Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - The American Axios website revealed that four current and former Israeli officials and officials revealed to the site that the US Department of Defense (The Pentagon) is considering downgrading the rank of the person responsible for security coordination with the Palestinian Authority from the rank of three-star brigade to the rank of colonel. .

The site says: "The US State Department and the Israeli Ministry of Defense are concerned that such a decision could harm security cooperation between the United States and Palestine, and damage security coordination between Israeli and Palestinian officials as tensions escalate in the occupied West Bank."

General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in recent months laid out a plan to reduce the number of generals and admirals under the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, current and former US officials say.

The Trump administration had decided (in 2017) that a large part of the reduction should come from reducing the number of US generals and admirals deployed at bases and positions around the world.

According to the site, "the plan includes downgrading the rank of the US security coordinator with the Palestinians from the rank of three-star brigade to the rank of colonel, and the ranks of the US military attaches in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will also be reduced, according to current and former US officials."

The position of the US Security Coordinator (USSC) was created in 2005 in an effort to rebuild and reform the Palestinian security services after the second intifada, and the coordinator has always been a three-star US general reporting to the Secretary of State and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as rank allows. The Coordinator has direct access to the top military and political echelons of the United States, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority.

The Security Coordinator's team also includes military experts from eight different NATO countries.

According to the site, US officials (from the State Department) were opposed to the Pentagon's plan, especially with regard to the issue of the position of the USSC coordinator with the Palestinians, but also regarding other positions in the Middle East. Secretary of State Tony Blinken sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirming his ministry's reservations about the plan, and the US ambassador to Israel, Tom Naides, urged the Pentagon not to implement the plan and asked other senior officials, including CIA Director Bill Burns, give your opinion.

According to the site's report, the current US security coordinator, Lieutenant General (Major General) Michael Wenzel, said in a closed session at a think tank in Washington several weeks ago that he was concerned that the job cut might harm the mission and damage security coordination between Israel and Palestine.

Colin Kahl, the US undersecretary of defense for policy, is expected to present Austin later this week with various options for retaining the National Security Council and other positions in the Middle East, said a former US official.

A senior Israeli official told the site that the Israeli government is also concerned about the repercussions of the plan. The Palestinians also object to it.

Dan Shapiro, the former US ambassador to Israel, who is currently serving as a distinguished fellow in Middle East programs at the Atlantic Council, said, “At a time when Israelis, Palestinians, and many Arab countries are searching for signs that the United States remains committed to the region, the downgrading of the Council The security of the United States and other regional military attaches is meaningless."

Shapiro told the site that the US National Security Council, in particular, continues to play a critical role in maintaining Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation.

"Especially on the eve of President Biden's first trip to the region, it would send exactly the wrong message," he said.

The Biden administration seems to understand that, Shapiro added, "There are clear efforts under way to reverse these unwise decisions that they inherited."

نظمت جامعة النجاح الوطنية، اليوم الأربعاء، زيارةً إلى جامعة أبوظبي في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة لبحث آفاق التعاون والتواصل المشترك بين الجامعتين.

وحضر اللقاء من جامعة أبو ظبي مدير الجامعة للشؤون الإدارية والمالية د. حمد العضابي وبحضور من الهيئتين الإدارية والأكاديمية للجامعة ممثلة بكل من الأستاذ الدكتور فيليب هامل نائب مدير الجامعة المشارك، والدكتور سريثي باير عميد كلية الآداب والعلوم، والبروفيسور باري اوماهوني عميد كلية إدارة الأعمال، وسالم الظاهري المدير التنفيذي للعلاقات المجتمعية، بالإضافة إلى عدد من أعضاء الهيئة التدريسية والإدارية فيها.

ورحب د العضابي بوفد جامعة النجاح الذي ضم كلا من نائب رئيس جامعة النجاح للشؤون الأكاديمية د.عبد السلام الخياط، ومدير مركز الإعلام في الجامعة المهندس غازي مرتجى، ومدير مركز التعليم المستمر ومركز التميز في التعلم والتعليم د.محمد صباح، وعمار الكردي رئيس نادي الصداقة الإماراتي الفلسطيني.

وأشاد د. العضابي بجامعة النجاح وإنجازاتها على المستويات كافة وحرصها الدائم على تعزيز العلاقات مع الجامعات العربية، كما تحدث عن جامعة أبوظبي والكليات التي تضمها ومن ضمنها كلية الآداب والعلوم، وكلية إدارة الأعمال، وكلية القانون وكلية الهندسة، وكلية العلوم الصحية.

من جهته، شكر د. الخياط إدارة جامعة أبوظبي على حسن الاستقبال، وتحدث عن إنجازات جامعة النجاح، وتصدرها للعديد من التصنيفات العالمية والعربية للجامعات، وحرصها على مستقبل الطلبة وتحصيلهم العلمي، وعملها الدائم والمتواصل لتوفير بيئة علمية مناسبة لهم ولتطلعاتهم.

وتم خلال اللقاء بحث آفاق التعاون الأكاديمي بين الطرفين وسبل تعزيزه، إضافةً لتأكيد التعاون الثقافي المشترك للطلبة والعاملين في جامعة النجاح، وفي مجال البحث العلمي تم بحث إمكانية تبادل الخبرات ونشر الأبحاث المشتركة حول المواضيع ذات الاهتمام المتبادل.

واختتم الوفد زيارته بجولة في حرم جامعة أبوظبي للتعرف على الجامعة وكلياتها ومرافقها المختلفة.

يذكر أن جامعة أبوظبي لها فرعان في دبي والعين، ويشكل الطلبة الوافدون ما نسبته 38% من عدد الطلبة الملتحقين في برامجها.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Wednesday, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Prisoners Affairs reported the details of the health status of four patients who are in "Raymond and Nafha" detainees. They are deliberately depriving them of proper treatment and content themselves with giving them sedatives and sedatives that exacerbate their illnesses and pains.

Among those cases monitored by the commission’s report is the case of the prisoner Bakr Abu Obeid (41 years) from the city of Tulkarm, who has been suffering from chronic headaches for many years, and his condition worsened during 2017 after he went through a strike for freedom and dignity with other prisoners, and he now suffers from Daily headaches cause him to swell in the arteries, and the administration of "Raymond" prison deliberately ignores his condition and refuses to treat him. It only gives him 6 types of analgesic and sedative drugs that make him sleep, without caring about his proper treatment, noting that he is in dire need of an MRI image, a diagnosis of his health problem and treatment.

While the prisoner Issam Zein El-Din (38 years) from the village of Majdal Bani Fadel near the city of Nablus, who is currently in the “Nafha” desert prison, faces a disturbing health condition, as he complains of a chronic allergy to his skin, which he has been suffering from for several years, as it causes him to spread a large number of grains. His body has strong itching and unbearable pain, and he seriously needs to conduct accurate medical examinations and present him to a specialized doctor in order to diagnose what he is suffering from and treat him as soon as possible, but the prison administration has been neglecting him and recently increased the dose of medicines for him, but to no avail, as they are mostly painkillers only. .

The prisoner, Iyad Qawasmeh (55 years), from the city of Hebron, suffers from pain in the back and loins, and has been complaining of hemorrhoids for a long time. He is still waiting for an operation, but the “Raymond” administration is delaying his transfer, as well as referring him to a specialized doctor to find out what he suffers from with his back problems. .

Prisoner Ali Sobeih (45 years), from the village of Kafr Ra’i, Jenin district, has been complaining since 2012 of severe dental problems, and of the severity of the pain. Sobeih is unable to sleep. He has visited the clinic of “Raymond” prison several times, but the occupation doctors only provide painkillers.

AVAILD - (AFP) - An 11-year-old survivor of the horrific massacre in an elementary school in Texas revealed that she smeared herself with the blood of a murdered classmate, trying to escape from the shooter.

Mia Cirillo, who lost the ability to speak to men after the massacre, agreed to interview a CNN correspondent off camera, telling her that she used her dead teacher's phone to call for help, while the killer was killing children at her school in a rural Texas area.

This is the first testimony of a surviving student from inside Rob Elementary School in Yuvaldi, in which Salvador Ramos carried out his mass crime that claimed the lives of 19 boys and girls and two teachers, in one of the worst shootings in the United States.

