SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

Two ties between Ittihad Khan Younis and its guest Ittihad Al-Shujaia and Services Al-Bureij and Al-Amal

غزة- أحمد المشهراوي:أهدر نادي الاتحاد بالشجاعية فرصة حاسمة للتقدم صوب مقدمة الدوري، واكتفى بالتعادل مع مضيفه اتحاد خانيونس، بنتيجة 1-1، على ملعب خانيونس البلديّ، في افتتاح لقاءات الجولة الـ20لدور الإياب في الدرجة الممتازة للدوري العامّ للموسم الكروي 2022/ 2023 في صراع منافسته مع خدمات رفح وشباب رفح.


جاءت المباراة دراماتيكية قوية، وسجل للشجاعية موسى حرارة في الدقيقة 15، ويسار الصباحين 90+، وللاتحاد راغب فارس في الدقيقة 69، ويوسف لولو في الدقيقة 90.


وبذلك، رفع الشجاعية رصيده إلى 40 نقطة وقفز ثانياً متقدماً على الشباب بذات الرصيد وله مباراة، بأفضلية الأهداف للشجاعية، وبقي اتحاد خانيونس في المركز الرّابع برصيد 29 نقطة.


حكم اللقاء: عبدالسلام أبو سليسل للساحة، ومحمّد خطّاب، ومروان خطّاب، وهاني مسمح، ونائل أبو زايد مراقباً المباراة، وأشرف زملط مقيماً للحكام.


خدمات البريج- الأمل


واحتكم ناديا خدمات البريج وضيفه الأمل للتعادل الإيجابي بنتيجة 1-1 على ملعب الشهيد محمّد، في ختام لقاءات الأسبوع الـ20، في دوري الدرجة الأوّلى، سجل للبريج بهاء الدعالسة في الدقيقة 17، وللأمل محمّد الغول (ركلة جزاء في الدقيقة 34).


وبذلك، رفع الأمل رصيده إلى 23 نقطة في المركز السابع، وتبعه البريج في المركز الثامن بنفس الرصيد النقطيّ، بفارق 4 أهداف لصالح الأمل.


حكم اللقاء: حسن صلاح للساحة، وساعده محمّد الزعانين، ومرسيل أبو شدق، ومحمّد الحسنيّ رابعاً، ووسام بشير مراقباً للمباراة، وسعيد عبد الوهاب، مقيماً للحكام.


مباريات الأحد


وتختتم اليوم الأحد لقاءات الجولة الـ20، في الدرجة الممتازة، ويلتقي شباب خانيونس وشباب الزوايدة على ملعب البلديّ في خانيونس، وخدمات رفح المتصدر وغزة الرياضيّ على ملعب رفح البلديّ، ويلاقي شباب رفح اتحاد بيت حانون الرياضيّ على ملعب بيت حانون البلديّ، والصداقة وخدمات النصيرات على الملعب البلديّ اليرموك، وفي أخر اللقاءات الخمسة يواجه الهلال الفلسطينيّ شباب جباليا على ملعب فلسطين الدوليّ.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

At least 32 people were killed in two traffic accidents in Turkey

Istanbul - (AFP) - At least 32 people were killed and 50 injured Saturday in two traffic accidents in southeastern Turkey, according to Turkish media.


16 people were killed and 21 injured in the first traffic accident between an ambulance and a bus on a highway linking the city of Gaziantep with the city of Nizip.


And the Turkish news agency "Demiroren" that a passenger bus was running on a highway and hit an ambulance, a fire engine and a car for a press team that had all gone to the scene of a previous accident.


Among the dead were three firefighters, four paramedics and two journalists from a Turkish news agency, according to local media.


Scenes broadcast by the Turkish agency showed the partially destroyed back section of the ambulance, the bus on its side and the front part smashed.


A few hours later, at least 16 other people were killed and about thirty injured 250 km to the east in a truck run-over accident, according to what the Turkish Minister of Health announced Saturday.


"16 people died and 29 others were injured, including 8 in critical condition, in an accident that occurred after the brakes of a truck ran into a crowd in Derik" in Mardin province, Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.


Video clips broadcast by Turkish media showed a driver who lost control of his truck crashing at full speed into several cars and running over pedestrians trying to flee.


Turkey's official Anadolu news agency reported that a traffic accident involving three cars occurred at the same place shortly before, and rescue teams were at the scene when the truck plowed into the crowd.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

On the night of the last fight .. Tyson Fury writes a new history

London - (dpa) - British boxer Tyson Fury retained his world heavyweight title after defeating compatriot Dillian White on Saturday evening, in the presence of a large crowd at Wembley Stadium.


Fury defeated White in the sixth round of the match, which was held as part of the World Boxing Council (WBC) competition.


In his first fight in Britain since August 2018, Fury was greeted by 94,000 spectators, according to the British news agency BA Media.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

Hebron.. Injuries of suffocation and settlers assaulting citizens in Tel Rumeida

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Saturday, settlers, under the protection of Israeli occupation soldiers, beat citizens while they were in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron.


And press sources reported that a number of settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation soldiers, beat and pepper gassed citizens of the Fakhouri and Idais families near the "Ramat Yishai" settlement, which was forcibly built on the citizens' lands and properties in Tel Rumeida, in the center of Hebron.


And in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, a number of citizens suffocated, on Saturday evening, during clashes that broke out with the occupation forces.


And press sources reported that the occupation authorities closed the entrance to Beit Ummar with an iron gate, and prevented the passage of a citizen’s funeral, which led to the outbreak of confrontations during which the occupation soldiers fired stun grenades and tear gas at the cemetery, which led to the injury of a number of citizens who were treated in the field.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:06 pm - Jerusalem Time

Large crowds welcome President Abbas upon his return from Germany

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Large Palestinian masses received today, Thursday, President Mahmoud Abbas upon his return from Germany , after an official visit during which he affirmed the official national position expressing the aspirations of the Palestinians.


The participants, based on public calls, raised the Palestinian flag at the reception in front of the northern entrance to the city of Al-Bireh, chanting slogans and slogans praising the positions of President Abbas, and pictures of him that read, "You are not alone, Mr. President."


Majid Al-Fitani, Secretary of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, said that this reception came in homage to President Abbas, who carried the message and concerns of our people boldly and courageously, armed with the will of the people and the national memory, which is still full of Zionist criminality. according to his expression.


The boys emphasized that President Abbas told the truth and confronted the world with it, and demanded that they do something to support our people, ease the siege imposed on them in the Gaza Strip, and stop the crimes and bloodshed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Gaza: death sentence by firing squad in the case of the murdered Zuhair Abu Daqqa

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Major Criminal Commission in the Gaza Strip issued a unanimous ruling to punish the convict (F/A) with death by firing squad, on the charge of intentional murder and possession of a firearm, based on the articles of the Palestinian law.


