just causes, until the end of the occupation and its expulsion from all of Palestine.

The captive movement indicated that the Israeli occupation sought and continues to seek permanent aggression against the prisoners and captives, and with the grace of God Almighty, the prisoners succeeded with their steadfastness and patience and the support of our people in repelling the aggression, and our valiant resistance and the leadership of our people were able to curb the aggression of the occupation against the prisoners.

She emphasized that the prisoners’ message to all segments of our people is that the issue of the inclusive prisoners and their unity that they established inside the prisons in the face of the jailer requires all Palestinians to end the division and confront the occupation united in all arenas. Necessity precedes the inevitability of national unity.

A Moscow court on Monday sentenced dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison after convicting him of several charges, including "high treason", in the context of the repression practiced in Russia since the start of the invasion of Ukraine .

Kara-Murza, who was close to the prominent dissident Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated in 2015, was one of the last Kremlin critics who were not imprisoned or exiled abroad.

After a closed-door trial, the court announced that it had convicted Kara-Murza of "high treason", spreading "false information" about the Russian army and illegal work for an "unwanted" organisation, according to an AFP journalist.

As a result, he was sentenced to 25 years in a prison complex whose regime is harsh.

Russian news agencies quoted his lawyer, Maria Eismont, as saying that Kara-Murza will appeal the verdict, denouncing "gross violations of procedure" during the trial.

Firefighting teams said Monday that they had brought under control over the past night a fire that destroyed 930 hectares on Sunday in southwestern France , on the border with Spain .

"It was brought under control at around 02:00 (0000 GMT) after destroying 930 hectares," a spokesman for the fire department in the Pyrenees-Oriental department told AFP.

And he indicated in a tweet that French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanan would visit the site of the fire "to assess the situation and provide support to the 500 fire and rescue personnel who rushed to the site to put out the fire and the residents of the area who were severely affected."

The fire broke out on Sunday morning between the communes of Cerbier and Banyols-sur-Mer, and up to 540 firefighters were deployed to try to put it out.

This is the largest fire recorded so far in France during the year 2023, and it broke out in a part of the country that suffers from a great lack of precipitation and dry soil.

An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced 10 military personnel to prison terms over the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane near Tehran in January 2020, according to the Judicial Authority News Agency.

The most prominent defendant, the head of the air defense unit, was sentenced to ten years in prison for acting contrary to directives issued by the command.

Kamal Nine other soldiers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one year to three years, according to Mizan Online Agency.

The agency reported that the official of the "Tor M-1" air defense unit "fired two missiles" at the plane "against orders from the command center and without obtaining permission and in violation of directives."

The names of any of the convicts were not mentioned, but they include four members of the air defense unit, the commander of an air defense base, and an officer at the control center. Convicts can appeal the verdicts, according to the same source.

For its part, the Victims' Families Association said on Twitter that it "does not recognize the courts of the Islamic regime," and added, "We demand an impartial international court to look into this crime. We aspire for fair trials in a free Iran."

Three days after the tragedy, the Iranian armed forces admitted that they had "accidentally" shot down the plane bound for Kiev.

Tensions between Iran and the United States were running high at the time of the incident.

At the time, Iran's air defenses were put on high alert in anticipation of an American attack, after Tehran fired missiles at a military base in Iraq that was used by American forces.

The missile launches came in response to the assassination of the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, by an American drone near Baghdad Airport.

All 176 passengers on board were killed in the downing of the plane in 2020, most of them Iranians and Canadians, and many of them hold the nationalities of the two countries.

Also, 11 Ukrainian citizens died in the accident.

In November 2021, the Iranian judiciary announced the start of the trial of the ten military personnel in Tehran against the background of the downing of the plane.

At the time, he indicated that "103 people filed a complaint with the Public Prosecution," demanding "an impartial investigation ... to identify those responsible and prosecute them."

In January of last year, Iran announced that it had started paying compensation to the families of those killed.

The deputy head of Iran's Civil Aviation Authority, Arash Khodaei, said that "the amount of $150,000" has been transferred to some families of the victims, while "the process" of compensation for other families has begun.

The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted him as saying that the payment "does not violate their right to take legal action".
In 2020, Iran offered to pay "150,000 dollars or its equivalent in euros" to each of the victims' families.

At the time, Ukrainian and Canadian officials sharply criticized the ad, saying that compensation should not be settled through unilateral declarations.

A Canadian court ruled to pay more than $80 million in compensation to the families of six of the victims, in a decision revealed in January 2022.

That same month, an Iranian couple sued three senior Iranian officials over the deaths of their children in the incident, an Iranian newspaper reported at the time.

A group of countries, led by Canada, called in December for arbitration to settle claims against Iran, a first step that could lead to a case being taken to the International Court of Justice, a move families of victims have long called for.

The lawyer for the Affairs of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners, Hanan Al-Khatib, conveyed, after her visit to the female prisoners languishing in Damon Prison , a message on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, which falls on April 17 of each year.

Here is the text of the message:

"On Prisoner's Day, we wish freedom for all prisoners, and that there will be a serious stand for the sake of male and female prisoners, and that we wrest freedom because it is our right, as the right is taken and not given."

"We call on all leaders and factions to take action and to make the prisoners' file a top priority."

"We do not want to take action for the sake of the prisoners on a special occasion. We ask that there be constant concern for us, our families and our families, and that there be an intention to release us. Our cause is just and we are tired of slogans."

