Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture sent a shipment of veterinary vaccines for sheep and cows to combat various diseases affecting livestock, from the central ministry's warehouses in Ramallah to the veterinary services warehouses in the Gaza Strip .

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Abdullah Lahlouh, said in a statement issued by the ministry, that the shipment was received by the veterinary services in the southern governorates, and it includes (12,500 foot-and-mouth disease vaccine for cows, 10,000 foot-and-mouth disease vaccine for sheep, 20,000 sheeppox vaccine, 25,000 plague vaccine. small ruminants, 30,000 brucellosis vaccine) in addition to some adjuvants.

He pointed out that this shipment was sent within the framework of government directives and commitment towards our farmers and the agricultural sector in the southern governorates, especially in light of the difficult conditions the sector is going through. It also comes to meet the needs of confronting animal diseases and reducing the losses resulting from them, and to support livestock breeders in light of the Israeli targeting. and the blockade imposed on the Strip.

Lahlouh assured that these vaccines will be provided free of charge to livestock breeders in the Gaza Strip, and that the ministry is working periodically to provide all necessary vaccines and veterinary supplies to combat animal diseases in all governorates of the country.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation forces notified the halt of construction in three agricultural rooms and water collection wells, in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah.

According to press sources, the occupation forces delivered notices to stop construction in three agricultural rooms and water collection wells belonging to: Suleiman Abu Alia, Nashat Naasan and Nizar Rabei.

Beirut - (AFP) - Six pro-Ankara fighters were killed in violent clashes in northwestern Syria with the Syrian regime forces and Kurdish forces, according to what was reported Monday by opposition factions and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

A statement issued by the pro-Ankara factions stated that they had confronted a "joint night infiltration operation" between the regime forces and the Kurdish forces on three axes in the Afrin district, north of Aleppo.

According to a source in Faylaq al-Sham faction, six of their fighters were killed during the attack, and two fighters are still missing.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that "violent clashes broke out between the Kurdish forces and the Syrian regime on the one hand, and the Sham Corps faction on the other" in villages in the countryside of Afrin.

The Observatory added that the Kurdish forces and the regime forces were able to advance on two axes following the attack, amid mutual artillery and missile shelling by both sides.

Local residents told an AFP correspondent that the clashes continued until Monday morning.

About 30 factions, within what is known as the Syrian National Army loyal to Ankara, which provides it with equipment, weapons and financing, share control of a border area in the north of Aleppo governorate, extending from Jarabulus in the northeastern countryside to Afrin in its western countryside, passing through major cities such as al-Bab and Azaz.
Turkish forces are also deployed in that area.

The region witnesses from time to time mutual shelling by several parties, as well as raids by the regime forces and Russia.

And identical sources said that these clashes are not related to the Turkish threats to launch attacks on sites in Syria and Iraq, after it accused the Kurds of being behind an explosive device attack in Istanbul on November 13, which killed six people.

Since 2011, Syria has been witnessing a bloody conflict that has killed about half a million people, caused massive destruction to infrastructure and productive sectors, and led to the displacement of millions of people inside and outside the country.

Gaza - "Jerusalem" dot com - "Hamas" and "Islamic Jihad" movements blessed, on Saturday evening, the shooting attack at the Shuafat checkpoint in occupied Jerusalem , which resulted in the injury of 3 Israeli soldiers.

Hamas said in a statement: "We congratulate the ongoing resistance operations in the occupied West Bank, which culminated tonight in a bold operation against enemy soldiers at the Shuafat checkpoint in occupied Jerusalem." according to the text of its statement.

And she added: "The occupation's crimes against the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and against our people yesterday and today in Jenin, Ramallah and Qalqilya, will not remain unanswered, and the bullets of the free men know their way towards the spread targets of the occupation." As stated in the text of the statement.

For its part, the "Islamic Jihad" movement said, "This operation comes within the framework of the escalation of resistance in the occupied West Bank in an organized and advanced manner, and in response to the continuous crimes of the occupation against our people in the West Bank."

It added in a statement: "The operation at the Shuafat checkpoint as a place carries another message to the enemy that the resistance will not hesitate to attack it as long as it is perched on our land and anywhere." As stated in its statement.

And she continued: "The timing of the operation is important in light of the Zionist attack on our people, which coincides with the so-called Jewish holidays." according to the text of the statement.

It considered that "the nature of the resistance operations indicates the development of the Palestinian resistance and its men, and their ability to inflict pain on the enemy is escalating day by day." According to the text of the statement.

Bogota - (AFP) - At least 122 human rights defenders were killed during the first seven months of this year in Colombia , which is more than the number recorded during the same period in the year 2021, an official source said Friday.

The Office of the People's Defender announced in a statement that "between January 1 and July 31, 2022, 122 murders were committed against social leaders and human rights defenders."

During the same period in 2021, ninety murders of activists were committed, while the death toll reached 145 crimes over the entire past year, according to the same source. He noted that 27 of the people assassinated in 2022 were indigenous leaders.

"The killings of social leaders and human rights defenders represent a serious assault on societies and on democracy. They are the representatives and voice of the most vulnerable," mediator Carlos Camargo said in the statement.

Social and community leaders and defenders of human rights and the environment are a target of several armed groups active in rural areas of Colombia, which have witnessed a resurgence of violence in recent years.

According to NGOs, FARC defectors, ELN guerrillas, paramilitary groups, and drug traffickers are primarily responsible for these attacks, but are sometimes state agents.

The provinces most affected are Cauca, Nariño, Antioquia and Putumayo, where armed groups compete to control drug trafficking.

Colombia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for activists, people's representatives and other civil society activists, according to NGOs such as Global Witness International.

New Colombian President Gustavo Petro, elected in June as the first left-wing president in the country's history, has expressed his desire to mobilize the security forces to better protect social leaders and activists under threat.

Written by: Ibrahim Abrash
The Palestinian cause was closely linked to its Arab surroundings, and what is Palestinian nationalism overlapped with what was Arab nationalism, as the term “the national dimension” of the Palestinian cause imposed itself in all the literature dealing with the Palestinian issue at the popular and official level, and how could this not be when Arab countries fought wars with Israel Military coups or revolutions took place in the name of Palestine. Indeed, Arab nationalist thought, since its inception in the middle of the twentieth century, considered the Palestinian issue a central issue for the entire nation, and all the national intellectual and political system was related to the Palestinian cause and the conflict with the Zionist entity. Arab unity is a condition for the liberation of Palestine and Arab national security. To confront the usurping Zionist entity, the rule of the military and the rejection of democracy was for the sake of Palestine as claimed by the regimes, etc., just as the Palestine Liberation Organization, at the beginning of its establishment in the mid-sixties of the last century, arose in the arms of the Arab summits and by an official Arab decision before it was partially liberated from the official Arab tutelage after the defeat of June 1967.

It can be said that the Palestinian national project upon its founding and as expressed in the first PLO Charter was not a purely national project, but was a mixture of several projects: the national project, the Arab national project, the Islamic project, and the global liberation project, and the goal that was set in the PLO Charter and as expressed in the literature of the factions The resistance at that time, which is the liberation of all of Palestine and the return of the refugees, was based on the existence of these dimensions and alliances, and the Palestinians and their revolution were the vanguard of the Arab nation in the battle of liberation, before these dimensions collapsed or their limited capabilities to change the balance of power in favor of the Palestinians were revealed.

