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                                                                  LEBANON AND ISRAEL SIGNED AGREEMENT Lebanon to Israel signed this Thursday the agreement that establishes its maritime border and allows the exploitation, separately, of the gas fields listed in that geographical space. Israel believes that the agreement means that Lebanon recognizes it as a sovereign state, as other Arab countries have done. But the Lebanese president, Michel Aoun, has reiterated that the agreement is of an economic nature and has no political repercussions. Beyrouth will not recognize Israel. Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah movement, has stated on his behalf that the agreement does not constitute recognition of the Jewish state. Currently, the Arab countries that maintain relations with Israel are: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Suda...

                             QATAR 22 AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD In a few days the Football World Cup of Nations will begin in Qatar, an event that will be followed by millions and millions of fans of the round ball. The Arab country will be at the center of the world of football, but in reality it will be the center of the world, given the global importance of this event. The FIFA World Cup will take place in Qatar thanks to the efforts made by His Majesty the Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. Qatar has invested billions of dollars in the construction of eight air-conditioned stadiums and the necessary infrastructure for this competition to take place in good conditions. It is the first time that an Arab country hosts the competition and it marks, as former FIFA leader Sepp Blatter said, that football is a universal discipline that draws the human masses. The opening match will take place on November 20 between th...

                                            ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT The absence of the Prince, Mohamed bin Salman, for health reasons, will undoubtedly reduce the importance of this meeting of Arab leaders at the highest level. A total of 17 heads of state have confirmed their attendance. It is certain that the King of Morocco, Mohamed VI, and the President of Egypt, Abdelfatah Al Sissi, will participate. Saudi Arabia will be represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Abdel Al Jubeir, and Kuwait by the Crown Prince, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Bringing together at least 17 heads of Arab states after several years of deep divisions on many issues can be considered a feat, even in the absence of certain "heavyweights". Especially since the non-participation of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is officially due to health reasons and nothing else. At the Algiers sum...

              SIX PALESTINIANS KILLED BY ISRAEL'S AGGRESSION Six Palestinians lost their lives in the West Bank (occupied territories) this Tuesday, due to a new aggression by Israeli forces, in this case five in the town of Nablus and one in Nabi Saleh. During the clashes, Palestinians hurled stones at Jewish soldiers, who returned live fire. This shows Israel's willingness to kill Palestinians for the simple act of setting up barricades or throwing stones with slingshots. Israel claims that the Palestinians shot at them, but this has not been confirmed by independent sources .

                               31st ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN ALGIERS The 22 countries of the Arab League will meet in Algiers on November 1 and 2 to celebrate the 31st summit of this organization, whose main mission is to defend the Arab peoples and collectively face the threats that weigh or may weigh on the themselves. This summit will see a large presence of monarchs, heads of state and prime ministers of the member countries, convinced that the current crisis is a global problem. The war in Ukraine, inflation, high oil prices and, in particular, high food prices, have put the world in a difficult situation. Hunger extends in part of Europe, Africa and Asia above all. The oil and gas countries do not suffer the shock of the crisis thanks to the financial reserves. But there are two members. Somalia and Sudan which are suffering from severe famine; people die from lack of food. In Libya and Mauritania the sit...

                                                      MOSSAD IN MALAYSIA Malaysian security forces have reported the arrest of 11 individuals (10 men and 1 woman) accused of working for the Israeli secret services (Mossad). The group was attempting to kidnap a member of the Palestinian Hamas faction in the country's capital, Kuala Lumpur. The events would have occurred on September 28, but were revealed in the Malaysian press on Tuesday. It is known that the Mossad has a wide network of agents and collaborators in Asia where there are representatives of the Palestinian factions and organizations that condemn Israel for the violation of human rights. The Mossad has said on several occasions that when it deems it necessary they will carry out assassination or kidnapping operations. This is the "law" of the Zionist secret service. Photo: Mossad collaborator...

PRINCE MOHAMED BIN SALMAN AGREES 400 MILLION DOLLAR AID TO UKRAINE After a meeting between Mohammed bin Salman and Volodymyr Zelensky, Riyadh on Saturday announced $400 million in humanitarian aid for kyiv. Saudi Arabia announced $400 million in humanitarian aid for kyiv on Saturday (October 15th), and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke on the phone to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the official SPA news agency reported. The prince stressed "the kingdom's position to support anything that will contribute to de-escalation, and the kingdom's willingness to continue mediation efforts," SPA said. In September, Riyadh had played an unexpected role of mediator, resulting in an exchange of prisoners between Moscow and kyiv. The war in Ukraine, however, has fueled tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United States, with the kingdom refusing to increase oil production as Washington would have liked to alleviate the energy crisis resulting from the conflict.

