A number of Arab countries followed the path of the "Trump-Abraham" agreements in 2020 AD at a rapid pace in the framework of caring for the private internal affairs of each country, and achieving its economic interests as a priority with the Israeli through the provisions of these agreements of "mutual understanding and coexistence, as well as respect for human dignity and freedom including religious freedom" in accordance with the conventions.

And through what the agreements also stipulated in terms of “exerting efforts to promote dialogue across religions and cultures to promote a culture of peace…”, and through confronting the Arab countries that signed with the occupation to “common challenges”! Through "cooperation and dialogue", and through "development of friendly relations between countries", and in pursuit of "tolerance and respect for people to make this world a place where everyone enjoys a decent life and hope!"

The signatories said they support "science, art, medicine, and commerce as a means of inspiring humanity and maximizing its potential, and bringing nations closer together" and also through: "cooperation in the fields of health care, science and technology, the peaceful uses of outer space, tourism, culture and sports, energy, the environment, and education!", arrangements Maritime, Telecommunications and Post, Agriculture and Food Security, Water and Legal Cooperation.

Despite some vague or indirect references that the Arab side intended to include the Palestinians, their direct mention was turned into a deal or a slap of the era for Trump. They were not specifically included, or with a clarification of the Arab-Palestinian demands. Rather, the discourse of generalities with regard to the (central!) Or achieve the independence of the existing State of Palestine, according to the United Nations.
The signatories said in general that "they seek to end extremism and conflict in the (Middle East)" region, and to "establish peace, diplomatic relations and the full normalization of relations...". And also "promoting a culture of peace between the two communities"! Although there was no existing armed or unarmed conflict between the signatory Arab countries and the Israeli occupation, neither in the recent nor the distant past. Where the signatories at the time, including the occupation, sought to "achieve a vision of peace, security and prosperity in the Middle East and in the world."!
In the agreements tagged with the name of Trump and Abram or the biblical Abraham, the intruder to Muslims, the Palestinian cause or the name of Palestine had no mention at all, which clearly meant that the central stage of the Palestinian issue or the liberation of Palestine, or even the independence of the existing State of Palestine but under occupation, the curtain has come down on it. And the issue lost its priority in the Arab official system, as it dropped its sanctity, and where no reference was made to the city of Jerusalem or the Islamic and Christian sanctities in all of Palestine at all either.

Despite the generality, ambiguity and ambiguity of many texts that did not agree, and do not yet agree with the practices of the Israeli occupation, as imposed by its terrorist settler militias with the army and government by force, killing, land theft, arrest...etc. But it has no real meaning such as “hope”, “children”, “peace”, “closeness”, “cooperation”, “care”, “dignity”! It has no real meaning because it is all - and more - fallen into Zionist practices in Palestine.
And to the great surprise at that time, cooperation in the field of "education", whose meaning was not understood? However, the intent was to abolish what is related to the right of the Arabs in Palestine in terms of the historical narrative at least! Or the abolition of the Qur’anic verses that address the oppressors of the Jews, or the ancient defunct tribe of Bani Israel?

In general, these are agreements that are bypassed by Israel in Palestine, and even America is not mentioned much, and it has proven, in fact, its abject failure in curbing the occupation from the minimum of its daily terrorist, aggressive and extremist actions until today. In achieving Zionist hegemony over the region on the one hand, and in dragging the Arabs to bypass Palestine and the Palestinian cause, even culturally and intellectually.

Regardless of the opinion on the "Trump-Accord Agreements" and Trump's deal, which the occupation clearly destroyed by losing hope and bringing down peace, what is emerging these days about the Saudi track with its expected relations with the Israelis requires the Palestinian leadership first and foremost to pause carefully and think carefully about the next steps in an era After the American exclusivity in the rapidly coming world, and in the modern era of the kingdom led by Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

It is known that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has supported the Palestinian cause since its inception. It is the owner of all the political initiatives that were launched at various stages to save the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization from falling, and even before that in light of the Egyptian-Saudi Nasserist conflict. President Abdel Nasser directed the leadership of the "Fatah" movement to open relations with Saudi Arabia, which indicates the centrality of This role is even known to those who disagree with it.

Saudi requirements and interests must be dealt with with caution, care, and respect, and the extent to which they are linked to the ever-strong Palestine, the greatness of its cause and its people, and its consideration as inalienable in the region because it, that is, Palestine, is the seal or the key to true peace and the key to war within the framework of what is being leaked about the US-Israeli-Saudi deal.

The current situation places heavy burdens on the shoulders of the Palestinian leadership, between fortifying national principles and goals that cannot be abandoned, and between looking at a shining lamp that does not sever any relationship with a major country in the region such as Saudi Arabia on the one hand, and in a way that does not make the Arab-Israeli conflict finished. Since the end of this conflict can never be achieved without self-determination on the one hand and the return of refugees, and the achievement of the independence of the State of Palestine, which is established by natural, historical and legal right and recognized as a member of the United Nations in 2012 AD, on the other hand.