The convict had intentionally killed the victim, Zuhair Hammad Abu Daqqa, on November 4, 2003, by preparing the equipment to kill him with an RBK firearm. He watched him on the roof of his house and fired several bullets at him, hitting him in the chest and killing him in the manner shown in the medical report of the anatomical character, with intent and in an illegal manner and in violation of the law.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Severe overcrowding on the King Hussein Bridge

Amman - "Jerusalem" dot com - The King Hussein Bridge towards the Palestinian territories witnessed severe overcrowding of passengers, which prompted officials to extend work on it in an attempt to reduce overcrowding before it was closed again.


The Jordanian Public Security Directorate announced that three equipped and air-conditioned tents would be prepared to receive passengers across the bridge to relieve passengers, due to the active movement witnessed by the bridge during these days, coinciding with the high temperatures.


The instructions included providing cold water, installing ambulances and their crews, and doubling the work of the bridge cadres during official working hours to facilitate the passage of travelers as quickly as possible.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Settlers attack citizens in Tel Rumeida, in the center of Hebron

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - Settlers attacked, on Monday evening, a number of citizens in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood and Al-Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron.


Local sources reported that armed settlers, under the protection of the occupation soldiers, attacked the citizens and threw stones and empty bottles at them, and sprayed them with pepper gas, in Tel Rumeida and Al-Shuhada Street, causing a number of them to suffocate, and they were treated in the field.


SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

There is a positive correlation between the youth of Rafah and Beit Hanoun, and a negative one between the Nuseirat and friendship services


Gaza - Ahmed Al-Masharawi - Rafah Youth Club, last season's title holder, continued to lead despite its 1-1 draw with its guest, Ittihad Beit Hanoun, at Rafah Municipal Stadium, in the ninth round of the Premier League in the General League for the football season 2022-2023. And he raised his tally. To 18 points in the first place, and the balance of Beit Hanoun reached 9 points in the ninth place.


Rafah advanced through its star Moamen Al-Bawab in the 55th minute, and Beit Hanoun succeeded in snatching the equalizing goal in the fatal time in the 93rd minute through striker Abdel Karim Naseer.


The referee of the meeting: Mahmoud Abu Mustafa for the arena, assisted by Muhammad Al-Ghoul, Adnan Huneideq, and Badr Al-Attar fourth.


In the same excellent division, Khadamat Al-Nuseirat - the newcomer to the lights led its guest Al-Sadaqa to a negative tie at the Shahid Muhammad Stadium, and despite the opportunities available to the two teams, they failed to reach the two goals.


Al-Sadaqa raised its tally to 11 points in the eighth place, and Al-Nuseirat to 8 points in the tenth place.


The referee of the meeting: the international Fayez Omran for the arena, assisted by Rashid Hamdouna, Marcel Abu Shadaq, and Khaled Abu Al-Khair fourth.


first degree

In the first division, within the ninth week’s meetings, Namaa achieved a big victory over its neighbor and Beit Lahia, with a score of 5-1 at the Beit Hanoun Municipal Stadium. The quintet, expert Saeed Al-Sabakhi, took turns scoring a double, in the 31st and 57th minutes, and the scorer Ahed Abu Marahel- A double, in the 52nd and 56th minutes, Muhammad Al-Qadi in the 45th minute, and the goal of Beit Lahia Ibrahim Abu Al-Moeza in the 78th minute. Namaa jumped to third place with 17 points, and Beit Lahia’s balance remained at 9 points in eighth place.


Second degree

In the second division, in the ninth week of the Central and South Branch, Khadamat Al-Maghazi defeated Shabab Ma’an, 2-1, at Khan Yunis Municipal Stadium. Defender Maan Muhammad Arandes scored a foul for Al-Maghazi in the 30th minute, Muhammad Al-Abzel in the 85th minute, and Lam’an Maher Al-Najjar in the 94th minute. Al-Maghazi raised his score to 18 points in the lead, and Maan’s balance remained at 12 points in fourth place.


Sunday matches

Today, Sunday, in the excellent class, Gaza Sports and Rafah Services will meet at the Palestine International Stadium, and Jabalia Youth and the Palestinian Crescent will meet at the Beit Hanoun Municipal Stadium. The Rafah and Deir Al-Balah Union teams meet at the Rafah Municipal Stadium.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

On International Children's Day.. "The Prisoners' Authority" documents a painful arrest certificate for the child Muhammad al-Natsheh

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs said that the detained children suffer in prisons and detention centers from harsh and inhuman conditions of detention, which lack the minimum standards of life; They suffer from lack of food and its poor quality, lack of hygiene, the spread of insects, overcrowding, medical negligence and lack of health care, lack of clothing, isolation from the outside world and parents, in addition to verbal abuse, beatings, isolation and collective punishments, and deprivation of their right to education.

On the occasion of International Children's Day, the lawyer of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Prisoners' Affairs, Heba Aghbariyeh, documented a new, painful testimony of the arrest of the child, Muhammad Rushdi al-Natsheh (16 years), from Shuafat camp, northeast of Jerusalem, who is in Damon prison. On September 26, 2022, the occupation forces arrested him and his friend Wael Dino, from the Old City of Jerusalem, after a number of border guards stopped them and dragged them to the Al-Buraq checkpoint, where they threw them on the ground and then tied their hands behind them with plastic ties. For a quarter of an hour, they took them to the police station in Al-Qishla, where they mutilated them, took their fingerprints, and then transferred them to the Moscow Compound for investigation in 4 rooms.


Muhammad describes the circumstances of the interrogation, saying: "Before entering the interrogation room, they put me in a small room and two people entered and beat me severely, then one of them carried a pin and threatened me to insert it into his head if I did not confess, and the other pulled the TV cable and started hitting him on the table to scare me, then he hit me on the leg." After they beat me up, they took me to the interrogation room, and after the interrogation ended, they transferred me to the rooms in the Russian Compound Prison, they kept me there for 22 days, then they transferred me to Megiddo, and finally to the children’s section in Damon.”

The lawyer for the commission adds that the prisoner, while he was in the Moscow Compound, fell ill and suffered from a high fever and pain in the whole body. He did not eat anything for several days, at a time when the prison administration deliberately refused to transfer him to the clinic and show him to the doctor, and they insisted on not giving him even a sedative to reduce the fever and pain he experienced. He was in control of his body.


It is noteworthy that Muhammad has not yet been sentenced, and there is no information about his upcoming trial, but the judge presented several possibilities in the last session, either that he be released to house arrest in Jerusalem and its environs, or that he be transferred to an institution inside, and in the event that the parents do not agree to one of these options, he remains in prison .

The child prisoner, Muhammad, is deprived of visiting his family, as the Israeli occupation authorities refuse to grant his mother a visit permit, as she lives in the town of Anata and holds the West Bank ID, and his father is deceased.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

15 dead and 22 injured in a traffic accident in Turkey

Istanbul, (AFP) - The governor of Gaziantep province announced Saturday that 15 people were killed and 22 injured in southeastern Turkey in a traffic accident with an ambulance.