The national dimension collapsed after the defeat of June 67, the divisions of the Arab arena, the struggle of Arab national regimes and movements with each other, the signing of the Camp David Accords, and then with the collapse of the Arab regional system following the second Gulf War. What is worse than that is that Islamic armed groups went to fight in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Sinai, Africa, etc., and did not think of fighting the Zionists who occupy Jerusalem (the first of the two Qiblas, the second of the two mosques, and the third of the Two Holy Mosques), just as the global liberation dimension declined after the collapse of the socialist camp, and the Palestinians remained They are almost alone in the face of an enemy that surpasses them in the balance of power and in its network of alliances, which strengthened after the second wave of normalization during the era of US President Trump.

There is no doubt that this dimension had many advantages in terms of popular financial and political support and the adoption of the Palestinian narrative in the media and educational curricula. Even officially, the Arab regimes continued to support the Palestinian people, whether in the stage of national liberation or after the establishment of the Palestinian Authority. They also had an important role in international forums and forums. Arab countries also embraced the institutions of the Liberation Organization and its military bases, etc.

Nevertheless, the state of confusion and ideology used to exaggerate the term of the national dimension, or to say that the Palestinian issue is the first issue of the Arabs. There was no title that represented this dimension, and every national regime or movement was/was claiming to be the title of nationalism and the most keen on the Palestinian cause, as these regimes were. And the movements are in conflict or disagreements with each other, Nasserism, the Iraqi Baath, the Syrian Baath movement, the Arab nationalist movement, and Gaddafi ... and some of them were employing the Palestinian cause to fight each other.

Because of these differences, there was no Arab national strategy to deal with the Palestinian issue, neither at the League of Arab States nor at the nationalist regimes and parties, and we remember the speech of leader Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1964, addressing a delegation from the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip when he said to them, "Whoever tells you he has a plan to liberate Palestine laughs. Upon you.” This statement came after the Syrian Baath’s promotion of the popular liberation war plan, and before that the Iraqi President Abdel Karim Qassem’s attempt to form an army for the liberation of Palestine before his overthrow in 1963.

With full appreciation for all that the Arab nation has provided to the Palestinian people and is still providing until today, the successive Arab regimes bear responsibility for the loss of Palestine. 78% of Palestine was lost due to the defeat of 7 Arab armies against Zionist gangs in 1948 (the Nakba) and the rest of Palestine, in addition to Arab lands lost due to The aggression of June 1967 until the October 1973 war was under the title of restoring the occupied Arab lands in 1967, and part of it was recovered, but at a political price (the Camp David Accords), which represented a fatal blow to the national dimension of the Palestinian cause.

Does all of the above mean the end of the national dimension of the Palestinian cause?

We do not believe that, and it is more correct to talk about this dimension in light of a changing Arab and global world, and these are variables whose most important results are the emergence of problems and challenges facing Arab countries that have become a matter of concern and have priority over major national issues, including the Palestinian issue, and with our belief that the United States of America and Israel are behind what has been exposed The Arab nation has collapsed in recent decades, especially during the so-called (Arab Spring), but this does not mean ignoring the emergence of local or national priorities for each Arab country and risks from neighboring countries or of an economic nature, which requires a new vision of Palestine's relationship with its Arab surroundings, even With the recent wave of normalization, which may extend to other countries, the matter requires a new approach to the national dimension of Palestine that does not break with the normalizing countries, but rather tries to benefit from this variable without ceasing to show the danger that the Zionist entity poses to the Arab nation and its malicious goals behind normalization with the Arab countries.

A questioner may ask, what about the national dimension and the Palestinians themselves and their role or responsibility for the decline of the national dimension?

For objectivity and fairness, it must be recognized that the emotional, human, and enthusiastic side was one of the pillars of Arab national thought, including the national dimension of the Palestinian cause. Idealism was playing against realism in the Arab national ideology. Without ignoring the component of belonging and common history, boycotting Israel and supporting the Palestinian people and considering normalization a betrayal stemmed from the hostility of the Arab peoples to the West, the ally of the Zionist movement and its actual founder. It also stemmed from a sense of grievance for the Palestinians who face a Zionist movement behind which the whole West stands and practices terrorism against the defenseless Palestinian people as well. The Arab peoples were affected by what was reported by the Arab media about the massacres of Deir Yassin, Kafr Qassem, and others, and with the launch of the contemporary Palestinian revolution, which Gamal Abdel Nasser described as the noblest phenomenon known to history, the state of support and sympathy for the Palestinian revolutionaries increased, especially after the defeat of June 1967, when the Arab peoples considered the commando action And the war of popular liberation as if it was a response to the Arab dignity wasted in the June war.

The entry into the Palestinian revolution, whose title is the Palestine Liberation Organization, is a political settlement and recognition of Israel after the Madrid conference of 1991 and the signing of the Oslo agreement in 1993. Then the division and its repercussions wounded the romanticism and purification of Arab nationalists and many Western peoples. However, it must be recognized that some Arab regimes and movements bear responsibility for the collapse of the Palestinian situation through their interference in Palestinian internal affairs, the establishment of affiliated Palestinian organizations, and the use of political money to strengthen a Palestinian faction at the expense of other factions, and even at the expense of the unity of Palestinian representation. In addition to its role in the division industry recently

There is no doubt that the presence of the Palestinian cause in the Arab world is not as it was before, but the state of ironing awareness practiced by the Zionist and American media and the media of some countries that print on the Arab peoples will fail, as indicated by the latest opinion polls within the countries that print, and the Palestine issue will remain the concern of the Arab peoples because it represents the fairest cause in the world The Zionist entity represents the worst regime in the world and the most practiced racism, and we do not believe that the Arabs will be less equitable to the Palestinian people than the majority of countries and peoples of the world that recognize the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and their right to an independent state on their land as stipulated in many United Nations resolutions and recommendations.

Finally, the state of affairs needs to correct the Palestinian-Arab relations officially and popularly, and to understand the dangers and threats to which some Arab countries are exposed.

(The article with this title was originally a speech I delivered on the fifteenth of this month at Yarmouk University in Jordan in a symposium on the sidelines of the celebration of Irbid, Capital of Arab Culture. My attendance was at the kind invitation of the Minister of Culture in Jordan, Mrs. Haifaa Al-Najjar).

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Written by: Tamara Haddad
The Turkish regime is considered the most cunning and skillful in formulating positions and framing foreign relations, including the “Turkish-Israeli” ones. Before the recently announced normalization, the relationship showed a political discrepancy between apathy and advancement, and a continuous economic love. Relationship with the Arabs and their issues, and in some of its periods witnessed qualitative shifts that established relationships of a special nature that are completely far from the ideological context that is openly expressed.

Since Turkey has established relations with Israel since 1949, it has known periods of ebb and flow, and Turkey was one of the first countries to recognize Israel, on March 28, 1949, less than a year after its establishment on May 14, 1948, and Turkey built its relations with Israel on the basis of common interests.

In some periods, the economic cooperation between Turkey and Israel declined, which reflected more negatively on the Turkish economy, which faced great difficulties, and the value of the Turkish lira fell to an unprecedented record level, so that one dollar equals 4.65 Turkish liras, so Turkey decided to resume cooperation between Turkey and Israel through normalization and formal agreement.

The recent declaration of normalization is an explicit declaration not to boycott Tel Aviv politically, regardless of any of the crises between Ankara and Tel Aviv, and this means Turkey's ability to play with the Palestinian file and the emergence of its clear role in it, and the normalization agreement is the resumption of bilateral relations between the two countries and a clear indication of Turkey's real recognition of sovereignty Israel on the land of Palestine and that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, in addition to the signing of articles that included massive security and military intelligence coordination in the region and economic coordination regarding natural gas.