The form of dealing with the countries of the "Trump Abraham Accords", which is actually boycotting these countries or reducing the level of dealing and relations with them, may not be correct in the concept of political realism, and it is not correct, especially in the political course that is rolling today between repositioning and the reversal of ideas and positions, and it is not correct in light of what The state of Israeli aggression is doing it with its fascist government on the one hand, and from its endeavor to achieve hegemony over the nation and encircle Palestine from the six sides, despite the Palestinian leadership’s opinion as a whole, which is still clear on the need to implement the King Abdullah initiative - the Saudi Arab initiative from A to Z and not the other way around with the necessity of the scheduled Israeli withdrawal from the land of the State of Palestine.

The new Palestinian vision or policy must never neglect the just Arab-Palestinian narrative, and the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people in their land and their historic homeland is guaranteed by all international laws, and it must not neglect the liberation of the State of Palestine from the Israeli occupation. And do not neglect that the name of the State of Palestine under occupation (and not the Authority or others) be blatant when signing any upcoming Arab agreements, especially after the occupation failed in what was required of it by the Trumpian agreements, and before that when it destroyed the Oslo agreements, which must be reflected in the course of Palestinian relations with The new world, and with the new kingdom.

Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights said, on Saturday, that the occupation state and its settlers committed (86) attacks against Bedouin communities in the West Bank last August.

According to the organization, these violations consisted of direct physical attacks on citizens, the demolition of homes, the leveling of lands, the uprooting and destruction of crops, the seizure of property, the establishment of new settlement outposts, physical injuries, notices of demolition of citizens' homes, setting up ambushes at night to terrorize citizens, and preventing herdsmen from entering pastures adjacent to them.
Al-Baydar explained in its monthly report that these attacks concentrated in Hebron governorates with 34 attacks, followed by Jericho and the Jordan Valley with 13 attacks, then Tubas and the northern Jordan Valley with 12 attacks, then the other governorates.

On Saturday morning, Israeli occupation boats attacked fishermen's boats off the coast of the northwestern Gaza Strip.

According to local sources, the occupation boats opened fire several times at the fishermen's boats in the Al-Waha and Al-Sudaniya areas, without causing any injuries.

The occupation forces deliberately target fishermen daily to deprive them of their livelihood.

This coincided with shooting and tear gas canisters at farmers and shepherds near the land borders of more than one area in the Strip.

Today, Saturday morning, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two young men from Ain Yabroud, northeast of Ramallah.

According to local sources, these forces raided several homes and arrested the two young men, Ibrahim Bani Odeh and Muhammad Dar Hamed, and took them to an unknown destination.

Two civilians were injured and another was arrested last night, during clashes in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya.

According to local sources, a young man and a boy were wounded, described as moderate, during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces that stormed the town.

These forces used tear gas canisters, which targeted citizens' homes, causing several suffocation injuries.

The young man, Qusai Shabita, was arrested from inside the Azzun town park.

Last night, the Israeli occupation forces arrested a young man from the village of Faqou'a, northeast of Jenin.

Local sources said that the occupation forces arrested Amjad Suhail Salah (21 years old).

On Friday evening, two young men were killed when they were shot by unknown assailants in Kafr Qara, in the occupied interior.

According to the reporter of the Hebrew website Ynet, one of the young men is from Kafr Qara, and the other is from Qalansuwa.

The two young men were shot while they were driving their vehicle on a side road in the area.

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, international jurist Michael Link, presented a new report on the reality of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, especially the West Bank.

According to the Hebrew website Ynet, the report will be submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, prior to its submission to the United Nations General Assembly, prior to the hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation.

The report stresses that Israel violates all standards of international law, is trying to annex more lands in the West Bank, and is working to use some methods of apartheid against the Palestinians, violating civil rights.

The 107-page investigation confirms that the occupation is illegal, that Israel must withdraw completely, immediately and unconditionally, that it must withdraw settlers, end the occupation, repeal all discriminatory laws, and dissolve the Civil Administration.

This Friday evening, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on all relevant Israeli authorities to protect the rights of Palestinian prisoners, and to respect the relevant obligations of international humanitarian law.

The committee said in a statement: "Under international humanitarian law, Palestinian detainees are protected persons and have the right to communicate with their families."

The ICRC has been facilitating visits by families of Palestinian detainees to Israeli places of detention since 1968, saying: "In the first six months alone of the year 2023, more than 29,000 families of detainees were able to visit their families in prisons."

The Committee viewed this as a much needed lifeline for both detainees and their family members, fulfilling a basic and universal human need.

The Committee affirmed that it stands ready to continue to support the families by facilitating these visits, and maintains, according to its mandate, an unannounced bilateral dialogue with the relevant authorities on issues of concern.

Israeli military analysts have again warned of the judicial reform plan, and its impact on the efficiency of the Israeli army, and the exacerbation of the phenomenon of members of the reserve forces in the Israeli army stopping compliance in military service in protest of the government's progress in the judicial reform plan to weaken the judiciary, and the extent of the impact of this phenomenon on the competencies of the army and his readiness for war. According to Israeli military analysts, the months of September and October are two dramatic months in this respect, and that the past month, despite the lack of new developments among the reservists, was not a good month for the army.

The escalation in the protests will lead directly to an exacerbation of the crisis within the army, which sees the Haredi recruitment law as a central issue that would affect the army and not just the reservists.

What worries the Israeli army more than the tension on the security fronts is mainly the repercussions of the deep crisis in Israeli society on the competencies and cohesion of the army.