"15 of our citizens were killed and 22 injured (...) in the accident between a bus, a rescue team and an ambulance (...) on the highway between Gaziantep and Nizip," Gov. Davut Gül said on Twitter.


The Turkish news agency "Demiroren" said that a passenger bus traveling on a highway hit an ambulance, a fire engine and a car of a team of journalists, all of whom were heading to the scene of an earlier accident.


The governor added that three firefighters, paramedics and journalists were among the dead.


Scenes broadcast by the Turkish agency showed the partially destroyed back of an ambulance and car wreckage.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Normalization increases, but we remain a thorn in their throats!!

From the Maghreb to the Gulf, it seems that normalization with the occupying state is expanding with the establishment of economic and cultural relations in addition to the political ones.


In the Arab Emirates, a free trade agreement was signed yesterday with Israel and customs exemption was given to more than 96% of the trade between them. The Israeli Minister of Economy went to the Emirates and she was the one who signed the agreement, which she described as of strategic importance.


At the same time, expectations are increasing that Saudi Arabia will also normalize relations with Israel, and a number of senior Israeli businessmen went to Saudi Arabia to discuss areas of economic cooperation between the two countries, and this is a very clear introduction to the possibilities of official normalization and the exchange of ambassadors.


And the Arab Gulf countries that practice this normalization claim that there is an Iranian threat threatening them and that Israel will be a strong support to confront this alleged danger, but the increasing normalization reaches Morocco, which is not threatened by any Iranian threat and is as far from Iran as the distance between East and West.


It is unfortunate and painful that this normalization takes place while the occupying state is practicing all forms of persecution, land confiscation, settlement expansion, and efforts to eliminate any possibilities for the establishment of a Palestinian state and the restoration of our national rights. The Israeli government has decided to spend millions of shekels to support all forms of settlement, and they have established a new settlement outpost on the lands The town of Jalud in the Nablus governorate, and 54 dunums of land were confiscated in Al-Tur in Jerusalem, and at the same time they continue the displacement works as they are trying at this time in the “Masafer Yatta” area, whose people resist all these attempts by steadfastness and adherence to the land and rights.


We are in a very bad political situation as a result of this normalization, and these normalizers ignore our rights and our cause in a devastating and painful manner and jump towards narrow and shameful interests, and we find the occupying power persisting in arrogance, completely ignoring us, and acting as if we do not exist.


They not only ignore, but they are completely blind to the future and forget that the presence of millions of us on our land between the sea and the river will remain a bloody thorn in their throats and will remain the strong obstacle in front of all their expansionist ambitions and political blindness that they practice with all myopia and political stupidity, and the future will remain ours..!!

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Two dead and four injured, two seriously, in a shooting in Paris

Paris - (AFP) - Two people died after being wounded Friday in a shooting in the tenth arrondissement of Paris, according to the prosecution, which confirmed that four people were injured, two of whom were in serious condition.


The prosecution added that "a man between the ages of 60 and 70 was arrested," and his identity is being verified.


A police source said that the suspect in the shooting was "French" and had previous records in two attempted murders.


The shooting took place on Dangan Street, near a Kurdish cultural center in a commercial and lively area that is particularly frequented by members of the Kurdish community.


The Public Prosecution said, "An investigation has been opened into crimes of assassination, premeditated murder, and aggravated violence," and "the investigations are currently entrusted to the Second Department of the Judicial Police."


A police source stated that the arrested man was "white in complexion" and "about sixty years of age," explaining that the death toll is not final.


He added that the man "was arrested with his weapon... his motives are still unknown at the present time."


The correspondent of Agence France-Presse that at the intersection of Dangan Street and Doutoville stretchers were brought quietly to the place where the police imposed a security cordon.

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Catastrophe, setback and division! from where we start?

Written by: Dr. Dalal Saeb Erekat


Coinciding with the anniversary of the setback! The late Mahmoud Darwish recalled the teacher who said: We liked June in his memory... If we do not find someone to defeat us again, we will defeat ourselves!
The Palestinian people witnessed a catastrophe and a setback of displacement and deportation because of the Zionists, and now we are suffering from a catastrophe of our own making. We have found someone to blame after the catastrophe of 1948 and the setback of 1967, and we are still suffering under occupation in forms of racism, injustice and persecution until apartheid has become internationally documented and now it is time for us to admit and blame ourselves for the catastrophe century of division. After the failure of many initiatives, dialogues, and shuttle visits to Arab and Western capitals that brought together the two delegations of reconciliation in the presence of a third party mediator in the hope of reaching a settlement, these efforts only served to waste time, effort, and money, and worse than that, it killed hopes and the Palestinian national spirit until everyone became in a state Waiting and waiting for the political will shrouded in a vacuum.
A real confrontation with reality is required on several internal and external fronts. Real stances that go beyond slogans are required.
Identity is what we inherit, not what we inherit! Palestine is more important than any party. Palestine brings together Fatah and Hamas, not the other way around. It is time for us to invest all opportunities and capabilities for the purpose of liberation, and for all of us to remember that we are facing one occupier. There must be a strong and real national initiative that reflects the aspirations and sacrifices of the Palestinian people to stand in the face of this catastrophe that we have caused. For ourselves so that we can achieve the national priorities of the Palestinian people and restore the prestige of the national project.
The Palestinian people deserve an alternative to the current situation. The Palestinian people deserve peace, living in dignity, freedom of movement, freedom of education, childhood, motherhood and humanity, leading to the right to self-determination. The Palestinian people deserve a better reality, and they deserve the beginning of liberation from the Israeli occupation. This fact is ignored by the international community, which perpetuates the manifestations of the occupation and increases the burden of Israeli arrogance and injustice against the Palestinian people. The occupation's crimes must be investigated, and accountability must be held. The occupation must be held responsible for its repeated crimes, and the occupation must be ended. However, awareness and national concern require ending the division in the first place.
The occupation authorities are working to impose facts to distract us with many details, from Jerusalem to the prisoners of the martyrs to the settlement of clearing funds for field executions, to attempts to close UNRWA and cancel the rights of refugees, to attempts to annex Jerusalem and the West Bank. We have passed the memory of the Palestinian Nakba, and today coincides with the anniversary of the Naksa, and we remember the scenes of displacement, the key to return, villages, asylum, injustice, and everything that the occupying state has done to this day, a continuous Nakba and setback. It is not difficult to transfer the experience to new generations and to our children. What is happening in Sheikh Jarrah, Masafer Yatta, Silwan, Khan al-Ahmar and Beita is nothing but new displacement operations, a repeated Nakba through military orders to forcefully displace and evacuate citizens. In addition to all that, the policy of settlement, captivity, deliberate killing and executions continues.
There are many witnesses to the injustice that the Palestinian people suffered from as a result of external parties, but it is time for us to confront what we have caused ourselves, the scene of division in Palestine. We may disagree on the name. On the one hand, some use the term division, coup, or seizure of power, and on the other hand, some call it the day of decisiveness and the day of cleansing the sector of corruption! Name it whatever you like, the result is the same and no one disagrees with it; Observations of favoring the party's interest over the national interest resulted in a shameful Palestinian division that led to the loss of an entire people and the loss of the Palestinian project in general. On the anniversary of the setback and the Nakba before it, we have to admit that as long as the division exists, it is almost impossible for us to regain our status, our value, and our national project.