Turkey is one of the most Islamic countries that have close relations with Israel, and these relations have grown greatly during the rule of parties with Islamic orientations, specifically in the military field, as in the year 2018 the Israeli defense company (ELTA) provided Turkey with electronic devices for four aircraft equipped with a warning and control system Airborne (AWACS), and Turkey bought equipment from (Boeing) and the Israeli company is just an agent of (Boeing), not to mention the strategic aspects between the two sides represented by maritime relations.

The energy field has succeeded in creating a common base for strategic cooperation between Turkey and Israel, as the latter supports from the beginning a project to extend a pipeline from the city of Baku to the port of Ceyhan to transport oil and gas from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean, with the aim of reducing the West's dependence on oil pipelines passing through Iran and Russia. Israel also supports Turkish aspirations aimed at transforming Turkey into a "global energy center", which greatly contributed to closer strategic cooperation between the two countries under the rule of the Justice and Development Party, and made them overcome the obstacles that stood in the way of the development of relations between them, which confirms the Economic cooperation is a fundamental pillar of the strategic relations between the two countries, and not only security and military cooperation, as it seems clear.
Turkey's goal is to be part of the "Strategic Century Project". This project aims to link the four seas "the Caspian, the Black, the Mediterranean and the Red", and helps link the Central Asian region with the Middle East within a Turkish vision for a pivotal role in a "larger energy project" that extends from China east to Europe. west, and from Turkey in the north to India in the south. This project includes, among other things, pipelines to transport oil, gas, water, electricity and optical fibers from Turkey to Israel.

The security cooperation projects between Israel and Turkey have contributed to changing the balance of power in the region, and we should not forget that the Turkish support for the Syrian armed opposition allowed it to cooperate with Israel. Separating Syria from Iran, the second is stopping Iranian support for resistance movements in Lebanon and Palestine, and the third is forcing Damascus to conclude a peace agreement with Israel in line with the latter's calculations.

And there is Turkish-Israeli cooperation in the field of security through the establishment of an early warning base in Korajik in the city of Malatya, which is to protect Israel's security, and to give it an opportunity to spy on northern Iran through Azerbaijan.

Trade exchange between Turkey and Israel reached $4.3 billion in 2017, and there are export operations centered on petrochemical industries, given that Turkey is a transit center for the supply of energy towards Europe, not to mention the continuous tourism between the two countries.
Turkey is the first country to export cement to Israel, and the first supplier of iron to Israel, as Turkish iron products covered 45 percent of Israel's total needs in 2017.

Turkey and Israel have significant differences with regard to the Iranian nuclear issue. While Israel views the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat, Turkey does not view Iran as a strategic threat to it, but it realizes that Iran's achievement of nuclear capabilities could change the balance of power in Iran. The region and undermines its stability, as Turkey publicly asserts that it wants the Middle East as a region free of nuclear weapons.

Iran's nuclear aspirations have fostered the "Turkish-Israeli rapprochement," as the two countries share the same fears that Iran might become a nuclear state. The decision-makers in Israel see that the presence of nuclear weapons in the hands of Iran constitutes a real threat, while the Turks see that Iran has become the first threat to them, since the Iranian nuclear weapon will constitute the most dangerous threat to the security of the Middle East region.

And if total normalization takes place between Turkey and Israel, Turkey will not abandon "Hamas", and Ankara still wants to build relations with the movement as a multi-use card, including improving its negotiating position with the Sunni forces in the region and putting pressure on "Hamas" in the event of a war with Israel to establish a long-term armistice. .

a summary:
Turkey's policy with regard to Israel was contradictory, but after the signing of the normalization agreement, the relationship became clear politically, economically, diplomatically, and in security, and whoever scrutinizes the course of "Turkish-Israeli" relations during the past years will discover that there was no crisis in the true sense, but rather a political-media-diplomatic crisis, and it was a well-studied crisis. On the Turkish level, its aim is to win over the Arab and Islamic world, and it is part of the media campaign to build a Turkish role and promote this role in the region to be an entry point to the Arab street. At a high level, we can say that opening up to Israel serves Turkish interests on the economic, military and geopolitical levels.

(AFP) - Belgium, the third in the last edition, finished its preparations for the FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar, with an alarming loss to Egypt 1-2 on Friday at Jaber Al-Ahmad Stadium in Kuwait in an international friendly match.
The Pharaohs advanced with the goals of the French Nantes strikers, Mustafa Mohamed (34), and the Turkish Trabzonspor, Mahmoud Hassan “Trezeguet” (46), and the Red Devils narrowed the difference in the second half, through the replacement, French Lens striker Luis Obenda (76).
It is true that Belgium played the match in the absence of some key players due to injury, most notably Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku, who is in doubt about his participation in the World Cup, but the performance of the captain, Real Madrid star Eden Hazard, who was a ghost in the match, and his teammates raises the concern of his Spanish coach Roberto. Martinis.
The loss came four days before the Red Devils played their first match in the World Cup Qatar against Canada in the first round of Group F competitions, which includes Morocco and Croatia, runners-up of the Russian World Cup 2018.
It is the fourth victory for Egypt over Belgium in five confrontations between them, in exchange for one loss.
Belgium started the match well and almost opened the scoring through Turkish Fenerbahçe striker Michy Batshuayi, who touched the crossbar (9).
The Pharaohs, who are preparing to resume the qualifiers for the 2024 African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, responded with a powerful shot by Trezeguet from inside the area, which Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois pushed into a corner (11).
And the same player almost put the Pharaohs in front after he received a through pass from Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny, and he singled out and hit a ball in Courtois's body that turned into a corner (21).
The Egyptian team succeeded in opening the scoring when Mohamed took advantage of a pass error on the borders of the Belgium penalty area, dodging Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne and hitting it to the left of Courtois (34).
Mohamed El-Shennawy saved the Pharaohs’ goal from a goal by blocking a shot by Atletico Madrid winger Yannick Carrasco from outside the area (38).
Martinez pushed Leicester City midfielder Yuri Tielemans and Galatasaray striker Dries Mertens and Obenda in place of Club Brugge midfielder Hans Vanaken, De Bruyne and Batshuayi at the beginning of the second half, but his net conceded a second goal through Trezeguet after a pass from Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah (46).
Cotroa saved his goal from a third goal by blocking Trezeguet's single shot after a through pass from Salah (52).
Martinez involved Borussia Dortmund German defender Thomas Monnier and Anderlecht defender Jan Vertonghen in Hazard's place and French Rennes defender Arthur Theatt (71). Five minutes later, Belgium succeeded in reducing the difference through Obinda after a pass from Carrasco hit it hard into the goal (76).
Salah responded with a powerful shot that passed near the right post of Courtois' goal (87).

BEIJING -- (Xinhua) -- China 's new energy vehicle market is expected to expand rapidly from 2022 to 2026, according to a report by International Data Corporation, a global market research firm.

The country's new energy vehicle market is expected to reach 15.98 million units in 2026, the report said, with a compound annual growth rate of 35.1 percent over the period.

The report also predicted that the compound annual growth rate of pure electric vehicles would be 37.5 percent, while the compound annual growth rate of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles would reach 20.5 percent.

The data showed that the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is likely to exceed 50 percent in the Chinese market in 2026.

Consumers believe that the existing public charging and replacement facilities for new energy vehicles can generally meet the demand for short-distance trips in urban areas, according to the results of a survey by the international data company.

Translation by "Al-Quds" dot com - The young Ali Saleh Nahar (29 years old) was killed, on Monday evening, as a result of being shot by unknown persons in the village of Tuba Al-Zangariya, near Tiberias, inside the occupied territories.