The prisoner, Yasmine Shaaban, devoted these words to all the female prisoners, in commemoration of the day:

On the day of the prisoner, we will write stories and anecdotes, we will write a history written by the years of life and written by the will of a people who sacrificed the most precious thing they possessed their freedom, we will write a story called Palestine, about the love of a land that refuses to rise up with everything in it, we will write about a father, a brother and a mother, we will write about the sons and daughters of the homeland, About the martyrs of the families who died in the cemetery of honor and dignity without farewell and without family, they died with the hope of a near future to dominate the epic of freedom, we will write about judgments told with imaginary stories, we will write about the women of history who stood firm against the occupier and made from their cells houses of honor and generosity, defying their will and proving to the whole world that they are They are not numbers that can be counted, but they are a revolution that leads a nation to find lost freedom in the depths of prisons. We will write about the cubs of Palestine who grew up before their time and carried on themselves a message of honor and dignity to reach the whole world, to say we are here and this is our land, and what was taken from us by force will be taken back by force. We will write about The epics of captivity, about a revolution made by the heroes of families, about sacrifices written with water and salt, to snatch their right to stay despite the usurper’s nose, we will write about a sun lost behind prison fences and walls, about a night without moon and stars, about trees, about planting, about the soil of the homeland, about details We miss her, but she is imprisoned in our hearts like our imprisoned bodies. We will write about longing, about love for the streets and alleys of our lanes that are lost in our memories. We will write about the smell of bread and coffee. We will write and write and write until the pen dries up. Freedom rises up, full of hope for a soon meeting, as my son Ibrahim said, “Palestine will be settled.” For your sake, O Palestine, a thousand times over.

American pharmaceutical giant Merck announced Sunday that it has acquired Prometheus Biosciences for $10.8 billion to boost its production of immunosuppressive drugs .

Merck said in a statement that the two companies "concluded a definitive transaction under which Merck agreed, through its subsidiary, to acquire Prometheus for $200 cash per share, for a total value of $10.8 billion."

California-based Prometheus closed at $114.01 a share on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.

The company is developing therapies for immune diseases, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, or inflammatory bowel disease.

"The agreement with Prometheus will accelerate our growing presence in the field of immunology, where there are still significant unmet needs for patients," said Robert Davis, Chairman and CEO of Merck, according to the statement.

He added that the deal diversifies Merck's portfolio and helps propel its "growth well into the next decade."

Merck's financial results were better-than-expected in the fourth quarter of 2022, thanks in part to strong cancer drug sales, and despite lower demand for the anti-COVID treatment molnopiravir.

From September to December, the company, known as MSD, had sales outside the United States and Canada of $13.8 billion, up 2 percent year-on-year.

At least four people were killed and more than 20, most of them teenagers, injured Saturday night in a shooting at a birthday party in the US state of Alabama , police said, in the latest mass killing in the United States.

According to local reports, the shooting took place at a 16-year-old's birthday party at a discotheque in Didville, northeast of Montgomery, the Alabama state capital.

"Tragically four people were killed in this incident and there are many injuries," Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman Sergeant Jeremy Burkett told reporters Sunday.

Burkett later determined that 28 people had been injured, some critically, and urged anyone with information about the crime to come forward.

Annette Allan said her grandson, Phil Dowdle, was one of the victims. Phil, a senior in high school, attended his sister Alexis' birthday party on Saturday.

"He was a very humble child. He didn't bother anyone. The smile was always on his face," Alan said in an interview with a local newspaper, noting that Dowdel's mother was also injured.

"Everyone is sad," she continued.

President Joe Biden said in a statement that the nation is once again in mourning over the killing of young Americans as a result of gun violence.

Biden, who has long sought to tighten gun restrictions, asked, "How far has our nation come when children can't attend a birthday party without fear?"

He added, "Arms are the main cause of death for children in America, and the numbers are increasing, not declining," stressing, "This is intolerable and unacceptable."

Lake Martin Hospital, close to the site of the shooting, has received 15 gunshot wounds, most of them teenagers, Heidi Smith, an official at Ivy Creek, the company that runs the rural health facility, told AFP.

Smith added that six of the injured were discharged from the hospital and nine were transferred to hospitals with higher capacities, noting that five of them are in critical condition.

More than 12 hours after the tragedy, neither Burkett nor other officials have provided any details about who and what motivated the shooting, or whether the suspect has been arrested.

"We can't share anything else at this time," the sergeant said, adding only that the incident was "related to a birthday party."

Didville Police Chief Jonathan Floyd described the town as "a tight-knit community full of wonderful people."

Alabama police did not give any additional details, but said they had opened an investigation in partnership with the Deadville police and federal agencies, including the FBI.

And the station, "WRP-IL," reported on Sunday about a heavy police movement on Saturday night and cordoning off a building in Didville with crime scene tape, noting that white sheets covered parts of the site.

State leaders took to Twitter Sunday to express their grief, offer prayers for the victims, and denounce the violence, but provided no details of what happened.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey wrote on Twitter, "This morning, I am as sad as the people of Deadville and the people of Alabama," adding, "Violent crime has no place in our state."

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tubervilla called the shooting "heartbreaking."

The United States, with a population of 330 million, has 400 million firearms, and witnesses frequent bloody mass shootings.

The recent shooting in Didville coincided with the 16th anniversary of the Virginia Tech school shooting in 2007, which is the deadliest in American school history, killing 32 people.

In a separate incident, police confirmed late Saturday that two people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting in Louisville, Kentucky, which last week witnessed a shooting attack at a bank that killed five people.

The Gun Violence Archive has counted 163 mass shootings in the United States so far this year. The non-profit organization defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are killed, either injured or dead, excluding the shooter.

Efforts to tighten gun controls are opposed by Republicans who are staunch defenders of the constitutional right to bear arms.

A third of Americans own at least one gun, and nearly half of all adults live in a household with a gun.

Between its advantages and disadvantages, there is debate about the importance of new technology that introduced a new digital globalization that would make the whole world smaller than a small village, and that technology is bringing people closer on their occasions, but it threatens their privacy, amidst many questions being raised about whether the virtual congratulations on the holidays are through The technology system is a substitute for congratulations on the ground.