- Dalal Erekat: Professor of Diplomacy and Strategic Planning, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Arab American University.


SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Nama Association and Khan Yunis Union today in the final match to determine the champion of the sector


غزة- أحمد المشهراوي - تتوجه أنظار الجماهير عصر اليوم السبت، عند الساعة الخامسة صوب ملعب الشهيد محمد، لمتابعة المباراة النهائية في دوري القطاع الكرويّ للناشئين تحت 17 عاماً، الذي سيجمع نادي جمعية نماء- بطل فرع غزة والشمال، واتحاد خانيونس- بطل الوسطى والجنوب.

وكان اتحاد خانيونس تُوِّج بطلاً للبطولة في المباراة النهائية لفرع الوسطى والجنوب، بفوزه على نظيره أهلي النصيرات، بنتيجة 2-صفر، على ملعب رفح البلديّ، سجلهما النجم حسام الشاعر في الدقيقتين 73, 76.

وحقق نادي نماء لقب البطولة في فرع غزة والشمال للمرة الأوّلى بتاريخه، بفوزه في المباراة النهائية لفرع غزة والشمال، على جاره خدمات جباليا، بنتيجة 1-صفر على ملعب بيت حانون البلديّ، سجله مدافع جباليا جمال عبد النبي خطأ في مرماه في الدقيقة 78.

وأعلنت لجنة المسابقات اتخاذها الترتيبات كافة لإقامة النهائيّ في هذا الفرع، عبر دعوة كبار الشخصيات الاعتبارية والرياضية وفتح الملعب أمام الجماهير، فما حددت لجنة المسابقات الحكام الذين سيديرون اللقاء.

وكان نماء وصل للمباراة بفوزه على أكاديمية تشامبيونز، بنتيجة 1-صفر على ملعب رفح البلديّ، سجله المهاجم وسام عزام في الدقيقة 76، فما وصل اتحاد خانيونس الفائز على خدمات المغازي، بنتيجة 4-1.

PALESTINE

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Journalists' Forum condemns the policy of combating Palestinian content

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Palestinian Media Forum condemned today, Wednesday, the policy of combating Palestinian content in the strongest terms, calling on social media platforms to abandon that, translate their slogans about allowing freedom of opinion and expression on the ground, and abandon the double standards that have so clearly emerged. Debunked and traveled during the Russian-Ukrainian war.

In a statement, the Forum affirmed that the persistence in combating Palestinian content constitutes direct support for the killing of children, innocent civilians, and journalists by the Israeli occupation forces.

He believed that blocking, restricting, and deleting Palestinian content comes as a continuation of the Israeli occupation’s approach to suppressing and killing Palestinian journalists, the latest of whom was colleague Sherine Abu Aqleh and colleague Ghufran Warasneh, in addition to its record of violations and crimes against the Palestinian media and its components, considering that identification with the occupation undermines the values of justice, freedom, and human rights that stipulated by international laws and conventions.

The Palestinian Journalists Forum called on the International Federation of Journalists and human rights organizations to address the approach of suppressing freedom of opinion and expression by social media, especially in light of its blatant bias and open support for the Israeli occupation narrative full of racism and intellectual and moral terrorism against the defenseless Palestinian people except from their will and deep belief in their right to their land and sanctities. , calling on the Palestinian Authority to activate its diplomatic and legal tools to stop the encroachment on the Palestinian narrative.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

The interest rate bet is falling in gold and rising in dollars and bond yields

Ramallah – “Jerusalem” dot com – Gold prices fell to their lowest level in a week today, Monday, while the dollar and bond yields rose, after data on US jobs reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve (US Central Bank) will continue to raise interest rates sharply. .


By 1:30 am, gold was trading in spot transactions at $1,679.32 an ounce, down $15.7, or 0.93%.


US gold futures fell $23, or 1.34%, to $1,686.35 an ounce. On the other hand, the dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against a basket of six major rival currencies, rose 0.33% to 113.052 points.


The dollar rose against the Israeli currency by 0.52%, to spend about 3.56 shekels, and the US bond yield for ten years increased by 1.5%.


The attractiveness of gold decreases, the higher the dollar, due to the higher cost of acquiring the yellow metal for holders of other currencies.


Gold preserves value and does not generate returns, and moves in the opposite direction with bonds that make profits for investors.


The decline in gold and the rise in the dollar and bond yields came after US official data showed, last Friday, the growth of jobs in the non-agricultural private sector, which grew more than expected.


The Labor Department said that the US economy created 263,000 new jobs last September, about 13,000 more than analysts' expectations.


In parallel, the US economy is still facing the fastest inflation wave in 40 years, reaching 8.3% in August, and inflation data for September is expected to be released next Thursday, amid expectations that it will slow down to 8.1%, but it remains four times the target rate of the US Central Bank at 2%. Employment data and inflation are the two most important parameters that the central bank monitors.


The bank's open market committee is scheduled to meet on the second of next November, amid expectations of raising interest rates by 75 basis points for the fourth time in a row.

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Copa America: Peru aspiring for revenge, the last obstacle between Brazil and the final


ريو دي جانيرو (أ ف ب) -إذا أردتَ الثأر، فعليك الانتظار قليلا. هذا ما ستحاول البيرو القيام به عندما تلتقي البرازيل في نصف نهائي كوبا أميركا لكرة القدم فجر الثلاثاء في ريو دي جانيرو، بعد أن أسقطتها الاخيرة في نهائي النسخة الماضية عام 2019 لتحقق لقبها التاسع، حيث سيسعى المنتخبان مجددًا للوصول الى المحطة الاخيرة ذاتها: ملعب ماراكانا الاسطوري.


في بلدها وأمام جماهيرها الغفيرة في الملعب العريق، وفي وقت لم يكن حتى أكثر المتشائمين يتوقع ظهور جائحة فيروس كورونا، رفع رجال المدرب تيتي الكأس التاسعة بقيادة القائد داني ألفيش بعد فوزهم 3-1 على المهاجم المخضرم باولو غيريرو وأصدقائه.