According to military analysts, the direct importance lies mainly in the Air Force, and according to various estimates, more than 20% of all reserve pilots and about 25% of combat pilots have not returned to flying and training for about two months. And it does not matter that only about half of them informed their leaders that they had stopped flying due to protest, and another part for other reasons in order to leave the door open.

In light of these data and a more pessimistic and perhaps more realistic assessment of the exacerbation of the crisis in Israeli society, the Israeli army warns that the consequences and effects will be felt in a direct relationship to the army, such as the return of protests that are expected to occur in many points of friction this September.

These warnings may be exaggerated, especially given the surplus military force that the Israeli army possesses, including the manpower of regular and reserve soldiers, and the superior capabilities possessed by the army and its reliance not only on the Air Force. Perhaps it is directed by the leadership of the Israeli army and senior officers in the reserve and former ones in the army, and serves the protesters against the judicial reform plan to pressure the Israeli prime minister to back down from the plan of the ruling coalition, and its impact on the entire Israeli political system, not just the army.

These warnings come at a time when Israel is going through a number of great challenges. The tension on the northern border, and the mutual threat from the Lebanese resistance and its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and from the Israeli Minister of Security, Yoav Galant, towards the head of the political bureau of Hamas in the West Bank, Saleh al-Arouri, who lives in Lebanon and is responsible for the activities of the resistance in the West Bank.

In addition to the escalation in the Palestinian arena, especially in the occupied West Bank, and the ignition of the Palestinian resistance, and there are no immediate solutions to limit the individual and organized resistance operations. Events may escalate, and the escalation will extend to the Gaza Strip in light of the Israeli threat to carry out assassinations against the leaders of the resistance.

The escalation of tension in the Lebanese arena, and Gallant's statements in New York, along with Hassan Nasrallah's clear statements that any assassination attributed to Israel on Lebanese soil will lead to a response, seem to indicate a further escalation of tension. along the northern border, but so far things are under control.

According to some military analysts, during the past two weeks, several indicators have been identified in the security system indicating a slight decrease in the level of tensions. Perhaps this is an attempt to take closer control of the field activities of local Hezbollah operatives.

The expectation is that these tensions with Hezbollah in Lebanon will accompany Israel in the coming months. And the borders drawn by Hassan Nasrallah and the granting of immunity to the leaders of the Palestinian resistance in Lebanon, and this is clear evidence of the Israeli dilemma, in an attempt to form clear regional borders and fear of a security escalation and perhaps even a war in the north.

With all this and the reality of the Middle East that is heating up at any moment, but despite the escalation of threatening statements, the Israeli security establishment believes that Israel and Hezbollah are not on the brink of war.

Returning to the Palestinian arena, it is the most explosive, and according to the admission of the Israeli security establishment, the festive period is characterized by high security sensitivity.

Although it is estimated that Israel may carry out an assassination of the leaders of the resistance in the Gaza Strip, which may turn into a military operation, military analysts expect that the resistance factions, especially Hamas, will in the near future intensify their efforts to undermine the security situation in the West Bank as well as inside Israel.

After a long period of relative silence, it seems that the Gaza Strip is also waking up, with reference to the talk about re-activating the return camps, and the Israeli concern about the occurrence of acts of resistance on the eastern borders of the Strip.

In light of the warning about the impact of the judicial reform plan on the efficiency of the Israeli army, the increase in resistance activities in the West Bank, and the claim of a high and increasing level of threats from the Hamas leadership, and saying that it is not excluded that at some point the firing of rockets from the Strip will resume.

It is widely believed that part of the transformation that is now gradually taking place in the Gaza Strip is also related to the efforts made by Hamas to receive more money and economic aid from the Qataris and other international parties, and also to try to put pressure on Israel in order to obtain additional civil and economic concessions.

These contradictions in the Israeli narrative, and what is happening on the ground, is that the resistance takes the utmost care and caution in waiting for an aggression on the Strip, as well as saying that the security situation in the West Bank will deteriorate further, which will eventually lead to a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip, which is It is not a one-day process, but it may happen gradually.

At the same time, the Israeli dilemma, the competence of the army, and the aggression against the Palestinians are raised, and about whether Israel should reap a price from Hamas in the Gaza Strip for that, these are illogical allegations, in light of the Israeli threat to assassinate the leaders of the resistance, the aggressive policy, and the terror of settlers in the West Bank did not stop, nor did Ben Gvir's actions against Palestinian prisoners.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the statements of the Belgian Minister of Cooperation and Development, Caroline Gennes, regarding the violations and crimes of the Israeli occupation in the occupied Palestinian territory.

In an interview with the Belgian newspaper "De Morgan", Minister Jesnez said that, unfortunately, the year 2023 is considered the bloodiest year in a long time in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and we witnessed the erasure of entire villages from the map by the Israelis, and the periods of violent escalation are shorter compared to the past.

The Belgian minister was subjected to an Israeli attack after her statements, and the occupation government summoned the Belgian ambassador to Tel Aviv, Jean-Luc Bodson, for a reprimand session at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the occupation ambassador to Belgium, Aidit Rozenzweg, submitted a letter of protest to the Belgian Foreign Ministry in Brussels.

The Foreign Ministry considered that the Belgian Minister's statements are fully consistent with international law and resolutions of international legitimacy and support the two-state solution and the principles of human rights as she referred to.

