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                  PALESTINIAN GROUPS TRY AGAIN TO DROP DIFFERENCES A new meeting held in Cairo this Sunday between Palestinian groups once again raised the need to abandon their differences in order to reestablish a unity that would make it possible to deal more forcefully with Israel's aggressions. The president, Mahmud Abbas, and the leader of Hamas, Ismael Haniyeh, have participated in this meeting to discuss a national plan that serves as a containment barrier to the most extremist Israeli government known to date, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. However, the Islamic Jihad did not want to participate in this meeting to protest against the arrest of some of its followers by the Palestinian National Authority of Mahmud Abbas. Abbas and Haniyeh met a few days ago in Turkey at the invitation of the president, Erdogan. “We are closely following developments in Palestine. We are deeply concerned about the daily increasing loss of life, ...

                     RUSSIA-AFRICA SUMMIT ENDS WITH NO APPARENT RESULTS The summit held in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, between the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, and the leaders of the African countries, has concluded without great results, according to what analysts have been able to appreciate. Putin has not promised to resume the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, which is a major problem for African countries suffering from food shortages. Putin has not agreed to negotiate an end to the war with Kiyv either and has limited himself to pointing out that the peace plans presented by Africa and China "will be consulted" by him without guaranteeing that Moscow wants an end to the war. He also said that it was hard to implement a cease-fire when the Ukrainian army was on the offensive and that there were no serious changes and no intensification of actions on the Ukrainian front for now. The Kremlin...

                                              A NEW PROVOCATIVE ACT BY ISRAEL The ultra-right government of Israel does not cease its provocations against Islam and the Palestinian people. The last of these took place this Thursday when the Jewish minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and a group of settlers had earlier visited Al-Aqsa Mosque amid rising tensions between the Israeli army and Palestinians in the West Bank. Ben-Gvir is known for his provocations and his hatred of the Palestinian people. He already said on other occasions that it would be okay for him to "disappear" the Palestinians from the land and that his death would cause him joy. An indecent act. In a statement, the Saudi foreign ministry said the visit was a “flagrant violation” of international law and “provocation” to Muslims across the world. Meanwhile, in Israel, massive demonstrations continue against Parliam...

                                        ISRAEL AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT- The Israeli Knesset Parliament approved the first phase of the law that will cut the powers of the Supreme Court, whose authority will remain at the mercy of the will of the deputies, in a clear rejection of the division of powers, an essential element of democracy. Thousands of Israelis continue to demonstrate in the streets against this decision, which opposition leader Yair Lapid described as a “defeat for Israeli democracy.” The Histadrut labor union threatened to declare a general strike if the government pursued what it called “unilateral” measures. A walkout by Histadrut in March prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt the legislative process, paving the way for cross-party talks that ultimately collapsed. Further ratcheting up the pressure on Netanyahu, thousands of military reservists have declar...

  THE RIGHT WINS IN SPAIN BUT IT WILL HAVE DIFFICULT TO GOVERN Is Spain ungovernable? This is the impression offered by the results of the general elections held on Sunday, in which the conservative right, represented by the Popular Party (PP), of Alberto Núñez Feijoo, has won, although he is not sure he can govern. The party with the most votes has been the PP, with 136 seats and will be able to count on the 33 of the far-right party, "VOX", of Santiago Abascal. But the sum of 169 is below the majority in Parliament, which is 176 seats. Feijoo will only be able to govern if Pedro Sánchez, leader of the socialist party (PSOE) abstains at the time of choosing the new head of government. But Pedro Sánchez has already said that he will not do it because he is the one who can obtain a comfortable majority. The PSOE remains the second political force with 122 seats, and together with the communists of the "Sumar" party with 31 seats, it totals 153. A figure that is far f...

                               ISRAEL, MOROCCO: TWO COLONIAL FORCES. The decolonization of Africa has taken hundreds of years. It has been a difficult process in which a lot of African blood was also shed. Portugal, France, Italy, Belgium and the United Kingdom were the main colonizing countries. Spain was less intense, although with the same intention of not abandoning its colonies, no matter how small they were. Africans had to make a long journey that began at the time of the slave trade until liberation movements and guerrillas were created, and the support framework of the organization of African unity (now converted into the African Union) emerged. Ghana was the first African country to gain independence in March 1957 from the British Empire, when it was still called the "Gold Coast". Kwame Nkrumah was its first president. It could be assumed that in the 21st century the process of decolonization of th...

