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                                                  IS THERE A FREE PRESS IN ISRAEL? If we ask the Jewish public if they believe there is a free press in Israel, the answer will be clearly negative: “No, there is no free press because the government finances the big newspapers, which receive this significant financial aid. And it is difficult to imagine that if a newspaper receives money from the government, its reporting line will criticize it; and instead it will support it and support Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is therefore considered a war criminal. And yet this negative assessment of the Israeli press is incorrect. Because there is a free press. It is only one newspaper, it is true, but even if it is only one, it has a freedom of information that the other newspapers ignore. It is the newspaper Haaretz, which publishes an edition in Hebrew and another in En...

                                      LEBANON AND GAZA, TWO DIFFERENT CASES Finally, the pressure exerted on Israel by the United States and France has led the Jewish Prime Minister, Netanyahu, to accept the peace and ceasefire plan jointly prepared by Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron. Israeli forces will leave Lebanon within 60 days and their positions will be progressively occupied by the Lebanese army. Hezbollah, for its part, will withdraw up to 30 km from the border. By attacking Lebanon, under the excuse of terrorism, Israel violated the integrity of a member country of the United Nations. In other words, it carried out an act of aggression against an independent nation, also violating the resolution of the UN General Security Council ordering the withdrawal of the Jewish state from a country unjustly attacked. The case is different in Gaza. Lebanon is an independent country. Ga...

          ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH AGREEMENT OPENS THE WAY FOR PEACE IN LEBANON Pressure exerted by France and the United States to achieve peace in Lebanon has finally resulted in a two-month ceasefire between Israel and the radical group Hezbollah. Israeli forces will withdraw from the southern part of Lebanon that they occupied and the Shiite group, supported by Iran, will do the same, retreating to about 30 km from the border. This means a significant decrease in the offensive military capacity of the group that fights the Jewish state. The ceasefire began this morning, although Hezbollah claimed that IDF forces had bombed an area south of the Lebanese capital; an accusation that has not been confirmed by independent sources. On the other hand, as the Jewish military withdraws, it will be the Lebanese national army that occupies the abandoned positions. This agreement does not mean that it will have an effect on the war in Gaza or on the release of the hostages sti...

                                AL-ANDALUS, THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF HUMILITY “If I only have a dinar in my pocket and a needy person asks me for help, I will gladly give him my only coin.” This phrase appears in a letter preserved at the University of Cordoba, written by an anonymous author in the times of Al-Andalus. What a great lesson in humility and fraternity in those times when the Arabs were at the forefront of the world in medicine, astronomy and other arts. Al-Andalus was our magnificent past, and we Spaniards are proud of it! Because, selfishness; lack of humility; the desire to possess the “Massari” falsely believing that this leads to political power, is one of the misfortunes of the current Arab world. It is known that Averroes did not care how many dinars he had; it was enough for him that they were enough to eat, and if not, there was always the brother who gave him a little food. Averroes ' on...

                            ISRAEL INCREASES ITS AGGRESSION AGAINST LEBANON Over the past seven days, the Israeli armed forces have significantly increased their aggression in Lebanon, indiscriminately bombing Beirut, the Bekaa Valley and the border areas of this country, a recognized member of the United Nations. This Saturday, the air attack caused the death of 55 Lebanese. Israel claims that the objective is to eliminate the radical group "Hezbollah", but the reality is that civilians who have nothing to do with the Shiite movement are being killed. Beirut, which at the beginning of the aggression by the Jewish forces was considered an "off-limits" zone, is now being attacked practically every day. Netanyahu is thus continuing his plan for a war without limits; A decision that seems to come from a person whose mental health is abnormal, as attested by those who have been able to observe him addressing the military...

                                                                DYING IN GAZA There are many ways to die in Gaza: In one of the Israeli airstrikes; destroyed by a missile or a gunshot from an armored vehicle; crushed in a building collapse... and even starving to death, especially children. These crimes against humanity are the ones that the International Criminal Court has denounced. There are unbearable images, such as that of a group of children showing their empty pots near one of the points where frugal food is still distributed; usually a “chorba” soup made with tomatoes, garlic, vegetables and bread. Nothing else can be expected. The ICC has condemned and demanded the arrest of Prime Minister Netanyahu; former Defense Minister Yael Gallant and Hamas military member Mohamed Deif. The latter was declared dead in one of the a...

               T HE ICC DECISION RESPONDS TO THE REALITY OF THE FACTS The International Criminal Court (ICC) has finally sentenced, this Thursday, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu; the former Minister of Defense, Yael Gallant, and the Hamas leader, Mohamed Daif, for war crimes and crimes against humanity, as of October 8 of last year; a decision that has been received with fury and rejection in Israel. In the world of jurisprudence there are two types of sentences: the one of a legal nature and the one that can be considered a moral sentence. The first involves the detention of the accused if they visit the countries that support the Court. Moral sentences are accepted by the entire world to qualify people or leaders, who without being detained, are responsible for crimes against humanity. The crimes committed by Netanyahu and Gallant in Gaza are obvious: a genocide of the Palestinian population of the enclave, and a series of war cr...