Digital marketing expert Sedqi Abu Duhair told Al-Quds.com: “The digital globalization that brought the world closer to us is less than a drop of water, and the ability of this digital development made us belong to this system by our will. The need that these digital platforms provided us with made us part of its composition.” internally, and we would be an integrated element that would not work without us as users, and we would not have the access and information that we would have without the available applications.”

Abu Duhair added, "Eid Al-Fitr will come to us again, and we will use communication platforms, publish congratulations, comment with friends, and comment with them, and we will use stickers (emojis) a lot on all platforms, regardless of their different policies. Virtual digital congratulations with neighbors, friends, relatives, and family has become inevitable." And those digital congratulations became like real congratulations, but rather became more accessible and faster than the reality itself!

Abu Duhair confirms that "the effort spent in writing a congratulation (Happy New Year) to every virtual friend on the platforms, whether on Rails or in the story, on a post is insignificant, and it is a great and tiring matter, to the extent that we may tell each other (I congratulated all my friends on Facebook ))”, pointing out that this reality exists now and there is no way to change this virtual reality, even if it is courtesy or as some claim hypocrisy or digital words that do not carry real feelings.

According to Abu Duhair, “Because of this system, the family no longer has a special concern, whether it is congratulating the holidays, celebrating a birthday, celebrating a new baby, or even a long-awaited academic achievement and other occasions. We no longer have a personal matter at all, and we are not entitled to celebrate alone.” ".

Abu Duhair confirms that it is no longer difficult now to reach a friend or relative on the other side of the planet, to send congratulations and share joy with him, to live the atmosphere of Ramadan advent, and perhaps the approaching Eid al-Fitr, as long as he uses social media platforms that will create the pleasure of interaction of all kinds.

Technology, according to Abu Duhair, was able, through these digital platforms, to reduce the congratulations to the “emoji” sticker, to be sufficient to convey interest and beautiful feelings, “as one of the characteristics of this amazing development is to revive you and persuade you to put a publication bearing your personal picture with a simple text carrying the most beautiful phrases of congratulations for being responsible for A digital community called (friends) on your platform, and they are waiting to congratulate you.

Abu Duhair indicates that you may be fortunate to have an audio message (podcast) in which your name is mentioned in person, to hear expressions of congratulations and blessings, tones of love and feelings that reflect the interest of the person sending.
Abu Duhair does not see that social media platforms provide isolation, eradicate humanity, or make us lose our true nature. Rather, he sees them as a positive thing as a tool and means that carry the same real feelings, and be as in the virtual world, but differ and vary in the degree of transmission of feelings from one person to another.

With regard to the negative aspects of congratulations on occasions and holidays on social networking sites virtually, Abu Duhair says: "All that is in the matter is that we misused the correct use of social media platforms, for which it was created, but we failed in our dealings with real life, and the features of love gradually disappeared, and real communication decreased, and it increased." Practical burdens and social glamor, and we found our way in the virtual world, so digital congratulations have a presence, roots, authenticity, and more desire, because they give me an impression of the large number of lovers and admirers.

Abu Duhair affirms by saying: “I fully believe that these platforms were made for a good purpose, and I believe that it can be benefited financially and morally from them, and I am completely certain that their presence in our daily lives is a good thing, as they have now begun to influence decision-making in the political world, as Biden intends.” He did it by gathering influencers in America to contribute to his second electoral round, and it has a major role on the economic side, and in the existence of digital trade.
Abu Duhair continues, "Even on the media side, the major Western and Arab media and global news machines cannot continue without social media platforms, so it is good for us to stay in touch, even with digital congratulations."

Today, Monday, the Israeli Navy arrested 4 fishermen off the Rafah Sea, in the southern Gaza Strip .

According to the fishermen's committees in Gaza, "Hasaktine" was confiscated for hunting.

On a daily basis, the Israeli Navy deliberately makes life difficult for fishermen in the Gaza Sea and prevents them from practicing the fishing profession.

The Palestinian community team won the title of the Arab Football Championship, by defeating the brotherly Algerian community team in the final match with a single goal in the tournament that took place in Hungary .

Sixteen teams from the Arab communities in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, participated in the championship, and the Moroccan community came third.

The Dean of the Arab Diplomatic Corps, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco, Karima Kabaj, congratulated the Palestine team for winning the championship title, and thanked the Embassy of the State of Palestine for the good management and organization, as Palestine headed the organizing committee for the championship.

At the end of the tournament, the Embassy of the State of Palestine, represented by Ambassador Fadi Al-Husseini, was honored for managing the tournament, and both the Saudi and Qatari embassies for their role in supporting this tournament.

It seems that the Saudi movement on the Arab and Islamic level is no longer limited to what we have seen and are witnessing in terms of contacts and meetings to unify the Arab and Islamic ranks and end conflicts and differences before the Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, in addition to working on the independence of the Arab countries from the American dependence that contributed to the internal Arab wars and the sabotage of the situation. In several Arab countries, in addition to the looting of Arab wealth, especially the oil wealth, under various unfounded allegations.

Rather, the Saudi movement towards future prospects and the development of the Arab situation exceeded that to the Palestinian arena, which has been divided for about 16 years. On its strength, as if this force can resolve this conflict, which is faced with an iron will by the Palestinian people, who are confronted with an awl, as well as the Palestinian weakness as a result of this division.

For Saudi Arabia to invite a delegation from Hamas to it and at the highest levels after a rupture that lasted for several years, as well as to invite President Mahmoud Abbas at the same time to visit it. brute.

Although we expect that the two calls by Saudi Arabia, which come at the same time and today, that they will be to restore Saudi Arabia’s mediation to resolve the division and restore cohesion to the Palestinian arena that has drained the people and the struggle that has become individual by young men who have overcome the differences of organizations, especially the dispute between Fatah and Hamas, which led to what we are in. difficult situation on all fronts.