Mia, who suffers from hair loss after the massacre, recounted that Ramos exchanged glances with one of the teachers as he made his way to her classroom.
After that he said "good night" and finished off the teacher with his semi-automatic rifle, then pointed the gun at the second teacher and several of Mia's classmates and started shooting and killing them.

Ramos later moved to another classroom, shooting the terrified children, Mia told CNN.

Mia added that she and a colleague searched for her victim's teacher's phone and called the police, saying, "Please come." But her fear of the killer's return prompted her to smear herself with the blood of a murdered colleague in order to camouflage herself, while she was lying on the ground for a period of what she described as hours before help arrived.

Mia's mother, Abigail Fellowes, launched a page on the "Go Fund Me" website to collect donations for her daughter, who suffered head and shoulder injuries, in order to pay for her physical and psychological treatment after the massacre.

Fellowes wrote on the page that her daughter's classroom was "one of the primary rooms targeted by the shooter," adding that Mia "will need a lot of help due to the trauma she is going through."

The page had raised more than $270,000 as of Friday afternoon, although the target was set at $10,000.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli occupation forces arrested the child Ali Muhammad Siam (12 years) from the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, after he was summoned today, Monday, to the Al-Mascobiyya investigation center, west of occupied Jerusalem, while they arrested a young man this evening, after he left the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

In the context, the occupation authorities extended the arrest of five young men from the town of Al-Tur, east of occupied Jerusalem, who are: Amir and Raed Siam, Dawood and Mustafa Abu Al-Hawa, and Milad Khwais.

The occupation forces released the Jerusalemite prisoner, Majd Mustafa, from the town of Al-Isawiya, northeast of Jerusalem, after re-arresting him the moment he was freed from the Negev prison after serving his 27-month sentence, on the condition that he be deported from the Old City in Jerusalem for a period of 3 days and not participate in any activities.

الرياض”القدس”دوت كوم – (أ ف ب) -تتصدّر موقعة الهلال المتصدر والأهلي الأربعاء مباريات الجولة الثامنة والعشرين من الدوري السعودي لكرة القدم، فيما يستقبل الشباب الوصيف بفارق أربع نقاط العين الأخير بحضور جماهيري.

وستشهد مباريات الجولة حضور الجماهير بعد غياب طويل امتد لأكثر من سنة، لكن وفق ضوابط وإجراءات معينة، وبنسبة لا تتجاوز 40% من القدرة الاستيعابية للملاعب.

وكان الاتحاد السعودي قرّر تقديم مباراتي التعاون مع الفتح والقادسية مع الفيصلي اللتين أقيمتا يومي 25 و29 نيسان/أبريل الماضي، لإفساح المجال أمام التعاون والفيصلي، للتحضير لنهائي مسابقة كأس الملك.

يستهدف الهلال النقاط الثلاث، للاحتفاظ بلقب الدوري في حالة تعثر الشباب، أو على الأقل المحافظة على فارق النقاط الأربع، عندما يواجه الأهلي على ملعب الأمير فيصل بن فهد بالرياض.

ويتصدر الهلال برصيد 52 نقطة، فيما يحتل الأهلي المركز الثامن برصيد 38 نقطة.
وبعدما فوّت فرصة توسيع الفارق إلى ست نقاط مع أقرب منافسيه، عقب تعادله مع الباطن المهدّد بالهبوط، يسعى الهلال إلى استعادة نغمة الانتصارات سريعاً والاقتراب كثيراً من التتويج باللقب للمرة الثانية توالياً والسابعة عشرة في تاريخه.

ويبحث المدرب البرتغالي جوزيه مورايس عن فوزه الأول، بعدما تعادل في مباراته الرسمية الأولى.
وقال مورايس، عقب التعادل مع الباطن “كان لدينا حضور هجومي قوي، وتحصلنا على عدة فرص للتسجيل وتحقيق الفوز وليس التعادل، ولكننا لم نستغلها كما يجب، وواجهنا سوء الحظ أمام المرمى”.

ورغم تجاوز الأهلي نتائجه السلبية بفوز صعب على القادسية بعد تسع مباريات لم يتذوق خلالها طعم الانتصار، إلا أن مستواه مازال دون المأمول، ويحاول الخروج بنتيجة إيجابية أمام متصدر الدوري لتحسين موقعه في جدول الدوري.

ويفتقد الفريق لخدمات مدافعه عبدالله حسّون لكنه سيستعيد حارسه الدولي محمد العويس بعد تعافيه من الإصابة.

وقال الروماني لورنتسيو ريغيكامب مدرب الأهلي “للأسف النتائج لم تكن جيدة، والعمل كان صعبًا حينما أتيت للنادي، لكن بتعاون وتكاتف اللاعبين استطعنا تجاوز كل الظروف، وسعيد للغاية بعودة الفريق لسكة الانتصارات بعد فترة كبيرة من النتائج غير الإيجابية”.

ويبحث الشباب عن استعادة توازنه بعد سقوطه المدوي في آخر مباراتين، عندما يلاقي العين على ملعبه وهو ما زال يملك بصيصاً من الأمل للمنافسة على لقب الدوري.
ويمتلك الشباب الثاني 48 نقطة، في حين يمتلك متذيل الترتيب 20 نقطة فقط.

وتراجع الشباب بشكل كبير على مستوى الأداء والنتائج التي كان آخرها الخسارة أمام الهلال 1-5، ثم الخسارة أمام الاتفاق 3-4، ليتسع الفارق النقطي بينه وبين المتصدر إلى أربع نقاط.

ويدرك الشباب أن التعثر مع فوز الهلال على الأهلي سينهي آماله في المنافسة بصفة رسمية وربما يفقده مركز الوصافة في حالة فوز الاتحاد على أبها، ولهذا سيرمي بكل ثقله من أجل حصد العلامة الكاملة ومسح الصورة الشاحبة التي كان عليها في مباراتيه الأخيرتين، والمحافظة على حظوظه في المنافسة على اللقب لاسيما وأن حظوظه ستشهد عودة نجمه الأرجنتيني إيفر بانيغا.

وبعد أن بات العين أول الهابطين لدوري المستوى الثاني، إثر خسارته أمام النصر في الجولة الماضية، فإنه سيدخل مباراة الغد دون ضغوط، وسيلعب من أجل توديع البطولة بشكل جيد.

ويأمل الاتحاد صاحب المركز الرابع في تدارك التعثر أمام ضمك عندما يحل ضيفًا على أبها الثاني عشر، بملعب مدينة الأمير سلطان بن عبدالعزيز الرياضية الخميس.

وأهدر الاتحاد فرصة الارتقاء إلى وصافة الدوري بعد التعادل مع ضمك (1-1) الجولة الماضية، ليتراجع إلى المركز الرابع بفارق الأهداف عن التعاون الثالث، إذ يملك كل منهما 47 نقطة.
وقال البرازيلي فابيو كاريلي مدرب الاتحاد “استحقنا الفوز أمام ضمك وليس التعادل، فقد سدّدنا 16 مرة على مرمى ضمك، ولم نستغل فرصنا بالشكل الأمثل. أعتبر تلك المواجهة درسا لنا، وعلينا التركيز والتفكير في المباريات المقبلة”.

من جانبه يأمل أبها في تحقيق نتيجة إيجابية أمام الاتحاد، لتزيد فرصه في البقاء بالدوري، إذ يبتعد عن مراكز الهبوط بـ4 نقاط فقط قبل 3 جولات من نهاية المسابقة.

وفي مباراة بعنوان الصراع من أجل البقاء، يستضيف الوحدة نظيره ضمك الخميس في لقاء قد يحسم مصير الهابط الثاني رفقة العين.

ويحتل ضمك المركز الخامس عشر قبل الأخير برصيد 29 نقطة، بفارق نقطة عن الوحدة الرابع عشر.

ويضع الباطن النقاط الثلاث هدفاً رئيساً له عندما يواجه الاتفاق على ملعبه بحفر الباطن. يدخل الباطن المباراة وهو في المركز الثالث عشر برصيد 30 نقطة، بينما يحتل الاتفاق المركز السادس برصيد 41 نقطة.