                                            NEW TRAFFIC DRAMA IN ALGERIA At least 34 people lost their lives in a traffic accident that occurred in Algeria, in the Saharan region of Tamanrasset, on Wednesday morning. A passenger bus from the town of Adrad collided with another vehicle that apparently was driving on the left side. This last vehicle was carrying a large quantity of fuel which, with the crash, caught fire and engulfed the bus in flames. Most of the dead were burned. Traffic in Algeria is characterized by a large number of accidents.

                       SWEDISH EMBASSY FIRE: RESPONSE TO ATTACK AGAINST THE QURAN The Swedish embassy in Baghdad was attacked and set on fire this Thursday morning by a group of demonstrators who were protesting the aggressive act against the holy book of El Quran, which occurred in Stockholm on June 29, in front of a mosque. The extremists who act with impunity against Islam in Sweden have announced that they will burn another copy of the holiest book of those who pray to Allah and follow the teachings of his prophet Mohammed, may God assist him in Paradise. The demonstration held in Baghdad responds to an appeal by the Shiite imam Moqtada al-Sadr. If violence is always undesirable, one must understand the anger and feelings of injustice of Muslims when such sacrilegious acts such as the burning of the Quran occur.

                                               WESTERN SAHARA: THE FACTS The Canary Islands, Galician and Andalusian fishing fleets have had to leave the Western Sahara fishing bank and the internationally recognized coastal waters of Morocco, when the fishing agreement established between the EU and Rabat expired. It is unfortunate that Spanish fishermen cannot fish. But international law had to be applied, in this case, since before the European Parliament determined that Morocco lacks rights over the waters of the former Spanish colony. Since December 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union has unequivocally concluded: Bilateral agreements between the EU and Morocco, including the fisheries agreement, cannot be applied to Western Sahara. This conclusion is in accordance with the advisory notice of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, issued on O...

JAPAN LOOKING FOR BETTER RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AND UAE The Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, began today an official visit to three Arab countries (Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE) in order to strengthen their economic relations and establish a framework for permanent consultation on the evolution of the international political situation. The trip is intended to help Japan develop its ties with Gulf Cooperation Council countries and build cooperation in various fields, particularly energy Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are responsible for more than 80 percent of Japan's total crude oil imports, with the Kingdom representing 40.68 percent as of the beginning of the year. Although Japan's cultural indices are very different from those in the Arab world, both sides want close relations, seeking a better understanding, even though the first factor between them is the acquisition of fossil energy, Japan has the project of being carbon neutral in 2050, which forces i...

                               IN JENIN, DEFENSE BARRIERS AGAINST ISRAELI TANKS The Palestinian population of the Jenin refugee camp, on the West Bank, has managed to build their own defense barriers capable of stopping or delaying the entry of armored vehicles of the Israeli armed forces. An example of passive defense that arouses admiration. These barriers and the explosives that are placed on them cannot prevent the entry of the Jewish armored vehicles, such as the Merkava tank, but at least they serve to delay the invasion for a while, "very little, really," says Farid (name changed). ) in a telephone statement to ARABINFOCUS. Hours after Israeli forces withdrew from the Jenin refugee camp, one of its main entrances had already been reinforced with obstacles and explosives in anticipation of another Israeli attack. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas vowed to rebuild the Jenin refugee camp during a rare ...

                                          SWEDEN MAY becomes a member of NATO T urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to back Sweden's bid to join NATO after a year of blocking the move, citing Turkish security concerns. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Monday that Erdogan agreed to forward Sweden's membership bid to Turkey's parliament. Until now, Turkey has refused to support Sweden's entry into NATO due to the presence in the Scandinavian country of Kurdish PKK groups that oppose the Ankara regime. Sweden justified it by referring to “human rights”. The Turkish Parliament will have to ratify the change on Sweden, for the country to enter the Alliance, as has happened with Finland. On the other hand, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday that Budapest would not block Sweden's NATO membership ratification.