الآن وبعد عامين، وأمام مدرجات فارغة، وبدون الظهير الايمن والهداف البيروفي، ستسعى البرازيل لتجاوز العقبة ما قبل الأخيرة نحو لقبها العاشر، وهو ما يكاد يكون واجبًا للفريق الذي فاز بكأس كوبا أميركا في المرات الخمس التي استضافت بلاده البطولة سابقًا.
لم يتوج أي منتخب باللقب باستنثاء البرازيل عندما تقام البطولة في بلاد السمبا (1919، 1922، 1949، 1989 و2019)، فيما حققت القابها الاربعة الاخرى خارج معقلها في 1997، 1999، 2004 و2007.
ستتنافس البرازيل والبيرو للمرة الثانية في النسخة الحالية وهي السابعة والأربعين لأقدم بطولة للمنتخبات الوطنية في العالم، لتحديد أول المتأهلين للنهائي، بعد أن اكستح منتخب السيليساو نظيره برباعية نظيفة في دور المجموعات على الملعب ذاته “نيلتون سانتوس” الذي سيعودان اليه الاثنين، رغم ان تيتي شكى من سوء أرضية الملاعب، مطالبًا بعدم اقامة نصف النهائي على الملعب ذاته في ريو دي جانيرو.


وقد لاقى المنظمون انتقادات حادة من اللاعبين والمدربين بسبب سوء ارضية بعض الملاعب.
يلتقي الفائز في المباراة النهائية المقررة على ملعب ماراكانا السبت المقبل 10 تموز مع الأرجنتين او كولومبيا اللتين تلتقيان فجر الاربعاء في برازيليا.


ستعوّل البرازيل على نجمها نيمار لقيادتها الى النهائي العشرين في تاريخها (خسرت 11 مرة) وهو في حوزته حتى الآن هدفان وتمريرتان حاسمتان، هو الذي يبحث عن لقبه الأول مع المنتخب البرازيلي في كوبا أميركا، بعدما غاب عن النسخة الأخيرة بسبب الإصابة.


كما يرصد نيمار المتوج مع البرازيل بكأس القارات عام 2013 وذهبية أولمبياد ريو دي جانيرو عام 2016، الرقم القياسي في عدد الأهداف الدولية والموجود بحوزة “الملك” بيليه برصيد 77 هدفًا، حيث تفصله عنه تسعة أهداف فقط.
تقدم البرازيل بطلة العالم خمس مرات مستويات مميزة في البطولة حيث حافظت على سجلها خاليًا من الهزائم في دور المجموعات حاصدة ثلاثة انتصارات (ضد فنزويلا، البيرو، وكولومبيا) وتعادل (الايكوادور) لتتصدر المجموعة الثانية.


عانت لإقصاء تشيلي بطلة 2015 و2016 في الدور ربع النهائي بهدف نظيف للبديل لوكاس باكيتا في الدقيقة 46 قبل ان تكمل اللقاء بعشرة لاعبين منذ الدقيقة 48 إثر طرد مهاجم مانشستر سيتي الانكليي غابريال جيزوس، لارتكابه خطأ متهور على أوخينيو مينا، سيحرمه من المشاركة في نصف النهائي.
لم تخسر البرازيل في مبارياتها الـ12 الاخيرة (11 انتصار وتعادل)، وهي صاحبة اعلى سجل تهديفي في البطولة الحالية (11) وتتمتع بدفاع قوي بقيادة القائد تياغو سيلفا وماركينيوس حيث لم تتلق سوى اربعة اهداف في آخر 11 مباراة (في البطولة وتصفيات كأس العالم).


وقال سيلفا عن المواجهة “الآن القصة مختلفة، لقد بلغوا نصف النهائي باستحقاق. هذا يظهر جودة فريقهم. يحظون بكل الاحترام من قبلنا”.
اما البيرو حاملة اللقب عامي 1939 على ارضها و1975، فبلغت نصف النهائي بعد ان ابتسمت لها ركلات الترجيح 4-3 أمام الباراغواي بعد تعادلهما 3-3 في غويانيا.


وستفتقد البيرو بدورها لمهاجم الهلال السعودي أندريه كاريو صاحب الهدفين وتمريرة حاسمة في البطولة، الذي طرد في الدقائق الاخيرة من المواجهة ضد الباراغواي. وكانت البيرو احتلت وصافة المجموعة الثانية خلف البرازيل مع انتصارين، تعادل وخسارة وتأمل بلوغ النهائي للمرة الرابعة في تاريخها.


وقال المدرب الارجنتيني ريكاردو غاريسا الذي قاد البيرو ثلاث مرات الى نصف النهائي (2015، 2019، 20121) إن “البرازيل منتخب متكامل جدًا. سوف نقوم بتحليل نقاط ضعفهم، أعتقد ان كل منتحب يملكها”.
واستضافت البرازيل النسخة الحالية في اللحظة الأخيرة عقب استبعاد المضيفتين كولومبيا لمشاكل سياسية في البلاد، والارجنتين بسبب انتشار فيروس “كوفيد-19”.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

NATO intensified its presence in the Baltic and North Seas after sabotaging the Nord Stream pipeline

Brussels - (AFP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Tuesday that the alliance had "doubled" its presence in the Baltic and North Seas to "more than 30 ships" after sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipeline.


He said in a press conference that these ships "are supported by marine patrol aircraft and capabilities in the depths of the sea."


He added that the buildup efforts are "closely coordinated by NATO's Maritime Command."


These offshore areas include other gas pipelines that connect Norway with European countries and are of great importance.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

The death toll from the Al-Shabaab attack on a hotel in Mogadishu has risen to 13

Mogadishu , (AFP) - The death toll from the attack launched by members of the Islamic Youth Movement on a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has risen to 13, according to a security commander on Saturday.


"We are receiving information about confirming the killing of five more victims, which raises the total number of civilians killed by terrorists to 13," Mohamed Abdel Qader told AFP.


Police officer Ibrahim Duwali also confirmed the killing of ten people, but indicated that the police will publish updated information once the siege of the Al-Hayat Hotel ends.


He stated that most of the civilians who were in the hotel when the attack occurred on Friday night were rescued.


"The security forces will announce at any moment the end of the siege," he told AFP. "It took a long time because of the complexity of the rescue mission."


The director of the main trauma hospital in Mogadishu, Mohamed Abd al-Rahman Jama, said the facility was treating at least 40 people who were injured in the hotel attack and in a separate mortar strike in another area of the capital.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Statistics: Increase in registered commodity exports during the month of August

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Central Bureau of Statistics said that exports increased during the month of last August by 26% compared to the previous month, and they also increased by 12% compared to August of 2021, with a value of $154.9 million. American.


commodity exports

Exports increased during August 2022 by 26% compared to the previous month, and increased by 12% compared to August 2021, with a value of $154.9 million.


Exports to Israel increased during August 2022 by 24% compared to the previous month, and exports to Israel constituted 91% of the total value of exports for August 2022. Exports to the rest of the world also increased by 52% compared to the previous month.


commodity imports

Imports increased during August of 2022 by 7% compared to the previous month, and increased by 30% compared to August of 2021, with a value of $729.6 million.