The Foreign Ministry condemned the heinous and unjustified Israeli attack by the Israeli government against the minister and her statements, considering it within the framework of misleading propaganda and intimidation of parties that criticize the occupying state and attempts to obscure the reality of the historical injustice that the Palestinian people are subjected to, repression, abuse, persecution and racial discrimination, which many organizations have spoken about. Credible rights and humanity, including Israeli, American and European.

On Friday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the news that appeared in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper about the decision of the Minister of National Security in his government, Itamar Ben Gvir, as false and untrue news.

Netanyahu said, in a statement issued by his office, that he had not taken any decision in this regard, and that he would only take a special discussion on the issue with the participation of the various security services.

He stated that a special session will be held to discuss this matter next week.

Ben Gvir himself confirmed to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that he adopted this decision.

A number of citizens were injured, this Friday evening, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces suppressing a march on the eastern borders of Gaza.

According to the Ministry of Health, two young men were wounded in the foot, one with live bullets and the other with a rubber bullet.

And the occupation forces opened fire at dozens of citizens who approached the security fence east of the Malka area, to the east of Gaza City, after a march that took place in rejection of the continuous crimes of the occupation against our people.

The occupation forces used tear gas canisters, causing dozens of suffocation.

Today, Friday, the Israeli Prison Service stated that the Palestinian prisoners intend to start a hunger strike, on the 14th of September, in protest against the decision of the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir.

Ben Gvir instructed the Prisons Authority to restrict visits by families of prisoners from the West Bank in the occupation prisons, so that these visits take place once every two months instead of once a month.

These instructions will start to be applied the day after tomorrow, Sunday, and these instructions include about 1,600 prisoners, out of about 5,000 prisoners who can receive visits from their families.

US Congressman Ilhan Omar, the representative representing the fifth constituency in the state of Minnesota, who is of Somali / Yemeni origin, and the only veiled woman in the US Congress, obtained the endorsement of the Democratic leadership in Congress, before the primaries cycle to face fierce attacks from the Israeli lobby organizations that she wants to defeat her for her pro-Palestinian positions.

In remarks to Politico, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Second Class Minority Leader Catherine Clark and other top Democrats such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn expressed their support for the progressive lawmaker from Minnesota.

"Omar has been elected by her constituents three times and has consistently defended them, including by serving on the House Budget Committee," Jefferies said in a statement to the newspaper.

"As the leader of the House Democrats, I strongly support her re-election and stand with her as we fight radical Republicans for the future of our nation," he added, referring to Republicans who support Donald Trump and his "Make America Great Again" slogan.

It is noteworthy that Jeffreys and Hoyer were on a visit to Israel organized and funded by the Israeli lobby organization "AIPAC" a few weeks ago, where they expressed their contradictory support for Israel and met with the Israeli Prime Minister, who has been facing a wave of opposition demonstrations since he assumed the premiership last December. On the same day as the report was released, AIPAC posted a video to X, formerly known as Twitter, of Jefferies at the aforementioned AIPAC-sponsored visit, in which the Democratic leader discussed "strict adherence to the special relationship that exists between the two countries." ".

Omar said in a statement that she was "proud to have the respect and support of every member of the House Democratic leadership during my re-election campaign.”

While it is customary for House leaders to support current candidates, Jefferies' announcement is significant given his ties to the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC.

Earlier this month, Jewish Insider reported that AIPAC was recruiting a slew of candidates to challenge members of the "squad" — a nickname given to the cadre of progressive lawmakers who came into office at the turn of the decade. According to the report, the list of targeted incumbents includes Ilhan Omar, Jamal Bowman, and Rashida Tlaib.

Jeffress has previously supported Bowman and Omar, who regularly infuriate AIPAC with their criticism of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians.

During last year's congressional primaries, AIPAC's super political action committee, the United Democratic Project (UDP), spent nearly $1 million backing a leading Democratic challenger against Omar.

Despite the support of the democratic leadership for representatives Omar, Tlaib, and Representative Bowman, these progressive representatives face great pressure from the same democratic leadership to moderate their voices in support of the Palestinian cause and the BDS movement, and to demand cutting American aid to Israel because of its racism.

A number of citizens were injured by live bullets, rubber-coated bullets, and suffocation, during clashes that erupted with the occupation forces in the West Bank governorates, today, Friday.

In Qalqilya, a number of citizens were injured, as the Israeli occupation forces suppressed the weekly march of Kafr Qaddum village, east of Qalqilya.

Local sources reported that the occupation army fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas at the participants in the march, which was launched to denounce the continuous crimes of the occupation against the Palestinian people, which led to the injury of seven citizens with metal bullets, and dozens of suffocation, who were treated in the field.

Today, Friday, the Israeli occupation forces closed the entrance to Burqa village, east of Ramallah.

According to local sources, the occupation forces closed the main entrance to the village, and prevented citizens from entering or leaving it.

The American weekly Newsweek revealed in its Thursday issue that with the faltering counterattack launched by Ukraine continuing, American and Ukrainian officials are quietly negotiating a formal alliance capable of reshaping the security landscape in Europe.

Negotiations were overshadowed by Kiev's push this summer to regain Russian-controlled territory in southern Ukraine, but the discussions caught new attention recently when Ukrainian President Volodymyr said he expected Ukraine and the United States to agree to a security agreement similar to the alliance between the United States and Israel.