وتختتم مواجهات الجولة الخميس بمواجهة النصر الخامس والباحث عن فوزه الخامس في ست مباريات والرائد العاشر.

New York - "Jerusalem" dot com - Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh accused today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation of trying to weaken the national authority on the ground through its measures, stressing the importance of practical measures to protect the two-state solution.

This came during his meeting with the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Palestinian-Israeli Affairs, Hadi Amr, and the European Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, Sven Koopmans, in addition to the Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the German Foreign Ministry, Tobias Tunkel, separately, on the sidelines of the donors' meeting. At United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Shtayyeh discussed with the three delegations ways to make the donor meeting a success in order to mobilize political support and come up with an international vision to preserve the two-state solution as a collective responsibility.

Shtayyeh briefed the delegations on the economic consequences of preventing the Palestinians from reaching their capabilities, as well as the financial challenges caused by the Israeli deductions from Palestinian tax funds that coincided with the decline in international support. Out of the financial crisis facing the government.

He stressed the importance of practical measures to protect the two-state solution, pointing out that the call for a two-state solution is not enough. What is important is the implementation and protection of this solution, in light of the systematic Israeli measures that are destructive to it, represented by the acceleration of settlement activity and land confiscation, and the continuation of incursions into Palestinian cities, killings, arrests and home demolitions.

Shtayyeh said, "Holding Palestinian elections is a priority for the Palestinian people and their leadership," calling for pressure on Israel to abide by the signed agreements, including holding elections in all Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem.

A positive tie imposed its word on the confrontation that brought together Zamalek and its guest Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, with a score of 1-1 yesterday evening, Tuesday, at Cairo International Stadium in the 32nd round of the Egyptian League.

Ibrahim Hassan, the Alexandrian Al-Ittihad player, advanced with a wonderful goal in the 44th minute, and Mahmoud Hamdi “Al-Wensh” equalized in the 75th minute with a distinguished header.

Zamalek played incomplete since the 18th minute of the match, after Hossam Abdel Majeed, the team's defender, was sent off.

The match witnessed a festive atmosphere, after Zamalek officially won the Egyptian League title, after Pyramids lost the day before yesterday, Monday, at the hands of Future, 1-0.

Zamalek raised its score, led by its Portuguese coach Josevaldo Ferreira, to 76 points at the top of the standings, after its 10 victories in a row stopped.

The balance of Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, led by its coach, Mohamed Omar, rose to 37 points, in tenth place in the ranking table.

Zamalek Club officially received the Egyptian League shield after the match.

The Egyptian Clubs Association, in agreement with the Egyptian Federation, held a ceremony to hand over the shield after the meeting, in the presence of Jamal Allam, President of the Federation, and Chancellor Mortada Mansour, President of Zamalek Club.

Mahmoud Abdel Razek "Shikabala", the captain of Zamalek, won the league shield, and celebrated his famous dance with his players.

Randomness prevailed during the league shield celebration, to the point that Zamalek players decided to take the league shield to the dressing rooms, in order to celebrate better.

President Mahmoud Abbas received, this evening, Wednesday, at the presidential residence in the city of Ramallah, a delegation from the State of Qatar , headed by Amer Al-Jabri and Dr. Mona Al-Nuaimi.

He welcomed the brotherly delegation and its visit to Palestine, stressing the importance of such visits by the Arab brothers to Palestine, especially to Jerusalem, to support the steadfastness of our people in light of the fierce attack against the capital of our eternal state.

The President praised Qatar's stances in support of our people and their just cause, stressing the depth of fraternal relations between the two brotherly peoples, the Palestinian and the Qatari.

In turn, the members of the Qatari delegation thanked President Mahmoud Abbas for hosting, and confirmed that they will be ambassadors for the State of Palestine and will carry the suffering of its people, which they witnessed on the ground, to the whole world.

The meeting was attended by the President of the Presidential Court, Intisar Abu Amara, and the president of the "Hilal Al-Quds" club, lawyer Diaa Shweiki.

Written by / m. Hisham Al-Omari

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem Electricity Company and its general manager

Roles have now been completed, efforts have combined, and all Palestinians have participated in protecting all Palestinians. We consider the national participation in the workshop that took place at the end of last September as support for the efforts of the Jerusalem Company to stop the continuous Israeli cuts to protect the electrical system from attrition and protect our committed subscribers from the policy of punishment collective.

What distinguishes this national workshop is that it came under the auspices of His Excellency the President of the State Mahmoud Abbas, which reflects the concern of the highest levels to protect the Palestinian institutions that contribute to achieving independence and building the state as described by His Excellency the Minister of Interior, Major General Ziyad Hab Al-Rih, and also reflects the interest of the highest level Political support for the Palestinian presence in Jerusalem, the capital.

During this national workshop, the Jerusalem Electricity Company raised its voice against the phenomenon of encroachments and thefts , which are depleting the capabilities of the distribution companies, as I add my voice to the voice of the head of the Energy and Natural Resources Authority, M. Dhafer Melhem, who warned that the continuation of the theft phenomenon will negatively and inevitably affect the services provided. For citizens, especially since the percentage of losses in the Jerusalem envelope reached about 30%, while the total losses in the concession areas of the Jerusalem Company amounted to 20%, which are high percentages compared to other distribution companies.

The collective condemnation expressed by the participants and speakers stems from the seriousness of the effects resulting from the encroachments and thefts, which negatively and directly affect individuals, society, civil peace, and the Palestinian presence in Jerusalem, and all of this calls for all of us to implement the recommendations that emerged from the workshop, which were The most important of which is granting justice to some employees of the distribution companies, giving privacy to the issues of the electricity sector, accelerating action against violators, and the actual application of the amended Penal Code, which was issued by a decision of the President regarding harsher penalties against electric current thieves, in addition to providing support and security protection for field crews to control thefts. , which we hope to implement on the ground, and as soon as possible.

On behalf of the Jerusalem Electricity Company, and all those responsible and working for it, I extend my great thanks to all the national personalities participating in this workshop, each with his own name and title, headed by His Excellency the Minister of the Interior, Major General Ziyad Hab Al-Rih, and the Head of the Energy and Natural Resources Authority, M. Dhafer Melhem, and the gentlemen of my representatives. The Public Prosecution and the Ministry of Justice, Endowments and Religious Affairs, in addition to the Governor, Laila Ghannam, and all the attendees and the media that reported the truth as it is, so thank you from here from Jerusalem, where the company was born more than 100 years ago.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces closed the entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, and leveled agricultural lands.

And press sources stated that the occupation forces closed the iron gate leading to the Prophet Saleh and the western villages of Bani Zaid, and prevented citizens' vehicles from entering or leaving.

The occupation forces swept away the lands adjacent to the military tower erected at the entrance of Nabi Saleh.

It indicated that the occupation authorities informed the owner of the land, Munir Al-Tamimi, that there is a plan to establish a camp for the occupation army in the area.

It is noteworthy that the occupation closes the iron gate on an almost daily basis, and prevents citizens from entering or leaving the area, which impedes their movement and forces them to take long and detours.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called today, Wednesday, for the need to treat detainees in connection with the conflict humanely, in accordance with international humanitarian law.

In a statement, the committee stressed the need to provide them with medical care, protect them from public curiosity, and allow them to communicate with their families.

She said: All those who are seriously ill should be released on humanitarian grounds.

The statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross comes a day after the Al-Qassam Brigades , the military wing of Hamas, published a video clip of an Israeli prisoner, who said his health condition had recently deteriorated.

Cairo - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Egypt, its permanent representative to the League of Arab States, Diab Al-Louh, affirmed that holding the tripartite Palestinian-Egyptian-Jordanian summit , tomorrow, Tuesday, is important to face the current challenges.

Al-Louh said in a statement: "The summit that will be held between President Mahmoud Abbas, his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, and King Abdullah II of Jordan comes in the context of crystallizing an Arab vision and strategy, to present it to the ministerial councils, and to launch into the international community, to create a broad international front of support." ".