Imports from Israel increased during August 2022 by 4% compared to the previous month. Imports from Israel accounted for 56% of the total value of imports for August 2022. Imports from the rest of the world increased by 10% compared to the previous month.


Trade balance of monitored goods

As for the trade balance, which represents the difference between exports and imports, it recorded an increase in the value of the deficit by 2% during August of 2022 compared to the previous month. It also increased by 36% compared to August of 2021, as the deficit amounted to $574.7 million. American.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Lebanon accepts the English version of the proposal to demarcate the maritime borders

Beirut - (AFP) - Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced, on Tuesday, Lebanon's approval of the English version of the American offer to demarcate the maritime borders with Israel, provided that President Michel Aoun announces the final position on Wednesday.


After his meeting with the President of the Republic, Mikati said, "There is complete agreement on it in English," noting that Aoun is still reviewing the Arabic translation.


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


On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced a "historic" agreement to demarcate the maritime borders with Lebanon.


And the Presidency of the Lebanese Republic considered that the final version of the American offer was "satisfactory to Lebanon (...) and preserved Lebanon's rights to its natural wealth," adding that it "hopes that the agreement on demarcation will be announced as soon as possible."


Aoun is supposed to issue a statement on Wednesday announcing Lebanon's final position.


On Tuesday, according to the Lebanese presidency, Aoun received a call from his US counterpart, Joe Biden, to congratulate him on "the end of negotiations to demarcate the southern maritime borders."


The Lebanese authorities are counting on the existence of oil reserves that will help the country overcome the catastrophic repercussions of the economic collapse that has been dragging on for nearly three years.


Hezbollah, the arch-enemy of Israel, has in recent weeks threatened Israel with military escalation, warning it not to undertake any activity in the Karish field, which Lebanon considered to be located in a disputed area, before reaching an agreement to demarcate the maritime borders.


In the evening, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah will deliver a televised speech in which he is likely to address the agreement.


Under the new agreement, the Karish field will be entirely on the Israeli side, while the agreement will guarantee Lebanon the Qana field, which crosses the demarcation line separating the two parties.


On Tuesday, Mikati met with a delegation from the French company Total, which in 2018, along with two other companies, obtained a license to explore in two out of ten Lebanese blocks.


After his meeting with Aoun, Mikati said, "It was agreed to start the exploration phases immediately after the final agreement."

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

China sends flood prevention work teams

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- China 's Ministry of Water Resources sent five working groups to Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi and Shaanxi last Sunday to provide guidance on preventing heavy rains and floods .


From Sunday to Wednesday, heavy rains will hit the northern and northwest parts of the country, according to the ministry.


The water levels of some major rivers in these areas, such as the Yellow River, Haihe River and Huaihe River, may exceed the alert level.


On the same day, the ministry organized a meeting to analyze the rain and flood conditions in north China, and demanded increased monitoring of the flood situation and the management and protection of major water conservancy projects to ensure public safety.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

Is the euro over its crisis?

London - (AFP) - The fall of the euro against the dollar against the backdrop of the Ukraine war and the growing risks facing the European Union economy led to the parity of the two currencies for the first time in two decades.


The single European currency fell to $0.9952 Thursday, a level not seen since late 2002 when the euro was officially introduced for trading.


However, investors expect that the euro can recover if several hurdles are removed in the coming months.


The first hurdle is the risk of interruption in Russian gas supplies to Europe, which would lead to higher electricity bills and force eurozone countries to reduce some industrial activities.


"If the flow of gas from Russia returns to normal or at least stops declining after the end of the shutdown caused by maintenance work on Nord Stream 1 next week, this will ease the markets' fears somewhat of a crisis," Esther Rechlet, an analyst at Commerzbank, told AFP. Imminent Gas in Europe".


And while the Russian gas giant Gazprom has warned that it cannot guarantee the normal functioning of the pipeline, European countries fear that Moscow may seek to use technical justifications to permanently stop gas shipments and put pressure on them.


French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that Russia was using energy as a "weapon of war".


In turn, the analyst at "SBI Asset Management" Stephen Innes warned that if "(Nord Stream 1) is not restarted, the euro will decline and the whole world will feel the repercussions of the economic shock, while the European energy crisis could cause a recession."


"A recession will certainly mean that markets will become more concerned about fragmentation risks in the euro area," said Jane Foley, foreign exchange expert at Rabobank.


Like other central banks, the European Central Bank seeks to avoid strangling the economy by raising interest rates too high.


But he should also consider a possible fragmentation of the debt market, given wide variations in borrowing rates across the eurozone.
The European Central Bank has so far maintained a fairly loose monetary policy to support the economy, while the US Federal Reserve has chosen to raise interest rates and vows to continue to do so to counter inflation.


He is due to announce his monetary policy decision on Thursday, and has indicated that he will raise interest rates for the first time in 11 years.


"If the ECB aims to give a boost to the euro, it will have to raise (the interest rate) by 50 basis points in July and/or indicate that it moves (to raise it) by 75 basis points," S&P analysts said in a note. Offered for the month of September.


They added that "faster (monetary) policy adjustments now will help stabilize inflation expectations and reduce the need for a restrictive policy stance later on."


Economists at Berenberg Bank believe that the euro's decline is more due to the improvement of the dollar, which "has risen strongly against a wide basket of currencies since mid-2021."


The dollar benefited from the Federal Reserve's tightening of monetary policy as it tries to rein in inflation, which hit record levels in June.
"The markets expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates by 100 basis points instead of 75 basis points at its next meeting on July 27," Berenberg experts said.
"If that is the case, that could boost the dollar further," they added.
"By the end of the year, the prospects for declining inflation and more balanced messages from central banks should support a return to risk appetite and easing demand for the US dollar as official rates approach their cyclical peak," Unicredit said.
Its experts indicated that if this is done, the euro will be able to pass the parity stage in the last months of the year 2022.

ARAB AND WORLD

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

At least six people were killed in an explosion and shooting in the center of the Somali capital

Mogadishu - (AFP) - At least six civilians were killed Sunday in an attack launched by the Somali youth movement near the municipality building in the center of the capital, Mogadishu, according to police.


Somali police spokesman Sadiq Dudisheh said at the end of the four-hour attack that a suicide bomber detonated a bomb that destroyed a building near the municipality complex, and an exchange of gunfire ensued.


"The six attackers were killed, five of them during an exchange of fire with the security forces, and one of them blew himself up," Dudisheh told reporters.


"Six civilians were also killed during the attack and the situation has returned to normal," he added.


The police said that all workers in the municipality building were rescued.


Eyewitnesses said earlier that the explosion damaged nearby buildings, and gunfire could still be heard near the municipality building.


"There is shooting inside the vicinity of the main building, but we do not know what is happening inside," said a witness who runs a shop near the headquarters.


"There were some casualties, but the whole area is cordoned off, and the security forces asked us to move away" from the site, he added.