According to the Hebrew website, Ynet, Nahar was shot several times and was taken for treatment, before his death was announced shortly after.

The Israeli police opened an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.

Berlin - (AFP) - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Friday that Germany can finance a new package of aid worth billions of euros in the face of inflation without abandoning the "indebtedness curb".

On August 11, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to provide a new aid package to individuals in the face of rising prices in the energy and food sectors, which is expected to be agreed this fall. But he reaffirmed his commitment to return to budgetary discipline next year, keeping the deficit at 0.35 percent of GDP.

Asked by the Rheinische Post about the size of this potential aid, the finance minister said that "a small, double-digit number of billions of euros is possible".

He added that this new package of support measures is intended for low- and middle-income families and will include "measures directed at companies that consume a large amount of energy."

Inflation in Germany was 7.5 percent in July, slightly lower than the 7.6 percent recorded in June.

But Economics Minister Robert Habeck said that the autumn and winter seasons are expected to be tough in Europe's largest economy because of the "next in the economy" energy crisis.

Germans will face higher heating and electricity bills in the fall, with the government's decision to allow higher energy prices to be felt by the end consumer.

Schultz did not specify when and how much the aid package would cost. But he reaffirmed his commitment to respecting the constitutional rules of budgetary discipline again in 2023 after three years of exception in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We expect to be able to implement our projects within the financial framework available so far," the German chancellor said.

Voices, particularly within the government-aligned Greens and the Social Democrats, called for an extension of the "debt brake" suspension in the event of a sharp deterioration in the German economy.

Gaza - Muhammad Hajjaj

The Palestinian Olympic Committee crowned the Al-Ahly club for boys and girls with the first place cups for the popular “dodge ball” game championship, which was held within the Palestinian youth sports project, Tamkeen “3”, and was held for the third year in a row, implemented by the Palestinian Olympic Committee, in partnership with the Palestinian Olympic Committee. The United Nations Development Program in Gaza "UNDP", funded by the Japanese government within the program of assistance to the Palestinian people.

The two scheduled matches took place within the championship competitions in the covered hall of the Palestinian Al-Ahly Club in Gaza, in the presence of the representative of the United Nations Development Program in Gaza, Ms. Alaa Al-Hasani, the coordinator of the "Tamkeen 3" project, Mr. Iyad Shaheen, and the official of the "Doge Ball" game, Mr. Majed Al-Khatib, Ahmed Tafesh, President of the Baseball and Softball Federation, and the staff of the Olympic Committee in Gaza.

In the first match in the tournament, the boys’ team of the Palestinian Al-Ahly club defeated the “Gaza Sports” team, with a score of 3/1, in a match consisting of five rounds, the duration of each half is 3 minutes, and depends on the ball hitting a number of one of the two teams competing for the other team with the ball, and taking them out of the ball. The game before the half ends.

In the second meeting for girls, the girls of the Palestinian Al-Ahly Club defeated their peers from the Baseball and Softball Academy Club, with a score of 3/2, to be crowned with the First Place Cup.

After the meetings ended, the coordinator of the Palestinian Youth Sports Project "Tamkeen 3" praised Mrs. Iyad Shaheen, with the continuous support of the United Nations Development Program in Gaza and the government of the State of Japan, which is friendly to Palestinian sports for the third year in a row.

At the end of the tournament, Shaheen and the representative of the United Nations Program awarded Kassi first place to the two winning teams, while the two runners-up won medals. In appreciation of their efforts in organizing the tournament.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Minister of Social Development , Dr. Ahmed Majdalani, today, Tuesday, that the first batch of support provided to the orphan category will be disbursed tomorrow, Wednesday, through the “Pay Pay” service, as 5 million shekels will be disbursed to 5544 orphans from the southern governorates .

This came during the signing of a framework agreement to enhance cooperation in the field of providing support to orphans (families and students) in all governorates of the country between the Ministry of Social Development and the International "Wafa" Association, Palestine Office, represented by its Director General, Muhaisen Atawneh, this morning, at the Ministry's headquarters.

During the signing, the Minister of Development said: "The Ministry relies on multiple criteria in providing its services to poor families and orphans, most notably eligibility, as the Ministry provides cash and relief assistance to 119,000 families in the Gaza Strip."

Minister Majdalani called on the "Wafa" Association to make more efforts to support and assist poor and marginalized families to complete the education of their children who have completed the general secondary stage for the current year 2022, as some families do not have the ability to do so, which necessitates concerted efforts and joint coordination between various local and international institutions to support them. Students, who numbered 750 male and female students in the Gaza Strip.

Minister Majdalani continued, "We look forward to more cooperation and partnership, in order to provide social protection for the Palestinian citizen, through protection, care, prevention, empowerment and awareness programs based on a rights-based approach."

In turn, Atawneh stressed that the partnership between the ministry and the association is genuine and continuous, in order to contribute to the development, building and strengthening of the capacities of civil institutions and associations, building the capabilities of youth and the unemployed, and improving the economic, social and educational situation of the poor.

Atawneh explained that the "Wafa" Association provides assistance in the field of human resource development and the development and encouragement of the spirit of innovation and creativity by providing financial, technical and professional support opportunities for projects to empower the poor, the needy, orphans and women in Palestine, and any projects of a developmental nature that support the Palestinian economy, in accordance with Palestinian laws. .

The signing ceremony was attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development, Asim Khamis, the Assistant Undersecretary for Family Care and Protection, Rola Nazzal, the Assistant Undersecretary for Northern District Affairs, Khaled Atmezi, the Assistant Undersecretary for Southern District Affairs, Akram Al-Hafi, the Director General of the General Administration of Social Welfare, Sonia Al-Helou, and the Director of the Orphanage Department, Alaa Al-Zabin.

On a separate note, the Minister of Social Development, Dr. Ahmed Majdalani, with the Mayor of Jenin, Nidal Obeidi, and his accompanying delegation, discussed ways to enhance cooperation and partnership to provide services to poor and marginalized families in the city of Jenin.

The minister also listened to the most prominent problems facing the municipality, in terms of limited resources and the inability to provide salaries for municipal employees.

And he briefed Dr. Mayor Majdalani and his accompanying delegation discussed the most important developments in the work at the level of the national social register, the campaign to update data, the case management system, and the mechanism of transformation accordingly towards development and empowerment of poor and marginalized families.

A translation of "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew Maariv newspaper said today, Friday, that the Israeli army and the Shin Bet security service are facing difficulties in "terrorism" emanating from the northern West Bank, which has become a challenge to the security apparatus in light of the current cells Which leads it is spontaneous and not organized and framed and known.

In a report by its correspondent and military analyst, Tal Lev Ram, the newspaper referred to the large armed cell that includes hundreds of militants from Nablus , and they are the "Lions' Den", which has become a real challenge to the Israeli security services, and little is known about it.

According to the newspaper, for many years, Israel has been confronting with high success the cells framed by Hamas, Jihad, and others, and there are intelligence and technological capabilities and operational operations in the field through arrests that have been going on for years, leading to thwarting any organized cells or infrastructure that prevented hundreds of operations that were from It can be harsh.

According to her claim, these night and intelligence activities never allow the formation of new cells, or the presence of weapons or laboratories for explosive materials and others, as was the case in previous years, which were present on the eve of the "Defensive Wall" campaign, and since that operation 20 years ago, the organizations have not returned Large cells, i.e. the ability to form cells like those they had in the past.

According to the newspaper, the Shin Bet does not see that the "Defensive Wall 2" operation may lead to guaranteed operational results, and that the current activity, which is carried out as in recent years and with force in recent months, may be the practical and most effective solution to confront the new cells.