It is noteworthy that there is no defense treaty between the two countries, but the United States provides Israel with military aid worth four billion annually, and the United States considers Israel its most important ally in the region.

According to NEWSWEEK, Zelensky said in an interview Sunday with Ukrainian media that "we are likely to get this exact model, the Israeli model that includes weapons, technology, training and financing."

Such an arrangement would provide Ukraine with less security compared to its membership in NATO, which US President Joe Biden said would not happen before the end of the war. But such training would make Ukraine a crucial long-term partner for the United States in Eastern Europe, while sending Russia the message that Western support for Kiev will not diminish.

Experts believe that the current arrangements between the United States and Ukraine are a reliable temporary arrangement until the issue of Ukraine's membership in NATO is clarified.

A bilateral security alliance similar to the agreement between America and Israel is supposed to create a permanent stream of military aid to Ukraine, along with training, intelligence cooperation, and other resources. Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukraine war, the US Congress has approved military aid to Ukraine on an ad hoc basis, which has created uncertainty for military planners in Kiev, military experts say.

A long-term security guarantee could also help insulate Ukraine from changes in power in the White House and Congress caused by the elections. A growing number of Republicans in Congress and some of the party's 2024 presidential candidates oppose more military aid to Ukraine.

But it is not clear from Zelensky's comments whether the negotiators are using Israel as a model for Ukraine, or whether this is simply the direction he would like the talks to go. Zelensky is known to urge Western allies to try to get them to do more to support Ukraine.

It is noteworthy that the Ukrainian president's comments last Sunday were not the first time that Zelensky raised Israel as a possible model for moving forward in the relationship between the United States and Ukraine.

The administration of US President Biden has not publicly disclosed much about the security negotiations with Ukraine since the announcement in early August of the start of the talks.

Tens of thousands performed Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, despite the strict military measures imposed by the Israeli occupation forces at the gates. 

The Waqf in Jerusalem estimated that about 45,000 worshipers performed Friday prayers at the holy site, who came from various areas of the West Bank, Jerusalem, and within the '48 territories. 

The occupation forces were stationed across the city and the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, stopping worshipers, checking their IDs and preventing dozens from entering the mosque. 

In October Hamas is supposed to be conducting its internal elections for the new political bureau and other leadership institutions. What has been reported is that the competition for the head of the political bureau, which is the highest political body in Hamas is between Yehya Sinwar who heads Hamas in Gaza, and Salah al Aruri, who is currently number two in the political bureau today.  The Hamas internal elections are secretive and they are conducted separately in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, the diaspora, and within the Israeli prisons. Those who vote are secret and the process is carried out over a period of weeks. Sinwar cannot run for leading Hamas in Gaza because he has served two terms and that is the limit. These elections could be crucial for the future of Hamas and, therefore; they are important for the future of Palestine and for the future of Israel. 

Aruri is one of the founding commanders of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military apparatus. He is regarded as "the military commander of the West Bank”. Aruri originates from the West Bank.  He studied Sharia law at Hebron University where he was elected head of the Islamic faction in the University. Aruri built up the military wing of Hamas in the West Bank and he was arrested by Israel in 1990. In total, he spent 15 years in prison. In 2010,Aruri was expelled from the West Bank and Gaza and went to Syria. In 2011, Aruri was a member of the Hamas negotiating team that negotiated with Israel the release of Gilad Schalit together with 1027 Palestinian prisoners.   One of the released prisoners was Yehya Sinwar. 

Sinwar was also one of the founders of Hamas’ military apparatus. He grew up in Khan Yunis in Gaza and was a classmate of exiled Palestinian leader Mohammed Dahlan (who lives in Abu Dhabi). Sinwar studied at the Islamic University of Gaza and received a BA degree in Arabic studies. His family originates from Asqelon (today’s Ashkelon). Sinwar was first arrested in 1982, he spent 22 years in Israeli prisons. According to Israeli sources in 1988, he masterminded the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers and the murder of four Palestinian whom he suspected cooperating with Israel, for which he was arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to four life sentences in 1989. According to Israeli intelligence officers that I engaged with in the Schalit negotiations, Sinwar never killed Israelis, but he did kill Palestinians suspected of working for the Israeli security. 

Today Aruri is considered to be one of the more extreme leaders in Hamas. Aruri has been behind the renewing of relations between Hamas and Iran, after a break away from Iran in 2012. Aruri is also believed to be the driving force encouraging young Palestinians in the West Bank to attack Israelis. Sinwar is considered to be the most pragmatic leader that Hamas has produced since its founding. Sinwar kept Hamas out of the direct line of fire in the last two Israeli military operations in Gaza. Already in May 2018, on Al Jazeera, Sinwar stated that Hamas would pursue "peaceful, popular resistance" opening the possibility that Hamas may play a role in negotiations with Israel. That has not yet happened, although indirect negotiations have taken place with Hamas through Sinwar in recent years through the Egyptian Intelligence and the Qatari special envoy Mohammed el Emadi. 

For the past years I have been discussing with several Hamas leaders the possibilities for entering into a long-term ceasefire with Israel (Hudna). Recently I had a conversation with a Hamas leader about different ideas. This is what we communicated: 

Hamas leader: You know very well and everyone knows that this crazy struggle and the blood that is shed every day is because of the occupation, and the occupation only. We as Palestinians have no fault other than that we are victims of this occupation. What if we proposed very simply, on the part of Hamas, that Israel withdraws from the occupied territories in return for a long-term armistice?  