Omar Nour, another witness, said he was inside the mall when the explosion occurred and "was lucky that he managed to escape unharmed."


The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab extremist movement claimed responsibility for the attack on its social media pages, saying its fighters "made their way into the targeted building after killing the security guards."


Since 2007, the extremist Al-Shabaab movement has been fighting the federal government backed by the international community, and carrying out attacks in Somalia and neighboring countries.


The attack comes after the killing of seven soldiers on Friday in an army camp in the city of Galgad in central Somalia, about 375 km north of the capital, Mogadishu.


The US military said on Saturday that the attack - which took place in a Somali town that the army recaptured this week - involved more than 100 al-Shabab militants.


And the US military command for Africa (AFRICOM) stated in a statement that "the joint operations carried out by the partner forces on the ground and the collective strike in self-defense resulted in the destruction of three vehicles and the killing of approximately thirty terrorists from Al-Shabaab."


In recent months, the army and local tribal fighters have retaken swathes of territory in the center of the country in an operation backed by US air strikes and an African Union force.


However, Al-Shabaab fighters are still launching bloody attacks in retaliation, which shows that they are still able to strike in the heart of cities and target Somali military installations.


On Tuesday, Al-Shabaab launched a bloody attack on a military base in another part of central Somalia, the day after the government announced a "historic victory" over the jihadists.


Police said last week that eight people were killed in a roadside bomb blast in central Somalia claimed by al Shabaab. Earlier this month, 19 people were killed in two car bombings in the town of Mahas in the Hiran district of Hirshabelle.


Despite being pushed out of Mogadishu and other major cities more than a decade ago, Al-Shabaab is still active in parts of rural areas in central and southern Somalia.


In the jihadist group's deadliest attack since last year, 121 people were killed when two car bombs targeted the Ministry of Education in Mogadishu in October.


The group has also recently been active across the border in eastern Kenya participating in the African Union force in Somalia, where it has carried out several deadly small-scale attacks.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

'Murder She Root' star, actress Angela Lansbury, has died at the age of 96

Los Angeles - (AFP) - British-American actress Angela Lansbury died Tuesday at the age of 96, after a busy career during which she was known for her role as a writer and investigator in the TV series "Murder She Root" and has appeared in a number of musicals and in more than 60 films since the forties of the twentieth century. .


The family of the British actress, who acquired American citizenship, said in a statement distributed to a number of American media outlets that she "passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles (...) just five days before her ninety-seventh birthday."


For her entire career, Lansbury deserved an honorary Oscar in 2014, after she was nominated for an Oscar for her first role in the movie "Gaslight" when she was seventeen.


Soon after, she was nominated for an Oscar again in 1946 for “The Picture of Dorian Gray” in 1946, and a third time for “The Manchurian Candidate” in 1963, and for these two roles she won two Golden Globe Awards.


She also won four Golden Globe Awards for the American series “Murder She Root”, in which she starred when she was sixty, and in which she embodied the role of an author of police novels and an amateur detective.


Mordred She Root, which ran for 264 episodes between 1984 and 1996 on CBS and then around the world, won numerous Emmys and Golden Globes. And the actress, when she was ninety-one, expressed her desire to take on the role of Jessica Fletcher for the last time, after she was paid about $ 300,000 per episode.


Lansbury was born on October 16, 1925 in London to a family of politicians (her grandfather George Lansbury headed the Labor Party in the thirties) and actors. She moved to the United States in 1940 to escape World War II after the death of her father.


Her mother, Irish actress Moina McGill, opened the door for her to get her first role in "Hantise," a psychological thriller by George Cukor with Ingrid Bergman produced in 1944.


The role of the seductive and annoying maid earned her an Academy Award nomination in a supporting role and a seven-year contract at MGM Studios. She was then 19 years old.


However, Lansbury was often sidelined by being cast in minor roles, portraying characters much older than her.


"I used to do bigger roles when I was younger because I wasn't very pretty on the big screen," she told BBC radio in 2014. "I'm a character actor."


For example, she assumed the role of the mother of a tour guide, who was embodied by Elvis Presley, who was only ten years younger than her, in the musical "Blue Hawaii" in 1961.


Frustrated by her slow career in Hollywood, Lansbury took to the stage on Broadway in the late 1950s.


She became a star of the stage when she landed the title role in the 1966 musical Mame, about wealthy New Yorkers during the Depression, and won her the first of five Tony Awards she won during her career, most recently in 2009.

ECONOMY

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:05 pm - Jerusalem Time

During a ceremony at the "Nablus Chamber of Commerce"... computers were handed over to female entrepreneurs participating in the "Urjuan" project.

Nablus - "Jerusalem" dot com - Imad Saadeh - In the Nablus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, laptops were handed over to a number of female entrepreneurs participating in the "Urjuan" project, who had previously undergone training in the field of digital and graphic marketing, and formed success stories and presented conscious entrepreneurial ideas.


Computers were provided to them as a form of support and encouragement. The women entrepreneurs were selected based on their presentations before a specialized committee of the "Urjuan" project, the Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Labor, with the support of the PALM Labor Market Access Program, one of the GIZ projects.


The handover ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber, Omar Hashem, the representative of the (Urjuan) project, Kamil Al-Khalidi, the Director of the Chamber, Issam Abu Zaid, and the Coordinator of the Vocational and Technical Training Unit and the Employment Corner, Alaa Estitiyeh.


The President of the Chamber welcomed the female entrepreneurs, and praised their pioneering projects, the integrated cooperation that took place in the project with the Partners in Sustainable Development Foundation, and the ongoing partnership with GIZ.


The attendees listened to details from the entrepreneurs about the ideas of their own projects, and how the prior trainings had affected the performance of the projects, and their overwhelming happiness in the development reached by their projects, which are multi-sectoral, including the production of organic strawberries, the production of roses and handicrafts represented by hand-painting in golden colors, and the production of sweets. Western, selling intelligence and Montessori toys for children.


For his part, Al-Khalidi expressed the importance of partnership with the Nablus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its teams, which paved the way for the success of the project.


It is noteworthy that the delivery of laptops came as part of the Chamber's endeavor to implement activities to empower young people and integrate them into the labor market, especially in technical fields with global demand, and one of the activities implemented in cooperation with PALM, and this activity will be complemented by a directive activity for female participants in the field of digital platforms and their use to reach the local market. And universal.

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The discovery of a centuries-old epitaph in northern China

SHIJIAZHUANG - (Xinhua) An epitaph dating from the Song Dynasty (960 to 1279) has been unearthed in Wu'an, north China 's Hebei Province, local authorities announced.


The epitaph, which dates back to 1126 AD, was found in Dongchang Village of Kangarcheng Township, with a history of 896 years. Experts said the epitaph is for a local official named Meng Xiao.


The epitaph is 0.88 meters long, 0.56 meters wide, and 0.2 meters thick, and is made of blue stone.


According to the city's Institute for the Protection and Management of Cultural Relics, the peripheral lines are inscribed with lotus flowers and other flowers.