FATAH AND HAMAS SIGN ELECTORAL AGREEMENT The Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a declaration in Algiers today committing to hold presidential and Palestinian legislative council elections in October 2023. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh hailed “a day of joy for Palestine and Algeria and for those who love the Palestinian cause.” “But it is a day of sadness for the Zionist entity (Israel)“, "We signed this agreement to get rid of the malignant cancer that has penetrated the Palestinian body: division," said Azzam al-Ahmad, head of the Fatah delegation, who spoke in the gallery.

                                                   LEBANON-ISRAEL AGREEMENT If it is an exclusively economic agreement, without political implications, or of little importance, and above all without demands from the Zionist state, it can be accepted because this agreement does not mean that Lebanon recognizes Israel. The two countries will exploit two natural gas fields within the framework of the recognition of maritime borders. As for Hizbollah, it has indicated that it has not interfered in the operation, that it does not involve the slightest imposition on the part of Tel Aviv. This agreement will delimit the maritime border between the two neighbours, officially in a state of war, and remove the obstacles to the exploitation of gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean.

                                  OPEC MAKES COLLECTIVE DECISIONS The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has shown his bad humor over the decision of the organization of oil exporting countries (OPEC) to reduce its production by two million barrels per day. It is true that at the moment the prices of crude oil and gasoline have skyrocketed, which logically does not satisfy users. Biden has directed his anger at Saudi Arabia, forgetting that OPEC decisions are collective and therefore commit all 13 members. The production cut is due to the fact that the prices of the barrel fell to 80 dollars, and the organization needed the downward trend to stop. To believe that this situation is going to open a crisis between the United States and Saudi Arabia is misplaced. The two countries need each other and will continue to work to guarantee the supply of crude oil to importing countries. Some radical memb...

                                      THE COURAGE OF IRANIAN WOMEN Three weeks have passed since the first demonstrations of young Iranians for the death of the Iranian Kurdish Masha Amini and the protests continue, without it seeming that they can end. The Iranian regime claimed that the "Islamic order police" did not kill the young woman and that she died in a hospital from a disease she suffered from, but Amini's father assured that her daughter was in perfect condition without diseases declared. Western analysts who follow this case consider that everything seems to indicate that Amini was killed by the simple mistake of not having put the veil on her head correctly and letting part of her hair show. During the demonstrations, the protesting young women take off their veils, dance, even cut part of their hair, all in protest against the repressive measures of the Ayatollahs' regime. In the...

                                        DO NOT HUMBLE PUTIN  Vladimir Putin has been treated as a war criminal by the US president, Biden, and by other political leaders, analysts and commentators. Serious accusations that were part of the beginning of an unjustified aggression against Ukraine. Ukraine was not a threat to Russia; he was not carrying out the slightest provocation and, at the time, he had no intention of abandoning his neutrality and choosing to join NATO. For decades, the regime installed in Kiyv was pro-Soviet in nature and Moscow exercised a kind of paternalism that prevented Ukraine from leaving the Russian hinterland. But with the access to power of a Western regime led by the theatrical actor. Volodymyr Zelensky, the scenario has undergone a remarkable change. Ukraine still did not constitute the slightest threat to Russia, but the President of the Russian Federa...

OUTRAGEOUS CRITICISM FOR THE WORLD CUP IN QATAR In a few weeks, the Soccer Nations Cup will begin in Qatar. The emirate was fairly and correctly selected in a FIFA vote held in December 2010. However, since QATAR was elected in the West, unworthy criticism has arisen against the Emirate and against H.H. Emir Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani. The accusations are malicious: manipulation, corruption, falsehoods: All of this is absolutely false. Qatar was chosen in the cleanest way, but its enemies continue to criticize it. When Qatar was elected, the then president of FIFA, Sepp Blater, congratulated himself because this meant "that soccer is universal" and that the Nations Cup would leave the usual venues in Europe and Latin America. That the cup is held for the first time in a Muslim country has also generated unworthy criticism. It is true that Blater and former UEFA president Michel Platini were dismissed after being accused of having unjustifiably used FIFA funds. Blater gav...