                          THE COLONIZATION OF GAZA, AN ISRAELI OBJECTIVE When the State of Israel was born in 1947 by a decision of the United Nations, Gaza was already a problem for the Jews, to such an extent that during the first years, in Tel Aviv it was said that the best thing that could happen was that the Palestinian enclave “would disappear and sink under the sea”. The situation has changed completely since Israel began its war in Gaza after the terrorist act committed by Hamas on October 7, 2003. The Israeli government headed by Netanyahu has prepared a plan for colonization of the territory, although it has not officially recognized it. However, this plan exists and would place Gaza on the same line as that of the West Bank. Netanyahu's position is not shared by members of his government, nor by public opinion in the Hebrew state. The United Nations, the US and the European Union (EU) all argue that when the war...

                       POPE ACCUSES ISRAEL OF CARRYING OUT GENOCIDE IN GAZA Pope Francis has stepped out of his usual reserve to say on Sunday that the continued bombing of Gaza by Israeli forces, which has killed at least a dozen people a day, clearly constitutes “genocide.” This is the first time that the Pope has called for an investigation into Israeli aggression in the Palestinian enclave, adding that “the allegations of genocide by Israel must be taken into account,” an accusation made by more than a hundred international humanitarian organizations, as well as agencies that depend on the United Nations.  In September, he said Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate, and that its military has gone beyond the rules of war. Pope Francis’s voice represents an accusation that will be welcomed by the millions of Catholics around the world. His words call for a mobilization of Christian...

                                               THREE LEADERS WITH HONOUR AND COURAGE FOR A FREE PALESTINE In the current media, Israel occupies a large space for its manifest obsession with continuing the wars in Gaza and Lebanon; and for repeatedly refusing to negotiate a provisional truce, which would have meant the release of the hostages held by Hamas. On October 7 of last year, this radical movement carried out a brutal attack within Jewish territory. International public opinion rightly called this act a terrorist action. From then on, Israel, under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, responded with a war that did not correspond to a proportional response. That war became in a few months a genocide of the Palestinian civilian population, which the vast majority of the world has repudiated. Added to this was the attack on Lebanon, an independent P...

                                       A NEW STORM THREATENS EASTERN SPAIN Two weeks after the storm that caused 223 deaths and enormous damage to homes and infrastructure in the Valencia region, in the east of Spain, it has been officially announced that a new storm is threatening these same regions, as well as part of southern Catalonia. Citizens are urged to avoid displacement and remain in their homes. There is deep unrest among the affected people due to the delay in the arrival of first aid. There were even cases where in some towns, such as Alfafar, one of the most damaged, the French aid and rescue group (GFAR) arrived first and it took several hours for the first fire trucks and army protection units to arrive. The mud continues to accumulate in the streets of most of the affected towns, obstructing the water drainage system. The real mountains of cars blocking the roads still re...

  ISLAMIC COUNTRIES STRONGLY CONDEMN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA AND LEBANON The committee that brings together members of the Arab League (AL) and the Organization of Islamic Countries (OPI), meeting in Riyadh, reaffirmed its condemnation of genocidal acts and the violation of borders and international laws by Israel, Saudi official sources reported. This position was included in the opening speech of the committee delivered by the Saudi Crown Prince, HH Mohamed Bin Salman, who at the same time referred to the obstacles that the Hebrew state puts in place to prevent aid, particularly food, from reaching the civilian population of Gaza. The blocking of humanitarian aid is a war crime condemned by all international legal bodies. “The Kingdom condemns the obstruction of the relief efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Palestinian territories, as well as the obstruction of the work of humanitarian organizations providing aid to th...

  ARAB AND MUSLIM LEADERS MEET TO SUPPORT GAZA AND LEBANON Several leaders of Arab and Muslim countries are meeting today, Monday, in Riyadh to discuss actions that can contribute to joint cooperation in favor of the populations of Gaza and Lebanon, subjected to continuous attacks and bombings by Israeli forces, responsible for genocide in the Palestinian enclave and other war crimes. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Palestine, along with the secretaries-general of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, aim to initiate immediate international action to halt the war on Gaza and achieve a lasting, comprehensive peace. Even though Qatar has suspended its mediation between Hamas and Israel, Islamic countries continue to make multiple efforts to end a war unleashed by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, which has already caused more than 43,000 Palestinian victims in Gaza alone. It is therefore important th...

                                   GAZA: QATAR SUSPENDS ITS MEDIATION EFFORTS In the face of the difficulties expressed by Israel and the frustration with the blockage of negotiations in Gaza to reach at least a provisional truce, Qatar, the main mediator in this conflict, announced this Saturday that it has decided to suspend its mediation. This decision was expected after the failure of various meetings in Doha, Cairo and Paris, in which Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the United States participated. The heads of intelligence of the Israeli Mossad and the American CIA also met separately, with the same result evident in the negative attitude shown by the Jewish Prime Minister, Netanyahu, who is in favour of continuing the war. Qatari negotiator Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has repeatedly tried to push the process forward, but has been repeatedly frustrated by the ne...