He pointed out that the convening of the tripartite summit comes at a time when the political system in Israel is witnessing a radical change, which has become governed by an extremist religious methodology, and new legislation and laws are being enacted and developed that serve Zionist plans, and contradict international legislation and laws and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Al-Louh stressed that the Palestinian issue is pivotal and central to the Egyptian president and the Jordanian monarch, in his capacity as the custodian of Islamic and Christian sanctities, which are subject to daily targeting and violation by extremist settlers, indicating that religious Zionism wants to ignite the region with these daily violations and incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, which was The last of which is the storming of Ibn Afeer to his patios.

The world called for immediate action to save the peace process, stressing that the security of the region is an integral part of the security and stability of the world. He expressed his appreciation for the steadfast positions of Egypt and Jordan in supporting the legitimate rights of our people.

Beirut - (AFP) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun announced today, Thursday, his country's approval of the maritime border demarcation agreement with Israel, after intense negotiations led by Washington, in a move he described as a "historic achievement", which would remove obstacles to investment. its natural resources.

In a speech addressed to the Lebanese, Aoun said, "After consulting with the Speaker of Parliament and the Prime Minister and in my capacity as head of state, and after I was informed by US President Joe Biden of Israel's approval, and after the Israeli government announced its approval, I announce Lebanon's position to agree to adopting the final formula prepared by the American mediator to demarcate the borders." Southern Navy" with Israel.

Aoun considered, "Lebanon has the right to consider what has been achieved a historic achievement, because we were able to recover an area of 860 square kilometers that was the subject of a dispute, and Lebanon did not concede any one kilometer to Israel. We also obtained the entire Qana field without any compensation paid by us, although of not having the whole field in our waters."

Aoun stressed that "the indirect agreement responds to the Lebanese demands and fully preserves our rights," stressing that Lebanon "has not made any substantial concessions and has not entered into any kind of rejected normalization" with Israel .

Since the beginning of June, developments related to the file have accelerated after a pause for months due to disputes over the size of the disputed area. After meetings and shuttle contacts between the two parties, the American mediator, Amos Hochstein, made his last offer at the beginning of the week.

Aoun's announcement came a day after the Israeli government ratified the agreement, the day after its president, Lapid Yair, described the agreement as "historic."

Lapid said on Wednesday, after his government approved the agreement, that it "excludes the possibility of armed confrontations with Hezbollah," the sworn enemy of Israel, which in recent weeks had threatened a military escalation and warned Israel against undertaking any activity in the disputed area, before come to an agreement.

The Lebanese authorities are counting on the presence of natural resources that will help the country overcome the catastrophic repercussions of the economic collapse that the country has been witnessing for three years, and the World Bank ranked it among the worst in the world since 1850. More than 80 percent of the Lebanese are now below the poverty line, The Lebanese pound has lost more than 90 percent of its value against the dollar.

Aoun hoped that "the end of these negotiations will be a promising beginning that lays the foundation stone for an economic revival that Lebanon needs by completing oil and gas exploration, which will achieve stability, security and development that our country, Lebanon, needs."

According to the text of the agreement, a copy of which was seen by Agence France-Presse, the agreement will enter into force when the United States sends "a notification containing confirmation of the agreement of both parties to the provisions stipulated in the agreement."

Each party must submit a letter containing a list of geographical coordinates related to the demarcation of the maritime line to the United Nations, to replace those sent by the two countries in 2011.

Beirut - "Al-Quds" dot com - Ziyad Al-Nakhala, Secretary General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said on Tuesday evening that his movement will not abandon its responsibilities and duties in light of what is happening in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

Al-Nakhala considered, in a brief press statement, that what happened in the West Bank and Jerusalem, especially Nablus, Jenin and Shuafat refugee camp, is a challenge to the Palestinian people and their resistance.

Al-Nakhala said, "The enemy must not forget. The resistance and the Islamic Jihad movement will not abandon their responsibilities and duties, and they will be present whenever necessary. The unity of our people and their resistance are among the most obligatory duties now."

Governorates - "Jerusalem" dot com - A young man was killed, and dozens of civilians were injured, including 3 seriously, on Wednesday, as a result of clashes that erupted with the Israeli occupation forces in separate areas of the West Bank .

According to the Ministry of Health, the young Osama Mahmoud Adawi (18 years old) was killed by live bullets in the abdomen in Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron, while two children were seriously injured as a result of live bullets fired at them at the entrance to the camp.

According to local sources, the occupation forces used live and rubber bullets, as well as stun and gas bombs, during clashes that broke out at the entrance to Al-Arroub camp, which resulted in dozens of suffocation.

The Israeli occupation forces also detained, this evening, two children (13 and 15 years old) and severely beat them, in the Bab Al-Zawiya area in the center of Hebron, and took them inside the military checkpoint established at the entrance to Al-Shuhada Street.

Ahmed Al-Ruwaidi, Advisor to the Presidential Office for Jerusalem Affairs, was wounded, and two citizens were arrested this evening, during the Israeli occupation forces’ suppression of support for the people of Shuafat camp and the town of Anata, under the siege imposed on them for five days.

According to press sources, the occupation forces attacked the participants in the vigil, which was organized near the Shuafat military checkpoint, and fired stun grenades and tear gas at them, which led to the injury of the counselor, al-Ruwaidi, with a stun grenade. They also arrested the two young men, Hakim Abu Khudair and Muhammad Abu Shusha.

And north of Jerusalem, a young man was wounded by the occupation bullets this evening, during clashes that erupted near the Qalandia checkpoint.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces fired live bullets at the citizens, closed the Qalandia checkpoint in both directions, and prevented pedestrians and cars from passing.

In the town of Hawara, south of Nablus, the occupation forces beat Mohammed Saleh Shehadeh, causing him bruises, and arrested his son Abdullah (18 years).

The occupation forces also closed the shops in the town, amid clashes erupting as the citizens confronted the settlers' orgy on the main street of the town.

In Hebron, the child Omar Bassam Mahmoud al-Tait (14 years old) was wounded with live bullets in the foot, while he was near his family in the Safa area, north of the town of Beit Ummar, and the occupation forces arrested him.

Meanwhile, similar confrontations took place at the northern entrance to Bethlehem, where the occupation deliberately fired tear gas canisters at citizens and school students, which led to the injury of two young men with live bullets, whose injuries were described as moderate, and dozens of them suffocated.

In some areas of the West Bank, including al-Fawar camp and areas in Bethlehem, a comprehensive strike was announced in support of the Shuafat camp, which is under a suffocating siege for the fourth day in a row.

In Ramallah, clashes broke out between young men and the Israeli occupation forces, near the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh, during which the occupation soldiers fired tear gas at the young men, and no injuries were reported.

While a young man was seriously injured by live bullets in the shoulder, the Palestine Medical Complex arrived in Ramallah, and he was admitted to the operating rooms, and the bullet penetrated the shoulder and settled in the chest.

And press sources reported that a young man was wounded by the occupation bullets during the clashes near the entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah.

In the village of Ni'lin, west of Ramallah, the clashes focused on the main entrance to the village, where young men set rubber tires on fire, while the occupation soldiers fired tear gas and incendiary bombs, causing a number of citizens to suffocate.

Clashes erupted in the town of Al-Ram, and the soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades at the young men.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs monitored, in its reports issued today, Tuesday, a group of arrest certificates practiced by the Israeli occupation forces, during a wide campaign of arrests that included most of the cities of the country, during the recent days.

In this context, and according to the lawyer Anan Khader, who visited the Hawara detention center, the prisoner Ahmed Hassan Ahmed Qatnani (38 years), from Askar camp / Nablus, was severely beaten on separate places of his body with weapons, and his body was wounded and bruised during the arrest of the forces The occupation took him from Hawara checkpoint on 9/28/2022.

The soldiers blindfolded his eyes above the eyebrow and up to the tip of his nose with a piece of cloth that was tied very tightly, and handcuffed his hands behind his back with a thin plastic tie with sharp edges so tightly that it is impossible for the prisoner to loosen it. hours".

On 10/2022, he was interrogated by the Israeli police at Salem Interrogation Center, and he was released on a bail of 5,000 shekels.

While the Israeli occupation forces arrested the young man, Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Ziadeh (31 years old), from the town of Madama / Nablus, on 9/28/2022, when the soldiers stormed the house, and severely beat the prisoner on separate places of his body with weapons, causing wounds and bruises. With his body, he was taken to the hospital after that.