Our hope is great in Saudi Arabia this time to force the two sides to achieve reconciliation and restore national unity, which is the only way to achieve victories and restore respect for the Palestinian cause.

In view of what Saudi Arabia is doing to unify the Arab arenas on the basis of facing challenges and catching up with developments in the world, which confirm that American hegemony over the world is on its way to disappearing and that there will be an international order based on truth, justice, peace and the exchange of common interests.

Will Fatah and Hamas respond this time to the Saudi efforts and keep pace with the developments taking place in the world, or is the world around us on its way to change, including the Arab and Islamic world, and we remain as we are, which will destroy all the achievements that have been achieved through the struggles and sacrifices of our people?

History will not be merciful to those who do not respond to the call for unity, which has become more than urgent and necessary. Rather, it is an individual duty imposed on every Arab and Muslim.

from under the arches of blood; From Jenin and Nablus to Jerusalem and Gaza, and throughout the homeland, and under the sky of the holy month, and on the day of the captive movement, which made freedom free, which is one of the names of Palestine, the day of the captive movement shines from the country’s sun and mountains, the face of the ears, the wheat of the prairies and the mud of the fields. The prison sculpted her stature, and songs of hope and the impossible came, after her soul sent a placenta that pregnant women dried on the rock of the valley, and after she spread it on the ropes of the night in the lonely cells.

This movement weaned her grief before crying, and turned it into fists that pounded the night, and she remained with the village circle surrounded by calls, despite the siege, their violence and abuse.

The tender veins of Heaven and Hell were not removed from the garment of their story, and the gold of their veins was the ringing of the bells of vigilance and prayer.

It is a sword of flesh, and a storm lurking in the steps of ascending to the cloud, and it distributes lightning over the fields.

The captive, purifying, unified movement, which sprinkled the dust of the squares with cherries, is the spark of the fire that it lit from its boxes, and the embers besieging it with starvation, restrictions, isolation, terrorism, threats, and gas that liquefies shame. And the wind is the fragrance of her dark shirts, tanned with the blood of clashes.

If it screams, the forests rise behind it, to be a witness to the spring and the coming weddings, to the will of the free despite the walls, and to the march of the returnees to their first land, from the camps, the fuel of the revolution and the witness of proof of the inalienable right.

Perhaps the captive movement was the first to transcend the categories of suspicious division, the vocabulary of self-searching, and all that the delusional people suggested for disagreement and disagreement. She is returning from confrontation to the castle.. all the way to salvation and breaking down the heavy doors filled with mad bullets and dogs.

Far from fissures, factional color, and conflict of flags, Palestine is the vocabulary of the captive movement, which clings like a raging fire to its conscience, or like a winter daffodil in its heart.

The captive movement is our mountain, which extends from Carmel to Eibal and Al-Asur to Hebron, the Negev and Rafah. These are the names of the fedayeen whose bright steps we traced when they came from the refugee camps.

It faced severe strategic injustice, so it provided martyrs and weeks of hunger and thirst as salt for the wounds of the sun, and broke the brutal darkness and the surrounding woe, and remained under the lamp of its national umbrella, which sponsored all diligence and the diversity of intellectual and political visions, with elegance, sanctity and poise.

And soon we will see the eagles of prisoners breeding in bags and eras, models that participated, in their years of life, in liberating the country and the people, but they need continuous care and to strengthen the deep meaning of unity, and to propose all possible forms to support campaigns for their release, and work to preserve their achievements, to see the prisoners included in The stairs of the coming free time, because they fought on a non-oppressive front, starting with the front of occupation and ending with the front of survival, resistance, resistance to alienation, eradication of awareness and humiliation.

She is pure, healthy, and sincere, who has not been cursed by seductive politics, and has not been embraced by ghosts in her black cloaks shrouded in the abyss of obscurity.

It is an unusual phenomenon to the extent of a renewed legend.

Perhaps this day, the day of the prisoner, is obsessed with creating a more coherent front to support these brave men, women and children, until the pomegranate lights up, the day of their freedom weddings, and they sleep on a pillow of contentment and completeness, so that they dream of wedding, meeting and innocence.

The captive movement has not changed, to the extent that politics and variables forced it on compulsory paths, or led it to paths that need responsible revisions, but we still derive from it the morale and the vocabulary of unified, serious work for God and the country. She is the one who strokes the tired strands, and she is the exhausted and dead one, and remains surrounding them with the shadows of returning to the first womb of hope, longing for the first image that will soon be realized.

They threw poison in its well and its water, so it referred it to Zamzam and Salsabil.

And she is the confident one who is acquitted of hatred.

The occupation was not only unable to kill her or empty her.. but with her blood and tears she lit up the scene in all its aspects, and "victory is the ally of the civilized."

I paused in front of pleasant, harsh, and quick memories with her, and cleared our days within her difficult biography, so I realized that she had white pages in the book of her good Palestinian family.

We bow to the captive movement because it is the mother of freedom, and because it is the daughter of honor, the queen of its honorable brothers, and the fortress that no one conquered.

And I do not say to the prisoners except that you are greater than death.

And I say thank you because you were and still are among us, and thank you for this land on which we stand, or sit with you on its rugs.
And congratulations to you, glory until salvation, O names of the returning countries.

A good initiative, and an important gathering, called for by Saudi Arabia on April 14, 2023. It included the foreign ministers of 9 Arab countries: the six Arab Gulf countries, along with Egypt, Iraq and Jordan.