The epitaph chronicles Meng's career from the beginning of his official career to his old age.


Jia Mingtian, an employee of the institute, said the epitaph is of high value for the study of society, politics, economy and calligraphy during the late Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)./Nha

SPORT

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

The Sixth Salesian Scouts and Guides Group concludes its scout training camp (Tell me about my country)


بيت لحم”القدس”دوت كوم -اختتمت مجموعة كشافة ومرشدات السالزيان السادسة مخيمها الكشفي التدريبي الواحد والعشرون الذي اقيم بدعم من البعثة البابوية القدس تحت شعار (عن بلدي احكيلي) على أرض دير راهبات كريمزان بيت جالا لمدة ثلاثة أيام بمشاركة (٦٠) شبل وزهرة من أفراد المجموعة ..


وإشتمل المخيم على العديد من الأنشطة والفعاليات الكشفية والرياضية والترفيهية الهادفة وهي زيارة مركز التعليم البيئي في مدرسة طاليتا قومي بكافة أقسامه ، ومحاضرات كشفية وإسعاف أولي والعاب رياضية ومسابقات والعاب تلمتش وأشغال يدوية ومسرحية دمى عن كيفية التعامل مع الطبيعة ومسار خلوي في أحراش دير كريمزان ، بالإضافة للبروتوكلات الكشفية الدورية المتبعة في المخيمات الكشفية وحفلة السمر ورحلة ترفيهية إلى مسبح العمل الكاثوليكي .. وهدفت هذه النشاطات إلى تقوية شخصية الأشبال والزهرات وزيادة قدرتهم على التحمل ومواجهة الصعاب وتعزيز العمل الجماعي من خلال نظام السداسيات …
وتجدر الإشارة أن هذا المخيم التدريبي سيستكمل لباقي الفرق الكشفية في الفترة الواقعة ما بين 19-23/7/2021 ..

OPINIONS

Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:04 pm - Jerusalem Time

A reading on the return of Hamas's relations with Damascus

Written by: Rasem Obeidat
In the meeting that brought together the delegation of the Palestinian factions on Wednesday 10/19/2022, including the delegation of the Hamas movement led by the official in charge of Arab and Islamic relations in it, Commander Khalil Al-Hayyah, and the membership of brother Osama Hamdan, the official of its arena and representative in Beirut, with the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, a new page was opened From the relations between Damascus and the Hamas movement, a page was turned of the estrangement that extended for ten years, as a result of a hasty reading by Hamas and many other Palestinian and Arab forces of what happened in and over Syria. It was known as the "Arab Spring", and let everyone discover that what happened in Syria and over Syria has nothing to do with the "revolutions" or the spring, but rather a dark autumn that led to the destruction of many Arab countries and the looting of their resources and wealth, and the dismantling of their geography and striking The central authority in it, and raising the severity of sectarian, sectarian and tribal differences in it.

It is a great war of aggression led by America and the colonial West countries, along with many countries in the region, along with more than 100 countries, and dozens of terrorist, takfiri and “ISIS” groups that were brought in, armed, funded, and provided residence and political and media custody for their leaders and members, as well as facilitating their travel and entry into Syrian territory In a clear targeting of the Syrian national state, what is required is the dismantling of Syria and changing the character of its national, pan-Arab identity, and pushing its new leadership to public normalization with the entity state, so that the flags of the entity state flutter in the heart of Damascus...

What happened in terms of international, regional, Arab and local developments and changes, and the discovery of the truth and nature of the project hostile to Syria and the Arab nation, and that what was known as the “Arab Spring” is nothing more than a political project targeting the Arab and Islamic nation, and all its parties, organizations, movements, centers and systems of resistance. Hamas is a deep review of its positions and options, as it spent years digging its choice and charting its path until it was crowned with a visit to Damascus, during which leaderships changed, conflicts took place, and locations and roles were decided.

Hamas decided its options, in the priority of its Palestinian identity and resistance, over its origins in the Muslim Brotherhood movement.

The return of Hamas to Syria came at a stage in which the axis of resistance achieves achievements with a strategic dimension. Syria is in the final stages of achieving a complete victory over terrorist and takfiri groups, and Lebanon and its resistance impose a new deterrence equation on the state of the entity through maritime demarcation and Lebanon obtaining its rights from the maritime economic wealth, and in Palestine the resistance It is intensifying and escalating in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and a great state of anxiety and fear is occurring among the leaders of the entity state, who have come to fear an existential threat to it.

Al-Haya in Meeting Al-Assad presented reading and reading about the importance of Syria's role in supporting the resistance, as well as the role of President Al-Assad in consolidating the resistance, and the resistance in Syria before the war against it and after it, is not subject to outbids or external influences, as Syria has always been the impenetrable fortress of the resistance, and formed " It has a millstone.. Despite all the difficult circumstances that Syria went through, as it fought its battles on more than one front and against more than one occupation, it remained the main supporter of all resistance movements and our Palestinian cause and resistance. Some may argue that the return of Hamas to Syria will gain great importance and significance. Meaning if it came during the difficult circumstances that Syria went through, and not after victory became close to the final achievement... This point of view should not obscure our comprehensive vision of the changes taking place and the alliances that are forming in the world and the region, where new balances of power emerge, in the context of Variables integrate to create a new regional landscape.

We are aware that Hamas's exit from Syria resulted in a great loss for Hamas, Syria, and the axis of resistance. Betting on what was known as the "revolutions" of the Arab Spring led to dropping many of the red lines of involvement in the American project by many countries of the official Arab regime, in order to The destruction of Syria and the overthrow of its national, pan-Arab identity, and this naturally brought down the position in which Palestine and the resistance are supposed to remain as a compass that draws the direction and priorities of the battles in favor of the illusion of the priority of democracy.


We realize that there are those who will put sticks in the wheels, and will launch a relentless war against Hamas, and will employ all their capabilities, financial capabilities, media "machines", and religious references, in order to discourage Hamas from this return, and will engage them in side political and media battles, but the Hamas leadership that took this The decision, she became fully convinced, after the series of official and regional Arab normalization jogging for her political and financial cradles with the entity state, that the geography is narrowing in front of her to work, and that her activities, presence and freedom of movement will be restricted, and therefore this was part of the Hamas movement's review of its positions, and the decision to return to Damascus.

I say clearly that there are those who tried to confuse the Arab mind about Syria, by making it a sign of division, and not unification of a Palestinian and Arab position on it,...but it has been proven on the ground that the Palestinian flag will not be neutral when the Arabs are divided between resistance and normalization, and it is enough for Syria to be proud to appear and legitimize Its victory is from the Palestinian gate as an incubator for the forces of resistance and its fortified fortress. Syria, as president, army and people, made great moral sacrifices to turn a page full of wounds and pains, in order to pave the way towards the return of Hamas to Syria and the integration of the resistance axis.
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