Me: there won't be a move with such dramatic steps before we begin to build some kind of trust.

Hamas: All armed operations can be stopped and calm prevails for all, and I think it is a good proposal!

Me: there needs to be some steps first - but I think if Hamas made a proposal like that it would get people to begin to think that perhaps there is some hope. Let's think together - something has to change - change is made by people.What about something like: a five year full ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank and East Jerusalem in exchange for full settlement building freeze (the majority of Israelis will support this), opening the siege on Gaza - allowing workers and people to travel between the West Bank and Gaza, allowing goods in (all with the proper and necessary security checks), allowing Palestinian elections in all of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, recognizing the legitimate results of elections, removing Israeli internal checkpoints in the West Bank as the security situation improves, allowing Gazans to pray in Al Aqsa.

Our discussion is ongoing and has been ongoing for years. This person is one of the people in the pragmatic camp of Sinwar in Gaza. He is one of several key figures in that camp. This kind of thinking demonstrates clearly the difference between Sinwar’s pragmatic assessment of the situation and reality as opposed to Aruri who lives outside of Palestine, between Beirut, Istanbul and Doha.  The Hamas leadership in Gaza bears the brunt of governance and the need to provide for the more than two million people living in Gaza. The Hamas leadership outside have their lives of luxury in five-star hotels and private jets. 

Hamas seeks to be integrated into the Palestinian national institutions. That will happen, according to Hamas through Palestinian national elections. Their position is that Palestinian unity will also be achieved only through elections. To the best of my understanding and the assessment of the leading Palestinian experts, there is almost no chance that Hamas would win those elections. Hamas will gain a sizable number of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council, probably around 30%, the experts say. Some of those experts are the ones who predicted the Hamas victory in 2006 (so did I). Hamas is part of Palestinian political life and society and there is no chance that it will disappear as a political movement. There are, however, many possibilities for the pragmatic camp in Hamas to gain support. If Palestinian elections were to take place immediately after a military confrontation with Israel, then a Hamas victory would be very likely. If on the other hand, there were prominent voices being heard from within Israel’s national security establishment – past and present – the support for the pragmatic camp would most likely increase. If Sinwar and other Hamas leaders voiced support for a long-term ceasefire with Israel, with conditions that could be accepted by a majority of Israelis, such as the ones I proposed above, I believe that would open the doors to the commodity most missing in Gaza: Hope.

The Arab Economic and Social Council, in its 112th regular session at the ministerial level, which was held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, under the presidency of Yemen, adopted a draft resolution on supporting the Palestinian economy.

According to the draft resolution presented by the Minister of National Economy, Khaled Osseily, there is a call for the establishment of Arab partnerships to support the Palestinian economy for the gradual disengagement from the Israeli occupation through investment in Palestine and the Palestinian industrial cities, and Arab goods are a substitute for the Israeli and European products.

The Council called on the Arab countries to cooperate in order to establish a permanent exhibition in Palestine for Arab products, to promote the promotion of the Palestinian product within the Arab countries by providing facilities, and to assist in the establishment of permanent exhibitions for Palestinian products in cooperation with the Ministry of National Economy.

The Council renewed its call to the Arab countries to join their efforts to empower Palestinian families in fragile and marginalized areas, to continue to provide financial contributions to the UNRWA budget, and to resume technical support programs provided to the least developed countries, including the State of Palestine.

The Council confirmed taking the necessary measures regarding the boycott of the Israeli occupation and its colonial regime, and instructing the General Secretariat - the economic sector, to find appropriate mechanisms to monitor any violations in this framework by international companies, and to present an annual report to the Council to take the appropriate decision in this regard.

The Council decided to refer the intervention plan and financing mechanisms for the sectorial strategy to support Jerusalem, which was approved during the economic and social development summit held in Beirut, to ministerial councils and specialized Arab organizations, and put them on their agendas, and work to implement these items, each according to his competence.

The Council renewed its call to the specialized ministerial councils, each in its field of specialization, to provide support to the State of Palestine, and to direct part of its programs to implement relief and development projects that would mitigate the effects of aggression and rehabilitate what the occupation destroys, and to confront the economic effects of the effects of the "Corona" pandemic that hit the Palestinian economy greatly. .

He called on the specialized Arab organizations and Arab financing institutions, each in his field of specialization, to provide all possible types of support, through the implementation of development programs and projects to rehabilitate what was destroyed by the Israeli occupation aggression in all Palestinian cities and the Gaza Strip, and to submit an annual report to be presented to the session of the Council in September.

The Council expressed its thanks to the State of the Arab Emirates and the Arab Republic of Algeria for their pledge to provide urgent financial assistance for the reconstruction of the damage and catastrophic effects left by the Israeli occupation in the Jenin camp, during its invasion of the city of Jenin Al-Samoud.

  In his decision, he stressed the promotion and revitalization of trade in services, especially in the information technology sector, among Arab countries, and the establishment of a comprehensive incubator for programs and incentives to integrate Arab youth, their ideas and creativity to build a digital economy.

Today, Friday, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and Nadri al-Asir stated that the captive movement, represented by all the factions in the occupation prisons, has started intensive dialogues since this morning, to crystallize a unified collective position to confront the decision of the fascist minister, Bin Ghfir.