The achievement, however modest it seemed, was that it did not reach a final decision to return Syria to its position in the Arab League, as it was, and as it should be, but the meeting laid the groundwork and laid the necessary premises towards understanding, to make the Syrian issue alive in the interest of the majority of Arab countries, and to end The state of estrangement with it, and the abolition of the slogans of overthrowing, changing or replacing the regime, so that the regime is the legal characteristic that qualifies and the binding address, and ending betting on other military or civilian opposition parties, to be an alternative to the regime.

It is no longer a secret that the Israeli colony and the American administration, through its various channels and security, intelligence and military tools, were behind the decisions to destroy Iraq, Syria, Libya and others in service of the colony’s goal to be the only force in controlling the Arab situation, along with three surrounding parties, Turkey, Iran and Ethiopia, which have direct influence and attempts to intervene. affairs of neighboring Arab countries.

The Saudi Arabian initiative bears the characteristic of retreating from all policies that were consistent with American visions and positions, and bears the characteristic of independence and respect for the national and national interests of our countries, our peoples, and our nationalism.

The meeting does not mean rejecting the point of view of each party, but it seeks to establish common denominators between the various parties, relying on dialogue and discussion on contentious issues, highlighting the common towards them, and giving more opportunities, dialogue and discussion to reach agreed conclusions.

The Syrian issue was a priority, and it is the main motive for the meeting in order to:

1- Direct Arab-Syrian involvement with the aim of reaching a political solution to the Syrian crisis, preserving Syria's unity, cohesion, and sovereignty, restoring its security, stability, and role, creating conditions for the voluntary return of refugees, and ridding it of terrorism.

2- Resolving the humanitarian crisis and providing the appropriate environment for aid to reach all Syrian regions.

3- Cooperation in combating terrorism in all its forms and organizations, combating drug smuggling and trafficking, ending the presence of armed militias, and foreign interference in Syrian internal affairs.

4- Continued consultation and coordination between the parties to agree on work mechanisms and next steps, in order to complete what has been done, and launch an Arab leadership role in efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis.

The Palestinian cause and its consequences were present, and the important acknowledgment of the centrality of the Palestinian cause and its priorities, especially after a series of crimes and transgressions and abuse by the colony and its tools on the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the prevention of Muslim and Christian worshipers from practicing their rights and rituals in the month of Ramadan for Muslims, and the celebrations of Christians with their feasts and their vigils on Good Friday Bright Saturday and Easter Sunday.

A cumulative Arab position that deserves respect, and the need to continue its gradual steps and successful endings in service of the nation’s issues, at the forefront of which are Palestine and Syria, and all issues of attrition as a result of inter-Arab wars and their cessation.

More than 20 years have passed, and the memory is still hard to forget. When the tanks of the occupation and its special teams invaded the streets of Ramallah, they left martyrs, wounded, and destruction in the city's alleys. The whistling of bullets and monitoring planes are chasing the bodies of the remaining fighters defending the city, and after the treacherous control by virtue of brute force, some fighters searched for shelter and a safe place, as the enemy did not leave a place except to sow death and destruction.

Two resistance fighters are trying to hide from the pursuit of Hulagu's soldiers, the new era "Sharon". Shivering from cold, fatigue, and hunger, from morning till evening they were in the center of the country, resisting the savage incursion. There was no one left in the streets after the city was occupied, and there was no way out except for Ain Musbah and its valley, which separates it from the center of the country by hundreds of meters. From Ramallah Al-Tahta to Al-Muttal, towards the old houses in Ain Musbah, the two fighters arrive completely as the occupation soldiers and vehicles tighten the cordon on the place. Shooting, successive explosions. Military vehicles pass by wherever they stop. Soldiers shout when they storm homes in search of wanted persons. The two fighters are hanging out in an alley, and next to them are hundreds of soldiers, ready to shoot everything that moves. humans. Trees. animals.

Karma is sitting on her balcony, watching in amazement at this scene. She gives a signal with her hand to one of the fighters. Don't move. The soldiers are right above the wall. The fighter's eyes were tired. What do we do? Karma said wait a bit. I will let you into my house, and if they come, we are all students at Birzeit. The fighter said, "We have a weapon." Kerma returned to bury him under the tree. Hours of anxiety and pressure, until the density of the occupation army in the place decreased. Karma examined a safe way to the Muqata'a, and succeeded in securing their way until they arrived, and she returned smiling.

Karma lives in a small apartment, located on the ground floor. In front of it is a garden of flowers and trees, distinguished by a valley, and a narrow path. Karma may wonder about the fate of the woman she saved due to her inherited courage from a father who struggled in exile, and after returning to the occupied homeland. It is confirmed that she does not know that one of the fighters is married and has two children. He was arrested near her home after months, spent nearly two decades in captivity, and went out to find his children at Karma, the former Birzeit University. It is certain that Karma also does not know that the second fighter got married while he was being chased, and had two children like his companion, then he was also arrested, and he has been a prisoner for two decades, and during his arrest his children grew up, as the daughter is studying in a college, and the youngest is in the third grade at Al-Ahed School. To life with a smuggled sperm, he became an ambassador of freedom. A few years later, he will be released and returned to his patient wife and children.

How difficult were those years. It contains the memory of death, the pain, the hope, the anxious expectation, and the determination to work for tomorrow. Despite the hardships and circumstances of exception, love remains victorious over obstacles.

What happened to Karma now?! Did you know that Courage of a Moment granted life to several individuals? In my country, between hour and hour, things change.

The world is witnessing many events that need analysis and interpretation for the public to understand, but the global media system does not provide the knowledge that can help people face the dangers that threaten the existence of humanity and warn that the conflict in the world is heading to a new stage.

One of the most important indications of the events is that the global conflict is getting more and more complex, so the media needs to develop its functions and achieve justice in presenting opinions and positions. The Western media’s bias towards Israel has led to ignorance and misleading the masses, falsifying their awareness, and not forming a global public opinion that could protect the world from a total explosion.