                                           217 DEAD DUE TO THE STORM THAT HIT SPAIN The huge storm that hit the regions of Valencia and Castellón in the east of Spain in recent days has caused 217 deaths so far, although around twenty more are missing, so the final toll will be higher than the official figure for now ARABINFOCUS was not damaged, but neighbours of our premises lost their belongings, swept away by the waters and their houses were left with great damage. ARABINFOCUS is asking you again for help to continue with its information line, which we consider to be the most truthful and the one that best describes the importance of the genocide and war crimes in Israel. We ask you not to abandon us and to help us with donations that we need very much. Do not abandon ARABINOCUS Special account: IBAN: ES39-0049-0271-3721-1077-4541 SWIFT: BSCHESMM Address: Jaecinto Benabente,...

                                                                                            THE TRUMP ENIGMA Donald Trump has been re-elected President of the USA for another 4 years. This shows that the American electorate is deeply misogynistic and does not want a woman to be president of the most powerful country in the world. Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris have paid for that misogyny with their defeats. Americans always prefer a man, even if he shows a certain degree of brutality, as is the case of the real estate magnate, apart from his ignorance of international politics. Before being elected to his first presidential term, in 2016, Trump claimed that he did not think about winning the presidential elections, especially after having run in 2000 an...

                                            TRUMP WINS BAD NEWS FOR ARABS? Not long ago, ARABINFOCUS stated that Donald Trump's victory in the American presidential elections would be bad news for the Arabs. Today we put it in an interrogative sense because we will have to wait for the actions carried out by the re-elected president to know if the Arab capitals will once again find an American leader in full complicity with Israel. There is no doubt that Trump will support Israel in all the wars that the Jewish state unleashes in the Middle East. The complicity of the re-elected president is something that everyone knows. We must hope. However, he should be loaded with a good dose of pragmatism so as not to create again the image of a statesman who is only interested in natural gas, oil and the multi-million dollar investments that the Arabs make in the United States. The bigges...

                                    ISRAEL AT “WAR” AGAINST THE UNITED NATIONS Israel has taken a new step in its attacks against the UN, which it accuses of bias, by announcing that it is banning the agency dedicated to providing aid to the inhabitants of Gaza from acting, raising fears of a famine that would cause a significant number of victims, particularly women and children. On Monday, November 4, Israel officially announced the cancellation of the agreement with UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, following the vote by the Israeli Parliament, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This choice marks a new step in the escalation of tensions between Israel and the United Nations (UN). Many voices accuse Israel of having repeatedly violated UN resolutions and treaties, including the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Some UN ...

                           T RUMP-HARRIS: A SIMILAR VISION ON THE ARAB WORLD? Tomorrow, Tuesday, the Americans will elect their new President for a period of 4 years. On this occasion, it is worth analyzing what the position of both is on the relations of the USA with the Arab countries. First of all, it must be taken into account that Washington's interests concern in particular the enormous potential in natural gas and oil of these nations; their enormous financial reserves and their capacity to carry out large investments. But in the political framework, and specifically in the Middle East region, the situation is clear: Trump and Harris will support Israel and continue to assist it with billions of dollars annually, to guarantee its military power over the Arab armies and that of Iran. There will therefore be no change in this alignment and complicity with the Jewish state. There will be nuances, which are undoubt...

                   HEZBOLLAH SHOWS ITS OFFENSIVE POTENTIAL AGAINST ISRAEL It was taken for granted that the radical Lebanese group was very weakened and about to disappear, after the death of its top leader, Hasan Nasrallah, but the reality is very different. Lebanese fighters continue to attack the forces of the Jewish state in retaliation against the bombings and missile fire by Israel. At least 20 Israelis were injured in central Israel by the explosion this Saturday; and in another attack carried out today, damage was caused to one of the bases of the Mossad intelligence services. The exact location is the Gilit base near the town of Tira. Hezbollah claims that they caused damage among the people who worked at that base. These reprisals give arguments to Prime Minister Netanyahu, described as a war criminal by various international organizations, to continue his war without limits. The differences in strength are very disproportionat...

                           THE SERIOUS MISTAKE OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT, MACRON Emmanuel Macron, President of France, has made a very serious mistake, violating international law, by declaring in Rabat, together with King Mohammed VI, that Western Sahara belongs to Morocco, as previously stated by the former President of the United States, Donald Trump. Until 1975, this territory was a Spanish colony, with the important detail that Spain was not the owner of it, but the administrator. In 1975, Spain DID NOT GIVE ownership of Western Sahara to Morocco and Mauritania; what it gave up was the administration, and warned the United Nations that this should end in a self-determination referendum. That is to say, the fundamental basic principle is to know what the desire of the legitimate Sahrawi population is. To do this, the United Nations relied on an electoral census carried out by the Spanish authorities, which was the ...