  IN SPAIN THE DUEL BETWEEN THE ANIMAL AND THE BEAST CONTINUES In Greek mythology there is an animal with the body of a man and the head of a bull, the Minotaur, locked in a labyrinth located on the island of Crete by Daedalus, a very skilled architect. For years, the inhabitants of Crete locked seven men and as many women in the labyrinth to be sacrificed. The Minotaur was considered the adulterous fruit of a sexual relationship between the princess Pasiphae and a Cretan bull. All this is one of the great pages of Hellenic mythology, but in Spain there is still a duel between animal and man that is celebrated every year in the city of Pamplona. It is the so-called “Great week of San Fermin” that Hemingway immortalized in a novel, “The sun also rises”, one of his most appreciated works. The San Fermin festival takes place between July 6 and 15, and its main attraction is the release of a group of fighting bulls through the streets of the city until they are locked up in the bullrin...

                                                     44 HOURS OF TERROR IN JENIN A total of 44 hours lasted the assault, shelling and shooting carried out by the Israeli armed forces in the Palestinian town of Jenin, on the West Bank, where there is the largest refugee camp. During those hours, the terror that the Palestinian families experienced forced them to flee desperately to save their lives. Assault has been one of the most sinister ordered by the government of Prime Minister Netantyahu. Twelve Palestinians were killed. This is what the influential newspaper “The Washington Post” points out today: Israel said the assault on the Jenin refugee camp, long known as a bastion of armed Palestinian militancy, was a security imperative—to erode the strength of an expanding terrorist base. At least 50 attacks inside Israel this year originated here, offici...

                                            ISRAEL TRAMPS ON HUMAN RIGHTS The latest raid by the Israeli armed forces on Jenin, in the occupied territories, demonstrates the abject way the Jewish state treats human rights when it comes to the Palestinian people. Seventeen deaths is the known balance of this military operation, which according to the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be repeated "if necessary." Israel has given itself one of the most reactionary governments in its history, formed by the political and religious extreme right. A coalition in which voices are even raised to annex the entire West Bank or expel the Palestinians so that no trace of them remains on what used to be their lands. Violence has never been the way to resolve a conflict; but in the face of the attacks by the Jewish army, the fact that violence also arises on the Palestinian side, in th...

                            WESTERN SAHARA WATERS NOT BELONG TO MOROCCO  The Spanish President, Pedro Sánchez, seems to be unaware that the waters of Western Sahara, like the territory, do not belong to Morocco. The European Parliament voted against the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement and the European Court of Justice has it in its portfolio. It is true that those who suffer are the Galician, Canarian and Andalusian fishermen. But international law has to be respected, even if it is harsh. The former Spanish colony is a non-autonomous territory according to the UN and the Saharawi people must be asked what they want to be. Morocco says that this is no longer to proceed because they are "provinces of the south". False and false! The UN maintains the territory within the framework of decolonization. Yesterday the Polisario met with the Canarian fishermen. Of course, Morocco will intervene militarily to prevent the C...

 I SRAEL continues to kill Palestinians in Jenin For the second time in two weeks, Israeli forces have invaded the Palestinian refugee camp in the town of Jenin, killing at least eight Palestinians, according to eyewitnesses. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the Israeli operation, calling it a “heinous crime”. “This heinous crime constitutes an extension of crimes and organized state terrorism practiced by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people,” the OIC said in a statement. The Palestinian Ministry of Health has released a list of the names and ages of the eight people killed by the Israeli forces in the Jenin refugee camp. They included three minors. Nour el-Din Husam Marshoud, 16 Majdi Ararawi, 17 Ali Hani al-Ghoul,17 Husam Mohammad Abu Theeba, 18 Aws Hani Hanoun, 19 Sameeh Firas Abu al-Wafa, 20 Ahmad Mohammed Amer, 21 Mohammed Muhannad al-Shami, 23 The ninth Palestinian killed by Israeli forces on Monday was 21-year-old Mohammad Imad Ha...

                                      EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE OIC The Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold an emergency open-ended meeting on Sunday to discuss the repercussions of burning a copy of the Qur’an in Sweden on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. The meeting, which will be held at the OIC’s headquarters in Jeddah, was called following an invitation from Saudi Arabia — the chairman of the Islamic Summit in its current session and the OIC’s Executive Committee. There has been widespread outrage and condemnation in the Muslim and Arab world since Salwan Momika, 37, a refugee from Iraq, desecrated the Qur’an and set fire to its pages in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque on Wednesday. This attack on the holy book of Muslims cannot be left unanswered. The violence expressed in burning a copy of that book is an insult to the intelligence...