Bias for Israel has been linked to bias against Muslims and not giving them the opportunity to clarify their positions, vision, and version of events, and this constitutes a general injustice to them, and at the same time leads to misleading the masses and diminishing their ability to fight against the forces that want to ignite wars and destroy humanity, and what we are witnessing during the past days demonstrates the need The world needs to build a new global media system that provides knowledge to the masses, protects them from ignorance and misinformation, and achieves justice for all, and this can protect the world from turning conflict into an all-out war.

Why is the conflict over Jerusalem?
The media did not try to explain the events to the public or to provide an answer to important questions: Why does the conflict revolve around Al-Aqsa Mosque? And why do right-wing extremists in Israel insist on slaughtering sacrifices inside it, while defenseless Palestinian Muslims sacrifice their lives in defense of it? What does the slaughter of offerings mean?

There is a clash between two visions that cannot be reconciled, so an all-out war will ignite because of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the arrival of the extreme right, led by Ben Gvir, to power in Israel is a prelude to an explosion that cannot be avoided unless the world possesses wisdom and a global public opinion is formed that confronts the Israeli plans and forces the Israeli government to Curb the extremists who want to slaughter sacrifices inside the mosque as a beginning to establish the Temple of Solomon on its ruins according to their religious vision and to realize their dream that their state was established to achieve.

This vision is embraced by all Zionists, but in previous years, Israeli governments prevented extremists from attempting to slaughter sacrifices so as not to break out into an all-out war and delay the construction of the Temple.

Now the extreme right-wingers have come to power, and found that the opportunity has come to realize their dream, as the Arab countries submit to them and cannot confront them, and they wish the approval of America, which protects Israel and guarantees its supremacy and control over the region.

Almoravids defend the world
The Palestinians realized the nature and circumstances of the historical stage, so their means of defending Al-Aqsa Mosque was to be present in it, perform i'tikaaf and perform Tarawih prayers, to prevent the extremist Israeli government from allowing the slaughter of sacrifices so that it does not turn into a massacre.

Thus, the Palestinian Almoravids defended humanity as a whole with their bodies, souls, and prayers so that the flames of an all-out war would not explode in the region, and the world must realize the dangers of the Israeli plan to build the temple on the ruins of the mosque. Al-Aqsa during the month of Ramadan, and if the media provided information to the public and revealed the facts, people all over the world would realize that the Al-Mourabitoun, while defending their Al-Aqsa Mosque, were defending humanity's right to life and existence and protecting the world from an all-out war.

The world's respect for the Islamic faith
In order for the world to obtain a comprehensive picture of the events, the media must provide the opportunity for Muslims to present their vision and clarify their faith.

In order for the world to be protected from an all-out war in the region, a global public opinion must be formed that refuses to touch Al-Aqsa Mosque and prevents Israel from carrying out its plan to demolish it, and to stand up to the extremists.

The matter is very dangerous. Demolishing Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to establish the Temple clearly means that millions of Muslims will sacrifice their lives for it, and massacres will occur that no one can imagine because of ignorance of the status of this mosque in the Islamic faith, and the world must possess wisdom and fairness, as everyone on earth has the right to freedom Faith, and certainly this includes Muslims.

Zionist myths in the face of the Islamic faith
If the media opened the way for explaining the Islamic faith, the world would realize the status of Al-Aqsa Mosque in it, and that the attack on this mosque would push events to escalate, and no one would be able to confront the fire that could burn the world.

Muslims believe that the Al-Aqsa Mosque was built by angels during the reign of our father Adam - peace be upon him - 40 years after the construction of the Sacred Mosque, and that God entrusted his prophets with the care and protection of this mosque, including Solomon - upon him be peace - who did not build a structure but preserved Al-Aqsa Mosque and worshiped God is in it.

Solomon - upon him be peace - is a prophet who worships God and cannot build a structure in the first place, so accusing him of building a structure constitutes an insult to him, and Muslims refuse to offend the prophets of God, and Muslims are the ones who know the stories of the prophets, and they are the trustees of these stories that God honored them with their knowledge in the Holy Qur’an or came In the hadith of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace.

Whoever wants to know the true stories of the prophets of God, Muslims can provide him with the knowledge that came in the Holy Qur’an, which is the word of God revealed to His Messenger through the trustworthy Revelation Gabriel, and it is preserved in the breasts of the believers as it was read by the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him.

There is no room for compromising or negotiating over the faith, or exploiting the weakness of Muslims in this era to reach compromises, and the only solution is to respect the Muslim faith to avoid clash.

Link to the Grand Mosque
Muslims believe that Al-Aqsa Mosque is linked to the Sacred Mosque, and this is clear in Surat Al-Isra, and that God Almighty took His servant from the Sacred Mosque to Al-Aqsa Mosque, and in it he prayed as an imam with the prophets of God, and this bears indications, the most important of which is the prophets’ delivery of the message, trust and call to God’s unification and worship and to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque to The Seal of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.

Accordingly, the Islamic nation is entrusted with defending and protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque, and for its sake it can sacrifice everything it possesses, and it is a great honor in this world and victory in the Hereafter for a Muslim to sacrifice his soul in defense of this mosque, and this explains the behavior of the stationed in the mosque and their insistence on protecting it with their lives, and they are On behalf of the Islamic nation, they perform a civilized, human and religious duty and function. The hearts of all Muslims in the world are attached to this mosque, and Israel understands this more than the Arab regimes that only care about achieving stability.

The liberation of the mosque is an Islamic civilized project
The believers aspired to liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Roman Empire as it constitutes a cornerstone of the Islamic civilizational project, and studying the behavior of the leaders and armies that undertook this great mission clarifies many facts, the most important of which is the concern not to shed blood and open the way for the Roman army to leave the region, and this explains a lot From the events of history, including the dismissal of Khalid bin Al-Walid (the distinguished genius military commander) from the leadership of the army, so that the Secretary of the Nation, the jurist and scholar Abu Ubaidah Amer bin Al-Jarrah, assumed command.