The commission said in a statement that the prisoners are in a state of alert in prisons, after the fascist minister Bin Ghafir announced that the prisoners' right to visit would be violated, by reducing it to only once every two months instead of once a month.

One Palestinian was killed and three others wounded in a raid by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank town of Aqaba, north of the city of Tubas.

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the martyr as 36-year-old Abed al-Rahim Fayez Ghannam, who was shot in the head by live ammunition. Three more Palestinians were wounded by live fire, while others were injured by rubber-coated bullets.

Israeli occupation forces arrested 51-year-old Abed al-Razzaq Qasim Muhammad Abu Arra, his 30-year-old Bakr Abed al-Razzaq Qasim Abu Arra, and 40-year-old Muhammad Walid Ahmed Abu Arra.

In a press statement, the head of the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, Qadura Fares, condemned the decision of the fascist Israeli Minister of National Security (Ben Gvir) to reduce the visits of prisoners to their families in the context of racist retaliatory behavior through which he wants to harm the prisoners and their families and violate their basic rights, and in a way that even contradicts Israeli laws and regulations, not only international law. 

Fares adds this measure will transform the conditions of the prisoners' lives into an issue of political conflict and a challenge to the will of the Palestinian people. He pointed that, occupation acts out of sense of failure and frustration.

Fares stressed that the coming days and months will prove that (Ben Gvir) poses a threat to security and stability in the region, as well as a threat to the security of Israel itself.

Palestinian prisoners have announced that they will launch a hunger strike on September 14 in protest of the Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's decision on Friday to limit visits to families of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons.

Palestinians will only be allowed to visit their families once every two months instead of once a month, according to the new guidelines reported by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. 

The policy will come into force from Sunday, and will effect 1,600 out of 5,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Ben-Gvir made the decision without coordination with the security services, and after clashing with the Commissioner of the Prison Service Katy Perry, who warned him that such a decision to ignite Palestinian opposition on the streets.

Shortly after the announcement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that any such step will be subject to security clearance next week. 

The Palestinian Minister of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Qadura Fares condemned the decision for violating "the basic rights of prisoners" in a way that even violates Israeli law. He added that the coming months will "prove that [Ben-Gvir] poses a threat to security and stability in the region, as well as a threat to the security of Israel itself."

Hussein Al-Sheikh, the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, also slammed the "racist" policy, and warned that Ben-Gvir's approach could "explode" the situation on the ground.

The commission said that is considering its next steps in response to the decision, adding that detainees are "in a state of alert."

The Red Cross also expressed its opposition to the move and threatened to resort to international courts if the conditions of the security detainees deteriorated. 

This also comes after Ben-Gvir announced this week that he would abolish the mechanism to release Palestinian detainees in prisons due to overcrowding, which drew criticism from the chief of the Shin Bet security service.

At dawn on Friday, the Israeli occupation forces launched a campaign of raids and arrests in separate areas of the West Bank.

According to local sources, these forces stormed the town of Saida, north of Tulkarm, and arrested the young men, Jamal Ajaj, Imran Raddad, and Ahmed Fanny.

Meanwhile, the young man, Muhammad Obaid, was arrested from the city of Nablus.

The occupation forces stormed the Al-Masaken neighborhood, amidst gunfire, and raided several houses.

In Hebron, the occupation forces arrested the young man, Nour Salibi, after raiding his house in the town of Beit Ummar.

Two Palestinians were injured on Friday night by Israeli occupation forces after they stormed Deir Ammar refugee camp, near Ramallah.

Israeli troops raided the camp in the early hours of the morning, prompting clashes with Palestinians. The occupation forces fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters, injuring two men who were evacuated to hospital.

On Thursday, Israeli forces invaded the family home of the martyr Daoud Dares, who carried out the ramming attack near the Beit Sira checkpoint, west of Ramallah, killing an Israeli soldier and injuring four others.  An Israeli engineer took measurements of the house in preparation for its demolition.

The 413th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, which convened on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, discussed a study on the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation, prepared by Michael Lynk, the former Special Rapporteur on "The Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories", a study that had been requested by the concerned committee on The legitimacy of the Israeli occupation.

In the aforementioned meeting, the Permanent Ambassador of Palestine to the United Nations, Dr. Riyad Mansour, highlighted the "paralysis of the international community and the lack of progress in holding Israel accountable for its actions." He also presented a report on the preparations for the case before the International Court of Justice, which exposes Israel's long-standing illegal practices. Its term and policies that deny the Palestinian people their right to self-determination, "The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People approved its annual report today."

Mansour declared, “The Palestinian people are angry because of the lack of progress in ending their tragedies. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the number of Palestinians killed this year has already exceeded the number of those killed in 2022; among them 44 children, however, the Secretary General In his report on children in armed conflict, the General Committee did not include Israel as a country that violates the rights of children," he said.

He pointed out that "the current Israeli government is the most extreme right-wing government in the history of Israeli governments."

One of the ministers, who made a racist statement, also declared that his and his family's right to survival is greater than the Palestinian people's right to movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The report issued by the United Nations stated that the current Israeli government is working to accelerate the annexation process, especially in the majority area – the so-called Area C – which constitutes about 60 percent of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, while Palestinians face the demolition of their homes, the displacement of families, and the threats against “Masafer Yatta” and other areas in the occupied territory, as well as against the holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem by extremist elements.