And the newspaper stresses that the recent operations, especially against settlers and soldiers in the vicinity of Nablus, reflect the great difficulty that the Shin Bet finds in confronting these cells, especially at the intelligence level.

The newspaper says that the "Black's Den" group is seen in Nablus as the new organization of the "Sons of Fath", who are young men who do not work under a religious flag or under the auspices of an organization. Even Salman Omran, who shot a vehicle and a bus, and was arrested a few days ago, is an activist. Formerly known to Hamas, and previously arrested, he is active in the same armed group that seeks to lead the new Palestinian national line, and considers itself a "new hawk against Israel."

She pointed out that at this stage in the Shin Bet, they do not know the leadership arrangement within that group, and it seems that belonging to the group takes place after the implementation of the operation, while the use of communication networks increases the popularity of that group in the Palestinian street, and the extent of the willingness of Palestinian youth to participate with them.

She points out that the nature of the confrontation in Nablus differs from Jenin, because the former is surrounded by many settlements, settlement roads, axes, and others, which leads to shooting operations against buses, vehicles, and others. Therefore, Nablus was called the "capital of terrorism" and it subsided for years, but Currently, it is much more dangerous to the stability of the region from a security point of view, compared to Jenin.

Maariv stated that there is a state of concern among the Israeli security services about the spread of the phenomenon of what is happening in Nablus to other governorates.

It indicates that this group and even the armed groups in Jenin all arose spontaneously, and were not organized, but Hamas and Jihad are trying to exploit this to ignite the field in front of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and they provide financial aid and weapons to carry out operations for these young men, although they are not inclined to the religious or national ideology of the two movements.

And it showed that the difficulty of the army and the Shin Bet in confronting these new cells is the lack of a clear address, no institutions, no organizations, and no senior wanted persons, and therefore gathering information to thwart operations becomes particularly complex.

It indicates that the Israeli army is angry at the irresponsibility of the settlers, fearing that there will be deaths among them, as happened in the shooting operation towards the march near Nablus a few days ago, and they do not understand why the demonstration was allowed near the entrance to Nablus in a completely exposed area, but the army was careful in saying that Clearly, for fear of falling into political trouble, especially with the approaching elections.

Paris ( France ) - (AFP) - The COVID-19 epidemic , which subsided for a short time in France after a wave in early autumn, is re-emerging, with the number of infections and hospitalizations rising, driven by low temperatures and the emergence of a new variant, which has raised fears for the health of the most vulnerable. .

On Friday, 48,629 new injuries were reported in France, compared to 33,177 new injuries the previous Friday, an increase of 46 percent.

The current rise is reflected in the "increase in the number of new hospitalizations and admissions to the intensive care unit" after "four weeks of decline," according to the Public Health Authority in its latest weekly statement. More than 4,500 hospitalizations were received during the past seven days.

"The reproduction rate of Covid has increased to more than 1 a few days ago, which means an increase in the infection rate: we are at the beginning of a more or less steady curve," epidemiologist Pascal Crepe told AFP.

Some experts have no doubt that "a ninth wave is taking shape in France in particular and in Europe, Southeast Asia and North America in general," Antoine Flauault, director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva, told AFP.

In France, "if we are based on previous years, we can expect the curve to continue to rise and for Christmas to provide the first lull" thanks to the school holidays, according to Flowault.

In France, the first eight waves provided some immunity to a population that had been widely vaccinated but had delayed the second dose.

And in the event that the total number of patients in hospitals (less than 19 thousand) remains below the highest levels recorded this year, the resurgence of the epidemic may lead to the exhaustion of the already faltering health system.

The hospital is already facing an epidemic of bronchiolitis on an unprecedented scale, while the upcoming seasonal influenza is raising fears of a "triple" effect.

The epidemic has claimed 158,771 lives in France, according to the World Health Organization, and more than 6.6 million deaths worldwide.

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have systematically reviewed the application and potential development of industrial exhaust gases in aquaculture feed protein production.

According to a recent research article published in the journal Aquaculture Reviews, the rapid growth of aquaculture requires a significant increase in the consumption of feed that relies heavily on wild forage fish, which is unsustainable, expensive and less environmentally friendly.

C1GP is produced by fermenting some unique microorganisms with carbon-bound industrial waste gas substrates, such as methane, methanol, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which saves time, space, water and resources, and reduces greenhouse gases and waste materials. It provides sustainable protein sources.

The researchers, from the Feed Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented the latest progress on microorganisms, protein production technology, nutrition, products using monocarbonate as substrate, and their application in aqua feed.

The researchers investigated the carbon sequestration and nitrogen sequestration pathways in common monocarbonate gases and reviewed the types of strains.

According to the researchers, C1GP has great potential in aquatic feed production with high conversion efficiency, broad adaptability and abundant nutrients.

London - (AFP) - A dress worn by actress Elizabeth Taylor when she won her first Oscar in 1961, after being packed for fifty years, will be auctioned in December in London.

Many believed that the dress, which was designed by Christian Dior and featured embroidered roses in its lower part with a red rose at the waist, had been carefully preserved for more than sixty years in the archives of the fashion house.

But in reality, the actress gave the dress and 12 other items of her clothing to her former assistant, Anne Sanz, who kept it in a plastic bag and placed it inside a room.

Elizabeth Taylor wore the Mark Bohan dress when she and her fourth husband, singer Eddie Fisher, attended the 33rd Academy Awards, at which the actress was convinced she would not win an award. During the three tournaments leading up to that version, Taylor was nominated three times without receiving any reward. Her marriage to Eddie Fisher, who was married to the famous actress Debbie Reynolds, caused an uproar, as it was considered that Taylor caused the family to break up.

"Elizabeth Taylor did not expect to win an Oscar because she had not previously received this reward and because of the negative news and articles that were dealing with Eddie Fisher at the time," says Kelly Taylor, the owner of the house that specializes in vintage collectibles.

Kelly Tyler hopes that the dress will be sold for between 40 and 60 thousand pounds (between 48.36 and 72.55 thousand dollars).

After winning the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in "Butterfield 8", the star considered that the dress "brought her a kind of luck" and she took it with her during her visits to several countries.

And Kerry Taylor notes that the actress "has been carrying the dress with her wherever she goes for ten years," adding, "She did not wear it on other occasions, she just liked to take it with her."

However, the number of items that Elizabeth used to take with her during her travels became very large and sometimes reached 40 large bags. During the 1960s and 1970s, she traveled the world with her fifth husband, Richard Burton, accompanied by Anne Sanes and her husband, Justin, who worked as the actress's driver and bodyguard.

Despite her attachment to the Dior dress, in 1971 the actress opened her wardrobe at the Dorchester Hotel in London and told Sans, "Take whatever you want."

She also gave her a short white dress and a short jacket, which she wore at her wedding.

The group, which will be auctioned, includes designs from the "Tiziani" haute couture collection designed by Karl Lagerfeld, and a black dress worn by Liz Taylor in the movie "Boom" in 1967, also designed by Lagerfeld.

Over the years, Anne Sans wore some of the pieces she had taken from Taylor, while others were gifted to friends and family members, without considering that these holdings had any value or importance.

"Anne must have worn the little white dress to her wedding, and she also wore a yellow and blue dress with a matching coat," says Kerry Taylor.

She points out that "what Ann acquired was just clothes that the actress wore on occasions, before the concept of fame witnessed the evolution it is."

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) participated in more than seventy films in her artistic life, won several Oscars and Golden Globes, and was married eight times.