This is the field of knowledge-based leadership that manages a civilized conflict with knowledge and science before weapons, so the field commander should have been Abu Ubaidah, and the commander-in-chief should have been Umar ibn al-Khattab, the Commander of the Faithful, who came to open it himself and protect the rights of Christians in Jerusalem.

Throughout their history, Muslims have been keen to transform Jerusalem into a center of knowledge or a major university in which students receive education to become scholars who spread the light of Islam in their countries, and this explains how most of the martyrs killed by the Crusaders were students.

The Crusaders did not respect the civilizing function of the Holy City, so they shed the blood of 70,000 students of knowledge until their horses fought in the blood that flooded Al-Aqsa Mosque, but the Islamic nation kept dreaming of liberating the mosque until Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi was able to unite the nation and achieve the great goal.

The liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque remains a goal of life for every Muslim who dreams of achieving it and prepares himself and his children for it, and Israel is well aware of this and knows that the Islamic nation is now in a state of weakness and no longer defends the mosque except the Almoravids who have nothing but their faith in God and their trust in His victory.

The weak can rise up and build strength
Everyone should understand the lessons of history, the most important of which is that the weak can rise up, innovate, innovate, produce their weapons, resist and insist on achieving their great goal, and that the world is now witnessing many events that can help us anticipate the future.

The scene of the Almoravids praying to worship God and defending the mosque can contribute to restoring the awareness of the Islamic nation of its function and its civilized project and pushes people to rearrange their life goals, and this pushes them to a comprehensive uprising that forms a new world in which the Islamic nation occupies its place and plays a new historical role in providing knowledge to peoples and leading their struggle To be liberated from old and new colonialism and to wrest her freedom and her right to life.

Perhaps one of the most important achievements of the Al-Murabitun in Al-Aqsa Mosque is restoring awareness to people and liberating them from ignorance. Those who defend their Al-Aqsa Mosque have built their perspective on life, and according to that perspective, martyrdom to achieve a great goal is the end that befits the person whom God has honored, and when this perspective spreads, it can be Reality changes, and the scene can be an inspiration to all peoples who are oppressed and impoverished.

However, can peace be achieved in light of all this? The answer is: Yes, when global public opinion forms pressures on Israel to leave Jerusalem to its true owners and leave it far away from it, but the extreme right will continue to implement its plan to achieve its dream of building the Temple, and this constitutes the beginning of an all-out war.

Will the media do its job in explaining and interpreting the events and opening the way for Muslims to present their story to humanity and save the world from a war in which the blood of millions could be spilled? Yes, we want to save humanity, but through dialogue, justice and respect for the Muslim faith, not exploiting its weakness, not using brute force against it, and protecting its right to know the facts to face the danger wisely. people into an active force. About "Al Jazeera Net"

The international system is witnessing rapid and massive developments that may change its polar pattern, and it is not possible to predict the paths of this transformation. The Russian-Ukrainian war has not stopped, and it is not expected to stop in the short term. Europe is living in a difficult state of divisions and poor economic conditions, especially after the energy crisis. The Taiwan crisis still poses a threat and portends more conflict between the United States and China. North Korea was not deterred by the truce steps taken by the previous Trump administration, from the continuation of the threat in the Pacific, especially towards Japan. In light of these conflicts, the clear and important fact remains that the world is witnessing rapid transformations due to the rise of major powers at the top of the world's poles.

What is striking is that the position of the United States of America has been shaken in its traditional spheres of influence, and major and regional rival powers have begun to resist this influence. Including what is a natural ally of the United States itself. In the Crimea region, the Russians were unable to achieve decisiveness, but the United States and its Ukrainian and European allies were also unable to end the war. In fact, the mere outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war clearly indicates that the deterrent power of the first power in the world, the United States, was not sufficient to deter the Russians from annexing Crimea and waging war to occupy Ukraine. On the other hand, the traditional allies of the United States in Europe, led by France, have become openly disturbed by the American hegemony, which could not protect Europe from the Russian threat, nor from the energy crisis and unemployment in it. French President Macron himself caused a stir when he gave an interview to the French business newspaper Les Echos, where he said that “the worst thing is to think that we Europeans have to be followers” on the Taiwan question and “adapt to the American rhythm and the Chinese overreaction.” According to the editorial of the French newspaper Le Figaro, the era of American hegemony over the world has ended and the world's use of the dollar has declined, and Washington pushed the world to do so by using its currency as a tool for political pressure on others.

As for the Sino-American rivalry, it has moved to a stage close to conflict, especially when it comes to the issue of Taiwan. The Russian-Chinese rapprochement increased as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which angered the United States, which imposed continuous economic sanctions on China. On the other hand, China is expanding its influence in the Middle East, Africa and Asia without the real ability of the United States to stop this expansion. The last blow the United States received from China was when the latter succeeded in mediating between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which is considered one of the most difficult issues in the Arab region, which was considered a natural sphere of influence for the United States. As a result, China and Russia have emboldened and played a pivotal role in the Middle East and Europe, and the United States is no longer the only player in these two strategic regions. These transformations have begun to concern the allies of the United States itself, as Japan has recently increased its military capabilities remarkably in order to reduce its dependence on American military protection. Not only has Israel expanded its economic relations with China and Russia, but the United States has so far been unable to change the policies of the fascist Israeli government towards judicial reform or settlement in the region. In fact, it seems that global politics is no longer made only in the United States, there are powerful partners and competitors who have something to say in this policy, and perhaps in many cases the United States and its currency have lost the luster of the dominant power in the world.