Mansour stressed that "settlement is increasing, while the siege of the Gaza Strip continues, which threatens two million people who live in that huge prison made by the occupation," adding: "This is the reality on the ground that we are fighting against."

Mansour once again denounced the paralysis of the international community, including the Security Council, which reiterates principled positions but does not take practical steps to hold Israel accountable and force it to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Charter and in accordance with resolutions and international law.

He added, "The Palestinian people will never surrender, and they will never raise white flags," pointing out that a number of them take matters into their own hands.

Noting that his delegation was engaged in the follow-up and preparation of documents for submission to the International Court of Justice, he expressed his appreciation to the 58 countries that submitted opinions to the court in support of the argument exposing Israel's long-standing illegal practices and policies that deny the Palestinian people their right to self-determination, and are being Prepare to submit an appeal to the International Court of Justice before 25 October to dismiss the few submissions that attempt to indicate the ongoing political process in which the Court should not interfere.

He also referred to his delegation's participation in the next session of the General Assembly, expressing his hope that the Committee and its members would be at the forefront of advancing the cause of the Palestinian people to obtain their inalienable rights. "Maybe we will soon see some light at the end of the tunnel," he said, expressing his hope that the State of Palestine will soon become a full member of the United Nations system as Member State No. 194.

In turn, Pedro Pedroso (representative of Cuba), Vice-Chairman of the Committee, who currently replaces the Rapporteur of the Committee's Bureau, referred to the "implied extermination of the Palestinian people, their deprivation of their rights and their expulsion from their land in an unacceptable process of ethnic cleansing." However, he said, "Here we are acting as if it is business as usual --- the world is not aware, the media is not reporting what is happening in Palestine, neither is the United Nations or the Security Council."

Michael Link, (former Special Rapporteur), briefed the committee on the study he had prepared at its request on the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation, stressing that "no one can say that the subject was dealt lightly or superficially" in the study, noting that while the Many features of the 56-year-old Israeli occupation are illegal in themselves, the main aim of the study is to answer the question of whether the occupation itself is illegal and, if so, to determine the consequences for Israel and the international community.

Link said: "The concept of illegal occupation is not a new idea in international law, as the United Nations stated that South Africa's rule of Namibia, Portugal's rule of Guinea-Bissau and Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories are illegal occupations."

He pointed out that the study highlights three peremptory rules that can determine whether the occupation is illegal, including whether the occupying state has moved to annex any part of the occupied territory; whether that authority violated the right to self-determination of the occupied people; whether that power instituted policies of discrimination or apartheid in the occupied territories, the violation of any of these standards would indicate that the occupation had become unlawful; Violating these three criteria will be conclusive evidence of this illegality, and the study concludes that Israel - as the occupying power - "flagrantly violates these three criteria, and therefore is a bad faith occupier."

He also pointed out that the study found many similarities between the situation in the State of Palestine today and the apartheid rule in South Africa over Namibia 50 years ago.

Given the illegality of its occupation, Israel is obligated to withdraw from the Occupied Palestinian Territory immediately and completely.

He stressed that these are strong results, pointing out that the study deals with the questions that will be raised before the International Court of Justice.

He added that the report will also resonate in political, diplomatic and intellectual circles around the world because it is one of the most comprehensive reports ever published by the United Nations on occupation, decolonization and self-determination.

The Iranian Ministry of Defense announced that it had thwarted an attempt to "sabotage" its missile program, behind which a network linked to Israel was located, and arrested a number of those involved, according to the official media on Thursday.

The IRNA news agency described the attempt as "the largest industrial sabotage operation targeting the missile and space industries of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Support," quoting an unnamed ministry official.

"In recent months, a completely professional network, in cooperation with some hackers, planned to introduce defective parts into the advanced missile production ring of the Missile Industries of the Ministry of Defense," this official added.

It explained, "This network sought, under direct guidance from the (Israeli foreign intelligence) Mossad, to convert the missiles produced by selling the equipped parts into explosive devices to strike industrial lines and employees working in this field," stressing "the arrest of the elements of this sabotage network and the neutralization of its operations." , without providing additional details.

The official pointed out that the intelligence operation "is the most complex in recent years, and the Zionist entity suffered a complete failure by thwarting its plan."

The agency quoted Deputy Defense Minister Mehdi Riahi as saying that members of the network tried to "plant explosives" in the missiles so that they would "explode at a specific time and place."

The Islamic Republic accused its archenemies Israel and the United States of being behind a series of attempts to sabotage its nuclear and missile programs over the past years. Likewise, it accuses it of being responsible for the assassinations and attempts to assassinate scientists and experts involved in such programs that raise the concern of Western countries.

In January, Iran accused the Hebrew state of being behind an attempt to target a Ministry of Defense facility in Isfahan province, in the center of the country.

For its part, the United States and Israel accuse Iran of using its production of missiles and drones to target American forces and commercial ships linked to Israel in the Gulf waters and countries in the region.

Today, Thursday, a 40-year-old woman was killed in a shooting attack inside a residential apartment in Haifa.

According to local sources, the woman was critically injured and later died after her first resuscitation operations failed.

Another woman, who was accompanied by her, was seriously injured and was taken to Rambam Hospital for further treatment.