San Francisco - (AFP) - The new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk , announced that he had decided, starting next week, to activate suspended accounts through this service if they did not violate the law, returning to reassuring words in this regard when he purchased the platform.

Musk conducted a referendum through his account on the platform that lasted 24 hours and included the following question, "Is Twitter supposed to grant a general amnesty to the frozen accounts, provided that they have not violated the law or sent spam in a flagrant way?"

And 72.4% of the approximately 3.16 million people who participated in the referendum answered positively to this question.

"The people have said their word. The general amnesty begins next week," Musk wrote in a tweet.

Musk had used the same phrase, "the people have said their word," to announce last week that former US President Donald Trump's account had been reactivated, after it was banned after a number of his supporters invaded the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.

Musk, the richest man in the world and owner of Tesla and SpaceX, decided to reactivate Trump's account based on a similar referendum he conducted, and the result was in favor of the former president.

A narrow majority of 51.8% out of 15 million participants supported reactivating the account of the Republican billionaire, who has not tweeted since the decision was made.

Musk has repeatedly stated that he bought Twitter because he considers this platform to be the "public digital arena" necessary for democracy in the world.

The richest man in the world considers content regulation too restrictive. But his absolute vision of freedom of expression raises fears of an increase in abuse (misinformation and hate speech) on the social network.

Several brands have suspended ad spending on Twitter, knowing that the network relies 90 percent on ads to generate revenue.

Musk tried to reassure these signs, reminding at the end of October that the rules had not changed (yet) and promising not to take any decision about reactivating accounts without forming a "content control council".

However, advertisers who promised to keep their expenses on the condition of forming this council “violated the agreement,” according to what Musk wrote on Tuesday, justifying the reactivation of blocked accounts on the platform.

Since Musk's acquisition of the network, major brands, including Volkswagen, General Motors and General Mills, have announced that they will suspend advertising spending on Twitter.

But it seems that Elon Musk has set limits for himself. He confirmed that he would not reactivate the account of the far-right American conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones, who has been prosecuted for several years by the families of the victims of Sandy Hook School in Newton, Connecticut, after confirming that the massacre was just a fabricated play by opponents of firearms possession in the country.

Musk stressed that after the death of his first child, "he is ruthless towards anyone who exploits the death of children for political financial gain or fame."

Musk is widely criticized for his reckless decisions at the helm of Twitter, from mass layoffs to the chaotic launch of new jobs at the service.

He refutes criticism several times a day through his account, which has 118 million subscribers, using satirical images (memes), emojis, provocations and personal attacks.

However, regulators may take a bite out of the billionaire.

Twitter must respect European laws, including those related to digital services (DSA), which require platforms to quickly remove illegal content and fight misinformation.

The French media regulator, Arcom, reminded Twitter on Monday of its "duties" and asked it to "confirm" by Thursday its "capacity" to respect it and to "inform it of the short-term development of the human and technological resources" devoted to it.
Musk acquired Twitter at the end of October for $44 billion.

Jenin - "Jerusalem" dot com - Ali Samoudi - Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces handed over the body of the martyr Rafiq Ghanem , who was killed by the occupation bullets, during the storming of his town, Jaba, southwest of Jenin, and his body was kidnapped after his execution.

The Palestinian ambulance and liaison crews received the body of the martyr at the Salem military checkpoint, west of Jenin, in the presence of his family, who reported that he will be transferred to the Jenin Governmental Hospital, the martyr Khalil Suleiman in Jenin, and prepared for his funeral in his town, Jaba, this afternoon.

The Fatah al-Haddad movement announced in Jaba and called for massive public participation in the funeral of the martyr, as a message of defiance against the occupation that the resistance continues.

The martyr's family stated that the occupation had shot him and left him lying on the ground near the gate of his house without treatment, then they kidnapped his body and announced his death, stressing that her son was not wanted and was killed in cold blood for no reason.

Washington - "Jerusalem" dot com - Saeed Erekat - Informed sources told "Al Quds" dot com, today, Thursday, that the administration of US President Joe Biden is pressuring Israel to review the " rules of engagement " during military operations in the West Bank, in the wake of an incident The killing of Palestinian-American journalist Sherine Abu Aqleh.

The source, who asked not to be named, said, "The Biden administration plans to follow up on the request to hold more talks with the Israelis regarding the rules of engagement for the Israeli army in the West Bank," at a time when the Biden administration is facing pressure to do more to ensure accountability for the killing of Abu Aqelah.

After meeting the Abu Aqel family in Washington, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and asked him to publish the final conclusions of the IDF's operational investigation into the incident as soon as possible.

He also called for a review of the IDF's rules of engagement in the West Bank, saying it would be a step towards accountability in the Abu Aqleh case.

It is noteworthy that the US State Department had issued a statement on July 4, 2022, in which it said that the fire that killed Abu Aqelah was most likely the fire of the Israeli soldiers, but the US security coordinator decided that the killing was not intentional.

In response to a question by Al-Quds.com correspondent, US State Department spokesman Ned Price defended the conclusions reached by the US security coordinator that the Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Aqleh, was most likely killed by Israeli army fire, and that her killing was not intentional, "rather as a result of circumstances." Tragic.” These conclusions were met with disbelief and anger from the Abu-Aqleh family, and Palestinian officials.

In his response to Al-Quds.com, Price said that the US Security Council's examination "was not a criminal investigation, but rather analytical conclusions," based on the results of the investigations of the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli army.

Written by: Sri Al Qudwa

The international community and international, regional and human rights institutions play a great importance in activating the issue of prisoners in the prisons of the Israeli occupation. We must call for an international conference on Palestinian prisoners and immediate and urgent intervention to stop the violations committed by the occupation authorities against them and obligate them to respect the implementation of international law and provide them with the necessary protection, especially the Geneva Convention The fourth is to put an end to the suffering of administrative detainees who are taking important steps to boycott the occupation courts as a strategic and legal step aimed at delegitimizing the Israeli judiciary and its unjust military courts as a tool of repression in the hands of the extremist occupation government, which continues to issue instructions and escalate repression by the occupation soldiers, in addition to the orgy of hateful settlers and their attacks on The religious places in Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine, in addition to the international and human rights consensus that Israel, as the occupying power, is practicing the crime of apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories, and that it is time to prosecute and hold it accountable, judicially and internationally.

Caring for the detainees and their families, the families of the martyrs and the wounded, and providing them with a dignified life is a national duty and a legal and constant obligation among the Palestinian national constants and struggle. In order to gain their freedom, defend their just cause, and build their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The Palestinian people and all the factions absolutely reject the campaigns of incitement and the systematic punitive measures practiced by the occupation government against the detainees and the attempts to brand their struggle with terrorism and fight their families as a means of pressure on them. Concerning the violations committed by the occupation against the detainees, the latest of which is the piracy of the money paid by the Palestinian government to them and their families, and the pressure on the Israeli Knesset to cancel its racist legislation towards them.

In accordance with international law, humanitarian law, and the Geneva Conventions, it is the duty of the sponsoring states of the Geneva Conventions to pressure the occupation for the immediate release of detainees, primarily women, children, sick cases, and the elderly, such as the 83-year-old prisoner commander Fuad al-Shobaki, in implementation of Article (109) of the Third Geneva Convention, and the implementation of Articles (90, 91) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to ensure that detainees receive the necessary treatment and adequate medical care as protected persons, and that they be provided for in accordance with Articles (81 and 98) of the same Convention, given that Israel is the detaining power for them.

Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh demanded, on Sunday evening, international human rights institutions to expose the oppressive and racist practices of the Israeli occupation against our people, shed light on the occupation's continued detention of the bodies of the martyrs and pressure on Israel to urgently release them and the women prisoners. children and patients.

This came during his reception in his office in Ramallah, a delegation from the Swedish "Olov Palme" international organization to support democracy and human rights.

Shtayyeh emphasized the continuation of supporting the work of human rights organizations and civil society in Palestine, in light of the Israeli attack they are facing, as they are licensed institutions and operate under the umbrella of Palestinian law.

He stressed that the government is in constant dialogue with civil society institutions on all issues, in light of the absence of the Legislative Council as a result of Israel's continued prevention of holding elections in all Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem.

Shtayyeh appreciated the delegation's visit to Palestine at this difficult and critical time to see the situation on the ground, and to stand up to the Israeli violations and aggressions against our people and against our institutions.

BRUSSELS - (AFP) - Belgian unions called a strike Wednesday that is expected to greatly affect public services and businesses across the country, in light of rising energy bills.

The strike will cause the cancellation of flights and trains and the closure of major stores.

The aim of the strike is to demand an increase in purchasing power, and a number of trade union officials expected massive participation in the movement.

Union officials expected the organization of "hundreds of strikes" in front of companies and some public administrations.

A spokeswoman for Brussels International Airport, the largest in the country, announced the cancellation of 60 percent of scheduled flights due to the lack of sufficient staff.

Charleroi Airport (South), the second largest airport in the country in terms of passenger traffic and the main continental link for "Rain Air", will be closed.

On Tuesday evening, the airport operating company announced on its website that "all commercial flights" scheduled to take off from the airport had been cancelled.

In the railway sector, traffic will be limited to a quarter of the trains. The railway operator expected disturbances as of 22:00 on Tuesday night (21:00 GMT).

The strike is being carried out at the invitation of the largest trade union confederation in Belgium, the FGTP (Socialist) and with the support of the CSC (Christian Trade Union).

The CGSLB union (liberal) preferred to describe the matter as a "day of action" rather than a general strike.

The FGTP and CSC see the strike as a means of pressure to raise wages in a number of sectors.

Washington - (AFP) - US President Joe Biden indicated Friday that he could visit Saudi Arabia, which constitutes a major change in his position after he promised to treat the kingdom as a "pariah" state.

The New York Times and other American media had quoted undisclosed sources that Biden would go ahead with his visit to Saudi Arabia after news spread about his intention to do so.

This came after Saudi Arabia tackled two of Biden's priorities by agreeing to increase oil production and help extend the truce in war-torn Yemen.

"I don't know the exact date of my visit. There is a possibility that I will meet the Israelis and (officials) in some Arab countries. Saudi Arabia will be part of the (tour) if I do it, but I don't have direct plans yet," Biden told reporters, when asked about media reports.

And CNN reported that Biden will meet the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 36, who was accused by US intelligence of ordering the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

The trip will reportedly take place after Biden travels to attend a NATO summit in Spain and a G7 summit in Germany later this month.

The Washington Post also reported on the visit, quoting unnamed officials, and said that the "face-to-face" meeting with the Saudi crown prince will come after several "undeclared" missions in the rich Gulf state conducted by Biden's advisor to the Middle East, Brett McGurk, and his energy envoy, Amos Hochstein. Both of them repeat their calls for an increase in crude oil production in order to reduce inflation.

Biden had pledged during his presidential campaign to treat Saudi leaders as "pariahs" after the kingdom's close relationship with his predecessor, Donald Trump.

Trump had largely shielded Saudi Arabia from the consequences by luring the US-based dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where he was strangled and dismembered.

Trump's son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, has established a close relationship with Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Shortly after assuming office, Biden ordered the publication of an intelligence report stating that the crown prince had ordered the killing of Khashoggi, and his administration imposed visa restrictions that included dozens of Saudis accused of threatening dissidents.

Ramallah- “Jerusalem” dot com- Bank of Palestine and “Pal Pay”, the leading company in the field of electronic payment in Palestine, provided their contribution and support to the launching ceremony of the Farmers’ Market, organized by the World Food Program in the Ramallah Municipality Park under the slogan “Youth – Digital Solutions”. The future of climate-smart agriculture in Palestine”, in partnership with the Ministries of Agriculture and Social Development, and with the participation of a number of stakeholders in the agricultural sector, in addition to male and female farmers who own projects and emerging home agricultural products supported by the World Food Program in addition to other development organizations .

The Minister of Agriculture, Riyad Attari, the Minister of Social Development, Ahmad Majdalani, the United Nations Resident Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs in the Palestinian Territories, Lynn Hastings, the Regional Director and Representative of Global Communities in Palestine, Lana Abu Hijleh, the Regional Director and Representative of the World Food Program in Palestine, participated in the launch of the activities of the Farmers’ Market. Samer Abdel Jaber, and the General Manager of "Pal Pay" Muawiya Al-Qawasmi.

The market aims to expand the horizons of farmers to market and promote their products, help them create new selling points, network them with relevant institutions and individuals, in addition to enhancing their capabilities to continue the production process, to ensure their presence in the local market for a longer period and in a sustainable manner to support their families. The market included a variety of agricultural food commodities, such as organic foods, honey, agricultural products, recycled products, and other household products produced by women and owners of agricultural projects.

During his speech, Al-Jaber said, "Our mission in the World Food Program is to save lives and change lives, so we work with a number of partners to support food systems, and ensure that they reach marginalized groups to face climate shocks," adding that farming from the land is the first step in the food journey, and we are here Today to celebrate the achievements of Palestinian farmers, and discuss the challenges they face so that we can come up with scalable solutions and enable them to reach self-sufficiency and enter the labor markets.”

On the sidelines of the launch of the market activities, a panel discussion was held under the title "Adaptation and Innovation - Empowering the Economy through Climate-Smart Agriculture in Palestine", during which the participants discussed the effects of climate change on food security, the role of digital solutions in this field, and the challenges facing farmers, in addition to Highlighting the successful initiatives and programs in Palestine that contributed to achieving sustainable food production.

The World Food Program, in partnership with Bank of Palestine and Palpay, reaches about 350,000 of the poorest Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip through electronic vouchers that enable them to buy foodstuffs from local stores, noting that this partnership is a vivid example of the use of digital solutions To improve food security and boost the local economy.

Al-Qawasmi stressed that the contribution of Bank of Palestine and Pal Pay to support the farmers’ market comes in the context of our keenness as part of the Bank of Palestine Group, and our commitment to support and encourage our farmers to promote their products, to contribute to the advancement of the agricultural sector, and to strengthen the capabilities of our economy and society to face obstacles and challenges.

Al-Qawasmi added that Bank of Palestine and “Pal Pay” company worked on all their capabilities, resources and efforts to support economic activities in the various governorates of the country, with the aim of effectively contributing to achieving sustainable development at various levels, including agriculture, and supporting “women and entrepreneurs” to develop and build their capacities, and support them. In the search for networking and financing opportunities, through the development and design of modern digital services that meet the needs of customers, and the creation of new horizons on banking transactions in order to spread the culture of their use on a large scale in Palestine.

Al-Qawasmeh indicated that among the services provided by PalPay, it allows subscribers to pay bills through banking applications, as well as through the electronic wallet application "PalPay My Wallet", which all citizens can download on smart phones, and use it to pay and charge all services without the need For a bank account, in addition to providing electronic solutions using an innovative and highly flexible electronic payment system, which enables relief organizations such as the World Food Program to monitor aid disbursement operations to beneficiaries immediately, and with full transparency.

Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The US administration refused to allow a representative of the Israeli government to join President Joe Biden's visit to a Palestinian hospital in occupied East Jerusalem .

Barak Ravid, correspondent for the American Axios website and Walla Hebrew, quoted 4 senior Israeli officials as saying that the Israeli Ministry of Health asked the US administration to accompany a representative during his visit to Augusta Victoria Hospital, but the request was rejected, claiming that the visit is private and they do not want it to be political.

According to the reliable Israeli correspondent, Israel does not like the American rejection method, in light of the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and therefore it is pressing the Biden administration to change its mind, and that there are ongoing talks between the two parties in order to try to resolve the dispute.

He pointed out that the Israeli National Security Adviser, Eyal Kholta, held a discussion yesterday about the American request that Israel help Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem, indicating that there is support from Israeli ministries for this step, as it shows equality on the Israeli side and changes its image in front of the world, while Security agencies such as the Shin Bet have expressed their opposition to this, on the grounds that it would weaken the Palestinian Authority.

Washington, (AFP) - The new giant American rocket "SLS" of the US Space Agency ( NASA ) arrived on Wednesday at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, before its scheduled takeoff to the moon at the end of this month.

This mission will mark the first flight in the framework of the massive American "Artemis" program to return to the moon.

The "Artemis 1" mission will be unmanned, as its goal is to test the rocket and the "Orion" capsule installed on its head to ensure that they can safely transport human crews to the moon, starting in 2024.

The rocket, called the SLS ("Space Launch System" or "Space Launch System"), has been in development for more than a decade and will be the most powerful in the world once it is operational. Its height is 98 meters.

The missile was installed at the famous "39B" launch site after being transported at night for a ten-hour drive from the assembly building.

"For all of us who look at the moon and dream of the day humanity will return to its surface, friends, here we go again," NASA chief Bill Nelson said at a press conference.

The Orion capsule will be pushed to the moon, and even farther from it, by a distance of 64,000 km, to reach a point farther than any manned spacecraft before it.

Upon its return to the earth's atmosphere, the heat shield will withstand a speed of approximately forty thousand kilometers per hour and a temperature two times lower than that of the sun's surface.

The mission is scheduled to launch on August 29 at 08:33 local time.

And if the weather conditions are not favorable, the launch can be postponed to the second or fifth of September.

The mission is expected to last 42 days, until returning to the Pacific Ocean, where the vehicle will be transported via a US Navy ship.

مدريد (د ب أ/ ستاتس بيرفورم)- كشف جدول الدوري الإسباني لكرة القدم لموسم 2021 / 2022، والذي تم نشره الأربعاء، عن استضافة فريق برشلونة لمباراة “كلاسيكو” الدور الأول أمام غريمه التقليدي ريال مدريد.
ويستضيف ملعب “كامب نو” مباراة القمة بين الفريقين في 24 من تشرين أول المقبل في المرحلة العاشرة من المسابقة، فيما تقام مباراة الإياب في ملعب “سانتياجو برنابيو” في 20 من آذار / مارس من العام المقبل.

ولم يتبق سوى انتظار معرفة مدى قدرة برشلونة، والذي سيبدأ موسمه بمواجهة ريال سوسيداد في نهاية الاسبوع ما بين يومي 14 و15 آب / أغسطس المقبل، على الاحتفاظ بنجمه الأرجنتيني ليونيل ميسي والذي ينتهي عقده مع الفريق الكتالوني بنهاية حزيران / يونيو الجاري.

ولم يقرر بعد ميسي / 34 عاما/ الالتزام بعقد جديد مع برشلونة، لكن رئيس النادي خوان لابورتا أكد ثقته في التوصل إلى اتفاق.
على الجانب الأخر، سيفتتح ريال مدريد موسمه بمواجهة تجمعه بديبورتيفو آلافيس خارج ملعبا، كما طلب الفريق إقامة مباراة أخرى خارج ملعبه في بداية الموسم الجديد، وذلك لفتح المجال أمام إنهاء أعمال التطوير في ملعب “سانتياجو برنابيو”، الأمر الذي يعني أن مدربه الإيطالي كارلو أنشيلوتي سينتظر وقتا طويلا بعض الشيء لخوض أول مباراة له في ملعب الفريق منذ عودته إليه.

وسيبدأ أتلتيكو مدريد حملة الدفاع عن لقبه بمواجهة خارج أرضه تجمعه بفريق سيلتا فيجو.
وسيستضيف ريال مدريد أول مباراة ديربي للعاصمة أمام أتلتيكو مدريد هذا الموسم، حيث سيقام في شهر كانون أول / ديسمبر المقبل، فيما ستكون مباراة الدور الثاني والتي من المحتمل أن تكون مواجهة حاسمة في الصراع على اللقب في الثامن من أيار / مايو المقبل.

وسيختتم برشلونة موسمه بمواجهة تجمعه على ملعبه مع فياريال، فيما يستضيف ريال مدريد فريق ريال بيتيس، بينما يسافر أتلتيكو مدريد لمواجهة ريال سوسيداد.
وشهد اليوم الأربعاء أيضا تحديد موعد المباراة النهائية لكأس ملك إسبانيا، والتي ستقام في ملعب “لا كارتوجا” في إشبيلية يوم 23 من نيسان / أبريل من العام المقبل.
وباستثناء آخر مرحلتين، فقد تم إقامة مباريات موسم 2021/2020 بدون حضور جماهيري، وذلك بسبب التأثير المستمر لأزمة فيروس كورونا المستجد.

كانت وزيرة الصحة الإسبانية كارولينا دارياس قد أكدت أوائل الشهر الجاري، أن الجماهير سيسمح لهم بالعودة إلى المباريات في الموسم الجديد، وذلك رغم ظهور سلالة “دلتا” الجديدة لفيروس كورونا في أوروبا الأمر الذي قد يوقف تلك المساعي.
كان خافيير تيباس، رئيس رابطة الدوري الإسباني، قد أعرب الاسبوع الماضي، عن أمله في عودة الجماهير لملء الملاعب بحلول شهر تشرين ثان / نوفمبر المقبل.

وأوضح تيباس في 23 حزيران / يونيو الماضي: “أعتقد أننا يمكننا أن نبدأ الموسم بنسبة 60 بالمئة من سعة الملاعب، بعض المناطق في إسبانيا سيكون لديها أكثر والبعض سيكون أقل، لكن مع حلول تشرين / ثان نوفمبر المقبل أو كانون أول / ديسمبر، يجب أن نصل إلى نسبة مئة بالمئة”.
مباريات الجولة الأولى في موسم 2021 / 2022 بالدوري الإسباني
برشلونة × ريال سوسيداد
قادش × ليفانتي
سيلتا فيجو × أتلتيكو مدريد
ديبورتيفو آلافيس × ريال مدريد
إلتشي × أتلتيك بلباو
أوساسونا × اسبانيول
ريال مايوركا × ريال بيتيس
إشبيلية × رايو فاليكانو
بلنسية × خيتافي
فياريال × غرناطة

WASHINGTON (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton announced on Wednesday that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

Clinton, 76, said in a tweet on Twitter that he had "mild symptoms" but was generally feeling well and keeping himself busy at home.

Clinton, who was fully vaccinated and the booster shot, urged "everyone to do the same, especially as the winter months approach."

Hebron - "Jerusalem" dot com - The Public Prosecution office has launched investigation procedures, while the police has started investigation procedures regarding the death of a 27-year-old woman, south of Hebron.

The media spokesman for the police, Colonel Louay Arziqat, stated that the woman was admitted to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Qasim Hospital in the city of Yatta, south of Hebron, dead.