Palestine has been suffering from the problem of poverty for decades, as many citizens live in difficult conditions and great economic challenges. Palestinians in all regions of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are affected by poverty, and the poverty rate varies between regions and governorates. According to a report issued by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2020, the poverty rate in East Jerusalem reached 75.6%, while the unemployment rate in the city reached 18.1%. . While the report of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in 2022 indicated that nearly a third of the population (29.2%) in Palestine suffers from poverty, and the poverty rate in the Gaza Strip reached (53%), while it reached (13.9%) in the West Bank.

The Israeli occupation is one of the most important factors affecting the level of poverty in Palestine, as it imposes many restrictions on movement, movement, trade and investment, which negatively affects the Palestinian economy and increases unemployment and poverty rates. The wars and permanent political, economic and social crises that Palestine is witnessing increase the risks of poverty and exacerbate the economic and social conditions of citizens. Environmental factors and the lack of water and natural resources increase poverty rates in rural areas in particular.

It is well known that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, and this concept indicates that poverty is not just a lack of income and wealth, but that it includes many other factors that affect the lives of individuals and hinder their ability to live in dignity. The different dimensions of poverty include, but are not limited to: material poverty, lack of access to basic health services and education, lack of access to clean water and sanitation, lack of access to adequate and fair employment opportunities, discrimination and social and political exclusion, and lack of equal access to growth opportunities. Economic and development. This concept includes that poverty cannot be addressed by granting the poor financial allocations only, but rather it needs to address many different dimensions in an integrated and simultaneous manner, which requires joint efforts from governments, civil society, the private sector and international organizations.

However, it is important to pay attention to the existence of a close relationship between mental illness and poverty, as poverty can lead to an increased risk of mental illness, and on the contrary, mental illness can lead to poverty. With regard to the increased risk of mental illness, poverty leads to exposure of individuals to many harsh and difficult conditions, such as psychological stress, social and economic instability, lack of access to health services and psychological treatment, discrimination and social exclusion, and these factors can increase the risk of developing mental illnesses such as Depression, anxiety, stress, schizophrenia and addiction.

On the other hand, mental illnesses can lead to poverty, as these diseases are likely to affect job performance and the ability to work, and thus can lead to job loss and deterioration of the physical condition of the individual and his family. Also, psychological and pharmacological treatment can be very expensive, especially if a person has been receiving private treatment for a long time, in addition to that some psychiatric medications needed for treatment may not be available at a low cost in some areas. There is no doubt that the mentally ill may face difficulty in finding suitable and stable work due to his psychological disorders and because of societal stigma, which leads to loss of income and deterioration of the economic situation.

However, the foregoing does not mean that the mental patient will necessarily become poor, as this depends on several factors such as the type of mental disorder, the necessary treatment, and the support available from the family and society. Mental disorders can affect the patient's economic and financial life significantly, but it does not necessarily lead to poverty if there is sufficient support from the family, community and health system. We also have to stress that not every poor person is mentally ill. There are many needy people who enjoy good mental health, happy family life, and rich friendships.

In Palestine, mental health services and psychiatric medications are available free of charge in 14 governorates in the West Bank and in six governorates in Gaza for those who need them. However, we must work together in all sectors to address poverty, provide basic health and psychological services to the largest number of needy individuals and help improve their living and economic conditions by giving them free health insurance and suitable job opportunities, and this is in parallel with the request of the international community to work to achieve justice and peace for the Palestinians .

Today, Monday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that the number of hemophilia patients in Palestine reached 562, including 178 patients in the Gaza Strip , and 384 patients in the West Bank .

This came in a statement on the occasion of the International Day for Hemophilia and Hemophilia, which the world celebrates on the seventeenth of April every year.

This day comes under the slogan "Access to Treatment for All - Prevention of Bleeding as a Global Standard of Care", highlighting patients' suffering and needs and raising the level of community awareness about hemophilia.

The ministry said: “Hemophilia (blood thinning) is a bleeding disorder that prevents blood from clotting properly, as people with hemophilia bleed for a longer period than normal people, because their blood does not contain enough blood clotting factors, and clotting factors are proteins in Blood helps control bleeding, and it is a rare disease that affects one person in 10,000 people worldwide, and it is a genetic disease that is transmitted from a parent to a child through genes.

She added, "There are two types of hemophilia, hemophilia A, which is the most common, and people with it have a deficiency in clotting factor VIII and hemophilia B, and people with it have a deficiency in clotting factor IX."

She explained that people with hemophilia suffer from external or internal bleeding in the joints and muscles, and recurring bleeding causes complications in the musculoskeletal system and disabilities.

The Ministry stated that the treatment for a hemophilia patient is to replace the lost clotting factor in the blood to stop bleeding by giving factor concentrates that contain intense amounts of factor VIII and factor IX (factor), and when immediate treatment and the appropriate amount of treatment and specialized care are available, people with hemophilia can live. perfectly healthy life.

And she continued: "Through projects funded by donors and the World Federation of Hemophilia, patients are provided with the necessary medicines, improving access to comprehensive treatment and care, and improving services, with a focus on home and preventive treatment to control and prevent recurring bleeding episodes so that joint disabilities do not occur."

The Ministry of Health, through the National Committee for Hemophilia Patients, is implementing several projects, the most important of which are: the PACT project with the World Federation of Hemophilia Patients, the HEMOPAL project with the Italian Ministry of Health and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, the home treatment training project and equipping the hemophilia center in Gaza, the establishment of the national registry for hemophilia patients And the provision of treatments (clotting factors) worth $3 million. The Ministry received the first and second batches at the ports, and the third batch is awaiting the entry of the second batch.

In addition, a specialized clinic for hemophilia patients was established to conduct periodic medical examinations for all patients to improve their health status, in addition to holding training courses for all laboratory technicians in the Ministry of Health with experts from outside Palestine.