After that, he was returned to Hawara camp, and stayed there for 3 days outside the prison in a yard belonging to a military barracks, while he was blindfolded, handcuffed very tightly, and his hands behind his back with a thin plastic tie with sharp edges, without food, and then he was transferred to Hawara detention center.

On 10/2/2022, the prisoner was subject to interrogation, and his detention was extended for a period of 5 days pending investigation by the Salem Military Court.

Lawyer Jacqueline Al-Farajeh, during her visit to Etzion detention center, on Sunday, 10/02/2022, reported the details of the brutal arrest of the injured prisoner, Mahmoud Shaher Abdel-Karim Taweel, from the town of Deir Ibzi / Ramallah.

And a large force of the occupation soldiers stormed his house, at three o'clock after midnight on 28/9/2022, and violently searched the house and destroyed its contents and turned them upside down, and the prisoner was severely beaten on his face, then he was taken on foot from his house to the middle of the night. The town and then to the Dolev settlement, about 3 km away, and then to the Ni'lin police, who interrogated the prisoner and brought several charges against him. They also took his fingerprints, examined his DNA and eye prints, then transferred him to Etzion detention center.

Al-Assir’s detention has been extended for another 8 days, as a hearing will be held for him in the military court in Ofer on Thursday 10/6/2022.

Written by: Attorney Ziyad Abu Ziyad

I do not know who is unlucky enough to suggest naming the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge the Bridge of Dignity, because this bridge has become a symbol and a witness to the humiliation and suffering that our people are exposed to while passing through it.

Today everyone is clamoring and protesting, while the Palestinian and Jordanian official authorities are talking about solutions that I see as "cosmetic" that do not fatten and do not satisfy hunger, while a voice comes from the far north of Africa, from the Maghreb talking about "Moroccan mediation" to persuade Israel to extend working hours on the bridge and make them round the clock. the hour.

The truth is that the suffocating crisis at the "Insult" crossing cannot be solved by prior electronic registration, nor by closing the bridge for ten days, during which travelers are "dispersed", so that the crisis returns to be more violent and more complex than it was, but the solution is to search for the roots of this problem and address it.

In order to go back to the use of the name “the crossing of dignity”, we have to restore to the citizen traveling through it his sense of human dignity and also his feeling that he is not a milking cow that everyone wants to milk even if its milk turns into bleeding blood.

In order to reach a radical solution to the problem of the crossings, I propose, as soon as possible, the formation of a joint committee of Palestinian citizens to be popularly chosen, and of Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli officials, and the participation of the United Nations to draw up a binding action plan for all that puts an end to the constant suffering and humiliation to which our people traveling through the bridges are subjected. .

It must be emphasized first that if there is a sincere intention to deal with this problem and solve it, then the basic change required is to change the concept of the crossing and the way in which it is managed.

First, I am not exaggerating if I say that the suffering on the bridges has gradually increased since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, instead of fading away.
Before the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, two bridges were operating from the beginning of the occupation until the early 1990s. There was a Damieh bridge dedicated to the north of the West Bank, and King Hussein (Allenby) bridge designated to the south of the West Bank and Gaza. However, the occupation authorities closed Damia Bridge and restricted entry and exit to King Hussein Bridge. Now, in light of the suffocating crisis we are facing, what is required as an immediate measure is to rehabilitate and activate the Damieh Bridge so that it will be for the residents of the northern West Bank. And if this is done, then half of the problem will find its way to a solution.

Second: The problem did not exist before going out on people with the VIP heresy, but the existence of this service worked to turn the traveling citizen into a target for exploitation, so that one sometimes feels as if there is a fabrication of the problem of crowding in the rest area so that people are forced to use this service.

Unfortunately, this service is official exploitation disguised as unofficial clothes, with the aim of achieving outrageous wealth by exploiting people's needs. These days, for example, the daily income of this service reaches about a hundred thousand dollars or more, and to the same extent that I blame the people in charge of this service, I blame the people because if they were at a sufficient level of awareness, they would boycott this service, rejecting the exploitation to which they are exposed. Recently, before Eid, we saw that the VIP service collected 110 US dollars from each passenger and then put the passengers on buses to travel the same as those who traveled without this service.

And not only that, I learned that many travelers resorted to giving bribes to some workers in this service to enable them to travel before others. This was possible due to the absence of numbers for passengers on a screen that everyone can see, and adherence to these numbers.

The time has come to cancel this service and make way for everyone to travel on an equal footing.

And I am certain that if a radical reform of travel procedures on bridges takes place, everyone will find that there was no reason or justification for the existence of this service.

To that end, I propose the following:

1. Since the second Intifada and the closure of the bridge in the face of the Palestinian liaison, and the prevention of the police and the Palestinian liaison men from being inside the bridge, the Palestinian Authority was forced to introduce registration procedures for passengers, whether departing or arriving. These procedures double the time spent by the traveler. Therefore, the return of the Palestinian connection to the terminal of the bridge and enabling the Palestinian side to access the restrictions of arrivals and departures leads to the cancellation of registration in the rest area, whether at exit or return, which saves the traveler about an hour of time that he needs. International pressure must be put on Israel to return to this measure, which is part of the crossings and borders agreement, which Israel committed to and then reneged on and denied.

2. Add to that the issue of buses. The use of large buses forces passengers to wait for a longer time inside the bus because there is no fixed schedule and for short periods, forcing the buses to travel even if they do not have a sufficient number of passengers.

3. If some say that this matter exists now, but at a slow pace, then the response to it is that the waiting period for passengers for buses or waiting while they are inside must be shortened. This is not possible unless the companies working to transport passengers across the bridges are commissioned using minibuses, each of which does not exceed 12 passengers.

4. Reviewing the bureaucratic procedures related to the transportation of passengers and their luggage and shortening all the routine procedures that have no benefit other than suggesting to the traveler: We are here.

5. With all this and in addition to it, it is necessary to stop at the financial burdens that are placed on the shoulders of travelers, which increase the heinous financial exploitation of them. The traveler from any airport, including from the Israeli airports, does not pay any fees, while the Palestinian traveler is obligated to pay a permit fee of approximately fifty dollars for each person, including children, and there is discrimination in payment between Palestinian ID holders and their Jerusalemite Palestinian brothers who hold a blue card. Israeli. In addition to paying on the Palestinian/Israeli side, every Palestinian is obligated to pay ten dinars on the Jordanian side!! The time has come to stop this exploitation on both sides, west of the river and east of the river, by all parties.

Finally, I do not exaggerate if I say that the problem of travel on the bridges is fabricated and that if the bridge was dealt with as a crossing open 24 hours a day, and the Damieh Bridge was opened for the people of the northern West Bank, and minibuses were used to transport passengers, and a schedule for buses was set, and humane treatment on the bridges was improved. First and foremost, the VIP service has been cancelled. If all these measures are taken with the cessation of material exploitation of passengers and the abolition of fees, then we will breathe a sigh of relief and perhaps we will go back to calling the crossing the Al-Karama crossing.

الاحتلال لا يتوقف عن ممارسة جرائمه في مختلف المجالات وأبرزها قتل الاطفال والشباب الابرياء بدم بارد وبتعمد واضح ، كالاطفال الخمسة الذين قتلهم في قطاع غزة والشاب محمد الشحام الذي أعدموه باطلاق النار عليه من مسافة الصفر وفي منزله وأمام عائلته وكان لا يشكل أي خطر وبالامكان اعتقاله وتقديمه للمحاكمة ان كان الاحتلال يتهمه بأية أعمال عدائية له.

وفي هذا الوقت بالذات فإن هناك مشاورات واتصالات في الامم المتحدة لقبول فلسطين كدولة كاملة العضوية وبالتالي محاسبة الاحتلال على كل ممارساته ، وقد طالب منسق الامم المتحدة الخاص لعملية السلام في تغريدة له على تويتر بالتحقيق الفوري الشامل والمستقل في جريمة اعدام الشاب الشحام ، واضاف نور ويسلاند انه منزعج بشدة بخصوص هذه الجريمة.

هذه التصريحات ايجابية وتجيء في الوقت المناسب ولكنها غير كافية، لأن الجريمة واضحة ومصورة وقد شاهدها العالم كله، وليس المطلوب مجرد التحقيق وإنما اتخاذ اجراءات ضد الذين يرتكبون هذه الجرائم وجعلهم يدفعون الثمن الحقيقي الميداني، لأنهم اعتادوا على سماع الادانات ولم يعودوا يهتمون بها او يحسبون لها اي حساب.

كما ان جريمة اغتيال الشاب الشحام واطفال غزة ليست الاولى ولن تكون الاخيرة، والاحتلال لا يقوم بجرائم القتل فقط وإنما يمارس اشكالا مختلفة في مقدمتها الاستيطان والتهجير، ففي اليوم نفسه الذي قتلوا فيه هذا الشاب فقد أقاموا بؤرتين استيطانيتين في طولكرم والخليل، وصادقت بلدية الاحتلال بالقدس على خطط استيطانية وتوسعة المستوطنات القائمة ومصادرة مئات الدونمات ومحاولات تهجير عشرات العائلات، وتدمير أشجار ومنشآت ومصادرة معدات زراعية مختلفة.

كما ان بلدية الاحتلال تتجاهل ترتيبات الامان في محيط المؤسسات التربوية في القدس الشرقية كما اغلقت عدة مدارس وفرضت المناهج التعليمية على التربية والتعليم.

في الختام نكرر المطالبة بمحاسبة الاحتلال على كل ممارساته وليس مجرد طلب التحقيق في ما هو واضح ومعروف من تصرفاته المنافية لكل المفاهيم والقوانين الدولية والحقوق الانسانية..!!

Washington (AFP) - The United States on Monday unveiled a comprehensive reformulation of its policy in sub-Saharan Africa, where it intends to confront the Russian and Chinese presence and develop non-military methods against terrorism.

This new strategy, which takes into account Africa's growing population importance and its weight in the United Nations as well as its vast natural resources and opportunities, coincides with the start of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's second African tour that will lead him to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.

This shift also comes at a time when some assert that the US focus on combating extremist groups in Africa militarily has not yielded significant results.

The new guidance document unveiled on Monday affirms that "the United States has a significant interest in ensuring that the region remains open and accessible to all, and that governments and peoples can make their own political choices (...)".

"Open societies generally tend to work in concert with the United States, attract more US trade and investment (...) and counter the harmful activities of the People's Republic of China, Russia and other foreign actors," she added.

The document, titled "U.S. Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa," details four five-year goals: supporting open societies, delivering democratic and security gains, working on post-pandemic recovery, enabling economic opportunity, supporting climate conservation and adaptation, and equitable energy transition.

The US document refers to the White House's allegations against Beijing and Moscow in Africa.

It considers that Beijing is acting in it as "an arena to challenge the rules-based international order, to promote its exclusive commercial and geopolitical interests (...) and to weaken US relations with African peoples and governments."

As for Russia, it "believes that the region represents a permissive environment for parastatal and private military companies, often creating instability to gain strategic and financial advantages," according to the US document, which also refers to the use of "disinformation."

And while about 70 percent of Africans express firm support for democracy, the number of so-called free states has shrunk to eight, a number that was not so low thirty years ago.

The document proposes increased efforts to "stop the recent wave of tyranny and military coups by working with allies and partners in the region to respond to democratic backsliding and human rights abuses."

She added that the United States would use its "unilateral capabilities", that is, military, against terrorist targets "only when it is lawful and where the threat is most acute."

The aim is to prioritize "civilian-led approaches where this is possible and effective".
The US interest in Africa has often not been overshadowed by its priorities and the US administration's hopes to change its policy.
An American-African summit is scheduled for December 13 in Washington.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - A young man was killed today, Monday, due to a bee sting he was infected with several days ago.

Local sources said that Osama Abbas Abu Shakra, from the village of Marah Mualla, south of Bethlehem, died of a "yellow bee" sting a few days ago.

Taiyuan, China (Xinhua) -- The total volume of cargo transported on the Watang-Rizhao Railway exceeded 103 million tons in 2022, which means China has upgraded another power transmission corridor capable of handling more than 100 million tons of coal annually, according to the company. Taiyuan China National Railway Group Co., Ltd.

The railway is a heavy transport channel that connects the major coal-producing regions of China. It starts in Watang Township in north China's Shanxi Province and ends at Rizhao Port in east China's Shandong Province, connecting China's seven major railways.

Thanks to joint efforts to improve the efficiency of coal transportation, the Watang-Rizhao Railway has witnessed a steady increase in annual transportation volume, from 73.9 million tons in 2020 to more than 100 million tons last year.

The canal is also a major west-to-east coal transportation route in China, ensuring that the country's energy consumption demand is met.

The media spokesman for the police, Colonel Louay Arziqat, announced, on Monday evening, that two of the escapees from the glasses of the Hebron Governorate Police Directorate turned themselves in to the police.

Irzeigat added, in a press statement, that this came as a result of the tireless efforts made by the police command since this morning with the people of the fleeing, stressing that work is still going on to bring others.

Jerusalem - "Jerusalem" dot com - Dozens of settlers stormed, on Thursday morning, the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque , under the strict protection of the occupation police.

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

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

Tehran (AFP) - An Iranian man who was known as "the dirtiest person in the world" for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported Tuesday.

The man, known as "Amo Haji", who had not bathed for more than half a century, passed away on Sunday in the village of Dakkah in Fars Province in the south of the Islamic Republic, according to the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

The agency quoted a local official as saying that the man was avoiding taking a shower for fear that this would lead to "infection with the disease."

The reputation of the man who spent his life celibate became popular. Local media indicated that a documentary was prepared about him in 2013, entitled "The Strange Life of Uncle Haji."

Erna indicated that months ago, "for the first time, some villagers brought him to the bathroom to wash."

Written by: Ziyad Abu Ziyad

First of all, let us work together so that the next Eid comes and we are in a better condition. Let us work for a day when the prisoners are liberated, the wounds are healed, and the aggression against the lives, property and sanctities of our people is stopped. Then one can say without shame or embarrassment: Happy New Year!

The meeting that took place the day before yesterday between President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Minister of War Benny Gantz came within less than forty-eight hours of the meeting that took place under the auspices of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and brought together President Abbas and brother Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of Hamas in Algeria.

The timing of the meeting between President Abbas and Benny Gantz raises speculation. In addition to the Abbas-Haniyeh meeting, it comes against the background of a systematic Israeli policy that opposes any rapprochement or reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, so that Israel continues to play the card that there is no legitimate representative of the Palestinians that enjoys the approval of all Palestinians, and against the background of Israel's continued rejection. Holding Palestinian elections and disrupting them by various means so that they can continue to claim that the Palestinian leadership is illegitimate, unelected and corrupt, and against the background of some leaks about reviving contacts regarding a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas that will raise the level of Hamas’s popularity in the Palestinian street, and against the backdrop of preparations for the president’s visit American Joe Biden next Wednesday and the expected meetings between him and both the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and Israel’s attempt to give the impression that it is taking steps to facilitate the lives of the Palestinians within the framework of the plan put forward by former US President Donald Trump called the Deal of the Century, which Biden rejected publicly, but his administration adopts and implements it under the name Another is shrinking the conflict, or what Netanyahu called at the time peace An economist who completely ignores the political dimension of the struggle against settlements and occupation and ignores the national aspirations of the Palestinian people.

The picture is very ambiguous and leaves ample space for speculation, whether in the direction of skepticism, planting seeds of internal strife, or selling false illusions.

As I recount the atmosphere and circumstances under which the Abbas-Gantz meeting took place without offering a specific conclusion, leaving it up to the astute reader to draw whatever he wants from it. I will suffice with saying that nothing changed the day after the Abbas-Gantz meeting.

Nothing has changed or new under the sun. The settlers and extremists’ incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque in these blessed days have intensified, and their prayers in its courtyards under police guard have become a matter that is repeated every day, and the demolition of homes and the displacement of Palestinians from their homes and lands on a daily basis is still happening with intensity at the hands of the Israeli military forces that receive their orders from Gantz himself, who met Abu Mazen, and settler attacks against our people and their property under the protection of the army, which also receives instructions from Gantz, continues and..and..the list is long.

Creating illusions and running after mirages cannot end unless we return to ourselves and comply with the Almighty’s saying, “God does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves.”

Changing ourselves requires a return to the people and to the democratic choice that enables the people to represent themselves by themselves through the free and fair choice of who represents them and takes decisions related to their fate, rights and leadership to the shore of safety.

We need real reconciliation with ourselves and among the components of the Palestinian people, and we need to shake our hands of the illusion of running after America and its allies, and the illusion that political begging can lead to a result. We need to realize that national unity and fair and transparent elections are the first step on the road to salvation.

Once again, may next year be a better year. Let the next feast be a feast that comes as we celebrate something new and better than we are.

‏ بقلم : عيسى قراقع ‏
يجلس أمام مدخل البيت على كرسيه المتحرك كأنه ينتظر قدوم أحد ، شفتاه ترتجفان ويجد صعوبة في ‏اشعال السيجارة ، جسمه يرتعش بسبب تدهور حالته الصحية ولكن في عينيه الخافتتين بصيرة حارس ‏، يجلس كأسد يضيئ بجمر سيجارته حدقات العتمة، ينظر حوله، يشرب قهوته المرة، يتفقدنا، كنا ‏ناقصين، سأل عن الكثير من الاصدقاء والاحباء الشهداء والاحياء، دمعت عيناه كأنه تذكر ذلك اليوم ‏الثقيل في قريته ترمسعيا عندما استشهد المناضل زياد أبو عين وزير هيئة مقاومة الجدار والاستيطان ‏يوم 10-12-2014 خلال الاعتداء عليه من قبل جنود الاحتلال واستهدافه بقنابل الغاز خلال فعالية ‏شعبية بزراعة أشجار الزيتون في أراضي قرية ترمسعيا المهددة بالمصادرة .‏

محمد صدوق أبو السعدي الرجل الثمانيني وابن قرية ديربان المهجرة لا زال يحمل تلك العصا العتيقة ، ‏عصا العودة والامل،عصا يحارب بها زمن اليأس والضجر، عصا يضرب بها حتى ينفلق الحجر، ‏عصا تفتح الطريق المغلق بالحواجز العسكرية والمستوطنات، عصا العابرين الى حريتهم وكرامتهم ‏وسط هذا الليل الحالك ،عصا الشهداء والاسرى والفقراء التي تصير احيانا علما ذو الوان اربعة ،تصير ‏شجرة وارفة، تصير يدا ومقاومة ، تصير بندقية وجذع منتصب القامة، عصا تنبش الماضي لتصنع ‏الحاضر في جدلية التراث والاصالة والهوية والحضارة .‏

هجم أبو السعدي بعصاه على قاتل زياد أبو عين، ضرب الجنود المتوحشين ،كان ابو السعدي غاضبا ‏،غضب الكهل الصخري الذي انفلق كالزلزال ،غضب الخميرة والزيت والبراهين، غضب الارض ‏المسروقة وقد استعادت جذورها وعظامها الدفينة ، رأى ابو السعدي الشهيد زياد يختنق ، قنابل غاز ‏ورصاص، انفاس زياد تحترق وعيناه تحدقان في وجه القاتل ، عينان مفتوحتان على الطوفان، عينان ‏تتموجان بتراب الارض، عينان حادتان كشفرة السكين، عينان فيهما الرفض والبصيرة البعيدة، عينان ‏تجمعان كل الصور، عينان ترسمان افقا اخر ابعد من الموت وأقرب الى عطش الحياة . ‏

‏ أبو السعدي يضرب الجنود بعصاه ، لا ينسحب ولا يتراجع ، الجميع شاهد أبو السعدي يحرك بعصاه ‏أرواح الصامدين واجنحة الهواء المخنوق ، العصا والكوفية الرقطاء والوجه العنيد ، الجنرال ابو ‏السعدي يقود بعصاه تلك الكتيبة ، يصرخ ويزمجر ويبرق كرعد سماوي ألقى على المحتلين ناره ‏الحامية ، هذه العصا عمرها 74 عاما ، العصا هي التاريخ ، عصا ابو السعدي هي الارادة عندما يخنقك ‏الموت والجدران وصمت العدالة الكونية .‏

عصا أبو السعدي هي كل مدينة وقرية وحارة ، الرمز والدعوة والرسالة، العصا فيها دماء وشرايين ، ‏فسلام على تلك العصا الصلبة المقاتلة ، فاحملوا عصيكم ايها الناس واخرجوا ، المستوطنون قادمون ، ‏المستوطنون ينهبون الارض ويعربدون ويقتلون ، اخرجوا ، عصا ابو السعدي ارسلت الاشارة ، اعلنت ‏النفير، فمن رأى عصا ابو السعدي فلينهض الان ويكسر هذا الصقيع ، يضرب بعصاه الارض حتى ‏ينفجر الصخر قرارا ومصير.‏

سلام على تلك العصا السحرية ، لا تضعوها في متحف للنسيان او للذاكرة ، هي عصا الاعمى اذا ضل ‏الطريق ، هي عين ثالثة ، وهي عصا المقرور اذا اصابه البرد لينبش الجمر ويشعل الحريق، عصا ‏الفدائي الذي لا يرفع يديه مستسلما في غرف التحقيق ، عصا تقود الى الامام ، جيل وراء جيل يفيق ‏ويفيق ، عصا ابو السعدي هي الباقية ، عجوز يتعكز عليها ويقاتل بها رغم كبر سنه ، لا زال يمشي ، ‏يقول نستطيع أن نمشي ، العمر لا يشيخ في فلسطين ، العمر يتجدد ويتوالد وينهض عندما تناديك الحياة ‏الحرة القادمة .‏

عصا ابو السعدي هي ابنة الارض، ابنة كل الاشجار والنباتات البرية، العصا التي منعت بني اسرائيل ‏من عبور البحر واحتلال الارض، عصا مذكورة في كل الكتب السماوية، عصا مقدسة لان الذي ‏يحملها عجوز نجا من النكبة عام 1948، حمل عصاه وجلس فوق الجبل يرقب عودته الى قريته ‏المنهوبة .‏

عصا الجنرال ابو سعدي تهاجم قاتل الشهيد زياد ابو عين ، تتصدى لكل هؤلاء الغزاة الذين لا زالوا ‏يلاحقوننا بالقتل والنهب والسجن والاستيطان ، يتصدى للغزاة الذين يكرهون البشر، يحملون البنادق ‏والمجارف ويتغولون بالجرافات ، لعلهم يجدون في الارض لهم هيكل او اله ، يصابون بجنون الفاشية ‏والعنصرية عندما لا يجدوا سوانا تحت التراب وفوق التراب .‏

استشهد زياد ابو عين وما زال الجنود ينقضون على ابي السعدي ، هي عصا في مواجهة السلاح ، هي ‏عصا مصنوعة من عضلات القلب ، لا تنكسر ، عصا اسطورية تحرك الشمس حيث تشاء ، عصا من ‏ارادة تحطم حديد الزنازين عندما ينتفض الاسرى خلف القضبان ، عصا شهيد جعل من الارض سجادة ‏للرحمة والصلاة .‏

عصا الجنرال ابو السعدي هي تلك العصا التي تنبأ بها العالم الفيزيائي اينشتاين عندما قال : انا لا ‏أعرف السلاح الذي سيستخدمه الانسان في الحرب العالمية الثالثة ، لكني اعرف انه سيستخدم العصا ‏والحجر في الحرب العالمية الرابعة ، وربما هي تلك العصا التي تحدث عنها محمود درويش عندما قال ‏‏: هي مسلتي وهويتي الاولى ومعدني الصقيل ، ومقدسي العربي في الصحراء،يعبد ما يسيل من ‏القوافي كالنجوم على عباءته ويعبد ما يقول ، عصا لها دلالات في القول وفي النسغ والعقل وتاريخ ‏يكتبه الشهداء .‏

سلام على تلك العصا ،ربما هي من زيتونة مزروعة في جبل الطور في القدس، عصا تشق الغيب‏،ربما هي يد الملاك تقرأ الضوء، ربما هي من نخلة ولدت تحتها مريم العذراء ، ربما هي مطرقة ‏الحرية ، انها تعليمات العصا ، تعليمات ابو السعدي، لا تذهب الى القدس الا حاملا عصاك، القدس تكره ‏الفراغ، خذ عصاك واستغفر، فالمياه العذبة والرياح اللوافح تخرج من تحت صخرة ببيت المقدس، قال ‏ذلك ابو هريرة عندما التقى بأبي السعدي في باب العامود وتحت قبة السماء.‏

الجنرال ابو السعدي هو اول من حمل الصافرة لتنظيم المركبات في الشوارع وفي دوار المنارة في رام ‏الله بعد قيام السلطة الفلسطينية عام 1995 ، اول شرطي فلسطيني متطوع، اول من شعر بالحرية ، ‏استعاد حياته المصادرة، الجميع سمع الصافرة، مرحلة جديدة تحتاج الى صافرة فلسطينية ، يخرج ‏صوتها من اعماق الصدر، زفير رجل كان يحلم ان الدولة الفلسطينية قادمة لها رئة وأرض وحدود ‏وعلم وهوية وسيادة .‏

ابو السعدي يحمل عصاه في كل اعتصام للاسرى خلال فعاليات التضامن معهم ،يلوح بها،يكتب بها، ‏يرفع صور الاسرى عليها، يشير بها الى المعسكرات والسجون ، العصا تتجاوز الحدود والاسلاك ‏الشائكة ، عصا الوعي يطل على المعتقلين من خلف الجدار ومن كل نافذة .‏

لا زالت سلطات الاحتلال تفتش عن عصا ابو السعدي ، العصا التي ضربتهم وهددتهم عندما استشهد ‏زياد ابو عين ، العصا مطاردة ومطلوبة، العصا هي الشاهد وهي المحكمة ، العصا هي الغابة ‏الجماهرية تكتبها الارض وترويها الفصول ، العصا زنود تقذف الحجارة ، فمن العصا كانت النقافة ‏والقوس والرمح والفأس وعمود البيت وعمود الشعر، العصا تتحول الى حية، من يحمل عصا ابو ‏السعدي لا يعرف الخوف، عصا لا تتردد ولا تعرف الشك والمساومة، عصا اللحظة الحاسمة . ‏

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ten theater groups from all over the country are participating in the third Palestine National Theater Festival, which is organized by the Ministry of Culture from 10/25/2022 to 10/31/2022 on the stage of Al-Kasaba Theater in the city of Ramallah. God.

The performances are the play "Kharreef" - Al-Hara Theater / Beit Jala, the play "Detainee" - Resala Theater / Nablus, the play "Suicidal Actor" - Ras Arous Theater / Majd Al-Krum, the play "The Grays" - Theater Days / Gaza, the play "We Don't Pay" We Want to Pay" - Ensemble Fringe Theater - Nazareth, the duet "Delirium and a Sweet Year, O Sacrifice" - Al Majd Theater / Haifa, "Landmine" play - Al Kasaba Theater / Ramallah, "Jaffa and its Father" play - Al Muntar Theater / Gaza, "The Elephant" play Freedom Theater / Jenin, the play "Tour" - Sanabel Theater / Jerusalem.

The competition between the participating shows will be for several awards: Best Integrated Show Award, Best Direction Award, Best Script Award, Best Scenography Award, Best Actress Award, and Best Actor Award.

A jury was formed for the festival, consisting of: Dr. Hazem Kamal El-Din, Chairman of the Committee, and the membership of each of: the playwright Radi Shehadeh, the director Raeda Ghazala, the actor Nabil Al-Rai, and Dr. Al-Hakim Masoud.

The Palestinian Ministry of Culture assigned playwright Fadi Al-Ghoul as executive director of the festival.

On the sidelines of the festival, three intellectual seminars will be held in which specialists and those interested in the theatrical field will speak, distributed spatially over three governorates: Jenin, Ramallah, and Bethlehem. Barham, director of Al-Hara Theatre, Amer Khalil, director of the National Theater (The Storyteller), at Dar Al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, and a symposium on the development of Palestinian theater (1948-1975). The play House of Madness by Tawfiq Fayyad is a model. Technical Palestine - Khadouri Ramallah, and another about cultural resilience in Jenin Governorate and the Freedom Theater as a model, in which each of: Nabil Al-Rai, Ahmed Tubasi, Salih Al-Bakri will speak and will be held in the Freedom Theater Jenin.

Wans - (AFP) - The Independent High Authority for Elections in Tunisia announced on Tuesday evening the adoption of the new draft constitution with 94.6 percent of the vote, after the judiciary rejected all appeals against the results of the referendum held on July 25.

"The commission declares acceptance of the new draft constitution of the Republic of Tunisia," said Farouk Bouaskar, head of the commission, in a press conference.

Bouaskar added, "The new constitution enters into force from the date of the commission's announcement of the final results, its seal by the President of the Republic, and its publication" in the Official Gazette.

On Tuesday morning, the Administrative Court rejected the only appeal filed by the Afek Tounes party, after it rejected three appeals in the first instance.

The final results of the referendum were similar to the preliminary results announced on July 27, and the answer was yes to 94.6 percent of the votes (2.8 million votes), and about 30.5 percent of the total number of voters, who numbered nearly nine million, participated in the referendum. .

Bouaskar considered that "the administrative judiciary confirmed the safety of the entire process, its integrity and transparency," and added that the court's decision "is the best evidence of the integrity of all stages of the referendum... and refuted all accusations against the commission (which) has political goals."

The head of the electoral commission stressed that the latter was subjected to an "unprecedented wave of skepticism and false accusations... from some political parties and even civil society organizations."

The new constitution enshrines a system that gives the president broad powers, in contrast to the 2014 constitution, which established an amended parliamentary system that gives the president limited roles.

The new constitution does not provide for a mechanism to dismiss the President of the Republic, who exercises executive power with the assistance of a prime minister and ministers who are appointed by him.

It will also establish a second parliamentary chamber under the name of the "National Council of Regions and Regions", which is concerned especially with economic issues.

Farouk Bouaskar said that the Independent Higher Commission will start preparing for the upcoming elections, most notably the parliamentary elections

scheduled for December 17, "pending the issuance of a new electoral law and a new division of electoral districts."

For its part, the opposition announced its rejection of the referendum and questioned its results. It denounces President Kais Saied's monopoly on the full executive and legislative powers since July 25, 2021.

Activists and human rights organizations warn of the danger of a gradual return to dictatorship after the adoption of the new constitution.

On the other hand, experts believe that the voters who voted "yes" to the new draft constitution were motivated above all by the hope of improving their economic situation.

Tunisia is going through a serious crisis, the most prominent features of which are low economic growth (less than 3 percent), high unemployment rates (nearly 40 percent among young people) and increasing poverty (about four million people).

And Tunisia, heavily indebted, has been negotiating for weeks from the International Monetary Fund to obtain a new loan of four billion dollars, which opens possibilities for obtaining other loans from the international market at low interest rates.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Palestinian Prisoners Club confirmed that the life of the prisoner , Nasser Abu Hamid , and according to recent medical reports, is still in grave danger.

The club explained that the doses of chemotherapy he had recently undergone were reduced, since his body could no longer bear it, as he came out of it worse and exhausted, pointing out that he had recently undergone a CT scan of the brain, and according to doctors, the result is after two weeks.

A court session will be held at the beginning of next August to consider the request for his early release due to his health condition, despite what previous experiences have proven that the “legal” path rarely led to the release of a sick prisoner who reached the state of health that the prisoner Abu Hamid reached, especially He is sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Captive Club said that all the data related to the case of the prisoner Abu Hamid, since it was discovered that he had cancer last year until now, confirms that the occupation prison administration is carrying out a crime against him that extended over the past years and insists on continuing to complete it, through a number of systematic tools that fall within the crime of negligence. Medical (slow killing), which led him to reach this dangerous stage, especially with his continued detention in "Ramla" prison.

The club stated that Abu Hamid is among 23 prisoners who suffer from cancer and tumors of various degrees, and they are among 600 sick prisoners, including 200 prisoners who face chronic diseases and need intensive health care and follow-up.